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DJ Frank E: "New Madonna on the way!"

2009-05-21T05:55:00.002+03:00

DJ Frank E Twitters:

"New Madonna on the way! Madonna fans - make sure to keep asking her for it. Maybe she'll put it out sooner".

Watch 10 ‘Sticky & Sweet’ Tour Videos!

2009-05-21T05:54:00.001+03:00

Madonna.com

10 videos taken from the upcoming ‘Sticky & Sweet’ Tour DVD are now available for streaming for owners of a BlackBerry Bold from AT&T!

The selection includes the following performances:

Candy Shop
Beat Goes On
Vogue
Die Another Day
Music
Spanish Lesson
Miles Away
La Isla Bonita
Get Stupid
4 Minutes

For more info, please click HERE

Sticky & Sweet Tour 2008 - Some Funny Moments

2009-05-21T05:52:00.000+03:00

Sticky & Sweet Tour 2009 - 1 million tickets sold!

2009-05-21T05:51:00.000+03:00

Billboard

Madonna’s European continuation of last year’s Sticky & Sweet tour, also produced by Live Nation, is selling out again; it has already moved 1 million tickets worth $100 million in total, according to tour producer Arthur Fogel at Live Nation.

HOW MADONNA FOUND HER JESUS

2009-05-18T06:08:00.002+03:00

NY Post

She's always liked them hot, young and Latin, but Madonna's latest boy toy has another special charm -- he was a Kabbalist before they even met.

Jesus Luz, 22, immersed himself in the religion while he was still a struggling model in Rio de Janeiro. Since the late 1990s, Madonna has been an avid follower of the movement, which stems from Jewish mysticism and equates God to a ray of light.

"Madonna must have thought she met God when she found Jesus," said a Kabbalah devotee in New York, noting that "Jesus Luz" translates from Portuguese as "Jesus Light."

Leonardo Reis, manager of the Kabbalah Center in Rio, helped Luz with his studies starting in July 2008, six months before Jesus met Madonna.

"All I can say to you is that Madonna is really, really happy with Jesus," Reis said. "When she found out he was into Kabbalah, they really started to hit it off."

Reis organized a special Shabbat dinner for the couple and their friends after they met at a Rio photo shoot last December. The dinner, complete with lit candles and guests clothed in white, was held at sunset in Madonna's luxe suite at the Copacabana Palace Hotel with its stunning views of the Atlantic.

Spirituality has always been a part of Luz's life. His mother, Cristiane Regina da Silva, 37, is a member of the "Evangelicals," a growing Protestant cult movement in Brazil. His father, an administrator at a public hospital in the Rio suburbs, says he decided to name his son Jesus because he admired the philosophy of Christ.

But four years after baby Jesus was born, the family split. Cristiane, a colorist at a tony Ipanema salon, raised Luz on her own in a gritty part of downtown Rio.

Still, she was determined to give him the kind of life she never had. By the time he was an adolescent, Cristiane managed to save enough money to enroll him in a private prep school and encouraged his modeling career.

Luz had star quality from a young age. At his prep school, girls sought out his autograph because of his intense blue eyes, said a former girlfriend.

Those eyes must have also been a hit with photographer Steven Klein, who chose Luz's picture from a stack of portfolio shots provided by model agent Sergio Mattos.

According to Mattos, Klein offered Luz and two other male models $100 each for a two-day shoot in Rio for W magazine. The models didn't know they would be working alongside Madonna until they arrived at the session in December.

After the first day of shooting, Luz went home to his mother in such a good mood that he insisted on celebrating.

"The first picture session with Madonna resulted in his coming home really happy," said Cristiane in an interview with a Brazilian magazine. "He even opened a bottle of champagne."

But not everyone in Luz's circle was joining in the fun. Shortly after the W shoot, Jesus dumped girlfriend Krishna Siqueira, a sultry model who introduced him to Kabbalah when they started dating last July.

"My mother gave Jesus letters of the Kabbalah for him to meditate on," said Siqueira, who like many of Luz's friends lost touch with the model after Madonna whisked him to New York this year.

Luz's move to the Big Apple has paid off. The boy toy, who is also devoted to macrobiotic cuisine and is fluent in English, is now a high-profile Ford Model who recently shot a Dolce & Gabbana's menswear campaign for fall/winter 2009-2010.

Although Ford Models refused to say how much Luz makes per gig, a Brazilian newspaper reported that he was commanding a $100,000 fee to appear at a local fashion show shortly after he started dating Madonna. Luz's earnings have also enabled him to finance his mother's recent move into an upscale apartment in Ipanema.

In New York, Luz is now a regular at hotspots like the Waverly Inn and earlier this month escorted Madonna to the Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute Ball, considered the city's society event of the year.

He's friends with Marc Jacobs and the famous designer's Brazilian companion, Lorenzo Martone, who has become a mentor to the young model. In March, Jacobs wrote a letter to US authorities to help Luz obtain a work permit here.

Every Saturday morning, Madonna and Luz attend services at the Kabbalah Centre in Midtown, and he spends his free time jogging in Central Park, reading Deepak Chopra and attending a school for DJs, friends say.

"His passion is electronic music," his best friend in Rio told The Post. "He is really working hard to become a DJ."

Luis Heitor Luz, Jesus' 46-year-old father, told The Post his son is firmly committed to the pop star. "I know he loves Madonna, and I wouldn't be surprised if they get married," he said. "People speak about the difference in their ages but this is nonsense. I was 23 and his mother was 14 when Jesus was born."

Although it was recently reported that Madonna and Jesus planned to wed in a Kabbalah commitment ceremony, a spokeswoman for the pop queen last week flatly denied the rumors.

But in Rio, a Kabbalist who knows the couple said, "There is no need for marriage. They are already spiritually joined."

Mina on Madonna

2009-05-18T05:28:00.001+03:00

Italian Vanity Fair via Madonna Tribe

"Madonna is such a powerful corporation. She writes, she sings, produces and controls everything she does. She has all my respect.
There's no mercy in show business, and still she's able to do what she wants and with tremendous results. My daughter Benedetta is crazy for her and keeps hammering me with "listen to this.. listen to that... And though it was a bit forced on me, I now have my own true knowledge of 'Madonna culture'. Hats off to her!"

Mina, one of the most successful Italian pop singers in the world, talking about Madonna.

Dona Summer on Madonna

2009-05-18T05:24:00.001+03:00

Sun-Sentinel

"I was sitting around thinking I should do something. I was thinking about design school. A friend said, 'Are you out of your mind? Do an album.' But I like privacy and I like my space. I like being with my family. You have to be in the right frame of mind. You can't be like 'don't touch me' to your fans or saying 'I don't want to sign autographs.' I think I was exhausted for a lot of years. I have to take my hat off to people like Madonna. They keep doing it."

Madonna with Jesus and the kids at the Kabbalah centere - 15-16/05/09

2009-05-16T22:54:00.005+03:00

Photos from Friday: Madonnadownload

Photos from Saturday:

fadedyouthblog

More photos from Saturday: WENN

5,000 more Sofia tickets to go on sale

2009-05-16T22:51:00.001+03:00

The Sofia Echo via Madonna Tribe

The organisers of the Madonna show have decided to allocate 5000 additional tickets which will be released on general sale May 19. Reportedly, the demand for the precious tickets has been so great that a decision was made to release a further batch. There has been no comment from the organisers whether the increase of capacity will bear on the safety of the people who are in the pit.

Tickets can now be purchased nationwide from Ticketpro or online, at www.ticketpro.com

When Madonna first announced at the beginning of May that she will perform in Sofia, the news became a complete sensation.

Madonna’s first ever concert in Bulgaria will be on Saturday August 29 2009 in Sofia at 8pm at Vassil Levski National Stadium. The concert, one of the entertainment highlights of the year, is expected to draw tens of thousands of fans not just from Bulgaria but from all over South East Europe, proving a stiff test for Bulgarian police.

The most expensive tickets, for those seeking to stay inside the Golden Circle just metres from Madonna, will cost 200 leva. People willing to stand in front of the stage will pay 150 leva.
The cheapest tickets, in the pit, cost 100 leva. Seat prices will vary between 110, 135 and 165 leva depending on location.

Madonna’s concert in Bulgaria is part of her Sticky & Sweet Tour in Europe. She will reportedly arrive with a crew of 250 people, and enough equipment to make her concert the biggest show Bulgarian fans have ever seen.

William Orbit talks about working with Madonna

2009-05-16T18:36:00.001+03:00

Oakenfold: 'Madonna songs cutting edge'

2009-05-16T02:21:00.001+03:00

Digital Spy

Paul Oakenfold has described the new material he has recorded with Madonna as "cutting edge sounds combined with classic Madonna".

The pair spent a week together in the studio last month producing songs for the 'Miles Away' singer's upcoming greatest hits package.

Oakenfold confirmed that the new material will be previewed when he opens for Madonna on the second leg of her 'Sticky And Sweet' world tour, which kicks off in London on July 4.

The DJ will also play at the Wireless Festival before supporting Madonna on European dates in Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Russia and Eastern Europe.

His new album Pop Killer is expected to be released in 2010 and features collaborations with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ryan Tedder and Ce-Lo.

Two Classics are back!

2009-05-16T02:20:00.000+03:00

Madonna Tribe

The extension of the Madonna tour is about to start in less than two months and here at MadonnaTribe we've heard a few things buzzing around.
Rehearsals are planned to take place in New York and starting at the beginning of June. They will approximatively go on for a month before flying to London for the premiere on July 4th.

As for the changes in the Sticky & Sweet set list a couple of beloved old classics will be replacing two songs of the 2008 lineup. The songs considered at the moment are the 1983 First Album classic hit Holiday, making its comeback in a Madonna tour and Dress You Up, the old fan favourite from Like A Virgin!

The inclusion of such classic songs will surely convince the people who were unsure about this tour extension that Madonna is once again trying something new, by strengthening her already successful show of 2008, reinventing it by adding more fan favourite oldies but goodies!

3,000 more tickets for Werchter go on sale

2009-05-16T01:14:00.000+03:00

RTL via Madonna Tribe

Ticktes for the Sticky & Sweet Tour concert of Saturday, July 11 at the Werchter festival site sold out in no time, but this came as no surprise considering that the show marks the first Madonna live appearance in the Belgium.

What can be more interesting to hear for the Madonna fans - especially those who did not manage to grab a ticket when they went on sale - is that the production team paid a visit on site last week, giving them a chance to carefully examine the layout plans.
As a result of this site survey a number of entries previously reserved to the production, plus a number of unpaid reservations tickets have now been released, making a total of 3,000 tickets being available to purchase.

Tickets are now available via www.proximusgoformusic.be and the Proximus Go For Music hotline.

Live Nation Inc. (LYV) Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript

2009-05-16T01:12:00.002+03:00

Seeking Alpha

Good afternoon everyone and welcome to our 2009 first quarter conference call. Our first quarter results were in line with our expectations on our key metrics that indicate that we are on track to deliver our 2009 plan. Our first quarter is historically the slowest period of the year but an important time as it provides a window into how the full year will end up.

(...) We have a very strong line up this year. U2's 360 Tour has generated incredible demand, selling 2.5 million tickets. Madonna's extended leg in Europe has been another sell out smash and artists such as Nickleback, AC/DC, Coldplay, Aerosmith, Jimmy Buffet and the Jonas Brothers are well on track to sell out some strong shows.

Q: Obviously some bands are selling well and some others, and always the case and you've obviously got a long history of knowing how different bands sell in different venues and get a sense of how to price them on the guarantee side as well. Are you seeing in any cases, do you have any flexibility in any cases with some tours that are simply not performing as you'd hoped? Do you have any kind of out or flexible clauses with artists on the guarantee to sort of the bang it down a little bit if certain thresholds aren't met?

Generally you have a contract with the band, you have a contract. But we both have the same motive. A band does not want to get on stage and have empty seats. So I would say to you that 99% of the time, if a tour goes on sale and it's not pacing well, you are sitting with the manager and agent coming up with creative ways to sell more tickets. Reduce the prices, do more promotion, excite the sale, and that end.

The good news is this. The reason we planned, and that's why I don't want any of the Q1 decline in North America to come across as consumer purchase behavior versus self implied. We knew that we had a really strong year in North America last year. We know that there's a certain amount of shows we need to fill the pipe, and then some of the shows above and beyond that are the gravy that help you deliver some higher profit or sometimes bring down your profit.

We went into 2009 with a very purposeful disciplined plan that said, let's not try to grow market share in North America this year. Let's go after the for sure bands, the for sure business. We'll leave a few bands on the table. We'll let Age's and others book a few that we might have historically chased harder.

