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Pop star Madonna will ring in the New Year along with her husband and son at a private heritage resort at a non-descript village, 150km from here.

Soon after reaching here from the Maldives by a chartered plane, Madonna reached Dechu village where she will will have a night's stay before moving to Jaisalmer on Tuesday.

Earlier, the plane carrying Madonna, who is also accompanied by five family friends, landed at Jaipur airport on Monday afternoon, Airport Director Anju Agarwal told PTI.

The singing sensation is in Rajasthan on a five to six-day programme which will will see her touring Jodhpur and Udaipur also, sources said.

source : hindu.com

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Madonna is to be granted full custody of African toddler David Banda after a glowing social workers' report.

Simon Chisale, who visited Madonna's London home in September, will present his report to a judge in Malawi today.

In it he describes Madonna as "a perfect mum for David... a confident and able parent".

Her husband Guy Ritchie has formed a strong bond of "warm, playful interaction".
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The full adoption could be sanctioned by a Malawian court in April.

At his village home in Malawi, David's biological father Yohane Banda, 32, said he was glad the controversial adoption was nearing completion.

He just wanted the best for him - "I know she means well for him".

source : mirror.co.uk

Madonna knows exactly how to use her sex appeal to get what she wants. As we reported yesterday, Madge will make her directorial debut in Filth and Wisdom. Richard E. Grant will appear in the film and he admits that it was Madonna's flirting that got him to give in.

Grant says, "I respond well to flattery. Flattery and money. "Madonna flirted with me to get me to make her new film, Filth and Wisdom. She's a terrible flirt and very attractive.

"I was bewitched, so of course I fell at her feet."

Who could ever say no to Madonna? I would be terrified to say no. She seems like the type that would hold a grudge and make your life a living hell till you give in.

source : hollyscoop.com

Today, Warner Music Group began selling music on Amazon in the MP3 format without the digital rights management that hampers many of the files sold in iTunes and other online music stores.

Listening Post confirmed with spokespeople for both Amazon and Universal Music Group that the deal includes all of the label's digitized music catalog -- "hundreds of thousands of tracks," according to WMG. Amazon's store now contains over 2.9 million tracks, all in the unprotected MP3 format, and including music from three of the world's four major labels. (EMI began offering its digital catalog to Amazon in May, and Universal has experimented with MP3s on Amazon since August.)

The WMG spokesperson also confirmed that the label did not include watermarks in the MP3 files the way Universal Music Group did. (UMG included anonymous watermarks on the MP3s it delivered to Amazon, used to track purchased MP3s online.)

"We believe that giving consumers the assurance that the music they purchase can be played on any device they own will only encourage more sales of music," said Michael Nash, SVP of digital strategy and business development for Warner Music Group.

This is good news for music fans who have been reluctant to buy music that only plays on certain devices, but it may not be good news for Apple. Despite Steve Jobs' February plea to the labels that they stop insisting on DRM, Apple has likely benefited to some degree from iTunes' unique ability to offer music from the most popular labels (the majors) that plays on the most popular MP3 players (iPods).

Jobs refused to license Fair Play to competing third-party music stores, writing, "Apple has concluded that if it licenses FairPlay to others, it can no longer guarantee to protect the music it licenses from the big four music companies."

An industry-wide abandonment of DRM would allow other music download retailers to compete, but Apple's music business could expand nonetheless. As DRM goes away, the digital music market could grow so much that Apple's slice would get bigger, even if its share diminishes.

With only 5 days to go, 2007 became the year that 3 of the 4 major labels started selling music in the MP3 format. Sony/BMG is the only remaining holdout.

source : wired.com

The first film directed by pop icon Madonna is to have its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival taking place from February 7-17, organizers announced Thursday. Filth And Wisdom, a romantic musical comedy reportedly based on the star's own experiences, is Britain's entry in the festival's Panoroma section, but will not be in line for an award in the main competition.

It is not clear if Madonna, 49, will put in an appearance in Berlin, but directors usually show up for the premieres of their movies.

