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Sean Penn's "Milk" costar James Franco has further dished about the pair's lengthy on-screen kiss. Franco told Out magazine, "After our [on-screen] kiss, Sean texted Madonna - his ex-wife, Madonna - and said, 'I just popped my cherry kissing a guy. I thought of you. I don't know why' ... There's a scene in the pool and everybody else is dressed and there's just something uncomfortable about that."

source : page six

Pop superstar Madonna has taken a break from her gruelling world tour to enjoy a family day out in Greece.

The Material Girl wrapped up the European leg of her Sticky & Sweet tour at the weekend in Athens.

And she took a day off from her busy schedule on Sunday (28Sep08) to take in a spot of sightseeing in the Greek capital with her children Lourdes, 11, Rocco, eight, and adopted tot David Banda, three. Husband Guy Ritchie did not join them for the day out.

Madonna will kick off the U.S. and South American stint of her tour this Saturday (04Oct08) with her first show in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

source : star magazine

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from Madonna.com :

Madonna is nominated for the Best Act Ever award at this year's MTV Europe Music Awards, which will take place at Liverpool's Echo Arena on November 6.
The "Best Act Ever" category includes 40 new, established or legendary artists that fans love the most.
Please visit your local MTV website for more info.

Madonna's Sticky & Sweet Tour in Athens (September 27 2008) - Pictures by Katrin

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Madonna was in a sombre mood as she continued her Sticky & Sweet tour.

It could have something to do with her being hit with a whopping £135,000 fine by Wembley Stadium.

Either that or she wasn’t overjoyed with the thought of leaving behind Paris for the rather less glamorous East European location of Montenegro.

Deathly pale, her face scrubbed bare of make-up and wet hair clinging to her head, it’s fair to say gloomy Madge wasn’t looking her best as she and her entourage boarded her private jet.

The fine comes after The Queen Of Pop ran over the stadium’s strict 10.30pm curfew by 40 minutes on September 11.

She has been charged the princely sum of £50,000 for every 15 minutes she was late.

A Wembley source revealed: “The concert was meant to start at 8.30pm but Madonna didn’t come on stage until 9.10pm. The gig ended at 11.10pm so she was quite a bit over.

“Her people knew about the possible implications for going over the curfew but this is a pretty hefty fine, even for Madonna.”

She will need a good look down the side of the sofa when she gets home to find that kind of cash.

Madge’s Wembley show has managed to upset quite a few people so far.

Her mates Gwyneth Paltrow and Kate Hudson were loving it in their VIP seats.

But other fans further back in the stadium were upset by the poor sound quality and late finish.

There were complaints that some fans couldn’t hear her properly but she sounded on top form from where I was sitting.

After the gig police had to be called to help some fans make their way home because public transport had finished for the evening.

Madonna is not the first pop star to fall foul of Wembley’s curfew.

GEORGE MICHAEL was fined £130,000 when his concert also ran over time last year.

I suppose stadium bosses have to somehow recoup the £800million it cost to build.

Madonna plays in Athens, Greece, tonight in the last European date of her tour.

She then has a few days break before hitting the States on October 4. The tour wraps up in Brazil on December 21.

Maybe her outlook will be a bit brighter by the time she gets to sunny South America.

source : the sun

More than 65,000 Madonna fans are expected to visit Montenegro's small coastal town of Budva for the pop diva's concert on Thursday, the biggest-ever event to be held in the small Adriatic republic.

Media reports have revealed the singer's various requests, such as kosher food to be prepared by a Belgrade rabbi and her stay at a luxurious hotel's penthouse with a swimming poll on a balcony under banana and palm trees.

Organizers have unveiled that Madonna requested two rooms and a big bathroom in the 50-room backstage area.

"The rooms should be without air conditioning and fluorescent lights and colors," said public relations officer Aleksandar Rados. "Smoking is forbidden..."

The event on the Jaz beach, famous for its turquoise water and golden sands, will cost some $7 million, according to the Russian Mirax Group, which is the concert's general sponsor.

The beach was picked as the concert site after the last year's Rolling Stones concert and other musical events including a Lenny Kravitz concert this summer.

source : reuters

Madonna's Sticky & Sweet Tour in Vienna (September 23 2008) - Pictures by Roland

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No. 5: Madonna

$40 Million*
The onetime material girl, famous for reinventing her image, cut a deal with concert promoter Live Nation that gave her a reported $18 million signing bonus. Endorsements with Sunsilk and H&M.

