Madonna has left Malawi after a nearly weeklong visit with her family, airport and charity officials said Saturday. Officials said Madonna flew out of the southern African...
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Madonna has promised electricity to a village in Malawi, the impoverished southern African country where she runs a charity organization and from which she has adopted two...
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An official for Madonna's African charity says the star has arrived in Malawi to visit the girls school she is building in the impoverished country where she adopted two...
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Madonna's Manhattan neighbor has sued her co-op and the building's management company saying the pop star's habit of rehearsing with loud music is a nuisance for...
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One of Madonna's New York neighbors says the superstar's loud music and frequent dance sessions are causing a commotion. Karen George, of Manhattan, lives above Madonna in...
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Madonna, U2 and AC/DC are among the finalists for the 2009 Billboard Touring Awards, which are based on global box-office numbers reported to Billboard Boxscore from October...
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Madonna is putting her shoes where her mouth is. The Queen of Pop has offered one of her favorite pairs of Christian Dior shoes to a charity supporting Gypsy child...
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Call it delayed reaction. A year after Madonna called him "emotionally retarded," former husband Guy Ritchie said in an Esquire magazine interview that hit the Web on...
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Madonna has joined the Israeli prime minister and his family in the traditional ritual that welcomes the Jewish Sabbath, lighting candles and reciting a blessing together...
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Romania's self-styled King of the Gypsies praised Madonna on Wednesday for using her "Sticky & Sweet" world tour to speak out on behalf of Gypsies. Last week, Madonna drew...
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Orthodox Church officials are urging Bulgarians to keep away from a planned Madonna concert this weekend, accusing the pop singer of showing disrespect to Christianity. The...
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Polish fans joined together in song to wish Madonna a happy birthday at a concert in Warsaw Saturday evening — just hours before she turned 51. In a break between two...
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A group of Polish nationalists condemned on Thursday a planned weekend concert by pop diva Madonna in Warsaw, branding her a "crypto-Satanist" who wants to insult the...
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Almost 3,000 people have signed a petition to protest Madonna's concert in the Czech capital. Protest organizer Jiri Styler says local residents are afraid of traffic chaos...
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Pop star Madonna has canceled her concert in Ljubljana, Slovenia scheduled for August 20, the tour manager said on Friday. Local media cited poor ticket sales as the main...
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Rock legend Jimi Hendrix's first recording contract worth $1 and erotic audio and video tapes sent by Madonna to her old bodyguard went on sale in an online auction...
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Following Thursday's devastating stadium collapse that killed two and injured more than 30, Madonna is continuing to do what she can to support the victims in...
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Madonna has visited some of the eight workers who were injured in an accident in which two more were killed while assembling a music stage for the singer in the French port...
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A British worker died in hospital after being injured by a collapsing stage that was being built for a Madonna concert in the southern French city of Marseille, authorities...
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Prosecutors have opened a manslaughter investigation in the collapse of a stage being built for a weekend concert by Madonna that killed two people, an official said Friday....
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UPDATE: A second stadium worker, 23-year-old British man Charles Prow, passed away overnight at a hospital in Marseilles. Authorities have identified yesterday's victim...
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Madonna's "Sticky & Sweet" tour brings her to Poland's capital on Aug. 15, the Catholic holiday celebrating the heavenly assumption of the Virgin Mary. That's sparking...
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The reigning queen of pop paid her respects to the late King of Pop Saturday night with a musical tribute to the star. Madonna performed at the O2 in London, the same arena...
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A Louisiana movie investor has agreed to dismiss pop singer Madonna from a lawsuit that accuses a film production company she founded of failing to repay the investor's...
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Malawi's highest court heard arguments Monday on Madonna's bid to adopt a 3-year-old girl from the southern African country, as a dispute erupted over whether a man trying...
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The father of an African girl Madonna hopes to adopt says he's capable of taking care of her. James Kambewa (kam-BEH'-wah) is believed to be the biological father of...
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The Material Girl is giving something back to the land of her ancestors. Madonna has promised $500,000 to help victims of Italy's devastating earthquake, said Fernando...
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Madonna is coming to the aid of earthquake victims in central Italy. Liz Rosenberg, the pop singer's spokeswoman, says Madonna has pledged a "substantial amount," but...
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This time around, Madonna isn't getting into the adoption groove. Despite backing from the government and assurances from her lawyer that it was a done deal, a Malawi...
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Malawi's child welfare minister is backing Madonna's bid to adopt a second child from the impoverished southern African country. That high-level endorsement came Thursday,...
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Madonna's efforts to adopt two youngsters from Malawi have put her in the media spotlight. But she isn't alone: a growing number of Americans are bringing home children from...
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Madonna said Tuesday that she was following standard procedures in her adoption of a Malawian girl, her first response to accusations that she is using her fame to speed the...
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A Malawi court is expected to rule on Friday whether U.S. pop singer Madonna can adopt a second infant from the country, a move a prominent local human rights activist said...
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A court in Malawi is expected to rule on Friday whether U.S. pop singer Madonna can adopt a second child from the southern African country, a move likely to be opposed by...
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If Madonna gets a judicial OK, her son David will be getting a little sister. A Malawi court has scheduled a hearing for Monday to take up the Material Mama's...
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She may not be touring with Britney Spears, but after eight years and three studio albums, Madonna is due for another greatest hits album. The 50-year-old pop queen is...
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Pop star Madonna has said she may adopt another child from the poor southern African country of Malawi despite the controversy surrounding an earlier adoption. Critics...
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The Portland Museum of Art has discovered that there's nothing like a little rock 'n roll to bring in the crowds. The museum in Portland, Maine, drew a record 17,839...
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Madonna went to dinner with her rumored-to-be boy-toy, Jesus Luz, last night in Los Angeles. Sources tell me that the 50-year-old mother of three and the 22-year-old...
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The Material Girl has lost some of her glitter — at auction, anyway. A full-frontal nude photo of a 20-year-old Madonna sold for just $37,500 Thursday, a sharp drop...
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If anyone had any doubt that touring is where the money is in today's music business, a look at Billboard's top moneymakers of 2008 should hammer the point home. ...
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Move over, Vanity Fair. Madonna and Demi Moore are on their way of becoming the new queens of Oscar night. I just got word that the two Hollywood sirens will, as they did...
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We've been anxiously awaiting the acting/singing/modeling debut of Madonna's firstborn, Lourdes Ciccone Leon, for a while. The 14-year-old, who looks like...
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Madonna and Celine Dion were the biggest worldwide concert draws in 2008, each selling more than $200 million worth of tickets to their slickly produced shows, trade...
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This year Madonna enjoyed the sticky and sweet smell of success. According to numbers released by concert trade magazine Pollstar, the Material Girl was the year's top...
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The stock market is in the tank, the plant is closing and the neighbor is losing his home ... the perfect time to go to a concert, by one measure. The concert business...
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Live Nation Inc will lose about $19 million as Irish rock band U2 moved to sell its shares in the company, the Wall Street Journal said, citing regulatory filings and...
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Madonna and Guy Ritchie have issued a statement saying both are happy with the financial agreement reached in their divorce — but they aren't telling you or anyone else...
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Madonna has made a cardinal sin. At least, to hear one cardinal tell it, she has. In advance of tonight's concert in Santiago, the first of her two sold-out shows in...
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Madonna is causing "crazy enthusiasm" and "impure thoughts" on her first concert visit to Chile, a prominent retired cardinal complained on Wednesday, as he paused in a...
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Madonna, Katy Perry, Britney Spears and now Pam Anderson. When did Hollywood decide that pants were optional? Was there a meeting, a memo? Are sparkly granny panties the new...
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Finding a mate in 2008: That was the theme for many celebrities as they hooked up with new partners and sealed the deal in undercover weddings. Here's a look at four notable...
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Don't blame the Yankee. While Madonna's Buenos Aires show last night was postponed to next Monday, her boy-toy Alex Rodriguez had nothing to do with it. The delay...
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Don't cry Argentina: Madonna has postponed the first of four shows in Buenos Aires. The pop star's Wednesday-night opening concert at River Plate Stadium was delayed...
