Madonna (April 2004 - November 2010)

[Ashcottmanor]

Madonna & Penelope Cruz Honor Pedro Almodovar

Penelope Cruz keeps wraps around Madonna at a special dinner party honoring director Pedro Almodovar at Italian restaurant Casa Lever on the Upper East Side of New York City on Saturday (October 10).
The Paper- hosted celebration also brought out Beth Ditto from the indie rock band The Gossip.
Penelope and Pedro have worked together on four projects — 1997’s Live Flesh, 1999’s All About My Mother, 2006’s Volver and 2009’s Broken Embraces and The Cannibalistic Councillor. More Here! »





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[Ashcottmanor]

UK Magazines: star

Madonna eating pizza makes the 12 October issue of UK magazine star (issue 299) - click on the article to enlarge.






UK Magazines: Grazia

UK magazine Grazia (12 October issue) featured this small snippet about Madonna's trip to a pizza restaurant with David Letterman late last month.



UK Magazines: OK!

Madonna's pizza date with David Letterman and their discussion about her marriage plans is featured in this one page article in UK magazine OK! (13 October issue 695) - click on the article to enlarge.




US Magazines: Life & Style Weekly

A picture from the rehearsals of the Saturday Night Live sketch featuring Madonna and Lady Gaga is featured in the 19 October issue of US magazine Life & Style Weekly. Note that Madonna is wearing a different outfit in the rehearsal picture - click on the article to enlarge.

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[Festat]

Madonna's ferocious showing her teeth.

 

[Ashcottmanor]

Madonna shoes offered to Gypsy charity in Romania

Madonna is putting her shoes where her mouth is.
The Queen of Pop has offered one of her favorite pairs of Christian Dior shoes (which she has autographed) to a charity supporting Gypsy child education. Organizers said Tuesday the skyscraper gold heels, which are autographed by Madonna, will be sold at the Ovidiu Rom annual ball later this month.
Madonna drew international attention by saying during an August concert in Bucharest on her 'Sticky & Sweet' tour that widespread discrimination against East Europe's Gypsies, also known as Roma, should end.
Thousands of fans responded by booing her.
'Madonna's very mild comment regarding equality shone a spotlight on a common European attitude toward Gypsies,' Leslie Hawke, president of Ovidiu Rom, told The Associated Press. 'We're thrilled to have her donation because she is such an icon of innovation and vigor and 'can do' spirit.'
Hawke's son, actor Ethan Hawke, will attend the ball and speak to guests.
Guests at the ball will make donations to win raffle tickets for the auction of donated prizes. This year's items also will include a gold chain provided by actress Vanessa Redgrave.

Madonna toasts Pedro Almodovar and Penelope Cruz

Paper magazine hosted a dinner party in New York City at Casa Lever on Saturday night to honour Pedro Almodovar and Penelope Cruz. Madonna attended and was photograpned with Pedro and Penelope by Patrick McMullan. To read the full story visit www.style.com/Paper_Magazine_Party

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[atooomic]

those pictures of her eating pizza are great, haha

 

[Festat]

She's on the cover of Rolling Stone. For the 13th time!

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[Ashcottmanor]

^ I love that picture, it is one of her best!

 

[Festat]

Me too, me too!

 

[Ashcottmanor]

I think 1985-1987 was her best time, the short platinum hair, red lips and corsets. Oh that is my fav Madonna.

 

[atooomic]

she looks fantastic in that picture. great great cover!

 

[hfgl]

I like that picture too,but it seems weird to me that they didn't use a new picture.I mean,she's still here,do a new shoot.

 

[JuiceMajor]

There is a video of her wearing Balmain with Jesus DJing...anyone know what vid is that?

 

[Lily530]

There is a video of her wearing Balmain with Jesus DJing...anyone know what vid is that?

Sure! That's the video for "Celebration".

