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Canadian TV: Confessions Tour

The Confessions Tour will be broadcast on TQS in Montreal, Quebec on Monday 31 December at 20:00 - for more information visit www.tqs.ca

Thanks to Alain

The Biggest Celebrity Paydays Of 2007

Forbes magazine have published their list of The Biggest Celebrity Paydays Of 2007 - due to her ground-breaking deal with Live Nation, Madonna makes the list at #8:

Madonna
October 10
$43 million
Some 25 years after she emerged as pop music’s most bankable provocateur, the 49-year-old mother of three shocked her fans again by dumping her longtime record label Warner Music in favour of a 10-year, $120 million deal with concert promoter Live Nation.
Madonna pocketed an $18 million signing bonus, plus another $25 million in stock. She’ll score $17 million advances for each of her next three albums under Live Nation. (She owes Warner one more studio album and a greatest hits collection before she bails.)

The mates taking on Madonna

Meet Madonna's competition at the Grammys – two mates from Sydney who thought the fruits of their labour were dead and buried.
Dean Bates and Reuben Field scored a nod last week for music's most prestigious award for their DVD showcasing Cuban rap music, Liberacion – The Songs of the New Cuban Underground.
The nomination in the category of 'Best Longform Music Video' pits them against the DVD of Madonna's Confessions tour and R&B megastar R. Kelly. It also makes them the only Australians in this year's awards.
'You can't believe that you're up against someone like Madonna,' said Bates, the producer half of the duo's small Darlinghurst film company, Starchild Productions.
Field, the director, said: 'As far as we knew the project vanished, fell off the face of the Earth 18 months ago. We hadn't heard a word about how it went in the US. It was literally dead and buried.'
Then Chris Murphy – the former INXS manager who shot more than 100 hours of footage in Cuba before handing it to Bates and Field to make into a film – rang with the incredible news.
The DVD explores the strange world of 'Reggaeton', a strain of music invented by Cubans listening to rap music on Miami radio using illegal long distance antennae.
Now the pair will jetting to Los Angeles in February for the Grammy Awards ceremony.
'We're not expecting to win since we weren't expecting to be nominated,' Field joked.

From news.com.au

Madonna flirted to recruit Grant

Richard E. Grant has revealed that he agreed to star in Madonna's directorial debut because the singer flirted with him.
The actor appears in Filth and Wisdom, which premieres at the Berlin International Film Festival in February.
Grant claimed he was persuaded to sign up for the film by Madonna's charm, saying: 'I respond well to flattery. Flattery and money.'
'Madonna flirted with me to get me to make her new film, Filth and Wisdom. She's a terrible flirt and very attractive. I was bewitched, so of course I fell at her feet.'

From contactmusic.com

Amazon MP3 Adds Warner Music Group Catalog

Amazon on Thursday announced the release of new music on its Amazon MP3 music download service, through an agreement with Warner Music Group (WMG). Now users can download Digital Rights Management (DRM)-free music from artists including the Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Eagles, Led Zeppelin, Madonna and Metallica.
Amazon bills its MP3 service as 'the Earth's biggest selection of a la carte DRM-free MP3 music downloads.' At about 2.9 million songs, Amazon MP3's catalog is less than half the size of Apple's iTunes Store, although many of the songs offered through the iTunes Store employ DRM protection.
The songs offered through Amazon MP3 play on almost all digital music players, including Apple's iPods. And while the WMG artists on Amazon MP3 are available via the iTunes Store as well, Amazon indicates that it will make available WMG album bundles containing exclusive tracks.
Most songs offered through Amazon MP3 are priced from 89 to 99 cents, with most albums priced from $5.99 to $9.99. All music is encoded at 256 Kbps.

