So much for a family reunion. Madge’s bitchy brother hates her hair and her boyfriend! The pair haven’t spoken since Christopher Ciccone released a scandalous tell-all book, Life With My Sister Madonna, in the summer of 2008, but that didn’t stop the outspoken sib from rasing his big sis in a bitchy tirade to E! this week.
“She looked like Rachel Zoe gone horribly wrong!” he chuckled when quizzed about about the Queen of Pop’s subdued look at the 2009 MTV VMAs last weekend. “It proves the point that you can judge a person by the company they keep — or don’t keep,” he added.
“It’s painfully apparent that Jesus may be able to turn water into wine, but your basic blow dryer eludes him.”
Madonna and Janet Jackson are planning a duet tribute to Michael Jackson.
The two singers are working on a smash single to honor the late King of Pop after bonding over dinner following Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards in New York, OK! Magazine reported Thursday.
Janet honored her brother with a lively dance tribute and Madonna made a tearful six minute speech about her friendship with the music icon in a moving opening to the ceremony.
“With that one performance Janet proved she’s back on top of her game. And who better to join forces with than Madonna?” an insider blabs.
Madge’s dream of singing with MJ was dashed by his death llast June, and now the Queen of Pop is plotting the next best thing – working with his kid sister.
“It was a meeting of two great musical minds. Madonna was so impressed with Janet’s tribute to Michael that they started talking about how great it would be to honour him by doing something together. There was definitely something very interesting being planned between them.”
Madonna called Michael Jackson a “hero,” a “king” and a “human being” as she opened MTV’s 26th Annual Video Music Awards with a tribute to the King of Pop on Sunday night.
Madge described her early friendship with MJ and said she regretted losing touch with her old friend over time.
“For one reason or another we fell out of touch, then the witch hunt began and it seemed like one story after another came out about Michael,” Madonna said in speaking to the audience. Read the rest of this entry »
Madonna has extended an olive branch to the brother who once published a tell-all book about her.
The “Into The Groove” singer famously fell out with her younger brother, Christopher Ciconne, after he wrote the 2008 book Life With My Sister Madonna, which branded Madge a control freak and alleged her then husband Guy Ritchie was a homophobe responsible for the breakdown of his relationship with his sister.
“The Madonna I once knew is lost to me for ever, I am sorry for her and us,” Christopher wrote. Read the rest of this entry »
Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn has turned to a familiar support system now that his actress wife Robin Wright-Penn has kicked him to the curb for the final time — ex-wife Madonna!
The volatile pair, who were married from 1985-1989, reconnected after having cocktails at New York’s Greenwich Hotel last November and have remained on good terms ever since.
Madonna, who divorced hubby Guy Ritchie earlier this year, has been helping Sean, 49, through the latest in series of fallouts with Robin, In Touch Weekly claims on the pages of its Sept. 14 issue. And although she’s currently dating 22-year-old Brazilian model Jesus Luz, sources say a reunion could be on the horizon for the Hollywood exes who famously co-starred in the 1986 stinker Shanghai Surprise.
“Madonna still considers Sean her soulmate,” her friend tells In Touch. “It’s highly possible that she and Sean will somehow get back together now that they’ll both be divorced.”
Madonna is putting those freakishly-toned arms to good use. The Queen of Pop — known for her well-toned physique and strict diet and exercise regime — is set to take part in 151 mile marathon
The 51-year-old singer is training for the Marathon des Sables in Morocco, which is due to take place in next April
“She’s always been in great shape, but she is now taking things to a whole other level. She is serious about doing it,” an informant has revealed to The Daily Mirror.
Lil Lourdes Leon is a Madonna-impersonator in the making. The Material Girl’s 12-year daughter has recreated her mother’s famous wedding dress pose in the 1984 hit “Like A Virgin” for the pop legend’s new music video.
Lourdes, whose dad is actor Carlos Leon, displays some impressive breakdancing skills in the first release of the music video for “Celebration.” However, it’s this image from a rumoured second edit of the video that has Madge Lovers squealing.
Madonna’s final Sticky & Sweet concerts have been marked with worry doubt after she collapsed onstage midway through a show in the Bulgarian city of Sofia last Saturday night, The Sun claims.
The 51-year-old singer refused to stop the show and continued her rendition of “Holiday,” before reportedly walking off stage during “Spanish Lesson” after falling ill again. Read the rest of this entry »
The video for Madonna’s new single, “Celebration,” will be available to download exclusively through Apple’s iTunes store for free for the next 48 hours. After making its official premiere on the iTunes website Tuesday, “Celebration” is now available for free download until Sept. 3.
The release of the video coincides with the drop of Madge’s much-anticipated Greatest Hits album, also titled Celebration, which features two brand new songs. The compilation — dropping Sept. 29 — is available to preorder now on iTunes.
Pop superstar Madonna is planning to direct a musical about American socialite turned Duchess of Windsor Wallis Simpson — with Cate Blanchett in the title role.