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Remember when Britney Spears just showed up at Madonna's L.A. tour stop and sorta comatose-jiggled through a halfassed duet of "Human Nature"? Well, it's...
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Alex Rodriguez and Madonna were together — in the same city, anyway. The New York Yankees star was in Mexico City on the same weekend the pop star was performing...
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Madonna may have just split with her husband, Guy Ritchie, but she's getting into the groove with at least two men in her life. E! News has learned that after a...
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Since you have this uncanny ability to predict celebrities' futures, can you predict whether Britney's comeback will be a successful one? —A huge fan from...
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Madonna's only four days removed from her quickie divorce from Guy Ritchie, but the Material Cougar doesn't seem to be wasting much time on the singles scene. E!...
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No doubt Madonna has done plenty for gay rights over the years, but where has she been during this year's very heated—and very expensive—fight to try and...
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If there's one thing we can count on from Madonna, it's the making of a little music history now and again. Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake will be performing...
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Madonna doesn't do anything small. The Material Girl celebrated Barack Obama's victory Tuesday night with a glittering rally of her own, leading thousands of fans at her...
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The actual announcement about Madonna and Guy Ritchie's split may be yesterday's news, but the obsession over the marriage's demise is anything but—with no...
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One of the earliest recordings of Madonna performing has been posted online. A compilation of recordings that features the singer performing "Born To Be A Dancer" and...
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Gwyneth Paltrow is helping her friend Madonna through breakup of her marriage. The actress told reporters that she's supporting the pop star following Wednesday's...
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Gwyneth Paltrow is helping her friend Madonna through breakup of her marriage. The actress told reporters that she's supporting the pop star following Wednesday's...
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Madonna's divorce settlement with her estranged husband Guy Ritchie has yet to be finalized, the singer's publicist said Sunday. The Sun and The Mail on Sunday reported...
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The Madonna concert ended nearly 12 hours ago, and this reviewer is still tired. And that's just from watching. Of course, I'm not in quite as good shape as the...
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In a show defined by throbbing dance music, tight choreography, spectacular stage sets and stunning visuals, perhaps the most stirring moment during the kickoff concert to...
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The Madonna and Britney Spears bandwagon rolls on! Spears not only appears in a video montage shown during Madonna's latest concert tour, but she's also a source of...
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Pop star Madonna, once accused by the Vatican of staging one of the most satanic shows in history, dedicated her hit "Like a Virgin" to the pope at a sold-out concert in...
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Before her Sticky & Sweet concert tour even kicked off, Madonna had already hit the road, driven out of her multimillion-dollar gym by horny construction workers. Despite...
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"Queen of pop" Madonna entered the stage on a throne on Saturday as she kicked off her world tour, and defied her age with athletic dance routines before tens of ...
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From Material Girl to Dita to Her Madgesty and every different persona in between, Madonna has had more nicknames than most artists have had albums. But...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Sure, Madonna may have scandalized the Vatican and shocked nearly every parent in America at some point during her long and provocative career full of...
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No matter what your taste, there's probably a Madonna for you. The pop star, who is turning 50 Saturday, is one of fashion's great chameleons. She's been a punk princess...
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Madonna won't have much time to fret about turning 50. While many people passing the milestone may prefer to pause and reflect, the "queen of pop" is in the midst of...
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The fate of Madonna's Sticky & Sweet tour just got a whole lot sweeter. Despite rumors that the pop icon's elaborate world tour would be scrapped on account of...
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The upscale French fashion house Givenchy will help dress Madonna for her upcoming "Sticky & Sweet" world tour, a spokeswoman for the label said Tuesday. Givenchy designer...
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Looks like Madonna's Sticky and Sweet tour is gonna come with a side of French dressing. Continuing her penchant for partnering with haute couturiers for her stage...
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Michigan's cherry capital is getting ready for pop royalty. Madonna will appear Saturday night at the Traverse City Film Festival, which was founded by Michael Moore and...
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Working with Miley Cyrus reminded Brett Ratner of a "Beautiful Stranger" he once knew. "She turns it on," the filmmaker, who last month directed the video...
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Madonna is not going to play ball tonight. A report in the New York Post claims Madge had been planning on hitting Yankee Stadium in a few hours to watch her pal Alex...
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A memoir by Madonna's brother says the singer really does love her husband, director Guy Ritchie, but, apparently, not as much as she loves her career and herself. "I hope...
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Here's the scoop, bitch. Cameras started to roll today on the video that Britney Spears is making for Madonna's upcoming Sticky & Sweet tour, which, sources tell E!...
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Madonna and Gwyneth Paltrow engaging in some same-sex smooching? Kiss those loose-lipped allegations goodbye! A source close to the two insists Madge and the Oscar-winning...
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Madonna has recruited Britney Spears for a virtual appearance on her upcoming tour. "There is footage being shot of Britney some time this week in conjunction with...
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Britney Spears and Madonna's latest hookup has been temporarily derailed by a technical glitch. Spears had been scheduled to begin shooting a video montage for...
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Madonna sure likes attention, but even she can't be too thrilled with how this week has started. First was the A-Rod debacle—now there's more from her...
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A Britney Spears insider tells E! News that Britney and Madonna soon might appear onstage together...sort of. "She is considering doing a video piece...
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NEW YORK (AP) — A-Rod and the Material Girl? That's a lot of hits. Reports that Yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez and Madonna have become close just as their marriages...
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U.S. pop star Madonna and her husband, British film maker Guy Ritchie, are not planning to divorce, her spokeswoman said on Tuesday, denying media speculation that their...
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A weekend fire that destroyed a childhood home of Madonna has been deemed suspicious by arson investigators. The Oakland County Sheriff's Arson Unit and the Rochester Hills...
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Mothers-in-law are such a pain. Always slipping the kids candy or messing up your kitchen. Or talking to the press about deeply personal marital issues that you'd rather...
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Madonna fans have turned out in record numbers for her world tour, concert promoter Live Nation Inc said on Thursday, seeking to knock down reports the Material Girl is...
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Live Nation Inc Chairman Michael Cohl, the driving force behind the concert promoter's wooing of superstars such as Madonna, has resigned, the company said on Friday...
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Concert promoter Live Nation Inc. is negotiating the exit of its chairman, Michael Cohl, amid a dispute between him and CEO Michael Rapino, according to a newspaper report...
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Is Madonna a wee bit nervous about her brother Christopher Ciccone's about-to-be-released memoir? Considering the two have been on the outs for some time now,...
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A judge on Wednesday approved Madonna's adoption of a Malawian boy she met in an orphanage in 2006. The 49-year-old pop star wasn't in court for the ruling, which took...
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Madonna's new film on the impoverished nation of Malawi has wowed another maker of documentaries: Michael Moore. Moore announced Thursday that Madonna, like himself a...
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The Material Girl parted with a few personal possessions — a custom-made white guitar and the contents of her handbag — at a benefit to raise money for AIDS...
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Like any good confection, Madonna wants you to know she may have a Hard Candy exterior, but she's all soft in the center. During an interview on Thursday's...
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Madonna says criticism of her adoption of a Malawian boy hurt so much, she compared it to giving birth. "It was painful, and it was a big struggle, and I didn't understand...
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Madonna's bid to adopt a Malawian toddler she found in an orphanage in 2006 is likely to be approved in court this week, her lawyer said Tuesday. Alan Chinula said...
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Well, she has always been interested in cavities. Madonna has announced plans to embark on a 27-date world tour this summer, which she has saccharinely named Sticky &...
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The musical battle for headline domination is getting heated. Mariah Carey may have grabbed the spotlight with her quickie wedding to Nick Cannon, but Madonna knows...
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Timbaland and the Neptunes are so dominant as producers, they can sometimes upstage the artist they're working with ... unless that artist is Madonna. On her new album,...
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We always see celebrity women with a huge entourage and assistants, but do the guys have assistants, too? I mean the macho guys like George Clooney and Brad Pitt, even Ving...
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We all know that Madonna is the greatest pimp that ever lived, but dressing up as Snoop Dogg to promote her new album on BET's 106 & Park on Thursday? Sigh. If she drops...
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The best new music this week is right here: Madonna: Hard Candy Madonna was never going to grow old gracefully, which is fine with us. She gets back into the groove with...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Madonna's harrowing new documentary on Malawi is clearly designed to draw attention to the poverty-stricken nation's plight and help to its people. But...
