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  1. FIGMENT: NEWTON

    Tuesday Dec 15 | Inner Toob

    Dr. Bell wasn't the only one using an alias in "Grey Matters", last week's episode of 'Fringe'. The severed head that was brought back to life and reattached to a body was identified as Thomas Jerome Newton, but I'm told this was the name of David Bowie's character in "The Man Who Fell To Earth". Supposedly "Newton" was from the parallel dimension ...

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    Related Topix: Drama Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Pop/Rock, David Bowie

  2. The Man Who Fell to Earth

    Tuesday Dec 8 | Coast to Coast AM

    John Lennon wasn't the only rock star to have experiences with UFOs and the occult. As Timothy Green Beckley writes in an article for UFO Digest , David Bowie had an interest in extraterrestrial matters, as well as involvement with witchcraft and magic. More here . Loading Tweets

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    Related Topix: Drama Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Pop/Rock, John Lennon

  3. Duncan Jones, formerly Zowie Bowie, wins Bifa awards for Moon

    Sunday Dec 6 | Times Online

    ... project. Critics have compared it to Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey and Nicholas Roeg's classic The Man Who Fell to Earth , which starred Jones's father. Although previous winners of the Bifas' Best Film award have included such modern British ...

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    Related Topix: Moon, Drama Movies, Science Fiction Movies, David Bowie, Pop/Rock, Oscars, Comedy Movies, Thriller, Crime Movies, Made, Sam Rockwell

  4. When men go madRead the original story

    Jul 7, 2009 | Canada.com

    ... been using eye makeup forever, starting with Little Richard in 1957. David Bowie slapped it on as The Man Who Fell To Earth (but, sadly, didn't break his scrawny neck.) And somewhere I've got a DVD of Bob Dylan at Wembley in the early 1980s. There's ...

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    Related Topix: Ice Hockey, Winter Sports

  5. 'Bowie: A Biography,' a book review

    Nov 21, 2009 | CNET News.com

    ... sang a duet with Bing Crosby, starred in one of the great space oddity films of the 1970s, "The Man Who Fell to Earth," and "The Hunger" in 1983. He acted on Broadway in "The Elephant Man" in 1980. Granted, reading about faded rock stars can be a ...

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    Related Topix: Horror Movies, Drama Movies, The Hunger, Science Fiction Movies, David Bowie, Pop/Rock

  6. When men go madRead the original story

    Jul 7, 2009 | Edmonton Journal

    ... been using eye makeup forever, starting with Little Richard in 1957. David Bowie slapped it on as The Man Who Fell To Earth (but, sadly, didn't break his scrawny neck.) And somewhere I've got a DVD of Bob Dylan at Wembley in the early 1980s. There's ...

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    Related Topix: Ice Hockey, Winter Sports

  7. Battle of Agincourt gets The Tudorsa ...Read the original story w/Photo

    Oct 14, 2009 | Times Online

    ... Roeg, the British director who made the classic 1970s films Don't Look Now , Performance and The Man Who Fell to Earth . Roeg said that he had hired Hirst because of his success in making The Tudors accessible to a modern audience, even though his ...

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    Related Topix: Cate Blanchett, Performance, Drama Movies, Short, Science Fiction Movies

  8. One nation under a MoogRead the original story

    Oct 10, 2009 | UTV

    ... and visuals owed a substantial debt to David Bowie's Berlin trilogy and his stranded alien in The Man Who Fell To Earth. Chuck in some Europe Between The Wars atmospherics and you had the recipe for Visage's Fade To Grey and The Damned Don't Cry; ...

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    Related Topix: Drama Movies, Science Fiction Movies, David Bowie, Pop/Rock, Visage, Punk, The Damned, Kraftwerk, Electronic, Gary Numan

  9. One nation under a MoogRead the original story w/Photo

    Oct 9, 2009 | Surrey Hants Star

    ... and visuals owed a substantial debt to David Bowie's Berlin trilogy and his stranded alien in The Man Who Fell To Earth. Chuck in some Europe Between The Wars atmospherics and you had the recipe for Visage's Fade To Grey and The Damned Don't Cry; ...

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    Related Topix: Drama Movies, Science Fiction Movies, David Bowie, Pop/Rock, Visage, Punk, The Damned, Kraftwerk, Electronic

  10. David Suzuki strives for the unpredictable: It's the Nature of ThingsRead the original story

    Oct 8, 2009 | Vancouver Sun

    ... to offer, and there have been occasions when he has felt a little like David Bowie's character in The Man Who Fell to Earth, a lone figure surrounded by TV screens, taking it all in and absorbing information. Where Suzuki has lent the show ...

