FEBRUARY NEWS 2007
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Footage from 2007 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Morton's in West Hollywood
FEBRUARY 29, 2007
MADONNA: 'I HATE SHOPPING'
Queen of pop MADONNA dislikes shopping for clothing so much she employs assistants to do it for her, despite her reputation as one of the world's best dressed women. The MATERIAL GIRL, who lives in London with her children and husband GUY RITCHIE, prefers to dress simply on a day-to-day basis.

She says, "I don't pay attention to British women's style. I just run around in my tracksuit with sunglasses on. "I have never liked shopping. I don't like going into a store and going through the racks. I am happy to have girls do it for me."
Source: Contactmusic.com - Burley in Wharfdale, Ilkley, UK
Madonna's Lourdes wedding dream
The singer is keeping her ivory Stella McCartney designer gown for her 10-year-old daughter's special day, after Lourdes begged her mother to let her wear it.

Madonna confessed to Elle magazine: "The only thing Lourdes has requested to have when she grows up is my wedding dress, to wear for her own wedding."

While Madonna and Lourdes agree on wedding attire, they don't always agree on fashion.

The 48-year-old pop superstar, famed for her outrageous stage outfits, admits she disapproves of her daughter's clothes choices.

Madonna said: "My daughter is going through the phase of wearing jeans so tight she can't bend her knees in them. I have a go at her and say, 'Can't you wear something else? And can you please wear a belt because I don't want to see your butt crack when you bend over.'"
Source: Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK
FEBRUARY 28, 2007
ELLE Web Site feat. M by Madonna
it’s the collection the world’s fashionistas have been waiting to see and now elleuk.com has exclusive pictures of madonna’s new range for h&m. in contrast to her last collection which concentrated on sports-casual looks, m by madonna’s new designs are all about ladylike chic - high waisted skirts, skinny pedal pushers and crisp white shirts. the collection, which goes on sale in h&m nationwide on march 22nd, will create huge excitement so start planning your buys now! For exclusive quotes from madonna on her style – and the secrets of her fitness regime - click here.
Madonna - one of the world’s biggest stars, madonna, speaks exclusively to elle about her style, her home life and how she copes with fat days! “i scream a lot,” she admits, but adds, “i have an incredible life, i am happy.”
ELLE Magazine April 2007 - UK
madonna reveals:
• the inspiration behind her new fashion line for h&m – and what husband guy ritchie thinks of what she wears!
• the one dress that daughter lourdes wants to inherit
• how she deals with stress
• her fitness routine
• how she copes with fat days
• her big shopping confession
• her latest hobby
I'm proud of what I've accomplished.
I'm blesses and grateful that I have family I have.
I have an incredible life.
Source: elleuk.com
Madonna's Family Style Matters
Madonna, who was given the Elle Style Icon Award at the 10th Elle Style Awards sponsored by H&M (held in London earlier this month), graces the cover of British Elle's April issue.

Inside, the 48-year-old star expresses concern that her older children, Lourdes, 10, and Rocco, 6, don't share her evolved fashion sense.

"My daughter is going through a phase of wearing jeans that are so tight she can't bend her knees in them. I have a go at her and say, 'Can't you wear something else? You have a closet full of clothes and you wear the same pants every day. And please wear a belt because I don't want to see your butt crack when you bend over,'" she tells the magazine.

And Rocco is just as guilty.

"My son never wants to take off his Gap army fatigue pants. They both wear the same thing over and over again."

We can only assume that 17-month-old baby David is wearing out the whole diapers-and-drool look as well.

Husband, Guy Ritchie, on the other hand, knows better. "He's very obedient in the clothes department!" says Madonna.

We can see that Madonna has trained her husband very well. Good boy, Guy.
Source: usmagazine.com
How does Madonna juggle family, career and all her other commitments?
Sometimes not very well, she admits

"I scream a lot!" the singer, 48, tells British Elle. "Sometimes I handle [stress] well, sometimes I don't. I take a deep breath or sometimes it's nice to go run really fast on a treadmill for half an hour and get out all of my aggression. And I'm surrounded by very efficient people who remind me that it's just a job and I'm going to be okay."

