Madonna, Lourdes and Rocco are the cover stars of the new issue of Dutch magazine Linda Wonen which looks at homes and living.

For more information on the magazine visit www.lindamagazine.nl

Madonna is featured on the cover of Portugese magazine Blitz (February 2007 issue) more information on the magazine can be read at www.blitz.aeiou.pt

The Confessions Tour DVD is at #1 in the Free Record Shop DVD chart in Holland!

Madonna is the cover star of the new edition of UK magazine Grazia (05 February issue) with a three page article inside about her marriage again!

The new edition of UK magazine Reveal (03-09 February issue 05) features a small piece on Madonna's campaign for fashion house H&M.

The magazine even publish the first picture from the M by Madonna photoshoot by Steven Klein that leaked online last week.

The Confessions Tour is now out in the UK and available for download from iTunes.

Individual tracks can be downloaded for 79p and the full album downloaded for £9.98 which comes with two bonus songs, Get Together and Ray of Light.

Individual Tracks Download Page / Full Album (Plus Bonus Tracks) Download Page

madonnalicious visitor Haseeb Kayani attended the UK premiere of Arthur and the Invisibles and managed to take these fantastic shots of Madonna as she arrived at the cinema in London's Leicester Square and greeted the waiting fans.

The Confessions Tour appeared for download on the US iTunes site today to coincide with the instore retail release today in the USA.

Here is a screen shot of the download page - showing fans that they can buy individual tracks, the full album (with bonus tracks), the booklet and the complete video of the concert.

German fans are able to write a review on a big German DVD site. All they have to do is to register in the forum. The first review can be found at www.dvd-sucht.de

Fans simply click on the red Selbst Kritik Eintragen button and then they can vote. They must not write a long review and they must not vote on the technical details.

Everytime a new review is published about the Confessions Tour DVD it appears on the front page of the site and gives the DVD even more publicity!

Check out these flyer for the Confessions Tour DVD Release parties in North America this Thursday 01 February. Click on the flyers for more information.

The first flyer is for a Release Party in Los Angeles and the second is for a Madonna Tribute and Release party in Vancouver, Canada.

 

The Confessions Tour has been released in the UK and many other countries today. It is due for release in the USA tomorrow as a CD+DVD pack only - and some lucky countries had the DVD released a few days ago.

In the UK The Confessions Tour is available in both CD+DVD and DVD packs (although the DVD-only pack is very hard to find and seems quite limited).

Prosecutors in Amsterdam said they would not take action against the singer Madonna over charges of alleged blasphemy during a concert tour in which she underwent a mock crucifixion.
Young people belonging to the SGP, a small deeply conservative Protestant party, called for her to be prosecuted after she gave two concerts last September in Amsterdam during which she knelt and took off a crown of thorns while a crucifix was projected behind her.
'The pop singer Madonna will not be prosecuted for blasphemy and insulting faith,' the Amsterdam prosecutor's office said.
The so-called crucifixion scene 'can lend itself to different interpretations,' the office said.
'The prosecutor's office believes that through her show, the singer on all the evidence tried to express her frustrations about certain situations in the world....it is not a question of contempt for God.'
'Furthermore, Madonna did not discredit Christians as a group.'
The office said the plaintiffs could appeal.

UK magazine Grazia (29 January issue 100) features a good review of Madonna's Confessions Tour CD+DVD which hit UK stores today.

Several of Madonna's costumes from the 1997 film Evita are going up for auction in London on Tuesday 06 March.

A remarkable collection of costumes created and supplied by Angels The Costumiers, for some of the most iconic international film, television and theatre productions in history will be sold at Bonhams on Tuesday 6 March 2007, in what is believed to be the UK’s largest auction of film and television costumes.
More than 400 Angels outfits including Obi Wan’s Cloak (Star Wars, Alec Guinness £50,000-60,000) and James Bond’s Suits (e.g. Tomorrow Never Dies, Pierce Brosnan £4,000-5,000) will be available to collectors and amateur fans alike. Other lots in the Bonhams sale of Angels costumes include the most prominent costumes from films such as Braveheart, Titanic, Elizabeth, Indiana Jones, Highlander, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Evita and Superman.
In recognition of the popular appeal of the items, and a world first in terms of a viewing experience, Bonhams’ saleroom will be turned into a star’s dressing room – allowing interested customers the opportunity to try on selected costumes.

Several outfits worn by Madonna in the Eva Peron film biography, Evita (1997) are on auction including: a stone coloured coat, blouse and skirt (£500-700), a black silk patterned dress with a mint coloured and peach coloured slip (£400-500), a green coloured dressing gown, white satin and peach satin slip (£300-400) and a navy blue wool suit and blouse (£400-500).

For more information visit www.bonhams.com

Another release party for the Confessions Tour DVD is taking place in Hollywood, CA on Sunday 04 February at Cinespace - click on the flyer for more information.

Playwright Tommy Kearney has a Madonna play in production and has written to madonnalicious to let other fans know about it:

I have been a Madonna fan since I was at school in the eighties. In 1987 I went to see the Who's that Girl? World Tour. I was hooked!
Now twenty years later, I've written a play called 'Madonna and Me'. It is to be staged at the Union Theatre in London and starts in April 2007. It will run for three weeks.
The play is set in Liverpool and it tells the story of three Madonna fans and their mates, and shows how a simple song and video can change a person's life. It centres around friendship and loyalty.

