As madonnalicious exclusively reported yesterday, Madonna was shooting a Motorola commercial in the UK.

This is an image released by MBC showing Madonna as she shrugs off her horse riding injury to return to work shooting a television commercial for Motorola on set at Shepperton Studios in west London, Wednesday Aug. 31, 2005. (AP Photo/ MBC, HO)

Now that filming for the Motorola commercial has finished at Shepperton Studios, just outside London, madonnalicious can bring you more exclusive news about the shoot:

This advert is to promote iTunes and the new Motorola Moto Rokr mobile phone.

Other stars featured in the advert are Little Richard, Bootsy Collins, Lil' John, The White Stripes, Sleater-Kinney, Sum 41, Mya, Pussycat Dolls, Billie Joe (from Green Day). Look-a-likes of Beethoven, Jimi Hendrix and Biggie Smalls are also featured.

To reprise the opening sequence:
Open on a phone booth in a village in the mountain desert of the Middle East. A teenager is talking on the phone with his girlfriend. He's speaking a foreign language; so what he's saying is subtitled.
Madonna walks up and into the phone booth. She puts her hand on his cheek and kisses the teenager.
Madonna asks the teenager 'Who's that girl?'
We then hear his girlfriend’s voice screaming through the receiver: 'Who's that girl?' An instrumental version of Madonna's new single Hung Up then begins to play as other characters are introduced and squeezed into the phone booth.

First Beethoven and Hendrix join Madonna and the teenager in the booth, then the other stars arrive and pack into the booth with various difficulties. Just when we think no one else can fit in along comes Biggie Smalls....and the commercial cuts to Madonna's face being pressed against the glass as she yells 'Biggie....NOOOO!'

All the stars then disappear into the phone booth receiver which then changes into a Motorola Motr Rokr in the teenagers hand.

In next month's issue of UK music magazine Q a free CD called Lennon Covered will be included with the magazine.

This may be Madonna's cover of Imagine BUT interestingly the advert states that the tracks featured were Exclusive versions of Lennon classics recorded for Q, so maybe we will be getting another Lennon cover by Madonna!

Madonna's new single Hung Up was played to a selected group of important UK programmers yesterday (the people who choose the radio playlists etc.).

Plans are also being made for a 30 second downloadable clip from the single to be made available from October 12th for your mobile phone.

The single does contain a sample from an Abba song Gimme Gimme Gimme.
Previous reports had suggested an Abba sample from Ring, Ring was used on the single but that was denied by Liz Rosenberg.

Madonna's official fanclub magazine ICON sent their staff photographer Shavawn Gordon to capture the on-set action at the Ladies Home Journal photoshoot.

The photoshoot took place this year on Thursday 24 March at Farley's Prop House in London. The latest issue of ICON magazine features seven on-set pictures.

To join Madonna's official fanclub visit www.icon.musictoday.com

 

'Juego Peligroso' (Dangerous Game a.k.a. Snake Eyes) has been released today on DVD in Spain.

Available languages are English and Spanish, and subtitles in Spanish.

As special features: trailer, picture gallery, tidbits and selected filmographies.

Fellow fansite www.madonnaonline.com.br have published a report that states that Warner Brothers have finally reclaimed the rights to the Blond Ambition show that was originally released as a laserdisc by Pioneer.
Warners will hopefully then release the Nice show sometime in 2006.

Fans should also be aware of a budget version DVD of the Houston Blond Ambition show that has been available in some parts of Europe - see here or here.

Madonna's official website www.madonna.com have updated their front page with a flash movie celebrating the upcoming release of Confessions On A Dancefloor.

madonnalicious has received this information about the Motorola commercial that Madonna is rumoured to be featured in:

The filming of the Motorola commercial has been taking place today at a studio in the UK and will continue tomorrow. Here is a snippet from the script prompts:

Open on a phone booth in a village in the mountain desert of the Middle East. A teenager is talking on the phone with his girlfriend. He's speaking a foreign language; so what he's saying is subtitled.
Madonna walks up and into the phone booth. She puts her hand on his cheek and kisses the teenager.
Madonna asks the teenager 'Who's that girl?'
We then hear his girlfriend’s voice screaming through the receiver: 'Who's that girl?'

An instrumental version of Madonna's new single Hung Up will then play over the end of the commercial. Other stars will also be filming their own segments for the commercial.

Saturday's edition of the New York Daily News featured Madonna on the cover of it's weekend supplement. The picture featured was a previously unseen shot from the Ladies Home Journal photoshoot. Click to enlarge the image.

Madonna won the Hello! magazine online poll for the Most Attractive Woman - well done to everyone who voted!

Visit www.music.yahoo.com to view a two minute animated clip about the brief history of Madonna!

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Today's edition of Scottish newspaper the Daily Record features a reprise of the Rolling Stone article in which Stuart Proce talks about trying out new tracks on club-goers. The Daily Record article also features a brand new picture of Madonna as she recovers from her riding accident.

A short clip from the tour documentary I'm Going To Tell You A Secret was aired during the MTV Video Music Awards pre-show yesterday. The clip showed Madonna performing Nobody Knows Me, the footage of which was filmed during the 04 and 05 September shows in Paris.

