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David Bowie Talks About "Searching for God" and "Spirituality" in Unaired 60 Minutes Interview. David Bowie passed away Sunday at the age of 69, leaving behind an incredible musical legacy. Back in 2003, he opened up about his process of creating during a series of interviews with CBS' 60 Minutes. Their story on Bowie never ran, but thanks to 60 Minutes Overtime, fans are now able to watch raw excerpts of these interviews and gain new insight to the rock icon's mind. In one clip, Bowie said he wasn't "particularly fond" of his own voice. "I never thought of myself as a singer," he explained. "I thought that I wrote songs and wrote music, and that was sort of what I thought I was best at doing, and because nobody else was ever doing my songs, I thought I had to go out and do them." In another interview with 60 Minutes, Bowie talked about being asked, "Why do you do what you do?" and struggling to come up with an answer. "I really had to think about that," he said. "I guess, I guess, taking away all the theatrics or the costuming and the outer layers of what I do, I'm a writer...I write. I started examining the subject matter that i write about, and it really only boils down to a few songs based around...loneliness, to a certain extent, couple[d] with isolation, some kind of spiritual search, and a looking for a way into communicating with other people." Bowie touched on spirituality again at a different point in the same interview. "Searching for music is like searching for God," he said. "They're very similar. There's an effort to reclaim the unmentionable, the unsayable, the unseeable, the unspeakable, all those things, comes into being a composer and to writing music and to searching for notes and pieces of musical information that don't exist." Ultimately, Bowie told 60 Minutes he was grateful he ended up writing and performing his music. "I think generally, I just cannot really envision life without writing, and producing records, and singing," he said. "I think, in short, it's as cornball as that. You know? It really is what I do. And I'm so glad I chose that to be my profession...It's been just terrific." More clips from Bowie's unearthed 2003 interviews with 60 Minutes can be seen at CBSNews.com. (Eonline)

Adele is making her The Late Late Show debut on Wednesday with James Corden and trust us, you don't want to miss it. In an epic teaser released on the show's YouTube page on Monday, Adele joins Corden in the car for a round of Carpool Karaoke and be warned, the mother of one is not one to take on in a friendly round of the game. The video starts, hilariously, with the talk show host outside of what is presumably Adele's home as he calls her and questions, "Hello, it's me. I was wondering if after all these years you'd like to meet?" After the singer gets in the car, the pair begin a soulful rendition-led by Adele, of course-of "Hello" before briefly conversing about her hair and the gym. They then start another duet, this time singing "Rolling In The Deep" as the grammy winner belts the main verses and Corden fills in the backup vocals in expert timing. Catch her full appearance on Wednesday, Jan. 13 at 11:37 p.m. CT on CBS. (People)

Sam Smith May Have Just "Peaked" After His Golden Globes Win for Best Song: "Enough Is Enough Now." We're not the only one celebrating Sam Smith's big win. On Sunday night, the "Writing's on the Wall" singer attended the 2016 Golden Globes where he picked up a prestigious award for Best Original Song in a Motion Picture. While he's received his fair share of Grammy awards, the 23-year-old admitted that being surrounded by the biggest stars in movies and TV was quite the special and different experience. "I'm in complete shock to be honest with you. I just didn't think it was going to happen tonight," he told E! News' Maria Menounos at the show's after party. "We've been here just enjoying it, just looking at everyone, it's just weird." He continued, "It's not our world but we feel very welcomed, which is beautiful." Sam and Jimmy Naples both accepted Sunday's award for their song in Spectre titled "Writing's on the Wall." Before the single beat out songs performed from talented artists like Charlie Puth, Wiz Khalifa and Ellie Goulding, Sam was the first to admit that being able to write the song for such an important movie was a big enough win for him. "I thought we won when we got to do the Bond thing. As soon as we got to do that, it was incredible," he told E! News. "Obviously the awards are important, but I felt like I won in that sense and just to get it feels really weird." He added while laughing, "Enough is enough now. We peaked." Just wait, Sam. The 2016 Oscar nominations are set to be announced Thursday morning. Perhaps someone will receive a nomination and be able to perform the track live! (Eonline)

As the world gets to grips with the surprise death of David Bowie on Jan. 10, one man's tribute to the Starman is hitting the right notes. A Facebook user by the name of Gordon Wilson, like many others, took a walk to clear his head after he heard the news. When he strolled into the Kelvingrove Museum in Glasgow, according to various reports, Bowie's spirit was filling the room. Wilson captured and shared a video of a "moving" performance of "Life On Mars" on the church's organ (Christopher Nickol is widely reported have performed the piece). It appears the now-viral video was filmed at the Kelvingrove Museum in Glasgow, and that the man playing the organ in the video is Christopher Nickol. (Billboard)

Fifth Harmony is now represented by Maverick Management, Billboard can confirm. Maverick hinted at the arrangement with a tweet, which featured a photo of the girl-group along with the caption, "Welcome to the Maverick family, @FifthHarmony!" The pop outfit, which was named Group of the Year at Billboard's Women in Music 2015 ceremony, is now onboard with a management enclave that counts Pharrell Williams, Madonna, Alicia Keys, U2, Britney Spears and Miley Cyrus among its clients. Fifth Harmony had been repped by Jared Paul at Faculty. The pop-quintet's debut full-length album, Reflection, opened at No. 5 on the Billboard 200. The 2015 set yielded two top 40 hits, "Worth It" (No. 12) and "Sledgehammer" (No. 40). (Billboard)

Kendrick Lamar and President Barack Obama recently met to discuss the importance of mentorship for today's youth. In a video shared Monday (Jan. 11) by Lamar's label and management company, Top Dawg Entertainment, Lamar explains the importance of mentorship on his own life and shares photos from that meeting. "As a kid, having a mentor was vital to me. Always been there when it counted, allowed me to make some of the most important decisions while growing up," he says. "So it's only right that I mentor a younger person with the same wisdom that was given to me. If it helps the next kid be a better person in life, I will forever be aware of my influence and pay it forward. I look where I'm at today and realize that most of my success is owed to the mentors that were in my life." Lamar continues, saying he and Obama talked about this, as well as "topics concerning the inner cities, the problem, the solutions and further more embracing the youth, both being aware that mentoring saves lives." The Compton rapper encourages others to participate in "paying it forward" with mentorship programs such as the National Mentorship Partnership and others through Obama's My Brother's Keeper initiative. "Sometimes I reflect to think back where would I be if I didn't have a presence of an older acquaintance telling me what's right and what's wrong, telling me the pros and cons of every move I was about to make, telling me then best way to plan success for my future," Lamar says. (Billboard)