david bowie has not toured for years and years. anyway. he has released an album.think, you know what? pink floyd could still produce new music. no. it so weird that you should be asking these questions. normally, you are really intelligent and you ask proper questions. you know, about proper things. the reasons for me leaving in 1985 would not pertain now... 30 years... because you changed. but the situation has not changed. fundamentally, i have not changed at all. you are right when you say i like to be in charge of my own destiny and i like to pursue my... having said that, i also like to work with other people who are creative. it is one of the great pleasures of being... it is not like being a painter. final question. this is about you as an artist. your motivation. do you have to believe that your best work is still to come or is there a part of you that acknowledges that the work that will define you as an artist happened a long time ago? that is a good question. the third album i made on my own, amused to death, in my view, never received the attention it

rudy giuliani, $800. >> at this rate... >> david bowie, sold at $550.ty art... >> sold at $300. henry fonda. >> ...is looking like a big bust. >> pass it. pass, and we'll pass. moving along. >> this color-pencil doodle by actor ed asner starts with an minimum bid of 400 bucks. >> any bids, $400? and we'll pass. [ buzzer sounds ] >> will matthew broderick do any better? >> any bids at $100? >> $100 only. >> nope. >> and we're passing. [ buzzer sounds ] and we have now "courtyard of the old residency in munich." the artist is adolf hitler. we'll start at $50 and now $75. we're looking for $75 on this. last call, we're at $100. sold at $100 and glad to have it pass me. >> out of the 300 works put up for auction, about a third of them sell. the grand total, 43k. hugh expresses surprise if not disappointment. >> it was some things that didn't sell that really i thought would sell very easily. but i think it was a good sale, and it also honors my brother, and that's very important to me. >> the unsold items include works by james dean, fred astaire, phyllis d

. ♪ ♪ 1984 >> we jamming out to david bowie. >> for a second.n we started telling you about the new broadway show. that year, when you hear it, though, 1984, it holds a certain meaning thanks to this novel. >> in george orwell, news speak and the thought of police became tools of oppression and now they're the stuff of broadway here's david wright. >> i have to do something, whatever the consequences. i have to do something. >> reporter: 1984, a cold war classic everybody read in high school, now taking broadway by storm. >> down with big brother! down with big brother! >> reporter: not exactly light fare for date night. >> this show tells you a big place of anxiety. >> yes, anxiety. >> reporter: model and actress, olivia wilde is one of the as far as. this is your broadway debut? >> this is, yes. >> reporter: what an intense debut. >> it is an intense debut, but i wouldn't want it any other way. >> sunday afternoon. >> reporter: her character, julia, is the ambiguous love interest, who's either betraying the regime or betraying her lover, we're

finally, gig for your neighborhood too. >>> david bowie. mick jagger. billy joel. rod stewart.t. three albums in the last three years, all million sellers. and the latest album hit the top of the charts in just one month. her style is defiant, raucous, tough and very sexy. ♪ we are young ♪ heartache to heartache we stand ♪ ♪ no promises no demands >> it appears to me that the one on stage is what i would picture a modern woman to be, someone who is aggressive and soft at the same time, has a lot of strength and conviction and can look good and still have brains. >> you would think that in the era of music becoming a visual form more than ever that it would all be about objectification. but there were a lot of strong women on that video screen. ♪ >> meet the darlings of l.a.'s new music scene, the go-gos. ♪ see the people walking down the streets >> unlike earlier girl groups such as the ronettes or the supremes, the go-goes write their own songs and play their own instruments. ♪ they got the beat ♪ they got the beat, they got the beat ♪ ♪ yeah, they got the beat >> that was as

including the costume david bowie wore in "the labyrinth." >> i think my dad sort of gave himself permissionnd he gave his collaborators permission to play. >> reporter: collaborates like bonnie erickson, who helped design some of henson's biggest stars. here we are standing in front of the famous miss piggy. >> i did three pigs. one of them became miss piggy. that karate chop just created the miss piggy everybody knows and loves. >> people love to laugh. my dad loved to laugh. he loved to sing. he loved to play. >> bye! >> reporter: and the man she called dad played a big part in raising all of us. rehema ellis, nbc news, new york. >> indeed he did. >>> that is all for "nightly news" on this friday night. i'm craig melvin in for lester who will be back on monday. a quick program note. i hope you'll tune in to my report on sunday on a new way to treat alcoholism in this country. the radical new approach is born from a realization that the way we've been doing it doesn't work so well. that's sunday night with megyn kelly. for all of us here at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night.