During the clip a message was scrolled along the bottom saying: Madonna DVD 'I'm Going To Tell You A Secret' Set for release this fall, this may suggest that the documentary will not make it to cinemas but will be released straight to DVD, maybe in a double-DVD set with the tour show DVD.

To download the clip, visit fellow fansite www.madonna-tv.com

Madonna's official website www.madonna.com have published some more news about the new album, including the fact that the disc will have 12 tracks on it:

'I want people to jump out of their seats.' Never one to understate, those were the exact words Madonna used to describe the songs on her upcoming album, - 'Confessions On a Dance Floor'. The 12 delicious tunes of pure 'unapologetic dance music' including the single 'Hung Up' (out Oct.17th) is scheduled to be released on November 15th on Warner Bros. Records. This time out, the original Queen of Dance Music returns to where she began and kicks it up a few extra notches.
'It's in her blood' says Madonna's co-producer/partner in crime, DJ and Madonna musical director, Stuart Price. 'She has a dance halo over her head. We made this record without any preconceived notions. It was straight from the gut - unencumbered -not over edited - very spontaneous,' concluded Price.
If 'Confessions' were equated to a new dance step, it would a stunning blend of musical styles with one foot in the roots of early disco (a la Girogio Moroder/Abba on ecstacy) and the other foot gloriously ensconced in the future of music - a dance step that could only be accomplished by one artist.
'Confessions on a Dance Floor is all about having a good time straight through and non stop.' says America's ultimate Dancing Queen.

The foray into video began after Mr. Klein met Madonna in 2002 and agreed to photograph her for W. Those images became the genesis of X-STaTIC PRO=CeSS, an installation of combined images of video and still photography at Deitch Projects in SoHo in 2003.
Mr. Klein said he wanted to portray the singer not as a pop icon but as a performance artist. 'I presented her with objects and ideas that had been important in her career: the wedding dress, the strip pole, the yogi, the queen, the bed,' he said. He photographed Madonna on large elaborate sets while videotaping her for the Re-Invention tour videos. For the Deitch show, he said, 'I worked in a way where I introduced one element at a time.'
In one image, he used a still photograph of the singer lying on a small wooden table just to the left of a door, her left leg curled underneath her shoulder and around the back of her neck. To the right of the door was a poster of a kidney; Mr. Klein used computer animation to make the kidney pulsate. Then he overlaid the sound of gunshots. Black scuff marks on the door suggest violence.
'People are fixed either on still images or live action,' he said. 'I was interested in the space between the two,' he said.
This month Mr. Klein photographed and videotaped Madonna on 12 elaborate sets for the cover of her next album, 'Confessions on a Dance Floor.' But as much as the photographer appreciates an iconic face, he likes to play with what the notion of who the subject is and isn't.

Rosie O'Donnell's website www.rosie.com features a short movie showing Rosie's artwork, included in the clip are three pieces featuring Madonna, Guy and Rocco.

To view the movie, scroll down to the August 26 posting entitled The Calm.

Robert Luketic, film director of films including Legally Blonde and Monster-In-Law, talks in an interview with Box Office Mojo about his work and how female stars seem to be drawn to work with him. In the article he even talks about being summoned to Madonna's apartment:

'When I came to Hollywood, I was summoned to Madonna's apartment in New York City,' Luketic said, 'and she was talking about All About Eve, and how it's one of her favorite films. Now I've seen it and I own it—I bought one of the prints. It's about how youth is perceived and very little has changed in this youth obsessed culture—it's about the need for approval from others. There is so much going on in that movie. It requires some psychoanalysis. All About Eve is the only film I would remake.'

The latest issue of German magazine Gala looks at Madonna's fall and recovery from her riding accident - click on the image to enlarge.

Madonna fan Paul DiGrazia is organising a party to celebrate the release of Madonna's new album and wants to let other fans know about it:

Hello Madonna fans, my name is Paul DiGrazia, I am a 26 year old Italian guy in San Jose, California. I am going to be hosting a Madonna record release party at my house on November 18th 2005.
If you live in San Jose or the San Francisco Bay area and want to get on the guestlist, send me an email at DiGrazia79@aol.com. It is going to be a night of cocktails and all Madonna!
Major fun....so If you live in the area please get in touch with me.

She bought a £9m country estate, decked herself out in tweeds and declared her fondness for shooting pheasants, but Madonna's bid to be lady of the manor has been thwarted by a birdwatcher.
Bill Oddie, the former Goodie and presenter of the successful Springwatch BBC series has been voted the face of rural England by more than 2,200 visitors to the Town & Country festival's website.
Perhaps surprisingly given her run-ins with ramblers and relatively recent conversion to country life, Madonna took second place, ahead of housewives' favourite Alan Titchmarsh. Otis Ferry, best-known for storming the Commons to protest against the hunting ban, finished fourth.
The list has been compiled by the Town & Country festival, which will entertain 100,000 people this weekend with alpacas, country crafts, morris dancing, vintage cars and motorbike stunts at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire.
Helen Arnold of the festival said: 'A few years ago, we would never have guessed that Madonna would make it to second place in a survey like this. It seems she is the queen of reinvention.'