So we purposely went out this year to say we'll fill the pipe to the level that we know we can drive our operating income. We will not go after all and every band. We'll reduce our risk and we'll go after the more for sure bands.

So we're sitting here right now and the good news I can tell, we're not sitting here right now with any tours or any shows of magnitude that are dogs, that are going to take a hit on our P&L in any big sense.

We've got a pretty solid line up of superstars and downward and we're happy with the level we have right now and we don't see any big losers this year that will impact our operating income.

Q: (...) Are you just selling the tickets a little earlier this year or are you just understating that you're going to have a strong summer.

A bit of both. I've kind of given you guidance which I don't typically do on where we think we'll end up on attendance by the end of the year. So you can look at our historic 52 million tickets last year or all in and figure out where we'll be.

We built a plan this year that said the economic crisis has to affect you somewhere. We know though that we had a super strong slate because of the stadiums and Madonna and U2 and our festival business is on fire in Europe which is a really early on sale. So we knew International was going to have a strong year, so we knew we could look for growth from international.

We knew North America we had a super year last year in our amphitheaters and we didn't want to chase that exact market share in some of those shows and get ourselves into any risky shows to try to match that exact number.

(...) So we're just looking at the strong on sales. There's a little bit of head room. In this business it's all about there's not bad bands, there's just bad deals. So when you have a strong solid plan, you don't have to then chase a lot of extra which sometimes can get you in trouble.

Q: As far as the disclosure on the Artist Nation, do you plan on doing some type of metrics and judge how the Artist Nation's doing in the future?

Absolutely we will. Probably towards the end of the year, Q3 or Q4 probably. I think once we have the entire Madonna tour cycle wrapped up, the U2 won't be wrapped by then but it will be in full motion. JZ will be in; hopefully Shakira will be staring to go out. So I think by the end of the year we'll be able to talk about how those bands did not only from a touring but a sponsorship, accessory sales and all of the pieces of how they all added up against our investment.

Madonna, Africa and Child Mortality

2009-05-16T01:01:00.004+03:00

Huffington Post

The problem is straightforward: more than nine million children die each year in Africa. That is the number of people in the entire state of New Jersey.

African kids die from infectious diseases such as HIV, TB, malaria, respiratory illnesses, diarrhea, worms, parasites, and vaccine-preventable diseases, malnutrition and -- far too often -- during childbirth itself.

In an exclusive interview with HuffPo, Sonia Ehrlich Sachs, M.D., M.P.H. spoke to me about Africa, child mortality, and an intelligent, charismatic women who has learned much about both: Madonna.

Millennium Villages help care for children in Africa.

Dr. Sonia Sachs is a public health specialist and serves as the health coordinator for the Millennium Villages Project at the Earth Institute at Columbia University.

Dr. Sonia Sachs is a public health specialist and serves as the health coordinator for the Millennium Villages Project at the Earth Institute at Columbia University.

She is also married to another brilliant thought leader and global citizen, Prof. Jeffry Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute, and Special Advisor to the U.N. Secretary General on the Millennium Development Goals.

Sonia is the pediatrician who was with Madonna in Malawi when the singer met one-year old David Banda. Sonia explained to me that the evening David left the orphanage to spend his first night with Madonna in a hotel in Lilongwe, he was very ill and could have died, as did his other siblings before him. She credits the entertainer for saving the child's life.

I had not realized that Madonna's project, Raising Malawi, was helping to support one of Jeff's Millennium Villages near Lilongwe. That was one of the reasons Sonia was with Madonna on the trip.

David Banda with his adoptive mother, Madonna.

"David would have died that evening or the following day if it were it not for Madonna. I can tell you with certainty that he would have died had he stayed in the orphanage," Sonia told me.

"The evening David was handed over to Madonna, he had a very high fever and was in acute respiratory distress -- meaning he had difficulty breathing."

"We took him to a private clinic, where a colleague and I examined him carefully, took a chest X-ray, diagnosed his respiratory infection, and treated him immediately with an inhaler, and intramuscular antibiotics. Lower respiratory infections like pneumonia are a common killer of so many children in Africa every year."

As founder of Orphans International Worldwide, I have experienced the death of one of our children in Haiti. The pain of losing a child is indescribable.

Last fall, Sonia presented to our Orphans International Worldwide Congress -- held at N.Y.U. Medical School -- on the grim story of African child mortality. She explained about preventable and treatable conditions such as extreme nutrient deficiencies, infectious diseases and unsafe childbirth.

The deaths of African children are all about food, water, and cooking stoves. Sonia explained that there is usually no public health system in place to address this tragic litany of otherwise very approachable issues.

Simple, non-clinical health interventions make a big difference in saving lives, Sonia believes. Improved nutrition through school meals, better cooking stoves to reduce open fire and indoor air pollution, clean water, mosquito bed nets, and de-worming are all essential, interventions needed but not affordable by people living in extreme poverty.

Through her work, Sonia has come to know Madonna a little bit. "I have found Madonna to be an impressively solid person dedicated to her children and to the welfare of thousands of neglected orphans in Malawi."

A Millennium Village doctor examining a child.

Sonia has personally witnessed Madonna's compassion and motherly instincts more than once.

In Malawi some people practice witchcraft. On occasion, a boy's entire genitalia are removed by villagers based on ancient superstition. One little boy Madonna met had been so mutilated he could not stop wetting himself. The physical and emotional suffering was unbearable.

Madonna held the boy and pledged to care for him, which she has done to this day by looking after his medical and educational needs. Thanks to Madonna, the boy continues to improve.

Children learning in a Millennium Village in Africa.

Madonna somehow speaks to the children of the world. From Africa to Asia and the Americas. My own teenage son Mathew -- adopted at the age of ten months from Indonesia -- has informed me that if I ever meet Madonna without him, he will disown me.

More from the interview with Jesus' dad

2009-05-14T23:59:00.002+03:00

More from the interview Jesus' dad, Hector Luis Pinto da Luz, gave to Quem:

'He is very happy and this ceremony would just confirm that.'
He was replying to reports the couple are due to take part in a Kabbalah commitment ceremony in New York as soon as this weekend.
In the new interview with Brazil's Quem magazine, Luiz Hector gave his son's relationship with Madonna the seal of approval.

My understanding is that this is just a consequence of what is happening. He is already living with her.

'I don't know if there will be an actual wedding. From what I have read there could be a sort of ritual, but I don't know Kabbalah... to know if it's valid and legal.'

In the interview Luiz Heitor also revealed Jesus is getting on very well with Madonna's three children.

'She has young children and he helps out with them,' he said.

'My son is charismatic, he likes children, he has an excellent relationship with her children. He plays football with them.'

But he flatly denied stories the pop star is paying $1,000 a week in English lessons for Jesus - and that she controls his phone usage.

He said: 'Those stories are lies, made up when the press have no information. He already spoke English long before meeting her, when he lived with an aunt in the US.

'It's also a lie that he can't speak on his cell phone near her.'

In fact, he says even he has spoken to Madonna and she was very pleasant.

'We've already spoken on the phone, in French because I don't speak English fluently, and she seemed like a normal person,' he said.

'She is calm, feminine - I didn't feel any harshness. She was very polite.'

And he adds that his son is not one to be easily taken by money and glamour.

'Obviously, he likes what is good, but he is not one to be impressed by materialism,' said Luiz Heitor.

Jesus' dad

"Filth And Wisdom" Release In Italy And Sweden

2009-05-14T03:18:00.001+03:00

Madonna.com

Italian and Swedish Madonna fans, please note that ‘Filth And Wisdom’ will get a theatrical release in your country within the next few weeks.

The movie will be released in Sweden on May 15 and under the title of ‘Sacro e Profano’ in Italy on June 12.

Please check your local listings for more details.

"Jesus is living with Madonna", confirms Jesus' dad

2009-05-13T23:01:00.003+03:00

Hector Luis Pinto da Luz tells Brazilian Quem magazine that his son, Jesus Luz, is living with Madonna in NY. Hector says that Jesus has an excellent relationship with Madonna's kids. Jesus helps her with the kids and plays ball with them. The father didn't deny that Madonna and Jesus will have a Kabbalah commitment ceremony.

Madonna at the Costume Institute Gala with Kanye, his girl, Justin T and Jessica B

2009-05-12T18:48:00.002+03:00

From Amber Rose's Twitter:

Antboogie's Tour Video Diary: Jumping Rope

2009-05-12T17:51:00.003+03:00

Here's the second video from Madonna's dancer, Antboogie, from his Sticky & Sweet Tour Diary:

Liz Smith on Why Madonna wore antlers to the Met Costume Gala and Jesus

2009-05-12T17:41:00.001+03:00

wowowow.com

Sorry to oppress you about our friend Madonna but she seems to me to be one of rare ones making any news these days. (Falling off horses, trying to adopt impoverished children; it’s still front-page fodder.)

So I just had to ask a member of her inner circle: What was up with Madonna’s wacky outfit at the Metropolitan Museum Costume Gala last week? (Were those antlers on her head, or antennae to contact aliens?) Especially since she attended with her friend, young Jesus Luz, who looked sensational and was wearing a traditional black-tie tuxedo. The answer came: “Liz, she is never going to be what some of her fans want – a woman in classic glamour couture, all the time. She is on the edge, fashionwise, and every other way. Look, she was having fun that night. She wasn’t taking herself or her clothes seriously. Given her workload and a personality that never lets her rest, we’re always happy when she just has fun!”

I did put up online Robin Platzer’s incredible photograph from that night of 22-year-old Jesus with an accompanying comment on his good looks. The response to this picture was incredible! I think on the wowOwow.com site we had only one woman who bounded in to say we should be more serious and not waste everybody’s time. (Along with somebody asking if I was “on Madonna’s payroll.” Hmmmm … I guess I’m on Dolly Parton’s payroll, too!)

But I very much enjoy the beauty of young Mr. Luz. And Madonna’s own PR rep, the perspicacious Liz Rosenberg, went out of her way to e-mail me, after she saw my Flash: “Trust me, what you wrote about this heartthrob is a total understatement. This is truly the most gorgeous boy I have ever seen in my life and you can say you were the first to write about him because, baby, he’s a star!” This from a woman who reps not only Madonna, but Cher, Stevie Nicks, Michael Bublé, Josh Groban – she knows from stars.

So, again, we give you Jesus Luz. Man of the hour. And man of Madonna’s hour!

MADONNA DUMPS YANKEES FOR METS

2009-05-12T12:50:00.005+03:00

Page Six

MADONNA is so over Alex Rodriguez she's even dumped the Yankees and is now rooting for the Mets. Madge took her kids, Lourdes, Rocco and David, to see the Mets play at Citi Field on Mother's Day, and just to rub salt in A-Rod's wounds, brought new flame Jesus Luz. The group sat in Jerry Seinfeld's seats with Anderson Cooper, whom they'd partied with Saturday night at the Monkey Bar. There, Madonna was clucked over by Clive Davis, Nikki Haskell, Thom Browne and flamboyant furrier Dennis Basso, who turned to Davis and said, "Even I'd [bleep] Madonna!"

Demand for Madonna Tickets Overloads Outlets

2009-05-11T23:08:00.002+03:00

yle.fi via allaboutmadonna

Madonna fans looking to buy concert tickets through ticket-vendors Lippupiste and Lippupalvelu faced jammed phone lines and glitches with internet booking services on Monday.

Last week, concert orginisers announced that a further 5,000 tickets would be released on Monday for megastar Madonna’s summer concert in Helsinki. Two thousand of the tickets were for the best seats at the concert stadium.

Tickets for Madonna’s concert went on sale at Lippupiste ticket outlets on Monday morning. Ticket prices range from 99 to 119 euros. Concert organisers decided to release additional tickets due to exceptionally high demand.

Madonna will take the stage in front of 80, 000 die-hard fans at Jätkäsaari in Helsinki on August 6th. Her show is the largest public event ever to be staged in Finland.

Her phenomenally successful “Sticky & Sweet Tour” is the top grossing tour in history for a solo artist.

Another clip of "Revolver" demo; produced by DJ Frank E and sung here by Shawna feat. Jackie Boyz

2009-05-11T23:05:00.002+03:00

Madonna Switches Teams, Shows up at NY Mets Game

2009-05-11T12:16:00.000+03:00

Cover Awards

It looks like one time Yankee (A-Rod) fan Madonna is officially switching teams.

The queen of pop showed up and created quite a stir at Citi Field, the new home of the New York Mets.

Who was with her?

She was celebrating Mother’s Day with her children.

Fans couldn’t get enough of her and were snapping pics as Madge hid under her baseball cap.

She was in the ultra luxury box of comedian Jerry Seinfeld, who appeared to be enjoying the new stadium. Also in Jerry’s seats? CNN’s Anderson Cooper!