One thing that isn't a source of tension in her household is her fashion sense. Critics may love to hate some of her more out-there outfits, but husband Guy Ritchie, 38, isn't one of them.

Does he comment on what she wears? "Not really," she says. "Although once he said, 'I like the dress you're almost wearing' – you know, one of those comments. But I think he pretty much approves of how I dress."

Even the Confessions on a Dance Floor leotard? "He liked it."

Ritchie himself isn't stubborn when it comes to fashion.
"I like it when my husband wears suits and I tell him that on a regular basis," Madonna says. Does he listen? "Yes, he does. He's very obedient in the clothing department!"

Her kids are another story.
Though daughter Lourdes, 10, is modeling and testing the prototypes for Madonna's children's clothing line, a tie-in with her English Roses book series, she has her own outfit of choice.

"My daughter is going through a phase of wearing jeans that are so tight she can't bend her knees in them. I have a go at her and say, 'Can't you wear something else? You have a closet full of clothes and you wear the same pants every day. And please wear a belt because I don't want to see your butt crack when you bend over.' "
Likewise, her 6-year-old son, Rocco, "never wants to take off his Gap army fatigue pants. They both wear the same thing over and over again."
Source: People Magazine
Can't you wear something else?
February 28, 2007 -- IT'S do as I say, not as I do, for Madonna, who's laid down the law to her daughter, Lourdes, 10, about dressing too provocatively. "My daughter is going through a phase of wearing jeans so tight she can't bend her knees in them," the Material Mom, who posed nude for her "Sex" book, tells British Elle. "I have a go at her and say, 'Can't you wear something else? You have a closet full of clothes and you wear the same pants every day . . . And please wear a belt because I don't want to see your butt crack when you bend over.' "
Source: NY Post
Madonna On Lourdes & Rocco
Source: AccessHollywood
FEBRUARY 26, 2007
The Marilyn Monroe Connection
Then there was of course a very famous Marilyn Monroe admirer who already outlived Marilyn (thank god she did not die at 36!) for 11 years: Madonna. She brought Marilyn back to all of us during her strong Marilyn Monroe period, which she took to heights at her Oscar appearance in 1991, when she was dressed a la Monroe, including trademark fur stole (which made Peta upset of course), and sexy dress, diamonds and make-up.
But what is it, about this Marilyn Monreo obsession, of the Hollywood famous and less famous league of their own....?!
Source: PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) - Wien, Austria
Madonna's film company and other firm ordered to mediate dispute
A judge on Monday ordered a film production company co-founded by Madonna and another firm to enter into mediation to try to settle a legal dispute involving competing plans to make a movie on prisoner abuse.
Attorneys for Madonna's Maverick Films and Beverly Hills-based Inferno Distribution were ordered by a Los Angeles Superior Court judge to report back on May 22 to provide an update on mediation efforts.

Judge Mary Ann Murphy also set a Jan. 16, 2008 trial date in case the dispute wasn't settled.

Maverick Films sued last October, claiming Inferno Distribution unfairly represented itself to gain access to confidential information about a movie Maverick was making called "The Stanford Prison Experiment."

Inferno Distribution countersued last December, alleging slander, unfair competition and interference with contractual relations. The countersuit said the company was trying to make an English-language version of a German movie that examined the psychological effects of prison.

Maverick Films was founded by Madonna and Maverick Records executive Guy Oseary in 2001. The company acquired rights to the story in 2002 from Stanford University psychologist Philip G. Zimbardo, who conducted an experiment on obedience in 1971.
Source: Associated Press
FEBRUARY 25, 2007
2007 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Morton's in West Hollywood Hosted by Graydon Carter - Red Carpet
Giorgio Armani
Kristen Dunst
So cute and happy togethe
2007 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Morton's in West Hollywood Hosted by Graydon Carter - Inside
CHEERS
The drink's on Madonna
As you can see from the photograph, even Penélope Cruz, 32, was unable to escape Madge’s best efforts at the Vanity Fair party to ensure everybody had a good time.

