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The Return Of The Spice Girls tour got an extra boost of Girl Power this evening when the queen of pop herself came to watch the show. That’s right, Madonna and her family were in the audience at The O2 Arena in London to watch the fab five perform their power-packed song and dance spectacular.

It’s not the first time Madonna has seen the Spice Girls in concert, and the girls were delighted once again to perform in front of one of pop’s biggest icons.

The Return Of The Spice Girls tour is directed and choreographed by Jamie King, who has worked with Madonna since 1996 and has directed her last three world tours.

source : thespicegirls.com

The Hills star Heidi Montag plans to dominate the music charts across the globe – insisting her career will rival that of superstar Madonna.

The 21-year-old aspiring singer has been using the “Like a Virgin” hitmaker as an inspiration during work on her debut album.

She says, “But it’s not like with most pop artists, where they have a song sent to them that has nothing to do with their emotions or lives. It’s all about me and my life. I’m taking my time to make sure it’s a classic.

“I don’t want to be the next pop person who’s in or out. I want to be like Michael Jackson, Madonna, Stevie Wonder – all the greats.”

The big question is – will Spencer Pratt sing backup or is he gone for good?

source : teenmusic.com

A hair-care brand is hoping to generate some attention through a worldwide campaign that gets under way with a star-filled commercial during Super Bowl XLII on Fox on Feb. 3.

The commercial will present three famous, fabulous females — Madonna, Marilyn Monroe and Shakira — to promote the Sunsilk line of hair products sold by Unilever. The 30-second spot is scheduled for the fourth quarter of the game.

Some Super Bowl commercials that have been much blogged and buzzed about in recent years have been for products aimed at women. It may seem counterintuitive, but it can make sense if you consider that about 40 percent of the audience for the game is female.

Indeed, the Super Bowl is typically the No. 1 show for women each year, or No. 2 (after the Academy Awards).

Among the other advertisers in Super Bowl XLII that are taking advantage of the size of the female audience are Procter & Gamble, with a commercial for Tide to Go stain remover, and Limited Brands, with a spot for Victoria’s Secret.

Unilever has capitalized on the female viewership during previous Super Bowls, advertising its Dove brand of skin- and hair-care products. Now it’s time for Sunsilk, which the company brought out in the United States in mid-2006, 50 years after it was introduced in its first market, the Netherlands.

“We felt like a campaign of this magnitude deserved a very big stage,” Sarah Jensen, marketing director at the Unilever hair-care division in Chicago, said Monday.

The campaign carries the theme “Life can’t wait” and urges women to “make your hair happen.” The commercial will direct viewers to a Web site (lifecantwait.com), which is scheduled to go live on Feb. 1.

Visitors to the site will be asked to share personal stories about how they — like Madonna, Monroe and Shakira — try to live life to the fullest.

Or, in the case of Monroe, who died in 1962, lived life to the fullest.

The commercial features snippets of songs associated with each star. Madonna sings “Ray of Light,” Monroe sings “I Want to Be Loved By You” and Shakira sings “Whenever, Whatever.”

After the spot appears in the Super Bowl, the campaign will migrate around the world, to 15 markets in Europe, Latin America and Asia. Sunsilk is sold by Unilever in about 80 countries.

Starting “in the toughest arena, which the Super Bowl is,” is a “statement we want to make” about the importance of the campaign, said Andrei Gemeneanu, Sunsilk global brand director in London.

The campaign is intended as a worldwide reintroduction of Sunsilk, which is aimed at women in their 20’s.

The campaign is being created by the Paris office of Desgrippes Gob

Darren Hayes covered Madonna’s Dress You Up during his New Years Eve Show in London

Mumbai, Jan 11: Pop Diva Madonna got a taste of Mumbai’s melting pot of culture when she stopped by at the city’s oldest Jewish synagogue, a Afghan church and Haji Ali Dargah capping a ten-day visit to the country.

On an extended New Year break in India, the 49-year-old ‘Material Girl” flew out of the country after spending her holiday in the desert towns of Rajasthan and Mumbai. Accompanied by her husband Guy Ritchie and children she arrived in Udaipur on December 31.

During the whistle-stop tour of the metropolis on the third day of her visit, the singer also headed to Moshe’s restaurant located at upmarket Cuffe Parade for some Mediterranean food. On Tuesday, she savoured some south Indian delicacies like idli, vada and masala dosa for lunch at a road-side Udupi eatery.

‘Shantaram’ author Gregory David Robert accompanied the celebrities on their tour which culminated in a visit to his home at Khola Gada.

A priest at the heritage Afghan church said the singer was impressed by its structure.

“She was amazed at the structure of Afghan church. She read out the names of soldiers who died in Afghan war during 1838-43. She really liked the church,” said priest Sunil Awale.

source : saharasamay.com

Madonna has been accused of conning fashion giant Gucci into raising money for the Kabbalah Centre, under the guise of her Raising Malawi charity.

