New German magazine VIP Click (31 May issue) features this picure-packed four page article about Madonna. Click on the pages to enlarge.

Actor Richard E. Grant has just filmed a role in Madonna's directorial debut Filth and Wisdom and had this to say about working with Madonna on the project in an interview with Michael Bodey from The Australian:

But only two weeks ago he filmed a role in Madonna's first short film, Filth and Wisdom, in London. He plays a blind writer in the singer's take on a popstar on the make. 'It's autobiographical to her experience but there's no lookalike, wannabe Madonna in it as there was in the film version of my early life,' he says. 'She was very exact and particular about what she wanted as a director and she was very impressive.'

Now that the showroom at the Brillia Mare Ariake project has opened, this advert is now appearing in local Tokyo press - click on the advert to enlarge.

Fans should also visit the projects website at www.b-m-a.jp to view a stunning new Steven Klein directed advert starring Madonna.

Madonna, the queen of pop, became queen of tarts, after she went in search of a sugar rush to help her through her first attempts at directing a film.
The global superstar was spotted directing her new 30-minute comedy, 'Filth And Wisdom', in Exmouth market, London.
But before there were any lights, camera or action, Her Madgesty, took time to fuss over cakes, tarts and biscuits on display at the vendors' stalls.
Wearing no make-up, scruffy hair and baggy white sweat pants, the lady in-charge told one stall worker: 'Those (cakes) are very bad.'
But in the end he persuaded her, saying: 'I managed to sell her a lemon tart for £1.50.'
Squinting in the sunshine, she then returned to her director's chair for her sunglasses, sipping on a Starbucks and sending text messages.
The 48-year-old stunned shoppers when she and a 20 strong crew rolled in to film at a local chemists.
One passer by said: 'It was a huge surprise to see such a big star. She looked in great shape for someone her age and treated us all to a little tour.'

To view video footage of Madonna touring the market visit www.metro.co.uk

madonnalicious visitor Don captured these previously unpublished shots of Madonna interacting with the crowd at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday 18 July 2007.

Madonna may soon have a battle on her hands, for a human rights group is getting set to challenge her adoption of Malawian infant David Banda.
Justin Dzonzi, the leader of the group, has stated that he plans to show Malawi's High Court that the music icon's adoption of the 18-month old boy was illegal, as the country has no laws that permit international adoptions.
A Malawian court had granted Madonna and hubby Guy Ritchie an interim order in October last year so that they could take custody of baby David for 18 to 24 months.
However, the decision by the group has David's biological father Yohane Banda fuming, for he just wants everyone to stop hounding the little one.
'He is happy and healthy. I wish they would leave my son alone,' The Sun quoted him, as saying.
Madonna ran into choppy waters over the adoption, when she was not only criticised for taking David away from his birth father, but was also accused of using her wealth to side-step Malawi's adoption laws.

The current edition of UK magazine Hello! (29 May issue 971) features this four page article discussing the usual marriage rumours, but is illustrated with some recent pictures - including one of Madonna on the set of Filth and Wisdom.

Kevin Costner has forgiven Madonna for poking fun at him in her Truth Or Dare backstage documentary, after she took time to publicly apologise to him during a Los Angeles concert. Madonna feigned sticking her finger down her throat to be sick after she was filmed meeting Costner after a show - an action the actor admits 'embarrassed' and 'hurt' him.
But, a decade after the incident, Madonna made up for her bad behaviour when Costner took his daughters to see her in concert.
He tells the Los Angeles Time newspaper, 'She was performing about three or four years ago, so I decided to take my daughters to see her. I didn't call anybody for tickets, I just got the tickets and we went down....And about the third song in, the lights were down, and she said, 'I want to apologise to someone.' All of a sudden, my face starts to get hot....And she says, 'I want to apologise to Kevin Costner.' She just said it very simply. 'Ninety eight per cent of that audience didn't know what she was talking about.'
'But I really respected that....Whatever possessed her, whatever was inside her, she came to her own decision and a bigger thing came out of some kind of humiliation.'

Madonna's Hey You the charity single for Live Earth is now available as a download from the UK and Ireland iTunes website here.