BOTTOM'S UP
A little sip never hurt anybody! After polishing off her own cocktail, Best Actress nominee Penélope Cruz gets a taste of what Madonna's having at the Vanity Fair shindig.
Forest Whitaker, winner Best Actor in a Leading Role for “The Last King of Scotland”
Someone is having so much fun
Faye Dunaway
Guy Oseary
Harvey Weinstein
Gwyneth Paltrow
Source: Reuters - Chris Pizzello / Associated Press - Danny Moloshok
FEBRUARY 24, 2007
Madonna and Guy at Pre-Oscars party in LA
Source: Madonnadiscography.com
M by Madonna - H&M Hong Kong window display
The outside of the Hong Kong H&M store is currently covered with huge M by Madonna pictures advertising the collection premiere on Saturday 10 March at that store - the rest of the world will have to wait until Thursday 22 March!
Source: madonnalicious.com / Thanks to KYK
Akron native's fame rises after work appears in book by Madonna
"He's a rock star in Japan,'' said Rod Bengston, speaking of Jeffrey Fulvimari, the artist/illustrator of Madonna's children's book, The English Roses, and the next featured artist at the University of Akron's Emily Davis Gallery.
Source: Beacon Journal by Dorothy Shinn
FEBRUARY 23, 2007
STAR-CROSSED HILL STILL A CAU$E CELEB
With a string of big-money meetings yesterday, Hillary Rodham Clinton set out to prove she's still the Toast of Tinseltown by raking in cash from A-listers like Warren Beatty and Madonna - two days after Dem rival Barack Obama gobbled up $1.3 million from the stars.

Clinton held cash bashes with supermarket magnate Ron Burkle, Hollywood man-about-town Sim Farrar and megarich producer Haim Saban, and met with the bosses of uber-talent agency Creative Artists - all big Democratic contributors in the Golden State.
Source: NY Post
FEBRUARY 21, 2007
Madonna & Guy on the way to Matsuhisa Restaurant in Beverly Hills on 2-18-2007
FEBRUARY 19, 2007
M by Madonna Collection
The new M By Madonna collection, which was designed by the Material Girl herself, will be available in H&M stores next month. Some publicity pictures from the Steven Klein photoshoot were released earlier in February. The whole collection including clothes and accessories can now be viewed on the website of Swedish magazine Detnye. Check it out by clicking here
 
Source: madonna.com / detnye.no / Photos: Courtesy of Hennes & Mauritz AB
FEBRUARY 17, 2007
H&M Magazin Spring 2007
Source: hm.com
M by Madonna - another shot by Steven Klein was featured on the website for German magazine Stern
Source: Stern
FEBRUARY 16, 2007
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FEBRUARY 14, 2007
The Confessions Tour CD/DVD on the US Billboard charts
#1 - Billboard Top Music Video
#1 - Billboard Comprehensive Music Video
#2 - Billboard European Hot 100 Album
#4 - Billboard Top Internet Album
#9 - Billboard Top Digital Album
#15 - Billboard Comprehensive Album Chart
Source: billboard.com
Steven Klein features Madonna in the Face of Fashion exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London
The exhibition runs from Thursday 15 February to the Monday 28 May 2007
Source: npg.org.uk
FEBRUARY 13, 2007
Madonna telling Sirius host Larry Flick why you're obsessed with her ...
A live Madonna interview by Larry Flick from SIRIUS today. You can listen to an interview again on Monday, Feb. 19, 2007 at 9:30am EST and the following weekend on Larry Flick music show.

During this rare live radio chat, Madonna plugs her Confessions Tour CD/DVD, noting, "I underestimated the impact it would have on my life." She jokes that the only downside to actually seeing her fans up close (thanks to a gigantic catawalk) was "a few times guys in suits or guys with white button-down shirts and pencils in their pockets with their arms folded...sometimes [their] staring at me without smiling made me think that, like, I was being watched by Big Brother or somebody from the CIA was there to, like, make sure that my behavior was not counterrevolutionary or something, you know what I mean? I only got scared by people who looked like they weren't having a good time."

In music news, the ever-charming Larry Flick drops the ball by not following up when Madonna notes she's been composing songs on her guitar "right now" and says of his desire to hear a balls-out rock album from her, "I'll go downstairs and tell Pharrell that right now...I could see that as a future incarnation." Fave jams of late include Gnarls Barkley (oh, Madonna...no) and "Justin Timberlake's album [FutureSex/LoveSounds]...that's my favorite record to work out to. I didn't like it when I first heard it. I was like, 'This is wack, I don't like this, blah blah blah,' then someone played it at a party...It just goes to show you that you can't listen to a record just once."

