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AUGUST 29, 2007

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The official press release for the musical based on Madonna's 1985 "Desperately Seeking Susan" coming to the Novello Theatre in London's West End has been released:

Desperately Seeking Susan will open in London at the Novello Theatre on 12 October, with a press night on Thursday 15 November. This quirky love story is set in New York City's vibrant Lower East Side and driven by the pulsating energy of classic Blondie songs. Based on the smash hit 1980's movie, this new musical is a whirlwind fairytale of mistaken identity, magic shows and rock 'n' roll.

Featuring all the best-loved Blondie tracks, including "Call Me", "Heart of Glass", "Rapture", "One Way or Another", "Sunday Girl", "Atomic", "The Tide is High", "Dreaming" and "Hanging on the Telephone", the production will also introduce "Moment of Truth", a new song by Deborah Harry and Chris Stein, written especially for this feel-good romantic comedy musical.

Roberta Glass, a suburban New Jersey housewife, escapes her humdrum life by reading the personal ads placed by Susan, a street-smart New York City drifter, and her freewheeling boyfriend Jay. Through a quirky twist of fate, Roberta and Susan unexpectedly swap lives and are plunged into a madcap world of jewel heists, magic shows and rock 'n' roll. The collision of their identities takes them on a wild ride of transformation and discovery until they realise that just when you think you know where your life is headed, something magical happens and turns it all around...

Before there was Madonna and Gwen Stefani, Debbie Harry was rock's reigning blonde pin-up icon, and both are quick to acknowledge her inspiration, as are countless female (and male) rockers since. The ultimate pop-rock diva, Deborah Harry became an icon of the new wave scene and a queen of New York, incorporating the influence of culture pioneers like Andy Warhol, Giorgio Moroder and Fab Five Freddy into her fashion, look and, particularly, sound. With Blondie, she and Chris Stein brought the worlds of disco and rock together with Heart of Glass and Call Me and broke ground by combining hip-hop and pop on Rapture.

Desperately Seeking Susan will star Kelly Price as "Roberta" and Emma Williams as "Susan".

Kelly Price has starred in the title role of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice at the Watermill Theatre and as "Sarah Brown" in Michael Grandage’s production of Guys and Dolls at the Piccadilly Theatre and has also appeared in Mamma Mia. Emma's most recent theatre credits include "Johanna" in Sweeney Todd at the Royal Festival Hall', "Fran Kubelik" in Promises, Promises at the Sheffield Crucible and "Truly Scrumptious" in the original production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the London Palladium. She has also starred with Steve Coogan in the British film The Parole Officer.

The show also stars Leanne Best, Mark McGee, Alec Newman and Jonathan Wrather and the cast includes Lucy Banfield, Matthew Boulton, Chloe Campbell, Matt Flint, Alex Gaumond, Victoria Hamilton-Barritt, Kaisa Hammarlund, Paul Hazel, Christine Holman, Steven Houghton, Toussaint Meghie, Twinnie-Lee Moore, Steven Serlin, Chris Piper, Laura Scott, Lincoln Stone and Gemma Whitelam.

The musical is written and conceived by American writer, director and actor Peter Michael Marino, whose other writing projects include Hollywood Nurses, an homage to lesbian pulp novels of the 1950s, which had a sold out run off-Broadway and is currently in development with The Drama Department in NYC for a 2008 opening. Peter wrote, produced and performed the title role in the critically acclaimed cabaret spoof Lance Jonathan: All About Me!, and its sequel More About Me!, which were met with critical acclaim, were nominated for several Mac Awards and received the Bsckstage Bistro Award for Outstanding Achievement. He has also directed and produced a dozen NYC premieres. As an actor, Peter provided the comic relief for four years in the Off-Broadway smash Stomp.

The musical is directed by Angus Jackson, an Associate Director of Chichester Festival Theatre, and choreographed by American Andy Blankenbuehler.

Set and costume designs are by Tim Hatley, with lighting design by Hugh Vanstone, sound design by Bobby Aitken and Brian Beasley and orchestrations by Martin Koch.

The show is produced in London by Susan Q Gallin, Ron Kastner, Mark Rubinstein, Joseph Smith for Old Vic Productions with Peter Kane, Nordby/Rawley Productions, Mary Lu Roffe in association with MGM On Stage, Darcie Denkert and Dean Stolber and by special arrangement with Deborah Harry.