Hey You is also available on other countries iTunes sites and other download sites so check out them out and help the Live Earth charity by purchasing the song and helping Madonna chart!

The Colombian daily El Tiempo published a column by a priest who said he has seen Madonna's DVD of her latest concert tour and defends her 'crucifixion' and nudity and calls the show a model of evangelization.
In a column entitled, 'Madonna: A Suggestive Presentation of Jesus,' Jesuit Father Carlos Novoa, former dean of the Department of Theology at the Javeriana University, said he was impressed by the 'deep spirituality' of some of Madonna's choreography and claimed her parody of the crucifixion 'is not a mockery of the cross, but rather the complete opposite: An exaltation of the mystery of the death and resurrection of Jesus' and a 'creative and moving' work of art.
Father Novoa said the DVD recording of Madonna's 'The Confessions Tour' was something worth viewing for its 'high aesthetic quality.' The song 'Live to Tell,' in which Madonna is 'crucified,' 'is one of the best sermons I have witnessed in my life,' and he challenged Catholics to follow the example of the singer.
'In this postmodern, skeptic world in which so many people abhor or are simply uninterested in the faith, will ministers of the church and Catholics in general have this audacity and this creativity to communicate a Jesus who truly shakes people up on the inside?' Novoa wondered.
The Jesuit priest also defended 'masculine and feminine nudity,' expressed not through 'cheap pornography' but through 'erotic beauty.' He compared Madonna's choreography and nudity with the works of Michelangelo, 'who filled the walls of the Sistine Chapel, the sacrosanct place where the holy father is elected, with frescoes of nude men and women.'
Father Novoa said renowned artists and art critics consider Madonna to be 'one of the best choreographers of our times.' 'In her excellent stage presentations, she sometimes makes use of both male and female nudes, which scandalizes some, as in the case of Michelangelo,' he claimed.
Novoa acknowledged that some of Madonna's antics are 'ridiculous,' but, he claimed, 'they said the same thing about Beethoven when he debuted some of his best compositions and about Picasso, one of the great guides posts of modern-day art, when he presented his master works in 1907: 'Les Demoiselles d'Avignon.'

The current edition of UK magazine first (26 May - 01 June issue) features a one page article about Madonna's busy schedule.

Hello! magazine are running an online poll asking about Madonna as a film director with two possible answers - Endlessly talented or Movies are not her thing.

To take part in the poll visit www.hellomagazine.com and scroll down the page - the poll is on the lower right-hand side on the page.

German magazines Freizeit Revue (16 May issue) and In Touch (24 May issue) both feature articles on Madonna. Click to enlarge.

Although Madonna could not attend the Ivor Novello Awards to pick up her gong for International Song of the Year - the co-writer of Sorry, Stuart Price did attend and had this funny quote in his speech:

Madonna isn't here - she's probably somersaulting around in a field in a leotard somewhere.

During his lunchbreak yesterday madonnalicious visitor Hugo managed to snap this picture of Madonna in London's Exmouth Street filming Filth and Wisdom.

Even a seasoned showbiz hand like Madonna needs a little support when she takes on a new venture. So her director husband Guy Ritchie was on hand to pass on tips as the Queen of Pop clocked up a first: directing a movie.
The 30-minute short Filth And Wisdom features a subject matter that strays not too far from her area of expertise. The superstar singer has revealed the film is based on her own life experiences, but has otherwise kept details of the project hush hush. 'I hate to be a tease, but you know how I am,' she told fans.
On the shoot in a London street market this week the Material Girl, dressed in a casual green tracksuit teamed with a skull and crossbones cap, was all business giving instructions from the director's chair.
Characters reportedly include an Indian chemist owner, a Jewish businessman and a failed ballet dancer who takes up pole dancing. Madonna is hoping filming will wrap by July when she aims to be back in the recording studio. Meanwhile, her other half is set to return to film-making with RocknRolla a low budge gangster flick he has written and produced himself.

Local London TV news show London Tonight managed to grab some footage of Madonna on set of her film Filth and Wisdom at Exmouth Market earlier today.

Breaking news from London! Madonna has won an Ivor Novello Award today - her 2006 hit Sorry was voted as the International Hit of the Year.

