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(un)fitness
Gwyneth Paltrow's Celeb Trainer: Financial Charlatan
Indianapolis Monthly has a very long and very sordid piece about the many financial foibles of Tracy Anderson, celebrity trainer to Gwyneth Paltrow and Madonna. [Jezebel]
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By Anna N.Comment by pumpkinseed: I read an article about her in W magazine at the salon a few weeks ago. What a pretentious... 9 Responses | Other threads
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idol gives back
Madonna's Charitable Contributions: Soiled Baby Clothes and Her Dumb Book
Not that charity is ever bad in any form, but Madonna could probably do better than sending old clothes and her own damn children's book to the Malawi orphanage where she found her son, David. More »
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Comment by pistachionut: Weren't her donations along the lines of not being material, as in recycling and reading? Yes, we all know it's... 2 Responses | Other threads
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midweek madness
This Week In Tabloids: Rihanna Loves Chris, Mischa's "Skin & Bones"
Welcome to Midweek Madness, in which we "read" celebrity tabloids so you don't "have" to. This week, in addition to Rihanna news, the mags report Jessica Simpson's every meal while calling Mischa and Lindsay scary-skinny. [Jezebel]
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By DodaiComment by Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.: I can not get over that picture of Rachel Zoe. Honestly, is anyone naturally that thin? I'm not body snarking... 27 Responses | Other threads
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gossip roundip
New Mom M.I.A. Sought By Oscars Producers
Which is less appropriate: A brand-newmom performing at the Oscars, from bed, or an image-conscious Olympian trying to lay low in a strip club? Decide for yourself. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Private Hangnail: There are certain celebrities that I, for some odd reason, worry about. Margot Kidder is one of them, I think... 6 Responses | Other threads
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gossip roundup
Madonna-Witch Steals Child from Kindly Brazillian Couple
Madonna's current boyfriend,six-year-old22-year-oldschoolboymodel Jesus Pinto da Luz, has been stolen, his parents claim. He's not allowed to call them and is being held captive at the singer's Maldives lair. More »
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Comment by PandoraSpocks: Um, not to take the wind out of the Post's always effervescent sails, but for a 22 year old to... 5 Responses | Other threads
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gossip roundup
New Career for Dina Lohan: Hobo
She's done reality TV and (horrifyingly) interviewed her own daughter on the red carpet, and now Dina Lohan, mother of Lindsay and presumably other children, has an exciting new job opportunity: creepy Long Island transient. More »
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Comment by Weegee's bored: How is that that our brilliant and sensitive Facebook commenters didn't jump on the line "I haven't been in arears... 6 Responses | Other threads
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updates
Rare 'Madonna With Hair' Photo Sets Record
That hirstute Madonna nude photo sold for $37,500, more than double its estimate. A-Rod's having a happy Valentine's! True trivia: Madonna got paid $25 for the shoot. Not even enough for Nair. [BBC, Previously]
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Comment by saythatscool: Wait is it smart to put Nair on your genitals? Hamilton are your trying to trick me here? 9 Responses | Other threads
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gossip roundup
Hugh Grant To Make Out With Entire City
Hugh Grant just wants your extra time and your kiss. Seriously, that's absolutely all he wants. Unlike George Clooney, who wants you to abdicate a political empire. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by sanyucat: I was walking home the other night wearing a very uncomfortable pair of underpants and finally circa 65th and Lex I... 7 Responses | Other threads
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nsfw
Madonna and Jesus Reenact Pietà With More French-Kissing, Speedos
Finally, W has released the photo essay that documents the exact moments that Madonna met/fell for/sucked the soul out of 22-year-old Brazilian model Jesus Luz. So, what have we learned? More »
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Comment by Miss Anne Thrope: Her nun dress is just like Anita Ekberg in La Dolce Vita. And he looks like a dumb werewolf (not... 4 Responses | Other threads
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romance
Madonna Introduces Her Own Personal Jesus
What kind of post-divorce boytoy do you get for the female superstar who's had them all? In Madonna's case, you go straight to Jesus (reinvented—as is her wont—as 22-year-old Brazilian model Jesus Luz). More »
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Comment by Leviticus_71: So...the loudest vegan EVER takes a date to a steakhouse? Anyone else confused? Didn't she insist on a Vegan X-mas... 1 Responses | Other threads
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short ends
Trust Us When We Tell You You Want To Watch Terry Bradshaw On Last Night's 'Leno'
· Remember that humiliating night when you had wayyyy too much to drink, and you started speaking in tongues, thinking every slurred, nonsensical sentiment was completely hilarious? Neither does Terry Bradshaw. More »
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By SethComment by kookla: Looking forward to Bradshaw's DUI mugshot on Defamer. Also: That poor dangling dude was probably trying to commit suicide because the... 2 Responses | Other threads
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publicists
The 2008 Defamer Flack Honors
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divorce
Madonna is a Liar, Claims Madonna
Typically, when one is tasking one's publicist with the announcement of just about the biggest divorce payout ever made to an ex-husband, one wouldn't claim two days later, "Ooops, clicked 'send' too early!"
