Madonna is currently in second place (behind Angelina Jolie) in the Canadian version of Hello! magazines online poll to find out who is the Most Stylish Beauty?

To vote Madonna back to #1 visit hellomagazine.com/canada-moststylishwoman

Members of Madonna's official fanclub ICON have started to receive their new welcome packages. The package contains a tshirt, membership card and an individually numbered lithograph from the Steven Klein shot H&M - M by Madonna campaign - for more information about the fanclub visit www.iconmadonna.com

Confirmation that Donna De Lory will be joining fellow Confessions Tour singer Nicki Richards as backup vocals for Madonna's performance at Live Earth has been posted on Donna's official myspace page:

Hey guys!

I have exciting news for everyone. I can happily announce and confirm that Donna will be joining the Madonna team this summer for the Live Earth Concert Event taking place on July 7, 2007. Donna is looking forward to joining Madonna on stage and lending her voice and support to such a worthy cause. Stay tuned for more news and in the upcoming week!

Go Green!!

Peace and Blessings,
Paul

Columnist Liz Smith wrote this short piece in Variety today confirming the arrival of Madonna's new album late this year:

Justin Timberlake is no. 68 on Entertainment Weekly's Top 100 list of 'The Stars We Love Right Now.' (Very clever of EW, that 'right now' bit. Never before has popularity shifted so swiftly and seismically as it does today.) Justin is busy collaborating with Madonna for her next album, which arrives late this year.

In the early hours of this morning Madonna arrived back in London after a brief trip to New York City. Madonna was spotted with a guitar case - maybe she was in the Big Apple to work on more new songs!

Fans can view some footage of Madonna at the airport in New York at TMZ.com

Here is some gossip from Richard Johnson's Page Six gossip column in todays edition of the New York Post about Madonna's night out in New York:

Is there a beef between Madonna and Janet Jackson? Madge was chummy with fellow singer Shakira at Butter Monday night (our spy said they showed up 'hand in hand') and was spotted dancing on banquettes with Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher and Penelope Cruz. But Jackson was holed up a few booths down and, 'She was not invited to join Madonna's crew,' said an onlooker, who told us the table drank 'seven bottles of champagne and a ton of beer.'

The July 2007 edition of UK magazine Marie Claire features extracts from Visually Hungry, a new book from the famous photographer Rankin.

Hey You is doing well on radio in Québec, Canada. Many radios station have added the song to their playlist. Fans can now vote for the song on these radio websites:

http://www.chlc.com/cgi-bin/main.pl?step=top3
http://www.cinnfm.com/10a6.htm
http://www.ckoi.com/6a6.php

Tommy Kearney, the playwright of Madonna and Me has this news about the play:

It's Tommy here, I am pleased to announce that Madonna and Me is moving to the Jermyn Street Theatre off Picadilly Circus in London, to close the Westend Festival of Performance. We have plans to hold a fund and awareness raising show for 'Raising Malawi' on the 8th August. Tickets are £20 - profits to Raising Malawi.

The other shows are Thursday 9, Friday 10, Saturday 11 August @ 7:30pm.
Tickets: £16 (£14 concs)

There will also be a Saturday 11 August Matinee @ 3:30pm.
Tickets: £16 (£14 concs)

Box Office: 020 7287 2875
Theatre details: www.jermynstreettheatre.co.uk

More information about the play can be found at: www.madonna-and-me.co.uk

You can also be a friend of the show at: www.myspace.com/madonna_and_me

I'd like to thank the fans who came to the show at the Union Theatre. The positive reaction we got was brilliant! We had people come from abroad which was amazing! and also from all over the UK.
Unfortunately, There was some dissapointed fans who couldn't get in to see the show as it was sold out and we had to turn a number of people away. Let's hope they get to see the show this time!

Rolling Stone conducted a poll to find out what are The 25 Greatest Slow Dance Songs Ever - Madonna's Crazy For You was placed at #3.

This weekend’s rock list on the best slowdance songs ever earned a tremendous response. Thanks for all your suggestions. As per usual, we pooled yours with ours and came up with this list.