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Madonna, "Hard Candy," (Warner Bros.) Madonna may be a 49-year-old working mom pushing 50, but she still loves her dance floor, her catsuits and her pop hooks. She's also...
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Appointments apparently don't work the same way in the Material World as they do in the real world. For the second time this month, the Malawi High Court has granted...
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Appointments apparently don't work the same way in the Material World as they do in the real world. For the second time this month, the Malawi High Court has granted...
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Madonna and child are one step closer to formalizing their bond. A Malawi court clerk has confirmed that the final ruling in her and Guy Ritchie's adoption proceedings...
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It used to be her playground, but Madonna wasn't always welcome. Until now. After vetoing several prior attempts to honor its most famous native, typically due to her...
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Malawi wants to keep Madonna and child together. Government officials in the African nation have given their blessing to the Material Mom's bid to adopt David Banda,...
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Forget the dance floor, these days Madonna's doing all her confessing on the radio. In an exclusive interview with the Yo on E! satellite radio show, the newly minted...
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Madonna, pop music's quick-change artist, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday and paid tribute to people who encouraged her and even critics who...
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It's official: Madonna's like a rocker. The Queen of Pop joined fellow headliners John Mellencamp, Leonard Cohen, the Dave Clark Five and the Ventures as the latest...
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Madonna has given details about her highly-anticipated collaboration with Justin Timberlake. The singer, who on Monday will be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame,...
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Justin Timberlake, Lou Reed, Billy Joel and Ben Harper are among the big names who've signed up to induct members of the 2008 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class next month...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Justin Timberlake will induct Madonna into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The "Sexyback" singer has been working with the Material Mom on her upcoming...
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Imitation can be the sincerest form of confusion.
So learned a Las Vegas man who alerted the media this week that he thought he had his hands on a rare photo of Marilyn...
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Madonna recalled her struggle to break into show business on Wednesday as she presented her first effort as a movie director: "Filth and Wisdom," which made its debut at the...
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Amazing what a little star power can do to win friends in high places.
Just days after the Madonna held a star-studded benefit in New York to raise millions for UNICEF and...
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Madonna, Chris Rock and dozens of other celebrities raised $3.7 million at a star-studded benefit at the United Nations to help poor and sick children around the world.
The...
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Nothing draws celebrities like cocktails, fellow A-listers and a good cause.
"It's a safe bet to say that this is the event of the year so far — everyone I've spoken...
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One ticket to the Super Bowl: $2,000. Thirty seconds of advertising during the Super Bowl: $2.7 million. Five seconds' worth of Madonna in a Super Bowl ad: A heck...
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Madonna is the richest woman in music. The 49-year-old entertainer leads Forbes.com's list of the top 20 "Cash Queens of Music," earning $72 million between June 2006 and...
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Lily Vasquez, a marketing manager from
Clifton, New Jersey, spent nearly eight years trying to break
into the music business as a singer before she stumbled...
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Madonna’s directorial debut is to premiere at the Berlin Film Festival in February.
Filth And Wisdom, which stars Gogol Bordello's Eugene Hutz and Richard E. Grant, will be...
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The Material Girl is about to become a Hall of Famer.
The ever-evolving Madonna was announced as a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee on Thursday along with John...
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It's official: the Queen of Pop rocks.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was out Thursday with its list of annual inductees, with Madonna leading the class of...
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Madonna has sued the people who run her luxury co-op building overlooking Central Park, complaining they won't let her buy a neighbor's apartment.
The Material Girl claims...
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Madonna has officially been caulk-blocked.
The erstwhile Material Girl has filed a complaint against the management of her Central Park West co-op, claiming the luxury...
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Madonna is joining forces with luxury
goods-maker Gucci to raise funds for orphans in Malawi, the
impoverished southern African nation where she has been trying
to adopt a...
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Madonna and concert promoter Live Nation Inc. announced a deal Tuesday that will give the company an all-encompassing stake in the music of the Material Girl, the latest...
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The Material Girl is about to ensure that she has more material than ever to market in the coming decade.
Madonna is reportedly poised to leave her longtime recording home,...
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Madonna's love may be on the borderline, but apparently her rock credentials aren't.
The Queen of Pop joined a disparate group of artists on the Rock and Roll Hall...
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Rumors are circulating over whether Madonna is about to embark on a new world tour next year.
If reports in the New York Post are correct, the singer plans to launch her...
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Madonna and Britney Spears have been targeted as the spreaders of "Satanic culture."
The aggressive comments were launched by spokesman and senior leader of Palestinian...
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To many Madonna is probably the most recognizable female face on earth, but apparently that is not the case with some members ofBritish band Bloc Party's road crew.
The...
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The Malawi welfare official overseeing Madonna's efforts to adopt an African toddler says he will make a long-awaited trip to the singer's London home next week to assess...
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Madonna has reason to be on her best behavior.
A Malawian court-appointed official has said he will be visiting the Ritchie family in Britain next month to assess whether...
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A track from the must-hyped collaboration between Madonna and Justin Timberlake has appeared online.
Said to be called "Candy Shop," the song appeared on putfile.com, but...
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Madonna has teamed up with Annie Lennox on Lennox's new album, Songs Of Mass Destruction.
Madonna features as part of a chorus of female singers on the track "Sing," which...
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Gogol Bordello star Eugene Hutz will appear in Madonna's movie directorial debut, he has revealed.
The frontman of the gypsy-punks, who played with the pop superstar at...
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In a global series of concerts featuring aboriginal dancing, imitation chimpanzee cries and a lot of reunited rock bands, musicians and celebrities called for fans to take...
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More famous for Learjets and limousines
than green living, pop stars performing at Saturday's Live
Earth environmental concerts face widespread cynicism from
fans,...
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The Material Girl has released some new material.
In honor of the upcoming Live Earth concerts, Madonna has penned a new single, "Hey You," which she will perform...
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Madonna has recorded a special song for Live Earth.
The tune, "Hey You," is not set to be released as a commercial single and will only be available for download to benefit...
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Madonna isn't trying to keep up with the Jolie-Pitts after all.
The pop star has returned to London with just the same two children she left with after spending six...
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Madonna's latest Malawi adventure took her back Tuesday to the same orphanage where adoptive son David Banda once lived.
The "Hung Up" singer and her...
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Madonna just can't keep out of Africa—or the rumor mill.
The erstwhile Material Girl, husband Guy Ritchie and son David Banda touched down in Malawi Monday,...
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Some celebrities (cough, Angelina Jolie, cough) can't seem to visit an impoverished nation without coming home with a child.
Apparently, Madonna is not one of those...
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Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, and Pharrell Williams are among the collaborators working on the new Madonna album, according to reports.
The star-studded roll call of...
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Ricky Gervais hopes to secure an appearance from Madonna in the last episode of Extras, according to reports.
The internationally acclaimed comic is understood to be...
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Madonna and Angelina Jolie may have to agree to disagree on the matter of international adoption.
After Jolie criticized Madonna's intended adoption of 16-month-old David...
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Angelina Jolie says she was horrified by attacks on Madonna about her adoption of a toddler from Malawi, but suggested the pop singer took a risk because of the African...
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Angelina Jolie has questioned Madonna's plan to adopt an African child, accusing her of breaking the law.
The movie star admits to being "horrified" at the media reaction...
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Madonna's phone number is apparently so unlisted that not even the father of her child has it.
Yohane Banda, the biological father of David Banda, the Malawi tot...
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Concert tours by the Rolling Stones, Barbra Streisand and country duo Tim McGraw and Faith Hill were among the top-grossing tours in North America in 2006, helping drive...
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Madonna will make her movie directing debut in 2007, according to reports.
The pop superstar is understood to be getting behind the camera for a movie entitled Blade To The...
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Animal rights campaigners have reacted angrily to Madonna's decision to wear a fur coat made from the skins of chinchillas.
The pop icon was pictured earlier this week with...
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Madonna wants to dress you up in her clothes.
The Material Girl has teamed with H&M to launch her new M by Madonna clothing line, the affordable fashion chain announced...
