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Playlist: LeBron James Loves Barry Manilow

11:07 am, November 14th, 2008, Nicole Martinelli


Basketball star LeBron James took out his iPod in front of reporters to prove it’s not all Jay-Z. The much-tattooed forward, pictured here with Mac user Gisele Bundchen on the controversial Vogue cover, has some Barry Manilow on there, too, namely “Copacabana,” “Mandy” and “I Am Your Child.”

Go figure. Just like Tommy Hilfiger listening to Jimi Hendrix or John McCain listening to Abba, it goes to show there’s a little bit of the unexpected in everyone’s playlist.

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Nicole Martinelli was born in San Francisco and has lived in Milan and Florence, Italy. Cultish tendencies and love for DIY increased while living on the Old Continent, where tech came late and cost more in Big Mac index terms. She's written for Wired.com, The New York Times and Newsweek, and since 1999 on her site, Zoomata. If you're so inclined, friend her on Facebook.

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4 comments

    “The much-tattooed forward, pictured here with Mac user Gisele Bundchen on the controversial Vogue cover …”

    What’s controversial about the cover? I enlarged it and don’t see anything.

    OlsonBW, on November 14th, 2008 at 11:42 am

    What makes this cover controversial?

    flunkycarter, on November 14th, 2008 at 11:55 am

    Gisele isn’t naked.

    Bob Eubanks, on November 14th, 2008 at 12:35 pm

    So according to that article… some people think that lebron is meant to resemble king kong snatching away a scared and horrified white girl.

    Yeah.

    flunkycarter, on November 14th, 2008 at 1:22 pm