For more information on the play visit www.madonna-and-me.co.uk

This bench advert for Madonna's Confessions Tour: Live From London DVD was spotted in Los Angeles in the Hollywood/Vermmont area of town.

In recent months, Madonna has appeared in a world tour, released an album, voiced a role in a movie and begun the process of adopting an African child.
So when asked by reports at the London premiere of her latest film, Arthur and the Invisibles, if she planned to retire anytime soon, she responded with a smile – and a resounding: 'Absolutely not!'
But the singer, who voices a character in the animated Invisibles, showed that family is her top priority. Leaving 15-month old Malawian youngster David snoozing at home, Madonna, walked hand in hand with husband Guy Ritchie and kids Lourdes, 10, and Rocco, 6.
Madonna and Ritchie, who have shot down rumors of a rift in their marriage, got cozy together to pose for family pictures. Madonna, clad in a Dolce & Gabbana coat and knee-high Stella McCartney boots, also stopped to sign autographs for fans.
When asked by reporters what she had coming up next in her busy career, the multi-hyphenated star answered: 'H&M,' referring to her 'M by Madonna' line with the global fashion chain, which launches in stores worldwide March 25.
Also on deck for the singer is the release of her special edition CD/DVD The Confessions Tour on Jan. 29. The DVD, filmed during her eight-night stint at London's Wembley Arena last year, includes the controversial crucifixion scene that excluded from the NBC special that aired last November.

Some UK newspapers featured The Ritchies appearance at the Arthur and the Invisibles premiere in London yesterday. Below are scans from the Daily Express, Daily Mirror and Metro - click on the scans to enlarge.

Madonna attended the premiere of her new film, Arthur and the Invisibles, in London's Leicester Square.
She was accompanied by her husband Guy Ritchie and children Lourdes and Rocco. Recently adopted David Banda was said to be at home sleeping.
Madonna provides the voice for one of the characters in the part-animated children's fantasy.
Director Luc Besson said it was his last film: 'I've been in this business for 30 years. It's a long time.'
Madonna, 48, voices the character of Princess Selenia in the new film.
She said: 'It was great fun. I got to voice the character while sitting there in my tracksuit.'
Asked what attracted her most to the character, she answered: 'I like how tough she is and that she knows how to use a sword.'
French director Besson joked about the UK's celebrity scene: 'You don't have [David] Beckham any more. You exchanged him for Madonna and you won, although she doesn't play football.'
Other arrivals last night included TV presenters Vanessa Feltz and Melinda Messenger.

madonnalicious visitor Fernando caught these great Madonna moments on film at Madison Square Garden during the Confessions Tour last year.

AOL are holding an online poll to find out who people consider the best act out of the recently published Forbes list of top moneymaking music performers.

Fans can vote for Madonna at money.aol.com/musics-top-moneymakers

Here are the first press pictures of Madonna, Guy, Lourdes and Rocco as they walked down the 'green carpet' at the premiere of Madonna's latest film Arthur and the Invisibles at the Vue Cinema in London's Leicester Square tonight.

The sequel to Arthur and the Invisibles is due for release in 2009 - the film is called Arthur and the Vengeance of Maltazard (working title Arthur and the Forbidden City) and will again feature Madonna as the voice of Princess Selenia.

Arthur journeys with the Minimoy Princess Selenia and her brother Betameche in search of the forbidden city of Necropolis, home of the villainous wizard Maltazard. They must make their way past sticky spider webs and Maltazard's threatening henchmen.

Here are two further flyers for Confessions Tour DVD release parties taking place around the world - the first is for a party taking place in Mexico on Thursday 01 February, and the second is for a party in the Philippines on Saturday 03 February.

 

She's sold over 200 million albums worldwide, won seven grammy awards, and is the highest earning female singer of all time. But even Madonna had to start somewhere. In this exclusive WOW TV clip, Madonna is filmed during her first-ever live performance.
The clip is featured on the WOW TV No Entiendes channel, a large archive of filmed performances from legendary doorman and club promoter Haoui Montaug's talent shows at New York's Danceteria in the 1980s. There's no grand entrance from a giant mirrorball, just a shabby red curtain pulled to one side by Montaug. There's no tightly choreographed dance troupe, just three mismatched dancers who look like they rehearsed in someone's kitchen.
But there's no mistaking that Madonna, with her spunky persona, funky moves, and earnest voice, is already on her way to bigger and better things as she performs 'Everybody.' And just what is that glare we see the singer throw back at the dancers towards the end of the song? Is this clip also witness to the birth of Madonna the short-tempered diva?
WOW TV proudly presents the world premiere of Sire Recording artist Madonna, singing 'Everybody' at Haoui Montaug's No Entiendes (1982).

To view the clip visit worldofwonder.net/wow_tv_madonna_on_no_entiendes

The clip can also be downloaded from this link at: wowtv.tv/madonna-1982

Owen Tooth, a researcher has asked madonnalicious visitors for help in the production of a new UK TV documentary:

I've been asked to help with the research for a new documentary for Current TV.
We're wondering if, when Madonna released 'Papa Don't Preach', any women used the song to help make up their minds about keeping babies and boyfriends they might otherwise not have.
If these fans exist, we'd love to interview them, and their children, to see their unique take on life.
On the surface it's just a great, fun idea but beneath that it's about the power music has over us all and how we look to our idols to guide us.