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Hennes & Mauritz, Europe's largest fashion retailer, has once again sealed a deal with Madonna for a new fashion line.
Madonna has teamed up with Margareta van den Bosch,...
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Madonna will have to justify her love to more concerned parties than she may have liked.
After a series of delays, a Malawi High Court judge has ruled in favor of a...
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Human rights organizations will help decide whether Madonna is fit to adopt a Malawian toddler, a judge ruled Wednesday.
Judge Andrew Nyirenda ruled in favor of a...
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Will Madonna's adoption get hung up in court?
A Malawi judge plans to issue a ruling next Monday on whether a coalition of human rights groups in the southern African...
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Madonna defended her planned adoption of a 13-month-old Malawian boy during an interview broadcast Wednesday on "The Oprah Winfrey Show," saying she was unaware of the...
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Oprah Winfrey was scheduled to tape an interview with Madonna on Tuesday about the pop singer's planned adoption of a 13-month-old boy from the African country of...
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Backing away from a confrontation with religious groups, NBC said Thursday it has decided not to show pictures of Madonna mounting a Crucifix when it airs a concert special...
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Under pressure from Christian
conservative groups accusing pop star Madonna of sacrilege, a
U.S. television network said on Thursday it removed footage of
the singer...
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After a week of increasingly implausible denials and "no comments"
from Team Madonna, a Malawi high court judge has managed to do what the
Material One would not: confirm...
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Reports that Madonna may have adopted a Malawian child have focused attention on foreign adoptions in Africa — and raised questions about whether it's in an African...
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Madonna won't seem to speak out on the reports she's adopted a
child. The people of Malawi won't seem to shut up about them.
A week after the Material Woman's publicist...
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Most people return home from trips abroad with snow globes and
Toblerone. Needless to say, Madonna is not most people.
The Material Girl may or may not have gotten in...
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With Madonna urging people to see her show before criticizing her for mounting a Crucifix during one song, NBC is still wrangling over whether millions of television viewers...
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Madonna will become the biggest-grossing female pop star in music history when her Confessions tour completes tomorrow.
The pop superstar plays the final show of her...
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The lower house of Russian parliament has rejected a lawmaker's proposal to book Madonna a seat on a Russian flight to the international space station, news agencies...
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Madonna took the stage of Moscow's biggest stadium on Tuesday night for the latest concert in her round-the-world "Confessions" tour in spite of religious protesters'...
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Madonna postponed her scheduled show in Moscow yesterday to avoid an "unethical" clash with the fifth anniversary of 9/11, it has emerged.
The pop superstar was scheduled...
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Madonna's first-ever concert in Russia is going to be a day late
and a blessing short.
In what has become routine on her latest
world tour, the Material Girl is once...
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Like a prayer? More like a prank call.
A
63-year-old Dutch priest has confessed to calling in a phony bomb threat
last week before a pair of Madonna concerts in...
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Amsterdam prosecutors said Friday a 63-year-old priest has confessed to phoning in a fake bomb threat to a Madonna concert in the Dutch capital city last week.
"He was...
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Amsterdam prosecutors said Friday a 63-year-old priest has confessed to phoning in a fake bomb threat to a Madonna concert in the Dutch capital city last week.
"He was...
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When Warner Music Group created a
record label with Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs last year, industry
insiders said the company was taking a big risk with a star who
may have lost...
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Some crazy Russian kids are helping to force Madonna to express
herself somewhere else.
After weeks od negotiations,
authorities in the Russian capital decided on...
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Posters throughout the Russian capital had proclaimed the venue and date for a month, and 40,000 tickets had already been sold.
But a long-awaited concert by Madonna had...
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Looks like Madonna won't be crucified after all. At least, not
offstage.
Just a week after threatening to press charges
against the Confessions on a Dancefloor singer...
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If Madonna doesn't change her ways, she could be going from
"Hung Up" to locked up.
German prosecutors have
announced plans to monitor the erstwhile Material Girl's...
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Prosecutors said Tuesday that they will keep an eye on Madonna's weekend concert in Germany in case she repeats the mock crucifixion that some church leaders have denounced...
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If ever anyone was due for a smiting, surely it's Madonna. At
least, an increasing number of Italians seem to think so.
Fresh off her Vatican-disavowed mock-crucifixion...
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Madonna's plans to stage a mock crucifixion during a Sunday concert in Rome have drawn fire from religious leaders, who have condemned the stunt as "an act of open...
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Not only has Madonna dubbed her forthcoming TV special Live to
Tell, but the one-named wonder is now incurring the wrath of
religious leaders the world over.
What is...
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Madonna is bringing her "Confessions" tour to network television. A two-hour special will be taped this summer at Wembley Stadium in London and shown in November on...
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A spokesperson for Madonna has denied she "laughed hysterically" after hearing news of poor ticket sales for Mariah Carey's upcoming U.S. tour.
Reports in the American...
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Onstage, Madonna wears designs by Jean Paul Gaultier; offstage, the 47-year-old pop star and her "Confessions" world tour entourage will choose clothing from H&M's 2006...
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An onstage roller-disco complete with a fleet of satin-jacketed rollergirls and -boys. A shofar (Jewish horn) solo and traditional Hebrew incantation by a turban-swaddled...
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Despite an impressively high-wattage amount of Sunday star power this year (the first performance by Tool in nearly half a decade, an equally rare appearance by reclusive...
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Forget that "Papa Don't Preach" stuff--what papa really shouldn't
be doing is spilling family secrets to the tabloids.
John
Ritchie, dad to Guy and father-in-law to...
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Sigur Ros, Franz Ferdinand, Sleater-Kinney...Madonna? One of
these things may not be like the others now, but come this spring,
they'll all be one big, fest-playin' family....
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Madonna's new album, Confessions On A Dance Floor, is scheduled for release on November 15, and the pop diva is already looking ahead to a possible summer tour. Madonna told...
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Unbelievably, four days ago while still in our hometown of Los Angeles, we were toying with the idea of making a weekend trip to Philadelphia, City Of Brotherly Love, to...
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Eight isn't nearly enough for Bob Geldof.
The charity
rocker behind the massive Live 8 shows aimed at raising awareness in
industrial countries of the problems in the...
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Africa is to get its own Live 8 concert,
taking the event to the continent whose problems it aims to
highlight, Irish rocker Bob Geldof said on Thursday.
Geldof and other...
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Internet auction site eBay has suspended
some of the accounts of users who sabotaged online sales of
free Live 8 concert tickets by making hoax bids of up to 10
million...
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Everybody knows Bob Geldof doesn't like Mondays. He apparently
can't tolerate scalpers--or their enablers--either.
The
ex-Boomtown Rat turned charity rock icon, lashed...
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African musicians will stage a concert
to coincide with major Live 8 charity events across Europe next
month, organizers said on Wednesday, after the main lineups
were...
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Organizers of the Live 8 concerts to raise awareness of poverty in Africa announced on Wednesday plans for a separate concert featuring African artists.
The event, called...
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Wireless equipment maker LM Ericsson and online music distributor Napster Inc. will offer a digital music service on mobile phones.
The service will let users download...
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The wall has come tumbling down.
After nearly a
quarter century of acrimony, the classic lineup of Pink Floyd, including
band cofounder and creative force Roger Waters,...
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Music fans broke a world record when
they sent more than 2 million text messages to try to get
tickets for next month's Live 8 concert in London, the Guinness
Book of...
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Organizers of the London Live 8 concert said Sunday that British rock band Pink Floyd would re-form for a performance at the July event.
Guitarist David Gilmour, drummer...
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Twenty years later, it is still considered one of the greatest rock 'n' roll concerts of all time. During Live Aid, top musicians played simultaneous shows in London and...
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Live 8 is up to six.
Annie Lennox, Dido and Travis are
among the artists signing on to headline a sixth Live 8 concert, this
one in the Scottish city of Edinburgh,...
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"Lotsa de Casha," the fifth and final installment in a series of children's books by Madonna, has been released. It tells the story of the richest man in the world, who...
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Dido, Annie Lennox, Travis and Texas
will take the stage in Scotland for a sixth Live 8 rock concert
to press world leaders to fight African poverty at next month's
G8...