With the news that the musical Evita will be revived in London's West End in the Spring of 2006, the press have of course been linking Madonna's name to the role:

London theatre bosses are touting Madonna to reprise her film role of Argentina's first lady Eva Peron in a new production of Evita.
The Material Girl fought off a host of Hollywood actresses to play the glamorous wife of corrupt Argentine president Juan Peron in the 1996 film.
Previous plans to resurrect the musical in the British capital collapsed in 2003 when its authors Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber decided the city was not in the mood for serious musicals.
However, now the same creative team, comprising of director Michael Grandage, choreographer Rob Ashford and designer Christopher Oram, are in discussions to launch Evita in the West End next year, and hope Madonna will step into Peron's expensive shoes.

Here is a look at the 27 August issue of UK magazine Closer which features a one-page article on Madonna's riding accident, and a one-page article on Madonna's current fashion style - click to enlarge and read the articles.

 

MTV News is set to premiere an exclusive peek at Madonna's Tour Documentary, 'I'm Going To Tell You A Secret' during the 2-hour LIVE Video Music Awards PRE-SHOW - this coming Sunday August 28th from 6pm - 8pm. The VMA's just wouldn't be the VMA's without Madonna - so even though she can't be there in person - at least her presence will be felt.

The latest issue of UK magazine Hello! (01 September issue 882) devotes their front cover and five pages inside the magazine to Madonna's horse riding accident - click on the images to enlarge.

It looks like November will be a very busy month for Madonna fans....not only is the new single and album released but the Live 8 DVD is also due for release that month.

The DVD will be released on Monday 07 November, and along with the great performances of the day, the DVD will also feature previously unseen behind the scenes and rehearsal footage. For more information visit www.live8livedvd.com

The latest issue of OK! magazine (30 August issue 484) features a two-page article looking back at Madonna's riding accident and her recovery.

UK TV show This Morning had hyped up a 'special message from Madonna' to be aired on the show this morning - unfortunately it wasn't a message for fans but a message for Re-Invention tour piper Lorne Cousin, who was featured in a segment on the show.

A reporter read out this message to Lorne from Madonna:
Working with Lorne every night was absolutely fantastic and a favourite part of the show. He brought something very special to the stage, he is a great guy.

UK tabloid magazine Reveal (27 August-02 September issue) features Madonna on the cover and a one-page article inside about Madonna's accident.

 

US magazine Spin charts the 25 'most incredible' rock star body parts in its September issue, now on newstands in the US.
Madonna's navel comes in at number 1, 'It's what first marked her as a mainstream provocateur' senior Spin writer Marc Spitz writes.
At No. 2 in the list is the liver of Rolling Stones' Keith Richards, which is so durable, Spitz writes, that 'when Richards finally passes, they'll line the exterior of the space shuttle with his liver tissue.'
REM singer Michael Stipe's oft-shaved skull comes in third, because he has a hairline that's 'not too high like Moby's or too low' like Sinead O'Connor's.

UK TV show This Morning announced that Madonna would be giving a special message to her fans tomorrow (Wednesday 24 August) on the show.

This Morning airs on UK channel ITV1 from 10.30am.

The film list for the Toronto Film Festival was published today and unfortunately Madonna's tour documentary was not listed BUT Guy's film Revolver receives it's world premiere as a Gala Presentation at the festival on Sunday 11 September.

It is not know whether Madonna will be able to attend the premiere with Guy so soon after her accident.

Public tickets for Revolver go onsale on Saturday 27 August in person, online or by phone - for more information visit www.bell.ca/filmfest

When contacted about the possibility of Madonna's documentary featuring in the festival, the reply received was such:
As of this time I do not know of any Madonna film coming to the festival. But please keep an eye on our website www.bell.ca/filmfest. The full film schedule comes out Next Tue Aug 30th. We might know by then. If the Film is at the festival you can buy single tickets for it starting on Sept 07th.

Fans can take part in an Hello! magazine online poll for the Most Attractive Woman, Madonna faces competition from Jennifer Aniston, Princess Alexandra, Jennifer Garner, Hilary Duff and Samia Ghadie. To vote click here.

There are now rumours that Madonna's Re-Invention tour documentary, I'm Going To Tell You A Secret may receive it's world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival which runs from 08-17 September.

Here is how the UK press yesterday covered the story about the picture of Madonna in her sling - scans from the Daily Star, Sunday Express, Sunday Mirror and The People are featured below.

Today's edition of UK newspaper the Daily Mail published an essay today on Madonna being a re-invented lady of the manor, a look at the life of The Ritchie's at Ashcombe House. Click on the image to enlarge.

Paulo has written in to let fans know that the August 2005 issue of Vogue has finally made it to Portugal, you can pick up a copy at PRESSELINHA newspaper stores.

Today's edition of UK newspaper the Sunday Mirror featured an interview with DJ Jo Whiley in it's magazine supplement. Here is an extract from the article where she talks about Madonna:

She's on such good terms with her Madgesty that the singer asked Jo to present her award when she was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame.
'I introduced her as 'the sort of woman who could drink you under the table', and she said to me later, 'I'll do that sometime,' laughs Jo.
'Before I met her, I thought she was going to be so scary, but she's really not. I'm sure she has an iron will and makes sure things go her way, but she's also sweet and charming, and quite small and frail-looking. She told me about being in love with Guy and what he means to her. She changes when she talks about him or the kids, she softens up. I like her a lot.'