From PC World/Macworld By Peter Cohen

NOTE: The MP3 downloads are only available to US customers on amazon.com

Madonna film to debut at Berlin film festival

The first film directed by pop icon Madonna is to have its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival taking place from February 7-17, organizers announced Thursday. Filth And Wisdom, a romantic musical comedy reportedly based on the star's own experiences, is Britain's entry in the festival's Panoroma section, but will not be in line for an award in the main competition.
It is not clear if Madonna, 49, will put in an appearance in Berlin, but directors usually show up for the premieres of their movies.
The lead role is played by Eugene Huetz, whose Gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello accompanied Madonna during a concert in London this year. Other actors include Stephen Graham and Richard E. Grant.
Madonna, who is married to British director Guy Ritchie, does not appear in the film.
Around 50 works are entered in the Berlinale's Panorama section, among them efforts by Canadian underground star Bruce LaBruce and Taiwanese female director Zero Chou.

From EARTHtimes.org

German Magazines: In Touch

The new edition of German magazine In Touch (27 December issue) uses plenty of good pictures to illustrate a gossipy article about Madonna's 'quest for youth'!

Thanks to Kirsten

Madonna plans to overtake Presley's record

Pop superstar Madonna has come up with a plan to overtake rock legend Elvis Presley's record of producing Britain's maximum no. 1 hits.
Thesun.co.uk reports that she plans to re-release all her big hits as downloads this year to celebrate her 50th birthday. The move might upset her former label Warner because they want to make the most of her previous catalogue before she leaves them.

From CHINAdaily

Happy Christmas!

Happy Christmas to all madonnalicious readers!

Hope you enjoy this new look madonnalicious which now allows readers to subscribe to our news in RSS readers. We have also republished our Re-Invention Tour and Confessions Tour fan archives, full of pictures, reviews and video clips.

UK Magazines: first

Madonna's first 2008-dated UK cover is appropriately first magazine (07 January 2008 issue). The cover features a press shot from the New York City premiere of Revolver and the two-page article inside talks about possible cosmetic surgery.

Entertainment Weekly's 25 Essential Fansites

Top US magazine Entertainment Weekly have published a list of what they consider to be the 25 Essential Fansites - and madonnalicious makes #10!

They're sites made by fans for fans - obsessively tracking every episode, casting announcement, and live gig from our favorite TV shows, films, and musicians. We've whipped up the 25 sites that truly put the .com (or .net, or .org) in community....

10. Madonna
madonnalicious.com
Launch Date January 2003

What You'll Find:
London-based blogger Clare puts a decidedly European spin on Her Madgesty's comings and goings, from German tabloid scans to an archived BBC audio interview with Madonna's producer/collaborator Stuart Price.
Why It's Essential
Madonnalicious' basic HTML isn't pretty, but the site is incredibly meticulous - from constant updates on the Material Woman's estimated $120 million deal with Live Nation to camera-phone snapshots from the U.K. premiere of the new Desperately Seeking Susan stage show, all accompanied by Clare's chatty, conversational musings. There are also reams of vintage and obscure photos with handy links should you feel compelled to download a 1987 Madonna-starring Mitsubishi ad.

Official Site madonna.com
Find a feature on the singer's current cause, raisingmalawi.org, and design your own Madonna T-shirt; membership (which costs $39.99 a year) also gets you the digital magazine Icon - but none of the juicy pap shots or behind-the-scenes 'licious drama. - Leah Greenblatt

And Entertainment Weekly will be pleased to know that our basic HTML will get a little bit more prettier on Christmas Day when madonnalicious relaunches! ;-)

Events: The Ultimate Drag Off

A current off-broadway cabaret weekly game show in NYC called 'The Ultimate Drag Off' is seeking GUYS and GALS to do their BEST Madonna impersonations, singing live or lip-sync for their annual MADONNALOVEFEST on FEBRUARY 2nd, 2008!
You must be in or near the NYC area and you must submit your best photos or video clips doing your BEST Madonna you can.
Performers do 2 songs and the audience votes on your performance, plus play other events throughout the night and win prizes! This is a fun hilarious show hosted by NYC Nightlife guru, Miss Sweetie! For more information on the show and details with video clips and all visit: www.myspace.com/thedragoff or www.THEDRAGOFF.com

For a recent article on THE ULTIMATE DRAG OFF please read: broadwayworld.com

Happy 7th Wedding Anniversary!

