. >> and legend david bowie celebrated in a new exhibit here in berlin. we begin with this breaking news. 2 powerful explosions have ripped through a busy market and bus station in nigeria. scores of people have been killed. >> the two are bombs targeted the city of jos. the blasts could be heard kilometers away. it is unclear who is responsible for the attack, but boko haram was responsible for similar attacks last month. >> for the very latest, let's bring in our correspondent. first off, facts are very sketchy. what more can you tell us? >> well there were 2 bombs. the first one went off in a very busy market where people are doing their transactions. most of the people -- it is very difficult up until now to know the exact number of casualties. the total dead might be up to 100. jos is a city with a lot of clashes, clashes between muslims and christians, other clashes. >> ok now -- >> [indiscernible] >> ok, can you tell us, who might have been behind this? there have been bombings before in jos and abuja. might these fit that pattern? >> no one has cl

. >> you look at someone like alice cooper, david bowie, that was ellreally just one person. kiss's yie is why don't we krad an identity that has foir alice coopers. they transform themselves from regular rock musicians into superheroes. >> part superhero, part sci-fi villain, kiss created personas for each band member. the guitarist paul stanley the star child. on bass, gene simmons, the demon. ace freely was spaceman, and on drums was peter kriss, catman. >> did anyone tell you you were crazy? >> everybody. platform boots, are you kazy? people would be in the front row, hitting each other, hilarious. >> they designed their own costumes, those legendary platform boots. >> look at these heels. >> and black and white face paint. >> we had to learn to put on the makeup through trial and error. we used to go on stage in clubs and be blinded by the stuff running into our eyes until we figured out how to do it. >> i tell them buy something that's bright and red. >> 40 years later, they still do their own makeup, a two-hour process. how does it not all drip off during the show? >>

. >> you look at someone like alice cooper, david bowie. that was just one person.s' idea was why don't we create an entity which has four alice coopers. so they transformed themselves from just a bunch of regular rock 'n roll musicians into superheroes. >> part superhero, part sci-fi villain. kiss created personas for each band member. guitarist paul stanley, the star child. on base, gene simmons, the demon. lead guitarist, ace frehley, was spaceman and on drums peter criss, catman. did anyone tell you you were crazy? >> everybody! >> platform boots, are you kidding? people would be in the front row hysterical hitting each other and laughing at us. >> i spent half the night jumping up in the air. >> they designed their own costumes, those legendary platform boots. look at these heels! >> and black-and-white face paint. >> we had to learn to put on the makeup through trial and error. we used to go on stage in clubs and be blinded by this stuff running into our eyes until we figured out how to do it. >> i just tell them buy something that's white and red. >> 40 years

i want to get to the david bowie sign.ed by a really, really great script. the dialogue, it was fantastic, very witty and humorous. i think it helped having one of the greatest actresses. i think the very first scene was shot, we made each other laugh and thought we're off to a good start here. the whole experience was really great and very playful. >> does it ever throw when you you shoot scenes out of sequence, you viewer cease the movie from beginning, middle to end. how do you adjust mentally every day to shooting different sequences? >> you adjust to doing the script in different places. you have to know when you hit a place that's not in the natural rhythm that you're in the right place. i just shot my first tv show in a long time and that was really difficult jumping around that amount of time. but you get used to shooting out of sequence. >> juliet pinoche, she takes you on and challenges you to the picture versus the words. >> i got a bit jaded and it had all gone a bit stale. >> you were thirsty. >> i was thirsty

>> yeah, of course. >> and then finally, i heard you love david bowie, so we have that in common. >>hose that song. there's a scene in it where i get a little drunk in the movie and i've got a tennis racket and ball and i trash my house. and i needed some music to inspire me to do it, and i asked fred to play this track and play it loud. and i did the most enjoyable scene in trashing his song. so used to the song that he had to get it for the movie. >> we're playing it right now, so don't smash anything. thank you for being here. appreciate it so much. >> thank you. >> "words and pictures" opens in limited release this friday, nationwide on june 6th. we're back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc. >>> how do you hold on to hope when the odds seem very long? it's a question richard cohen is trying to answer. for more than three decades, the award-winning journalist and blogger has battled multiple sclerosis, an incurable disease. but now richard is participating in a first of its kind clinical trial that is hoping to cure that disease once and for all. he also happens to be married to

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