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A texting lottery for tickets to
London's star-studded Live 8 charity concert opened on Monday
with hundreds of thousands expected to spend up to 20 million
pounds competing...
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Music retailers are turning to high-tech firms that combine computer analysis with the art of listening to come up with new music suggestions for consumers based on what...
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Paul McCartney is working on attracting a new generation of fans.
The former Beatle has signed on to write a children's book
titled High in the Clouds: An Urban Furry...
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Madonna is making headway on a new studio album, and this time around she's doing it with the help of new producers. According to her official website (Madonna.com), Madonna...
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Twenty years after the Live Aid concerts, musical superstars are joining in a five-city spectacular to push a political solution for African poverty.
"We don't want...
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Bob Geldof is at it again.
Two decades after he
masterminded Live Aid, the largest charity concert ever mounted, to
fight famine in Africa, the 58-year-old...
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Charity rocker Bob Geldof on Tuesday
announced plans for five star-studded concerts aimed at
pressuring world leaders into eradicating African poverty.
Twenty years after...
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London's Hyde Park, Circus Maximus in Rome and the Museum of Art in Philadelphia are among the venues for Live 8, a series of concerts being organized by Bob Geldof, the...
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Two decades after the original Live Aid, when rock stars raised money for Ethiopian famine relief, singer-activist Bob Geldof is planning another star-studded, humanitarian...
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Two decades after the original Live Aid, when rock stars descended on Philadelphia and London to raise money for Ethiopian famine relief, singer-activist Bob Geldof is...
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If Mariah Carey keeps up her current chart-topping ways, music
historians are going to have to rewrite the Glitter star's
story.
This week, Carey just scored her 16th...
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Live Aid founders Bob Geldof and Midge Ure confirmed Thursday they are planning a star-studded concert to fight poverty in Africa — but insisted it wouldn't be Live Aid...
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A European songwriter is looking to freeze Madonna out of some cold
cash.
Belgian composer Salvatore Acquaviva is suing the
Material Mommy, accusing her of ripping off...
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Britney Spears and Kevin Federline were everywhere Tuesday — including reading a top 10 list on CBS' "The Late Show with David Letterman."
On the day their reality...
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Pop diva Kylie Minogue, whose hit album
"Fever" went platinum in the United States, has been diagnosed
with breast cancer and has postponed her Australian and Asian
tour,...
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Lingering anger over White House access and a perceived snub by the pop icon Madonna have sparked a political brawl pitting Israel's respected ambassador to Washington...
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Warner Music Group said on Thursday
it has closed a deal to buy a 50-percent stake in hip-hop mogul
Sean "P. Diddy" Combs' Bad Boy Records label in a an
acquisition people...
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Middle-aged musicians who have neither
burned out nor faded away -- yet may be some years past their
creative peaks -- are pulling in the real money in today's
topsy-turvy...
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Record company Warner Music Group Inc. said Thursday it was served with another subpoena by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer in connection with an industrywide...
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Elton John has found Sanctuary.
The British pop icon
has agree to sell Twenty-First Artists Ltd., the management company he
co-owns, to Sanctuary Group, a British based...
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Chances are you've heard Jem's music even if you didn't know her name.
Her songs have been prominently featured on Fox's "The O.C.," and she portrayed a wedding singer...
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Audiences at a recent They Might Be Giants concert were rocking out — or at least jumping up and down a bit before bedtime. Kids about kindergarten age filled the front...
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U2 may have found what they're looking for...immortality.
After a quarter-century of pushing musical boundaries in an everlasting
bid to lay claim to the title of...
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Warner Music Group Corp., one of the world's largest record companies, on Friday disclosed plans to go public, filing with regulators to sell up to $750 million worth of...
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Mexican pop star Gloria Trevi , recently released from prison after being acquitted of kidnapping, rape and corruption of minors charges, says both she and her music have...
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Sri Lankan musicians are trying to rally stars such as Elton John , Madonna and Ricky Martin to record an album to raise relief funds for countries hit by the Dec. 26...
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The last time Sean "P. Diddy" Combs tried to put together a band on MTV, viewers were treated to screaming, fisticuffs and the dismantling of the group.
Though he's not...
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They combine the classic melodies of
the Beatles with the heavy-metal thunder of Metallica , but the
rock band Beatallica certainly isn't music to Sony Corp (NYSE:SNE -...
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Mexican pop star Gloria Trevi , who was recently released from prison, will kick off her "Trevolution" tour in her hometown of Monterrey next month.
The tour, which will...
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Pop star Britney Spears won the
first Grammy Award of her brief but colorful career on Sunday,
taking the prize in the best dance recording category.
Spears, 23, was...
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Attorneys in Michael Jackson 's child-molestation trial are turning to the tough job of finding jurors who can judge the pop star not as a legend but as a...
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The studio that churned out hits from Michael Jackson , Bruce Springsteen , Stevie Wonder and many more, is closing shop.
The legendary Hit Factory will close its New York...
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The Hit Factory, one of New Yorks
largest and best-known recording facilities, will close within
a month.
The company will move its headquarters to its Miami
facility, the...
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Madonna will be making an appearance on the reality show the Road To Stardom With Missy Elliott February 16 on UPN. In the episode, the final five performers take a private...
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Comedy was absolutely king during
the 30 years that Johnny Carson ruled late-night TV from his
desk at "The Tonight Show," but from his very first program in
1962, the...
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NBC raised more than $18 million for the American Red Cross to send to tsunami victims with its benefit broadcast last weekend, the network said Friday.
Individual...
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A controversial Kabbalah Centre rabbi has relocated from London to Los Angeles and sources say Madonna may have had something to do with the move. Rabbi Eliyahu Yardeni has...
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Madonna , Elton John , Nelly, Kenny Chesney and other musicians converged on an NBC Universal studio Saturday for a hastily arranged TV benefit concert for tsunami...
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Madonna and Maroon 5 have signed on to play the charity telethon Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope, which will air Saturday (January 15) at 8 p.m. on NBC and its affiliate...
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The future is temporarily on hold for Jermaine Dupri.
The
star rapper-producer had been planning to record the charity single "We
Are the Future," a 20th-anniversary...
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Numerous reports recently claimed that Madonna and her husband, Guy Ritchie, renewed their wedding vows at a Kaballah ceremony in England on their fourth wedding...
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Madonna and her film-maker hubby, Guy Richie, renewed their wedding vows during a secret ceremony on their four-year anniversary last month (December 22). Ananova.com...
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About 7,000 fans of Chinese pop diva Anita Mui marked the first anniversary of her death at a star-studded commemoration concert.
Local stars sang Mui's greatest hits,...
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First Old Navy brings back leg warmers and now this.
Proving the '80s are gone but definitely not forgotten, several of that
decade's top musical acts were among the top...
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On the strength of its debut album,
"Give Up," the Postal Service closes 2004 as the No. 1 act on
the year-end Top Electronic Artists chart.
"Give Up" is proving to be the...
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The third chart entry proves to
be the charm for Mario, who rises to a new career peak on the
Billboard Hot 100 with "Let Me Love You" (3rd Street/J). The
single moves 3-2,...
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A classic Gibson guitar played by George Harrison on the Beatles' "Revolver" album and by John Lennon during the recording of the "White Album" sold Friday to an anonymous...
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Snoop Dogg was too hot to drop
from the top of Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart Thursday as
his hit tune "Drop It Like It's Hot" featuring Pharrell logged
a third week at...
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A trip to "The Red Light
District" scored Ludacris his second consecutive No. 1 album on
the U.S. pop charts Wednesday.
The Atlanta rapper/actor's fourth Disturbing Tha...
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Like that smiling skydiver on the deodorant ads? Can't get enough of his sunny joshing on MTV's "Pimp My Ride"?
Prepare to meet the cunning, sometimes caustic musician...
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Singer George Michael has written to a British celebrity magazine to rebuke Elton John for making unflattering comments about his personal life.
In an open letter to...
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The mouth that roars has been temporarily silenced.
Elton John has canceled a second concert date due to a throat
infection.
The singer nixed a long-planned...
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Warner Music Group reported a narrower loss Monday, crediting a restructuring effort that cut costs.
The privately held New York-based firm, home to artists like Madonna ...
