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We are happy to confirm that Madonna's Sticky & Sweet Tour will stop at Seville's Estadio Olimpico on September 16.
Tickets will go on sale Thursday 31st July, at 10am, Local Time.
If you're a member of Madonna's official fan club, please note that a devoted presale will start on Wednesday 30th July, at 9am, LOCAL TIME.

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Saturday, August 9th, 2008
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performance at 9pm by Olympic Rider Robert Dover

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hosted by
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Madonna's not sick, her publicist says.

The singer raised eyebrows Friday after she was photographed looking gaunt while leaving the Kabbalah Center in New York. But according to her rep, the 49-year-old is the victim of a bad photograph.

"I just think the photographer got a bad shot of her or it was touched up to make her look bad," Liz Rosenberg told People magazine. "I saw Madonna two days before at her rehearsal and she looked amazing - glowing skin and working really hard on her show."

The pop star "may look a little thinner than usual," Rosenberg conceeded, "but she was dancing and singing better than ever and ate a nice healthy meal."

However, some experts aren't buying it.

"There should be questions of whether she's eating enough," Stacey Shulman, a registered dietician who practices in New York, told the Daily News.

And anxiety could be behind the Material Girl's rapid weight loss, Shulman says.

"The body's metabolic rate increases with stress," she said. "It's going to take more calories to meet your nutritional demands as opposed to someone who isn't under a lot of stress."

Madonna is showing signs of strain following several months of drama in which her marriage - and the marriage of late-night visitor Alex Rodriguez - came under intense scruntiny.

The singer reportedly hosted the Yankees slugger at her Upper West Side apartment on several occasions while converting him to kabbalah, a Jewish mystic sect.
Rodriguez's wife, Cynthia, filed for divorce after her husband was linked to the seven-time Grammy Award winner, although Madonna and husband Guy Ritchie have denied allegations of an affair.

Professionally, the pop star is under the gun for her upcoming Sticky & Sweet world tour. Madonna fired two of her dancers during a recent rehearsal and her tour manager is threatening to quit over her tantrums, according to Britain's The Sun newspaper.

"Life with My Sister Madonna," a vicious tell-all written by the singer's brother Christopher Ciccone, was also recently released.

Rosenberg denied that stress is a factor in her client's recent appearance: "She's working hard rehearsing eight hours a day for her tour."

But according to Eddy Sanchez, a trainer at the Upper West Side gym Boom Fitness the singer is "overworking."

"From a fitness point of view, it's a combination of overtraining and not eating right," he said. "She looks like she's a little bit anorexic."

Despite concerns about the star's health, Rosenberg says Madonna is "in a great space" now.

source : nydailynews

BBC Radio 3

As barbie and Madonna both turn 50, Emily Maitlis compares the two Material Girls. She looks at the parallel development of two of the best-known brands of the last half-century.

click here to listen.

Daily Mail has a new article with the similar topic

One's small, tacky and comes in lots of different outfits - the other's Barbie. As Madonna and the world's favourite doll both hit their half century, we reveal the weird similarities between two hard-nosed material girls. more

In something of a publishing coup, Brooklyn indie Powerhouse has acquired Madonna's forthcoming tour book, Madonna: Confessions, which is due out October 1. The book, which will coincide with the star's forthcoming Sticky and Sweet tour, features pictures by Guy Oseary and marks the first picture book Madonna has endorsed since her controversial 1992 hit, Sex.

The 256-page 8x10 title features color photos from Madonna's 2006 Confessions Tour, at which Oseary was the sole photographer given full access to the star. Powerhouse, which acquired the project from William Morris after a deal fell apart at Doubleday--according to Powerhouse CEO and founder Daniel Power the Random House division made publicity demands that Madonna did not want to commit to--is going to press with an announced first printing of 50,000 copies.