The award ceremony took place this lunchtime in London at The Grosvenor House Hotel - unfortunately Madonna did not appear to accept the award.

Check out the official website at www.theivors.britishacademy.com/awards.html

Todays edition of UK newspaper the Daily Mirror published three new pictures of Madonna on the London set of her new movie Filth and Wisdom.

 

Radios stations in Canada have started to play Hey You. Fans can vote right now for the song on these popular radios stations:

English Speaking Radio Stations:
CHUM FM | www.chumfm.com/PopSites/New-Music
MIX96 | www.themix.com/requests
Q92 | www.q92fm.com/show_casey_kasem

French Speaking Radio Stations:
CKOI | www.ckoi.com/6a6.php
Radio Énergie | www.radioenergie.com/contact_special
Rythme FM | www.rythmefm.com/mtl/vote

James from the www.thefamebureau.com has let madonnalicious know about a Madonna auction taking place very soon:

I thought you might be interested to know about some great MADONNA lots coming up for auction on Saturday 02 June at The Fame Bureau's Rock n Roll Circus sale in Las Vegas at the Orleans Hotel & Casino.

Some of the items up for auction include:

* ORIGINAL Bustiers worn on the Blonde Ambition Tour.
* Pearls worn on screen in the film 'Truth or Dare'.
* T-shirt signed at Live Aid.
* Owned and worn beret with black and white photograph of Madonna wearing it.

The auction will be held on the evening of Saturday 02 June with a preview on Friday 01 June. The items can be seen on www.thefamebureau.com (Lots 317-338)
Fans can also bid in real time live on www.Ebayliveauctions.com

Check out the new website for www.venenoinc.com who are the people behind the backdrop videos for Madonna's last three tours.

The site features some clips of their stunning work for Madonna - take a look!

Exactly one year ago today, Madonna's Confessions Tour had its opening night at The Forum in Los Angeles. Many fans sent in their personal pictures from the event to madonnalicious and our Tour Gallery contains over 4000 pictures - and madonnalicious is still adding more each week!

Here is a great previously unseen shot by madonnalicious visitor Cindy at the Madison Square Garden show on Tuesday 18 July 2007.

Hey You is getting a lot of airplay on the radio in Dublin, Ireland and has also been heard on Cesky Rozhlas (National Czech radio) over the weekend.

Mexican magazine Eres features Madonna on its latest cover (01 June 2007 issue 454) and a six page article inside the magazine.

 

 

An Amsterdam court has convicted a 63-year-old clergyman for calling in a false bomb alert before a Madonna concert. The court in Amsterdam sentenced Willem G. from Waardenburg to 150 hours of community service and a suspended prison sentence on Wednesday.
The minister will also have to undergo treatment at a psychiatric clinic and report to a probation officer. The penalty matched the demand from the public prosecution department.
The preacher called in a false bomb alert just before the Madonna concert in the Amsterdam ArenA in September. G. warned that five cluster bombs would detonate during the scene in which the American pop singer poses on a cross and wears a crown of thorns. G. found the crucifixion scene blasphemous.

madonnalicious visitor Richard has sent in this fan report from a Donna De Lory show in Boulder last weekend - as fans will know Donna is the long time backing singer for Madonna and most recently worked with her on the Confessions Tour:

Hi, my name is Richard and I live in Denver, CO. When I found out that Donna De Lory was going to perform at the Unity Church in near-by Boulder I decided to check it out. I got there at 7:45 pm and the church was filling up. Donna came out at about 8:20 pm. She played her harmonium and sang a lot of songs in Sanscrit. Keeping her company were two musicians (Ty and Cameron) and all three of them connected with the audience right away.
They even played a song they had composed just the day before and Donna mentioned she was still going to add another verse to it. Her voice was so strong and beautiflul. She was barefoot and kept sipping her tea throughout the evening. The music was very uplifting and you could tell everybody really enjoyed it. The atmosphere in the church was just perfect. When I looked around people were closing their eyes and some of them even got up and danced in the back of the church. I am sure Donna felt all the energy as well as she seemed to be ad libbing a lot and some of the songs went for almost 10 minutes.

