‘I only met her once, at a premiere. I was waiting outside with a group of people, surrounded by photographers, and she was walking towards us. I said, “Madonna, come here,” because she looked so alone, and we were photographed together. She was charming and very respectful to me, but you know, she looked very lonely.’source: dailymail.co.uk
Madonna was declined from producing acclaimed new movie ‘Precious’, author Sapphire has revealed.Sapphire said the Queen of Pop was eager to be associated with the film adapted from 1996 novel Push.
Madonna was almost Mariah Carey’s boss on acclaimed new movie Precious – the pop superstar was among the first people to show an interest in adapting author Sapphire’’s gritty drama into a film.
“There was this really earnest college student with his backpack on who wanted to do his first film, and then Madonna wanted to produce it,” the Daily Express quoted Sapphire as telling Entertainment Weekly magazine.
“I was like, ”Madonna? I don”t think this is her film,”” she added.
The post finally went to moviemaker Lee Daniels who managed to convince her with his credentials.
source: ani
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From Dolce & Gabbana's Swide blogazine: Madonna has joined forces with Italian designers Dolce & Gabbana to showcase their spring/summer 2010 collection in the brand's forthcoming ad campaign. The campaign will be shot today in New York by photographer Steven Klein.
Madonna first met the designers Stefano Gabbana and Domenico Dolce back in the early nineties and have retained a strong bond and mutual respect ever since. After first meeting the global superstar whilst she was on the set of Dick Tracy in New York, the designers went onto design her costumes for the now iconic, The Girlie Show tour in 1993.
As Dolce & Gabbana's spring/summer 2010 collection returned to the Italian roots of the brand, evoking its strong heritage and revisiting iconic pieces such as the corset (the designer's finale was composed solely of corsets) it seemed only fitting that Madonna, who embodies both the strong sensuality of the brand and who shares an Italian heritage with the designers should be the one to showcase the Sicilian inspired collection.
On Madonna appearing in their forthcoming campaign, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana said:
"To have Madonna in our campaign is a dream come true".
Dolce & Gabbana's spring/summer 2010 campaign is being shot on November 6th in New York by fashion photographer Steven Klein.
Sources: Dolce & Gabbana, MadonnaTribe
It has been reported by major Brazilian newspapers that Madonna will be in Brazil next week, from Nov 09th to Nov 14th. She is reportedly going to land in Rio de Janeiro on Monday but she is expected to be travelling alone. She is going to meet with Brazilian entrepreneur Eike Baptista to discuss about his donations to her Raising Malawi fund. She will also meet with Rio de Janeiro's Governor and Mayor to discuss social projects to happen in slums of this city and state.
According to reports Madonna will travel to São Paulo on Thursday to meet with first lady Marisa, wife of Brazilian President Lula da Silva, also to discuss social projects in slums of the whole country.
She may meet Jesus Luz during her stay as he's expected to be landing in Brazil next week.
Madonna was granted a visa in the Brazilian council in New York yesterday. This is the 3rd time Madonna visits Brazil, the first time was in 1993 with her Girlie Show tour and also last year with her smash hit tour Sticky & Sweet. It was also during her 2008 stay that she met Jesus Luz during a photoshoot for W magazine in Rio de Janeiro.
Source: MadonnaTribe
Madonna's Sticky & Sweet tour was the big winner at the sixth annual Billboard Touring Awards, taking home honors for Top Tour and Top Draw, which acknowledge the highest-grossing and highest-attended tours of the year, respectively. Madonna's manager Guy Oseary won the Top Manager award. The Billboard Touring Awards are based on worldwide data reported to Billboard Boxscore for the period Oct. 1, 2008, through Sept. 30, 2009. Other winners include Kenny Chesney's Sun City Carnival tour for Chesney's sixth straight Top Package award; Ill Divo for the Breakthrough award, U2 for the Top Boxscore award for the band's shows at Croke Park in Dublin last July, and Dane Cook for the Top Comedy Tour award.
Additionally, Keith Urban received the Concert Marketing & Promotion Award for his Escape Together tour sponsored by Kingsford and KC Masterpiece, and Jonas Brothers received the Eventful Fans' Choice Award, both determined by online voting. Warped tour founder Kevin Lyman received the Humanitarian Award, and Ozzy Osbourne was named Legend Of Live.
Source: Billboard Biz
Malawi threatened on Thursday to arrest protesting villagers blocking construction of Madonna’s multi-million dollar girls academy, a new controversy for the singer in the African country where she has adopted two children.About 140 villagers are demanding more money for land the government has leased to Madonna’s charity – Raising Malawi – for 99 years.
District Commissioner for Lilongwe Charles Kalemba, other senior government officials and Raising Malawi failed to reach an agreement in talks with representatives of the villagers on Thursday in a bid to resolve the dispute.
“If we cannot agree on this and if you cannot understand that this is government land, then I will have no choice but tell police to arrest you people for blocking development work on the site,” Kalemba told the village chief, Chinkhota.
Madonna launched the construction of the school last month and pledged to build similar facilities in other countries if the project succeeds.
The Raising Malawi Academy for Girls — in Chinkhota village about 15 km (10 miles) outside the capital Lilongwe — is expected to be completed in two years and will admit 500 girls from the small southern African country’s 28 districts. The construction is expected to cost $15 million.
source: reuters
