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Madonna Fans in Israel: Don't Bomb Iran Before Show

Facebook page asks government to hold off until after concert

(Newser) - Madonna is coming to Israel, and her hardcore fans there are begging the government to please hold off on a potential war with Iran, just at least until after Madonna's concert. The Israeli Madonna nuts are spreading the word through a Facebook group called "Bibi don't star... More »

Police Catch Escaped Madonna Stalker

Robert Dewey Hoskins hadn't been seen since last Friday

(Newser) - The man who was convicted of stalking Madonna and threatening to slit her throat in the 1990s was apprehended today, after escaping a week ago from the Los Angeles mental health facility where he's been held since last year. Police told the AP that Robert Dewey Hoskins, 54, was... More »

MIA Flips Bird in Super Bowl Halftime Show

Apparently she cusses, too, just like in song's original version

(Newser) - What would a Super Bowl halftime show be without a pop star doing something fairly outrageous? But halftime queen Madonna wasn't this year's provoker; it was her guest star—political dance maven MIA, who ended her performance during Madonna's "Give Me All Your Luvin" by flipping... More »

Madonna's Halftime Show: Aging or Ageless?

Most of the comments surround Madge's youth ... or lack thereof

(Newser) - Madonna's big halftime show is over, and the peanut gallery is fairly evenly split—but the topic of the evening is clearly age. Plenty of people are giving her the thumbs up for looking so great at 53. Others think the cheerleader/pom-pom bit was a little ... young. She was... More »

Madonna's Payment for Halftime Show? $0

...As has pretty much everyone who's ever done it

(Newser) - How much does it cost to book a world-famous musical act like Madonna? Not a dime, if you're organizing the Super Bowl. The Material Girl will be performing gratis on Sunday, but that's not unusual, Forbes explains: Super Bowl halftime performers almost never get paid. "This is... More »

Madonna Cut Her Own Daughter From Film

Lourdes' 'WE' scenes ended up on cutting room floor

(Newser) - Madonna "dragged" daughter Lourdes into a small part in her new movie WE ... and then cut her from it. "It was quite unfair of me, what I did and what I asked her to do," the Material Girl tells MTV in a recent interview. "But she... More »

Elton's Hubby Slams 'Narcissistic' Madonna

Globes win sets David Furnish off

(Newser) - The longstanding Elton John-Madonna feud showed no signs of cooling down last night, when John's husband David Furnish took to Facebook to slam Madonna after she beat out John in the best song category. "Madonna. Best song???? F**k off!!!" he wrote, according to TMZ . Furnish continued, "... More »

Descendants, The Artist Win Big

'Homeland' also does well at the Golden Globes

(Newser) - Be honest: You tuned in to the Golden Globes tonight mostly to see what Ricky Gervais would say . But awards were handed out too, and The Artist and The Descendants were the big film winners. Both won best picture and best actor in their respective categories (comedy or musical for... More »

Madonna: Gaga Song Just a 'Redo' of Mine

It seems she agrees that 'Born This Way' copies 'Express Yourself'

(Newser) - No, it's not just you who thinks Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" sounds a lot like Madonna's "Express Yourself" : Madonna thinks so, too. The Daily Beast's Cheat Sheet has this little nugget from an upcoming Newsweek profile on the Material Girl: When she first... More »

Sexiest Woman of All Time Is ...

Jennifer Aniston, then Raquel Welch, says Men's Health

(Newser) - Men's Health has managed to rank the "100 hottest women of all time," with Jennifer Aniston leading the pack. Here's the top 5:
  1. Aniston: She is and always has been "funny, sexy, and unmistakably real." (Aniston herself picks Gloria Steinem as No. 1
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This Year's Super Bowl to Be Rocked By...

The Material Girl herself

(Newser) - After weeks of rumors , the NFL and NBC confirmed last night that Madonna will perform at this season's Super Bowl halftime show. And the Feb. 5 performance is sure to be a spectacle, because the AP reports she's collaborating with Cirque du Soleil on her act. New York... More »

J.Lo Runs Offstage Sobbing

And more distressing Tinseltown news

(Newser) - It was an emotional Saturday night for Jennifer Lopez, who apparently thought it would be a good idea to rehash all of her biggest romantic relationships—onstage—just a few months after splitting from her husband. J.Lo was performing an acoustic version of “If You Had My Love”... More »

Madonna's Bro Homeless, Living Under Bridge

Anthony Ciccone not living in material world

(Newser) - Madonna might be a material girl, but her big brother isn't. He's homeless, living under a bridge in MIchigan—and complains he's been deserted by his famous sis and the rest of his kin. "My family turned their back on me when I was having a... More »

30 Celebs and Their Not-So-Glamorous Pre-Celeb Jobs

'Hi, I'm Madonna, may I take your donut order?'

(Newser) - It hasn’t always been glossy magazine covers and red carpet appearances for Tinseltown’s VIPs. Perez Hilton offers up 30 celebs and the decidedly less glamorous jobs they took before becoming famous:
  • Alexander Skarsgard: The True Blood vamp once served in the Swedish military.
  • James Franco: Among the renaissance
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And the Next Super Bowl Performer Is...

Material Girl will take halftime stage

(Newser) - Madonna is set to headline next year’s Super Bowl halftime show in Indianapolis, insiders tell SBNation.com . But don’t hold your breath: It’s not the first time the Material Girl has been the rumored star. She was supposedly near a deal to play the show in 1998,... More »

Madonna Bursts Into Song, Gives Critics Instructions

And calls King Edward VIII 'very punk rock'

(Newser) - Madonna doesn’t mind criticism of her new movie, WE—a good thing, since it bombed at the Venice Film Festival and, Reuters notes, subsequently received a one-star review in the Guardian—as long as that criticism is directed at the movie, and not at the Material Girl. "I... More »

Madonna Posts Cheeky Video Ode to Hydrangeas

Material Girl responds to flower brouhaha

(Newser) - Nope, Madonna still doesn’t like hydrangeas, a fact she makes abundantly clear in a new video posted on her official YouTube channel. Though titled "Madonna’s love letter to hydrangeas"—and beginning with an apparent apology to the flower she dissed last week —the video quickly... More »

Rep: Madonna Is 'Entitled' to Hate Hydrangeas

Not exactly your typical response, notes HuffPo

(Newser) - Madonna’s rep has a response for all you people who were upset about the Material Girl’s hydrangea diss —and it’s not exactly an apologetic response. Madge is “entitled to like any flower she wants,” the rep says in a statement to CNN . “No... More »

Madonna: I Don't Get Gaga's Obsession

Material Girl might want to zip it before she has no fans

(Newser) - Madonna has gotten herself quite a bit of bad press this week , and now she’s making less-than-awesome headlines again by dissing Lady Gaga, E! reports. Asked by French newspaper Le Soir about Gaga’s love for her, the Material Girl replied, "As for Lady Gaga, I have no... More »

It Has Not Been a Good Week for Madonna

Her movie stinks, she's dragged to court, and her ex has definitely moved on

(Newser) - Sometimes the gods smile on you ... and sometimes you're Madonna. The Material Girl has not had a good couple of days. First, her inaugural effort into directing a feature-length film, WE, basically bombed at the Venice Film Festival. Then she catches even more flak over the Wallis Simpson biopic... More »

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