Thandie Newton has defended Madonna's ill-received movie career - insisting the pop superstar is a talented actress.

The 'Crash' star says many critics underestimate Madonna's acting skills - and that she will be remembered as a talented thespian.

The singer won critical acclaim for 1985's 'Desperately Seeking Susan' and in 1997 landed a Golden Globe award for her role in 'Evita'.

But her acting career has also been plagued with a string of box office flops including 2002's 'Swept Away'.

Newton said: "Actually I think Madonna is a great actress and it's only in years to come will people see that. But for me, she is truly gifted."

source : breakingnews.ie

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Calendar: 24 pages
Publisher: Signatures Network; Wal edition (October 1, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0740778900
ISBN-13: 978-0740778902
Product Dimensions: 12 x 12 x 0.4 inches

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Madonna's Sticky & Sweet Tour in Lisbon (September 14 2008)

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Madonna, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are among a small list of celebs to become immortalized as miniture Lego figures.

The characters were created to celebrate Lego’s 30th anniversary.

Sadly, the special edition toys will not be released to the public. Drats!

No details are spared on these plastic figures. Pictures of the minifigs show an unshaven Pitt dressed in a suit and Jolie outfitted in her ‘Tomb Raider’ garb. Lego even added a set of newborn twins wrapped in blankets.

Madonna’s blonde mini-me is in a stage costume and holding a microphone in her little Lego claw/hand. Lego was sure to include the sexy mole above her lip and the small gap in her top teeth.

As for Winehouse, well, it’s obvious that Lego spent a little more time working outside the mould to create this one. Her figure sports a bee-hive hairdo, tatoos and cutoff jean shorts. The toy bares a striking resemblance to the Grammy-winning singer in healthier times.

Rounding out the list of 30th Anniversary Lego figures are David and Victoria Beckham, Cliff Richard, Simon Cowell and the X-Factor judges, and celeb gardener Alan Titchmarch.

Lego first created the minifigures in 1978. Other Hollywood Lego creations include Indiana Jones, Star Wars and Batman.

source : mercurynews

from MTV.com :

Back in April, MTV News columnist James Montgomery claimed that Swedish singer Robyn — “one of the most dynamic, shape-shifting, forward-thinking artists currently making pop music” — isn’t popular in the U.S. because “we are a nation of narrow-minded nimrods.” It was the latest in our decade-long string of stump speeches for the pop star. See, Robyn has something of a fan club at MTV News. Every few years, when she puts out a new album, we ask, “What’s wrong with Americans? Why won’t they dance to Robyn?”

You’re probably sick of listening to us, so we decided to hand things over to the singer herself. The electro diva agreed to keep a video diary of her time spent opening for Madonna on the European leg of the Sticky & Sweet Tour. Enjoy the clips of Robyn and her entourage before, during and after her recent set before 72,000 fans at a former military airbase in Zurich, Switzerland.

Driving to the Dübendorf stage in Zurich:

High fives :

Performing “Cobrastyle”:

Leaving the stage:

Madonna, The world’s biggest female pop icon today, proved that she still has what it takes to put on a show in Lisbon on Sunday.

Madonna fever had been building steadily in the preceding days with commercial radio stations doing retrospectives of her career to date all weekend.

Bona fide tickets had sold out within days long ago, although ticket touts were still peddling them for enormous sums, as much as 150 euros in some cases, outside the venue.

Those that decided on getting a good pitch had queued outside the turnstiles at Bela Vista Park since the early morning to see the Queen of white trash pop strut her stuff and judging by the 80,000 audience reaction, Madge didn’t disappoint.

The stage was designed in a t-shaped runway-come-catwalk to enable her fans to better see the ageing but still-looking-fabulous icon, although the vast majority of the crowd had to make do with massive screens in front of and around the stage flanked by two enormous red letter ‘Ms’.

One thing no-one can deny is that Madge is a performer, the consummate artist who puts on a show.

No one seriously suggests she can sing of course, but her ability to foresee trends and constantly invent herself has kept her at the top for nearly 30 years.

And what a show - 16 dancers, 12 anthems, and dazzling costume displays from some of the best designers in the world.

Madge served up a selection from her latest album ‘Candy Shop’