#1 - I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing, Aerosmith
#2 - Unchained Melody, The Righteous Brothers
#3 - Crazy For You, Madonna
#4 - Take My Breath Away, Berlin
#5 - I Only Have Eyes for You, The Flamingos
#6 - Never Tear Us Apart, INXS
#7 - In Your Eyes Peter Gabriel
#8 - Love Song, The Cure
#9 - Eternal Flame, The Bangles
#10 - I’ll Be There, The Jackson 5

To view the full list visit rollingstone.com/the-25-greatest-slow-dance-songs-ever/

Gossip blogger Perez Hilton reports that Madonna is back in New York City:

Guess who was hanging out with each other all night long? Madonna, Demi & Ashton, Penelope Cruz and Shakira.
The superstar had dinner together at hip eatery La Esquina and then partied it up at Butter in NYC.

Madonna also caught up with Carlos Leon on Monday 25 June - and you can see a picture of them at www.perezhilton.com

Madonna is most notably recognized through a pair of headphones.
But now the Bay City native also can be identified through a wine glass.
The Material Girl's father, Tony Ciccone, recently decided to advance his winery business by releasing Madonna Wine, which is available in five varieties: Pinot Grigio, Pinot Noir, Gewurztraminer, Cabernet Franc and Chardonnay.
'Most of our wines are state-bottled wines,' Ciccone said. 'We don't try to make California wines or wines from France. We make wines that are Michigan wines.'
Ciccone, who has been bottling wine out of his Ciccone Vineyard & Winery in Suttons Bay for nine years, is a regular visitor to Bay City. And when he's not seeing friends and family, he ventures over to the Water Front Market to visit owner Greg Schultz.
Ciccone has been delivering wine to Schultz's business for three years. On a recent visit, he dropped off a few bottles of Madonna Wine, which Schultz showcased on the front counter.
'Sales have been pretty good, considering it's a $40 bottle of wine,' Schultz said.
Many local residents recognize Ciccone not as 'the father of Madonna' but as 'Tony The Wine Distributor.' But some customers aren't buying the wine for its taste; they're purchasing complete sets to keep as collector's items.
'We've had a lot of girls who buy it as a gift for their friends,' Schultz said. 'It's good for true Madonna fans.'
When Marilyn Wines were released a while back, fans of Marilyn Monroe saved the bottles, and it's paying off for them, he said.
Madonna Wine was released in December 2006, Ciccone said, and its popularity has increased ever since. The label on each bottle features a colorful picture of Madonna, with whom he consulted beforehand to make sure his daughter approved of the idea.
'She was excited about it,' Ciccone said.
Ciccone said he plans to increase production at his Suttons Bay vineyard, which employs five people in Lower Michigan's Leelanau Peninsula.
But sales aside, Ciccone said he is just happy to be doing what he loves, and making money at the same time. 'I should've done this 20 years ago,' he said. 'For us, it's a labor of love.'

Fans can now help to add Madonna's Hey You to VH1's Top 20 by requesting the video. Go to this link: www.vh1.com/shows/series/top_20_countdown/vote

To add the video you must request it as the Wild Card located towards the bottom of the page. At this time enough interest must be generated to get the video listed on their list so it will in contention for the following weeks. However, if the song gets enough votes, it could debut in the top 20 directly from the Wild Card position!

The news that Madonna has bought a sixth home in London made the front page of London newspaper the Evening Standard tonight. Click on the images to enlarge.

 

With so many designer options at their fingertips, celebrities are often the biggest sources of fashion inspiration. Now is your chance to tell us who you think is the most stylish A-lister to walk the red carpet. The final results will appear in the Canadian edition of HELLO! magazine. Who gets your vote?

To vote for Madonna visit www.hellomagazine.com/vote/canada-moststylishwoman

Paraic O'Brien, a reporter from the BBC has contacted madonnalicious asking for help, to produce an item on Madonna's carbon footprint. We have been ensured that this will not be a silly Madonna-baiting report, as Madonna is a successful global brand and even she cannot cycle from gig to gig!

The news report aims to proper carbon footprint audit. The deadline for this news report is Wednesday and is for BBC London News.

My name is Paraic, I'm a reporter with BBC TV. I'm doing a piece for TV about Madonna and the environment. I'm looking for the UK's most authorative 'Madonna expert' - who has chapter and verse when it comes to how many cars she has, flights she makes, support staff she brings with her, all the nitty gritty.