Madonna, Jesus and the kids at the Kabbalah centere - 09/05/09

2009-05-10T12:06:00.003+03:00

More photos: allaboutmadonna, Madonnadownload

What singletons can learn from Madonna

2009-05-09T11:43:00.001+03:00

Times

...I say "ficando", you say "hooking up", she says "dating for the past year"

As ever, Madonna finds herself at the cutting edge of sexual politics. Not by being called Madonna and having the chutzpah to sleep with a chap called Jesus (although, top marks for best fetish yet). No, her Madgesty scores zeitgeist points for the terms under which she is sleeping with said Brazilian; namely, by imposing no terms whatsoever.

When news of the affair broke, a Brazilian website reported: “Everyone knows they are ficando – a Portuguese expression that means they are kissing and doing other things, but without any obligation of being faithful or getting into a relationship.” There is no direct translation of the term ficando because what it describes is merely the single status quo. I am ficando, you are ficando, who among us is not?

For single relationships present less an etiquette problem than an issue of basic definition. Time was, when the classic scenario involved waking up with someone, and, if you were still waking up with them a few months later, you were “going out”. These days, you could be hooking up, friends that shag, about to tie the knot, or anything in between pretty much indefinitely. Those unsophisticated enough to seek to impose clarity will be deemed bullying, crassly naive.

The problem with such situations is that, as the Gauls have it, there is one who kisses, one who offers the cheek. Or, in British parlance: there will always be a stalker and a stalkee.

Madonna Babies

2009-05-09T10:34:00.001+03:00

Source: Madonna Online

Demo of a new song for Madonna's GH album - named "Revolver"?

2009-05-09T09:42:00.005+03:00

Here are 2 clips that are from a demo version of a new song for Madonna GH album. Lil Wayne is not part of the finale result; it's a solo track. It's rumored that the song called "Revovlver". That's the one that's produced by DJ Frank E.

Clip 1
Clip 2

Spotted: Madonna at the Fischerspooner concert - 07/05/09

2009-05-08T16:09:00.008+03:00

M, with Jesus, Lourdes and Klein enjoying Fischerspooner's show at the balcony of the Music Hall of Williamsburg Thursday night.

NY Magazine reports: "Madonna was in attendance (hanging off of some man, Lourdes knows who). Spooner, surely to her dismay, made Madonna’s presence known — probably mischievously, as he also asked, seemingly with mock surprise, where she’d gone to once the set was over. Madge ducked out after a few songs."

Photo: allaboutmadonna (thanks to robste/flickr)

Photos of the show

Video: Meeting Madonna’s New Neighbors

2009-05-08T12:26:00.001+03:00

NY Magazine

Ever since we heard the news that Madonna was going to move to East 81st Street, a part of the Upper East Side that some snooty neighbors deemed a little too downmarket for an international superstar (despite the fact that she dropped a whopping $40 million on the place), we'd been wondering what her neighbors thought. Would they welcome her with open arms? Or would they merely be dismayed that her presence would also cause a swarm of unwanted paparazzi? Did they have advice for her? Or would they just shout her song lyrics at her as she walked by with her bodyguards? Naturally, we sent Tim Murphy to find out.

Madonna’s hot, again

2009-05-08T12:15:00.001+03:00

Times

The Mail’s campaign against womankind has hit a new peak in its coverage of Madonna’s not-horrible desire to adopt a Malawian child, Mercy. On Monday, Madonna attended a high-profile fashion event in New York, wearing an amusingly silly couture outfit by Louis Vuitton. “Is that really a suitable dress for someone trying to win an adoption case, Madonna?” screeched the Mail. “She wore an outfit that breached the limits of vulgarity, and displayed her typically arrogant thinking.” The Mail seemed to believe that the items of clothing automatically made her unfit for motherhood. Back in Malawi, Mercy’s biological father — who emerged at the exact point that a multimillionairess announced she wanted to adopt the child — commented: “I don’t think Madonna . . . portrays good morals. In Malawi, women respect themselves. Cultured women do not go about half-naked. Spare my Mercy that scandal.” Conventional Wisdom feels discomfited living in a country where the views of one of the biggest-selling newspapers accord with those of an ill-educated Malawian security guard who abandoned his unborn child and its mother the moment he learnt of the pregnancy. Still, the magazine’s nice and glossy, isn’t it?

More tickets for Helsinky on sale on Monday

2009-05-08T09:38:00.000+03:00

Madonna Tribe

"Due to the overwhelming" demand 5,000 extra tickets for the August 6 concert at the West Harbour in Helsinky will be on sale next Monday , May 11.

2,000 tickets will grant access to Pitch A (Golden Circle) priced at 119 euro and 3,000 for Pitch C priced 109 euro.
Tickets will be available to purchase from the Lippupiste sales points, by phone and online at www.lippupiste.fi at 9 am local time.

Pitch A tickets will be limited to 2 tickets per customer.
Pitch C tickets will be limited to 6 tickets per customer.

A-Rod Author: "He Fell In Love With Madonna"

2009-05-08T09:30:00.002+03:00

Radar Online (watch video)

He doesn't have a hole in his swing, but Alex Rodriguez might have had a hole in his heart vacated after his relationship with Madonna fizzled last year, according to the author of a salicious new biography about the three-time MVP.

"He fell in love with Madonna," Sports Illustrated writer Selena Roberts told Fox And Friends Tuesday. "It changed his entire life -- he went from a family man to Madonna's boyfriend."

Roberts said the third baseman's infatuation with the singer was based on a longtime admiration he had for her and her music as a kid growing up in South Florida.

The book, which hit stores Monday, also chronicles the slugger's alleged longtime use of steroids and insatiable sexual appetite.

Quick Updates!

2009-05-07T07:35:00.009+03:00

* More from the Costume gala - The NY Daily News, Gatercrasher reports that "Madonna spent her evening seductively dancing with at least five men — including Kanye — all while glaring at fellow A-Rod ex, Bethenny Frankel.

* Glamour trio! It was a POWER table at Monday night's Met Costume gala when Madonna, Rihanna and Victoria Beckham shared a table. While NO ONE knows what they were talking about Madonna was DEEP in conversation with Rihanna for 45 minutes.

* SEEKING ADVICE: The star-packed Costume Institute gala included tons of celebs, such as Jessica Biel, Kate Moss, Mary-Kate Olsen, Justin Timberlake, Anne Hathaway and ... Madonna. The Material Mom turned maternal toward another guest, Rihanna. A BZ spy overheard Rihanna seeking advice from Madonna on dealing with fame.The young R&B star asked the older superstar when ''things might die down'' after the firestorm of paparazzi and tabloid frenzy she's experienced in wake of her alleged beating at the hands of Chris Brown.

''Never,'' said Madonna without missing a beat. ''Unless you decide to give up you career and retire to a remote island someplace. ... Once you're in their sights, you're stuck with the [plural expletive].''

* Madonna, now the well-paid muse of Louis Vuitton, was working it nearby with a muse of her own, Jesus Luz. When Harvey Weinstein walked up, she introduced them. “Hi, Harvey, this is Jesus,” she said, pronouncing it gee-zus. “I didn’t pick the name.” “But it is kind of a bonus,” said a guest nearby.

* NY Post:

* Madonna was at the 50th anniversary for The Four Seasons restaurant on Tuesday. Other guests: The Dalai Lama, Bill Clinton and Mary J. Blige.

* Newspapers covering the gala event:

Lady Gaga 'Humbled' By Madonna Coming To Her Show

2009-05-06T05:36:00.002+03:00

MTV

Queen of Pop brought daughter Lourdes to singer's New York concert.

If you think that Lady Gaga has gotten used to being a pop superstar, think again. No one was as surprised as the New York City native herself to see that the Queen of Pop, Madonna, took some time out of her busy schedule to catch the "Poker Face" singer's show at New York's Terminal 5

on Saturday.

"I was very humbled that Madonna came to the show," Gaga told MTV News on Monday. "And I had been hearing all week that she was going to come, and I was like, 'Oh, OK,' and I didn't want to talk about it or tell anyone 'cause I thought it was kind that she would want to come at all."

What made it even more surprising for Gaga was that she didn't think Madonna had any idea who she was, despite her hit songs and performance on "American Idol" earlier this season. But what really pleased the singer was seeing that Madge made her concert a family night.

"I was really excited to see that [Madonna's daughter] Lourdes was there, and that made me really happy 'cause during the show I noticed some beautiful spirit of a girl dancing," she recalled. "And I didn't know who it was and I just kept waving to her."

It wasn't until the set was over that she learned that the girl was Madonna's daughter. "Then when the show was over, I said, 'Oh, there's this sweet, young girl up there, and she was dancing her pants off.' And someone said, 'Lourdes had green pants on.' And I was like, 'Oh my God, it was Lourdes and she was dancing.' It really got me going. [Madonna's] a good mom, so it's nice."

Gaga will also be happy to hear that the legendary singer slipped out unnoticed. "I was hoping and praying she would get out safely," she said. "If she got spotted she would have been trampled like the queen she is."

Tori Amos gets what Madonna is about

2009-05-06T05:29:00.002+03:00

Out.com

You worked with Christian Lamb, who filmed Madonna’s last tour, on the visualettes.
It took us a year and a half to film this stuff and I’d I get a call from him and he’d say, “I’m going to be filming with Madonna here, can you fly in?” And I’d find myself scheduling my life around Miss Thing -- without her even knowing it, of course. And I’m sitting there and the husband is saying, “Where are you going?” And I said, “I don’t know! Where’s Madonna?” And he said, “You’re not serious!” And I said, “I am serious!”

[Laughing] Did you hang out with her?
Of course not! No! No! No! Two lionesses, different parts of the Serengeti. And it’s fine -- I have great respect for her and her work ethic and what she does -- I do. But I remember this little artist who has sold many records herself coming up to me and she said, “I went up to Madonna and I told her how much she meant to me.” She’s sitting there confessing this to me a couple of years ago and I’m thinking Stupid!

Why would she do that? Why? Why!
Why! And I’ve become like Mother Confessor and she’s sitting there with me in the British Airways first class lounge and I’m thinking how the fuck did I end up with this while she’s having a hang-over and she says, “I just have to tell you…so I say to Madonna, ‘You have meant so much to me and to my career…’” And I’m just waiting for it and she says, “Madonna just looks at my shoes and says, ‘Those are so last season.’”

[Laughs]
And I said, “But why did you go to her with no self-worth?” Because she’s going to hate that! “If you really have been influenced by her, so-and-so,” I said, “Then look in the mirror and be the gorgeous women you are! You don’t need the approval.” And come on -- Madonna’s going to smell the blood.

She’s ready to lap it up.
And I said, “You set yourself up for that one.” And this singer said, “But I just didn’t know why it was necessary for her to respond like that.” And I told her, “It wasn’t necessary but you set yourself up. Take some responsibility!” Tongue up the ass – it’s just so boring.

Thoughts on Madonna’s Ingenious Met-Gala Outfit

2009-05-06T05:27:00.001+03:00

NY Magazine

Models, shmodels. Last night's Costume Institute Gala, as many papers this morning would have you believe, was all about Madonna. Screw the vintage Scavullo photographs of Lauren Hutton, screw Brooke Shields's infamous Calvins from the eighties, screw Gisele in her fabric scrap of a minidress, but most of all, screw Kate Moss's turban. None of those things matter when Madonna shows up looking like a cleaning lady moonlighting as a stripper who washed her Xanax down with one too many margaritas before she changed outfits. And it was a genius, if not very attractive, fashion moment for her and Marc Jacobs, who designed the Louis Vuitton ensemble. Because on a night dedicated to the world's most beautiful women, no one — especially a non-model — could win by trying to look the most beautiful. So looking a bit drunk before you actually got drunk wasn't a bad way to steal attention from Kate Moss and her paltry headpiece. And she got plenty of attention. Here's what some other news outlets thought of Madonna's very special ensemble.

