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Material Girl Gets Back in the Groove

Almost 50, Madonna has 2 films and a pop record on the way

By Kate Rockwood,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 6, 2008 4:07 PM CDT
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(Newser) – Pushing 50, Madonna is still rolling out movies and tunes like a true blue star, Vanity Fair reports. And she is unfazed by nasty reviews for Filth and Wisdom, a feature that she directed starring a Ukrainian gypsy punk singer. “You have to get to a point where you care as little about getting smoke blown up your ass as you do when you become a whipping boy in the press,” she said.

Her new documentary, I Am Because We Are, looks at AIDS-ravaged Malawi, where she adopted a third child in 2006. And on a new pop record, Hard Candy, she teamed up with Gen-Y phenoms Justin Timberlake and Pharrell Williams. “I went, ‘I like that guy and I like that guy,’” she said. “It’s not like we hit it off right away. Writing is very intimate.”

Madonna holds David Banda in her arms, in this April 19, 2007, photo, at Consol Homes, a day care center that she is funding in the village of Masekese, Malawi.
Madonna holds David Banda in her arms, in this April 19, 2007, photo, at Consol Homes, a day care center that she is funding in the village of Masekese, Malawi.   (AP Photo)
Madonna is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in New York, Monday, March 10, 2008.
Madonna is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in New York, Monday, March 10, 2008.   (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
U.S. popstar Madonna signs autographs during her arrival for the screening of her movie Filth and Wisdom at the 'Berlinale' Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008.
U.S. popstar Madonna signs autographs during her arrival for the screening of her movie "Filth and Wisdom" at the 'Berlinale' Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008.   (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
U.S Singer Madonna performs during the British leg of the Live Earth concerts at London's Wembley Stadium, Saturday July 7, 2007.
U.S Singer Madonna performs during the British leg of the Live Earth concerts at London's Wembley Stadium, Saturday July 7, 2007.   (AP Photo/Anthony Harvey)
Madonna walks on stage to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in New York, in this March 10, 2008, photo.
Madonna walks on stage to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in New York, in this March 10, 2008, photo.   (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
Pop star Madonna performs during the opening of The Virgin Tour in Seattle, in this April 10, 1985, photo.
Pop star Madonna performs during the opening of The Virgin Tour in Seattle, in this April 10, 1985, photo.   (AP Photo/Barry Sweet, file)
Pop singer Madonna performs during her Blonde Ambition tour at Wembley Stadium in London, in this July 20, 1990, photo.
Pop singer Madonna performs during her Blonde Ambition tour at Wembley Stadium in London, in this July 20, 1990, photo.   (AP Photo)
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