Madonna

Madonna Louise Ciccone was born in Bay City, Michigan in 1958. She goes by just Madonna and is one of the most recognized female performers in the world. In 1977, she left the University of Michigan to pursue a music and dance career in New York City. In 1982, her first single, "Everybody" was a club hit. She has released a dozen albums, including Like a Prayer, Like a Virgin, True Blue, Erotica, and Ray of Light.

Not content with being one of the top selling female musicians of all time, Madonna turned her attention to films. Her most notable turn was in the title role of Evita, which won her a Golden Globe. Other films include Who's That Girl, Desperately Seeking Susan, Dick Tracy, A League of Their Own, and Body of Evidence.

Madonna is no stranger to controversy. Her "Like a Prayer" music video outraged religious groups with its depiction of flaming crosses. Music videos for "Justify My Love" and "Erotica" were banned from MTV for being too sexually explicit, and "What It Feels Like (For A Girl)" for being too violent.

Madonna has been married twice: to actor Sean Penn, and to director Guy Ritchie. She has three children: Lourdes (from Carlos Leon), Rocco (from Ritchie), and David (adopted from Malawi). She is a devotee of Kabbalah and writes a series of children's books.

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• VOTD: Interview with Madonna (Today, 1995)

  
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• ‘Pilipinas Got Talent’ Auditions, A Smashing Success

  
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  Thousands of hopefuls flocked to Batangas, Baguio, and Cebu for the auditions of the much-awaited nationwide talent and reality show “Pilipinas Got Talent” that will air soon on ABS-CBN. From singing, dancing, playing instruments, and performing out-of-this-world acts, applicants from North, Central, and South ...
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• Win Madonna’s Greatest Hits

  
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  Daily Entry, starts 2009-11-02, ends 2009-11-30 Enter for a chance to win Madonna’s greatest hits collection valued at $300! Contest is open to all residents of Canada 13 years or older. Expiry Date: 2009-11-30 Quebec: Yes Enter Here Share this on Facebook Tweet This! Subscribe to the comments for ...
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• Oprah : 25 Years Of Screaming Celebrities Names [Hello Goodbye]

  
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  Television will never be the same after Oprah goes off the air in 2011. If we had a " Favorite Things " list about O, in the top spot would be the excitable manner in which the talk-show host introduces celebrity guests. Earlier: Oprahs Favorite Things 2007: The Audience Freaks Out!
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• Mixtape Opens TONIGHT at JBG!

  
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  Album 01 by Paul Madonna Don’t forget to come to the gallery tonight, November 20, 2009! Jen Bekman Gallery will proudly open Mixtape , a group exhibition featuring forty-five original works and limited-edition prints from 20×200 , by thirty-six artists. In the spirit of what Geoffrey O’Brien declared the ...
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• Britney Spears And Madonna Tease Fans In Me Against The Music Video

  
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  The following italicized article is from www.mtv.com: It was the changing of the guard — or at least the meeting of two of the most influential pop divas of all time — when Britney Spears and Madonna hooked up for Brits single "Me Against the Music," from 2003s In the Zone. The superstars tantalize the audience ...
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• Madonna’s exotic vacation sites

  
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  Recently the singer visited Brazil, not only to visit Jesus Luz’s family, but to also engage in charitable events. To this end, Madonna visited the city of Dona Marta which apparently isn’t the happiest place in the world. During her visit there, it seems Madonna wore a bullet proof vest under her clothes… you ...
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• Madonna sets up charity for Brazilian kids…

  
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  Starpulse – Madonna is setting up a new Brazilian children’s charity. The ‘Celebration’ singer met with wealthy business people and politicians during her recent five-day trip to the South American country and managed to secure a $7 million donation for Success for Kids from Brazil’s richest man, Eike ...
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• Rocco Richie And Cruz Beckham To Be The Richest Celebrity Kids In Britain