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Madonna 's blockbuster Re-Invention
tour took all of the drama out of the top tour of the year
race, ringing up a year's best $125 million in total box office
gross by...
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The Rock and Roll Hall of fame has found what it's looking
for...and then some.
U2 leads the list of rock royalty
set for enshrinement next spring. Joining the Irish...
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Irish rockers U2, R&B singers The O'Jays and soul balladeer Percy Sledge are among five musical legends to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during the...
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The 2004 Billboard Music Awards wrapped hours ago, and
Usher is still saying, "Yeah!"
The chart-busting singer walked
away with a leading 11 awards at the music biz's...
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Lindsay Lohan seems like a typical 18-year-old. She's really concerned with boys and her hair, she's fidgety and giggly, and she just bought these fuzzy purple boots from a...
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The 2004 Billboard Music Awards winners, announced in Las Vegas on Wednesday:
Artist of the Year: Usher
Female Artist of the Year: Alicia Keys
Duo/Group Artist of the...
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Chicago rapper Kanye West, who
survived a near-fatal car crash to score one of the biggest
hits of the year with his debut album, led an eclectic field of
commercially...
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Meet the latest celebrity children's author: Gloria Estafan. And don't forget her dog, Noelle.
"I don't think too much is known about the affinity that I feel for animals....
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So much for that "Ebony and Ivory" stuff. At least as far as
Stevie Wonder and Eminem go.
Speaking to Billboard
magazine, Wonder comes to the defense of old Motown...
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It's not Reba, Aretha or Madonna who is the Queen of the Grammy, it's Alison Krauss.
The 33-year-old bluegrass artist has been awarded 17 Grammys , one more than Aretha...
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Rock 'n' roll fans with deep pockets
can buy a Beatles guitar or a mugshot of the pop star formerly
known as Cat Stevens at what Christie's said on Wednesday was
its...
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Rock 'n' roll fans with deep pockets
can buy a Beatles guitar or a mugshot of the pop star formerly
known as Cat Stevens at what Christie's said on Wednesday was
its...
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Robbie Williams , Michael Jackson , Queen, the Rolling Stones and Cliff Richard have been inducted into Britain's first Music Hall of Fame, chosen by the public as the best...
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Pop star Elton John says he doesn't mean
to throw tantrums -- it just comes with the territory of being
creative.
John told Britain's Sunday Times magazine that his...
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Can you feel the love tonight?
It looks
like Elton John is finally ready to apologize to Madonna after recently
calling out the Material Girl for lip-synching.
...
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Elton John is ready to apologize to Madonna after recently accusing the pop star of lip-synching. "I don't want to escalate it because I like Madonna," the 57-year-old...
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Rapper Eminem and baritone Josh Groban now have something in common: They are among the nominees for favorite male singer in the People's Choice Awards.
Nominees for the...
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With three wins
including artist of the year, Mexican singer-songwriter Julieta
Venegas dominated MTV's Video Music Awards Latin America on
Thursday.
Veteran Mexican...
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday
declined to examine a lower-court ruling that forces
music-industry investigators to file a lawsuit to uncover the
identities of people...
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After more than 20 years of performing, Madonna can still pack fans into an arena. That's why she's the top finalist for Billboard's first Backstage Pass Awards. The awards...
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Pop star Britney Spears formalized
her union with dancer Kevin Federline on Thursday just as she
parted ways with the manager who had been guiding her career
since she was...
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Hip-hop duo OutKast led the field on
Wednesday when nominations were announced for next month's MTV
Europe awards in Rome.
OutKast, already big winners at this year's...
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It seems Elton John is not a Madonna fan.
Taking the stage at a music awards show Monday, John accused the queen of pop of lip-synching and said he was astonished she...
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The global marketing behind Green Day's
"American Idiot" is making the newly restructured Warner Music
look smart under Edgar Bronfman Jr.
The politically charged ninth...
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Prosecutors in the northern city of Chihuahua on Monday appealed the acquittal of Mexican pop star Gloria Trevi and two of her backup singers.
Trevi and accompanists...
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Vocalist Michael McDonald will on
Oct. 26 release "Motown 2," his second album of tracks made
famous by stars of the Motown label.
The track listing includes such...
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Michael Jackson , frequently savaged in the tabloid press, was picked apart by more rarified critics as scholars gathered for a conference on the pop star at Yale...
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Throughout the '90s, numerous DJs,
remixers and producers evolved into full-fledged artists with
proper albums.
Among the more successful were Frankie Knuckles, Armand...
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So, did she or didn't? Britney Spears most definitely got married last week, People magazine reports in its Oct. 4 issue filled with pictures of the pop star and her...
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Capitol Records on Tuesday said it
will soon release a new DVD with performances by George
Harrison as well as archival footage featuring the ex-Beatle
talking about his...
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Pop superstar Madonna's pilgrimage to Israel to attend the Los Angeles Kabbalah Centre's annual conference hasn't gone exactly as planned. According to the Jerusalem Post,...
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Pop star Madonna called for world peace Sunday at a conference on Jewish mysticism, a highlight of her five-day pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
Israel hopes the star —...
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Israel was abuzz with excitement Wednesday over the arrival of Madonna , its biggest celebrity visitor in years. The pop star came to the Holy Land on a spiritual quest,...
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CBS-TV has scrapped plans for a Madonna concert special, which was scheduled to tape Monday (September 13) in Lisbon, Portugal during her Re-Invention tour. Reps said the...
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Microsoft once again
is looking to eat the lunch of longtime rival Apple Computer,
this time in the digital music arena.
Some observers predict that Microsoft's new MSN...
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In the end, it didn't matter which dream teams the other countries brought — Greece had its own during the closing ceremony. An all-star lineup of Greek pop icons had...
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Olympic competitors like Paul Hamm and Carly Patterson are skipping out of the closing ceremony in Athens and heading to Miami for the MTV Video Music Awards Sunday, the...
more >
Missy Elliott's reality show
probably won't debut on UPN until sometime next year, but
viewers can expect the program to be a candid glimpse into what
it's like to be...
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Paris Hilton or Haylie Duff--who will get screwed out of
"Screwed"?
The dueling would-be music divas have
both recorded versions of the song "Screwed" for their...
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Painful life experiences often
force people to become experts in areas they wish they knew
nothing about.
Such is the case with entertainment reporter/personality
Leeza...
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Marilyn Manson's upcoming best-of
collection will be led by a new version of Depeche Mode 's
"Personal Jesus," which was also covered by Johnny Cash.
The album, "Lest We...
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The ability to download complete
tracks directly over cell-phone networks to mobile phones is
becoming a reality in Europe.
O2 Music, the music arm of U.K.-based...
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Families in SUVs drive up to the grassy hill all summer. Dads snap pictures at the memorial plaque. Young couples look at the lush expanse and try to imagine the chaotic...
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"There's no variety in hip-hop
right now. You needed me to come back."
So declares prodigal rapper Mase.
Five years have passed since Mason Betha decided to...
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Young punk rock fans are coming to the
rescue of a sluggish summer concert season.
Blending low-price tickets with high-energy talent and side
attractions, the Warped...
more >
When it comes to the VMAs, the biggest problem Jay-Z may have
is where to put all those Moon Men.
In what could be a
last hurrah before his pending retirement from...
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Madonna 's Portuguese concert was rescheduled for Sept. 13 after a reported dispute over the venue.
Local reports said her concert, originally set for Sept. 12, was...
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Ozzy Osbourne has hit
$50 million in merchandise sales -- a record for a heavy metal
performer, according to merchandising and licensing company
Signatures...
more >
When Sean "P. Diddy" Combs unveiled his get-out-the-vote initiative, it had all the elements of hot album release party.
There was a DJ spinning cool songs. A "street...
more >
The heavy lifting is about to begin
for BMG and Sony Music.
With the European Commission 's July 19 clearance of the
proposed merger of the two music giants, approval by...
more >
In one of the longest goodbyes in
music history, Cher is preparing yet another North American leg
for her Farewell tour.
Cher will begin a run of 33 shows July 23 at the...
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Are stadium tours extinct?