Confessions isn't the only Madonna project in the hopper for the Powerhouse, either. The indie is working on a companion book to the Madonna-produced documentary I Am Because We Are. The book will feature black and white photos by Kristen Ashburn chronicling, like the film, the orphan crisis in Malawi. Madonna has written a foreword to Ashburn's book, which will be released to coincide with the documentary. (Powerhouse said no release date has been set for the movie, but the house is expecting a winter pub date.) And, because the situation in Malawi is a passion project of the star's, Powerhouse said there is the possibility that Madonna might do more to promote Ahsburn's book.

Both Ashrburn's and Oseary's proceeds on their books are going to the charity Madonna founded, Raising Malawi.

source : publishersweekly

from New York Post's Page Six :

Madonna is truly the master of media manipulation. "The supposed scandal about [her brother] Christopher Ciccone's book is bull[bleep]," an insider told Page Six. "She actually ghost-wrote parts of it with him, the way Princess Diana helped Andrew Morton write his book on her. That's why there's nothing too devastating in Chris's book. He's mean to others, but not so much to his sister." In addition, Madge, now frighteningly rail thin, exploited Alex Rodriguez. "She flirted with him and manipulated him," our source declared. "She didn't count on wife Cynthia leaving him and naming her in the divorce, though." Madonna is using the buzz over her relationship with A-Rod to her benefit. "She's ordered three A-Rod Yankee jerseys she'll wear in the finale of her upcoming shows. All of this was created to sell tickets for her tour, which hasn't been selling so well." A rep for Madonna didn't return calls.

Albums :
15 (10) Madonna - Hard Candy (Warner Bros)

Singles :
10 (07) Madonna - Give It 2 Me (Warner Bros)
29 (22) Madonna Ft Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes (Warner Bros)

Reservations for Saturday started pouring in more than a month ago to Red Ginger.

Tables usually are booked a few days in advance at the popular Asian-themed restaurant in Traverse City. But this won't be any old day for businesses and residents of the tranquil cherry capital.

It's Madonna day, and that changes everything.

The 49-year-old Material Girl is coming Saturday to the Traverse City Film Festival to introduce her documentary about the orphans of Malawi, "I Am Because We Are."

Locals are quick to point out that Madonna has visited the region privately. Her father's Ciccone Vineyards and Winery is located in nearby Suttons Bay (and it's a site of a reception tonight for festival sponsors).

But now Madonna will be part of a very public event in her home state. And the world's biggest pop diva is doing it at a time when her personal life, always a hot gossip item, is under extra-intense scrutiny.

"It's definitely generated a lot of excitement. A lot. It's the talk of the town," says Mark Haworth, manager of Red Ginger, who hopes Madonna can drop by the VIP room that will be set aside for special festival guests.

The plan is for Madonna to fly in Saturday from New York, where she's rehearsing for her upcoming world tour (which currently doesn't have a metro Detroit stop). She's supposed to depart later that night.

She's expected to introduce the film at a sold-out 8 p.m. screening at the State Theatre (a sold-out audience at the nearby City Opera House will see a simulcast of her appearance).

A possible question-and-answer session afterward hasn't been confirmed.

"It's going to be an electrifying moment. There's only going to be 500 people in the theater. Usually, if you want to see Madonna, you're in a 20,000-seat arena," says the festival's founder, Oscar-winning director Michael Moore, who invited Madonna to be part of this year's lineup. "Ten minutes into the film, you're going to forget about all the noise that surrounds the celebrity aspect of this and get into the film in a deep and personal way."

Moore's prediction just may come true. Residents of Traverse City sound committed to keeping things as civilized and frenzy-free as possible.

Madonna mania may be the norm in the tabloids, but that's not how they roll in northern Michigan.

"We tend to be kind of protective of our celebrities," says Mike Norton of the Traverse City Convention & Visitors Bureau. "One of the worries here, if there is a worry, is not having Madonna around, but that some people would create a crush experience. We're just not like that here. People come here to relax and get away from that kind of stuff."

In other words, if anyone behaves rudely on Saturday, it's likely to be the paparazzi, not a native. "We'd be embarrassed if someone came up here and wouldn't have the space to relax," says Norton.