First, I need the information and second I need the person to do a short interview on camera. Any takers? Email me please - paraic.obrien@bbc.co.uk

For more information visit www.steffen-lopens-presents.de and www.velvet-ffm.de

Fans in the UK who were lucky enough to get tickets to the London Live Earth show will be pleased to know that tickets are starting to be sent out.

And madonnalicious also needs fans who will be attending the event to send in all their pictures of the event and merchandising, scans and reviews of the show.

To send in your news submissions please email madonnalicious@gmail.com

UK magazine Grazia (25 June issue) features a Q&A with singer Macy Gray, and they ask Macy which celebrity she would most like to get drunk with:

Probably Madonna. Then I would get her to tell me all her secrets!

'Madonna: A Biography', is the first biography on the pop superstar to hit shelves in six years.

Written by scholar/author Mary Cross, the book marks the first time Madonna has been chronicled in this form by a female writer. Expertly detailed, you will find the book to be a factual, accurate account of an extraordinary life.

'Madonna: A Biography' contains a complete listing of Madonna's Number One singles, albums, videos, films, plays and books. There is also a precise timeline of events in Madonna's life from her birth to the adoption of her son, making the book a primer for those looking to find everything they need to know about Madonna in one compact place.

Cross is the author of A Century of American Icons: 100 Products and Slogans from the 20th Century Consumer Culture (Oryx). She is also the editor of Advertising and Culture: Theoretical Perspectives (Praeger). She is also a former chair of Fairleigh Dickinson University’s English Department.

Legendary East Village party 1984 hosts its annual Gay Pride Madonnathon this Friday 22 June.
The club features all Madonna videos all night on both floors, including many rare international TV appearances, bootlegged concerts, and other goodies.
The club opens at 9:00pm, with an all-Madonna dancefloor until 12:30am. Arrive early: this is the busiest night of the year for this 80's legend.

For more info, visit www.SpinCycleNYC.com

1984
@The Pyramid
101 Avenue A

The current edition of UK magazine Closer (23-29 June issue) features Madonna on the cover with a small article inside the magazine.

Access Hollywood featured an interview with Justin Timberlake and asked him about his collaboration with Madonna and Timbaland:

'The records that we've done so far are really exciting. There are some dance records, there are some mid-tempo ballads, there's all types of different stuff. But I don't want to gas it too much. People might like it or people might not. I don't want to say, like, 'It's going to change the world!,' You know what I mean? But we like it.'

Justin Timberlake was interviewed in todays edition of Scottish newspaper the Daily Record - a small part of the interview focused on his current work with Madonna:

....but before then, he is continuing a new-found collaboration with queen of pop Madonna.
The exiting pairing has already produced five songs - a couple of R'n'B numbers and a couple of dance records.
Justin said: 'Some of the dance stuff hasn't the in-your-face energy of Hung Up but it's got this mellow R'n'B thing on top of dance accompaniment which Timbaland is doing the beats for.'
'It's all still in demo phases and I don't know if it'll be an album but four or five songs will make really good records.'

The new edition of UK magazine Grazia (25 June issue) features this picture of Madonna and Guy on a night out in London on the Grazia Bulletin page.

Grey's Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo was interviewed on Channel 4's The Richard and Judy Show this afternoon, in the interview she talked about how her mother had died when Ellen was four years old, and how Madonna helped her understand:

I come from an Irish Italian background and death was not talked about, or discussed, it was as if my mother had never existed.
I was never allowed to grieve, and as a teenager I didn't understand what had happened.
Around this time Madonna was just emerging on the world stage and I saw her sing and talk about the death of her own mother, and that it was okay to grieve and talk about loss.
Because I saw Madonna talk and sing about it, I saw it was okay to grieve and understand what happened.

The North American Confessions Tour fan picture gallery is now fully complete (at last!) and contains over 4000 pictures! To view the completed gallery click here.

These last pictures were taken by madonnalicious visitor Fernando at the last date of the North American leg of the tour on Saturday 23 July in Miami.

....then it is onto Europe and Japan, as madonnalicious works their way through the thousands of fan pictures still to put online!