Madonna was the most searched for woman on Google in June 2005, here is the complete top five courtesy of Google Zeitgeist:

1 - Madonna
2 - Paris Hilton
3 - Jessica Simpson
4 - Angelina Jolie
5 - Lindsay Lohan

Here is the first picture of Madonna after her riding accident on Tuesday, she was pictured at the London Kabbalah Centre yesterday - this picture was featured on the front cover of The Sunday Times.

Smiling through the pain with her arm in a sling, Madonna yesterday made her first appearance since her horrific horse fall.
The singer - wearing a tracksuit and baseball cap - was determined to show the world she is back on her feet after breaking three ribs, her hand and collarbone last week.
She put on a brave face as she left the Kabbalah Centre, base of the religious sect to which she belongs, in Central London with husband Guy Ritchie at 1.30pm. A waiting fan said: 'It’s not like Madge to sulk around in bed. She’s now acquired that country-girl stiff upper lip and went out of her way to act as though nothing had happened.'
Meanwhile the horse which threw her was in hiding last night - after Madonna had sent an SOS from her hospital bed to save it.
The Queen of Pop, thrown by the thoroughbred bay mare during her 47th birthday celebrations on Tuesday, was so worried the incident would give the animal a bad reputation she ordered neighbours to rush it into hiding away from her Wiltshire estate.
Una Harley, who lives next to Madonna’s £9million country pile said: 'She knows the horse was not to blame for what happened to her. It was an accident, pure and simple. It can be terrible when a horse gets an ill-deserved reputation for being trouble - so she sent a message that nobody was to reveal its name.'
'The people who own it got it scurried away into stables and everyone in our community knows never to tell anyone what it was called.'
Una, 66, who runs a stables in the village, added: 'It’s delightful she has shown such concern for the poor horse, and it shows what a lovely person she is.'
'Animals like these can be worth up to £500,000 - and although there may be some value in being the horse that Madonna fell off, if it got a reputation for being a danger its value could plummet.'

A lingerie company figleaves.com are launching a range of underwear called Madonna Nudes 1979 which feature Madonna's image on some items.
Milan designer Rosanna Ansaloni has based the lingerie on naked pictures of Madonna taken by the American photographer Martin Schreiber in 1979.

Liz Rosenberg has said: This lingerie is misleading the public because Madonna is in no way affiliated with it. Her attorneys are starting to gather information now because a line of lingerie is implying that Madonna is associated with it, and that could not be further from the truth.'

Gwyneth Paltrow and Madonna are rivals for the role of Edie Beale, eccentric cousin of Jackie Onassis, in the new movie Grey Gardens. Renee Zellweger also says she fancies the part.

Crocked Madonna last night vowed to carry on horse-riding - despite her horror fall this week. She is recovering after breaking a collarbone, hand and three ribs in an accident that has left husband Guy Ritchie in anguish.
But the pop queen, 47, insiste: 'As soon as the doctors give me the OK, I expect to be right back on a horse and ride again.' She also thanked fans who had sent messages of support and said: 'I'm grateful and overwhelmed by everyone's good wishes.'
Novice rider Madonna tumbled on her Ashcombe House estate near Tollard Royal, Wilts, on Tuesday. She was on a riding outing that was a birthday gift from Guy, who is said to be 'absolutely mortified' by the mishap and has been helping her recover. A friend said: 'He's giving her lots of TLC.'

Liz Rosenberg has also dismissed tabloid reports that Madonna and Guy had a furious row about her wanting to ride again.

Today's issue of UK newspaper the Daily Mirror featured this small snippet in it's 3am column....however it just seems to be based on the Rolling Stone article published last week before Madonna had her accident (see story from 14 August called It's an up-tempo, synth-disco jam song)

The August issue of Vogue is now available for Swedish fans at www.press-stop.se and at the Press Stop shops in Stockholm, Göteborg, Linköping, Lund, Malmö, Umeå and Uppsala. It can also be found at wellsorted Pressbyrån shops.

Madonna's long-time friend Rosie O'Donnell has updated her blog with a poem today which features a passage about Madonna and her accident:

heard from mo
so know she is well enough to type
thank all

Rosie's blog is also updated with a collage of pictures from Madonna's 2002 West End play Up For Grabs - visit www.rosie.com for more.

Madonna's official website www.madonna.com have updated their front page with a previously unseen picture of Madonna, her band, dancers, backing singers and the London Community Gospel choir rehearsing for Live 8.

Despite early quotes attributed to Liz Rosenberg that appeared in the press saying that the 'press for the disc will definitely be affected', a source close to the Madonna camp has said this was a misquote and Liz Rosenberg never said those words and would like the fans to know that the album release will not be affected.

Madonna has rejected an offer to star in her own Las Vegas show.
The singer, who celebrated her 47th birthday yesterday, was reportedly offered £82 million to appear at a leading Vegas casino.
The singer declined the offer from Jack Wishna, one of the biggest deal makers on the Strip, according to the New York Post.

Today's UK newspapers focus on stories about Guy buying the horse as a 47th birthday present for Madonna, and that the couple left Ashcombe House by helicopter to board a private jet to get to a prior engagement abroad that Madonna had planned.
Featured newspapers are the Daily Express, Daily Mirror, Daily Mail and Daily Star.