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Comment by everfade: I see Madonna skinned Oscar the Grouch for that ensemble. 2 Responses | Other threads
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payouts
Madonna to Give Guy Ritchie Massive Divorce Settlement, Headache
Finally, Guy Ritchie is going to get financial compensation for marrying/sexing/ignoring the pile of macrobiotic sinews that America affectionately calls "Madonna." And, according to the Material Girl's rep, the divorce settlement is major:
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madonna
Madonna and A-Rod Publicly Exchange Fluids at Miami Concert
Some are calling it a "public debut," and yet others simply view it as a rich guy getting good concert seats, but Alex Rodriguez's front-row hand-off of a water bottle to Madonna during her performance Wednesday night in Miami signaled something official in their long-rumored, scandal-plagued courtship.
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By STVComment by jasonelias: Alex pretty much put his flag in La Isla Antigua after all. 2 Responses | Other threads
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madonna
Defamer Instant Reactions to Madonna's Astroturf Dress From Last Night
· Finally, we've learned "what happened to Andrae": he's been busy watering his dress from Season 2 of Project Runway. More »
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Comment by angie _tempura: Madonna is supposedly doing the Louis Vuitton campaign, and this is one of their dresses. The collection is very 1940s Parisian... 1 Responses | Other threads
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courtney love
English Language Begins Long Path To Recovery As Courtney Love Quits Blogging
We all have Facebook status updates we'd like to take back or 3am emails we shouldn't have sent, but for Courtney Love, the bar for internet humiliation is considerably higher. Luckily, our girl Court is nothing if not ambitious on the self-immolation front, and over the weekend, she topped her "Yay for Proposition 8!" fiasco with around 40 blog posts on her Myspace page that hinted at suicidal feelings and a love of clothes. In other words: nothing new, but oh, the frequency! Now, Love has posted a Perez Hilton-directed epilogue in which she renounces blogging and blames the bad reception to her Myspacepalooza on a whisper campaign started by Madonna: More » -
madonna
List-Addicted Madonna Slaps Guy Ritchie With 12-Rule Custody Rider
Guy Ritchie was reunited today with his two sons (yes, even that turncoat Rocco) after weeks apart, but his estranged ex Madonna made sure that the happy meeting came attached to a brand-new set of strict stipulations. Though Autotuned utterances of "Contract, Guy, Contract" didn't seem to help her marriage any, the sinewy pop star hasn't demurred from the format, instead drawing up a list of 12 simple rules for seeing her pre-teen sons. The Daily Mail's got each one: More »
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Comment by CaveatLector: I hope Guy lets them drink tap water, eat at McDonald's and wear cheap market stall clothes. 3 Responses | Other threads
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madonna
Can The Madonna/Gwyneth Friendship Survive?
Yesterday the British tabs claimed that Madonna is "begging" best friend Gwyneth Paltrow to jettison Chris Martin and the Anglophile stick up her bum for the welcoming shores of Manhattan. You see, Madonna and Gwynnie became friends in the early aughts in London, when Madonna was just adopting that faux British accent. And now, Madge is clearly on the brink of yet another reinvention: she's ditched her Brit hubby and her estate in the English Countryside and is swapping it for her old gritty New York home and, well, Alex Rodriguez. Will Madonna and Gwyneth remain close when Madge stops wearing tweed and goes back to her cone bra? We examine the evidence, after the jump. [Jezebel]
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By JessicaComment by aubonpam: Are hospitals in England really that bad? I'm curious now. 13 Responses | Other threads
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to do
Madonna, Burlesque, Yi
· Madonna! Justin! Britney! Dodger! Stadium! Also: TV on the Radio at the Wiltern. More »
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By SethComment by Little Mintz Sunshine: Was there any reason Britney was dressed as a Bennigan's waitress? Did she have a shift after the show? 1 Responses | Other threads
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madonna
Madonna Concert Breaks Out at Massive Political Rally
Key Democratic disco-strategist and AARP leotard-model Madonna had much to celebrate as she brought her Sticky & Sweet tour to San Diego last night. The male species was offered a temporary Shit List reprieve as the singer led the crowd in rhythmic clapping, declaring it "a historical evening. This. Is. A motherfucking important evening! This is the beginning of a whole new world. ARE YOU FUCKING READY?!!!" She then shooed security away and encouraged the crowds to rush the stage and embrace each other in "one evening of togetherness." (Got that? Togetherness, America. Togetherness.) Shit. Now we want to see her at Dodger Stadium. [YouTube] -
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What's the Deeeal With Seinfeld and the Secret Madonna/A-Rod Rendezvous?