 

 

 

 

Madonna's new video Hey You which has been created in support of Live Earth can be viewed online at the Live Earth website at www.liveearth.msn.com

Ex-Bond star Pierce Brosnan says he loves Daniel Craig in the role but adds: 'He has yet to face Madonna in a fence off - then I will be impressed.'

USA Today are running an online poll to find out who fans would shell out big bucks to see - voting is pretty close at the moment so to push Madonna to the top of the poll vote at www.usatoday.com/life - please scroll down the page for the poll.

For more information on the Paris Madonna party taking place on Sunday 17 June visit www.wherestheparty.over-blog.net

The annual Forbes list was published yesterday and Madonna was named as the most powerful force in music, and the third most powerful and well-paid celebrity:

Top 10 Celebrities:
#1 Oprah Winfrey
#2 Tiger Woods
#3 Madonna
#4 Rolling Stones
#5 Brad Pitt
#6 Johnny Depp
#7 Elton John
#8 Tom Cruise
#9 Jay-Z
#10 Steven Spielberg

#3 Madonna
Madonna crisscrossed the globe last year for her tour, Confessions, which drew over 1 million fans and grossed $194 million, making it the top-earning tour by a female artist in history. NBC cut the material girl a hefty check to broadcast the Confessions tour live last November, though ratings proved disappointing. In March, the always-fashion-forward singer linked up with retailer H&M for her own clothing line, M. (Rhinestones a-plenty, no cone bras.) Generated a maelstrom of negative publicity last year for her adoption of a baby in Malawi.

To view the full Celebrity 100 list visit www.forbes.com

A video to accompany Madonna's Hey You has been broadcast on MTV Turkey and will be broadcast tonight at 7:00pm on MTV France - and over the course of the weekend will be served to other worldwide music channels.

The video, which does not contain any footage of Madonna, uses images to illustrate climate change and how we can help halt the destruction.

The video does utilise one Madonna video though, American Life, the flags backdrop from the video are used in the Hey You video as a background to the lyrics.

Voting is now VERY close in In Style magazines online poll to find out who are the Best Dressed Couple - Madonna and Guy are facing competition from Brangelina!

If you haven't already voted then please visit instylemagazine.co.uk/poll to vote.

This rare poster was only on display in the back rooms of H&M stores during the M by Madonna promotion and was rarely seen by the general public.

It shows four design sketches for the H&M - M by Madonna collection, one advertising campaign picture and an outtake from the photoshoot by Steven Klein.

British actor Rupert Everett can't wait to see the results of Madonna's directorial debut, because he thinks it will be 'amazing'.
Everett starred alongside the Material Girl in the 2001 comedy The Next Best Thing and is adamant Madonna's low-budget comedy Filth and Wisdom will be a hit. He says, 'She's great, I think it'll be amazing.'

Madonna and Guy met up with Justin Timberlake while he was in town for the premiere of Shrek 3 in London.

They dined at Italian restaurant Locanda Locatelli in Central London on the night of Monday 11 June.

A picture of Madonna leaving the restaurant was published in todays edition of UK newspaper the Daily Mail (see scan below):

Madonna's Hey You is currently at #3 in the chart at Bosnia's most popular radio station, Radio RSG.

The song is a new entry and it will probably reach #1 soon, as all Madonna's songs do in Bosnia and Herzegovina on this chart!

madonnalicious now looks back on the last date of the North American leg of the Confessions Tour with these pictures taken by Chad at the Saturday 23 July show.

The July 2007 issue of Vanity Fair is now stocked in UK stores and the UK version does feature the Africa Edition covers, including the two Madonna covers.

Fans in the UK will find the magazine at all good newsagents - although finding the Madonna covers may be a little harder - so far the Madonna/Djimon Hounsou cover is easier to find that the Madonna/Maya Angelou cover - to find them you have to wade your way through an abundance of Brad Pitt and George Clooney covers!

The UK magazine comes sealed in a plastic bag and also contains an A4 sized insert featuring all 20 covers - and fans who fail to find the cover they want can call to order specific copies on 0207 152 3988.

madonnalicious visitor Michael snapped this picture of an advert for an upcoming Ed Hardy store in Sydney, Australia.