Celebrity media outlets like People magazine and the syndicated TV show "Extra" are set to cover Madonna's visit.

"She's helping us in so many ways to get the word out about the festival, because everything she does is so interesting, in so many ways, to people," says the festival's executive director, Deb Lake.

Madonna, who was born in Bay City and raised in Pontiac and Rochester Hills, is constantly in the spotlight, whether it's for releasing a new CD, like her latest "Hard Candy," or for adopting a child from Malawi, her son, David, who's now 2.

Most recently, she has denied rumors that she's splitting from her husband, British director Guy Ritchie, and involved somehow with New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez, whose wife recently filed for divorce.

To top it off, her brother Christopher Ciccone has a new book out, "Life with My Sister Madonna" (Simon Spotlight Entertainment, $26), a tell-all account that portrays Ritchie as homophobic and Madonna as a self-absorbed superstar.

Compared to all the celebrity coverage, there's been much less focus on Madonna's efforts to help Malawi through her documentary.

"All ... the public knows is what they read in Us Weekly about Madonna adopting David," says Moore. "It's just fodder for the mean-spirited gossip columns and celebrity press that exists in this country. When you see this film, you really understand not only her adoption of this child, but her desire to really try to save a nation of people that are dying."

Moore and Madonna have been friends since he made 1995's "Canadian Bacon," which was coproduced by her company Maverick Films.

When he was in London filming scenes for his health-care documentary, "Sicko," Madonna invited him to see an early cut of "I Am Because We Are" and give his two cents.

"When it was finished earlier this year, she sent me the final version of it and I loved it and I was moved by it," he says.

The Traverse City screening is a logical result of Madonna and Moore's mutual respect and her mission to educate fans about Malawi, a nation of 12 million and more than a million orphans that has been devastated by poverty and AIDS, says Nathan Rissman, who directed "I Am Because We Are."

"We wanted people everywhere to see it," says Rissman. "I think we're trying to get as much exposure as we can, because at the end of the day, the most important thing is for people to see this and feel like they can make a difference."

Tickets to the documentary were sold out immediately after going on sale on a Saturday in early June.

Half of the 500 available tickets were sold at the State Theatre box office, while the other half were sold by lottery to members of the Friends of the Traverse City Film Festival.

A line started forming outside the theater around 3 a.m. Thursday. On Friday, festival staffers handed out numbers to ensure an orderly and fair process. Instead of using ordinary pieces of paper, they tore pages out of an old math textbook, which would have been extremely difficult to copy.

People flew in from all over the country for a chance to buy the maximum two seats at $25 each, says Beth Milligan, publicist for the festival. Proceeds from the screenings will go to Madonna's foundation, Raising Malawi.

The desire to see Madonna was so huge that tickets were spotted on Web sites like eBay for $1,000 to $3,000 a pair.

Ever since Madonna's visit was announced in May, the festival has been working to make sure the evening goes smoothly, according to Milligan.

The anticipation and planning has been "a good kind of crazy," says Milligan, who expects everyone in town to be well-behaved on the big night.

She hasn't seen anyone hawking Madonna T-shirts or other souvenirs. Not yet.

"I think the city is a little classier than that," she says.

source : freep.com

Madonna going to / leaving the Kabbalah Centre in New York (July 26 2008)

Yohane Banda, the biological father of Madonna's adopted Malawian son David, has a new child.

The boy was born July 20, and he and his mother, Flora, are doing well, Banda told The Associated Press on Saturday.

"I am over the moon,'' said Banda, 33, who had lost two sons in infancy to malaria.

Banda married Flora after the death of his wife Marita from childbirth complications shortly after the arrival of David on Sept. 25, 2005.

Banda and his aging mother, Asinati Mwale, decided to surrender David to the Home of Hope Orphanage because they could not afford to buy him formula milk after his mother's death.

Madonna, through her Raising Malawi charity, found him at the orphanage and filed for adoption. A Malawi high court judge in May approved the adoption.