 

In a recent issue of Men's Fitness magazine, Madonna came fourth in a list naming The World's Most Rockingly Hot Chicks List....not bad for a 47 year old!

1 - Shakira
2 - Gwen Stefani
3 - Ciara
4 - Madonna
5 - Jenny Lewis
6 - Missy Elliott
7 - Alicia Keys
8 - Leela James
9 - Ashlee Simpson
10 - Sarah McLaclan

Here are two scans from yesterday's newspapers about Madonna's riding accident. The newspapers featured are the El Mercurio and La Hora from Chile.
The El Mercurio article even mentions the madonnalicious Get Well Guestbook!

 

Madonna is 'in great spirits' Wednesday after breaking several bones during a horse-riding accident the previous day, her rep tells PEOPLE.
'Madonna is doing great. She's up and in great spirits. She's not feeling that bad. She's getting around,' her publicist Liz Rosenberg says.
On Tuesday – the singer's on her 47th birthday – she cracked three ribs and broke her collarbone and her hand. The injuries occurred during a horse-riding accident at Ashcombe, the entertainer's country estate outside London.
Madonna and an assistant were riding, when the singer, on a new horse she wasn't accustomed to, took a tumble. Her children, Rocco, 5, and Lourdes, 8, were at the home but were not with their mother at the time, Rosenberg said, adding: 'The whole family was out in the country, celebrating her birthday.'
Madonna's husband, film director Guy Ritchie, took Madonna to an undisclosed hospital, where she was treated and released later that evening.
Madonna reportedly started riding in late spring and is still categorized as a novice.
She has a dance CD due for release this November. It's not anticipated that the spill will prevent her from promoting it, said Rosenberg, who told PEOPLE: 'I'm sure she'll be very restless. She's usually doing lots of things at once.'
So will she get back on the horse and ride again? 'Knowing her, she'll be riding next week,' says Rosenberg. 'She is a fearless girl.'

Here are some more scans of today's UK press coverage of Madonna's accident, included are scans from the Daily Express, Daily Mail, Daily Mirror, Daily Record, Daily Star and The Times.

 

 

 

 

 

Madonna is now recovering at home after her accident yesterday, and in a conflicting statement to what Liz Rosenberg said yesterday, her UK publicist says she does not think the promotion or launch of the new album will be affected:

Pop star Madonna was recovering at home on Wednesday after suffering several broken bones in a riding accident at her English country estate, her spokeswoman said.
The singer cracked three ribs and broke her collar bone and a hand when she fell off her horse on Tuesday at Ashcombe House, where she had been celebrating her 47th birthday with husband Guy Ritchie and two children Lourdes and Rocco.
'She is recovering at home,' spokeswoman Barbara Charone said.
Madonna's New York publicist said the American artist, famous around the world for hits including 'Material Girl' and 'Like a Virgin,' was riding a new horse at the time of the fall. She was treated at a local hospital in Salisbury, a city about 90 miles southwest of London, and later discharged.
Madonna is due to release a new album 'Confessions on a Dancefloor' in November. Charone said she did not expect Madonna's injuries to affect the launch or promotion of the record. 'As far as I know, nothing's been affected,' Charone said.
Medical experts said it would take up to eight weeks for Madonna to recover from her injuries.
'These are incredibly common injuries for people who fall off horses,' said Professor Chris Moran of the Queen's Medical Center in Nottingham.
'Rib fractures are very painful but usually heal very quickly. The pain goes in four to six weeks.'
He added that Madonna may need to undergo physiotherapy to get full movement back in her hand, and could have a wait of up to eight weeks for her collar bone to heal. 'But generally people who are fit and well-motivated will do well.'

Here's a first look at how the UK press have covered Madonna's accident. She is featured in both tabloids and broadsheet newspapers today, here is scans from Evening Standard and the Metro. More to come later....

 

'Sources' at the hospital Madonna was treated at yesterday have been speaking to the press about Madonna's arrival:

Madonna was rushed to Salisbury District Hospital where staff were shocked to see her in such severe pain, she was visibly shaken.
A hospital source says, 'Madonna's voice was shaking when she gave her name. She was wearing her riding gear and trembling.'
'She was obviously in a lot of pain, but she was lucid. Guy Ricthie arrived about ten minutes later looking very worried.'
Madonna was immediately given a private room where she was treated by a fracture specialist.

Liz Rosenberg has spoken about how Madonna's accident will affect the new album promotion and summer tour next year:

Her new disc is due this November and she is set to tour next summer. It's too soon to tell if the tour will be affected, but the press for the disc will definitely be affected.

US pop diva Madonna was discharged from hospital where she had been treated for injuries suffered in a horse riding accident in southwest England, a hospital spokeswoman said.
The singer had been taken to Salisbury District Hospital in Wiltshire after falling off her horse while celebrating her 47th birthday.
Madonna's spokeswoman, Barbara Charone, earlier said the songstress had broken her collar bone and a hand, and cracked three ribs, but her condition was not serious.
One orthopaedic surgeon, Leela Biant, said Madonna's fitness would help her to make a full recovery, noting that this should take about three months.
'You don't treat broken ribs, they heal by themselves,' Biant said.
'The fact that Madonna is very fit and healthy will help her recovery and because she does a lot of yoga she will be used to deep breathing,' she told Britain's domestic Press Association.
Biant said, however, that the Material Girl would find it painful to sing during the first couple of weeks.

madonnalicious has set up a guestbook so any fans who want to send Madonna their best wishes and get well soon messages can do - later we will pass the guestbook onto Madonna and her team.