Creators:
Music & Lyrics by Blondie
Additional song by Debbie Harry
Book an concept by Peter Michael Marino
Directed by Angus Jackson
Choregraphy by Andy Blankenbuehler
Set and Costume design by Tim Hatley
Lighting design by Hugh Vanstone
Sound Designers Bobby Aitken and Brian Beasley
Orchestrations by Martin Koch
Casting Director Jill Green

AUGUST 27, 2007

Madonna: Like an Icon by Lucy O'Brien

Madonna is the biggest female pop star in the world yet there is no serious biography of her, and no biography at all by a woman.

Existing books are either gossipy style manuals or rehashes of press cuttings and they all end in 2001 with Madonna's marriage to Guy Ritchie. Yet her story hardly ends there, as evinced by her two record breaking world tours since then...Lucy O'Brien's extensive and well-researched biography will look at Madonna the artist, giving detailed analysis of her music, complete with revealing interviews with musicians and producers. It will focus on her cultural impact and the way she uses cinema, photography, visual art, theatre and dance in her work. It will take an in-depth look at how - and, more to the point, why - Madonna has reinvented herself through her twenties, thirties, forties and will no doubt do so again in her fifties. It will also look at the wider context and include interviews with similarly crusading female artists like Tori Amos, Laurie Anderson, Jeanette Winterson and Tracey Emin. This will be, quite simply, the definitive Madonna biography.

Book Reviews by Mark Beech

Aug. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Madonna, the queen of reinvention, has contorted herself at age 49 into an earth mother with a religious streak and an adopted child from Malawi. She works out obsessively, signs her own checks and frets over why her hubbie, director Guy Ritchie, isn't nicer to her.

This is the portrait that emerges from ``Madonna: Like an Icon,'' Lucy O'Brien's overly earnest, turgid biography of the bestselling female pop star on the planet.

O'Brien is a Madonna fan whose previous books include ``She- Bop,'' a history of women in rock. Bantam bills her new work as ``the closest you'll get to Madonna's autobiography.'' If so, it's because Madonna Louise Ciccone, a.k.a. ``Mrs. Ritchie,'' has so far published children's books and a compilation of sexual fantasies, not memoirs.

This biography does have a few things going for it. The writing is clear, the discography is exhaustive, and the text is up to date. It mentions Madonna's latest tours, the Live Earth charity event in July, and studio sessions with Timbaland for an album inspired by hip-hop. O'Brien also puts Madonna in the context of other female artists, including Tori Amos and Tracey Emin. Unlike previous books on Madonna, this is erudite and thoughtful, not just a rehash of press clips.

Desperately Seeking Buzz
For all that, O'Brien fails to capture the essence of Madonna, a headline-seeking provocateur who once declared that she lost her virginity as ``a career move.'' This is, after all, the Italian-American girl who worried that her notorious ``Like a Prayer'' video, with its orgasmic love scene on an altar, wasn't graphic enough.

The best tidbit O'Brien gives us is hardly a shocker: Her marriage, we learn, was under so much strain that she considered moving back to New York without Ritchie. ``Deep down, he blames her for his career nosedive,'' an unidentified friend says.

Anodyne anonymous quotes permeate this book. Though O'Brien spoke to Madonna's musicians, producers and dancers, she lacks a reporter's knack for extracting telling remarks.

``She did not look happy,'' one unnamed person says about the day Madonna visited the Kabbalah Centre in London to seek a blessing for her new son. ``She seemed kind of isolated.''

Nor do we get any direct comments from the diva herself, though it isn't clear why. ``My search for Madonna became maddening,'' O'Brien writes.
The author does throw out one tantalizing possibility -- that her heroine ``will move further into the political arena.'' Then she backs off, saying Madonna will forever have a public role, ``even if it isn't overtly political.''
Confused? O'Brien offers a tip: ``Whenever I am faced with a conundrum, I always go back to the songs.''

I took her advice and put on Madonna's album, ``The Immaculate Collection.'' It made a far better case for the star than this book does.

AUGUST 24, 2007

The English Roses will be released on Sep 13, 2007. You can Pre-order them at Amazon.com

Source: Amazon.com

AUGUST 23, 2007

Leaving London gym

The schedule lists three upcoming Madonna releases for October 2007, however these date have to be specified first (TBS = To Be Specified)! Next to that the title for the release has to be determined as well!

The fact that this list tentavive and that both the exact release date and title for the album are not known yet, means that nothing is certain yet!