Banda said his new son, who hasn't been named yet, was born at Mchinji District Hospital, the same one where David was.

"We thought of keeping this birth a secret,'' said Banda. "But now we are happy to announce the birth of our son.''

source : ap

Madonna with her family, leaving the Kabbalah Centre in New York (July 25 2008)

Film director Guy Ritchie broke his silence on Friday over rumors that his marriage to Madonna is on the rocks, telling People magazine it was "fine".

"My marriage is fine as far as I'm aware of," the British director was quoted as telling People in an interview.

Rumors have been circulating for months that Ritchie's 8-year marriage to Madonna, 49, is on the rocks, despite several denials by the singer that the couple are planning a divorce.

Ritchie, 39, who found fame with his 1998 movie "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels", said Madonna had allowed him to look at his hometown of London with fresh eyes.

"I live vicariously through my wife, so I was once a spy and now I've become a tourist, and it's much more fun to live in London as a tourist than it is as a spy," he told People.

Ritchie is in Southern California promoting his new movie "RocknRolla", while Madonna is rehearsing in New York for her upcoming world tour starting in August.

"RocknRolla" which opens in the United States in October, is set in the London criminal underworld of Russian gangster and stars Gerard Butler as a street-smart mobster, along with Thandie Newton, Jeremy Piven and Chris "Ludacris" Bridges.

His recent efforts, "Swept Away" starring Madonna, and "Revolver" were both critically panned.

Ritchie's next movie is "Sherlock Holmes" a drama based on the English literary detective and starring Robert Downey, Jr., which is slated for release in 2010.

source : reuters

Check out the interview with Guy at Extra

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Le Barcelona Deluxe, No6 Summer 2008

El Micalet, Gente and Metro newspapers

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Madonna going to a studio to rehearse for her upcoming tour (July 23 2008)

Hardcover, 8.25 x 10.25 inches, 224 pages, Over 250 four-color photographs
ISBN: 978-1-57687-481-3
Release date : October 2008

Madonna Confessions is the first official, inside book on the most famous woman in the world since the 1992 release of the landmark monograph Sex. With over 250 never-before-seen images taken by Guy Oseary and personally approved by Madonna, the book showcases the provocative themes of her live performances--from equestrian to urban Bedouin, and from glam punk to disco fever--and celebrates what The New York Times calls "the sheer spectacularity of her physical form." Enhanced with Madonna's short, sassy interspersed quotes, Confessions is a matchless, must-have record of one of the highlights of her career.

Guy Oseary is the CEO of Maverick and Madonna's manager. He has worked closely with Madonna for two decades. As Oseary was the only photographer allowed access to capture every single concert, this book contains the quintessential moments from the Confessions Tour.

All author proceeds will be donated to Raising Malawi.

previews :

Available for Pre-Order at Amazon

Madonna in New York (July 22 2008)

Platinum Love Magazine (July 2008, Malta)
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Thanks to Daniel

Lily Cole, Sienna Miller and Lily Allen are amongst those battling it out for the title of Greenest Star in Playhouse Disney's inaugural Playing for the Planet Awards which aim to celebrate eco-heroes big and small across seven different categories.

For the coveted Greenest Star category, Playhouse Disney, together with Awards ambassador Peter Duncan, have devised a shortlist of top ten environmentally friendly stars, revealed today. Preschooler's and their families across the UK are being encouraged to visit playhousedisney.co.uk to vote for one of the Top Ten or nominate one of their own favourites green stars.

The celebrities who have made the shortlist are all known for their green attitudes and using their public profile to encourage us all to change our ways, by doing the little things which make a big difference.

Model Lily Cole makes sure all the companies she works for are environmentally friendly, whilst Time Lord hero David Tennant goes around saving the world not just in his Tardis, but in his hybrid car too, and even encourages others to get on board!

Hollywood A-listers, Johnny Depp and Leonardo DiCaprio have also made it onto the list by donating time, money and support to a range of green campaigns. Another A-List celeb making a difference is Sienna Miller, who has made it her personal mission to raise awareness of global warming.