Best part is when Flick asks the following $64,000 question:
F: Why do you think gay people love you so much, Madonna?
M: Oh, God, everybody asks me that...
F: Well, ’cause I have my own personal theory...
M: Oh, share.
F: Well ’cause I think, I think, I think you're a big old queen yourself.
M: Well, there's that theory, there's that theory.
F: ’Cause you're kinda girlie like a queen, but you're also...
M: But I'm kinda tough like a guy?
F: But you're a top. You're a top.
M: Definitely, definitely.
F: You're definitely not a bottom.
M: Nooo! Don't tell that to my husband.
F: Okay!
[Lots of laughter]

Yeah, I don't know, I just think, you know, it's like gay men are sort of like perfect men for, for girls who are tough, because they're not threatened by strong women and they're, you know, usually very in touch with their feelings and pay attention to details and, um...I don't know, I've just always had an affinity with gay men and, you know, sometimes if I analyze it and say what it is then I, then I go, 'No, that's not totally, entirely the reason.
Fabulously, the interview ends with Madonna declaring, "I wanna be like Gandhi and Martin Luther King and John Lennon—but I wanna stay alive," and with Flick somehow persuading Madonna to be either a pretty clove of broccoli or a delicious brownie on his plate. Oh, Larry...very Barbara Walters! Great, fun interview and she sounds as Michigan as she's sounded since the day she spent mugging for the camera with friends at Boblo Island.

More info on Larry Flick - click here
Madonna Interviewed on Sirius Radio "OutQ In the Morning" channel 106 tomorrow, February 14 at 9:30am EST
Madonna speaks exclusively with Larry Flick of Sirius Radio about the release of her Confessions Tour DVD. Tune in on February 14 at 9:30AM EST to Sirius Radio to hear directly from Madonna! For more information, check out Sirius.com
ELLE Style Awards 2007
Queen of Pop Madonna has been crowned top style icon at the Elle Style Awards.

February 12, 2007 - Roundhouse
London, United Kingdom
The 48-year-old was honoured for a career which has spanned two decades and countless different looks. Her constant reinvention has taken her from backcombed hair and fingerless gloves in the Eighties to her most recent incarnation as a leotard-clad disco diva. The Material Girl launches her new designs for high street store H&M next month.

The Elle magazine awards - billed as "the unofficial fashion Oscars" - were held at the Roundhouse in Camden, north London. Naomi Campbell was named best model. Spanish beauty Penelope Cruz, fresh from her appearance at the Baftas, picked up the best film award for Volver.

Thandie Newton won best actress for The Pursuit of Happyness and Ashley Jensen was there to accept the best TV show prize for Ugly Betty. The best actor award went to Jude Law and Amy Winehouse won best British music act. Stella McCartney was named best international designer.

Presenters at the glamorous ceremony included Peaches Geldof, Sophie Ellis Bextor and Kelly Osbourne.
Full List of Winners
• Style Icon - Madonna
• Best Actor - Jude Law
• Best Actress - Thandie Newton
• Best British Music Act - Amy Winehouse
• Best British Band - Razorlight
• Best Film - Volver
• Best TV Show - Ugly Betty
• Best Model - Naomi Campbell
• Best British Designer - Giles Deacon
• Best International Designer - Stella McCartney
• H&M Young Designer - Gareth Pugh
• H&M Fashion Photographer - Gilles Bensimon
Source: Yahoo Music (Tuesday February 13, 2007 00:32 AM)
Get Ready for M by Madonna
The M by Madonna collection at H&M is almost here and this time she's giving us something a little more exciting than tracksuits. The line, which Madonna helped create with design chief Margareta van den Bosch, is full of lumber jackets, blazers, kimono dresses, handbags and, of course, sunglasses with her signature M on the side. The line has been described as ultra glamorous and very sexy. From what we see here, we love it so far. Madonna is evidently pretty thrilled as well.

She says: "I've made no secret of my love of fashion. Working with H&M was an exciting and new creative challenge. I'm happy with the results and look forward to wearing M by Madonna along with the rest of the world."