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    Related Topix: Entertainment, Television, The Nature of Things, Photography, Arts

  11. The nature of things for David SuzukiRead the original story

    Oct 8, 2009 | Canada.com

    ... to offer, and there have been occasions when he has felt a little like David Bowie's character in The Man Who Fell to Earth , a lone figure surrounded by TV screens, taking it all in and absorbing information. Where Suzuki has lent the show ...

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    Related Topix: Wildlife, Outdoor Recreation

  12. The son also risesRead the original story w/Photo

    Oct 8, 2009 | The West Australian

    ... travel. And there is the little matter of Jones' father being David Bowie, aka Ziggy Stardust and The Man Who Fell to Earth, the former David Jones whose chosen name references the sci-fi masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey and whose classics include ...

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    Related Topix: Moon, Horror Movies, Drama Movies, The Hunger, Science Fiction Movies, David Bowie, Pop/Rock, Comedy Movies, Thriller, Crime Movies, Made

  13. GERTY in spaceRead the original story

    Oct 7, 2009 | Erie Times-News

    ... of a Thinking Machine." What's more, his dad starred as a humanoid alien in Nicolas Roeg's "The Man Who Fell to Earth" (1976). So it isn't surprising that Jones has just directed his first feature film, "Moon," and that it's a science-fiction tale. ...

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    Related Topix: Moon, Science / Technology, Space, Drama Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Pop/Rock, David Bowie, Wooster, OH, NASA

  14. Labyrinth

    Sep 29, 2009 | DVD Verdict

    ... could have some peace and quiet. Imagine her surprise with Jareth the Goblin King (David Bowie, The Man Who Fell to Earth ) actually turns up and whisks Toby away to his enchanted castle in a mystical land. Sarah immediately regrets her rash ...

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    Related Topix: Family, Labyrinth, Adventure, Musical Movies, He's Just Not That Into You, Jennifer Connelly, Drama Movies, Science Fiction Movies, David Bowie, Pop/Rock

  15. Papa John Phillips' publicist uses daughter's rape to sell albumsRead the original story w/Photo

    Sep 25, 2009 | City Pages

    ... outtakes and material from the 1976 sessions for Phillips's soundtrack to the film The Man Who Fell To Earth, (starring David Bowie). Ordinarily, we'd overlook typographical boo boos. But this is daughter rape we're talking about here. And daughter ... 1 comment

    Related Topix: Public Relations, Mackenzie Phillips, Pop/Rock, The Mamas & the Papas, The Rolling Stones

  16. Out of this word

    Sep 16, 2009 | New Statesman

    ... Bowie's son?" or, "Well, it's a bit like 2001: a Space Odyssey (1968)", or Solaris (1972), or The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), or Silent Running (1972). I think this is significant, not only because one of the greatest pleasures of any art form is ...

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    Related Topix: Moon, Drama Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Pop/Rock, David Bowie

  17. Top 5 SCFI Classic FilmsRead the original story

    Sep 16, 2009 | Associated Content

    ... by the minute and the Terminator ... well he did come back in Terminator 2 Judgment Day. 4. The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) starring David Bowie is a vivid look at the life of Thomas Jerome Newton, a humanoid alien, who comes to Earth to get water ...

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    Related Topix: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Drama Movies, Science Fiction Movies

  18. Songs defy insomnia, lull listener into deep sleepRead the original story

    Sep 14, 2009 | Daily Nebraskan

    ... god of ambient synths himself, Brian Eno . "Low" was intended to be the soundtrack to the film "The Man Who Fell To Earth," but "Subterraneans" will literally take you much deeper than just the surface. You'll sleep so soundly you may wake up in a ...

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    Related Topix: Miles Davis, Jazz, Black Entertainment

  19. Space Aliens Rarely Get Welcome-to-Earth PartyRead the original story

    Sep 2, 2009 | Associated Content

    ... Sometimes alien visitors want our help, such as the alien seeking water for his dying planet in "The Man Who Fell to Earth." Here are six films available on video and DVD that feature aliens among us. Do you know who your neighbor really is? "Men In ...

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    Related Topix: Charlie Sheen, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Short, Independence Day, Thriller, Science Fiction Movies, Men in Black II, Comedy Movies

  20. The Rapper Who Fell to Earth

    Aug 26, 2009 | The Pitch

    In The Man Who Fell to Earth , an alien played by David Bowie drops in on ol' terra firma looking for a spot of tea and a way to take water back to his drought-suffering home world.

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    Related Topix: Drama Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Comedy Movies, August, David Bowie, Pop/Rock, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought, Progressive-Rock, Iman