UK celebs are also doing their bit, with Lily Allen regarded as a committed green crusader among her peers and Harry Potter star Emma Watson spending time working with the Wild Trout Trust. Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin shows how rock'n'roll can be green by travelling on an eco-friendly tour bus with recycling facilities, while his wife Gwyneth Paltrow has fronted environmental campaigns in the USA to help curb the country's reliance on oil.

The Playing for The Planet Greenest Star Award Top Ten Shortlist is as follows.

Lily Cole

David Tennant

Sienna Miller

Johnny Depp

Emma Watson

Stella McCartney

Lily Allen

Celebrity couple Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin

Madonna

Leonard DiCaprio

Thanks to Ruth

Madonna with Gwyneth Paltrow at the Hamptons, New York (July 20 2008)

A cameraman is reportedly demanding £1million for ownership of video footage he claims he owns, which features Madonna and baseball player Alex Rodriguez having sex.

According to the Daily Star the unnamed cameraman is claiming that the footage was shot in an apartment allegedly used by the pair for what the newspaper calls "afternoon trysts".

Madonna's lawyers said that they were "aware" of the claims but refused to comment further.

Madonna and her husband, Guy Ritchie, have publicly denied that their marriage is in trouble after rumours that their relationship was on the rocks began circulating.

source : nme

Albums :
10 (14) Madonna - Hard Candy (Warner Bros)

Singles :
07 (17) Madonna - Give It 2 Me (Warner Bros)
22 (20) Madonna Ft Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes (Warner Bros)

MTV.com : We need your help determining which videos get nominated for the Best Female Video! Select the one you love best by casting a single vote. You've got until Wednesday (July 23) to make your selection for both Best Male Video and Best Female Video, and then on Friday (July 25) we'll let you know which videos made the final cut.

Visit MTV.com to nominate Madonna for Best Female Video (registration is required for voting)

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Madonna leaving the Kabbalah Centre in New York (July 19 2008)

A second Madonna gig has been announced in Spain - in Madrid on September 16, two days before her appearance at the Cheste race track Valencia.

Details of the Madrid venue and ticket prices are still to be released, while tickets for Valencia are already on sale, priced between 69 and 255 € at www.ticktackticket.com

source : typicallyspanish.com

Full issue is available as a free pdf download at Lookmag.sk (right click > save as to download)

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source : jezebel

Madonna wants to reunite ex lovers Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake on stage during her world tour.

The Queen Of Pop has turned Madgemaker and wants them to join forces as the grand finale of her Sticky & Sweet jaunt.

Britney has already filmed a sexy cameo for Madge's tour, to be beamed on to a giant screen as a stage backdrop.

Filmed in a lift, one scene shows a toned Brit looking hot and sweaty in a clinging white vest.

Madge has also asked the Toxic star to make a surprise appearance in person at some shows.

And she is desperate to get JT on stage too.

Justin was heavily involved in the recording of Madge album Hard Candy and she wants him to perform one of their duets from the CD.

Madge's dream is to shock the world with JT and Britney -- whose four-year relationship ended in 2002 -- appearing on the same stage at her final US date in Miami in November.

A source revealed: "Madonna is always trying to raise the bar and Britney and Timberlake on the same stage would be perfect.

"They have both been asked but I think both are a bit reluctant. Britney would find it all a bit emotional and JT might not fancy it.

"More likely is that they both appear on different dates.

"But if anyone can make this happen it's Madonna."

How terrifying...

source : the sun

UK 12" Pictures Disc

UK, CD 1

source : juno

from Madonna.com :

We are happy to announce that Madonna's 'Sticky & Sweet' Tour will stop at Valencia's Circuito Ricardo Tormo Cheste on September 18.
Tickets will go on sale Friday, July 18th at 10AM local time.
A devoted Fan Club presale will start today, Wednesday, July 16th, at 2PM, LOCAL TIME.

from Madonna.com :

We are happy to confirm that French DJ Bob Sinclar will be the opening act for Madonna's 'Sticky & Sweet' shows in Paris on September 20 and 21.