If any fans can help Owen then please email him at madonnasbabies@yahoo.co.uk or call him on (UK) 07949 382014.

Here are details on two Confessions Tour DVD release parties taking place in the USA, one in Fort Lauderdale on Friday 02 February and the other in New Orleans on Saturday 03 February - click on the flyer to enlarge for more information.

 

Due to work commitments madonnalicious will be unable to update the site from Sunday 21 January until Saturday 27 January - I apologise for this brief break in service. Updates and normal service will resume on Sunday 28 January.

Please keep sending in your news submissions and scans - madonnalicious is especially looking for any fans attending the Arthur and the Invisibles premiere in London on Thursday 25 January to send in their pictures and reports here!

There is a Madonna Party, to celebrate the release of the Confessions Tour DVD at The Colosseum Nightclub, RT 35 North, in Sayreville, NJ 08827.

Check out www.myspace.com/the_colosseum for more information.

Warner UK have asked G-A-Y in London to host the official DVD launch party for The Confessions Tour - the event will take place on Monday 29 January.

For more information on the event visit www.g-a-y.co.uk/eventdetail

This fantastic moment of the Confessions Tour was caught by madonnalicious visitor Kirsten at the fourth show at Madison Square Garden on Monday 03 July.

Forbes magazine has just published the Top 20 Richest Women in Entertainment list. Madonna ranks at #4, with an conservative estimate net worth of $325 million.

Here's what Lea Goldman and Kirri Blakely of Forbes had to say:
'She could have easily disappeared into pop obscurity like other pop starlets, who came to fame via MTV during the 1980s. But Madonna's masterful manipulation of her image and the press. Combined with an astute business sense have crowned her as one of the most wealthiest and enduring acts.
While her albums don't sell the way they used to, her concerts still set attendance records all over the world,grossing $1 billion over the course of her 20 year career. The Material Girl's portfolio is also crammed with expensive items like contemporary art, real estate and a wardrobe of no small historical significance.'

Forbes list of the 20 Richest Women in Entertainment will be a one-hour special on the E! Network Saturday 20 January. Check your local listings for times.

madonnalicious visitor Regis captured the moment on film when Madonna decided to give Lenny Kravitz special attention during her performance of Hung Up. Lenny must have liked it as he watched several more shows in the USA and Europe and is rumoured to be working with Madonna on her new album.

The original version of Madonna's 2003 video for American Life that was released to the media and then pulled a couple of days later - to be replaced by the 'flags' version of the video has been playing on TV on a Russian Music Channel.

Madonna's windswept hairstyle has made the German press too - as illustrated in this scan from In magazine (18 January 2007 issue).

Madonna has been named the Best Foreign Sex Symbol in a poll run by Finnish music magazine Rumba www.rumba.fi

madonnalicious visitor Anna took some great pictures at the third Madison Square Garden show on Sunday 02 July.

 

 

Golden Globe winner Dame Helen Mirren finds Madonna's controversial 1992 Sex book inspirational - and admits she holds the star's outspoken sexual views in high regard.
Sixty-one-year-old Mirren, whose reputation for stripping off in films often obscured her acting ability, insists she hated having to play a certain type of 'sexy female' in the past - but admires Madonna's 'fantastic' and unique grasp of her sexual self.
She says, 'The thing that was imposed on me from the outside was crude and vulgar and distressful to me, and disturbing - that big t**s, blonde hair, Diana Dors, blowsy kind of thing. (But) I think Madonna got it right. Madonna claimed it for herself, and I've always admired her for that. I loved that Sex book she did. I thought it was fantastic, because it was a big two fingers up, 'This is my sexuality, it's not what you put on me, it's mine.'

Madonna's windswept hairstyle is featured in a two-page spread in the current edition of UK magazine hot stars (20-26 January issue) which comes free with OK! (23 January issue 555) magazine. Click on the images to enlarge.

Normann, one of the dancers from the Confessions Tour is doing a workshop in house dance and hip hop in Denmark on Thursday 01 February in Copenhagen and Friday 02 February in Aarhus.

More details about the event can be found at www.power-house.dk (in Danish) or contact info@power-house.dk in English.

Here are some more previously unpublished pictures from the Confessions Tour.

These pictures were taken on Sunday 02 July at the third Madison Square Garden show by madonnalicious visitor Rani.

Madonna won Best Solo Artist in the Virgin.net Music Awards 2006 - the award was voted for by members of the public in an online vote and Madonna beat the likes of Christina Aguilera, Beyonce, Gwen Stefani and Justin Timberlake.

Fans in Atlanta can enjoy a listening party for the release of the Confessions Tour.

For more information on the party visit www.bazzaaratlanta.com

Due to work commitments madonnalicious will be unable to update the site from Sunday 21 January until Saturday 27 January - I apologise for this brief break in service. Updates and normal service will resume on Sunday 28 January.

Please keep sending in your news submissions and scans - madonnalicious is especially looking for any fans attending the Arthur and the Invisibles premiere in London on Thursday 25 January to send in their pictures and reports here!