Update 20 August 2005: This guestbook is now full and has been passed to Madonna's team.

Madonna's 47th birthday celebration was marred when she suffered several broken bones in a horse riding accident at her country home outside London, her publicist told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
The superstar was hospitalized with three cracked ribs, a broken collarbone and a broken hand, according to Liz Rosenberg, her spokeswoman based in New York.
The accident occurred Tuesday at Ashcombe house, her estate outside of London.
Madonna and an assistant were riding horses, when Madonna, on a new horse she wasn't accustomed to riding, took a tumble. Her children, Rocco and Lourdes, were at the home but were not with their mother at the time, Rosenberg said.
'The whole family was out in the country, celebrating her birthday,' Rosenberg said. Her husband, director Guy Ritchie, took Madonna to an undisclosed hospital, where she was treated. Rosenberg said the entertainer was expected to be released later in the evening.

When asked about the rumour that Madonna was to film an advert with Little Richard to promote Motorola, Little Richard's people stated:

He has a plan to do the commercial with Madonna, but we are unable to confirm that they actually did it.

We have also had news from the team who have been casting for the commercial who can confirm that the advert is taking place and that Madonna will be featuring, along with impersonators of Jimmy Hendrix, Biggie Smalls and Beethoven to name but a few!

Madonna's official website www.madonna.com have updated their front page with a birthday message from all her fans.

madonnalicious wishes Madonna a very happy 47th birthday today!

Madonna was photographed leaving the Kabbalah Centre in Los Angeles yesterday sporting a red tint in her hair. Madonna is believed to have completed the album photoshoot last week, so this may mean we will see a red-headed woman on the cover of Confessions On A Dancefloor!

Thanks to fellow fansite M.Nu for the picture, you can also view more shots from that day on their site. You can also watch video footage from that day at lulop.com

During Little Richard's concert on Saturday 13 August in Portland, Oregon, he told the audience that on Thursayd 18 August he will be filming a Motorola Phone commercial with Madonna in Los Angeles.

This news has also now been picked up by some radio stations, but there is no firm news on whether this is real or not....only time will tell!

Much Music in Canada recently broadcast a show called Celebrity Image Machine looking at how stars can influence the world in fashion, music and style. During the show they had a top ten list of the Ultimate Celebrity Image Maker:

10 - Kanye West
9 - Amy Lee
8 - Jennifer Lopez
7 - Usher
6 - Beyonce
5 - Justin Timberlake
4 - P. Diddy
3 - Gwen Stefani
2 - Andre 3000
1 - Madonna

Fans in Russia can also celebrate Madonna's birthday tomorrow at a party taking place in Moscow, Russia at Green & Brown.

The latest issue of Roling Stone features this small snippet on Madonna's new single Hung Up and on how producer Stuart Price has tried it out on unknowing club-goers!

Price met Madonna later in her career, playing keyboards on her last two tours - 'I was a bit too young to be a fan in the Eighties,' he says, laughing. She approached him after last year's Re-Invention Tour, when she began work on a music-driven screenplay, bringing him onboard to create a sound she called 'future disco.' The idea for Confessions came from those sessions.
'We live real near each other in London, and we could just send ideas back and forth and get together and work on stuff,' Price says. 'The creative process was very short. There were a couple of weeks in London at my studio where we were doing a song every day.'
Price insists that he and Madonna did not blindly trust the club scene, wanting to create something more lasting. 'There's a bit of a danger with dance music that you can create something that's cool but doesn't have much substance to it,' he admits. 'Every few months, a club record comes along that hits a nerve with people, and they connect to it. They don't know why, but there is something magical in it. That's what we were trying to make.'

Madonna's 1991 tour documentary Truth Or Dare will air on the Bravo Network on Friday 19 August 11:00pm and on Saturday 20 August at 11:30am.

Fans in Altanta and Fresno, USA can celebrate Madonna's birthday at these two parties - click on the flyers for more information:

 

madonnalicious visitor Fawaz has written into the site to let fans know that the August 2005 issue of US Vogue is now available to buy in Kuwait.

Madonna's face adorns a ten dollar bill advertising a sale in the window of the Virgin Megastore in downtown Chicago.

Fans in Washington DC can celebrate Madonna's birthday at Madonnarama at Velvet Nation on Saturday 13 August, for more information visit www.velvetnation.com:

The material girl is turning 47! Help us help her celebrate with an unbelievable Madonna tribute....Velvet's 2005 Madonnarama will feature music by Ed Bailey, a live dance performance themed on music from her movies by X-Faction, and a video presentation by the Macc-Daddy. $8 from 10pm - 11pm | $15 after 11pm

Fans in Belgium can also party in Antwerp - click on the flyer below for information:

On Sunday 21 August fans in Peru can celebrate Madonna's birthday, for more information please read the flyer:

madonnalicious and sends birthday greetings to Rocco Ritchie on his 5th birthday.