 

[Ashcottmanor]

Highlights from the Rolling Stone interview

www.celebzweb.com has published some of the highlights from Madonna's new interview with Rolling Stone magazine that is out in US stores now: On her biggest hits: '
I've never been a good judge of what things are going to be huge or not. The songs that I think are the most ******** songs I've written, like 'Cherish' and 'Sorry', a pretty big hit off my last album, end up being the biggest hits. 'Into the Groove' is another song I feel ******** singing, but everybody seems to like it.'
On Lady GaGa:
'I see myself in Lady Gaga. When I saw her, she didnt have a lot of money for her production. She's got holes in her fishnets, and there's mistakes everywhere. It was kind of a mess, but I can see that she has that IT Factor. It's nice to see that at a raw stage.'
On Justin Timberlake:
'Justin is a brilliant songwriter. I mean, 'What Goes Around....Comes Around?' Brilliant. I thought it would be a challenge to work with him. He's sort of a Cary Grant. I love him. I love working with him.'
On who's turned her down:
'I wanted to work with Eminem. I don't think he wanted to work with me. Maybe he's shy.'
On her 80's hairstyles & looks: 'It's ok. It was the 80's. It was a bad haristyle era. Let's face it.'
On growing up:
'I was a geek in high school. I didn't really have a drink until my first divorce.'
The biggest challenge of her career?:
'Working on Evita. It's a whole different singing sensibility. I had to seriously work with a vocal coach.'
On the first 3 concerts she saw:
'My first show was David Bowie. My second show was Elton John. And my third was Bob Marley! Not bad, right?'



Russian Magazines: Sex and the City

The October 2009 issue of Russian magazine Sex and the City features this one-page guide on how to recreate Madonna's look from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala that took place earlier this year.



Madonna's sweat ethic

Madonna doesn't think much of Paul McCartney's live performances. She tells Rolling Stone: 'People have told me, 'You could just go out there and play guitar and sing your songs like Paul McCartney,' but I'd be too bored. Most of the joy of the shows is the magic of creating them - theater. I'm a perfectionist. I like hard work. I like to sweat.'
She also revealed that The Post's famous front page headlined, 'Madonna: I'm Not Ashamed,' published after her nude photos appeared in Playboy, was proudly hanging in her home after being turned into art by her friends Keith Haring and Andy Warhol. She said, 'They took all these Post covers and painted over them. They're in my house in LA - a signpost, a watershed moment.'
She added that her Sticky & Sweet tour was the only thing that kept her sane during her painful divorce from Guy Ritchie: 'I think work saved me, and I'm grateful that I had work to do. I may have thrown myself off a building.' Madonnalicious

 

[Mchunu]

if anyone's wondering, the rolling stone cover shot was shot in 1986 by Herb Ritts.
i love it

 

[Festat]

They're saying she's in Brazil.

 

[VogueGirl8910]

I like the RS cover.

 

[Ashcottmanor]

German Magazines: Gala and In Touch

The current editions of German magazines Gala and In Touch (15 October issues) feature two Madonna-related articles - click on the images to enlarge.



UK Magazines: Grazia

Madonna's 'catfight' with Lady Gaga on Saturday Night Live was featured in the 19 October issue of UK magazine Grazia - click on the article to enlarge.



Pop's Reigning Queen in Her Own Words

Rolling Stone have now put Madonna's Q&A session with Austin Scaggs from the latest issue of the magazine online: Your onstage stamina is incredible. I particularly enjoyed 'Into the Groove,' which you sang while jumping rope on the Sticky & Sweet Tour. How do you stay in such good shape?
I have two different workouts. I have a show-day workout, which really just gets my body warmed up and ready, and I have off-day workouts that involve everything. The kind of training I do incorporates everything from ballet to Pilates to running relays, jumping rope, jumping on trampolines, gymnastics....using all the muscle groups I use to do the show. Keeping my cardiovascular endurance is the most important. At the beginning of the last tour I was roller-skating. Then I ended up getting off the roller skates, because I kept flying off the runway and crashing into the crash-mats.



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[CaitlinC]

I love her.

Madonna has always been my favorite pop singer.

 

[Ashcottmanor]

Australian Magazines: OK!

The 26 October issue of the Australian edition of OK! magazine features a five-page article about what Madonna is up to at the moment.

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