The video for Robbie Williams upcoming single She's Madonna will be made available online on Friday.

From 7:00am on Friday 19 January and for a period of 72 hours, BBC Radio 1’s website will be the only place worldwide where the video can be accessed for free.

The video will be available at www.bbc.co.uk/radio1

This weeks edition of UK magazine heat (20-26 January 2007 issue) featured a two-page article on the video for the song - click on the article to enlarge.

Warner Belgium have confirmed that the DVD/CD version of the Confessions Tour: Live From London will also be digitally available and this version will contain two bonus tracks on the audio CD: Get Together and Ray Of Light.
These songs will not be listed on the audio CD available in stores.

madonnalicious visitor Jen took these great pictures at the second Madison Square Garden show on Thursday 29 June in New York City.

madonnalicious visitor Kyle watched the Golden Globes awards last night and even though Madonna was not in attendance two of her songs were featured:

Just wanted to let everyone know that Madonna was featured twice during the Golden Globes ceremony, though not in person.
Vogue was played when Meryl Streep won for Best Actress for The Devil Wears Prada and Sooner Or Later was the highlight song for Warren Beaty's tribute as the album version was played over a montage of films and an orchastral version was played on his way to the stage.

madonnalicious visitor Arturo took these great pictures at the second Madison Square Garden show on Thursday 29 June.

Warner Belgium, VT4 and Free Record Shop will promote the Confessions Tour: Live From London DVD by projecting a four minute short movie of the show on big buildings in Antwerp and Brussels at the following locations:

Brussels-Rogierplein (Crowne Plaza Hotel):
Thursday 25, Friday 26, Saturday 27 and Tuesday 30 January - 5:00pm till 10:00pm

Antwerp-Noorderlaan (Close to Metropolis):
Wed 31 January, Thursday 01 and Friday 02 February - 5:00pm till 10:00pm

Madonna was nearly chased off the road after her appearance on 'Late Show With David Letterman' last week and had to call the cops for help, according to an Internet gossip site.
Two vehicles reportedly were tailgating the Material Mom's car, and the pop star's chauffeur tried to elude them by turning onto Fifth Ave.
The pursuing drivers then tried to ram Madonna's car, forcing her to call 911, gossip blogger Perez Hilton claimed on perezhilton.com.
The NYPD could not confirm the emergency call, and Madonna's spokeswoman, Liz Rosenberg, said she was unaware of the close call, which was reminiscent of Princess Diana's last moments.
Rosenberg did say the singer encountered 'a danger situation' directly outside the Ed Sullivan Theater, where she had told Letterman about her controversial adoption of an African orphan and Britney Spears' pantyless photo op.
The crushing crowd of 500 fans that surged toward her on Broadway 'was pretty scary,' Rosenberg said.
Rosenberg would not confirm whether Madonna or her entourage called for a police escort last week or in the past.
'I don't comment on her security,' she said.

Madonna's passion for jackets is covered in the 1000th edition of French magazine Voici (28 January 2007 issue). Click on the article to enlarge.

Amazingly Madonna's 2005 smash hit Hung Up re-enters the German singles chart this week at #88.

Here are some more previously unseen pictures from the Confessions Tour - these pictures were taken by madonnalicious visitor Matt at the first Madison Square Garden show on Wednesday 28 June.

madonnalicious visitor Stevie stopped by The Today Show studios on Thursday morning and managed to grab these pictures of Madonna in the studio and meeting the crowd outside.

To read about Stevie's Madonna experience visit his blog at www.dashusland.com

Carlos Leon and Madonna didn't last long as a romantic couple. But the two, who never married, have remained friendly as the parents of Lourdes, 10.
They had dinner Thursday night at Nobu 57, carefully arriving and leaving separately.
Madonna and Leon held hands and seemed 'very flirty, very friendly, they were having a wonderful time,' said a witness.
'They set a good example for other couples who have kids,' said Madonna's spokeswoman, Liz Rosenberg. 'It's lovely they get along and remain friends.'

UK newspaper the Sunday Mirror published this small article in its supplement magazine Celebs On Sunday today - click on the article to enlarge.

Madonna calls her New Year holiday in the Indian Ocean a real landmark in her life, for even the thought of taking time off is otherwise enough to send her into panic attacks.
The Material Girl and her British director hubby Guy Ritchie whisked of their three kids, daughter Lourdes, and sons Rocco and David, to a small island in the middle of the Indian Ocean to bring in the New Year.
And for Madonna, that time away was one of the best moments of her life, for despite being a person who gets panic attacks whenever she goes on a vacation, she actually managed to enjoy this one.
'I don't take holidays very often, in fact I get panic attacks thinking about them, but I actually enjoyed this one,' Contactmusic quoted her, as saying.
As for what the 'Hung Up' singer liked the most, well she says spending some 'quiet' and quality time with her family without the interference of the press is what she's most grateful for.
'We actually celebrated New Year's in this very small island in the middle of the Indian Ocean with not many people....It was tropical, it was private, it was quiet. It was beautiful,' Madonna added.

madonnalicious visitor David was lucky enough to attend the taping of US TV show Live With Regis And Kelly on Thursday 11 January and took some great pictures.