• The L.A. Times thought Madge looked "ready for Neverland ... like the love child of Tinkerbell and Captain Hook." The paper asks if Madonna's hat was wackier than the one Sarah Jessica Parker wore to the Sex and the City movie premiere in London. We'd say so, but what say you? [Dish Rag/LAT]

• The London Times said the ball "ensured many new entries into the best and worst-dressed celebrity lists," and cited Madonna as the "worst offender." Her bunny ears made her "look more like a glamorous cleaning lady than a fashion icon." [Times UK]

• British Marie Claire noted without comment that Madonna's outfit "brought out her 80s side," and suggested the pop star used it as a distraction from the difficulty she's having adopting Mercy James from Malawi. The magazine also notes that Jesus Luz, who attended as Madge's date, looked "super suave." [British Marie Claire]

• The Insider writes that many "what the hell were they thinking" looks walked the carpet last night. André Leon Talley's was the worst, but Madonna looked no less ridiculous, they argue, in her "Alice in Wonderland Louis Vuitton mess." [Insider]

• The Daily Mail proclaims Madonna, Rihanna, and Stella McCartney the worst fashion disasters of the night. "[Madonna]'s bizarre mini-puffball outfit, thigh-high dominatrix style boots and starched fabric headdress from Louis Vuitton's Autumn/Winter 2009 collection saw her veer into the realms of pantomime as she looked less like a Material Girl and more like a bonfide A-list fashion disaster." Surprisingly, this paper was one of the few that still noticed Madonna's "rippling muscles." And some of us still remember Madonna as the original First Arms. [Daily Mail]

"Vogue" - Sticky & Sweet Tour DVD Preview!

2009-05-05T15:11:00.001+03:00

Quick Updates!

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* Page Six: "IT'S officially the off-season for Sean Avery. The oft-penalized puckster, who was benched by the Rangers for Game 5 of their seven-game defeat to the Caps, was smoking cigarettes the other night with Catherine Keener and a gaggle of groupies in the Meatpacking District on his way to Daphne Guinness' birthday party for photographer Steven Klein at the new Standard Hotel. "He was wearing a tight black shirt, thick glasses and wide-legged swishy black pants," laughs a spy. "He looked ridiculous." Also in attendance at the party were Madonna and boy toy Jesus Luz, Ingrid Sischy, and Avery's ex Kelly Klein."

* M did take Jesus to the to the fashion gala Monday night, just not to the red carpet.

* Women Wear Daily Twitters:

Everyone who is anybody is at the Marc Jacobs after-party at Monkey Bar. Madonna is dancing to her own songs.

Carolina Herrera asked "Is Madonna here with the toy boy or the boy toy?"

Leeds trio change their names in honour of Madonna

2009-05-05T11:11:00.001+03:00

Yorkshire Evening Post

from the left are Lianne Dawson, Gemma Mitchell and Emma Dawson

DON'T bother asking this trio of pop fans Who's That Girl, because you'll get the same answer – Madonna!

The west Leeds lasses are so Hung Up on the queen of pop that they have all changed their names in homage to the star.

Yes, to most people she may be the Beautiful Stranger who's always in Vogue, but to these Wortley ladies, Madonna is everything.

And to prove it, twins Lianne and Emma Dawson are now officially called 'Lianne Madonna Vogue On The Cover Of A Magazine McHale Dawson', and 'Emma Madonna Confessions On A Dance Floor McHale Dawson.'

And their best friend has ditched plain old Gemma Mitchell in favour of 'Gemma True Blue Strike A Pose Carroll McHale Dawson Me Me Mitchell.'

The idea might sound Crazy For You, but to these devotees, it's a True Blue statement of admiration.

And the threesome are hoping the wacky stunt will work Like A Prayer and prove they are Madonna's biggest fans. The former Wortley High School pupils, all 23 and best friends since they were teenagers, decided to change their names after Gemma was stumped over what to buy her pals for their recent birthday.

The twins said 'buy us a name' change and the rest is history.

The girls combined various Madonna songs and lyrics as well as their family names and are now bound forever by their passion for the evergreen Material Girl.

"We absolutely love Madonna," Emma said.

"We have been to see her as much as we can and we have got every single album and DVD she has ever made.

"Our mum is not surprised that me and Lianne have decided to change our names by deed poll, but we haven't told our Nan yet.

"Our friend Gemma decided that she would pay for us both to have our names changed, but she loved the idea so much she decided to change her name too.

"We have all had problems changing our names on Facebook, as our new names are simply too long, but we are going to stick with them.

"Most of our friends don't know yet but I don't think they will be too surprised as everyone knows that we are obsessed with Madonna – in a nice way that is!"

The girls hold regular Madonna nights with their friends when they play the singer's DVDs and listen to her songs.

But it's not just her music they are enamoured with.

"She's a fantastic businesswoman and everything she puts her mind to she makes into a success," Gemma said.

The trio are going to see their idol in July in London and Manchester, and they are hoping advance word of their devotional act might reach the star's ears before then.

They are also hoping to use their new found fame to help support the Raising Malawi charity. The poverty-stricken African country is the birthplace of the singer's adopted son David Banda.

Jamie Jackson, chief executive of Legal Deed Service, which the girls used for their £10 name switch, said: "We are always
getting hilarious name changes, but we have never had three Madonna fanatics contact us with such crazy monikers.

"I am sure that the lady herself would be flattered!"

Log on to www.raisingmalawi.org to find out more about the charity or to donate.

Exhibition of Naked Madonna Photos by Martin Schreiber Take England By Storm!

2009-05-05T09:11:00.003+03:00

Art Daily

BRIGHTON.- In 1979 the as yet unknown 20 year old Madonna posed nude for just $30 for New York photographer Martin Schreiber. Later when she had become a global icon the shots appeared in Playboy, catapulting Schreiber to fame. 30 years on the original photographs are on show in the UK exclusively from the Impure Art Gallery.

The Private View opening party had to be spread over three nights due to the high demand. They were a huge success, which far exceeded the small gallery’s expectations. Jamie McCartney of Impure Art – “We sold a lot of prints, it was unbelievable. One of the editions is now up to 8 of 25. There are two collectors enquiring about the entire series of 34 photos, which is fantastic.”

At print number 8 the price rises and again at 14 and at 21. Clever investors are buying the prints before the first seven of each are sold. Now is a great time to buy before the exhibition moves to London in July. With more exhibitions planned this year in Turkey, Russia and the USA, it’s just a matter of time before the photos sell out.

The series of black and white photographs of Madonna show her as the exceptionally beautiful young woman she was. Modelling to pay her way through dance school, her toned body, perfect breasts, great skin, luxuriant pubic hair and mop of curls were a draw for several photographers. The languid, innocent look in her eyes betrays nothing of the pop superstar and business genius she was to become.

A similar Lee Friedlander photograph of Madonna from the same year recently sold at auction for $37,500. Schreiber’s photographs are seen as more classy and with growing interest in his work by collectors these prints could be an excellent investment with prices starting at only £1600 for the smaller sized 1985 edition and £3400 for the 60X40cm 30th anniversary edition.

Schreiber began working freelance for the New York Times and in 1971 was a runner up in the first Life Magazine photography contest. This was the start of a brilliant career. In 1977 he began teaching a course on photographing the nude and his first book entitled “Bodyscapes” was published in 1980.

In 1985 though Schreiber got the lucky break artists dream of. Madonna was on the cover of Time magazine. He dug out his nude photos of the former model and brief girlfriend and sold them to Playboy. They appeared amidst much controversy in the September 1985 issue.

The original 1985 prints were exhibited a few times in the USA and Europe but have since gathered dust at Schreiber’s French home as he concentrated on other projects. Persuaded to exhibit the series again for the 30th anniversary, he released this new edition of larger size prints, which have attracted so much attention.

Jamie McCartney of Impure Art – “When you have wonderful nude photos of a beautiful young woman, taken by a great photographer and she just happens to be a global icon, it’s a no brainer, the show is going to sell out.”

IMPURE ART is the UK’s only permanent, commercial, erotic art gallery. Established only a year ago and dealing in art broadly described as ‘anything from nude to rude’ it has fast acquired a reputation for daring and exciting shows of extremely high quality. The gallery, in Brighton’s famous Lanes, represents over 100 artists, sculptors and photographers.

The Madonna Nudes features as part the Brighton Festival Fringe and runs until June 28

Madonna Wears Anna Hu Haute Joaillerie to Costume Institute Gala

2009-05-05T09:04:00.004+03:00

Yahoo!

NEW YORK, May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Madonna wears Anna Hu Haute Joaillerie to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala on May 4, 2009 to go with her Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton dress. The pieces worn are as follows:

Anna Hu Monet's Giverny Garden Collection - "Edelweiss" Diamond Cross, D color Diamonds, about 6 carats.

Anna Hu Monet's Giverny Garden Collection - "Icy Grapes" Earrings, Natural colored sapphires, emerald, ruby, and diamonds, about 28 carats w/ Pear-Shaped Drop Emeralds.

All eyes on Madonna at the Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion Costume Institute Gala

2009-05-05T08:16:00.008+03:00

allaboutmadonna

Madonna attends ‘The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion’ Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

All eyes on Madonna at costume gala

New.com.au

MADONNA is the centre of attention at a costume gala in New York.

DJ Frank E Twitters about his work with Madonna

2009-05-05T05:46:00.004+03:00

The sound of the new Madonna record is what I call "Electro Pop". She sounds incredible.

It's official!! DJ Frank E and Madonna were in a NY studio last week for 2 days working on new tracks for her new Greatest Hits album!!!

It's 3:40 am and I'm ready to crash... long day in the studio mixing/tweaking this record for ___________. Hahahaha

M and Lourdes on Lady GaGa's show

2009-05-04T13:58:00.003+03:00

NY Daily News

Madonna, her daughter Lourdes and photographers Steven Klein and David LaChappelle all put on their “Poker Faces” to catch Lady GaGa’s show at N.Y.C.’s Terminal 5 on Saturday night.

Since the two performers have an affinity for elaborate outfits and stage production, it was no surprise “Madonna loved Gaga’s show,” said our wintess. “Especially when Gaga played “Future Love” on the piano. Lourdes was singing along to every word.”

At the end of Gaga’s set, the out-there singer was presented with a gold record for her current album “The Fame.” After thanking the audience and her label, she then thanked her “amazing” opening band, Semi Precious Weapons.

But Madge and Lourdes missed that. They left halfway through the show —”probably because Gaga went on late, around 1 a.m., and Madge is a good mom!” — says our source. Other celebs continued on to Bungalow 8 for the after-party, where Kanye West tried to keep a low profile. “He was very weird about people knowing he was there. He didn’t seem to want anyone to know he was out,” snitches an insider. Maybe he should’ve “Just Dance(d)”!

Family in Madonna Adoption Case 'Laugh Off' Dad's Plea

2009-05-04T13:33:00.001+03:00

People Magazine

As the hearing on Madonna's adoption appeal gets under way in Malawi, the family of the girl at the center of the controversy – 4-year-old Mercy Chifundo James – rejected efforts by the child's apparent biological father to claim her.

"He said he wanted to make peace with us. He said he wanted to be allowed to take care of his child, but we laughed him off. Where was he all this time?" said one of Mercy's uncles, Peter Baneti.

The father, James Kambewa, visited the girl's clan Saturday in the mud-and-thatch village outpost of Zaone, in the eastern district of Zomba. He was accompanied by his aunt, a man and another woman, the uncle said.

Baneti had signed the adoption papers that would have allowed Madonna to call Mercy her daughter, but the southern African country's High Court rejected the pop singer's efforts. On Monday, Madonna's appeal was adjourned until 1 p.m. local time because John Gulumba, a lawyer appointed by Eye of the Child – a child-rights organization that is against the adoption – filed his court papers late.

'Has No Case'

On Saturday, Kambewa brought his concerns to the family's village, but, according to Baneti, a local chief said "James has no case since if he wanted to have anything to do with the child he should have been there even after his girlfriend died."

In an interview airing Monday on CBS's The Early Show, Kambewa said he is "capable of taking care of my baby" and that Mercy needs "to grow as a Malawian ... with our culture."

Mercy, whose teenage mother died after her birth, is living at Kondanani Children's Village in the town of Bvumbwe. Madonna first met her in October 2006, the same time she found son David Banda at a different orphanage.

Kambewa , who has said he's ready to undergo a paternity test, is scheduled to meet a lawyer from the Malawi Law Society on Monday, said Mercy Mulele, the law group's secretary general. Eye of the Child, a child-rights non-governmental organization, also wants to weigh in.

But Baneti holds strong in his belief that Kambewa has no place in Mercy's life. He told PEOPLE: "This boy is a joker and we told his delegation never to waste our time again."

Madonna adoption case heard amid paternity dispute

2009-05-04T13:06:00.002+03:00

AP via Yahoo!

BLANTYRE, Malawi – Malawi's highest court began deliberating on Madonna's bid to adopt a 3-year-old girl from the southern African country, as a dispute erupted over whether a man trying to stop the proceedings is the girl's father.

Madonna was not at Monday's closed-door hearing at the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal, and a ruling may not be announced for several days.

The 50-year-old pop star is fighting a lower court's decision that she cannot adopt Chifundo "Mercy" James because she had not been screened over time by Malawi authorities. The court said the rules were bent when Madonna adopted her son David from Malawi last year.