Now that Madonna has entered the "ex texting" part of her breakup with Guy Ritchie ("OMG Debi Mazar Hates U 2"), it's time for Hollywood's looky-loos to saddle up and choose a side. On Team Madonna, we have Yankee T-friendly Rocco, a concerned Gwyneth Paltrow, and Alex Rodriguez, whereas Team Guy consists of little but his Sherlock Holmes cast, a discarded British accent used by Madonna over the last decade, and maybe Sarah Palin? Someone should ask her! Now, Page Six breaks the news of two new celebs warming the bench for Madonna: Jerry and Jessica Seinfeld, who are loaning out their house so Madonna and A-Rod can get it on. More »
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madonna
Did Madonna's Marriage-Contract Fridge-Art Push Guy Ritchie To The Brink?
We thought every marriage had a graphically worded pact to spell out its sexual and emotional tenets, but apparently our families are in the minority with Madonna and Guy Ritchie. The authorities at The Sun today make quite a bit of the busted-up duo's "marriage contract," a list reportedly pinned around their residences lest Guy ever forget his responsibilities in the relationship — and putting down the toilet seat was the least of them. More »
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By STVComment by BrawlerBarbie: I'm having a hard time choosing sides in this. Divorce sucks all around, and I am not convinced this decision... 3 Responses | Other threads
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Comment by Leviticus_71: Never have I seen a finer Gay porn mustache than the furry friend Jude is cultivating on his upper lip. 1 Responses | Other threads
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madonna and guy ritchie divorce
Please Ladies, Stop Slagging On Madonna
My mom never appreciated Madonna, and I'm sure everyone can imagine why she wasn't keen to see her child singing "like a virgin, touched for the very first time" into a hairbrush in front of the mirror at the tender age of 7. By the time I was blasting "Human Nature" after our senior year fights, there was no doubt that the rift between my mother and Madonna was pretty permanent. On the other hand, for all my mother's anti-Madonna-ness (and dislike of the word "feminist"), she would never, ever think to go on about Madonna's looks the way Germane Greer or Camille Paglia have this year or rip her the way Miranda Devine does in The Sydney Morning Herald for daring to exercise a lot and trying to be unwrinkled. Do not come between me and my childhood icons. [Jezebel]
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By MeganComment by bluebears: I agree that people need to stop critisizing her looks and age BUT I really don't like her. I find... 9 Responses | Other threads
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midweek madness
This Week In Tabloids: Aniston Pops The Question, Madonna's "Affair" With A-Rod Was "Orchestrated"
Welcome back to Midweek Madness, our weekly roundup of the glossy tabloids. Although Madonna and Guy "win" two covers this week, thanks to a nasty divorce, Jennifer Aniston also lands two covers, for her lingerie-fueled marriage proposal to John Mayer, and for getting plastic surgery. The last of the five covers features Angelina, with the by-now-greatly-recycled quote about Mr. & Mrs. Smith being a movie her kids can to watch to see their parents fall in love. Intern Margaret assists as we quench our thirst for celebrity "news" by drinking from the spigots of Star, Us, OK!, In Touch and Life & Style, after the jump. [Jezebel]
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By DodaiComment by morninggloria: I nominate "spiritual" for the most meaningless word in the English language. 13 Responses | Other threads
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splits
Messy Divorces: 'Old, Wrinkled' Madonna vs. 'Sneaky Coward' Guy Ritchie
The ink is barely dry on those first giddy divorce filings, and already the vultures are circling world's biggest pop star Madonna and her cuckolded soon-to-be ex-husband, "film director" Guy Ritchie. While the two stars themselves have remained relatively demure about the whole matter—Madge makes the same "emotionally retarded" joke at every concert, Guy reportedly said on the set of his new film Sherlock Holmes, "today's going to be a weird one, but don't feel awkward because this is where I want to be" while waving a copy of a British tabloid—the press has been a little more salacious. The latest Us Weekly features a gushy, long-for-that-publication article on the storied split, providing hideous and sad details like how Ritchie used to refer to sex with his Isla Bonita as "cuddling up with a piece of gristle." That's just... well, that's poetry Mr. Ritchie. How messy is this thing going to get?