Yesterday I was able to get in to see Madonna on Live With Regis And Kelly, it was an amazing experience....the studio is very small, so although I was not in the first row I was still able to see perfectly....it was amazing to see her.

Fame, together with Warner Music NL is organising the official release party for the Confessions Tour DVD.
The release party will take place on Thursday 25 January at 9:30pm in the FAME store in Amsterdam.
The entrance fee is the price you pay for the DVD and you are allowed to bring one guest. Also the guest will have to purchase the DVD to gain entrance.
The price of the DVD will be € 24,99 and this will be the CD + DVD version.
Every buyer then gets a free drink on the party.

Since this is an exclusive event there is only a limited space, so please sign up quickly through: marketing@fame.nl
The first 150 people who register are guaranteed entrance, everyone that registers later will be drawn from a lottery.

Once again Holland gets the world premiere of a purchase of an official Madonna item. Confessions On A Dance Floor was also premiered in Holland on November 10 2005 in the FAME.

The Confessions Tour Live From London DVD Release party is here!

Saturday 03 February 2007
12pm to 8pm
It's at the G-A-Y basement bar: www.g-a-y.co.uk/bar
Map to find this: www.streetmap.co.uk

Come along NO ticket needed, NO payment.
Just bring yourself and any friends that will enjoy 8 hours straight of Madonna Videos and Music. Take a look at previous parties here: madonnafanparty.mysite

Madonna is due to attend the UK premiere of Arthur and the Invisibles on the confirmed date of Thursday 25 January in Leicester Square, London.

The screening will begin at 7:30pm (audience to be seated by 7:00pm).

Here are some press pictures of Madonna attending the premiere of her new film Arthur and the Invisibles at the Tribeca Cinemas in New York City last night.

Madonna has made a special guest appearance at the premiere of her new animated movie.
Arthur And The Invisibles, which is made by critically-acclaimed French film director Luc Besson - best known for Leon and The Fifth Element - follows a boy's journey to save his family home from real estate developers.
Madge, who premiered her movie for children from two New York schools, plays Princess Selenia a mysterious character who helps Arthur save his family home.
She said: 'I think she's (Princess Selenia) cool. What do I mean by cool? I think she's a perfect combination of being vulnerable and really strong.'
'I think she has a sense of humour yet she has a little bit of consciousness about herself. She loves her dad but she's also independent. She knows how to fight and she's got cool hair. What more could you ask for?'
Arthur and the Invisibles stars Mia Farrow and Freddie Highmore and features the voices of Jason Bateman, David Bowie, Robert De Niro, Emilio Estevez, Jimmy Fallon, Harvey Keitel, Chazz Palminteri, and Snoop Dogg.

madonnalicious visitor Raga managed to grab this one picture of Madonna at the The Late Show With David Letterman studios in New York City yesterday.

There will be a Madonna Special TV event on Australian TV show RAGE on ABC.

The event starts on Saturday 13 January at 12:25am and runs until 5:30am playing all Madonna's music videos from the very beginning with Everybody to the present day with Jump - for the full playlist visit www.abc.net.au/rage

Here is the official picture released by CBS to the press of Madonna's appearance on The Late Show With David Letterman on US TV last night.

Madonna said she was 'saving a life' when she initiated the adoption of Malawian boy David Banda. The singer also called for increased adoption from the African nation.
'There's over a million orphans in Malawi, and in my opinion the laws need to change because these children need to be rescued,' the Material Girl told David Letterman's Late Show on CBS.
Madonna, 48, said she had been warned that pursuing an adoption from the country could be difficult.
'My social worker....said, 'Good luck. You're going to be making it up as you go along',' the pop star recalled. 'She didn't say don't do it, but she just said expect challenges, and, boy, did we get them.'
Madonna and her British husband, film director Guy Ritchie, 38, have been allowed to take one-year-old David to their home in London. She has two other children, Lourdes, nine, and Rocco, six.
Yohane Banda surrendered his son to an orphanage after his wife died last year. The couple's two other sons died in infancy from malaria. Banda has said he wants David to stay with Madonna and Ritchie.
But human rights groups in Malawi have said they are concerned the government cut legal corners to fast-track the adoption and they want adoption laws there clarified. A November court ruling allowed a coalition of rights groups to monitor the process.
On the show, Letterman expressed support for the adoption. 'I found it a little upsetting that there was such a tumult and furore over this when in fact the net result was here we have a human being that now has a life,' he said.

Here are some screen captures from Madonna's second TV interview today - this time she appeared on Live With Regis and Kelly.