After European hits such as 'Feel For You' and 'The Beat Goes on', back in the late 90's, Sinclar also released the amazing 'Love Generation' and 'World Hold On' singles, which hit the top of the charts in most European countries.

Make sure to join him in September for some exclusive sets! While the September 20 show in Paris is sold out, a few tickets are still available for the September 21st one.

Meryl Streep has ended an almost two-decade-long myth suggesting she angrily attacked Madonna after missing out on the lead in movie musical EVITA, insisting she never said what was reported.
In a 1991 New York Times article, the Oscar winner allegedly savaged Madonna, stating she could "rip her throat out," after the pop star landed Evita.
But Streep insists she would never have said such a thing.
She says, "That's one of those things you can never erase from whatever it is, the Internet. Why would I say that?
"I was out of the running by the time they got the musical together."

source : contactmusic

Madonna narrowly escaped a nasty attack yesterday when a rock was thrown at her vehicle.

Her car was driving through New York's Central Park when a rock was thrown at the window from an overpass.

The singer and her children were not in the car at the time but the rear-side window was smashed in the incident.

Police were called to investigate the attack.

source : ok magazine

Entertainment Weekly inexplicably placed Madonna's debut LP at #5 on its list of modern classics last month, aptly calling the eight post-disco, post-punk dance songs that comprise the record (six of which could be described as hits, depending on your definition of the word) "scrappy" but failing to acknowledge that Madonna (and Madonna) would likely have been forgotten along with jelly bracelets and headbands fashioned out of torn scarves had the album not been followed by at least a decade's worth of some of the most captivating pop music ever recorded. Madonna herself even likened the album to music for aerobics classes and was eager to shack up with Chic's Nile Rodgers and flex her creative muscle for her career-defining follow-up, Like a Virgin.

This summer, Madonna turns 25, but 2008 also marks the fifth anniversary of a wholly different Madonna album, one that couldn't possibly be any further removed from that scrappy debut: American Life. You'd never even know the same artist made both records. Aside from "Holiday," a song she didn't write, Madonna seemed more interested in ruling the world than saving it back in 1983; two decades later, American Life found the pop singer at her most political, confrontational and, to many, abrasive. It was her first and, to date, only flop, scanning less than a million copies despite its platinum certification and sporting no hits besides the forward-thinking Bond theme "Die Another Day," which cracked the Top 10 the previous fall and was--dubiously, at least it seemed at the time--tacked onto the track list in a move that ultimately insured that American Life wouldn't be Madonna's only hitless album.

As with almost every Madonna album, save for the first one, it's nearly impossible to talk about the music without addressing the cultural and social context that produced it. Some have claimed that's why the singer's image and marketing has always been the focus of her career, at the cost of fairly assessing the actual music, but I think this fact only strengthens the case for Madonna as a true artist. Art without cultural context is like war without a political one. And this time around, politics and war itself played a pivotal role in the construction, marketing and ultimate perception and consumption (or lack thereof) of American Life--despite there being very little in the way of political commentary throughout the album. full article

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Blondie front-woman Debbie Harry has blamed Madonna for keeping her from topping the charts, insisting she is "not very happy" with the pop star's reign.

The Tide Is High singer quit touring at the height of her solo career in the mid-1980s to nurse bandmate and then-boyfriend Chris Stein through a potentially fatal skin disease.

But by the time she had reunited with Blondie to return to the spotlight in 1997, Material Girl Madonna had catapulted to fame and become the world's most successful female artist.

The 63-year-old admits she was "kind of shocked and not very happy" the pop star had such a triumphant hold on the music scene.

She says, "I had been performing all along, with one or two solo albums. But we could not get back with Blondie because of legal problems. We had publishing issue, messy record company deals, management problems."

"But I think that is one of the things that Madonna was very smart about. That is something she can be commended for."