The Mandrake column by Tim Walker in The Sunday Telegraph featured this small piece about actor Richard E Grant and his experiences with Madonna:

As oleaginous off screen as he is on it, Richard E Grant has been heaping praise lately on Madonna who has given him a part in Filth and Wisdom, the film which she is currently directing.
'She is somebody who is so determined to stretch in every direction and I really admire that,' the star of Withnail and I simpers. 'Believe me, the number of directors that I have worked with who don't have half her ability makes me believe she has a real talent.'
Mandrake wonders if this could possibly be the same Richard E Grant who cheerfully retailed tittle-tattle in his 1996 memoirs about the singer's 'embarassing' behind-the-scenes rows with her then boyfriend Tony Ward, how she swore like a trooper, looked over his shoulder while she talked to him and made him 'feel like a wretched five-year-old'.
The actor even felt at one point that Madonna warranted a 'quick call to the Capone School of St Valentine's Day Messages' for upstaging a friend at a nightclub.
For good measure, he says that he asked Ward how he 'coped' with being 'Mr Madonna'. Ward had replied '****ing insane, man.' Mandrake trusts Mr Grant's performance in Filth and Wisdom will not now end up on the cutting-room floor.

These great pictures were taken by madonnalicious visitor Fernando at the first Miami date on Saturday 22 July at the American Airlines Arena.

 

 

 

 

Richard Johnson's Page Six gossip column in todays edition of the New York Post had this article which is based on a new biography of John F. Kennedy Jr.:

A lack of latex kept Madonna and John F. Kennedy Jr. from a full-blown sex romp in a no-tell motel one night, a new bio claims.
In 'American Legacy,' one of JFK Jr.'s closest pals from Brown University, Rob Littell, tells author C. David Heymann that during the summer of 1988, Kennedy and the Material Girl stopped off at a 'cheap, dinky' Chicago hotel for a secret rendezvous during which they planned to finally go all the way.
'They were working their way around the bases, and as they rounded third and headed for home, she asked him if he had any protection. He didn't, so now they began discussing how they were going to get a hold of a prophylactic,' Littell tells the author.
'She was still legally married to Sean Penn, and he had a steady girlfriend....They were afraid of being busted. They couldn't very well just meander into a pharmacy and ask for a pack of Trojans. They were too well known....To John's great chagrin, the relationship was never completed.'

UK Sunday newspaper the Daily Star published this story today about Madonna and Guy alledgedly renting out a villa in Ibiza for a month-long holiday next month - click on the article to enlarge and read.

Soft Cell frontman Marc Almond was forced to host superstar Madonna in a prostitute and drug-ridden apartment block when she visited the U.K. in the 1980's.
The Queen of Pop was about to embark on her first promotional tour in the country and used Almond's humble bedsit while he was away. And former drug-user Almond reveals he still hasn't gotten over the shame of his filthy apartment.
He says, 'It was a hell-hole. There were prostitutes upstairs, and junkies downstairs. I've always felt ashamed she stayed in such a pit. If I'd known how big she'd become, I'd have sold my bedsheets on Ebay!'

In heat magazines regular column, lip-reader Charlie Jennings looks at footage of celebrities and where there is no sound, he finds out what they are saying.

In the current issue of the magazine (09-15 June edition) Madonna is featured on the set of Filth and Wisdom.

Madonna's Hey You debuts on Billboard's Canadian Hot 100 at #57 - which is impressive considering the track is not even released as an official single.

We now look back at the last two dates of the North American leg of the Confessions Tour last year - this stunning picture taken by madonnalicious visitor Serpa at the first Miami date on Saturday 22 July at the American Airlines Arena.

Graham Norton has admitted that he is desperate to interview pop queen Madonna.
The Irish comedian has grilled female pop stars including Cher, Mariah Carey and Britney Spears during his nine-year chat show career, but has yet to meet the 'Ray of Light' star.
He told Heat: 'I'm now with the same publicist (as Madonna) and I've named my dog after her - what more do I have to do? Jesus, I pay to see her in concert, I buy the albums....OK, I don't see the movies. Maybe if I'd seen Swept Away she'd do it. That would be the ultimate sacrifice.'