Rosie O'Donnell has a powerful ally in her feud with Donald Trump: her close friend Madonna.
'People are giving Rosie a hard time,' Madonna, who starred with O'Donnell in 1992's 'A League of Their Own,' said Thursday on NBC's 'Today' show. 'I wish they'd stop. I don't think it's fair.'
The 48-year-old pop star told 'Today' co-host Meredith Vieira that she'd first heard about the flare-up between O'Donnell and Trump while vacationing 'in the middle of the Indian Ocean' and quickly e-mailed O'Donnell.
'I have to hear it from the horse's mouth,' Madonna said. 'Basically, I mean, she's a stand-up comic. I think all stand-up comics talk about provocative things in their monologues before shows, and I think that's a commonplace thing.'
'I don't know exactly the content of what she said,' she continued, 'but I have a feeling that if every stand-up comic was penalized for saying politically incorrect things or provocative things, I think they'd all be hung in the public square.'
The Rosie-Donald feud began last month after Trump announced that Miss USA Tara Conner would keep her title, which had been in jeopardy because of underage drinking. He owns the pageant.
O'Donnell, the outspoken moderator of ABC's 'The View,' hit a nerve when she said the twice-divorced real-estate mogul had no right to be 'the moral compass for 20-year-olds in America.' Trump fired back, calling her a 'loser' and a 'fat pig' in various media interviews.
Madonna appeared on 'Today' to promote 'Arthur and the Invisibles,' a release by The Weinstein Co., slated to open Friday. Madonna, who voices the character of Princess Selenia, says playing a princess is 'new' for her - and her fans.
'They perceive me as a queen, not a princess,' she joked, adding: 'I just loved the idea of playing a character where I can create a fantasy world that has nothing to do with who I am, or what people associate with me.'

Fans can watch a streaming version of the interview online at msnbc.msn.com

madonnalicious visitor Lauren managed to catch Madonna as arrived at the Rockefeller Plaza for The Today Show - and setting up her mike for the interview.

Was on my way to work and look who I bumped into....Hope everyone enjoys! She looked AMAZING! I have been a die hard fan for years and have seen many concerts even up close, but to see her THIS close and mingling with the crowd was unbelievable....I am still on cloud nine!

The time had come for Madonna's first-ever live interview on N-B-C's 'Today' show, but where was she?
Everyone waited outside for her. Finally, Madonna got out of a black car. Meredith Vieira asked what took her so long and Madonna replied, 'Hair.'
Inside the studio, Madonna said that the reason she'd never done a live interview on 'Today' before was because she didn't like 'talking to people this early.'
She pulled herself together to plug her animated movie 'Arthur and the Invincibles' and to side with her friend Rosie O'Donnell in that feud with Donald Trump. Madonna says 'people are giving Rosie a hard time,' and she doesn't think it's fair.
Madonna also said she and Britney Spears have 'drifted apart,' joking, 'we shared a kiss and I never saw her again. You see, that's how it goes in my life.'

Here are some screen captures from Madonna's appearance on The Today Show this morning. Not only was Madonna interviewed live in the studio but she also did a little walkabout in Rockefeller Plaza outside the studio - and treated the crowd by singing a few lines of Silent Night! Madonna also bumped into Cybil Sheppard.

Liz Rosenberg has answered back over the supposed Madonna/Jolie adoption feud in the new issue of US magazine Us Weekly, Liz is quoted as saying:

'I doubt Madonna is aware of Angelina's comments, and I don't think Angelina said anything bad. True, it might have been easier had Madonna adopted a child from another country, but Madonna doesn't shy away from things because they are difficult.'

Here is the official Warner Brothers press release about The Confessions Tour - Live From London DVD that was issued to the media today:

Madonna's record breaking Confessions Tour filmed at London's Wembley Arena during her worldwide sold-out 25-City run in 2006 is scheduled to be released as a DVD/CD on sale January 30th, it was announced today by Warner Bros. Records.
The highest-grossing tour ever by a female artist, 'The Confessions Tour - Live from London' DVD, first broadcast on NBC last November, includes songs that span the course of Madonna's extraordinary career. 'Like A Virgin,' 'Hung Up,' 'Erotica' and 'Music' are just a few of the hits that can be seen on the DVD and heard on the bonus CD included in the package as well as several songs from her 'Confessions On A Dance Floor' CD which debuted at No. 1 in 29 countries.
In addition, 'The Confessions Tour' DVD includes bonus footage, which did not appear on the broadcast, including Madonna's early classic hit 'Lucky Star' as well as the full unedited version of the controversial performance of 'Live To Tell.' The 'Confessions' DVD will have never before seen rehearsal footage and a unique photo gallery. The DVD was directed by Jonus Akerlund. The show was directed for the stage by Jamie King. Musical Director was Stuart Price.
'The pop spectacle of the year - a politically charged combination of Cirque du Soleil, performance-art commentary and dance party explosion that more or less sums up everything she has been striving to say and show this decade....it's quite possibly the best production she's ever concocted,' raved the Orange County Register in their review of Madonna's show.
Madonna is scheduled to appear on tomorrow's (January 11th) airing of 'The Late Show with David Letterman,' make a live appearance on the 'Today' Show and 'Live with Regis and Kelly' - to promote the film, 'Arthur and The Invisibles' - and will also host a screening of the film in Tribecca.
'I want to turn the world into one big dance floor,' claimed the Material Girl when The Confessions Tour began. Now, the singer, songwriter, video visionary, designer, producer, children's book author and artist, who has enthralled millions of fans all over the world and has sold 200 million plus CDs, is extending that commitment to the living rooms of the world.

Madonna is also scheduled to make an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman tonight (Thursday 11 January 2007) at 11:30pm.

While Madonna is in New York to attend the premiere of Arthur and the Invisibles tomorrow evening she will also be appearing on two US TV shows:

Thursday 11 January 2007 - 7:00am - The Today Show

Thursday 11 January 2007 - 9:00am - Live With Regis And Kelly

Todays 3am gossip column in UK newspaper the Daily Mirror features two pictures of a rather wind-swept Madonna as she left her London gym yesterday.

