Farewell Starman: World mourns the loss of David Bowie

LIVE from David Bowie’s Brixton mural as fans pay tribute

Bowie passed away in his home on Sunday after an 18-month battle with cancer, his agent confirmed to CNN.

"David Bowie died peacefully today surrounded by his family after a courageous 18 month battle with cancer. While many of you will share in this loss, we ask that you respect the family"s privacy during their time of grief," said a statement posted on his official social media accounts.

"David Bowie was one of my most important inspirations, so fearless, so creative, he gave us magic for a lifetime," wrote Kanye West on Twitter.

The star will also be remembered fo his contribution to history.

"I wish he could have stayed on earth longer. RIP," wrote author J.K. Rowling.

Comedian Ricky Gervais, fresh from hosting the Golden Globes on Sunday night, said that David Bowie was a "hero" of his.

"My condolences to the family of The Legendary artist David Bowie may he he rest in peace," posted Whoopi Goldberg on Instagram.

Britain"s Prime Minister, David Cameron, said Bowie provided the soundtrack to the lives of his generation.

Rocker Gene Simmons said that Bowie would be "sorely missed."

Actor Will Arnett said that Bowie was "the greatest."

Tim Peake, the first British European Space Agency astronaut to arrive at the International Space Station, said that Bowie"s music "was an inspiration to many." One of the late musician"s most famous songs, "Space Oddity", chronicles the launch of fictional astronaut Major Tom.

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield is famous for performing Bowie"s "Space Oddity" while floating around the space station. And his tribute was spot on.

The European Space Agency"s Rosetta probe also made it its mission to commemorate the loss.

Even one of the world"s busiest airports expressed their gratitude.

The Ritzy cinema in Brixton in the south of London where Bowie was born felt there was only one announcement worth making, bringing the legend back home.

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/11/entertainment/david-bowie-dies-celebrity-reax/

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Alicia Vikander Golden Globes: Facts You Didn"t Know About The Swedish Actress ...

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Alicia Vikander is an up and coming star you should watch out for.

Alicia Vikander as Gerda Wegener, attends the UK Film Premiere of "The Danish Girl" in London, UK. (Photo : Getty Images)

The name Alicia Vikander is suddenly all over the entertainment news, for her latest Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress, for playing the part of Gerda Wegener in The Danish Girl.

This is not the first time she has been nominated for the prestigious award, the actress also picked up a nomination last year for playing the part of Al in Ex Machina.

Kate Winslet won the award in the category of Best Supporting Actress, but the nomination has been a great start for Vikander, bringing her to our notice. Vikander is also dating Michael Fassbender. This starlet is definitely one to watch out for and Enstars is here to help you get to know her better.

Here are five facts you probably didn"t know about the Swedish actress:

Acting Runs in the BloodVikander is not the first in her family to have been bitten by the acting bug. Her mother, Maria Fahl Vikander, is a stage actress, although she has mostly worked in Swedish theater.

Vikander Has Got the Right MovesVikander has training in ballet, which must have greatly contributed to her physical presence on screen. This skill also got her jobs in musicals at the Gothenburg Opera, like The Sound of Music and Les Miserables.

This Isn"t Her First BreakAlthough Ex Machina and The Danish Girl have brought great attention to Vikander in Hollywood, the actress earned her first laurels with her big-screen debut, Pure (2009), for which she won the Rising Star Award at the Stockholm Film Festival and also got special honor at the Berlin Film Festival that year.

She"s No Stranger to Awards SeasonsVikander seems to have been on some kind of winning streak ever since, her next project The Royal Affair (2012) for which she painstakingly learned Dutch also picked up a nomination for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2013 Academy Awards.

She"s Got More Upcoming ProjectsWe will be seeing a lot more of Vikander in the near future. She is playing the female lead in TulipFever (2016) and The Light Between Oceans (2016) in which she will co-star with Fassbender.

Source: http://www.enstarz.com/articles/134019/20160111/alicia-vikander-golden-globes-facts-you-didnt-know-about-the-swedish-actress-video.htm

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Multiple School Delays and Closings

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School closing and delays for Monday, January 11th. (Photo provided by MGNonline.)

Some schools are reporting delays and closings this morning.

General Brown School District - 2 hour delay, No AM Pre-k and No AM BOCES

Augustinian Academy - Closed Monday

Belleville-Henderson Central Schools - Closed Monday, No after-school or evening activites

Bohlen Technical Center - No AM BOCES

Cazenovia Central Schools - 2 hour delay, No AM BOCES

Indian River Central Schools - 2 hour Delay, No AM Pre-k

Lowville Academy and Central School - Closed Monday

Indian River Central Schools - 2 hour Delay, No AM Pre-k

Sackets Harbor Central School - 2 hour delay

Sandy Creek Central School - Closed Monday

South Jefferson Central Schools - Closed Monday

Watertown City School District - 2 hour delay

Source: http://cnycentral.com/news/local/school-closings-and-delays-01-11-2016

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Uh, did Sylvester Stallone forget to thank Ryan Coogler?

Sylvester Stallone Wins First Golden Globe Ever at Age 69

Sly, Sly, Sly...(Photo: Mark Davis, Getty Images)

Put your boxing gloves away, people. Sylvester Stallone didn"t exactlyforget to thank Ryan Coogler he just spaced there for a moment. (Maybeit was all thosepunches to the head?)

I am the sum total of everyone Ive ever met, and so lucky Ive absorbed some of this, the Creed actor said during his acceptance speechfor bestsupporting actor in a motion picture.

Stallone concluded the speechby paying homage to Rocky Balboa himself:"Most of all, I want to thank my imaginary friend Rocky Balboa for being the best friend Ive ever had."

And cue music as well as shadefrom directorAva DuVernay and other social media usersforthe ostensible omission.