After the show I decided to stick around to see if I could meet Donna and maybe get a picture with her. She came out soon after and chatted with a few people. As soon as I had a chance I approached her (I was quite nervous, so Donna please forgive me if I came across kind of dorky). I told her how much I enjoyed her performance and would like her to sign my ticket. Her response was 'of course'. She asked me what my name was and how I heard about the show. I told her it was posted on a couple of Madonna websites. She said: 'Oh, that's really nice of them' and signed my ticket.
'So what did you think? It was probably different than you expected?' she asked me referring to the show. I said I had not heard her music before, but I really expected it to be different and quite frankly it was definitely different than anything I have heard before.
Then I told her I saw the Confessions Tour in Vegas, Phoenix, and the last show in Tokyo. She responded: 'We had so much fun....' and then she turned to Ty and said: 'Hey Ty, this is Richard and he found out about us through a Madonna web site. They are so nice for posting that.' I asked her if I could take a picture with her and she asked Ty to do it. 'You should write a review and send it to the web sites', she suggested. I said 'Of course and I will send them the picture too.'
She asked me if I had taken any pictures during the show and I said I wanted to, but did not want to be disrespectful especially using the flash.

After that I thanked her, gave her a big hug, and wished her best of luck. She said I should talk to Paul who was selling CDs in the hallway, but when I got there he seemed to be busy talking to people, so I did not want to interrupt. It was getting late and I had a drive back to Denver ahead of me. I am glad I went to see Donna's performance. She is definitely special. You can tell kindness is just glowing from her face. Thank you Donna for a wonderful uplifting evening!

Members of Madonna's official fanclub ICON should log into their accounts now to view the new issue of digital ICON magazine which contains a personal video message from Madonna and other video goodies - visit www.iconmadonna.com

The property website for Brillia Mare Ariake - www.b-m-a.jp - has been updated with more Madonna pictures that have previously only been seen in their property portfolio that madonnalicious published earlier this month.

Even though Madonna's Hey You is not being officially released as a single that hasn't stopped it getting radio play - today it has been heard on the radio in both Canada and Germany.

Madonnarama take place this Saturday 19 May at Gay Club Pure in Philadelphia with Madonna music, trivias and drag queens. For information visit www.purephilly.com

Fans can now download the Pharrell Williams produced Madonna song Hey You for free (for seven days only) from MSN at liveearth.msn.com/green/Madonnadownload

MSN will donate 25 cents (13p) for each of the first one million downloads - so what are you waiting for?! Go and get a new Madonna song and help Live Earth!

As the exclusive online media partner for Live Earth, MSN(R) today unveiled a new, enhanced LiveEarth.MSN.com Web site. As part of this new site, beginning today, people around the world can download a free, new Madonna song, 'Hey You,' written exclusively for the Live Earth concert series and available only on MSN.com. Live Earth, a monumental music event, will bring together more than 2 billion people to combat the climate crisis. The concerts will be streamed live on July 7 (7/7/07) at http://liveearth.msn.com/
'At MSN, we want to offer people amazing media experiences, like this exclusive song from Madonna and our Live Earth site, that not only inspire, but entertain,' said Joanne Bradford, corporate vice president and chief media officer of MSN. 'As the exclusive online partner for Live Earth, we are able to give our 465 million monthly users an exciting and interactive experience that will educate people about climate change and encourage people to take action.'
Madonna's new song, 'Hey You,' inspired by the upcoming Live Earth series of concerts, is now available to download exclusively on MSN.com and LiveEarth.MSN.com. MSN is pleased to offer this song in conjunction with Madonna and is proud to donate 25 cents for each of the first 1 million downloads to the Alliance for Climate Protection, in support of Live Earth. The new song will be performed live by Madonna on 7/7/07 during the Live Earth concert at Wembley Stadium in London.
'Live Earth is about engaging a global audience with tools to tackle the climate crisis, and MSN plays an instrumental role in helping Live Earth reach its unprecedented audience,' said Kevin Wall, Live Earth founder and producer. 'LiveEarth.MSN.com is the only place where people can join our movement anywhere, anytime.'