famous or comic you know one in front of the other this is the sort of outline of that that said david bowie portrait done in his studio because the crazed thought that they were they were celebrities now and the idea that. of course or they're all going to be a movie star you know that that pass of course that's the next step some is going to have been a film and the idea that in donald campbell with a scene that brought down them what's interesting about the plight you know why it's so funny is because obviously they can act they don't react they have one of them does a spacewalk on act. of an apprentice i have never been with ask anyone i've never been to of and they are really that that would be being said in a theater full of you know. actors that go is but the idea that the celebrity is the thing whether you're a banker or whether you own a. chain of hardware store shops or or whether whether you are the chairman of a football club you know what you want it's about being famous it's about that ego and i think that's what's interesting about even the title performance is that is that th

. ♪ and i turn myself and face me and i never caught a glimpse ♪ >> david bowie has been a game-changerhat the beatles kicked off and taken it all sorts of interesting places for others to follow. ♪ changes time to face the change ♪ ♪ time may change me ♪ but i can't change time ♪ i said that time may change me i can't trace time ♪ >>> this year i took some time off from touring and went off on some adventures of my own. and this is kind of a -- a letter back home. ♪ ♪ ooh, california, oh, california, i'm coming home ♪ ♪ oh, make me feel good rock 'n' roll band i'm your biggest fan california, i'm coming home ♪ >> you look to the horizon that you want to move toward. and that horizon was here in l.a. >> that's where the record companies were. and there's lots of sun. >> the way i got to california was just really simple. i got there in a '57 chevy by skipping my finals that year in college. >> virtually nobody was from southern california. they're all drawn to theight. and e light is the troubadour club. >> things happened gradually club in los angeles, it holds 250 people. happened on

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including a costume which david bowie wore in the labyrinth. >> i think my dad gave himself permission and his collaborators permission to play. >> like bonnie eriksson who helped design some of henson's biggest stars. >> here we are standing in front of miss biggy. >> i did three pigs. one became miss piggy. >> people love to laugh. my dad loved to laugh. he loved to sing. he loved to play. >> and the man she called dad played a big part in raising all of us. rehema ellis, nbc news, new york. >> the muppets. >> a recent temple university grad with a degree in accountant is this year's world series of poker champion. the 25-year-old from brigantine earlier this morning won the series main event in las vegas. he won by eliminating altoona's daniel ott and he'll take home more than $8 million. he and seven other players reached the table every all the other players were knocked out of the tournament. >> neighbors hold a vigil for a couple shot and killed in their neighborhood. lauren mayk is following the family's plea for justice. >> in addition to charges in this case, we'll tell you w

didn't know this when we were working on the sound track, i absolutely really -- i mean, i love that david bowier pressure." >> jimmy: oh, yeah, yeah. of course. >> it's like a classic. >> jimmy: yeah. >> and i really wanted to have it in the movie. that song was written about the wall coming down. i did not know that. >> jimmy: i thought it was written for vanilla ice. [ light laughter ] is that right? i did not know that. wow. >> yeah. >> jimmy: i meant thing to -- i don't want to give any spoilers away, but george michael. >> yes. >> jimmy: he's a big father figure. it's so beautifully shot. who -- who is the director on this? >> david leach, who is one of the -- the team that did the first "john wick." >> jimmy: i mean, it's just stunning to look at. [ applause ] and you were stunning to look at. >> aww. >> jimmy: but also -- you're just cool. you've got like some cool smokes. you've got guns. it's like, i feel like you don't -- i don't know if you eat in the movie at all. but i see you -- >> you see the leftovers of food. >> jimmy: yes, there's leftovers. >> i live off cigarettes and vodka.

