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From MadonnaTribe : Guy Ritchie appeared on French TV show “Tout le monde en parle” on France2 to promote his “Revolver” last night. The british movie maker was interviewed about his new gangster flick, but he also answered to a series of classic questions about The Wife – well actually, he almost didn’t answer any. Here’s a summary of this very special “Madonna Trivia”.

Question “What’s Madonna’s birthday?”
Guy Ritchie: “I don’t know…
“What is Madonna’s real name?”
Guy: Madonna… Louise… Ci… (but made it look like as he did not remember the end of her family name)
Q: “How much money did Madonna have in her pockets when she arrived in New York in her early years?”
Guy: “I don’t know…”
Q: ” Wich singer was Madonna a backing vocalist for?”
Guy: “I don’t know…”
Q: “What was Madonna’s first hit in 1984?”
Guy: “Like A Virgin”
Q: “Whose role did Madonna play in “Desperately Seeking Susan”?
Guy: “Susan”
Q: “In which video we find Madonna together with a black saint?”
Guy: “Like A Prayer”
Q: “How many records did Madonna sell?”
Guy: “130 millions”
Q: “Why was Madonna recovered in a hospital this summer?”
Guy: “For a horse riding accident”
Q: “Who is the designer of Madonna’s wedding dress?”
Guy: “… Humm… A French designer… Oops, no It’s Stella McCartney”
Q: “How tall is Madonna?”
Guy: “Approximately 1.60 mt”
And as for the rumor “Is it true that Madonna uses a special jewel stone and medecine to become more fertile?”
Guy answered “No… But I’m only her husband…”

Madonna is moving on. The Insider’s Marc Malkin reports that the music icon has replaced David LaChapelle with Johan Renck as director of her new “Hung Up” video. Production is scheduled to start shooting next month in London, Madonna’s rep confirmed.
“Hung Up” is the first single off her new album, Confessions From the Dance Floor, out November 15. Madonna and LaChapelle reportedly clashed over artistic differences. This won’t be the first time Madonna teams up with Renck. He directed the video for “Nothing Really Matters” in 1999. Malkin also reports that talks are underway for the video to have its world premiere simultaneously on MTV, VH1 and Logo, the new gay network.
source : et

1. Outkast, Not Yet Titled (12/6)
2. Neil Diamond, 12 Songs (11/8)
3. Kate Bush, Aerial (11/8)
4. Pharrell, In MyMind (11/15)

5. Madonna, Confessions on a Dance Floor (11/15)
Why is someone whose last album contained an embarrassing rap about a roomful of Pilates hotties on this list? Easy: We know better than to underestimate Madonna’s ability to craft dazzling pop. Her latest album trades folktronica for high-octane, hook-savvy dance music, as evidenced by the ABBA-sampling first single, “Hung Up,” a throbbing blend of Giorgio Moroder, New Order, and fun-loving Ciccone youth.

6. Franz Ferdinand, You Could Have Said it So Much Better… (10/4)
7. Ghostface, Fish Scale (12/6)
8. My Morning Jacket, Z (10/4)
9. Fugees, Not Yet Titled (12/27)
10. Depeche Mode, Playing the Angel (10/18)
11. Shakira, Oral FIxation, Vol. 2 (11/29)
12. System of a Down, Hypnotize (11/22)
13. The Mavic Numbers, The Magic Numbers (10/4)
14. Animal Collective, Feels (10/18)
15. Liz Phair, Somebdy’s Miracle (10/4)
16. Ashlee Simpson, I Am Me (10/18)
17. DangerDoom, The Mouse and the Mask (10/11)
18. Alicia Keys, Unplugged (10/11)
19. Fatlip, TheLoneliest Punk (11/1)
20. Joggers, Witha Cape and a Cane (10/4)

source : entertainment weekly (Thanks to Holidayguy)

01. Hung Up
Written by Madonna, Stuart Price, B.Anderson, and B. Ulvaeus.
Produced by Madonna and Stuart Price
02. Get Together
Written by Madonna, Anders Bagge and Peer Astrom.
Produced by Madonna and Stuart Price. Original production by Bagge & Peer.
03. Sorry
Written & produced by Madonna and Stuart Price.
04. Future Lovers*
Written and produced by Madonna and Mirwais Ahmadzai.
05. I Love New York (Album Version)
Written and produced by Madonna and Stuart Price.
06. Let It Will Be*
Written by Madonna, Mirwais Ahmadzai and Stuart Price.
Produced by Madonna and Stuart Price.
07. Forbidden Love
Written and produced by Madonna and Stuart Price.
08. Jump
Written by Madonna, Joe Henry and Stuart Price.
Produced by Madonna and Stuart Price.
09. How High
Written by Madonna, Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winberg and Henrik Jonback
Produced by Madonna, Bloodshy & Avant and Stuart Price.
10. Isaac
Written and produced by Madonna and Stuart Price. Spoken Word by Yitzhak Sinwani.
11. Push
Written and produced by Madonna and Stuart Price.
12. Like It Or Not
Written and produced by Madonna, Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winberg and Henrik Jonback.
Additional production by Stuart Price.

* contribution by Mirwais Ahmadzai

source : madonna.nu

… Madonna may have found a new director to replace David LaChapelle. The two parted ways, citing “artistic differences”? over her video “Hung Up.”? The buzz is he’s being replaced by Johan Renck, who worked with Madonna on “Nothing Really Matters.”? …
source : msnbc

Madonna has been accused of receiving special treatment in the hospital where she was treated after she has fell down from her horse.
One month ago, Madonna, 47, was rushed to Salisbury District Hospital A&E, where she was treated by National Health Service staff, who is rumored to have given her a private room.
At that time, the diva cracked three ribs and broke a collarbone and a hand in the fall at her 1,200-acre Ashcombe House estate, where she had been celebrating her birthday with her husband,
Guy Ritchie and their two children, Lourdes and Rocco, according to Madonna’s spokeswoman Liz Rosenberg.
A local resident, Phil Matthews, was furious when he found out the pop queen received special treatment and demanded to meet the chief executive of Salisbury NHS Trust, Frank Harsent, to set the record straight.
“I wanted to know if Madonna had preferential treatment.”
Matthews declared: “I asked him (Harsent) if there were any of her minders taking up space. He denied it. My point is everyone should have the same treatment under the NHS and I was determined to see if this happened with Madonna.”
source : softpedia

from Madonna.com Newsletter : Get Madonna’s brand new single, “Hung Up,” as your ringtone now before the track hits radio next month! In the US, the ringtone is available exclusively at mtv.com and vh1.com this week (and coming soon to Madonna.com). International customers should please check with their local carriers for details.

Singer Madonna defended her husband Guy Ritchie’s latest film “Revolver” on Tuesday, when the couple attended the London premier after a series of damning reviews.
The film stars Ritchie regular Jason Statham as a man out to get revenge on a mob killer played by Ray Liotta.
It is the director’s first film since the ill-fated “Swept Away” in 2002, which starred Madonna but went straight to DVD in Britain.
“I love it,” she told Sky television, referring to the new movie. “I think it’s a very brave film, a bit macho.”
Ritchie has not had a hit since “Snatch” in 2000, which followed his popular “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels” two years earlier.
Ritchie said he had not read the reviews and said the film was made for the audience and not the critics.
“Ritchie’s new film lands on cinema-goers’ collective head like a sack of wet sand,” was the Guardian newspaper’s comment.
source : reuters

Madonna and her husband Guy Ritchie arrive for the British premiere of gangster film ‘Revolver’ in London, September 20, 2005.

source : ap/reuters