Madonna's Malawian lawyer Alan Chinula said he was "hopeful" the appeal would succeed, and argued the lower court had relied on outdated law to block the girl's adoption.

Madonna found the girl in 2006 at Kondanani Children's Village, an orphanage in the southern town of Bvumbwe just south of the commercial capital of Blantyre. It was the same year she adopted David, whom she found at another orphanage in the central Mchinji district.

On Sunday, a man told The Associated Press he was the girl's father, and has sought help from the Malawi Law Society to stop the adoption.

James Kambewa, a 24-year-old a security guard, acknowledged he has never seen the child, who according to court documents was placed in the orphanage when her 14-year-old mother died a few weeks after giving birth to her.

But Kambewa said he now wanted to claim custody of Chifundo.

"I may be poor, but I think I have what it takes to raise a daughter," he said. "I will fight the adoption."

The brother of the girl's mother told the AP the family does not know Kambewa.

"How can he claim he is the father when he hasn't been around all this time?" said Peter Baneti, who explained that the girl was put in the orphanage because there was no one to breast-feed the baby.

Baneti said he had agreed to the adoption on behalf of the family, and that Kambewa was "just an opportunist."

Madonna spokeswoman Liz Rosenberg said in an e-mail message she doesn't know if Kambewa is the father.

"All I know is that Mercy has been in an orphanage since the day she was born," Rosenberg said.

Kambewa, in an interview to be aired Monday on CBS' "The Early Show," said he has only seen the girl "in newspapers and TV — not face to face." But he told CBS the girl "is a Malawian — so (I) need her to grow as a Malawian as well with our culture."

On the show, Kambewa wore a necklace bearing the girl's name.

Madonna has founded a charity, Raising Malawi, that helps feed, educate and provide medical care for some of Malawi's more than 1 million orphans, half of whom have lost parents to AIDS.

Madonna/Marilyn on the walls of New York City

2009-05-04T11:43:00.002+03:00

Madonnalicious

This Andy Warhol Marilyn Monroe/Madonna poster can be found plastered on the walls in the Meatpacking district of New York City on 13th by 9th Avenue.

M with Jesus, Guy Oseary, Lourdes and Klein at Lady Gaga's show in at the Terminal 5 in NY - 03/05/09

2009-05-03T08:08:00.007+03:00

Photos: allaboutmadonna

Perez reports that Cyndi Lauper and the desinger Zac Posen were also at the show.

M, Jesus, Oseary, Klein and the kids at the Kabbalah centere - 02/05/09

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More photos at: All About Madonna

From M's book list

2009-05-02T07:24:00.007+03:00

M's latest favorite books, as she revealed on Twitter and Icon.

The Other Hand By Chris Cleave

Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcoln Gladwell

The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Murial Barbery

Twittering from the studio - last day recording for the 'Greatest Hits'

2009-05-02T03:11:00.005+03:00

DJ Frank E: Leaving NYC... mission accomplished. Gonna be huge!!

DJ Frank E: MIXING WITH DEMO RIGHT NOW, SOUNDING HOTTTTTTT

ok.. shutting down.. goodnight..

@israelhenriques shabat shalom.. see you on tour.. -the queen

@jon_favreau take care of our girl if you know whats good for you.. -Madonna and Jessica

@andersoncooper Thanks for locking us out the other night. Real Nice. Love, Jessica and Madonna

@LadyHAHA tell us a joke..

@alanorlando as long as it's kosher..-M

@Jezebel816 hay while the sun shines...-M

@mrdraco i am smiling while I stir!..-M

sitting here with Jessica Seinfeld. one of my favorite people. she wants me to learn how to cook... -Madonna

im here with jesus.. @jesusluz is a fake.. jesus is not on twitter..

just finished in the studio..can't wait for you to hear the finished product. Have a great weekend!!!!!!! -M

@guyoseary tell her im praying whising she could finally adopt sweet mercy.i will be so happy for M,mercy and all M's family @agulovesmadonna thank you for your prayers.. -M

@guyoseary MADONNA! Did u have fun shooting the new Louis Vutton ads???????????????????????? xx @kevinkeveney i had so much fun.. i love working with steven meisel.. love marc jacobs.. -M

RT @guyoseary What have you been reading lately? Shabbat Shalom.xx @joaobcarvalho ive been reading a book called "the other hand" by Chris Cleave.. Im also reading "outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell -M

sitting next to the queen.. anything you want to tell her?

shes doing vocals.. i cant promise she will twitter.. so hold off on all the questions and messages..

here we are.. last day in the studio with Madonna for greatest hits album...

First part on the interview with Paul Oakenfold and some more about the new music

2009-05-02T00:30:00.006+03:00

Icon via Madonna Fanzine

First Part of the Interview with Paul Oakenfold:

Paul Oakenfold was in the studio this week, producing new songs with Madonna for her upcoming Greatest Hits. Paul took some time to answer a few questions regarding the new material and we’re happy to share his answers to the first two questions today.

Q: How did you come to work with Madonna on the new songs?
A. I was approached by Guy Oseary to see if I was interested in working with Madonna in the studio.

Q: Could you tell us more about the sound you have developed for them?
A: I was looking for a cutting-edge sound with an old-school classic feel. I think we have achieved that and I think people are going to be really happy with this bunch of songs.

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Another producer of the new songs for Madonna’s hits collection is DJ Frank E. He was with M in the studio this Thursday, and is back again today.

From DJ Frank E Twitter:

DAY 2!! HERE WE GO!!!

“Great day today in the studio, doin it all over again tomorrow. This is my life.”

Nude Madonna pics go on show

2009-05-01T17:29:00.003+03:00

ITN via Yahoo!

Pictures of a nude Madonna taken as an unknown 20-year-old have gone on display.

The snaps were taken in 1979 by photographer Martin Schreiber before she maDe her name as a singer.

He described the struggling, fledgling star as having "a fantastic body. Perfect."

Madonna, who was doing some part-time modelling to pay her way through dance school, was paid $30 for the shoot.

Schreiber added: "She was pliant but I would say very quiet, maybe shy I'm not sure.

"I use the word taciturn, kind of moody, I felt. Not really into it but she was doing it. She was making a living doing it."

Schreiber claims the pair became lovers after Madonna, with little money and few friends, moved into his flat for two weeks.

The photographs of the young Madonna are part of the Brighton Festival Fringe and are on sale for £3,400.

The Naked Madonna Playboy Photos 30th Anniversary Exhibition ends on June 28.

Jesus Luz Won’t Appear in the Louis Vuitton Campaign, Enjoys Dinner Dates With Marc Jacobs’s Fiancé

2009-05-01T17:27:00.001+03:00

NY Magazine

Contrary to rumor, Jesus Luz won't appear in Louis Vuitton's fall 2009 ad campaign with Madonna, Vuitton designer Marc Jacobs told us at Cipriani Wall Street during the 2009 Parsons Fashion Spring Benefit last night. (Okay, sometimes we get things wrong.) Reporters routinely hound Jacobs with questions about Madonna’s man candy. “I don’t know why!” he said, laughing. “Why is everyone asking me about him? He’s not modeling for me. I don’t do menswear.” Madonna, however, is, and Jacobs said they’d just been working together that day. “I think it was a great shoot,” he said. “She’s the ultimate professional and she and Steven are amazing. I love working with her. There’s no one better.” He refused to divulge the concept of the campaign.

But if Jesus hasn’t yet earned a spot in a Vuitton campaign, he has earned a place as good friend to Jacobs and his fiancé, Lorenzo Martone. “We’re friends and we have dinner sometimes,” said Martone. “I guess as a Brazilian that’s in New York and is in this industry, I have some hints and advice to give. You know, he’s starting a very big modeling career and he has a lot of potential. So he asks me my opinion about some people in the industry — photographers and that. And I tell him.” Where do these advice-giving sessions take place? The Waverly Inn, of course. “We don’t really have a hangout,” said Martone. “We’ve been having a lot of dinners at the Waverly or other places in the West Village on our street. I’m trying to get him to know downtown, which is younger and fresher than the Upper West Side.”

Twittering from the studio again!

2009-05-01T03:35:00.004+03:00

closing up shop!.. tomorrow is last day in studio for a while..

Perez Hilton: Madonna! Madonna! Madonna! I'm gonna go cry a happy cry now. xoxo

Perez Hilton: @guyoseary Ok! What's your email address? Have Guy tell me! ha xoxo

Perez Hilton: OMG, you guys. O.M.G. OMG!!! Madonna just sent me ANOTHER message! And, she wants to clear up some shiz! http://tinyurl.com/co2djy

Perez Hilton: @GuyOseary P.S. I've got the lock. And you hold the key! HA. I had to! Love you. Mean it!

Perez Hilton: @PerezHilton always check with the Queen first! MMMMMMMMMMMM

@guyoseary M, what are you listening to these days? (besides yourself in the studio) @boxofboom electronic music/electro house... -M

@perezhilton what is this rubbish about me dumping my children off for the summer while Im on tour? They go where i go.-M @GuyOseary Duly noted! http://tinyurl.com/co2djy

@aaronnyc i dont hate anyone. horses dont like surprises. they are very sensitive animals.. -M

thanks for support.. fingers crossed all will go well with Mercy.. -M

here i am.. what you got for me? -M

she hasnt seen any of your tweets.. ill let you know when she is on.. it may not happen today.. ill do my best.. shes singing right now

back in the studio with Madonna..

M confirmed for Costume Institute gala next Monday night

2009-04-30T22:09:00.000+03:00

Fashion Week Daily

(NEW YORK) At the Parsons Fashion Benefit last night, alum Marc Jacobs was in high spirits, and not only because he's eagerly awaiting Monday night's Costume Institute gala, which he will host alongside muse Kate Moss. As for his illustrious table? It's going to be full of good friends. "Madonna...Victoria Beckham...I'm trying to think, now I can't remember!" Jacobs told The Daily. "Anne Hathaway...Winona [Ryder]...Rachel Feinstein, John Currin...and Rihanna!"

Hugh Jackman: You don’t adopt for publicity; Madonna’s coming from a good place

2009-04-30T02:36:00.002+03:00

The Sun

HUGH JACKMAN has sent a message of support to Madonna after her failed bid to adopt a Malawian orphan.

The Aussie movie star and his wife, DEBORRA-LEE, have two kids who they adopted as babies from America — Oscar, eight, and three-year-old Ava.

But, like MADONNA, their hopes of giving a home to a Third World child were crushed by rules that made it virtually impossible to adopt from Africa or Asia.

Speaking exclusively to The Sun, Hugh — who hit cinema screens this week as razor-clawed X-Men character Wolverine — said: “The adoption laws in Australia are too restrictive. Of course, checks need to be made. But they had a very negative approach.

“It was like they were trying to discourage you. There are 130million orphans in the world — who is looking after them? If you are a citizen of the world, on some level they are all our responsibility.

“And if you have got parents who want to adopt and there are children who need a home, it seems like a no-brainer.

“There are not that many children in Australia who need adopting, so we looked internationally and that is what is difficult.”

The couple turned to adoption after actress Deborra-Lee, 48, suffered repeat miscarriages.

But they insist they would have done it regardless.

Hugh, 40, said: “We tried and it just didn’t happen for us. There was no particular medical reason.

“We had a few miscarriages, which was very upsetting. But we always planned on adopting anyway, even if we had our own biological children.”

The actor can well understand Madonna’s desire to add to her brood — Lourdes, 12, Rocco, eight, and three-year-old David Banda, who she adopted from Malawi in 2006.

And he is sickened by cynics who applauded an African judge’s decision to reject her bid to become mum to baby girl Mercy James earlier this month.

Hugh said: “I challenge anyone who thinks you adopt a kid for a publicity stunt. Anyone parent knows that would have to be the most intensive publicity stunt in the world. I am sure she is coming from a good place.”

However, unlike the pop queen, Hugh has no plans to expand his family.

Laughing, he continued: “We think about another adoption. Then every time we get on a plane with our two kids and are all crammed in together, we think maybe we will leave it at what we have.

“Our first child was not the easiest of babies, which is why we left it five years before the second. Our second was a dream baby.”

Louis Vuitton photoshoot is taking place today, as revealed by Guy Oseary

2009-04-29T23:26:00.003+03:00

Guy Oseary Twittered a few hours ago: on my way to Madonna/Louis Vuitton shoot.. part deux!.

It's also rumored that the cover art of up-coming greatest hits collection will be shot during this shoot.

Malawi's Chief Justice Takes Over Madonna Adoption Appeal

2009-04-29T23:24:00.001+03:00

People Magazine

The head of the judiciary in Malawi will lead a three-judge panel in an appeal case in which Madonna wants to overturn the southern African country's High Court decision to reject her application to adopt a 3-year-old girl.