A foxnews.com report on Wednesday says an event to be held February 6 in New York City is actually going to benefit Kabbalah and the Berg family, and Raising Malawi is a front for the Kabbalah Centre in Los Angeles.

Spokesperson for Madonna, Liz Rosenberg called the claims “outrageous, they are incorrect, inaccurate, hurtful and malicious,” and told WWD “The reality is — and it’s never been a secret — that the Raising Malawi organisation was co-founded by Madonna and Michael Berg, who is one of the spearheading executives of the Kabbalah organization. The Raising Malawi organisation is completely separate from the Kabbalah, and they are run as two separate organizations.”

The report also indicated that Raising Malawi was attempting to teach the religion to Malawian orphans and was training teachers at the Kabbalah Centre to teach the religion to orphans in the poverty-stricken country.

These claims were also vehemently denied by Rosenberg who said “There are no religious lessons being taught to the children of Malawi”

She also said that fund raised at the event will benefit UNICEF and Raising Malawi and will used to build a school in Malawi.

“Accountability will be very clear and very specific, and all funds will be accounted for,” she said.

source : nme

Madonna is “a symbol of modern womanhood”, according to Donatella Versace.

The ‘Hung Up’ star – who was the face of Versace’s Spring/Summer range in 2005 – has been branded a “true icon” by the famous fashion designer.

Donatella said: “The word ‘icon’ is overused, but in the case of Madonna I believe it has some meaning. She is a true icon. She has become a symbol of modern womanhood – confident, ambitious, dynamic, constantly reinventing herself.

“In 2005 Versace was involved in a process of reinvention with me, a blonde woman, at its helm, so I thought it would be appropriate to have Madonna as the representative of the brand.

“She is also a friend of mine and my late brother Gianni so there is a sense in which she symbolised the way in which Versace was staying true to its DNA, while evolving for the 21st century.”

Donatella, 52, also revealed her current celebrity muse is ‘Enchanted’ heartthrob Patrick Dempsey.

She told Britain’s The Independent newspaper: “Patrick’s charisma, which defines him both on and off screen, was what led me to choose him to represent Versace menswear. That, and his classic good looks, of course. He has a real masculinity about him.”

source : thecheers.org

Snoop Dogg is showing his R&B side on his latest single, “Sensual Seduction,” but what about his rock edge? The West Coast mic maven stopped by the MTV offices recently and said he would like to collaborate with some icons to help him bring out that rarely seen side of his music.

“I want to work with Madonna, Bono or Mick Jagger,” he said. “I’m on some rock sh–, man. Snoop Dogg, man! Rappers don’t really move me too much. They can’t do what I did. I’m trying to get down with something that’s outta the box and bigger than me.”

source : mtv

Madonna spends $10,000 a month on specially blessed Kabbalah water.

She reportedly cannot get enough of the $5-a-bottle beverage, and makes sure she always has a regular supply to hand.

A close source told In Touch Weekly magazine, “Madonna drinks a lot of water – that’s one of her fitness secrets. And Kabbalah water is the only stuff she will touch.

“She also makes sure she always has some to hand, and has it regularly shipped to wherever in the world she is staying at the time.”

A description of the blessed water on kabbalahwater.com reads, “The Kabbalistic blessings and meditations that are used to create Kabbalah Water bring about elegant and balanced crystalline structures in water, while negative consciousness has an opposite effect.

“This is hugely important. In a very literal way, Kabbalah Water is life’s original blueprint information brought into the modern world.”

Some leaders from the Kabbalah Centre are said to have claimed the water has the power to cure diseases including cancer and AIDS.

Madonna has been a devout follower of Kabbalah, a mystical off-shoot of Judaism, since the late ’90s.

In 2006, it was revealed the 49-year-old singer – who has a son, Rocco, 7, and adopted son, David, 2, with husband Guy Ritchie, and daughter Lourdes, 11, from a previous relationship, had spent $2.4 million promoting the faith around the world in the previous four years.

source : azcentral

Madonna and her husband Guy Ritchie spent the better part of Wednesday doing a pilgrimage of the holy shrines of various faiths. Beginning with the Jewish synagogue in Kala Ghoda and going on to Afghan Church, the American popstar skirted the shrine of Haji Ali before winding up with a shopping trip.

Gregory David Roberts, author of ‘Shantaram’ and her constant companion through her Mumbai tour, is reported to have helped her draw up her itinerary, although the popstar is known for her spiritual leanings. On Wednesday, her first stop was at Keneseth Eliyahoo Synagogue at Kala Ghoda. Madonna is one of the more famous propagators of Kabbalah, a mystical offshoot of Judaism, and has persuaded the likes of Demi Moore and Britney Spears to take it up.

Preparing to welcome her around 1 pm, synagogue officials were busy discussing arrangements with policemen who had cordoned off the lane. “Last week, David Roberts called us to say Madonna would like to look around our 124-year-old house of worship, although it was only after he made a formal application that we permitted this visit,” said Solomon Sopher, chairman and managing trustee of the synagogue.

source : timesofindia