The lead role is played by Eugene Huetz, whose Gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello accompanied Madonna during a concert in London this year. Other actors include Stephen Graham and Richard E. Grant.

Madonna, who is married to British director Guy Ritchie, does not appear in the film. Her last major role was in the musical Evita.

Around 50 works are entered in the Berlinale's Panorama section, among them efforts by Canadian underground star Bruce LaBruce and Taiwanese female director Zero Chou.

source : dpa

Madonna has hatched a plan to beat Elvis Presley's record of the most UK No1 hits.

The Material Girl aims to re-release all her huge singles as downloads this year to celebrate her 50th birthday.

That will annoy her soon to be ex-label Warner, who want to make the most of her back catalogue before she leaves them. Next year is going to be a Madgefest, with a massive gig in New York to mark the milestone.

She's entering the wrinkly rocker stage of her career - at least she would be if not for her beautician - and you have to salute her.

But I'd salute her even more if she bowed out at the top.

source : thesun.co.uk

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What's the deal : The Material Girl has been so tight-lipped about her eleventh album that even her collaborators are scared. Said Justin Timberlake about his contribution: "I don't want to tell you the name of the song because she'll kill me, or have me kill you."

Behind The Music : Madge is keeping it straight gangsta, recording in LA. and London with Pharrell, Swizz Beatz, Danjahandz, Akon and more. "Madonna's a funky lady," Timbaland said earlier this year. "We're working round the clock. She's up for everything."

Ka-Ching : This is Madonna's next-to-last release for Warner Bros.; the singer recently jumped ship for a 10-year, $120 million recording, touring and merchandising deal with concert-promotion giant Live Nation. "Live Nation has offered me a true partnership, and after 25 years in the business, I feel that I deserve that," she said.

source : madonnanation

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What You'll Find London-based blogger Clare puts a decidedly European spin on Her Madgesty's comings and goings, from German tabloid scans to an archived BBC audio interview with Madonna's producer/collaborator Stuart Price.

Why It's Essential Madonnalicious' basic HTML isn't pretty, but the site is incredibly meticulous -- from constant updates on the Material Woman's estimated $120 million deal with Live Nation to camera-phone snapshots from the U.K. premiere of the new Desperately Seeking Susan stage show, all accompanied by Clare's chatty, conversational musings. There are also reams of vintage and obscure photos with handy links should you feel compelled to download a 1987 Madonna-starring Mitsubishi ad.

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Find a feature on the singer's current cause, raisingmalawi.org, and design your own Madonna T-shirt; membership (which costs $39.99 a year) also gets you the digital magazine Icon -- but none of the juicy pap shots or behind-the-scenes 'licious drama.

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Gucci's Feb. 6 fund-raiser to accompany the opening of its biggest flagship worldwide on Fifth Avenue won't be in New York, at least not technically. The company disclosed that the event, dubbed "A Night to Benefit Raising Malawi and UNICEF," will take place in a purpose-built structure on the North Lawn of the United Nations.

The 18-acre U.N. site on Manhattan's East River is international territory, which means that it doesn't belong to any one country or government, and the Gucci soiree is the first of its kind to ever take place there.

It promises to be quite a party. Hosted by the luxury house and Madonna, Gucci tapped Alicia Keys, Timbaland and Rihanna for special musical performances; there will be a presentation by renowned economist and Columbia University professor Jeffrey Sachs, who is also a co-chair, and a live auction, slated to be emceed by Chris Rock.

Along with Madonna and Gucci creative director Frida Giannini, Drew Barrymore, Adrien Brody, Salma Hayek and François-Henri Pinault, Sting and Trudie Styler, Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher, Gwyneth Paltrow, Arpad Busson, Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker, Téa Leoni and Lucy Liu will serve as co-chairs. Styler, Parker, Leoni and Liu are also UNICEF ambassadors.

Finally, Fashion Week Daily reports that according to Gucci, the location was chosen for its "neutrality, connection to UNICEF, and symbolism of global unity, as it belongs to no country."