Last night Madonna and a female friend attended Kylie Minogue's Showgirl: Homecoming concert at London's Wembley Arena.

Madonna viewed the show from the VIP side blocks, and left before the end between Especially For You and Love At First Sight to avoid the crowds.

madonnalicious visitor Kevin attended the show and had the chance to say a quick Hello to Madonna as she enjoyed the VIP bar hospitality area at the arena.

madonnalicious has received official confirmation that Madonna will indeed be visiting the USA to host a special screening of her upcoming movie Arthur and the Invisibles for two schools in New York City in this press release:

Madonna is making an surprise trip to the United States to host a special screening of her upcoming family film by Luc Besson, Arthur and the Invisibles Thursday afternoon at the Tribeca Cinemas for students of two charter schools in New York City that are supported by Robin Hood, KIPP and Achievement First.
Madonna co-stars in the larger-than-life, family adventure alongside Robert De Niro, Jimmy Fallon, David Bowie, Mia Farrow, Freddie Highmore, Emilio Estevez and Snoop Dogg. Using a dazzling new combination of live-action and ground-breaking CGI technology, Arthur and the Invisibles hits theaters nationwide this Friday, January 12th.

Click on the flyer for more information about a Confessions Tour DVD release party taking place in Rome on Wednesday 31 January.

Music website NME.com are reporting what Stuart Price has said about him working on Madonna's new album.

Stuart said on TV entertainment channel E! that Madonna's album has a 'new sound' and that they have worked with some 'top producers that are in fashion right now'.

He also added that the new album will be out this year!

madonnalicious visitor Robin C took these great shots at the second show in Hartford at the Civic Center on Monday 26 June.

Despite her comments in French magazine Gala, Angelina Jolie says wasn't trying to criticize Madonna for adopting a child from Malawi:

'The article included many falsehoods. I said many positive things that were omitted. I feel we must focus on the present and I encourage everyone to be supportive so that every child can adjust nicely to their new home.'

Madonna is on the cover of the latest issue of Mexican magazine Fernanda (January 2007 edition) with an article entitled Queen of Metamorphosis.

Gwen Stefani insists there is no bad blood between her and Madonna and freely admits she has used the pop superstar as a role model throughout her career.
The What You Waiting Fizor singer admits the two have much in common, including Italian-American heritage and British husbands. She tells the US edition of Elle magazine, 'It is weird that we have all of these similarities. Madonna's had us over for dinner and stuff, and she's always been very nice to me.'
Stefani admits the Hung Up singer seemed less-than-impressed when she first mentioned she was recording a solo album featuring dance tunes. She adds, 'I remember telling Madonna I was going to do an '80s dance record and she rolled her eyes, because I think when you've lived through it like she did, she's like, 'Whatever.' But a lot of my influence came from her early work, like directly, like a Xerox.'

Here are some more fan pictures from the first Hartford concert on Sunday 25 June. These fantastic pictures were taken by madonnalicious visitor Steve F.

 

 

 

Madonna had two songs featured on the Global Dance Traxx Top Traxx chart for January-December 2006 - for more information visit www.mis-charts.de:

#2 Madonna - Sorry (50 weeks in chart)
#3 Madonna - Hung Up (52weeks in chart)

Here are some more fan pictures from the first Hartford concert on Sunday 25 June at the Hartford Civic Center, CT. These pictures were taken by madonnalicious visitor Bruno.

In French magazine Gala Angelina Jolie both criticised and sympathised with Madonna's adoption of baby David Banda last year:

Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has entered the Madonna adoption row, saying she would never have a child from Malawi.
The actress and mother-of-three, two of which are adopted, said in an interview that when she and her partner Brad Pitt adopt again, Africa will not be not on their list.
She said: 'It's a country where there is no real legal framework for adoption.'
'Personally, I prefer to stay on the right side of the law. I would never take a child away from a place where adoption is illegal.'
Despite her comments, Jolie did express some sympathy for the criticism Madge has received in the wake of her adoption of African child David Banda.
She added: 'I have been horrified by the attacks she's been subjected to. All that should count is the happiness of her little David.'

UK newspaper the Sunday Mirror published today a new picture of Madonna leaving her gym yesterday in London in it's Radar gossip column.

It is your last chance to vote for Madonna in the Best International Female and Best International Album categories in the NRJ Music Awards.

To vote for Madonna visit www.nrjmusicawards.nrj.fr/artiste-feminine-internationale and www.nrjmusicawards.nrj.fr/categorie-album-international

Todays edition of UK newspaper the Daily Star featured this half page article on baby David's Malawian father being flown intothe UK to visit his son.

For the Christmas week Madonna is back in the Canadian charts with Confessions On A Dance Floor at #94 (up 25 places).

Her singles Get Together is up 2 places to #8 and Hung Up is at #20 (up 11 places)

Jump also makes a re-entry on the Adult Contemporary Radio Airplay chart at #47

Fans can continue to vote for Madonna at these links:
MuchMoreMusic: www.muchmoremusic.com/top10
Radio Énergie | Top 5: www.radioenergie.com/musique/top5
Radio Energie | Top 6: www.radioenergie.com/musique/top6

Todays edition of UK newspaper the Daily Mirror featured Madonna on the cover and as an illustration to it's keeping fit article in it's lifestyle supplement Your Life.