The new edition of German magazine In Touch features this two page gossip piece which instead of focusing on adoption rumours concentrates on pregnancy rumours!

Fans worldwide who want to get a copy of the US published Vanity Fair magazine can order the Madonna covers via Vanity Fair's Amazon.com page.

Visit www.amazon.com/magazines to order your copies of the magazine.

madonnalicious visitor Marcelo Marino captured these great pictures of Madonna on Wednesday 19 July 2007 at the Madison Square Garden.

The Vanity Fair website has published the covers of the July 2007 issue of the magazine featuring Madonna on two of the twenty covers highlighting Africa.

The covers were shot by famed photographer Annie Liebovitz and Madonna's co-cover stars are Djimon Hounsou and Maya Angelou.

So what do Barack Obama, Madonna, George Bush, Oprah, Chris Rock and Warren Buffet have in common? In a word - AFRICA. These and 15 others make it onto the 20 covers of Vanity Fair's historic Africa issue. Edited by Bono, the July 2007 issue includes articles written by journalists such as William Langewiesche, Christopher Hitchens, Sebastian Junger and others that focus on some of the more promising solutions facing Africa today.

Fans should also check out the magazines website for some online-only articles about Madonna's work with the Raising Malawi project in Africa:

Raising Malawi - Madonna lends a hand - By Punch Hutton / July 2007

Saving Malawi's Children - Madonna talks with Dr. Jim Yong Kim, a Harvard professor whose work has led to greatly improved aids treatment in Africa

Madonna will be on two of the twenty covers for the July 2007 issue of US Vanity Fair which is due to hit stores soon.

The pictures were shot by photographer Annie Liebovitz and the magazine is guest edited by Bono.

Fans can vote for Madonna and Guy as the Best Dressed Couple in an online poll run by InStyle magazine - they are currently being beaten by the likes of Angelina and Brad, David and Victoria Beckham, and Kate Moss and Pete Doherty!

To vote now visit www.instylemagazine.co.uk/instyleuk/poll

Madonna is the featured cover star of the latest edition of South African magazine YOU (07 June issue 026) - click on the cover to enlarge.

Fans can continue to vote for Hey You on Canada's popular radio station, CKOI.

Hey You reached a peak in the charts at #6 last week....please vote everyday and make it #1. Visit www.ckoi.com/6a6 to vote.

madonnalicious visitor Don captured these pictures of Madonna performing her Hung Up finale at the Madison Square Garden concert on Wednesday 19 July 2007.

Although the following report states Madonna attended the dinner - she did not appear on any of the picture agencies websites as being at the event!

Sir Elton John and Harry Potter author J K Rowling were among the celebrities at London's Hampton Court Palace in aid of the Raisa Gorbachev Foundation.
The children's charity was established in memory of former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev's late wife Raisa, aiming to provide funds to help discover a cure for cancer in children.
And the star-studded gala dinner at the palace, themed around a Russian midsummer fantasy, included names as big as Madonna, Lady Thatcher and Sir David Frost who turned up to offer their support.
Mr Gorbachev explained that proceeds from the event, which saw Elton and The Scissor Sistors perform, would go to help provide care for children suffering from cancer in Russia.
He said: 'Through the creation of the Raisa Gorbachev Centre of Children's Haematology and Transplantology in St Petersburg, much-needed medical care of an international standard will soon be available.'
Other guests at the dinner included Sir Bob Geldof, Ralph Fiennes, Minnie Driver, Naomi Campbell and young Harry Potter actress Emma Watson.

The current edition of UK magazine first (02-08 June issue) features this two-page article about yet more adoption rumours. Click on the article to enlarge.

Here are some more previously unseen shots taken during the Confessions Tour - madonnalicious visitor Adam captured these pictures at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday 19 July 2007.

 

 

Fans can vote for Madonna's song Sorry as the Top Apology Song in an online poll being run by MSNBC. To vote visit www.msnbc.msn.com

The new edition of German magazine Bunte (31 May issue) features this one page article on the continuing Malawian adoption story. Click to enlarge.

According to UK newspaper, The Sun, Madonna and Guy spent the night watching gyspy punk band Gogol Bordello at the Electric Ballroom in Camden, North London.