Madonna looks amazing and fierce in the ads for the collection. We can't wait to see the clothes show up in (and fly off the shelves of) stores next month.
Source: popsugar.com
FEBRUARY 12, 2007
Madonna becomes H&M's material girl
She has been known as the Material Girl for years. Now Madonna has really become one by launching a fashion line for high street giant H&M.

The singer has worked closely with the company's design chief Margareta van den Bosch to create a range of clothes and accessories called M by Madonna.

Madonna, 48, said: "I've made no secret of my love of fashion. Working with H&M was an exciting and new creative challenge. I'm happy with the results and look forward to wearing M by Madonna along with the rest of the world."
The collection - described as "reflecting Madonna's timeless, unique and always glamorous style" - goes into stores in 28 countries, including the UK, next month.

It includes lumber jackets, blazers, kimono dresses, handbags and sunglasses, mainly in white, black, khaki and grey. A Madonna favourite is a stylish trenchcoat in cotton poplin and leather. Prices will range from £7.99 to £149.99.

Madonna, who is also modelling the collection for H&M's advertising campaign, apparently displayed considerable talent as a designer.
"Madonna has an impressive feel for fashion and trends," said Ms van den Bosch.

"She was extraordinarily style conscious, passionate and involved in even the smallest details."

The collaboration began last spring when H&M supplied a complete line of of f- stage clothing for Madonna's touring company, which led to the "Madonna tracksuit" being sold in stores.

H& M's previous collaborations, with designers Karl Lagerfeld, Stella McCartney and Viktor& Rolf, caused stampedes in its branches when the clothes went on sale.
H&M Polish ad for "M by Madonna"
Source: Polish magazine H&M / Thanks to madonnanewera.com
FEBRUARY 11, 2007
Madonna wins Best Dance Album at the 49th Annual Grammy's! Congratulations!!!
Electronic/Dance Album: "Confessions on a Dance Floor"
Source: Grammy.com
FEBRUARY 10, 2007
Madonna designs heading for the high street
Madonna's last range for H&M was considered a flop, will this one fare any better?
Madonna flexes her fashion muscles with another collaboration with H&M, writes Clare Coulso

Madonna — the world's highest earning female performer, worth an estimated £165 million — still has time for a few little jobs on the side.

Working closely with the Swedish fashion chain H&M, she has helped to create a high street collection closely based on her own glamorous wardrobe staples.
The range, M by Madonna, goes on sale next month and includes chic belted trench coats, an elegant black jersey maxi dress, a fitted, 1970s-inspired bomber jacket - one of Madonna's signature looks in recent years — and skinny black trousers.
This is Madonna's second collaboration with H&M. Her first, a track-suit that went on sale last summer amid much publicity, was regarded by many as a flop.

The 48-year-old singer has worked with fashion designers from Jean Paul Gaultier to Stella McCartney during her career and ignited more style trends than any other performer.
H&M, which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, has boosted profits by hooking up with big names including Karl Lagerfeld.
Source: telegraph.co.uk
FEBRUARY 10, 2007
Exclusive Video of Madonna in Malawi on Amazon.com! Exclusive Video of Madonna in Malawi on Amazon.com!
In the fall of 2006, Madonna visited Malawi and brought her new children's book with her! The English Roses: To Good To Be True was translated to Chichewa, the national language of Malawi, and Madonna personally handed out 250 books. You can now see exclusive video of this heartwarming exchange on Amazon.com. Click here! to watch Madonna interacting with the children of Malawi.
Source: Amazon.com / Madonna.com
FEBRUARY 9, 2007
Autograph Collector Feb/March 2007 Issue
Madonna draws a moustache on her picture for two young fans
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When my children were much younger than they are now, way back in 1989, they knew Al Pacino as a friend of the family, but not as a movie star or celebrity. They were too young (6 and 9 years old) to have seen any of his movies (other than Author! Author! and even that wouldn’t have held their interest) or attend any functions where photographers screamed his name and snapped his picture. But they did know (what child didn’t?) who Madonna was.
Madonna was a blonde fantasy who sang songs with lyrics they could imitate, even if they didn’t quite know what “Like a Virgin” or what being a “Material Girl” meant. Madonna was like Halloween, someone who looked all glitzy and unreal, someone whom they could dress like to go trick-or-treating.

