But one notable exception raises a hope that we haven't seen the last of Bowie the actor: as the electrical innovator Nikola Tesla in Christopher Nolan's Victorian thriller The Prestige, he is memorably haunted and distracted, though he was a down-to-earth presence on set.
As many of the world's most notable museums raise their admission prices — in New York, the Metropolitan Museum of Art has followed the Modern's lead and is now asking for a donation of $20 for an adult — the cultural institutions of Baltimore and a few other cities are going in the opposite direction.
Coming up with the idea after difficulties getting grants for research around a treatment for Anthrax, the founders highlighted some notable projects raising money on the platform, including a project aiming to kill sperm with the cancer gene and around cannibalism in the Tyrannosaurus.
The opportunity to understand how different health care systems operated and their experience gained in working with foreign populations, improving their cultural awareness and sensitivity, were also notable benefits raised by participants.
Still, even if the refunds are motivated by a desire for publicity, the practice is notable and surely raises thoughts of what might have been for other burned bettors.
Kim Clijsters made notable (and hair-raising) climbs at United States Opens.
Last summer, Qatar granted a notable 60 percent pay raise to all state employees.
In a statement, their lawyer, Mark S. Arisohn, said that the brothers are "hard-working family men who gained visibility as a result of their notable success in raising funds for George Pataki's gubernatorial campaigns".
As good as the team's passing offense has been, Michael Turner's 2012 season is so far notable only for raising the question of which is more embarrassing: getting arrested for drunken driving following Monday night's win or averaging 2.6 yards a carry.
