Archive for May, 2008

Gwyneth about Madonna

21. May 2008 Madonna News 0 Comments

American actress Gwyneth Paltrow has revealed that she really values her friendship with Madonna, because the pop diva is a “perfectionist” like herself.
Gwyneth has been good friends with the Material Girl since she moved to the U.K. in 2002, and she admires Madge’s way and determination of keeping herself looking fit and fine, even though […]

Madonna to work with Mike Tyson

21. May 2008 Madonna News 0 Comments

 
Madonna wants boxer Mike Tyson to help her charity work in poverty-stricken Malawi.
The pair struck up their unlikely friendship at the Cannes Film Festival, where they both have documentaries to promote – and are now said to have each other on speed dial.
‘Madonna thinks Mike is amazing and asked if she could have a private […]

Madonna throws a party

17. May 2008 Madonna News 0 Comments

 
Madonna held a fund-raising event for the mystic Jewish religion kabbalah attended by, among others, Stella McCartney, Gwyneth Paltrow and Sting’s wife Trudie Styler.
They were joined by Madonna’s team of fitness experts - who train most of her girlfriends at the gym she had built next to her home in Bayswater, West London. The fund-raising […]

“Filth and Wisdom” sells

15. May 2008 Madonna News 0 Comments

Madonna’s film “Filth & Wisdom” has been a very good seller for L.A. foreign sales outfit Katapult Films.
The film, which is Madonna’s directorial debut, was sold to Hexagon Pictures in Japan, to Surreal Films in the CIS territories and United Arab Emirates-based Front Row Filmed Entertainment for the Middle East.
French rights were sold to La […]

Madonna´s Malawi Girls´ School

14. May 2008 Madonna News 0 Comments

Madonna plans to start building a multi-million-dollar girls’ school in Malawi for underprivileged children this year, her local lawyer said on Wednesday.”A task force of four prominent Malawians has already been formed to head the project which will be on the scale of what Oprah Winfrey has in South Africa,” Madonna’s lawyer Alan Chinula told […]

Madonna Interview

13. May 2008 Madonna News 0 Comments

Timbaland and the Neptunes are so dominant as producers, they can sometimes upstage the artist they’re working with … unless that artist is Madonna.
On “Hard Candy,” Madonna made sure that she wasn’t a guest star on her own album.
“I thought of it as a true and equal collaboration. … I like to think that when […]

Madonna still has what it takes

11. May 2008 Madonna News 0 Comments

Twenty-five years after the release of her eponymous debut album, Madonna proved she has still got what it takes to wow audiences with an energetic set at Radio 1’s Big Weekend.
Madonna closed the event at Mote Park in Maidstone, Kent, following acts including Duffy, Usher and The Feeling.
Those who had been waiting all day to […]

Malawi to grant full adoption rights to Madonna and Guy

10. May 2008 Madonna News 0 Comments

Authorities in Malawi are set to grant full adoption rights of little David Banda to Madonna, a high court official indicated Friday, citing a leaked document.
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the court in Lilongwe would hear a full review on May 15 of an 18-month interim custody order granted in 2006 for […]

“Sticky and Sweet” Tour dates

08. May 2008 Madonna News 0 Comments

August 23 - Cardiff, Mellenium Stadium, ticket sale May 16.
August 26 - Nice, Stade Charles Ehrmann, ticket sale May 16.
August 28 - Berlin, Olympic Stadium, ticket sale May 21.
September 2 - Amsterdam, Arena, ticket sale May 17. 
September 4 - Dusseldorf, LTU Arena, ticket sale May 21.
September 6 - Rome, Olympic Stadium, ticket sale May 23.
September […]

Madonna tops

07. May 2008 Madonna News 0 Comments

 
It’s a busy week at the top of the The Billboard 200, with Madonna’s “Hard Candy” leading the action at No. 1. It is her seventh chart-topper, the second-most among all female artists — only Barbra Streisand, with eight, has more. The Warner Bros. set moved 280,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. After racing 68-3 […]