>> letter to hermione by david bowie is pretty special. >> next question. cats or dogs?'ve got a cat, but i've only got a cat because -- well, i -- i love the cat. but -- we -- haven't got a dog 'cause i travel too much. and a cat goes, "yeah, whatever." whereas a dog goes, "why -- what have i done wrong?" >> favorite thing about yourself? >> i should say funny. i mean it's my job. >> i've reached the age where i've got old people rights. i can say what i want now. i don't care. i'm gonna die soon. so i can say what i want. >> is there a secret talent of yours that we don't know about? >> secret talent? depressingly, no. i've given everything i've got. >> that's it. >> i've given every -- everything. >> "i'm out." >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i gave it all. >> how 'bout thing about yourself you would want to change. >> oh. how long have you got? gee -- ev -- i wish everything wasn't sagging as much. >> and you're a man, so you can't wear spanx. >> i can't wear spanx. i wouldn't want to. i just -- it's like -- >> manx? >> i -- let it -- let it -- let it hang. >> ricky's new stand

. >> jimmy: i sang david bowie, yeah. >> and you're so musical. you're so talented. ou were like working it really hard like bowie had a hernia. know what i mean? [ light laughter ] like bowie slipped a disc, he was in pain. and you're kind of like going, you're like -- and i said, man -- i said, jimmy, everybody loves you. just smile, relax and enjoy yourself. you were like, yeah. >> jimmy: yeah, i go, yeah. i forgot, i was trying to hit the notes. i was worrying about the song. and you're like, you got the song. and you go, only you would lorne michaels change in the hallways of "saturday night live." >> they literally took everything out of the hallway and stripped the whole place bare and dressed it as a set for you, like you were liza minnelli or something. [ laughter ] like you were cher. you know what i mean? but yeah, no, you did that and you're so musical, it was great. but in the beginning, you were like bowie had a little bit >> jimmy: yeah, i was a a little -- i was nervous. i was nervous. so thank you, you really helped me. thank you for that. how are the

>> that level of gender blending proceeds me, and we have people like david bowie, god rest his soulou're thinking too much about what you're saying and who you might offend. it needs to get a little dirty again. ainsley: you're right about the video. i always see the country music videos but when have you seen a video of -- steve: they're not pc. brian: i'm always on the subway. >> you don't need mtv for that anymore. steve: i get it on my phone. >> youtube. exactly right. brian: when can we see youtube? >> the internet's taking off. >> 8:00 p.m. eastern, 5:00 in the west on the fox business network. business is our business and business is good. brian: she plays herself on tv. steve: kennedy, the number one business channel in america. >> exactly right. steve: still ahead on this thursday, kel consolidate is going to join us from the white house. we've go on got it a lot to talk about. ainsley: and arrested after fleeing the country after months of scandals. so why did it take him so long to get fired? mark steyn is here with plenty to say about that. plenty prevent bleeding gums.

when i worked with david bowie, we met socially quite a few times. then, you know, he has your number. you don't have his. hello. the debate over what replaces austerity is under way, and public sector pay is at the heart of it. the 1% cap on pay rises remains for now, but there are those in government who want more pay for public workers, paid for by tax rises, others who think we should borrow to pay more and, presumably, others who think the pay cap should stay for the next few years until the deficit is definitively slain. the economic arguments are interesting, given that the deficit is not the problem it was. but the politics is even more interesting — even among a certain class of deficit headbangers, the will for austerity is fading. and then there's the fact that the debate about it within government is so public. 1000 firemen from all parts of the country head for hyde park in the rain to publicise the demand for higher pay. public sector pay has long been an issue, and an emotive one. 0ne claim for more money that everybody supports, excep