A new remix of Easy Ride by Tracy Young appears on her new album Dance Culture.

The album is available online to buy from www.amazon.com

madonnalicious visitor Nicola has written into the site to let fans know that both the US Vogue and Greek Grazia magazines, which both feature Madonna on the cover, are now available to buy in Stuttgart, Germany.

Madonna's long-time friend Rosie O'Donnell has her own blog online which she updates frequently. At the moment the title picture is one Rosie took of Madonna during the Drowned World Tour in 2001. To read Rosie's blog visit www.rosie.com

Liz Rosenberg has stated to a madonnalicious source that the rumour started by UK newspaper The Sun about Madonna working with Andre 3000 of Outkast on a track on Confessions On A Dancefloor is NOT true.

Madonna was snapped as she left the Kabbalah Centre on Saturday 06 August - to view the pictures click here, here and here.

UK tabloid newspaper The Sun published a rumour today that Madonna was working with Outkast star Andre 3000 on her new album:

Madonna has enlisted the talents of Andre 3000 on her new album, after meeting the Outkast star on the set of her husband Guy Ritchie's forthcoming movie Revolver.
Material Girl Madonna is set to unleash her latest record, Confessions On A Dancefloor, in November.
The album will contain a collaborative track that she has been working on with Andre 3000, real name Andre Benjamin.
Andre says, 'Madonna showed up on the set of Revolver and made me really nervous. She walked around the corner and I forgot all my lines.'
'She asked me what I thought about music and where it was going. Then we talked about something on her new album.'

But fans should remember what Liz Rosenberg herself said when denying the rumours of a collaboration with Christina Agulera and Gwen Stefani on the new album....It’s all Madonna, all the time!

Like A Prayer bassist, Guy Pratt, 43, whose career includes stints with Pink Floyd, Roxy Music and Jacko, says the pop diva was 'unforgettable'.
The guitarist, who's at the Edinburgh Fringe with a one-man show said: She used to brighten our morning with....'Time is money....and the money is mine.'

Madonna was again photographed as she headed to her pilates class in West Hollywood on Thursday 04 August, to view the pictures click here, here and here.

Today madonnalicious welcomed it's 10,000,000 visitor to this page since the site launched in July 2001. Thanks to everyone who has visited this site since then :-)

Madonna's official website www.madonna.com have updated their front page with the US Vogue cover shot featuring Madonna, Lourdes and Rocco.

Madonna was photographed in Los Angeles on Saturday 30 July as she left her pilates class - to view the pictures click here, here and here.

MSN.com have produced a list of the Top 10 Film Fashion Moments - Madonna in the 1985 film Desperately Seeking Susan comes in at number 8:

Every woman had thought about it: Why can't I wear this bra in public? I wear a bikini to the beach. OK, well not every woman, but it was one Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone who made the thought a reality and much more mainstream than worried fathers would have liked.
As the downtown urchin Susan in Susan Seidelman's modern screwball comedy, 'Desperately Seeking Susan,' Madonna wore her clothes - from black dresses paired with leggings to men's pants with exposed lacy bras to rolled-down, rhinestone boots to even men's boxers. And, of course, beads, crosses, bracelets and all that obvious bleached-out hair.
Madonna was so ultra-sexy and daring, it's not even necessary to point out what a sensation she became, since an entire phrase was coined for her legions of imitators: 'Madonna-wanna-be.'

Madonna, The Ramones, Talking Heads, Lou Reed, The Pretenders, The Smiths, My Bloody Valentine and K.D. Lang are among the artists featured on the three-CD, one-DVD box set, 'Just Say Sire: The Sire Records Story,' chronicling the label's three-decade history. 'I'm having as much fun today as I did thirty years ago,' Sire founder Seymour Stein, who famously signed Madonna while in the hospital, told Rolling Stone. 'If you give people good music, they're going to buy it.' 'Just Say Sire' will be released September 13th.

Pictures of Madonna sporting pink hair are set to be unveiled in a new photobook showcasing an array of celebrities in New York City during the 1980s.
Maripolarama features snapshots taken in Manhattan's Lower East Side during the early 1980s of the scene's emerging artists - including Madonna, Debbie Harry, Cyndi Lauper, Gloria Estefan, Grace Jones, Sade, Naomi Campbell, Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Klaus Nomi, Vincent Gallo and even David Lee Roth.
MTV News reports that designer Anna Sui wrote an essay for the collection, which is due to be released in November 2005.

UK magazine star (08 August issue) features the Madonna and Guy 'argument' pictures that appeared in the German press last week. The pictures were taken recently outside the Los Angeles Kabbalah Centre.

Fans can vote for Madonna's 1989 video Oh Father in an online poll on Yahoo! Music. At the moment Madonna only has 10%....so get voting!

Summer heatwave too much for you? Keep your cool with a refreshing blast of these winter-wonderland videos. So let it snow, let it snow, let it snow, and vote for your favorite stone cold groove now.

To cast your vote click here.

Two parties are being held to celebrate Madonna's birthday this month. To view more information about the events in Chile and the Philippines click on the flyers.

   

Even though a tour in 2006 has not been officially announced, rumours about the tour have already started to be published.

The Dutch newspaper Metro stated last week that Madonna wanted to do her last two shows of the tour at the Amsterdam Arena in October.