The Heart Of Glass singer insists, however, that she bears no hard feelings towards Madonna, adding that, "She says that she listens to me for inspiration and I have to take that as a compliment. But we are vastly different."

source : wenn

Albums :
14 (24) Madonna - Hard Candy (Warner Bros)

Singles :
17 (18) Madonna - Give It 2 Me (Warner Bros)
20 (17) Madonna Ft Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes (Warner Bros)

Madonna going to a Kabbalah Centre in New York (July 11 2008)

Madonna going to a Kabbalah Centre in New York (July 12 2008)

from Daily Mail :

Few know Madonna better than her 47-year-old brother Christopher Ciccone. They grew up together in Michigan in America and learned to dance together.

Then Christopher followed Madonna to New York, where she began her long journey to wealth and superstardom.

From early childhood, through the years of determined struggle to the iconic figure she has become today, Christopher has been Madonna's constant confidant and shoulder to cry on. He has been her personal assistant and dresser, her interior decorator and artistic director of her show-stopping world tours.

While much has been written about the most famous pop star in the world, only he knows the riveting untold story behind Madonna's carefully constructed mythology.

Here, in unparalleled and intimate detail, Christopher tells their compelling story.

Madonna and I are standing in the driveway of her new house in Beverly Hills. She is facing me and I am facing the front gate when Guy Ritchie turns up in Madonna's black Mercedes and drives at me.

When he is about a foot from from me, he veers the car away, just missing my foot. I neither flinch nor move from my position.

Click here to read the full article. (includes some previously unreleased pictures)

They also added an article by Christopher on How Madonna met Ingrid Casares

from The Sun :

Madonna's lover Warren Beatty was so convinced she was cheating on him he rifled through her bins.

Christopher Ciccone, the singer's brother, tells in a new book how he found misguided Beatty going through rubbish at her LA home at 3am.

Actor Beatty, 71, was a notorious womaniser.

But Christopher says: "Warren, operator that he has always been, had the sense to recognise his equal in Madonna."

The pair dated in 1989 when Madonna played Breathless Mahoney in Warren's movie Dick Tracy.

In Life With My Sister Madonna, Christopher, 47, also claims the star compared herself to Marilyn Monroe after allegedly bedding president's son John F Kennedy Jr.

According to her brother, she boasted: "I feel like I'm repeating Marilyn and the president."

from Daily Mail

Italians fans, we are happy to announce that one of the most successful Italian DJs will be the opening act for Madonna's 'Sticky & Sweet' show in Rome.

Benny Benassi, the guy behind club hits like 'Satisfaction' or 'Make Me Feel' will perform an exclusive live set at Rome's Olympic Stadium on September 6th!

If you've already ordered your tickets, then you took the right decision as the Rome show is now sold out.

See you at the show!

source : madonna.com

Cameras started to roll today on the video that Britney Spears is making for Madonna's upcoming Sticky & Sweet tour, which, sources tell E! News, will be the opening video for each show.

The "Are you ready to rumble?!" video, if you will.

The shoot took place today at the Lot in West Hollywood, the former site of Warner Hollywood, United Artists and the Samuel Goldwyn Studios.

An on-set source said that Britney arrived at around 9 a.m. and was holed up in her dressing room by 9:30. The "Toxic" singer didn't start shooting her scenes until noon and was still on the set a few hours later.

According to our insiders, the planned "short movie" will take place inside an elevator, where seven cameras will be strategically placed to capture the magic. The scene-by-scene breakdown goes like this:

Britney, partially disguised by a gray hoodie, walks into the elevator. As she starts traveling upward, she seems particularly nervous and anxious. The popster starts pacing back and forth. Then she progresses to kicking and smacking the walls, all frantic-like. She screams into one of the cameras. Then she starts climbing the wall, pulls down her hood and, into another camera, says:

"It's Britney, bitch."

Well, at least she shouldn't have trouble remembering her lines.

Strains of Madonna's "Human Nature" were also heard playing during some scenes and Britney could be seen mouthing the words.