The leak of 'The Beat Goes On' and the fact that Timbaland will fly back to London to finish the album in September means, on the other hand, that a release in october sounds very plausible!

Source: madonnadiscography.com

AUGUST 22, 2007

Leaving London gym

In Maharanis Lucy Moore brilliantly recreates the lives of four women: two grandmothers, a daughter and a granddaughter, all of them princesses of the royal courts of India.

Chimnabai, Maharani of Baroda, was a proud nationalist and one of the founders of the women’s movement India. Her husband famously snubbed the king of England during the Coronation Durbar of 1911.

Sunity came from a progressive Bengali family but was married as a teenage bride to the glamorous, anglophile Maharaja of Cooch Behar. She was the first maharani to visit Britain for Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee in 1887.

Indira, Chimnabai’s daughter, dared to reject the marriage her parents had a arranged for her and eloped with Cooch Behar’s son, Jit, uniting the two dynasties. A renowned beauty, she combined here duties as Regent of Cooch Behar with a sensational social life in Europe. Later she became a matriarch almost as formidable as her mother.

And Ayesha, daughter of Indira and Jit, married the Maharaja of Jaipur, a dashing polo players, in 1940. After Independence she entered politics and made here name as an impassioned critic of the corrupt government of Indira Gandhi.

In a gripping narrative set in exotic places on the subcontinent as well as the drawing rooms of Europe, this powerful story spans 150 years. Full of spirit and courage, each maharani changed the world she lived in, shaping the way modern Indian women define themselves. Through their story Lucy Moore creates an intimate portrait of a nation during an era of great change-the rise and fall of the Raj and India’s long road to Independence and beyond.

Source: indiaclub.com

A Russian newspaper has published two pictures of Madonna and Gogol Bordello at her 49th birthay party

Source: rleopoldina from Icon

AUGUST 21, 2007

The amazing Annie Lennox is back! Her PR machine clicked into high gear today and it was formally announced that the singer's new album is titled "Song Of Mass Destruction" and will be out in stores on October 2.
Click on the image above to get a better view of the very theatrical and slightly eerie cover art for the new album.

In addition to being an incredibly successful artist, Annie is a celebrated activist and humanitarian. The new album features the soaring and powerful feminist anthem 'Sing', born out of Annie's involvement with Nelson Mandela's 46664 and Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) - organizations fighting for human rights, education and health care for those affected by the HIV AIDS virus.

The track 'Sing' features 23 of the most recognized and successful female solo artists in the world, invited by Annie, to raise awareness and finances for TAC initiatives. Included among the group are superstars such as Madonna, Sarah McLachlan, Celine Dion, Fergie, Faith Hill, Pink, Dido, Gladys Knight, kd Lang, Angelique Kidjo, Bonnie Raitt, Shakira, Melissa Etheridge, Anastasia, Joss Stone, KT Tunstall and many others, as well as TAC activist members own vocal group known as 'The Genetics', whose CD of music inspired Annie to make 'Sing' a reality.

Source: Amazon.com

Madonna is considering leaving her current label Warner Music Group (WMG) after her next two albums are released, her publicist told FOXNews.com.

Among the alternatives the pop music icon is considering is a deal with Los Angeles-based Live Nation, Britain’s leading promotions company and venue owner, said Liz Rosenberg, who represents Madonna and also works at WMG.

Music industry insiders have estimated such a move could be worth $100 million to the Material Girl.

But before any new contracts with Live Nation, WMG or any other company can be arranged, Rosenberg said, Madonna will release her forthcoming and as-yet untitled album — set to come out later this year or early next — and a greatest hits album with WMG, the label she has been with throughout her career.

"Once that’s done, Madonna is a free agent," Rosenberg said. "Her management is considering a move to another company."

The news comes only weeks after WMG stock dropped to an all-time low, dipping below $10 to $9.79 a share, as reported by FOXNews.com's 411 on Aug. 7.

Source: Foxnews.com

NASHVILLE (Billboard) - The music industry is buzzing with talk that Madonna is considering an exit from her longtime home, Warner Music Group.

Most of the focus centers on a deal said to be in the works with tour promoter Live Nation that would encompass recorded music, touring, merchandising and other business concerns.

Live Nation, the world's largest live event producer and venue operator, has produced Madonna's past three world tours, which grossed about $400 million combined.

Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino has expressed a desire for the company to form longer-term and more complex relationships with artists. But a multifaceted deal with an artist of Madonna's stature -- one that would include a label component as well as a Madonna's lucrative touring business -- would be the most ambitious undertaking under Rapino's watch.

One source estimated the value of the Live Nation offer to be $180 million, with the company potentially licensing the recording rights for about $30 million.

Madonna has two more albums due on her contract with WMG, according to a label spokeswoman: an album of new material is expected late this year or early 2008, and a greatest hits project.

It is doubtful that WMG, the only label to which Madonna has ever been signed, would give up the Material Girl without a fight. Sources said that company has made a counteroffer to Madonna that also includes a touring component that could be helmed by rival promoter AEG Live. AEG Live declined comment.

The WMG spokeswoman said the label hopes to continue with Madonna -- who is "worshipped and respected as a great artist at the company" -- but is not surprised that she is receiving rival offers.

Source: Reuters/Billboard by Ray Waddell Tue Aug 21, 8:29 PM ET

AUGUST 17, 2007

I never thought that Madonna would spend her 49th birthday with a bunch of gipsies.

But the Queen Of Pop — who has millionaires Brad Pitt, Gwyneth Paltrow and Stella McCartney as friends — slummed it on her big day yesterday with a traveller-themed bash for 20 close pals.

And Madge and husband Guy Ritchie laid on fab entertainment at their country pile in Wiltshire.

The singer splashed out on The Devil’s Horsemen to lay on an equestrian show. The troop travel the UK dressed in medieval-themed costumes to perform jousting shows.

Zoe Ross, manager of The Devil's Horsemen, confirmed the riders did put on an equestrian show as part of Madonna's birthday celebrations but could not give any further details on the party due to a confidentiality agreement with the singer.

Madge must have taken inspiration from new best pal Eugene Hutz, from gipsy punk band Gogol Bordello.

The pair performed a Romany-inspired routine to her hit La Isla Bonita at the Live Earth gig last month. He played at her party too.

I hear Eugene teamed up with Russian gipsy act Tthe Kolpakov Trio to get guests dancing until dawn.

It’s amazing to think she’ll be 50 next year.

As I told you earlier this week, Madonna is planning to put on a special gig at New York’s Central Park to celebrate.

Source: The Sun UK

AUGUST 13, 2007

Madonna is in secret talks to play a gig at New York’s Central Park on her 50th birthday.

The Queen Of Pop will tour the US next year to promote her next album.
And she has been racking her brains to come up with something unique and special to mark her big day. Madonna turns 50 on August 16 next year — and though not thrilled about reaching the milestone she knows she won’t be able to ignore it.

My impeccably placed source said: “One of the ideas she loves is to do Central Park on her birthday.

“She came up with it and has been discussing it as a serious possibility.
“She doesn’t like getting older but she knows there’s no way she can pretend her birthday isn’t happening.

“She is planning to kick off a world tour next June in America to promote her new album. Playing at Central Park would be the highlight. “She sees it as a huge televised event.”

Simon & Garfunkel famously performed for free to more than 500,000 people in Central Park back in September 1981.

Madonna has a huge connection with the city. She moved there in her rebellious teens, it’s her spiritual home and she performed a song called I Love New York on her last album, Madge has been in the studio with Timbaland and Justin Timberlake recording the follow-up to global smash Confessions On A Dancefloor.

They have been writing and recording in London and Madonna plans to go back to New York in September to put the finishing touches to it. She’ll then take a few weeks off to be with hubby Guy Ritchie and children Lourdes, Rocco and adopted son David.

The album is scheduled for global release in November.

Madge is also set to put out a 25th anniversary box set next year to celebrate her years in the music business.

Better start saving up now for those tickets — one thing’s for sure, they won’t come cheap.

Source: Herald Sun Wed, 08 Aug 2007 7:00 AM PDT

AUGUST 9, 2007

Paparazzi photographs of Timberlake and Madonna leaving recording studios in London have appeared in magazines all around the world.
The pair share more than a CV that includes kissing Britney Spears.
So far Madonna, Timberlake and FutureSex/LoveSounds co-producer Timbaland have written six songs for her forthcoming album.

"There's a couple of duets in there," a cagey Timberlake says of his work with the queen of pop.

Madonna offering the creative olive branch to a young performer (Timberlake is still only 26) must be like getting to meet pop's answer to Yoda (admittedly a hotter version thereof). She was topping charts when Timberlake was filling nappies.