The hearing before Chief Justice Lovemore Munlo and two other judges is set for May 4. "Since this involves an infant it will be heard in chambers," said High Court and Supreme Court of Appeal spokesman Joseph Chigona. "This is an important case; that's why the chief justice himself has taken special interest."

Madonna, 50, is not required to attend the hearing although she may if she wishes.

Attorney Objects to Ruling

The appeal follows High Court Judge Esme Chombo's dismissal of the singer's application to adopt Mercy Chifundo James on the premise the entertainer does not have a permanent residence in Malawi. Madonna, who last year successfully completed her adoption of another Malawian toddler, David Banda, also 3, has visited Malawi three times.

Madonna's Malawian lawyer Alan Chinula appealed Chombo's ruling, calling it "erroneous." Chinula contended the judge relied on an "archaic law" of more than 50 years ago. "We are hopeful the Supreme Court of Appeal will overturn Justice Chombo's ruling," he said.

Madonna found Mercy at Kondanani Children's Village in the town of Bvumbwe when she first visited Malawi in October 2006, the same time she found David Banda at a different orphanage. Mercy was placed at Children's Village following the death of her teenage mother.

'Material Girl' dress and 'Rain' chair to be auctioned

2009-04-29T16:59:00.001+03:00

Sky

The Marilyn Monroe style dress Madonna wore in the video for 'material Girl' is set to go up for auction in London.

The pink gown, costume jewellery and fake fur stole will all go under the hammer, the dress expected to fetch over 140 thousand US dollars.

The music video recreated a scene from Marilyn Monroe's 'gentlemen Prefer Blondes' and many believe it catapulted Madonna from singer to superstardom.

Other items expected to go up for auction include a Beatles' drum skin, the lyrics written to the Jackson 5's ABC and a guitar owned by Elvis Presley.

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Bloomberg

April 29 (Bloomberg) -- Marc Newson’s “Lockheed Lounge” aluminum chair, once used by Madonna in a video clip, will be among the lots providing London auction houses’ first test of the market for “design art” in 2009.

The futuristic riveted lounger was featured in the 1993 video of the star’s single “Rain,” said the Phillips de Pury auction house. It is expected to fetch as much as 700,000 pounds ($1 million) tomorrow.

Madonna is taking Flamenco lessons

2009-04-29T16:17:00.002+03:00

Madonna.com (Sidewalk Talk)

Madonna is said to be taking Flamenco dance lessons as part of the rehearsals for the 2009 leg of her Sticky & Sweet Tour.

M out and about in NYC - 27/04/09

2009-04-28T21:16:00.002+03:00

Madonna's name used in swine scams

2009-04-28T19:07:00.000+03:00

MSN

Madonna and Salma Hayek's names are being used in new computer scams "piggy-backing" on the deadly swine flu outbreak.

Users have been warned by experts that they should be be wary of emails with the subjects "Madonna caught swine flu!" and "Salma Hayek caught swine flu!" as scams are using the names to make a quick profit and infect systems around the world.

McAfee Avert Labs said it had "uncovered a spike in new spam scams piggy-backing on the swine flu scare in an attempt to peddle pharmaceuticals" and added that celebrity names were being used to attract users' attention.

Principle security analyst Greg Day said it was a "sad, everyday reality" and those behind the scam were playing on people's fears to try to sell the medications.

Mr Day urged people to avoid the emails and said it was unlikely anyone would receive what they ordered.

"If you're lucky, you'll get nothing," he said.

"If not, then you'll be sent something, but it won't be what you're expecting."

He also warned anyone receiving emails not to click a link or visit a website for more information.

"By doing that, you're self-inflicting with some mailware as they're trying to get access to your system," he said.

He added that once a system was compromised, the amount of damage done was limited only by the malicious imaginations of those sending the emails.

M and Jesus at Renée Zellweger birthday bash

2009-04-28T18:44:00.004+03:00

Page Six

RENÉE Zellweger rang in her 40th birthday Saturday night at the Core Club with some singles, ex-boyfriend Dan Abrams, Hugh Grant and Bradley Cooper, but mostly Couples, Cheryl and Ron Howard, Dorothea and Jon Bon Jovi, Neil Patrick Harris and boyfriend David Burtka, Tory Burch and Lyor Cohen, Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos, and Madonna and boy toy Jesus Luz, whose dirty dancing was the talk of the party. Renée was serenaded by Harry Connick Jr.

Official: Madonna and Louis Vuitton Part Deux

2009-04-28T17:54:00.001+03:00

Madonna.com

Madonna will once again be the face of the upcoming Louis Vuitton campaign for their Autumn/Winter 2009 collection.

Following the extraordinary success of the Spring/Summer 2009 ad campaign, Louis Vuitton, its creative director Marc Jacobs, and Madonna, are proud to announce they will be collaborating for a second consecutive season.

The iconic pop star will be photographed by Steven Meisel in New York City, under the art direction of Marc Jacobs.

The first images of the campaign should appear in the August issues of fashion magazines.

TRACY'S TUNES

2009-04-28T17:44:00.002+03:00

W magazine

Spending seven weeks with Tracy Anderson and her trainers gave me a few things, not the least of which was a new appreciation for Britney Spears. We listened to “Womanizer” more times than I can count, and there’s a reason Brit’s at the top of the charts yet again: The girl is good. Madonna was also on regular rotation, and according to Anderson, Madge does listen to her own material while working out. (Why are we not surprised?) Here, the top workout tunes most on Anderson's playlist:

1. “Radar,” Britney Spears
2. “Miles Away,” Madonna
3. “Viva La Vida,” Coldplay
4. “Jai Ho,” A.R. Rahman, Sukhvinder Singh, Tanvi Shah and Mahalaxmi Iyer (from Slumdog Millionaire)
5. “Incredible,” Madonna
6. “Disturbia,” Rihanna
7. “Release Me,” Agnes Carlsson
8. “Give It 2 Me,” Madonna
9. “If U Seek Amy,” Britney Spears
10. “Look at Me Now,” Agnes Carlsson
11. “Just Dance,” Lady GaGa & Colby O’Donis
12. “Stronger,” Kanye West
13. “Closer,” Ne-Yo
14. “Lose Control,” Missy Elliott featuring Ciara and Fat Man Scoop
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When Tracy Anderson tries to convince me to do something—say, give up yogurt or kick my leg over a metal bar that’s almost as tall as I am—she invokes her two most famous clients as though they were the gospel. “Madonna would never do dairy,” she tells me at our first meeting. “I’m giving you Gwyneth’s legs right now,” she promises another day, when I am on the verge of collapsing on top of an aerobic step.

To read the rest of the article click here

Quick Updates!

2009-04-27T16:29:00.004+03:00

* Fresh from receiving their Bafta Fellowship Award to honour their 30 year partnership, French and Saunders revealed backstage that Madonna was the only star who never agreed to feature in one of their sketches. "It's her loss, that's the way we've looked at it," said French. Jennifer joked: "We never used to like doing the show unless we'd actually had a 'no' from Madonna, so we used to insist that they ask her anyway to torture her. Although we're great admirers, of course," French added.

* Guy Ritchie bought a four story townhouse, 200 yards from M's London mansion.

LUZ KEEPING MADONNA WARM

2009-04-27T16:03:00.002+03:00

Page Six

THANKS to Madonna's high-powered pals, she isn't recovering from her injuries alone. Madge, who recently got tossed from her horse in the Hamptons, has reunited with her Brazilian man-candy, Jesus Luz, and insiders are crediting her friends in the fashion world for it. Marc Jacobs "wrote a letter of support for Jesus' work permit" to allow him to stay in the country, said our source. "Marc campaigned for Jesus, saying he is highly talented and a necessity to the label." Last week, Women's Wear Daily reported Dolce & Gabbana's fall-winter menswear campaign will feature Luz. Our tipster said, "All these fashion lines are hiring Jesus as a favor to Madonna. As long as he can legally work in the US, they can be together." Madonna's rep said she's "not at all involved in managing the career of Jesus Luz. His Dolce job was arranged through his agents," and Madonna hadn't asked anyone to help him. Jacobs' rep had no comment.

On the cover of ''Lid''

2009-04-26T12:19:00.002+03:00

Madonna Tribe

This fantastic portrait of Madonna shot in 1992 by Marina Schiano from the "Rock The Vote" ad is one of the four different covers of the 8th issue of "Lid", a photo based magazine published twice a year in vibrant black and white and featuring the best images in the world of art, photography, music, painting, fashion, travel, interviews, and new visions.

Together with a portfolio of intimate photographs by Marina Schiano, Lid #8 also features portraits from The Black List by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, polaroid portraits and self-portraits from Brigid Berlin, a portfolio of extraordinary portraits from Jörg Steinmetz, photographs of Asako from Gerard Malanga, vintage photos of The Who on tour from Michael Zagaris, The Art of Stephen Sprouse presented by Mauricio and Roger Padilha, Berlin Blumenweh, words and images by Andrea Splisgar. vintage photographs from the downtown stage production of Vain Victory by Dustin Pittman, drawings by David Croland, new portfolios by Tim Sheaffer, Adam Peters, and Erik La Prade, and the Last Word featuring Marisa Berenson by Michel Haddi in a 208-page packed issue. On the cover of the four variations, Madonna, Michelle Obama, Brigid Berlin and Michael Stipe.

More at worldoflid.com

M, Jesus and the kids at the Kabbalah centere - 25/04/09

2009-04-26T12:12:00.005+03:00

Photos: allaboutmadonna
More photos: WENN

''Hits'' - Madonna's GH working title?

2009-04-25T21:53:00.001+03:00

Madonna Tribe

Adam&Co. is an award winning creative studio located in Boston, specialized in branding, packaging and brand identities. Their recent work captured the eye of Rachel Dunagan at thedieline.com website, who posted a blog entry about the work Adam&Co submitted when they were asked to present concepts for Madonna's forthcoming Greatest Hits compilation, due out September, a project they simply name as "Hits".

"The project evolved in a different direction but we thought this packaging deserved to see the light of day in some form or fashion!", the die line writes.

Eric Ienco: Madonna statement

2009-04-25T21:50:00.002+03:00

Eric-Ienco.com

"After returning home from my holiday trip, I was shocked, appalled and embarrassed to read that I have been bad-mouthing Madonna and her recent adoption in the tabloids/press.

I just want to set the record straight and say that I have never called Madonna an unfit mother, nor have I said she only spends 30 minutes in a day with her children. Saying that I also said that Guy Ritchie did not want to adopt another child with Madonna because of this is also false.

I stand by my opinion that Madonna is a devoted mother to her children and I find it very poor in taste to ever bad-mouth a former employee to the press. It is unfortunate that my positive views on Madonna, her recent adoption and her parenting skills have been besmirched to grab a few headlines and I hope this sets the record straight.

I wish Madonna the very best with her adoption and future endeavors."

Madonna drawings by Fabricio Vercosa

2009-04-25T13:22:00.003+03:00

Large version: HERE
Fabricio Vercosa

Madonna's 'Fame' Audition

2009-04-24T23:05:00.002+03:00

Extra

Length: 01:10

Hollywood's Hardest-Working Moms

2009-04-24T09:11:00.001+03:00

Forbes

For women in entertainment, no role or album is tougher--or can garner more attention--than raising kids.

Madonna just ended one of the most lucrative years in her career. In 2008, she sold close to 1 million albums in the U.S., grossed $105 million on tour and inked several endorsement deals. But the public only has ears for one thing: Mercy James.

The 3-year-old girl from Malawi, who Madonna wants to adopt despite the reported objections of a Malawi judge, is the most recent example of the public's obsession with the personal lives of celebrities, especially celebrity mothers.

The children of stars wield incredible power due to their inherited fame. Their faces sell magazines, their outfits stimulate clothing sales and candid photos of their daily activities makes their parents more relatable. The frenzy has created a subset of female celebrities who are known as much for their family lives as for their lives on screen and stage. It's a tough act for these women at the top of their profession, who must balance their need for media exposure with the desire to raise their kids with some degree of normalcy.

Madonna tops our list of powerful moms in entertainment thanks to unparalleled earnings of $110 million in 2008. As well as her musical success, she endorsed Sunsilk, Louis Vuitton and Vodaphone. She's the mother of three children: David Banda, Lourdes and Rocco.

No. 2 is Reese Witherspoon, who earned an estimated $24 million in 2008. Reese appeared on-screen last year in Four Christmases with Vince Vaughn, a film which earned $160 million worldwide. She's also the international spokeswoman for Avon and honorable chair of the company's charitable foundation. She has two children, Ava and Deacon, from her former marriage to Ryan Phillippe.