We're told that the 26-year-old mother of two acted "very professional" throughout and, a day after the shoot was postponed due to technical difficulties, everything seemed to be back on schedule.

But apparently even veteran performers need some time to shake the dust off if they've been away for awhile. Britney was also "really nervous and kept biting her nails--but she's doing a good job," our source said, adding, "She's being incredibly sweet!"

Meanwhile, despite rumors that Madonna was going to wing her way west for a quick set visit, the Material Girl stayed put in New York today. According to a witness privy to her comings and goings, she went to her studio this morning and then returned to her Manhattan apartment.

Where, if Madonna weren't used to the current tabloid climate, she would have bolted the door, drawn the shades and pulled the covers over her head.

But she probably just ate lunch.

source : e online

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Jose Canseco: Singer Madonna Begged Me to Impregnate her

Alex Rodriguez isn't the first athlete Madonna has pursued.

In the new issue of Us Weekly (on newsstands now), former Oakland A and onetime Yankee Jose Canseco details how the singer, 49, tried to romance him in 1991 even though, like baseball nemesis A-Rod, he was married at the time. (He first talked about the incident in his 2008 biography Vindicated.)

"She wanted to get married and have a child with me -- she wanted a Cuban child," he tells Us.

Canseco recalls: "We went downstairs [at her house in the Hollywood Hills] and she came over and said, 'What would you do if I kissed you?' and then sat on my lap and kissed me."

Madonna even offered to support him if he split with his wife. "She said, 'I have lots of money. Don't worry about that,'" Canseco tells Us.

Canseco also writes in Vindicated that he "hates [A-Rod's] guts" for hitting on his wife.

interview with Canseco :

Us: What can you tell us about your relationship with Madonna?

Jose Canseco: Well it's in the book. We were not intimate.

Us: She was interested but you were not, correct?

JC: No, I was married at the time. I was interested in my wife.

Us: Where did she approach you? Where was the first time you met? How did it happen?

JC: At her house I think it was in the Hollywood Hills. Our people set it up. Her people approached me saying she was interested in meeting me.

Us: What did they say was the reason?

JC: She wanted to get married and have a child with me. [note from ed: Lourdes was born in 1996]

Us: That was her intention to have a child with you?

JC: Yeah, I'm Cuban and she wanted a Cuban child.

Us: And she barely knew you at this point.

JC: She didn't.

Us: So she was interested in your genes.

JC: Yeah, I'm Cuban 6-foot-3, athletic, built.

Us: At that first meeting at the Hollywood Hills, what happened? How was she?

JC: She brought me up to her room and turned on Truth or Dare and showed me the masturbation scene and asked me what I thought about it.

Us: What did you say?

JC: I didn't really know what to say. You have to remember I was very young at the time and I was very intimidated.

Us: Then what happened?

JC: We went downstairs and she came over and said 'what would you do if I kissed you?' and then sat on my lap and kissed me.

Us: So you did kiss?

JC: We did. But I then told her I was trying to work things out with my wife. That if I left her I would lose a lot of money and she said, 'I have lots of money. Don't worry about that'. I had to leave at that point so I got up and left.

Us: And what was the next communication or interaction?

JC: Our people would talk to try and set things up. She would call me at the club house, her code name was 'Melissa'.

Us: What would you talk about on the phone?

JC: Mainly just about plans, when we would get together next.

Us: So it was all business? Very formal?

JC: Yes.

Us: You never really talked about other things? Got to know each other?

JC: No.

Us: When was the next time you met up?

JC: At her apartment in New York.

Us: The one she still lives in?

JC: Yes.

Us: Did you come in through the garage? Try to be secretive?

JC: No, I just walked in the front. When I came in there were a few paparazzi there and when I came out there were tons. It was in the paper the next day.

Us: How did she react to that? Did she love it? Was she annoyed? Indifferent?

JC: Indifferent. Like she was used to it. She was like, 'yeah, it's in the papers'.

Us: Do you think that part of the attraction was that you were intimidated or that you were married?

JC: No, I think it was that I