But, as it turns out, Stallone did thank Coogler. You just couldn"t hear him over the sound of his 30 seconds being up.

"Did I say Ryan Coogler?" he said, running back to the microphone after the camera cut away. "You are a brilliant filmmaker."

The actor also thanked Michael B. Jordan as the show went to commercial.

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Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2016/01/10/sylvester-stallone-golden-globes/78612700/

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Golden Globes 2016 updates: "The Revenant," "Mr. Robot" and underdogs win big

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"Steve Jobs" actress Kate Winslet accepts her Golden Globe for supporting actress in a film - drama at the 73rd Golden Globes at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

In Danny Boyles Steve Jobs, Kate Winslet took everything in stride as Joanna Hoffman, Steve Jobs" Polish Armenian marketing matriarch at Apple. She navigated product launches, technological innovation and Jobs" erratic personality with a cool head. But in real life, backstage at the Golden Globes after accepting her award for supporting actress on Sunday, the British actress was far more emotional.

"I really am so shocked right now, so shocked," she said. "I never expected it, never, ever. Standing here I keep thinking this is not happening; I honestly, truthfully did not expect this at all -- and I am so thrilled."

When the 11-time Golden Globe nominee, who"s won three times, was asked to elaborate on what she"d started saying at the podium about women in film, while accepting her award, she said: "Women are doing such great work; there are a lot of out there still in the game I"ve been doing this 23 years now, Helen Mirren, Jane Fonda, these wonderful women we"re so fortunate to stand beside and learn from. And to be inspired by. There"s a real sense of girl power this year in terms of performance. And it"s just incredible to be a part of that."

About the challenges that she"s most proud of when filming the movie, she it was throwing herself out of her comfort zone.

"When I first read the script I couldn"t imagine how it would be possible to pull off something of that size it"s like 170 pages long. I just knew this was a woman nothing like me, looked nothing like me, was from a world I knew nothing about; and I just wanted that challenge."

Will she go out and party now, tonight?

"I have this I neck problem," she said. "I booked a massage for 9pm which I may have to cancel so I don"t know how much partying I"ll actually get to do!"

Source: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-golden-globes-updates-htmlstory.html

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Golden Globes: Brie Larson wins best actress in a drama film for "Room"

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Inaccepting the Golden Globe for best actress, drama, for the movie "Room," Brie Larson displayed just the kind of sideways, off-the-cuff charm that has propelled her through this awards season.

On a night when making jokes at the expense of the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. and the meaning/relevance of the Golden Globes seemed something of a mandate, Larson found an original way to address the notoriously eccentric voting body.

"It"s been such a pleasure getting to know you, you"re such an incredible bunch of people!" Larson said with a seeming lack of guile.

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In "Room," Larson plays a young woman kidnapped and held for years in her captor"s backyard shed. Her character has to deal with the trauma of her situation while struggling to protect the young son she bears while imprisoned, in the film written by Emma Donoghue from her novel of the same name and directed by Lenny Abrahamson.

This was Larsons first Golden Globe nomination.

"This movie means so much to me," Larson said onstage. As music began to play her off, she said, "I can"t believe this. I"m sorry to anyone I forgot. I"ll write you a thank you card."

The other nominees in the category were a mix of Globe favorites and new faces.

Cate Blanchett was nominated for her role in the romantic period drama "Carol." This was Blanchetts ninth Globe nomination. She won best actress in a drama for Elizabeth and Blue Jasmine andsupporting actress for Im Not There, in which she played a young Bob Dylan for Carol director Todd Haynes.

Rooney Mara was also nominated from "Carol," as the youngshop girl who falls into aromantic entanglement with Blanchett"s wealthy socialite. Though Mara wasinitially submitted to beconsidered in the supporting actress category, the HFPA placed her in lead. This was Maras second Globe nomination. She was previouslyrecognized for The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.

Alicia Vikander also wasinitially submitted in the supporting category for her performance in "The Danish Girl." Ultimately, she was nominated in both the lead actress category for her role as artist Gerda Wegener in The Danish Girl and in the supportingactress category for her role as asentient robot in Ex Machina. They were her first Golden Globe nominations.

Saoirse Ronan was nominated for her performance in "Brooklyn," as a young woman in the 1950s who leaves her small Irish town to head to New York City on her own. This was Ronans second Globe nod, having previously been nominated in the supporting actress category in 2008 for Atonement when she was only 13.

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Source: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-golden-globes-brie-larson-best-actress-drama-room-20160110-story.html

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Manchester City "join Real Madrid in race to sign Chelsea star Eden Hazard"

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Eden Hazard has reportedly emerged as a shock target for Manchester City.

The Sun on Sunday claims City will bid for the 25-year-old if he decides to to leave Chelsea this summer.

Real Madrid are his number one suitors with new boss Zinedine Zidane a known admirer and Cristiano Ronaldo edging closer to the Bernabeu exit door.

Rumours are rife Portugal skipper Ronaldo will leave Los Blancos at the end of the season to join PSG, despite Zidane"s insistence that he won"t be sold.

Replacement: Eden Hazard could take Cristiano Ronaldo"s place in Real Madrid"s team

If Ronaldo does leave, Madrid are expected to turn their attention to Chelsea and Belgium winger Hazard.

However, City are reportedly unwilling to let Hazard go to Spain without a fight and are said to be weighing up an 80million bid.

Hazards international teammates Vincent Kompany and Kevin De Bruyne are already settled at the Etihad and could play a key role in trying to persuade him to join them in the North West.

Hazard scored 19 goals last season and won numerous individual accolades as Chelsea won the Premier League and Capital One Cup, but the former Lille man is yet to find the net in 27 appearances for the Blues this season.

Source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/manchester-city-join-real-madrid-7152403

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