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Some 25 years after she emerged as pop music's most bankable provocateur, the 49-year-old mother of three shocked her fans again by dumping her longtime record label Warner Music in favor of a 10-year, $120 million deal with concert promoter Live Nation. Madonna pocketed an $18 million signing bonus, plus another $25 million in stock. She'll score $17 million advances for each of her next three albums under Live Nation. (She owes Warner one more studio album and a greatest hits collection before she bails.)

October 16: Madonna finalizes a massive 10-year deal with Live Nation, believed to be worth $120 million. It's the largest so-called "360 deal" in history, involving not only Madge's future studio albums but her tours, merchandising, film and TV projects, DVD releases and music-licensing agreements. "For the first time in my career, the way that my music can reach my fans is unlimited," Madonna says in a statement. "The possibilities are endless. Who knows how my albums will be distributed in the future?" The deal brings to an end the singer's 25-year relationship with Warner Music Group, which has released all of her albums to date.

US pop star Madonna's adoption of two-year-old David Banda is not completed contrary to foreign media reports that it has been approved by the Malawian government.

Official Malawi News Agency (Mana) reported that Deputy Director for the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Cyrus Jeke, has said the adoption is not and that government has no jurisdiction to complete the process but the courts.

"It is not up to government to make the final verdict as to whether Madonna is going to adopt David or not. An adoption case is usually between the petitioners (parents) and courts and government only comes in as a mediator or facilitator," the ministry official told Mana.

Jeke said Madonna would have to follow the whole adoption process which is expected to last for 18 months. But the ministry official said the findings will be tendered in court and used to make a determination as to whether the pop star is suitable to adopt the Malawian orphan.

International media has been quoting the assessment report that it recommended that "it is in the best interest of the child" to be adopted by the Madonna and his husband Guy Ritchie.

Jeke was did not comment on the report but hinted it was positive and that the acceptance of David's biological father attaches more advantages for Madonna's wish to adopt.

It has also been gathered that Malawi social welfare official will be making a second trip in February next year to London, the home of the Ritchie's as part of the adoption process to make another assessment.

source : nyasatimes.com

A track from Madonna's new album was given its world debut when Timbaland played it at a ball.
The producer unveiled his collaboration with Madonna and Justin Timberlake, called '4 Minutes To Save The World', during a DJ spot at last night's Jingle Ball in Philadelphia.
The song is believed to be the lead single on the pop icon's forthcoming eleventh album.
The LP - her first since 2005's Confessions On A Dancefloor - will also feature Kanye West and Pharrell Williams, fuelling speculation that it will be strongly influenced by hip-hop. Two other songs, 'Candy Shop' and 'The Beat Goes On', have already been leaked online.
source : digitalspy

'I was fortunate to have inducted my idol David Bowie a few years back, so to be included alongside him and so many other amazing artists that have come before me is an honor,' the pop icon said in a statement to The Plain Dealer, sent Friday through her publicist.
Madonna did indeed do the honors when Bowie was enshrined in 1996, although he chose not to attend the festivities.
Madonna is expected to be on hand for the Rock Hall's 23rd annual induction ceremony Monday, March 10, at New York City's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, her publicist said.
source : cleveland.com

Madonna was announced as a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee on Thursday along with John Mellencamp, The Ventures, Leonard Cohen and The Dave Clark Five.

A panel of 600 industry figures selected the five acts to be inducted at the annual ceremony, to be held March 10 in New York. To be eligible, artists must have issued a first single or album at least 25 years before nomination.

Madonna Louise Ciccone signed with Sire Records in 1982 and became one of MTV's first stars two years later with "Like A Virgin." She has constantly altered her image ever since, showing staying power that few '80s stars could muster.

Indiana native Mellencamp became a voice of America's heartland with hits like "Pink Houses"; and Cohen's "Suzanne" and "Dress Rehearsal Rag" made him a folk rock icon in the late 1960s.

