
Sporting Tom Ford shades so dark that they seemed to obscure half his face, he waded through a 40-minute press conference in seeming slow-motion. He was in New Zealand to promote-or perhaps explain- 808s & Heartbreak, the new album he recorded in an ungodly rush amidst his continent-hopping Glow in the Dark tour.


Kanye West arrived at Auckland’s Westin Hotel in December 2008 looking exhausted, at the end of every possible rope.