"She's a very talented lady," Timberlake says diplomatically. "There are definitely moments when I think, wow, I'm singing with Madonna. But she's so cool. She's very clever, very innovative. I was humbled working with her. She's fun to work with and she takes advice. Plus she has an amazing mind."

Pressed, Timberlake says some of the Madonna tracks have grooves that sound like her first album, but with more advanced lyrics.

"It kind of meets in the middle between what she does and what I do. It's exactly how you want to hear Madonna right now. It doesn't sound quite like anything she's done yet it still sounds like Madonna."

Madonna's gravitating towards Timberlake is perhaps the ultimate barometer of his acceleration from pop star to pop icon -- and of his credibility.

Source: Herald Sun Wed, 08 Aug 2007 7:00 AM PDT

AUGUST 8, 2007

NEW YORK — Timbaland is finally back in the States after touring overseas with Justin Timberlake, and yes — his trip was productive. Not only did the duo shoot a video with 50 Cent, but they also worked with a cultural icon.

"We just did Madonna's record," Timbo said, sitting in the "TRL" green room. He was part of the cavalcade of stars — including Kanye West, Common, Rihanna and Robin Thicke — who came out for the VMA press conference on Tuesday (see "MTV VMA Race Is On: Justin Timberlake, Beyonce Lead Nominations"). "Me and Justin did the records" for the album, he continued, saying Madonna is almost done with the effort. "She's great. ... She's got a hot album. Her album is up there with Justin's album."

Tim says he and Justin wrote and produced 10 songs for Madge's LP, many of which will make the club jump.

"Ah, man," Tim gushed. "There's this one song, we taking it back to 'You must be my luck-eee starrrr!' ... Remember 'Ugly' by Bubba Sparxxx? I got a beat similar to that. The hook is no words. It's saying stuff named after coffee — all these different names for coffee — is the hook. ... The name of the song is 'La, La.' Pharrell did a hot one for her too called 'Candy Shop.' She's off the chain."

The production legend said there isn't a title for the opus yet, but he will be reconvening with the singer in September to finish it up. Other than Madonna, 50 Cent is the only other person outside of Tim's Mosley Music Group that he's worked with lately.

"I did some more records for him," he said about his recent work for Fif. "I know he's gonna use them, but I don't know for which album — this one [Curtis] or the next one [Before I Self Destruct]."

During previous sessions, Timbaland produced "Ayo Technology" for 50 as well.

"That's London, baby," he smiled while talking about the song's wild video, in which there's some serious male/female interaction going on (see "50 Cent Suits Up For 'Ayo Technology' Clip With Justin Timberlake, Timbaland"). "London all day. We didn't do our scenes together. I was tired. I don't know what [50] was doing. I know I was tired, I know he was tired. It was fun, man. When I saw all them girls, I was like, 'Where they get all these girls from?' Then I went back to sleep."

(See Timbaland with 50 Cent and Justin Timberlake on the set of the "Ayo Technology" video.)

As for what else is going on within Tim's musical family, that cutie Keri Hilson is getting her debut right (see "Timbaland Protege/ Justin Timberlake Collaborator Keri Hilson: You Need To Know Me") and Tim and Missy Elliott have been talking about doing another album together.

Source: MTV by Shaheem Reid

AUGUST 2, 2007

The pair beat David and Victoria Beckham and Sex And The City star Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick in the poll.

Hollywood couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, whose relationship is rumoured to be going through a troubled patch, came second for their "smouldering" red-carpet look.

New Los Angeles residents Posh and Becks were third in the survey of 7,000 fashion fans for In Style magazine.

Singer Gwen Stefani and her British rock star husband Gavin Rossdale were fourth, followed by actress Demi Moore and younger lover Ashton Kutcher, for their "complimentary" wardrobe.

The full run-down is:
1. Madonna and Guy Ritchie;
2. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie;
3. David and Victoria Beckham;
4. Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale;
5. Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher;
6. Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes;
7. Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick;
8. Kate Bosworth and James Rousseau;
9. Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise;
10. Kelly Brook and Billy Zane.

Source: Press Association

AUGUST 1, 2007

Source: Drowned Madonna

JULY 31, 2007

Here’s an exclusive and funny report from ENZO aka Hulaboy3 for Drowned Madonna:

Madonna left New York tonight (Tues July 31) at 10:30 pm. She took a British airways flight back to London. She was with Angela Becker and her new assistant. There were about 4 fans and 2 paparazzi, no security at all, only her driver. You were able to go up to talk to her if you wanted - very quiet, no one said anything, just took our photos and video.