So imagine when Pacino came to visit and told them that he was about to make a movie called Dick Tracy with Madonna. They just stared at him in disbelief—how could he know her? And what was he doing, making a movie? He was a guy who came on occasions to play chess with their dad, or to sit in the living room and talk to their dad. Madonna never came to the house. Their dad never claimed to know her.

“Why don’t you bring the girls to the set one day?” Pacino suggested. “I’ll introduce them to Madonna.”...
Source: autographcollector.com by Lawrence Grobel
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Madonna: Legend of Rock
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Timbaland Still In Shock Over Jay-Z, Madonna, Elton Collaborations
"I reached out to Madonna, and she was already trying to find me," Timbaland explained on Wednesday while in town for Justin Timberlake's FutureSex/LoveSounds tour. "I'm like, 'She was? Hmm.' It's funny. People will reach out to me, and I guess I beat them to the punch sometimes. It's crazy to see how many people want to work with me. I'm still in shock."
Source: MTV by Jayson Rodriguez
Madonna still in vogue at H&M (swe)
Swedish retail behemoth H&M has announced that it has commissioned pop superstar Madonna for a second exclusive clothing range for the chain.

Having designed tracksuits for the store earlier this year and appearing in a series of H&M advertisements, Madonna has agreed to design a new collection of clothes and accessories.

Hitting high street stores in March 2007, it will be named M for Madonna and designed in conjunction with Margareta van den Bosch, H&M's head of design.

A spokeswoman for the store said it would "reflect Madonna's timeless, unique and always glamorous style".

She added: "Madonna has an impressive feel for fashion and trends. She was extraordinarily style conscious, passionate and was involved in even the smallest details of every design."

Madonna commented that she loves fashion and that "working with Margareta and H&M was an exciting and creative challenge" and she looks forward to wearing the results "along with the rest of the world".

Karl Lagerfeld and Stella McCartney have also previously designed for H&M and financial analysts predict Madonna's help will boost publicity and sales.
Source: MPDClick - Southampton, Hanmpshire, UK
New children's clothing range from Madonna (uk)
A series of children's books written by pop supremo Madonna is to have its own spin-off range of clothes in the UK.

The books chronicle the adventures of The English Roses who are a fictional group of girls created by Madonna. Already released in the US, the clothes range will use illustrations from the books as its inspiration.

The Premier Kids trade show in Birmingham, scheduled for late January 2007, will see the initial look at the new clothing range which will be manufactured by Lipstik Clothing.

According to Madonna's publicists the range has been a top seller in US stores because it is hip with vivid colours and trendy designs.

However some fashion journalists in the UK have commented that the UK kids' wear market is notoriously hard to break because supermarket prices have meant parents choose their children's outfits on account of its price rather than the designer.
Source: MPDClick - Southampton, Hanmpshire, UK
FEBRUARY 7, 2007
Prince Harry's night with the Queen of Pop
It was quite a bizarre sight - a prince out drinking with the Queen of Pop.
Prince Harry spent more than two hours talking to Madonna and her husband Guy Ritchie at Mayfair's Mahiki club.

The unlikely threesome discussed Madonna and Guy's adoption of African baby David Banda last October while knocking back £100-a-pop champagne Treasure Chest cocktails.

The 21-year-old prince reportedly had tears in his eyes as he spoke to Ritchie at length about the orphans he has befriended in Africa. Harry has founded his own charity, called Sentebale, to help millions of Aids orphans in Lesotho.

One reveller in Mahiki last night said: "Harry wasn't drunk, even though he had a few cocktails from the Mahiki Treasure Chest. The more he talked to Guy about Africa, Aids and the children, the more he was tearful. He seems to be a very sensitive guy. He also gushed to Guy about how caring his girlfriend Chelsy is towards the African orphans."
After their intense discussion, the mood became lighter as Harry and Madonna, 48, swapped exercise tips and compared notes on how much they trained, how far they run and their respective injuries - which raised a few giggles among the party.

It certainly looked as if the singer had enjoyed her night out with the prince.