  
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  Rocco Richie and Cruz Beckham are going to grow up super rich and have the most earning power in Britain according to a list by the Cartoon Network. Madonna and Guy Richie’s 9-year-old son Rocco and The Beckham’s 4-year-old son Cruz were ranked by star quality, likely inheritance, talent and love of the camera. ...
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• This Week’s Cover: ‘Sherlock Holmes’ Director Guy Ritchie on Madonna divorce

  
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  With star Robert Downey Jr. in fighting form and enjoying an easy rapport with his costar, Jude Law, the filming of Sherlock Holmes in London last year was trouble-free. The only drama seemed to take place off the set, where the film’s director, Guy Ritchie (Snatch, RocknRolla), and his then-wife Madonna filed for ...
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• See Madonnas Boy Toy In Person!

  
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  Jesus Luz, the comely young Brazilian whom Madonna has taken under her wondrous wing, is going places. To the Maritime Hotels Hiro ballroom, to be precise. ...
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• Shes Smart!

  
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  While visiting boy toy Jesus Luz family, Madonna took time during her vacay to see some of the not so glamorous parts of Brazil. Touring the lawless city of Dona Marta, her Madgesty insisted on wearing a bullet-proof vest under her leather jacket. Good call! Just like in Malawi, M is planning to build a ...
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• THIS USED TO BE MY PLAYGROUND

  
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  City: Madonna’s Mich. House Eyesore Current Owners Say Arsonist Burned House ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. — Madonna’s childhood home in Michigan has become the center of fight between its current owners and the city. Juliet Dedaj and her husband own the house in Rochester Hills. She bought the house with her ...
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• remixed: the beach boys, lady gaga, duck sauce, ellie goulding, shakira, la roux, madonna, & more!!!

  
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  Check out a handful of bangin’ remixes below – an ethereal dancefloor take on a Beach Boys classic; Lady G’s Bad Romance is taken up into space; Madonna gets a smokin euro-club makeover courtesy David Guetta; Kid Cudi hops on Shakira (not literally); Under The Sheets becomes a sparse ballad; and more! ...
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• Madonna Wore Bullet-Proof Vest In Brazil!

  
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  Madonnas ego may be bullet-proof, but apparently her body isnt! The Material Mom donned a bullet-proof vest to visit a favela in Rio last week. Globo reports that Madge, accompanied by bodyguards as well as the governor, armored up...
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• The Wedding of Mark Owen & Emma Ferguson

  
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  Mark Owen married Actress Emma Ferguson in Cowdor Parish Church, near Inverness Scotland last week. They both decided to have a low key wedding and refused offers from celebrity magazines. Mark was joined with family and friends and of course his boys from Take That, Jason Orange, Howard Donald, Gary Barlow.So what ...
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• Stardust Memories: Biographer Mark Spitz on David Bowie’s Pop Culture Legacy

  
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  Recently, when a friend mentioned that her boyfriend was going through a David Bowie phase, we had to laugh. You, see we went through a Bowie phase of our own, beginning sometime in high school. Ten years later, while we no longer solely date guys who wear makeup or pore over the collected works of Nietzsche, that ...
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• Songs That Evoke Places in Your Life

  
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  Ever hear an old song and get instantly transported to a particular place in the cobwebs of your mind, whether it be your first bar or therestaurant your boyfriend dumped you at between co...
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• Miley Dresses Like A Hooker; Madonna Fears Getting Shot In Brazil [Dirt Bag]

  
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  How do we feel about the fact that Miley Cyrus dressed as Julia Roberts Pretty Woman hooker-with-a-heart-of-gold character for an 80s party to celebrate her 17th birthday Wednesday night? [ Page Six ] ANTM winner Nicole Fox had a "secret" meeting with Robert Pattinson … meaning, she ran into him ...
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• Birthday Suit (With Bright Yellow Trench)

  
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  Today is the 109th anniversary of one Chester Gould the creator of Dick Tracy. Every time Dick Tracy (1990) comes up, I think "you should watch that movie again!" but I never do. I think Im still mad that Warren Beatty kept cutting away from Madonnas "More" performance... which shouldve easily been one of the ...
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