Once an integral and lucrative facet of the warm-weather
concert business, the stadium tour is completely absent from
this summer's...
more >
Natalie and Nicole Albino, the 18-year-old twin duo who make up Nina Sky, insist that they're now tempting flash-in-the-pan fate with their infectious radio and club...
more >
The Sony-BMG merger leaves four music "majors" with about 80 percent of the $32 billion global music market. They are:
_Universal Music Group: Artists include Sting,...
more >
Name the sitcoms that have been able
to attract the biggest music stars in recent years, and NBC's
"Will & Grace" will probably top that list.
Madonna , Cher, Elton John ...
more >
When it comes to concert tours, the good times are not rolling this summer.
Major acts like Britney Spears , Marc Anthony and Christina Aguilera , as well as large-scale...
more >
The historic 1985 Live Aid concert
will finally be released on DVD in the fall.
Earlier this year, the Band Aid Trust agreed to auction the
global rights for the concerts...
more >
For about a week there it appeared
that the Bonnaroo music festival, with a gross of approximately
$14.5 million, was a lock as the top Billboard Boxscore of the
year....
more >
Forget the tortured love anthems, we're guessing Michelle Branch is happy now.
The singer-songwriter, who turns
21 on Friday, recently tied the knot with her bass...
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With the music industry looking to cut costs amid lower profit margins, record companies see fewer incentives to investing in artist-run label projects.
Twelve years ago,...
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Let's just call it Lollapa-loser.
Not even a
stellar lineup--Morrissey, the Flaming Lips, Sonic Youth, the String
Cheese Incident, Wilco and a reunited Pixies--couldn't...
more >
Universal Music maintained its status
as the world's market leader in 2003, but a combined Sony/BMG
would have challenged its dominance.
The International Federation of...
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Teen singer Skye Sweetnam grew up in a quaint Canadian town, but that doesn't stop her from belting out angst-ridden rocker girl songs like she comes from the gritty...
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Call her Esther: That's the Hebrew name Madonna has chosen for herself as a follower of Kabbalah.
"I was named after my mother. My mother died when she was very young, of...
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Talk about reinvention.
Just a week after
shedding her record label, Maverick, the artist formerly known as
Madonna has traded in one biblical name for another.
...
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Hip-swiveling Elvis, womanizer Mick Jagger and "Material Girl" Madonna may be some of rock 'n'
roll's greatest musical icons but as positive role models,
they've yet to...
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Britney Spears is out of the hotel business.
The summer Stateside leg of Spears' Onyx Hotel tour was canceled
Tuesday, nearly a week after the pop tart underwent...
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Warner Music Group has agreed to buy Madonna out of Maverick Records, the label she co-founded 12 years ago, to end the legal battle that pitted the music conglomerate...
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She might still be a Material Girl, but Madonna 's no longer a
Maverick.
Ending a nasty legal battle over the future of
her Maverick Records, Madonna and Warner Bros....
more >
The Van Halen reunion is
looking to be one of the biggest tours of the summer.
It marks the first time in almost a decade that Eddie Van Halen , Alex Van Halen , Michael...
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WHO: Madonna , Madge, The Material Girl, the Queen of Pop — whatever you want to call her, she's one of the biggest pop icons of all time. Her many incarnations...
more >
Britney
Spears is clear to play China--as long as she doesn't commit any
oops in the wardrobe department.
The pop tart, who
has worn everything from boa constrictors to...
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WHO: Britney Spears — tabloid queen, teen idol, sex goddess — and pop singer.
WHAT TO EXPECT: Tightly synchronized, highly sexual choreography, over-the-top,...
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Jessica Simpson 's summer tour is focused on music, but the thing that made her a superstar will definitely be represented.
A giant television will be behind her as she...
more >
The Pulitzer Prize music judges, hoping to encourage a broader range of entries from American composers, may soon be saying hooray for Hollywood — and all that...
more >
Apparently, the idea behind Madonna's
"Hollywood" video was not such a virginal concept after all.
The Material One has settled a copyright
lawsuit that claimed she...
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Madonna 's first tour in almost
three years has gotten off to a bumpy start, with the pop
singer canceling the second date scheduled for Tuesday.
A statement posted on her...
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Madonna says she has canceled three Israeli stops on her "Re-Invention" tour because of violence in the region, including the killing of the leader of the militant group...
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The Material Girl's re-Invention
Tour has undergone a little rescheduling.
Madonna
has canceled three upcoming concerts in Israel, but the exact reason
depends on who...
more >
With plenty of big-ticket tours
from Van Halen to Madonna dotting the landscape this summer,
producers believe concertgoers will see the 3 Doors
Down/Nickelback...
more >
A Delaware Chancery Court judge
has ruled that Los Angeles should be the venue for the hearing
of the bitter legal clash between Warner Music Group (WMG) and
top Warner act...
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The newly private Warner Music
Group, having significantly reduced its worldwide staff, is now
turning its cost-cutting efforts toward its artists.
As part of the...
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Pop singer Mandy Moore has signed
with Sire Records, the Warner Bros. imprint whose roster
includes the Distillers, the Von Bondies and Hot Hot Heat, she
told Reuters on...
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Marilyn
Manson is out for blood.
The shock rocker and
bandmate Madonna Wayne Gacy have filed a lawsuit against an
ex-bandmember and a Florida record label to halt the...
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Some of today's biggest music stars
have ignited a boom in the once-dormant celebrity fragrance
business.
Leading the way is Jennifer Lopez , who has two...
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Warner Music Group, the company behind Madonna , Missy Elliott and Rod Stewart , is reducing the suggested retail price on more than 1,700 albums beginning next week in a...
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Note to hikers: Don't cross Madonna's
borderline.
Looking to protect their privacy from the
prying eyes of paparazzi and other star gazers, the Material Girl and
her...
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Not in my backyard, says Madonna . Lawyers acting for the Material Girl argued on Wednesday that walkers should not be allowed to traipse across her $11 million country...
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Instead of "Musicology,"
Prince should have gone back into his catalog and named his new
album "Controversy."
That is what he is once again stirring up as he...
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As Gibson Guitar Corp. launches a new digital model, company CEO Henry Juszkiewicz can close his eyes and almost hear the music.
"The defining moment will be when a...
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Broken Social Scene, the Walkmen,
the Von Bondies, Bumblebeez, Danger Mouse and the Datsuns have
been added to this summer's Lollapalooza festival,
Billboard.com has...
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"Can't Nobody Hold Me Down," chants P. Diddy in one of his hit songs. Maybe not even a bag full of mixed reviews.
The hip-hop impresario, known on stage by his real name,...
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The members of Blondie admit it's a bit weird to be on the music scene again when bands like the Rapture are named for one of their songs, and '80s fashion is so hip that...
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Madonna
stands accused of being a Material Girl.
Warner
Music Group, currently at odds with Madge's so-called "vanity label"
Maverick Records, claims Maverick has lost...
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Starship may have built this city on rock and roll, but Blender magazine is tearing it down, naming the band's "We Built This City" as the worst song ever.
Some tunes on...
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MTV will take its irreverent Video Music Awards to Miami this year. The live event, in its 21st year, will be held Aug. 29 at the AmericanAirlines Arena, the cable...
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Worried you won't be able to land a ticket to your favorite concert this summer? Not to fear, the music industry has a club you can join. For a small fee.
In a trend that...
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Jem's energy is
contagious. The 28-year-old singer-songwriter is looking at a
view of Hollywood from her hotel room. "You know what's really
weird? I'm practically in the...
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Given all the barely clad women that are booty-shaking, grinding and gyrating on BET during the day, it's hard to believe things could get any wilder after dark.
But as...
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Hours after explaining away that infamous "wardrobe malfunction," Janet Jackson spent the night partying with her boyfriend, Jermaine Dupri, and an assortment of celebrity...
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One of pop music's messiest feuds
has come to an end with the return of vocalist Sammy Hagar to
rock band Van Halen after an eight-year absence, the veteran
group said on...
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Madonna's
next venue? A Los Angeles courtroom.
The pop diva's
Maverick Records filed a $200 million lawsuit against Warner Music Group
and Time Warner Inc. on...
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Madonna 's Maverick Records label sued Warner Music Group and Time Warner Inc. for breach of contract on Thursday, accusing the record company and its former parent of...