Inspired by the upcoming July 7th Live Earth series of concerts, Madonna has written a new song, 'Hey You,' which will be available to be downloaded in the MP3 format on Microsoft's home page, http://liveearth.msn.com, on May 16. The first million downloads of 'Hey You' will be free as Microsoft has pledged to donate $0.25 per download to the Alliance for Climate Protection for the first million downloads. Madonna is scheduled to perform 'Hey You' live at the Wembley Stadium Live Earth concert in London, it was confirmed by her record label, Warner Bros. Records, who have also announced that they will be releasing a live CD/DVD of the Live Earth Concert Series.
Madonna's new song, 'Hey You,' recorded in London, was produced by Pharrell Williams and Madonna. She is one of seventeen headliners that have been announced including Red Hot Chili Peppers, Genesis, Beastie Boys and others who will perform at Wembley as part of the 24-hour, 7-continent Live Earth Concert Series.
'On 7/7/07, Live Earth will inspire people from around the world to combat global warming with live performances from superstar artists like Madonna,' Live Earth Founder Kevin Wall said. 'The early release of 'Hey You' is an incredible boost to our efforts to get people engaged in the environmental cause. We are thrilled that Madonna donated her art to Live Earth and is a part of this movement for us.'
Live Earth is a monumental music event on 7/7/07 that will bring together more than 100 headlining music artists and 2 billion people to launch an ongoing, mass movement to combat the climate crisis. Concerts will take place in New York; London; Sydney; Tokyo; Shanghai; Johannesburg; Rio de Janeiro; and Hamburg. Live Earth's 24 hours of music across 7 continents will deliver a call to action and the solutions needed to answer the call. Live Earth marks the beginning of a multi-year campaign led by The Alliance for Climate Protection to move individuals, corporations and governments to take action.
The concerts will be streamed live at LiveEarth.MSN.com and available on CD/DVD.

Madonna's official website www.madonna.com has started teasing fans with this new background advertising Madonna's upcoming Live Earth charity song Hey You.

Madonna was snapped in the set of Filth and Wisdom in London yesterday wearing an 'interesting' hat - the scan below is from UK newspaper the Daily Mirror.

Madonna has published this statement about Filth and Wisdom:

'I am happy to confirm I am working hard on a new project, directing my first short movie. While I cannot tell you more about it for now, I am happy to officially reveal its title: 'Filth and Wisdom'. I will finish this in time to go back to the recording studio in July. I hate to be such a tease, but you know how I am.'

The latest issues of some German magazine all featured various Madonna stories. Featured below are scans from Bunte, Gala, In and In Touch (all 10 May issues).

Notice the picture used to illustrate the Gala article - Madonna is pictured wearing her M by Madonna - H&M silk scarf! Click on the articles to enlarge.

 

The latest edition of UK magazine heat (12-18 May issue) features two articles about Madonna looking at her diet and some latest London pictures.

Matthew Rettenmund at Boy Culture reports this exciting news about a new Madonna track we may be hearing VERY VERY soon:

I hear Madonna's new song with Pharrell is called 'Hey You' and will be a Microsoft-branded Live Earth charity download almost by the time you read this.

Madonna on the cover of the special first anniversary issue of Beats magazine (May 2007 issue), which is very popular entertainment magazine in Hong Kong.

Over 45,000 copies of Beats are printed every month and distributed free in over 600 locations in Hong Kong.

Justin Timberlake has spoken for the first time publicly about his upcoming collaboration with Madonna.
The pair of pop titans went into the studio recently to work on an unknown piece of music, which is expected to feature on the new Madonna album.
Timberlake says we can expect to 'hear it soon', but he refused to reveal the name of the track, although he has revealed more details of an upcoming hook-up with 50 Cent.
Speaking about Madonna, Justin said: 'We did work in the studio together, we came up with some really cool stuff. I don't know what else to tell you except that you'll hear it soon.'
When asked the name of the song, he continued: 'I don't want to tell you that, because she'll either kill me or she'll have me kill you. And I think we have enough celebrities going to jail.'