The Ventures defined instrumental guitar rock in the '60s with surfer anthems like "Walk Don't Run" and "Hawaii Five-O," and The Dave Clark Five were one of the most successful British invasion bands with "Glad All Over."

source : ap

Madonna has gotten 'the best Christmas gift she's ever received' - the government go-ahead to adopt the Malawi tot to whom she's been the foster mother for more than a year.
After months of waiting - and an initial firestorm of criticism over how she reportedly worked the system to take now-2-year-old David Banda from the tiny African country - the Material Mom, 49, and director hubby Guy Ritchie were finally cleared to adopt the adorable toddler, In Touch Weekly reports.
'Madonna hid it well, but there was a part of her that was worried that the adoption wouldn't go through,' a pal said. 'This is the best Christmas gift she's ever received.'
The child had been living with the singer since October 2006.
source : nypost

What Madonna wants, Madonna gets. The pop queen paid a visit to the Reebok Sports Club on Columbus Avenue Saturday morning for a yoga class. According to a member of the class, when Madonna started talking to the instructor and he told her talking wasn't allowed, she replied, "I need to speak to you," and then said to the class, "I want you all to leave." The teacher left with all 25 students. Madonna remained in the room practicing and wouldn't leave when a 10:30 a.m. dance class was to start. Madonna's rep said, "That sounds unlikely." The club declined to comment.
source : nypost

What are Madonna and Guy really like?

At the Tribeca Grand premiere for Guy Ritchie's shoot 'em up Revolver, Madonna wouldn't stop talking to him and her manager, Guy Oseary. Two girls spent two hours-plus standing in the aisle next to them, acting sometimes as coatracks, sometimes as cocktail waitresses. At the after-party atop the Gramercy Park Hotel, Ritchie and Madonna stayed until the bitter end, downing green martinis and sequestering themselves in a corner with Donna Karan, Steven Klein, and Sarah Jessica Parker. But earlier, they spoke with a group of reporters, while bantering and correcting each other the entire time, and coming across as a more or less normal couple.

NEW YORK: You had to reedit the entire movie. Do you think you got a bad rap from critics the first time around?
RITCHIE: "Do I think? I know!" [Laughs]
MADONNA: "Yes."

Why do you think that is?
RITCHIE: "Well, I don't think they liked it."
MADONNA: "No, I don't think they bothered to really watch it. I think they were criticizing Guy, not the movie."

So, Guy, have you heard Madonna's new CD?
RITCHIE: "I have. I have heard her CD. I think it's her best CD, and I'm not just saying that. [Pause.] Well, I am just saying it, but I also mean it."

You're more of a hip-hop guy?
RITCHIE: "No is the answer to that."
MADONNA: "He's an Irish-folk-song guy."
RITCHIE: "I like republican, political ..."
MADONNA: [Interrupts.] "No, not republican, baby. That's different here."

Yes, that's different in the U.S.
RITCHIE: "Oh, okay. We don't like Republicans, then."

How long have you been doing jujitsu?
RITCHIE: "About ten years."

What color belt do you have?
RITCHIE: "No, I'm not going to tell you, 'cause it's embarrassing what belt I've got."
MADONNA: "It's the lowest one."
RITCHIE: "No, it's not. It's somewhere in the middle."

INSTYLE REPORTER cuts in: What have you learned about fashion from Madonna?
RITCHIE: "Not to wear the same dresses as her."

source : nymag

Madonna out and about in Manhattan (December 09 2007)

Madonna and Guy leaving Kabbalah Centre in New York (December 08 2007)

Madonna leaving Kabbalah Centre in New York (December 07 2007)

Madonna's record label has denied reports that her new album will be called 'Licorice' and will come out in late April.
Billboard.com reported that Sirius Satellite Radio host Larry Flick, a former Billboard editor, announced the title and release date on his 'OutQ' show Thursday.
'Sirius does not know what they are talking about,' Warner Bros, spokeswoman Liz Rosenberg said in an email to Reuters. 'Wrong title. Release date wrong etc.'
Flick reportedly aired two songs from the album, 'Candy Shop' and 'The Beat Goes On,' both of which leaked online earlier this year.
The new album will be Madonna's last release of new material for Warner Bros. before she begins a wide-ranging 10-year deal with Artist Nation, a new initiative launched by concert promoter Live Nation. Warner Bros. will also release a hits collection.
source ; reuters

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Madonna had been around the block far too many times to get away with playing the infuriating Betty Boop-ish ingenue. When Eartha Kitt made a case for being a good, deserving girl -- "think of all the fellas that I haven't kissed" -- it was mildly amusing. When Madonna trotted out the line, it was just another reason for Sean Penn to start throwing ornaments.

