It’s official. David Bowie will never perform in Rochester again, in part because he is dead, but also because he never went back after he and Iggy Pop were arrested there for possession of marijuana in the 1970's.

Just 20 years after this charming neighborhood video tour directed by Bram van Splunteren and led by Iggy Pop, this particular version of New York is all but gone. (Via Metafilter/Gothamist.)

Extinction-thwarting punkosaurus Iggy Pop has been chosen as the celebrity spokesmodel for Black XS L'Excès, the new line of Paco Rabanne fragrances — for a man or a woman or an Iggy. There's a commercial on the way shot by music video director Jonas Akerlund, but in the meantime, we'll just have to settle for this arresting image of a shirtless Pop in spangly gold pants and a smartly tailored black blazer, offering us a bottle of his come-hither elixir. Who wouldn't want to smell like the King of Pop? [Woman's Wear Daily]

[Iggy Pop's belly slides into a deep frown, followed by two other grimaces, at Auckland, New Zealand's Big Day Out Festival. Click on the image to expand. Photos via Getty.]

Courtney screams at her assistant and threw designer garments everywhere. Lindsay Lohan gets bounced at a party in Williamsburg. Matt Lauer isn't having an affair with Whitney Houston's stepsister. Kristin Cavallari shows her panties and catfights. TGIFriday gossip.

Harold Ford's recent night out at the Waldorf-Astoria took an apparently unwelcome turn. (Alt. headline: Harold Ford announces his intention to be New York's dog.) [TAP via Wonkette]

Her Royal Majesty turns 83 today. Feel free to use this an excuse to take your British friends to lunch and order a celebratory cocktail. Others celebrating today: Charles Grodin is 74. Filmmaker John Cameron Mitchell is turning 46. Andie MacDowell is 51. Patti LuPone turns 60. Author Nell Freudenberger is 34. Ugly Betty's Eric Mabius is turning 38. Tony Danza is 58. Iggy Pop is turning 62. Former congressman Gary Condit is 61. The Cure's Robert Smith is 50. And Tony Romo, the NFL quarterback who has to put up with Jessica Simpson for so long now, turns 29 today.