Musician, Singer, Dancer, Book Writer, Model, Actress....In addition to the many looks she has created for herself over the past 25 years, Madonna has also successfully tasted many variations of the artistic world by taking each of them as a personal challenge.
Earlier this year, she directed the TV ad for her 'M by Madonna' campaign with H&M. Today, we are happy to confirm that our girl is working hard on a brand new project, directing her very first short movie!
While we cannot tell you more about it for now, we are happy to officially reveal its title: Filth and Wisdom. Make sure to check Madonna.com on a regular basis for more facts and details!

The 12 May issue of Australian magazine New Idea contains this two-page picture spread of Madonna and her family on a day out in London's Hyde Park last month.

Mexican Radio Station Mix 106 is hosting a Madonna Party on Friday 25 May. In order to win tickets, you need to be listening all day. In order to win, you need to answer some questions at this link: www.grupoacir.com.mx/mix106.5/eventos

Lotsa de Casha illustrator Rui Paes is holding an exhibition of his original watercolours for the book in the UK. For more information visit www.chippingnortontheatre.co.uk

Justin Timberlake was interviewed by Billy Bush on the U.S. entertainment show Access Hollywood and this is what he had to say about Madonna's new album:

On the experience of working with Madonna:

She's Madonna. It doesn't get any cooler than that. I spent a week in the studio with her in London and we....we produced about five or six....some really good tracks....some finished, some not finished. I'm gonna go back in July and work on some more stuff.

On the possibility of singing with Madonna:

Uh, possibly, yeah. Her work ethic is very infectious in the studio. I was kind like, man, I'm too slow. She's a workhorse. I'm just a fan. I'm basically just a fan who, like, tricked Madonna. (laughs)

The new issue of UK magazine Grazia (14 May 2007) has this editorial by Laura Craik and how Madonna manages to look so effortessly stylish from Malawi to Mayfair.

Bjork has revealed that Madonna sang the wrong lyrics on the 1995 single she wrote for the pop queen.
The Icelandic star penned lyrics for 'Bedtime Story', which Madonna took to number four in the charts in February 1995, at the request of producer Nellee Hooper.
However, she was surprised when she first heard Madonna's recording of the song.
She told Attitude: 'She did her own version and wrote the lyrics wrong. I can't remember right now, but it was a really interesting mistake.'
'It was something like 'Let's say goodbye to logic and reason' and she got it wrong so that it actually meant the opposite....I was like, 'Okay....''

Dutch magazine Glossy featured this two page article on Madonna's style throughout the years (however note that they have her 2000 appearance at the European MTV Awards listed as incorrectly dated as 2002).

Madonna is launching a new talent initiative in a bid to find the next cyberspace superstars. The pop superstar's production company, Maverick, has teamed with Madison Road Entertainment to develop talent search Big Shot, which will launch in September.
The idea of the project is to encourage wannabe actors, magicians, singers and entertainers to post video clips of themselves to the Big Shot website, while other visitors pick their favourites. The winner of each week's video entry lottery will then be flown to Hollywood to audition in front of a talent scout. For wannabe actors, the opportunity to appear in a Maverick produced TV show or movie could be their prize.

Three weeks after returning from Africa for a charity mission to help orphans, Madonna has moved her focus - to lap dancers.
The singer put saving the world on hold while she auditioned tabletop dancers for her latest project, rumoured to be a short film.
Visiting London club Secrets, the mother of three looked decidedly demure in baggy trousers, an open collared shirt and dark oversized glasses.
She briefly wandered around outside the premises with a giant coffee in hand, before heading in to meet the hopefuls.
She is said to have asked a number of girls to read from a script before taking to the stage to perform.
Madonna recently returned from Malawi where she spent six days with her daughter Lourdes and son David, 1, whom she is adopting.
Friends say Madonna is looking to adopt daughter from the country, although her publicist has denied this.

To view the pictures of Madonna visiting the club visit www.dailymail.co.uk

Australian magazines New Idea (05 May issue) and Womans Day (07 May issue) both featured articles on Madonna's recent trip to Malawi and the new adoption rumours. Click on the articles to enlarge.

Fans can vote for Madonna as having the Best Look of 2007 in an online poll for French magazine Glamour - to vote for Madonna visit www.glamourparis.com and click on Je vote pour elle (you can vote up to twenty times a day).

