David Bowie has spoken about his work on Scarlett Johansson’s debut album, a collection of covers of Tom Waits songs.

The rock legend added backing vocals to two tracks on “Anywhere I Lay My Head” – ‘Falling Down’ and ‘Fannin’ Street’.

Posting on his official site BowieNet, the singer said: “The songs are great, really good Tom Waits stuff, and Scarlett’s performances are mystical and twice cool. She creates a mood that could have been summoned by someone like Margery Latimer or Jeanette Winterson.”

However, the veteran artist played down his contributions to the record, saying: “I’ve seen the press on this and I suppose the record company wanted to spin my involvement a little more than it actually warrants. All I contribute are these oo’s and ah’s on a couple of tracks.

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Luise sent in scans of the new issue of German Vanity Fair with Scarlett on the cover. While the cover shot is old, the pictures inside are new, taken at the Berlin Film Festival. Scarlett looks amazing! If anyone if able to translate the interview, please do get in touch. I’ve also added a couple of new stills from Boleyn Girl. Thanks to Sandra for some of them!

Last but not least, I’d like to give a plugging to some of my friends’ new sites dedicated to Scarlett’s co-stars: Andy’s Javier Bardem fansite, Javier Bardem Online, on the Vicky Cristina Barcelona star and fresh Oscar winner (congrats to Javier!) and Filip’s Eric Bana fansite, Eric Bana Fan, dedicated to the king of Boleyn Girl.