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Madonna is burning up - and she's suing - because her ritzy upper West Side co-op allegedly won't let her expand her material world into a neighboring apartment.

The Material Girl has filed a summons in Manhattan Supreme Court against the board and management company at her Central Park West pad, a luxury building where she already owns a 6,000- square-foot duplex with its own gym and beauty salon.

The two-page summons accuses the co-op board and Midboro Management of breach of contract for allegedly holding up the sale of Julie Clark Thayer's seventh-floor apartment and orders the transfer of 868 co-op shares to the singer.

Thayer declined to comment.

Madonna moved into the building overlooking Central Park after she was rejected by the board at the San Remo in 1985.

source : nydailynews

Madonna has christened her final Warner Bros. studio album "Licorice," and will release the set in late April. The news was broken today (Dec. 6) on former Billboard editor Larry Flick's Sirius Satellite Radio show "OutQ."

On the broadcast, Flick also aired two songs from the album, "Candy Shop" and "The Beat Goes On." Both cuts leaked online earlier this year.

Unconfirmed reports from the fan site DrownedMadonna.com say Madonna previewed the album in recent days for Warner Bros. staff members in New York. Kanye West is said to guest on "The Beat Goes On," while an older unreleased tune, "The Devil Wouldn't Recognize You," appears in a new version.

As previously reported, following "Licorice" and a greatest hits collection, Madonna will record for Artist Nation, a new initiative launched by concert promoter Live Nation.

The 10-year deal encompasses all of Madonna's future music and music-related businesses, including the exploitation of the Madonna brand, new studio albums, touring, merchandising, fan clubs/Web sites, DVDs, music-related television and film projects and associated sponsorship agreements.

source : billboard

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Pop superstar Madonna's family speaks to adopted baby David Banda in three languages.
Madonna and her husband Guy Ritchie speak to him in English, her daughter Lourdes speaks to him in French and the family have classes in the Malawian tongue Chichewa, sun.co.uk reports. As a result, he has started talking in a strange combination of the three, answering 'Oui, oiu' to most things.
The couple use the few Chichewa words they know which includes mummy, daddy and hello and occasionally Madonna sings a Chichewa lullaby she knows as Ritchie plays a guitar piece to it.
A source said: 'David constantly wants his mum to hold him, asks for kisses, smiles and seems extremely attached to Madonna. She is completely ga ga over him.'
source : earthtimes.org

Guy Ritchie is giving interviews for the US debut of "Revolver". Here's an excerpt from the interview he gave to Reuters:

Reuter: So, how's married life these days?

Guy Ritchie: I enjoy it enormously. Wish I'd done it sooner.

Reuters: Many people said it would never last, so what's the secret to a happy showbiz marriage?

Guy Ritchie: Pretty much ignore all the stuff they say and write about you.

Reuters: But Madonna just signed this huge deal reportedly worth $120 million over 10 years with concert company Live Nation. Do you ever feel your career gets overshadowed by hers?

Guy Ritchie: Don't know what you mean! She's got her career and I've got mine. What can you do? She's Madonna.

Reuters: The critics were pretty unkind when you remade "Swept Away" with her.

Guy Ritchie: Were they? I thought our remake was fine It's a funny thing, as once we made the movie, I went, 'Oh yeah, that's the movie we wanted to make.' It wasn't supposed to be a big deal. It was just supposed to be a pleasant remake. And she was good in it. That's what I couldn't understand, because she was conspicuously good in it. But what can you do?

Reuters: So would you work with Madonna again?

Guy Ritchie: I don't know. We don't want to stick our chins out again.