Please keep voting for Madonna as the Best Solo Artist in the 2006 Virgin.net Awards - to vote for Madonna visit virgin.net/music/awards2006/bestsoloartist

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madonnalicious visitor April took these pictures at the first Hartford concert on Sunday 25 June at the Hartford Civic Center, CT.

Malawi's government is happy with the way pop diva Madonna is looking after a one-year-old Malawian boy after her plans to adopt the child last year caused a storm of controversy, an official said on Friday.
Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Women and Child Welfare Adrina Mchiela told Reuters the government is satisfied so far at the way Madonna is looking after David Banda.
'We have been monitoring her and so far we see a loving mother in Madonna and David is very fine....the father should not be worried,' Mchiela said.
Yohane Banda, David's father, this week said he wanted to talk to Madonna and find out how the child is doing.
Cyrus Jeke, the deputy director for Child Welfare in the Ministry, said a senior government official has been assigned to monitor how David is faring with Madonna and her husband, film director Guy Ritchie, with the help of the British government.
Neither Mchiela nor Jeke would disclose whether the official had visited Madonna's London home, where David has been living since October.
Madonna signed interim adoption papers when she and her husband visited in October on what they said was a humanitarian mission to help Malawi orphans.
David Banda, whose mother had died, was living in an orphanage and his father - who initially voiced some questions about the process - later said he supported it.
Under the interim order, David Banda was to stay with Madonna for 18 months during which time his progress would be monitored by Malawian officials before deciding whether final approval may be given for him to remain with her family.
Yohane Banda complained early this week that he does not have access to the American singer and wants to find out how his son is doing. But Mchiela said he would have to wait.
'Banda will have a chance to see his child again after 18 months elapses because Madonna will have to come back to Malawi for the court to rule whether she can get full custody of the child. He need not worry,' Mchiela said.

Australian magazine New Idea (06 January 2007 issue) features a two-page exclusive look inside Madonna and Guy's Los Angeles mansion.

Amazingly the magazine includes a never before seen picture of Madonna and Guy's wedding. The picture is in a large frame on the dressing table in Madonna's personal bathroom and although the picture is small it is clearly seen in the article.

Liz Kay, a researcher at Eagle Media Productions has contacted madonnalicious to ask for our visitors help in the production of a DVD documentary about Madonna:

We're currently looking for Madonna's biggest fan to take part in a DVD documentary about the lady herself.
We're looking for someone who has been inspired by her work and can speak well about their idol.
If this is you, please email liz@eaglemp.co.uk with your contact details.
Filming is due to take place very soon in both London and New York.

The current edition of German magazine In Touch (02/2007 issue) features a recent picture of Madonna leaving her North London gym with a Boots chemist bag containing creams to treat muscle sprains and strains and is used to relive arthritis. She must have been working to hard at the gym! Click on the article to enlarge.

US talk show queen Oprah Winfrey has leaped to the defence of pop superstar Madonna, insisting her adoption of a Malawian tot was an 'amazing' act.
Winfrey visited Africa herself earlier this week to open a school for disadvantaged girls in South Africa and she can't understand why Madonna's charity to baby David Banda has received so much criticism in the press.
Speaking on British current affairs show Newsnight yesterday Winfrey said, 'I applaud Madonna. I think it's an amazing thing that she did, and it makes me sick that people criticise her, because there are millions of children in this world who will die because no one came to save them. I think she deserves praise and applause and not to be criticised.'
Madonna and husband Guy Ritchie were granted interim adoption of David in October.

Here are the scans from the Chilean magazine Mujer article from last weekend which takes a look at Madonna's career to date. Click on the images to enlarge.

The results are in for Capital Radio's Hall Of Fame countdown. People voted for their favourite songs of all time and in the 2006 chart Madonna has 13 entries!
The Confessions Tour last year obviously helped to put some vintage Madonna songs in the countdown....La Isla Bonita for example.

Here are the Madonna songs in the countdown, with last years chart position in brackets - to view the full countdown visit www.capitalradio.com:

#10 Madonna - Hung Up (#8)
#23 Madonna - Into The Groove (#395)
#31 Madonna - Like A Prayer (#20)
#41 Madonna - Papa Don't Preach (#137)
#55 Madonna - Vogue (#41)
#73 Madonna - Ray Of Light (#497)
#108 Madonna - Frozen (#313)
#119 Madonna - Crazy For You (#297)
#319 Madonna - Music (#491)
#337 Madonna - Like A Virgin (#253)
#376 Madonna - La Isla Bonita (*NEW*)
#400 Madonna - Holiday (#439)
#444 Madonna - Sorry (*NEW*)

Madonna was on the cover of the Sunday 31 December issue of Mujer which looked at her 25 years in the music industry. Click on the cover to enlarge.

Madonna had two entries in the Hit40uk.com end of year chart end listing the most successful singles of 2006 in the UK:

#21 Sorry
#35 Hung Up (Was #8 on 2005 End Of Year Chart)

madonnalicious wishes all its readers a Happy New Year for 2007 and sends thanks to everyone who has contributed news, pictures, scans and video to the site over the past year. Heres to another Madonna-packed year!