Ever the gentleman, Guy certainly clutched her tightly as they emerged from the club in the early hours. Earlier in the evening the couple enjoyed a meal in the recently reopened Scott's fish restaurant in Mayfair - a favourite A-list haunt.
Madonna escapes midnight scrap outside Mahiki
Madonna left a rock star scrap in her wake, after a brawl broke out following her visit to a London nightclub, last night.

She had been visiting the trendy Mahiki club with husband Guy Ritchie to celebrate promoter Piers Adams' DJ night.
Source: metro.co.uk
FEBRUARY 5, 2007
‘M by Madonna’ in store on March 22, 2007
‘M by Madonna’, a line of clothing and accessories that is scheduled to arrive in all stores carrying the women’s wear collection on March 22. The ‘M by Madonna’ line will reflect Madonna’s timeless, unique and always glamorous style.
Source: H&M
FEBRUARY 4, 2007
The DVD has been banned in Singapore!
Cross scene could be reason
IF you are a Madonna fan waiting for her Confessions Tour on DVD, forget it.

The New Paper understands it is because of a controversial mock crucifixion that the 48-year-old singer (left, performing in Amsterdam) staged during her world tour last year.

She performed the song Live To Tell suspended from a cross while wearing a crown of thorns.

When we contacted Warner Music Singapore, its marketing manager, Mr Simon Nasser, said the Media Development Authority has not approved the DVD's release.

MDA could not be reached for comment at press time.

The DVD had its worldwide release on 29 and 30 Jan.

Mr Nasser said Warner Music had submitted it for approval last month.
The application and a subsequent appeal were rejected.

'We were asked to remove the cross scene in the video but Warner Singapore does not have the rights from Madonna's management to do that,' he said.

The Confessions world tour, which went to 25 cities in seven countries, has drawn protests.

The BBC reported that church groups in the US and Europe condemned the performance and in the Netherlands, a priest was arrested after he attempted to stop the Dutch leg of the tour by making a hoax bomb threat.

Dutch Protestant groups wanted to bring blasphemy charges against Madonna, but the Amsterdam prosecutors' office refused, saying the scene was subject to different interpretations.

Madonna released a statement after the Japan leg of the tour in September last year, saying that her act was not mocking the church.

She said: 'My performance is neither anti-Christian, sacrilegious nor blasphemous. Rather, it is my plea to the audience to encourage mankind to help one another and to see the world as a unified whole.'

The performance, she explained, was intended to draw attention to the millions of African children dying of Aids.

It also brought her a lot of money.

US music magazine Billboard reported that the Confessions tour made US$193.7 million ($297m) and was the highest-earning show by a female artiste.

Madonna fans were able to catch the concert on cable TV's Channel V.

The channel also gave away the DVDs as part of a promotional campaign in Kuala Lumpur last month.

This is not the first time Madonna has had a run-in with religious people.
In 1989, the Vatican condemned her music video Like A Prayer, which featured burning crosses, statues crying blood and Madonna seducing a black Jesus.

Mr Brenton Wong, 44, a public relations consultant, said he was not surprised by the ban.

'It is understandable. In Singapore we are sensitive about provoking religious groups,' he said.

But he also thinks our society is mature enough to handle the provocative material that Madonna dishes out.

'She's known to do it,' he said. 'People should not read so much into it.'
Source: Electric New Paper - Singapore by Sheela Narayanan
D&G feature Madonna's Confessions Tour "Music Inferno" in their Winter 2008 Fashion Show in Milan
Source: dolcegabbana.it
FEBRUARY 3, 2007
A cut above the rest
Steven Klein is not just a glossy image-maker for the stars; his work can go straight for the jugular, finds Tim Teeman.

Madonna, says Klein, is “very clear, surprisingly focused” in conceiving innovative pictures. “When you think about it you never see her back, you rarely see anyone’s back in a photograph and it’s fascinating to show its muscular structure”.
Source: Times Online
FEBRUARY 1, 2007
Madonna films new commercial for Ariake
Brilla Mare Ariake is bringing his exquisite new high rise to the Tokyo bay front and has asked Madonna to star in the advertising campaign! The commercial, which was directed by Madonna's friend & frequent photographer Steven Klein, was filmed last week in London. Keep checking Madonna.com for more information about the commercial.
Source: Madonna.com
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