We watched Madonna go through airport security. She had to take her shoes, jewelry etc off. Three times she went through the metal detector and set it off. Each time she went back and had to take off more jewlery or something else. On the third try, she passed the detector without it beeping and she turned around with her arms raised in celebration that she made it through.

it was really crazy cause Madonna is like a baby, first she tried to take off her bracelet and she couldn't undo the clasp and so she put her hand out for Angela to do it. The next time it was her watch she had to take off and once again she couldn't do it and just stuck her arm out for Angela to take it off for her.

All in all though, she looked much better in person than they usually make her look in photos. Her arms looked nice, her skin and face looked beautiful. Not too old or too skinny or anything like that that we always hear.
Here are 2 pics that Enzo aka Hulaboy3 took.

Source: Drowned Madonna

Could Madonna be throwing her material weight behind Hillary Clinton's presidential run?

TMZ spies caught Her Madgesty spending almost two hours at the Harlem headquarters of President Bill Clinton's charitable foundation yesterday afternoon, but neither Madonna's nor Bill's camp would confirm Madge's presence. Madonna hasn't endorsed any of the 2008 hopefuls, but the Clinton Foundation has been the biggest single donor to Madonna's Raising Malawi effort -- and she and Bill have worked together on medical relief for the African nation.

Still, Madonna wasn't seen anywhere near the Lexington Avenue HQ of Hillary's campaign. She was, however, spotted by TMZ's cameras all over the city, from her morning workout on the Upper West Side, to checking out artist-director Julian Schnabel's new apartment building in the West Village, then up to Bill's in Harlem and ending up in Midtown at the offices of HarperCollins, which co-publishes her kiddie lit.

Source: TMZ

JULY 30, 2007

Madonna was spotted with a shorter hair do as she left a late night meeting, that also involved two movie screenings with a friend in midtown Manhattan. As she arrived home she could be seen carrying what appeared to be several different scarves. Perhaps she is working on a new style or she pick some gifts up throughout her day. Either way it’s just great to see a picture of Madonna that doesn’t involve her leaving a gym class.

Source: splashnews.com

JULY 29, 2007

Could a 17-second snippet of a song called "Candy Shop" be a leak from Madonna's upcoming album? Fans speculate that it's of a track Madonna was working on with either Timbaland or Pharrell — but reps for none of the three camps would confirm. "I have no comment about the song 'Candy Shop,' " Madonna's longtime rep Liz Rosenberg told MTV News. "Madonna has studio time booked and is continuing to work on her new CD. The songs are not mixed, and until that time, we can't finalize the track list." The yet-untitled album is due later this year.

Source: MTV

PhotoSynthesis: Madonna

This photo goes a little deeper than Madonna the rock star. I like photos with a little drama in them. To me, it tells a little about how much work she put into her career. I call this photo "A Private Moment in Front of 80,000 Japanese Fans." That photo is all about showbiz.

Source: Spinner - New York,NY,USA by Neal Preston

JULY 29, 2007

Pop superstar Madonna's controversial advertisement for clothing giant H&M has been given the green light by British television censors.

The commercial, which sees the singer observing a young girl getting whipped and stripped by two men, was accused of encouraging paeodophilia by the U.K audience.

But the watchdog Advertising Standards Authority (asa) dismissed the claims, insisting the commercial was "artistic".

They also said the actress in the commercial is 24-years-old and insist she is not dressed in the style of a young girl.

However, the Asa agreed the advertisement would not be broadcast during children's television programmes.

Source: Teen Hollywood Sun, 29 Jul 2007 12:19 PM PDT

JULY 28, 2007

With the Material Girl's existing pact with Warner Music Group's Warner Bros. Records winding down, her camp is considering an all-encompassing music deal with touring giant Live Nation that could be worth more than $100 million.

An agreement, if struck, would create an entity that would manage all Madonna-related businesses, including albums, touring, merchandise and sponsorships over a multi-year period. Live Nation would acquire an equity stake in the pop diva's overall business.

The joint venture company would then look to enter into an agreement with a label to handle distribution and marketing support of any Madonna album releases.

Madonna is currently in London working with A-list names like Justin Timberlake, Pharrell, and Timbaland on the follow-up to 2005's "Confessions on a Dancefloor." It's the last studio album due under her existing pact with Warner and is tentatively scheduled for release later this year.