Fans should remember that before the official tour schedule was announced for the Re-Invention tour, lots of rumours about possible venues and dates were published!

The latest issue of German magazine Neue Revue (04 August issue) features a two page spread of pictures taken of Madonna and Guy 'arguing' as they left the Kabbalah Centre in Los Angeles recently.

Texas frontwoman Sharleen Spiteri is impressed by Madonna's directness when she wants to get to know somebody, because she simply phones them.
The Ray Of Light superstar hates relying on celebrity parties to meet new pals - she prefers to invite stars she has admired from afar to an evening of fine cuisine and conversation, and Spiteri was on her list.
Spiteri recalls, 'Madonna just rang up and said, 'Do you want to come to dinner?' and it was either a yes or a no and I said, 'Yes.'
'That's just an easier way for her to meet people she thinks she might want to meet because there is always such a fuss around her when she is in a public place.'
'I enjoy her company, her conversation. She's lovely.'

This news about the new single and album is just in from www.madonna.com:

A few weeks ago Madonna.com reported that HUNG UP is going to be the first single off the new album. We are now happy to tell you that HUNG UP will debut at radio on October 17th!
Not only that, but Madonna.com is pleased to announce the release date for Madonna's new All Dance Album. Madonna fans all over the world can rejoice, because the album release date is currently scheduled for November 15, 2005!
Put your dancing shoes on and plan a date with your best friends to the clubs, because October & November are going to rule!

TV production company Endemol UK are producing a program looking at The World's Greatest Gigs and Madonna's 2000 show at Brixton Academy is in with a chance of being featured.

The producers have asked if any madonnalicious fans who attended the show, or even watched the LIVE webcast of the event, are willing to be interviewed on camera about their experiences of the concert.

Update: 10 August 2005 - Endemol have now received many responses from madonnalicious visitors and pass on their thanks to everyone who emailed.

In today's New York Post gossip columnist Liz Smith continues building up the hype surrounding Madonna's new album:

Who are the happiest music executives in the land these days? The big guys at Warner Records. All who have heard Madonna's coming CD, 'Confessions on a Dance Floor,' have been blown away. (Including WR's movie-star handsome CEO Tom Whalley.) 'Confessions' is entirely a dance-driven pop disc. No message. No ballads. All fun. These days M seems serene as the chatelaine of an English manor, feeding the chickens, riding, tending to her children, etc. (She, her home and her kids are gorgeous in Vogue for August.)
But the once-shocking icon can still get into the groove. And she wants her fans to know it. The album hits stores in November.

Madonna's official website www.madonna.com have updated their front page with Madonna's quote from Live 8 and a montage of pictures from Madonna's 2005 so far.

Liz Rosenberg has confirmed to a friend of madonnalicious that Madonna's new single Hung Up does NOT contain a sample of ABBA's Ring Ring as previously reported on the www.undercover.au website.

Fans can vote in a poll at Virgin.net about who is The Reigning Queen Of Pop. At the moment Madonna is in third place behind Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera.

To vote visit www.virgin.net/music/toptens/queensofpop

Madonna might have climbed into John Galliano and Alexander McQueen dresses and Louis Vuitton suits to appear in the current issue of US Vogue, but there is one London-based designer who is really celebrating the article. 'I dreamed of Madonna wearing my clothes ever since I was a little girl,' says Brazilian Daniella Issa Helayel, who designed the flying duck-printed blouse that Madge wore to be interviewed by Hamish Bowles. 'Even before I became a designer, I always wanted to make clothes for Madonna.'
With Issa dresses spreading like wild fire through A-list wardrobes (Keira Knightley, the Minogue sisters and Paris Hilton are all fans, Camilla Al Fayed is Daniella's new muse and Sharon Stone has apparently acquired no less than eight dresses for her forthcoming Basic Instinct 2 publicity tour), Daniella has been working on a line of bags and shoes to accessorise them. And after piling the fashion crowd into Annabel's last season, she's planning one of London Fashion Week's biggest dos at the hip new Dover Street venue, Automat, in September.

Mexican newspaper Reforma published an article comparing the Madonna of 1992 to the Madonna of 2005. The newspaper illustrates the difference by featuring the iconic Sex book shot and the twinset and pearls 2005 Vogue shot.

 

Undercover.au are reporting a rumour that hasn't seemed to have surfaced elsewhere in the press about Madonna's new single Hung Up, mentioning that the single may contain a sample from an early ABBA song called Ring Ring:

Madonna's first single from her new album will be titled 'Hung Up'. According to Madonna.com, the song was produced by Stuart Price.
'Hung Up' is believed to contain a sample of Abba's 'Ring Ring'. The video will be shot next month in London.

To read the full report visit www.undercover.au

Here are the latest pictures of Madonna in Los Angeles, she is pictured at the Kabbalah Centre on Saturday 30 July.
To view more and larger versions of the pictures visit fellow fansite M.Nu

 

The latest issue of German magazine Neue Post features an interview with Madonna about her life as a mother and wife. Click the image to enlarge.

French TV show Capital broadcast a show about Madonna's rise to fame from 'rags to riches' and spoke to people such as Seymour Stein, Maripol and Mark Kamins.

The show will be repeated on channel M6 on 02 August at 0.25am.