Best wishes from all at madonnalicious to Madonna and Guy who celebrate their 7th wedding anniversary today.

Pictured below is the only photograph ever to emerge from their wedding day - as featured in Madonna's documentary I'm Going To Tell You A Secret.

Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales 2007

Madonna has two songs from her 2005 album Confessions On A Dance Floor in the Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales 2007 chart:

#2 - Jump
#10 - Get Together

Thanks to Micheal

Italian Magazines: Vanity Fair

The current edition of Italian magazine Vanity Fair features this previously unseen shot of Madonna and designers Dolce and Gabbana at the New York premiere of Revolver earlier this month.

Thanks to Francesco

Doctor Who star Tennant talks about Madonna

Doctor Who star David Tennant has credited pop superstar Madonna with his sexual awakening aged 14. The Scottish actor was obsessed with the singer when he was a teenager and admits he had raunchy posters of the Material Girl all over his bedroom wall.
And his teenage crush hasn't ended - Tennant admits he wouldn't turn the 48-year-old down today. He says, 'She's quite extraordinary. When I was 14, the first single I ever bought was Like A Virgin. She was kind of my sexual awakening. I had some full-on posters of her on my wall. I don't know what my parents thought. She still looks damn fit.'

From contactmusic.com - thanks to Mike

UK Magazines: Look

The current edition of UK celebrity and fashion magazine, Look (31 December issue) features these cute pictures of Madonna and Guy double dating with Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin in New York City recently.

More on the Gucci/Raising Malawi/UNICEF event

Gucci’s Feb. 6 fund-raiser to accompany the opening of its biggest flagship worldwide on Fifth Avenue won’t be in New York, at least not technically. The company disclosed that the event, dubbed 'A Night to Benefit Raising Malawi and UNICEF,' will take place in a purpose-built structure on the North Lawn of the United Nations.
The 18-acre U.N. site on Manhattan’s East River is international territory, which means that it doesn’t belong to any one country or government, and the Gucci soiree is the first of its kind to ever take place there.
It promises to be quite a party. Hosted by the luxury house and Madonna, Gucci tapped Alicia Keys, Timbaland and Rihanna for special musical performances; there will be a presentation by renowned economist and Columbia University professor Jeffrey Sachs, who is also a co-chair, and a live auction, slated to be emceed by Chris Rock.
Along with Madonna and Gucci creative director Frida Giannini, Drew Barrymore, Adrien Brody, Salma Hayek and François-Henri Pinault, Sting and Trudie Styler, Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher, Gwyneth Paltrow, Arpad Busson, Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker, Téa Leoni and Lucy Liu will serve as co-chairs. Styler, Parker, Leoni and Liu are also UNICEF ambassadors.
Finally, Fashion Week Daily reports that according to Gucci, the location was chosen for its 'neutrality, connection to UNICEF, and symbolism of global unity, as it belongs to no country.'

From WWD.com

Tuesday Knight designing jewelry for album shoot

Actress turned singer, turned designer Tuesday Knight is designing and working with Madonna on photo shoots for her upcoming album.

Tuesday has also designed jewelry in the past for Madonna for her film Evita and for her 2003 VMA Performance with Britney Spears.

When Madonna and Tuesday met recently to discuss the plans for her designs, Madonna loved everything that is coming off of Tuesday’s new line.

Madonna's manager Angela Becker has previously told In Touch Weekly: 'Madonna is a big fan of Tuesday’s and loves her jewelry a lot. She is always showing us what she is designing next, and it should be considered Art.'

Fans can find more out about Tuesday’s designs at www.tuesdayshipvintage.com

Thanks to Michael

German Magazines: In

The new edition of German magazine In (20 December issue) features a small article on designer Miuccia Prada and pictures Madonna with her Prada handbag.

Thanks to Susanne