Gwyneth Paltrow, mother to Apple ( AAPL - news - people ) and Moses ranks at No. 3 with estimated earnings of $20 million last year. Paltrow, the actress turned lifestyle guru, has both children with husband Chris Martin. She had a momentous year in 2008 thanks to the role of Pepper Potts in the comic book film Iron Man, which earned $580 million worldwide. Aside from her on-screen career, she endorses Estée Lauder and Tod's and files regular updates to her lifestyle newsletter goop.com.

To compile the list, Forbes considered female stars in entertainment that have at least one child. The stars were ranked on estimated earnings in 2008. Earnings estimates were based on box-office grosses, album sales, salaries and income from endorsement and licensing deals.

Who else is on there? Julia Roberts, mother of three and back on screen with Clive Owen in Duplicity; Angelina Jolie who found time to rake in $14 million while raising her six kids; Kate Winslet, mother of two and the youngest actress to receive six Academy Award nominations; and Faith Hill (three kids with husband Tim McGraw) who returned to the charts with her holiday album Joy to the World.

Some savvy moms use the curiosity about their kids to earn extra income. Jessica Alba, No. 13 on our list with estimated earnings of $6 million, sold the first shots of her daughter Honor Marie Warren to OK! Magazine in 2008 for a reported $1.5 million. As well, last year People magazine and Hello! Magazine reportedly paid at least $11 million for the initial pictures of twins Vivienne and Knox Jolie-Pitt.

Forbes and E! Entertainment teamed up for a one-hour special on "Forbes 15 Hot Hollywood Moms," which premieres on E! Thursday, April 30 at 10 p.m. ET.

Twittering from the studio

2009-04-24T09:06:00.004+03:00

leaving the studio.. thanks for all the tweets today.. -guy

finally listening to the track!!!.. been waiting and waiting for the right mix.. another great DANCE track.. -guy

@Madgefan33 come early to the show and lets start the party early.. really looking forward to seeing yall.. and i take requests -Paul O

@SlippyInvader hello iconers... dont go to bed without saying your prayers.. -M

@nellfidji we are not going to bed either.. we will be up all night..

paul oakenfold is running around the studio naked.. because i wont put the air on.. its hot in here.. but the music is hotter!!!! -M

back in the recording studio..

Madge still on the hunt

2009-04-23T20:35:00.000+03:00

NY Post

It will take more than another fall off a horse to spook Madonna out of adding to her pricey New York real estate portfolio.

The Material Mom, who recently went to contract on a townhouse on East 81st Street, is still actively looking for a house in horse country. Both the Hamptons and Westchester remain options.

We hear that she recently spent a weekend at the Wolffer Estate Vineyards in Sagaponack. The property boasts a 12,000-square-foot Tuscan-style villa and stables on 100 acres. Calls to the vineyard were not returned, but we're told Wolffer Estate is profitable and not currently on the market.

Last weekend, the vineyard hosted a memorial for its founder, Christian Wolffer, who died in a collision with a boat while he was swimming in Brazil last December.

CNN: Madonna's New Battles

2009-04-23T20:18:00.002+03:00

Quick Updates!

2009-04-23T20:06:00.003+03:00

* Rosie O'Donell on M:

Just Jared: What was your favorite Madonna concert?

RO: The last one - I thought it was unbelievable. It was like watching an Olympic event! The fact that she’s 50-years-old and able to look like that and do that, and I remember thinking, oh now is when she’s going to get a costume change, and she wasn’t! She was kept going and going and going and going…and it’s stunning to think of that kind of energy and discipline that she has and is able to continue for years and years.

I think she’s absolutely…one of the best entertainers that has ever lived.

* "Madonna is still caring for toddler Mercy James. Mercy is 250 miles away at Kumbali Lodge where the pop queen, 50 - who has an adopted Malawian son - stayed early this month.

A source said: "During her farewell party at the lodge, Madonna instructed a nurse and a nanny to remain behind and care for Mercy while her lawyers appeal." That hearing will be held in the African state on May 4. Consent to let Mercy stay at the lodge till then was given by relatives and orphanage director Anne Chikhwaza, who were at the party. Mrs Chikhwaza said: 'As Mercy's legal guardian, I authorise where she goes. She is staying with Madonna's people as a visitor. There is nothing wrong with that.'"

* New Jesus photos:

M and Jesus at the Waverly Inn with friends - 22/04/09

2009-04-23T18:57:00.005+03:00

Photos: Splash

More music news

2009-04-23T18:42:00.004+03:00

Madonna.com (Sidewalk Talk)

News From The Studio From Madonna's Manager
"Had a good day with Madonna in the studio yesterday. She worked on an amazing dance track with Paul Oakenfold producing - no title yet but will keep you posted. She also started a second one, so we are hoping to have two tracks done this week.

Next week she is working with another producer on one more track. Two of these tracks from these sessions will be on the Greatest Hits album.

I will try and get her to go on Twitter this week....wish me luck."
-Guy Oseary
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Guy Oseary's Twitter:

@rafaelmbrito te amo miutto -M

@nickirichards im cooking up something good for you to sing with me on... love, M

i was hoping to get madonna to tweet from the studio.. but shes been busy writing lyrics..

back in the studio with Madonna..

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From Madonna Fanzine:

As we already know Paul Oakenfold and...............

DJ FRANK E

most likely one of those songs will make it's way onto the New Moon soundtrack.

M in the studio & more from Oseary's Twitter

2009-04-22T07:31:00.004+03:00

@Mikeyc1981 the sound of this track: DANCE

@WilliamOrbit just read her your email.. she sends you her hello and love..

@SeanAvolio yes.. bonus track for greatest hits album

in the studio with Madonna right now... music sounds goooooood..

Madonna Going Back to the Gym Wednesday ; Wasn’t Questioned By Police Over Horseback Riding Fall

2009-04-22T07:20:00.003+03:00

Us magazine

Buzz up!Don't worry about Madonna, who fell off a horse in the Hamptons over the weekend.

"She's going to be fine. She fell on her butt," her trainer Tracy Anderson told Usmagazine.com Monday at Cookie Magazine’s Smart Cookie Awards in NYC. "She's fine."

How fine?

"We're going to train tomorrow," she told Us.

When it comes to working out, "We have our set training," Anderson said. "She's like a professional athlete. She can't mess around with her training. I mean, she has to be able to perform in front of 70,000 people who are sucking the life out of her, and she's singing and dancing. There are no shortcuts when you're training in that way."

Access Hollywood

Madonna’s rep issued a new statement on Tuesday saying that police did not, in fact, question the pop star properly after she fell from a horse over the weekend in the Hamptons.

“Madonna was barely conscious and had fainted twice, right after the fall and when she was in the ambulance,” Madonna’s rep, Liz Rosenberg, said in a statement to Access Hollywood on Tuesday morning. “She only remembers giving the police her name. They never asked her what happened. This could have been a very dangerous situation and we’re just all grateful that she wasn’t hurt more seriously.”

Nude Madonna pics on display in Brighton

2009-04-21T17:49:00.001+03:00

The Argus

A series of saucy black and white photographs of Madonna are to go on display at a Brighton gallery.

The pictures were taken in 1979 by New York photographer Martin Schreiber who paid the then unknown singer just $30 – about £21.

The photos were later published in Playboy.

Thirty years later, the original shots are to be displayed exclusively at the Impure Art Gallery in Ship Street Gardens, Brighton.

Co-owner Jamie McCartney said: “It’s very exciting to be exhibiting these for our first anniversary exhibition.”

There will be limited edition photographs, along with copies of the original Playboy magazine, books, posters, postcards and other memorabilia.

The exhibition runs from May 1 to June 28. For more information go to www.impureart.com

MADGE GIDDY-UP & AT 'EM

2009-04-20T19:10:00.001+03:00

NY Post

Madonna was back on her feet and enjoying a sunny Hamptons afternoon yesterday (right), less than 24 hours after taking a nasty horse-riding spill (below).

The Material Mom spent most of her day resting inside the Amagansett home of pal Gwyneth Paltrow, recovering from minor injuries from Saturday's fall at photographer Steven Klein's mansion.

When Madonna stepped out of Paltrow's home yesterday, she walked gingerly, but didn't appear to be in any obvious pain as she refused a request to pose for pictures.

Madonna's reps and Klein both blamed paparazzi for Saturday's accident, saying photographers jumped out of the bushes and spooked the horse.

Madonna Adoption Appeal Set for May 4

2009-04-20T18:48:00.000+03:00

Usmagazine

Madonna's appeal in her attempt to adopt a 3-year-old girl from Malawi will begin May 4.

The case will be heard by three Supreme Court of Appeal judges, Court official Joseph Chigona, tells Usmagazine.com.

"It may take up to two weeks," Chigona tells Us. "Madonna is not required to be present [during the appeal]."

"As with all court cases involving infants, this one will be in
chambers, not in an open court," he says.

Alan Chinula, Madonna's Malawian lawyer, tells Us they are "confident" things will work in their favor with the appeal. (A judge rejected the singer's application to adopt Chifundo "Mercy" James earlier this month because she did not meet residency requirements.)

Says Chinula, "We believe the lower court judge errored by basing her judgment on an archaic law of over 50 years ago."

Madonna falls from horse in NY; accident caused by paparazzi

2009-04-19T06:19:00.003+03:00

AP via Yahoo!

NEW YORK – Madonna has taken a tumble while horseback riding in New York's Hamptons and has suffered "minor injuries" and bruises.

A spokeswoman says the pop star fell Saturday afternoon when the horse was startled by paparazzi who "jumped out of the bushes" to photograph her.

Spokeswoman Liz Rosenberg says Madonna was treated at a Southampton hospital and was released. She won't disclose more details on the singer's condition.

Rosenberg says the singer of such pop classics as "Like a Virgin" and "Material Girl" had been visiting friends in the Hamptons, a playground for the rich and famous on the eastern end of Long Island.

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Guy Oseary Twitters:

Madonnas accident today was caused by the papparazzi.. they spooked the horse she was riding.. these guys dont know when to stop!!

M, the kids and Jesus at the Kabbalah centere - 18/04/09

2009-04-19T04:44:00.004+03:00

Carlos picking up Lourdes from the centere:

Photos: Splash

On the cover of ''Grand Hotel''

2009-04-19T01:22:00.004+03:00

Madonna Tribe

Madonna is on the cover of the latest issue of Italian gossip magazine "Grand Hotel". This week's issue is heavily focused on heroes and stories related to the devastating earthquake that hit central Italy on April 6th, and Madonna lending a helping hand to the country of her ancestors brought her on the cover of Grand Hotel after 23 years - her previous appearance dating back to 1986.
The magazine features a four page article inside headlined with "This is my homeland" - and includes two vintage images of Madonna meeting the Ciccone relatives during the Italian leg of the Who's That Girl Tour. As an interesting tidbit the striking similarities between Madonna, the Vitucci family and her brother Christopher did not help the article's editor that keep referring to Chris as "Madonna's bodyguard".

Madonna: sexual and proud

2009-04-19T00:14:00.001+03:00

Time

It was on a racy magazine shoot that Madonna met Jesus Luz, 22. Their brief fling appalled many. Get over it, says India Knight, women over 50 have sex too

I conducted an unofficial survey about Madonna on Twitter the other day. She was still dating the 22-year-old model Jesus Luz at the time. She dumped him last month, coincidentally also on Twitter. Madonna, as we all know, is 50, and recently divorced from Guy Ritchie. What did people think, I asked, of the once self-proclaimed “boy toy” (remember those belts?) turning cougar and hunter of toy boys?

Although there were a few approving remarks, mostly from older women who had cheered themselves up in a similar fashion (and see the success of toyboywarehouse.com if you need evidence that the older woman-younger man thing has practically become de rigueur if you’re a single female over 40), the general consensus was that Madonna was trying too hard, and that watching her try too hard was faintly embarrassing, even for the legions of fans who have been devoted to her for well over two decades. This seemed to me to be rather missing the point, which is that Madonna practically invented trying too hard. Some pop stars or celebrities seem to emerge fully formed, out of nowhere, already styled up to the hilt, already near the top of their game. The whole thing is carefully engineered to appear effortless, as if it involved not one drop of blood, sweat or tears. Madonna wasn’t like that. She was raw, in her cheap downtown clothes, tacky plastic jewellery and home-dyed hair, and she sweated like mad. When she was starting out, she made no secret of her galloping ambition or hunger for fame and money — on the contrary, she more or less defined herself by it. She worked incredibly hard to get to where she wanted to be, and made no bones about it. It was the 1980s, and all those frank admissions of longing for success seemed rather refreshing — and, of course, chimed with the times politically: Madonna was the perfect Thatcher/Reagan product.

