Faces Finish Writing and/or Recording New Album, Bowie is Recording, too, more

The U.K. paper The Sun says that the reformed Faces have already recorded their first album in thirty years. Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, Kenney Jones, Ian McLagan and an unnamed bass player supposedly were inspired after a trip together to Costa Rica, Bermuda and Miami.

Meanwhile, the Daily Mirror tempers that a bit by saying that Stewart and Wood are done writing the songs for the album, which they completed in three days on that vacation. The Mirror also "confirms" that Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers will be the bass player.

David Bowie announced that he was working on new music via a Twitter message. "Cheers from a snowy Berlin! Working on some new material!" Bowie has made three other albums in the German city (Low, Heroes, Lodger ).

Andy Serkis, who played Gollum in the three Lord of the Rings movies, will play Ian Dury in a new biopic on his life. He told the site Cinema Blend, "I'm actually doing a film about the life of Ian Dury ... He's an amazing character, a real poet ... And he was a polio sufferer, so he basically didn't have much use of his left leg or his left arm. He was one of the first disabled punk rockers ever. I'm really looking forward to that".

The National Enquirer (remember, consider the source) is claiming that Natalie Cole will be receiving a kidney from her sister, Timolin. Cole has been battling Hepatitis C and was diagnosed with kidney failure back in September.

There are reports that James Taylor was taken to the hospital and given fifty stitches after falling at a rehearsal for the Barack Obama concert last Sunday. A spokesperson for the singer said that he fell, cutting his forehead on a guitar, which is why he wore the hat and sunglasses when he performed.