The May 2007 issue of Elle magazine in Bulgaria also features Madonna on the cover.

Madonna got a nasty surprise when she begged Sacha Baron Cohen to appear in one of her music videos - she received a torrent of abuse from the Borat funnyman. Cohen was asked to star in the promo for the song Music in 2000, but refused to believe the person on the other phone was really the Queen of Pop and began to scream obscenities at her. He recalls, 'I got a call from someone claiming to be Madonna. I thought it was a prank so I proceeded to totally insult the woman on the end of the line.' Luckily, Madonna forgave him and he appeared on the video as one of his characters Ali G.

Here are more Steven Klein shot pictures from the Brillia Mare - Tower and Garden advertising portfolio that is only given out to prospective buyers at the complex.

Madonna has turned down the opportunity to perform at the Diana Memorial concert due to prior commitments.
The pop icon was reportedly approached by Andrew Lloyd Webber to perform on stage in her famous role as Eva Peron.
She was however forced reject the offer because of her scheduled rehearsals for the Live Earth concert.
The memorial concert, which marks the 10th anniversary of Princess Diana's death, is being held on July 1 - what would have been Diana's 46th birthday.
A source told the Mirror, 'Live Earth approached Madonna first and she is committed to performing there. It would be extremely hard to rehearse for both gigs at the same time and she wouldn't want to give less than a 100 per cent to either.'
'Andrew Lloyd Webber was very understanding when she felt she had to say no.'

Visit www.people.com to view a new picture of a wind-swept Madonna taken she left her North London gym on Tuesday 01 May.

People.com also contacted madonnalicious with this news about their site:

Like your site, our goal is to bring the life, news, and photographs of Madonna to fans worldwide.
We recently launched our Celebrity Central database, which is everything you need to know about the most popular celebrities, from the latest news headlines and photos to fun facts, relationship histories and detailed biographies for each of Hollywood's hottest stars. This site has been professionally researched and fact-checked, and is an amazing resource for anyone with serious interest in Madonna, her career, and life.
The link is: www.people.com/people/madonna - the link to the main Celebrity Central Database is: www.people.com/people/celebrities

madonnalicious visitor UDAI has sent in these previously unseen Steven Klein shot stunning pictures from the Brillia Mare - Tower and Garden advertising portfolio.

www.poolparty.com are reporting that Madonna has collaborated with Annie Lennox on Annie's forthcoming new album:

Truly a match made in diva heaven. Annie Lennox is collaborating with Madonna on her highly anticipated new album due out this fall. Other guests will include Mary J. Blige, P!nk, and Kelis. Music veteran Glen Ballard is producing the album - Annie's first in over four years. Get ready, because this one is going to be huge.

There is a Madonna Party/Night taking place in Rochester, NY on Wednesday 02 May, it is being held in honor of Pandora Boxx, a drag queen in Rochester who is also a Madonna Impersonator - www.myspace.com/pandorabox and was featured in the 2003 VH1 documentary 'Boys Will Be Girls' as a Madonna impersonator.

Madonna's Confessions On A Dance Floor has re-entered the UK Dance Albums chart at #29 this week - check out www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/dancealbums

On Friday 11 May the Netherlands will dance all night long to 100% Madonna music in discotheque City Hall in the centre of Utrecht. There will be room for up to 500 Madonna fans! Tickets for the party can be bought online through Madonnashop at: www.madonnashop.com/get-together-madonna-party-may-11-utrecht

Kelly from AOL's GetMusicNews has sent in this news item for Madonna fans:

This week marked 25 years since Madonna's first single 'Everybody' was released on Warner Records in 1982. The song went on to become a smash dance-floor hit and, well, the rest is pop music history.
Join us in celebrating her Madge-esty with a look back on her best music videos, live concert performances from her 'Confessions' tour and much, much more. Here's to you, Madonna!
Visit the AOL Music News Blog to celebrate Madonna, to watch her videos, see lots of photos, relive her controversial moments and see her perform live in concert!

Link: AOL Music wishes Madonna a Happy Anniversary!