Reuter: Then, who's in charge at home?

Guy Ritchie: I've got to tell you, we're just like any other married couple.

Reuters: So she's in charge?

Guy Ritchie: Yes!

Reuters: Any plans to adopt more kids?

Guy Ritchie: Listen, you've got to speak to the boss about that."

Reuters: Your new movie, "Revolver," came out two years ago in Britain, but it's just now being released in the United States. Is it true you had to re-cut it radically?

Guy Ritchie: No, not radically. I took 10 minutes out, one story that simply illustrated what had happened previously, and it seemed to confuse people.

source : reuters

Newsflash: Madonna has of late been seen out more often than not in her regulation Adidas tracksuits, dark shades and neglected roots.
However, she wowed us on the red carpet this weekend as she and husband Guy Richie hosted a screening of his movie Revolver in New York.
Dressed in Dolce and Gabbana it seems her Madgesty has had a new hair do. A glossy polished 1920's flapper inspired, girlie curly bob that we just love. We don't see Madonna dress up a lot anymore....but when she does she still gets it really right.
We suggest you steal her style, bin your GHD's and give this look a try this Christmas party season.

source : elleuk

British director Guy Ritchie is happy to let his wife Madonna give him career advice - because she always knows best.
The 39-year-old filmmaker has re-edited his 2005 movie Revolver after reviews in the U.K. criticised it as overly long and complicated. And Ritchie insists the singer - whom he married in 2000 - knew exactly how to improve the film.
He tells New York Daily News, 'We made it shorter and tried to make it simpler. Funnily enough, we took out the bits that my wife recommended we take out the first time she saw it.' Revolver was released in the U.K. in 2005 and the new edited version of the movie - which stars Jason Statham and Ray Liotta - can be seen in the U.S. from 7 December.

source : contactmusic

Madonna and husband Guy Ritchie heated up with New York night at the premiere of his crime drama 'Revolver,' and 'Extra' was along for their big date.
'We haven't been away from the kids in a while,' Guy confessed to 'Extra.'
Added Madonna, 'Yeah, so it's a date.'
Madonna joined Guy for his big premiere, but when Guy tried to explain the title, Madonna had a little fun with him.
'It's the revolving door - of your ego!' she joked. 'Sorry, I'll shut up now.'
Glammed out in Dolce & Gabbana, Madonna also revealed she and Guy might expand their family of five.
'Maybe,' she said. 'You never know.'
Meanwhile, Mrs. Ritchie is bugging her husband to make a family movie for once. Guy has made action-packed thrillers 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' and 'Snatch.'
'My kids really want to go to one of his movies,' she said, turning to Guy. 'Can you hurry up please? Rocco complained that you don't make movies that kids can watch!'
But Madonna loves 'Revolver,' which hits theaters Friday, and even visited Guy on set.
'I did. He doesn't invite me very often, you know why? Because during the lunch hour they always wrestle!' she said. 'It's a gentleman's club, the set of Guy's movies.'
Madge also filled 'Extra' in on her holiday plans.
'We're going far, far away,' she winked. 'It's the only hint I'm giving you.'

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source : extratv

When Madonna and Guy Ritchie walk down a red carpet, there's almost nothing people don't ask.

What did she first notice about Guy?

'I found him very sexy because he looked like he'd just gotten into a fist fight.'

What has she taught him about fashion?

'Not to wear the same dresses as her,' deadpanned her husband.

What books have they been reading?

'The Year of Magical Thinking,' by Joan Didion,' said the wife.

What's their son David doing now?

'Eating,' said the husband.

Is marriage difficult?

'It's a juggling act. A true juggling act' she said.

Hillary or Obama?

'Hillary,' said his wife.

Because?

'Because I've gotta support the girls,' she said. 'And because I'm a big fan of the Clintons.'

