In an article entitled "Top Five Business Stars of 1998" (December 24th issue) The Mirror, a (UK publication), has named David Bowie as the 1998 Businessman of the Year. Reasons sited included Bowie's trend setting "Bowie Bonds" deal and over-all business acumen.
"We gave the award for two reasons. First, Bowie has single-handedly changed the music industry forever, thanks to his "Bowie Bonds". The second reason for our award is that Bowie has shown himself to be a sound businessman".
The other top 4 include:
2. David Potter
3. Bernie Ecclestone
4. Guy Hands
5. Marjorie Scardino
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Yet another mysterious stamp appears from out of the wide-blue-yonder. This one is from the Caribbean island of St. Vincent, just a stones throw away from Bowies' old home on Mustique.
Says David, "I know and knew nothing about this at all. And St. Vincent was about a 15 minute ferry ride from where I was living. I wonder if they did a Jagger one, or a Princess Margaret for that matter. Any one know anything about this printing?"
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Friday, January 8th at 3:00 p.m. EST
You asked for it, you got it! Join us for this special chat with Iman starting at 3:00 p.m. EST. See ya there
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January 03, 1999
In their feature article entitled "FORCAST 99' The Next 10 Years" ComputerWorld has just named David Bowie as one of the top 20 Technology Visionaries.
David, along with such IT heavyweights as Bill Gates, Tim Berners-Lee, Marc Andreessen, Scott McNealy, and Larry Ellison were all asked to share their personal view of what's to come in the next decade. Read David's Contribution PLUS the other top 20 Visionaly views of the future at www.computerworld.com.
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Il Mio West was the second highest grossing movie in Italy last week. Good Show!
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Man Who Fell to Earth Airs Sunday, January 3rd, 1999 at 14:00 EST on the SCI-Fi Channel in the US. The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976) is a sci-fi drama film about Thomas Jerome Newton (Bowie), a humanoid alien who comes to Earth to get water for his dying, drought-stricken planet.
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David Bowie is set to host the new season of sci-fi drama "The Hunger." The addition of Bowie has helped Showtime market "The Hunger" internationally. Already, last year's series has been picked up by the SciFi Channel in the United Kingdom, Canal Plus in Scandinavia and Benelux, RTL 4 in Holland, Universal's 13th Street in France, and CNI in Italy.
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Happy New Year from BowieNet!
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1998 is just about over and New Years Eve is upon us. From everyone at BowieNet, have a Happy and Healthy New Year!
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Be on the look-out for the sheet music for
'Heroes' in the new Godzilla Music Book:(Piano.Vocal.Guitar).Filed under: