Madonna will direct the upcoming film Taking Flight about Michaela DePrince, the Sierra Leonean ballet star who also appeared in Beyoncé’s Lemonade. The new film will be adapted by Camilla Blackett from the memoir Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina. More
HITS 105 in Texarkana, Texas, has banned Madonna from its airwaves in response to the pop icon’s comments at the Women’s March on Washington on Saturday. More
After revealing that she’s not looking forward to the “horror show” that is a Donald Trump presidency in the February issue of Harper’s Bazaar, Madonna made a surprise appearance at the Women’s March in Washington DC on Saturday. The singer, who was joined by several other stars…
A panel discussion at the Brooklyn Museum on Thursday night started on an ominous note: “We’re not on the eve of destruction,” the poet, essayist, and playwright Elizabeth Alexander assured the audience, less than 24 hours before Donald Trump was to be sworn in as president. More
Madonna was unequivocally #WithHer during the recent presidential election, which might explain why she had politics on her mind on the red carpet Friday at Billboard’s Women in Music event, where she is being honored as Woman of the Year.
Asked how she felt about the Woman of the Year honor, the pop icon said, “For me, [since] Hillary Clinton lost the election, it’s really important to make a stand and speak my mind about the importance of women and women empowering themselves and believing in themselves and understanding their worth.”
Appearing at Friday’s event presented another opportunity for the singer to address those issues, as well as consider how involved she wants to get in the political arena in the future. “I think I’ve always…
Madonna loves her ex-husband Sean Penn, something she has said twice to his face this year.
The actor appeared onstage at the pop star’s Raising Malawi charity auction and gala during Art Basel in Miami Friday. He craweled in between her legs and slapped handcuffs on her playfully. She told the audience she would marry him again if he bid $150,000 for a necklace. He did, but was later outbid.
“I’m still in love with you,” Madonna told Penn onstage, as he blushed. “Yes. In fact, I think I…
Madonna covered Britney Spears’ “Toxic,” taunted Donald Trump, twerked with Ariana Grande and reunited with ex-husband Sean Penn during an event Friday at Miami’s Art Basel that raised $7.5 million for the singer’s Raising Malawi charity.
Billed as a “Night of Art, Mischief & Music,” the Tears of a Clown event, which streamed live on Facebook, featured a unique Madonna performance as well as an auction of personal items to help raise funds for Malawi’s first Pediatric Surgery & Intensive Care Unit.
Among the items receiving the biggest bids were three Herb Ritts-shot photos from Madonna and Penn’s 1985 wedding, which drew a top bid of $230,000. Other items included a costume from a Madonna tour (modeled Friday night by Grande) and artwork from Madonna’s personal collection, including a print by artist Tracey Emin that sold for $550,000.