At a certain point, the questions seemed mainly to be hitting Madonna, even if it was the U.S. premiere of his movie, 'Revolver.'
Had she watched lots of gangster movies before she shacked up with the man who's sometimes been described as the British version of Quentin Tarantino?
'Well, I worship 'The Godfather' Pt. I and II,' she said. 'And we watched a lot of gangster movies together. But none were as good as his.'
After the Cinema Society and Piaget's screening of the film at the Tribeca Grand, guests like Sarah Jessica Parker, Steven Klein, Ingrid Casares, Alex Rodriguez and Donna Karan headed out to The Gramercy Park Hotel, where the party went 'til around midnight.

source : wwd

Madonna going to a gym in New York (December 03 2007)

Madonna and her main man, Guy Ritchie, premiered his new crime caper, 'Revolver,' in Manhattan Sunday night -- and revealed that their wedding anniversary is coming up.

"We got married a few days before Christmas," Madonna said, adding that they had special plans, but, said, "We're not going to tell you! It's top secret."

Opening in New York and L.A. on Friday, 'Revolver' finds 'The Transporter' and 'Snatch' star Jason Statham as a gambler/con man looking to exact revenge on Ray Liotta, the ruthless drug dealer who put him in prison for seven years.

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source : etonline

MADONNA and her main man, GUY RITCHIE, were in Manhattan to premiere his new crime caper, 'Revolver,' Sunday night -- and "The Insider" was there!

Opening in New York and L.A. on Friday, 'Revolver' finds 'The Transporter' and 'Snatch' star JASON STATHAM as a gambler/con man looking to exact revenge on RAY LIOTTA, the ruthless drug dealer who put him in prison for seven years.

Guy says their children, ROCCO and LOURDES, were on the set of the gangster pic occasionally, but only at the "appropriate time and the appropriate hour," leading Madonna to joke: "You didn't invite me very much!"

"But you did come anyway," he cracked.

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source : theinsideronline.com

Despite previously saying they won't be celebrating Christmas Madonna's husband Guy Ritchie has said they will be marking the occasion.
Celebrity Kabbalahists Madonna and Guy Ritchie will be celebrating Christmas after all the Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels director has told a US TV channel. Though it'll be a small affair for the pair's three children by anyone's standards, strictly three presents each. 'So by the time they get to the third present they've had their sugar hit. As long as the kids get three presents at Christmas, everyone's being happy.'
He also explained that they don't celebrate Hanukkah, because they haven't converted to Judaism even though they study the Jewish based faith Kabbalah. 'I have not converted to Judaism and neither has my wife.'
source : handbag.com

After weeks of desperately seeking an audience, producers have pulled the plug on "Desperately Seeking Susan."

Producers announced Friday that the stage adaptation of the 1985 Madonna movie will close Dec. 15, a month after its opening night. It had been taking bookings until April.

The show, which sets the movie's story of mistaken identity to the punk-pop songs of Blondie, drew scathing reviews when it opened at London's Novello Theatre, and has struggled to sell tickets.

"Despite fantastic performances and enthusiastic audiences, the ticket sales have not been sufficient and the producers have had to make the difficult decision to close the show," producers said in a statement.

source : ap

Madonna arriving at JFK airport in New York (December 01 2007)

Madonna's new song with Pharrell Williams is so 'hot' it will 'make the music speakers bleed'.
The 'Hung Up' singer has been in the studio with hit producer Pharrell creating tracks for her upcoming album, and he claims their collaboration will take the music industry by storm.
Speaking at the launch of his new shop Billionaire Boys Club and Ice Cream in New York on Wednesday, Pharrell said:
'It was crazy. I don't want to say too much. I'd rather wait for you to hear it. It's awesome though. It makes the speakers bleed. It's hot!'
Earlier this month, it was reported Pharrell had been recording with the 49-year-old singer at Record Plant Studios in Los Angeles.
The pair reportedly bumped into Kanye West, who was working with Michael Jackson in a studio next-door, inspiring the hip-hop star to rap on one of Madonna's new songs.
Last month, Madonna signed a $120 million, 10-year record deal with Live Nation Inc. and plans to release her first studio album with the label early next year.
Also set to feature on the hotly-anticipated LP are star producer Timbaland and 'SexyBack' singer Justin Timberlake.

source : monstersandcritics