Warner Bros. Records Chairman and CEO Tom Whalley, Madonna spokeswoman Liz Rosenberg and Live Nation all declined to comment.
Privately, insiders regard the Live Nation talk as the opening salvo in what figures to be an extended re-negotiation of her deal, which was last extended in 2000.

Sources say her camp has also been shopping to other labels the joint venture concept, which follows in the vein of deals inked by EMI with Korn and Robbie Williams.

"Confessions" - a commercial and critical comeback from 2003's disappointing "American Life," was Madonna's first album with the existing Warner management team of WMG CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr., U.S. Recorded Music CEO Lyor Cohen and Whalley.

It has sold over 1.6 million copies in the U.S. and spawned a successful world tour that ranked as the top grossing series ever for a female artist. The 60-date tour generated over $193 million in reported revenues.

Source: NY Post by Brian Garrity

JULY 25, 2007

Source: accesshollywood.com / Photo: Fame

JULY 23, 2007

Madonna has a new project she wants to work on. She wants to make a film about her ex-lover and NY mobster Chris Paciello.

The two had a two year relationship and their steamy love affair ended when he ended up in prison for murder.

Madge has already met with him 3 times in the past six months and some names that have been linked to the project include Mark Wahlberg and John Cusack. Madonna seems to be really close to all her exes no? I wonder how Guy feels about that.

“There's no romance. She is desperately keen to produce a film based on the book Mob Over Miami about him.

“She has always been fascinated by tough guys and loves his story.”

Source: Hollyscoop - Hollywood,CA,USA

JULY 23, 2007

Madonna's director husband Guy Ritchie is adapting his comic book series The Gamekeeper for the big screen.

The Snatch filmmaker launched his The Gamekeeper graphic novels with Virgin Comics earlier this year.

Trade paper Variety reports Ritchie has now signed a deal with Warner Bros. studios and The Matrix producer Joel Silver to bring the tale to movies.

The Gamekeeper centres on a reclusive caretaker on a Scottish country estate searching for the killer of his son.

Source: Contactmusic

JULY 22, 2007

Night out with her filmmaker husband Guy Ritchie at Claridge’s restaurant in London

Source: Big Pictures

JULY 21, 2007

7.21.07 going to the London gym

7.21.07 leaving London gym

Source: Hollyscoop - Hollywood,CA,USA

Madonna.com confirmed that Madonna has teamed up with Annie Lennox on Lennox's new album, Songs Of Mass Destruction. Madonna features as part of a chorus of female singers on the track "Sing," which also includes Sarah McLachlan, Dido, Celine Dion, Faith Hill, Shakira, Bonnie Raitt, Gladys Knight, Pink, Fergie, Melissa Etheridge, and KT Tunstall.
The song will raise funds for the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), whose own vocal group The Generics inspired Lennox to create the track for her new album.

Source: Madonna.com

JULY 20, 2007

Your favorite performances from Live Earth have been selected and put together in a digital album for preorder on iTunes now! The digital album will be released August 14th and features a track from Madonna's memorable performance. A physical CD/DVD featuring video from the event will hit stores September 25th. Proceeds will go to the Live Earth charity campaign to combat the global climate crisis.

To get up to the minute information about these offers join the list at Live Earth Music. Learn more about Live Earth here LiveEarth.org.

The new live version of "La Isla Bonita" featuring Gogol Bordello, will be the Madonna track selected for the DVD.

The live version of the Live Earth theme song "Hey You" will instead be the Madonna track selected for the audio CD.

Source: iconmadonna.com

7.20.07 leaving Guys filmset of RocknRolla in London

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7.19.07 in London

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Source: ExtraTV Staff

JULY 17, 2007

In addition to being an incredibly successful artist, Annie is a celebrated activist and humanitarian. The new album features the soaring and powerful feminist anthem 'Sing', born out of Annie's involvement with Nelson Mandela's 46664 and Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) - organizations fighting for human rights, education and health care for those affected by the HIV AIDS virus.

The track 'Sing' features 23 of the most recognized and successful female solo artists in the world, invited by Annie, to raise awareness and finances for TAC initiatives.

Included among the group are superstars such as Madonna, Sarah McLachlan, Celine Dion, Fergie, Faith Hill, Pink, Dido, Gladys Knight, kd Lang, Angelique Kidjo, Bonnie Raitt, Shakira, Melissa Etheridge, Anastasia, Joss Stone, KT Tunstall and many others, as well as TAC activist members own vocal group known as 'The Genetics', whose CD of music inspired Annie to make 'Sing' a reality.