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Comment by ElvisWorley: Jeter? I thought it was Alex! Based on Jeter's past conquests, I cannot imagine him going for, what Ritchie so accurately... 16 Responses | Other threads
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madonna
Welcome To The New Cold War: Your Ciccone/Ritchie Divorce Round-Up
Another day, another approximately 12,000 steaming new dishes laid out in the ongoing Madonna/Guy Ritchie divörgÃ¥sbord, a sumptuous schadenfreude buffet. We highlight a few, for your gustatory enjoyment: More »
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By SethComment by Old No.7: The horseback riding instructor was for Guy; if you know what I mean, and I think you do. 3 Responses | Other threads
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madonna
Newly Emancipated Guy Ritchie Free To Admit Kabbalah Is A Load Of Horseshite
Ah, what a difference a divorce makes. To see Guy Ritchie's jubilant face on the occasion of his 40th birthday on September 10—just weeks after Madonna had embarked on her Men Are All Sickening, Selfish Pigs Tour—is to look into the toothy grin of freedom itself. Sure, he got perhaps one more African orphan out of the bargain than he had hoped for, but there was really no point in looking backwards now, was there? He was 40 (still relatively young), his career was right back on track, and he would never again be faced with daily surveys of the, "So which do you think—the embroidered python jodhpurs or the deconstructed parachute pants?"-variety. More »
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By SethComment by taraniso: A schlocky director, and a cocky ass to boot. He doesn't even know how lucky he is to have hooked-up... 3 Responses | Other threads
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madonna
Madonna/Guy Ritchie Wreckage Offers Many Clues, No Answers in Couple's Crash
The radioactivity of Madonna and Guy Ritchie's combustion has settled nicely around our culture since Wednesday, yielding glowing little piles of second-guesses, third-guesses and other detritus helping us make sense of the biggest matrimonial disaster of the year. Here to help you with your wasteland exploration, Defamer's Biohazard Squad suited up this morning to map the terrain; their findings are after the jump. More »
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liz rosenberg
Liz Rosenberg, Madonna's Lying Flack
So Madonna and her husband Guy Ritchie are finally getting divorced. It's a very shocking thing, since earlier this summer, when reports of a pending divorce surfaced, Madonna's flack assured the world that the couple had "no divorce plans." Could it be that the flack, Liz Rosenberg—a charter member of our list of lying flacks—told something less than the full truth? After the jump, Liz's side of the story, and then the other, more accurate side:
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madonna
It's Official: The AP is reporting that the Madonna's publicist has confirmed the singer's rumored split from Guy Ritchie: "A statement e-mailed to The Associated Press from Madonna spokeswoman Liz Rosenberg says the couple has agreed to divorce, and asks the media to respect their privacy." Especially this week in Boston, where excellent seats are still available for tomorrow's Madonna concert at the TD Banknorth Garden. Seriously, people — back off! [CNN] -
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The Madonna/Guy Ritchie Divorce: A User's Guide
So the Sun, England's most tasteful, reputable daily tabloid, sent word around late Tuesday that Madonna and Guy Ritchie will officially divorce by the end of the year. ("They can't bear the pretence!") We unpacked our grain of salt while sorting through the months of rumors preceding this one, but with everyone from the AP to Time hitching on and the singer's exasperated rep admitting, "We're not going to know anything until the US wakes up," all public signs indicate this is finally it. After the jump, a quick recap of how we got here, and what's likely next. More »
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By STVComment by Seanibus: God, I hope Guy gets custody of the British accent so Madonna will have to go back to sounding like... 4 Responses | Other threads
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madonna
HuffPo Bravely Investigates Madonna's New Mustache
"PHOTOS: Madonna's Movie Premiere With Friends, Facial Hair," promised the headline today on the Huffington Post today, and we dutifully clicked, wondering who would be the latest star to don Hollywood's hottest new accessory: the moustache! Previously an outdated cultural relic, the moustache has undergone a renaissance thanks to actors like George Clooney and Robert Downey, Jr.; would a star of similar stature attending the premiere of Madonna's Filth and Wisdom be the newest member of the facial hair club? Then, we came to the last sentence of the article: "Here are photos of some of the celebrities who came out to support [Madonna] Monday night and, perhaps more surprising for such a perfectionist, a close-up of Madonna's upper lip hair." More »
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madonna
Madonna's Stripped-Down 'Lucky Star' Isn't Meant For That 'Bitch' Sarah Palin
Though Sarah Palin may claim to "tolerate" gays (with all her heart!), pop superstar Madonna owes her entire livelihood to them, and she certainly knows which side her bread is buttered on. At her Monday concert at Madison Square Garden, then, the fledgling director and potential A-Rod squeeze put on her pundit's hat, announcing that "Sarah fucking Palin" was decidedly not invited to the concert (a message Palin may have already gathered from Madonna's tasteful McCain/Hitler montage) and exhorting the crowd to "get that bitch out of here!" What's the matter, Madge — no residual "Papa Don't Preach" love for the knocked-up Bristol Palin? Video, after the jump. -
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Madonna Has Put A-Rod Back In Her Batter's Box
Perhaps mindful that her McCain/Hitler concert montage went over about as well as a soiled dominatrix outfit, pop superstar Madonna has returned to the well that attracted her the most attention this year: her are-they-or-aren't-they flirtation with New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez. Though Madonna's camp had quelled the rumors before by having her step out with husband Guy Ritchie, the director is now overseas shooting Sherlock Holmes, and Us Weekly says that Madonna seized the opportunity to meet up with Rodriguez once more: More » -
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Like a Virgin, Madonna Directs For the Very First Time
With Guy Ritchie's 2008 vintage RocknRolla a relatively encouraging return to form, word on the street is that this year's Madonna Household movie misstep might have fallen to the singer herself. Indeed, while her directorial debut Filth and Wisdom stirred notice and a sort of rubbernecking curiosity last winter among filmgoers at the Berlin Film Festival, the new trailer touches pretty much all the thematic bases we'd come to predict from A Film By Madonna. Striving ballet dancer turned stripper? Check! Pharmacy worker stealing drugs for ill African children? Check! Internationally renowned musician turned self-aware actor? Check! (But let's be fair: Eugene Hutz is constitutionally incapable of anything but scene-stealing on stage and screen.) But hey — a trailer is a trailer is a trailer. We have a standing invitation to see all 84 minutes before it opens Oct. 17, which we think we'll accept; as far as we're concerned, the woman still has Gay Football Olympics goodwill to spare. [Apple] -
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Madonna Video Installation Sorely Lacking In Juxtaposed Sarah Palin/Pol Pot Imagery
Madonna is always reliable for causing some sort of furor with her live performances, and so it went with her Sticky & Sweet Tour, in which a video-collage backdrop had aligned images of John McCain and Mike Huckabee with Adolph Hitler, Ayatollah Khamenei, Robert Mugabe, and Kim Jong Il; later on, Barack Obama appeared in a grouping which included the Dalai Lama, Al Gore, Gandhi, Mother Teresa, and (cough) Michael Moore. Now you can watch the video that McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds called "outrageous, unacceptable and crudely divisive all at the same time," and judge for yourself, as a copy of the disco-agitprop has emerged on YouTube. Obviously, this was thrown together well before Sarah Palin was even a blip on the national radar; we can only imagine the kinds of fun Madonna could have throwing a cone-bra into the Palin impression ring, voguing her way through a choreographed moose-slaying accompanied by two shirtless and well-muscled background dancers representing Todd and Track. More » -
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Gwyneth Paltrow To Release Super-Skinny, Macrobiotic Take On 'Sweatin' to the Oldies'
In a world where everything old is new again, the latest cultural relic to get its return to the spotlight is that staple of 80's cheese: the exercise instructional video. First resurrected by noted Americana anthropologist Heidi Montag, the fitness tape is set to receive its most high-profile update yet, says Marie Claire. Filling Jane Fonda's leotard this time will be none other than Oscar winner Gwyneth Paltrow, who will share the secrets of how to attain a body worth baring in the pages of GQ and gams that could transfix even the most jaded talk show host: More »
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madonna
Madonna Takes Gold, Chinese Silver In Olympics Gay Football Finals
Actually, that's not the case at all. (Besides, everyone knows her event is javelin.) No, this was a photograph taken from the opening night of her Sticky & Sweet Tour in Cardiff, Wales. While there existed in it no single sacred-cow-buggering money shot like her last tour's disco ball crucifixion sequence—and the tour before that when she was lowered via loop-and-pulley system onto an engorged Dalai Lama—there was an eyebrow-elevating video installation in which images of John McCain were juxtaposed alongside "photos of Hitler and brutal Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe," while later in the show a similar montage featured Barack Obama spliced with pictures of John Lennon, Mahatma Ghandi, andRon PopeilAl Gore. Needless to say, the McCain camp was outraged, as much over her heavy-metal bastardization of "Borderline" as they were the ugly comparisons to the Third Reich: More »
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