There was nothing cool about Madonna’s trajectory, nothing like “Yeah, I’m a pop star, I’ve been laying down tracks in my bedroom for years, I just kind of got discovered because I’m so incredibly talented”. She worked at it like the clappers, even though her talent was modest, and willed herself into the public consciousness: pushiness doesn’t begin to cover it. This is one of the main reasons why she is often cited as being a feminist role model, or at least why so many women were instantly thrilled and inspired by the fact that she existed (because, on paper at least, Madonna’s fans should have been mostly male and sexually frustrated): she was all about self-belief, about taking whatever small talent you have and turning it into gold, about not giving up, about there being nothing wrong with voicing your frankly materialistic ambitions.

Of course, it all worked brilliantly: the rewards of trying too hard were global domination of a hitherto moribund pop market. She got her fame, and her money, and her success, but she was never the kind of person who would stop once she’d reached her goal. And neither is she the kind of person who, several goals later, would consider for a moment putting her feet up, letting herself get out of shape and relaxing at home, thinking: “I’ve had my moment of glory, now I think I’ll just potter about and wait for old age.” She’s a global superstar. Global superstars rarely think: “Goody, I’m done, let me at the cream buns.” So, we have the reputed four hours a day in the gym — and the body to match; the incredibly restrictive macrobiotic diet; the control freakery that comes with the territory. And, when it comes to showing the world that she’s still got it, we have the inappropriately young boyfriend, whose name happens to be a headline writer’s gift. Trying too hard? You bet. But just look at her.

Madonna is half a century old. She looks amazing — even if you include what looks like some excellent facial work and some Photoshopping. Obviously, photographs of her looking so good raises issues around the whole subject of women not being “allowed” to age gracefully, though I always rather wonder who it is that’s supposed to “allow” us to do what we want with our bodies or clothes: surely how you choose to age — to hold back the years, or not — is a wholly subjective decision? But, yes, society has put pressure on women to remain youthful for as long as possible. The thing is that, society aside, most women quite like the idea of remaining youthful-looking. I’m not seeing anyone rushing eagerly towards crone-hood, squealing with anticipation. If you’re a woman in the public eye, you can hardly be blamed for taking the quest to extremes. And if you’re a person who has traded so heavily on their sex appeal, and who is demonstrably a sexual being — because she’s 50, not 92 — well, then, what are you supposed to do, other than keep trying to look your best, stay on top of your game, make people’s jaws drop, try too hard? And so what if people make the usual woman-hating “Put it away, Grandma” remarks about your fishnetted legs in that Louis Vuitton ad — legs that would put a 20-year-old’s to shame? “F*** ’em,” I guess she’s thinking, and I can’t say I blame her.

I think Madonna so divides opinion now is that she’s not as much like us as she used to be: the vulnerability she displayed in her youth — the rounded tummy she once cheerfully gyrated; the mumsy (all things being relative) phase when she wrote children’s books and gave interviews about motherhood; the fantasy about moving to the country. All of those have gone, and in their place there appears to be armour-plated perfection: robo-Madge, better-looking than ever, and twice as scary. Some people feel left behind: even if you had the inclination — and who does? — very few of us could stomach the gym marathons, the restrictive diet, the not hugely fun-sounding life led along kabbalah principles. We feel as if she has finally left us for another planet — via those little excursions to Malawi — and it annoys us.

So, we admire her body — and that face — but it causes us to feel dissatisfied with our thighs, which causes us to seek comfort in calling her names, all of them age-related. We forget that, now as always, Madonna remains a trailblazer. Two generations ago, women over 30 were effectively put out to pasture, doomed to fester for ever in some proto version of Country Casuals. And yet, here she is, looking almost inhumanly fantastic, taking part, as she did at the height of her professional success, in louche-seeming hotel setups, reminding us — again — that she’s sexy. We forget that, if you think she isn’t sexy any more, she doesn’t care. And that the man in the shoot found her sexy enough to hook up with her afterwards.

Because, while one part of Madonna was all about the ambition, the second, equally important part was all about the sex. And, let’s be honest: the thing that some people find uncomfortable about her is still the sex. Specifically: she may be old enough to be your granny, but she looks like a woman who is having sex, and who is, to use a grim expression, comfortable with her sexuality. Who’d have thought this would — still! — be so disturbing to so many people? We’ve been here before, of course, with her 1992 book, Sex, but that was a long time ago, when Madonna was in her perky thirties. The fact is, we are still supremely uncomfortable with female sexuality, and specifically freaked out by women over the age of 40 expressing themselves as sexual beings.

Madonna has — at the time of writing — three children. This makes it much, much worse: we exist in a society where the Daily Mail recently paid “a mother of two” to watch the porn that Jacqui Smith’s husband had unwisely pay-per-viewed, as though “a mother of two” would never, in the normal course of things, sully her eyes with such unadulterated filth. Newsflash: women — young ones, old ones, married ones, single ones, ones who have children and ones who don’t — look at porn, though since so much of it is available free online, they rarely pay for it via cable television. And the majority of those women have sex. And have fantasies about hotel rooms with the likes of Jesus Luz and his friend, I imagine. Unbelievably — and because the traditional media is about 200 years behind the blogosphere on this particular subject — that still feels like a provocative sentence to write, though God knows why it should be, because it’s simply true. I know it, you know it — and, of course, Madonna knows it.

There has been speculation about why Madonna agreed to do this shoot. The general consensus seems to be that she was keen to show her ex-husband what he was missing — yet another piece of reductive pre-feminist nonsense that suggests women are solely motivated by the opinions of men, and that Ms Ciccone really has nothing better to think about than her failed marriage; that, being a woman, she sits around moping about What Might Have Been while Ritchie is out painting the town. I have no idea what motivated her to pose for Steven Klein, but I don’t think it’s rocket science. If you’d worked that hard to look that good — well, wouldn’t you?

Quick Updates!

2009-04-18T10:02:00.002+03:00

* Made in Brazil: "It has been confirmed that Madonna will be the face of Louis Vuitton again for fall, and rumor now is that Jesus Luz will be featured on the men's campaign. My sources had told me that he was shot in New York by Steven Klein for Dolce & Gabbana, but I have also heard yesterday that he shot the Louis Vuitton campaign, and that apparently there is already a second shoot scheduled. "

* Madonna Tribe: Madonna's "Filth And Wisdom" has been released on DVD in Finland yesterday, April 16th.
The directorial debut by the Queen of Pop was distributed theatrically in the country last year. Here's a look at the DVD cover:

‘Who’s That Girl’ new song on Madonna’s S&S 2009 tour ?

2009-04-18T04:00:00.002+03:00

Madonna.com

Some sources say that Madonna is to add a reworked version of her 1987 hit ‘Who’s That Girl’ to this summer’s ‘Sticky & Sweet’ setlist. While ‘The Look Of Love’ was considered as another option, ‘Who’s That Girl’, which she has not performed live since her 1987 world tour, may have won the game. Let’s wait and see!

Niki Haris on M

2009-04-17T01:06:00.002+03:00

Bay Windows

"Now, which publication is this for again?" asks Haris, rifling through a mental Rolodex.

It’s for Bay Windows, I remind her. A gay paper.

"Oh, yes!" she recalls. "You know, I always have to remind myself who I’m talking to. But I always know when I’m doing a jazz interview, because they never ask about Madonna."

She laughs. We’ll ask, and she’ll tell. To start: why the fallout? Diva drama?
"Maybe there was some drama, but I didn’t buy into it. We were sisters for years," says Haris. "At the end of the day, really she [Madonna] is a gem and I’m so grateful."

"She threw my baby shower for me!" adds Haris, who gave birth to her daughter in 2003. It was shortly thereafter that Madonna launched her Re-Invention Tour, the first time she staged a show without Haris in over 15 years.

"People can talk all the crap they want, but we both knew by that last tour [Drowned World, 2001]," says Haris. "I had broken my legs, learned how to walk again, how to dance again, and did that tour with really bad injuries. It was okay, but painful. Now, I was 41 and pregnant. ... Of course, my ego was involved: ’Oh, she don’t want me no more!’ But at the end of the day, she gave me the greatest gift. Because of her, I got to spend every freaking day with my kid, doing the music I love to do. I’m close to ’the family’ still. She knows I love her and she loves me."

Coincidentally, Madonna’s last two tours have featured similarly named singer Nicki Richards as a backing vocalist. Haris doesn’t mind.

"She can get Niki Two, if she wants to," she chuckles.

And Haris is cool with the notion that for some of her fans, her own fame might always be preceded by that of a certain someone else. "If they want to associate me in the pop world, the gay world, with Madonna ... that’s fine," says Haris. "But when they see me perform, when I do what I do, they know I’m not just here on the wings of Madonna. Though I’m grateful for the time [with her]. It’s on the resume, as they say in jazz."

"At the end of the day... thank you for the bank account!" she yelps. And if she ever needs more, she knows just how to get it.

"I’ll sell my bra one day," she says. Her own bra that is, and not just someone else’s corset.

A new school in Italy, with the help of Madonna

2009-04-17T01:03:00.001+03:00

Metro via Madonna Tribe

The Madonna donation to the Italian city of Pacentro will be used to build a school in one of the towns that have been hit the most by the April 6th earthquake, mayor Fernando Caparso said, adding that he has already been in touch with Madonna's manager and proposed to use the 500,000 $ sum on a specific project that will last in the years to come.

In the next few days, Caparso told the Italian press, they will be able to figure out a project suitable to receive the Madonna contribution. It is likely that the donation will be used to re-build the nursery and primary school in the village of Goriani Sicoli, that has been demolished today following the damages of last week's earthquake.
The news has been reprised by many national newspapers today.

Madonna & Jesus do Kabbalah and dine at Morandi - 15/04/09

2009-04-16T22:57:00.008+03:00

M and Jesus dined with friends at Morandi; left separately and picked up by M's waiting car.
Earlier in the evening, they were seen leaving the Kabbalah centere, avoiding being pictured together.

Photo: Splash, NY mag

Steven Meisel for GHV3 and more

2009-04-16T21:41:00.004+03:00

Madonna.com (SIDEWALK TALK section)

Steven Meisel could be involved in the making of Madonna's upcoming 'GHV3'. It seems that Meisel was hired to create the photoshoot to be used for the album's cover artwork and inside booklet. Madonna and Meisel's latest collaboration was for the 2008 Vanity Fair photoshoot.

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Word on Fanzine is that there would be 2 new tracks AND the reworked Mirwais track.
Also, it's either Oakenfold or Fedde Le Grand.

Flo Rida backs Madonna's adoption bid

2009-04-15T23:07:00.000+03:00

The Mirror

Rapper Flo Rida is calling on the African authorities to show a little mercy to his friend Madonna.

The 29-year-old chart-topper has rushed to support Madge after she failed to adopt her second Malawian tot, Mercy, this month.

The pair became buddies after Flo Rida - who had a huge hit with Right Round - worked on her last album, Hard Candy, with Timbaland and Justin Timberlake.

Chatting to us backstage after his fab concert at London's Indigo 02 Arena, he said: "Madonna is the one and only Material Girl and she should be blessed with this child because this is what she really wants.

"I'm going to shout out to the African authorities and appeal to them to give her a baby. She should be patient. It will happen. I'm rooting for her.

"She's my girl."

Madonna May Wear Bunny Ears for Louis Vuitton Fall '09 Campaign

2009-04-14T22:07:00.000+03:00

StyleRumor.com

The Material Girl will once flex her pilate-sculpted body for the Louis Vuitton 2009/10 Fall campaign. Looks like Marc Jacobs may have had Madonna in mind for the fall collection: who else but Madge can do Chic Coquine & Bourgeoise so well?

There is no confirmation if Her Madge-sty will sport the coquettish “Bunny Ears” headband on or not.

The campaign will be shot by Steven Meisel jn about 2 weeks at the end of April.

Check out the Louis Vuitton looks below. We love them all but we have a special weakness for the “Bunny Ears” headband.

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anna_henstridge from Fanzine writes: :

thats all correct, and with m teaming up with meisel again for the photoshoot this month, they will sure have some cool visuals and theme in store for us.
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In related news, M is rumored to attend Costume Institute Gala on May 4th.

Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute Explores Role of Fashion Models as Muses of Recent Eras:

Gala Benefit May 4, 2009, with Honorary Chair Marc Jacobs and Co-Chairs Kate Moss, Justin Timberlake, and Anna Wintour
Exhibition dates: May 6–August 9, 2009
Exhibition location: The Tisch Galleries, second floor
Press preview: Monday, May 4, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.

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