Source: Arista Records

JULY 16, 2007

Though Lady M opted for the grey and silver choice, you can also accessorize with a nude and black color version as well for just under $3000.

Source: accesshollywood.com

A BMW 7-Series owned by the original Material Girl Madonna is for sale on Auto Trader.

Madge is the only owner of this 2002 BMW 745 Li, which boasts a range of luxury features.

Powered by a 4.4-litre V8, the Beemer produces 333bhp and 332lb/ft of pulling power.

This enables the 2.5-ton monster to rocket from 0-62mph (100kph) in 6.3 seconds before running out of puff at an electronically limited 155mph.
Inside, the saloon – which cost £61,000 new – is fitted with sat-nav, TV, air-con, Nappa leather seats and all-round electrics.

The BMW sits on 19-inch alloys and also features anti-lock brakes, traction control and six airbags.

Madonna is the world’s most famous pop princess, gaining massive chart success over the past 20 years.

She recently headlined the Live Earth gig at Wembley stadium – an event organised by former US presidential candidate Al Gore to highlight climate change.

However, Madge’s BMW isn’t the greenest vehicle.

Its large V8 engine manages a combined fuel economy of 24.4mpg and emits 280g/km of carbon dioxide meaning an annual tax bill of £300 per year.

And it’s not the first car we’ve featured on Auto Trader to belong to musical royalty.

Over the past six months, cars owned by Robbie Williams, Gary Barlow, Pete Townshend and Frank Sinatra have all appeared on Auto Trader.
We even had a BMW M5 owned by Madonna’s husband, film director Guy Ritchie on the site.

Now you can get your hands on Madonna’s BMW – which has covered 98,000 miles – for £15,995.

Source: autotrader.co.uk by Adrian Hearn

JULY 12, 2007

Pop superstar Madonna has been devoting time between motherhood, music and movies to a new documentary about Malawi.

The Material Girl singer adopted son David Banda from the African country in October 2006, and was so inspired by her visit to the country she immediately started filming a short movie about the problems people face there.

Her spokeswoman Liz Rosenberg tells The Scoop, "She's been working on it for a year. Very intense. And profoundly sad - not for the faint of heart. She did an amazing job, I must say."

As well as the documentary, Rosenberg confirms Madonna has also been working on new tracks with Justin Timberlake, whose London whose London concert she recently tried to attend incognito before being mobbed by fans.

Source: WENN

The Material Girl attended with her producer, Guy Oseary, but her hubby was nowhere to be seen.

“She was texting on her mobile, eating crisps and yawning just before the show began!” according to one fan report. Madonna was wearing a black hooded cape and was surrounded by bodyguards. “When everyone realized it was her and started chanting ‘Madonna!’ she put the hood on and went under the seat.”

Madonna’s rep Liz Rosenberg confirms to The Scoop that Madonna was indeed in the audience, explaining that the two are working on a CD together. She added that Madonna has also been hard at work on a documentary about Malawi, and had a private screening that she attended with her husband, Guy Ritchie.

“She’s been working on it for a year,” says Rosenberg. “Very intense. And profoundly sad — not for the faint of heart. She did an amazing job, I must say.”

Source: msnbc.com

JULY 11, 2007

Oh oh I smell trouble! Not trouble trouble but I sense something really awesome in the making. Justin Timberlake, Madonna, Timbaland and Keisha Buchanan of the Sugababes were photographed arriving at a West London studio.

JT has been working with Madonna for some upcoming projects, which should be something very interesting. Come on look at that group, you know something absolutely outrageous is gonna come out of that union.

Source: Hollyscoop - Hollywood,CA,USA

Sophie Crawford, 16, a pupil at Channing School in Highgate, shares the stage with Madonna at Wembley Stadium on Saturday before a global audience of billions.

The youngster was one of 40 singers from Finchley Children's Music Group, who backed the pop legend during her headline performance in the London leg of the Live Earth extravaganza.

Sophie, who lives in Stoke Newington, said: "It was really incredible. It went past in a flash because it was sort of mind-boggling, particularly with all those people shouting at you. It was a pretty insane experience, ridiculously exciting.

"But it was not very nerve-racking because of all the adrenaline. It's one of the best concerts I've done. I'm only