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Madonna 's Maverick Recording Co.
aimed its legal guns at Warner Music on Thursday with a breach
of contract lawsuit seeking $200 million in damages and an end
to the...
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It appears there's still no way to beat Norah and Clay.
On the album sales charts, Norah
Jones continued to fend off all contenders as Feels
Like Home secured its sixth...
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She's an actor,
author,
wife
and mother, Kabbalah
devotee and, oh yeah, the Material Girl.
Appropriately
enough, Madonna is prepping for her re-Invention Tour, to take...
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Madonna will begin a world tour in Los Angeles on May 24, with stops in New York City, London and Paris, it was announced Monday.
"I'm happy to confirm the rumors....
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They say everything old is new
again. That is certainly true for Trunk Ltd. The Santa Monica,
Calif.-based fashion company is making a name for itself by
reissuing vintage...
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Britney Spears suffered a knee
injury while performing in Illinois, forcing the pop star to
cancel concerts in Chicago and Detroit, a spokeswoman for her
record label said...
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A knee injury suffered near the end
of Britney Spears ' concert Thursday night (March 18) has forced
the artist to cancel her Friday (March 19) show.
At deadline, no...
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Actor Danny Aiello is recording his first music CD at age 70, even though he admits his name is not synonymous with singing.
Titled "I Just Wanted To Hear The Words," the...
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There's opportunity in chaos, say
executives at several independent record labels that are
prospering amid the market turmoil that has engulfed the
world's largest music...
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It was bound to happen. Music
talent-contest fever has been sweeping across TV networks, and
UPN finally has a series of its own.
UPN has teamed with Missy Elliott for a...
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Anastacia made an emotional comeback
with a new album on Saturday, one year after breast cancer
surgery saved her life, in a show-stopping performance at the
German music...
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A number of high-placed executives
are exiting Warner Bros. Nashville and Word Entertainment as
part of a massive restructuring process by the new owners of
Warner Music...
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The transformation of Warner Music Group under new chief Edgar Bronfman Jr. began in earnest Tuesday as the company ousted several top executives and said it would slash...
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Time Warner Inc.'s $2.6 billion sale of Warner Music Group to an investor group led by former Universal media conglomerate chief Edgar Bronfman Jr. was completed, and...
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Three years ago, Paulina Rubio burst
onto the U.S. Latin scene as a Mexican import with no
assurances of success in the United States.
But how things have changed.
On...
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Beyonce's career is moving in
only one direction: straight up.
Her five wins and her two electrifying performances during
the Feb. 8 Grammy Awards at the Staples Center...
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The one-second flash of Janet Jackson 's breast at the Super Bowl could end up putting the brakes on years of plunging standards in the down-and-dirty entertainment...
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In Janet Jackson 's case, sex may
not sell.
Singer Jackson embarked on a major promotional tour for her
upcoming CD, "Damita Jo," with a halftime appearance at
Sunday's...
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As three major TV networks shifted broadcast plans in reaction to the racy Super Bowl halftime show, Janet Jackson 's publicist said she may back out of Sunday's Grammy...
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Similar to last year's "host-less"
Grammy Awards ceremony, the 2004 event on Sunday will use
music, film and television personalities to introduce
performance segments of...
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Beyonc
Knowles, multiplatinum sweetheart of the music award show circuit
this year, was exhausted. She'd just appeared on the Vibe
Awards and breathlessly arrived across...
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Singer Janet Jackson and pop icon
Justin Timberlake will appear on Sunday's Grammy Awards as
planned despite the uproar over their bumping and grinding
Super Bowl duet...
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CBS, MTV, the NFL, Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson are all sorry — but none of that is deterring the federal government from looking into the Super Bowl's...
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A lawsuit alleging that Madonna and her director-husband, Guy Ritchie , stole the idea for the 2002 film remake of "Swept Away" will go to court May 4.
In the suit,...
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A contingent of independent
music labels vowed on Monday to fight the proposed merger
between music giants Sony Music and Bertelsmann's BMG as a
crucial deadline for...
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Britney Spears presented Madonna with a career achievement award at France's biggest music awards, hosted by European radio group NRJ on Saturday (January 24). Madonna...
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Madonna accepted a career award from Britney Spears at a French music awards show this weekend — but this time, no controversy.
Madonna, wearing a demure green...
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Edgar Bronfman Jr. has lured Lyor Cohen away from Island Def Jam Music Group to head Bronfman's recently acquired Warner Music Group, it was announced Sunday.
The move...
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Dido on Saturday added two
awards to a bulging trophy case, scoring best international
female artist and international artist of the year at France's
biggest music awards,...
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On January 23rd, 1958, Brunswick Records released "Maybe Baby" backed with "Tell Me How" by The Crickets.
In 1970, singer Judy Collins was denied permission to sing her...
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Christina vamps like a burlesque
stripper. Britney's gone from school girl to slut. Pink is
punk.
Many of music's reigning divas are partying like it's 1999,
even though...
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Not content to crush the spirit of unknowns, "American Idol" judge Simon Cowell is training his sights on one of the biggest stars in the business — Madonna .
Cowell,...
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More than 1,000 fans poured into the streets Monday to bid farewell to Chinese pop diva and actress Anita Mui, who died last month at age 40.
A private funeral for Mui,...
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Madonna has posted a letter in support of Democratic presidential candidate Wesley Clark on her official website madonna.com Wednesday (January 7). The letter marks the...
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Folks in Britney Spears ' hometown don't see the humor in the superstar's weekend wedding joke.
Spears' 55-hour marriage to fellow Kentwood resident and childhood friend...
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The Material Girl hopes people pay attention to her latest offstage act: endorsing Wesley Clark for president.
Madonna , who announced her support for the retired general...
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Here's another stat for shot-nine-times rapper 50
Cent's collection: One. As in, number one.
The
27-year-old's solo debut, Get
Rich or Die Tryin', was 2003's...
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s foray into downloadable music sales is a respectable effort. The song selection is decent, though pesky playback restrictions and a few online kinks...
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Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera aren't exactly in the same Mickey Mouse Club anymore.
The pop stars, who both kissed Madonna a few months ago during a performance...
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Canto-pop diva and actress Anita Mui, whose melancholic voice captivated the Chinese-speaking world, died early Tuesday after a battle with cervical cancer. She was...
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Britney Spears has set her first
international performance date of 2004 with a June 5 stop at
Portugal's Rock in Rio-Lisbon festival, which also features
such acts as...
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For those who put the Diary
of Alicia Keys on their gift wish list, expect to see the disc
coming down the chimney this Christmas--the soul diva's sophomore album
currently...
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Elvis Presley is the all-time singles king in Britain, nearly a half-century after he first crashed into the pop chart here, according to a new list published...
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It's happening all over again. Last
year, Madonna was the No. 1 Hot Dance Singles Sales Artist with
three charted titles; her single, "Die Another Day," was No. 1
on the...
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The music-TV story of the year can
be summed up in two words: "American Idol."
The Fox show's second season, which began in January, had
even higher ratings than the...
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Chalk up another victory for Ruben
Studdard.
The reigning American
Idol champ squashed the competition with his debut album, Soulful,
opening on top of the album chart...
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After a debilitating bout with
Graves' Disease and various label woes, singer-songwriter Toni
Childs is standing tall, eager to be heard again.
It's been nearly a decade...
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Natalie MacMaster has built an
unlikely career playing obscure, 250-year-old fiddle tunes that
are ignored by most U.S. radio stations and almost never heard
by the...
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Natalie MacMaster has built an
unlikely career playing obscure, 250-year-old fiddle tunes that
are ignored by most U.S. radio stations and almost never heard
by the...
more >
No doubt about it, Jay-Z
rules.
The rap kingpin's supposedly final CD, The
Black Album, climbed back to number one on the album charts,
holding off a hard-charging No...
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The former manager of Mexican pop singer Gloria Trevi was extradited to Mexico on Friday to face charges of rape, kidnapping and corruption of minors.
Sergio Andrade, 48,...
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Britney
Spears lived up to her album's billing. Michael
Jackson did not.
Spears was definitely In
the Zone--and in the record books--as her latest debuted atop
the...
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Time Warner Inc. on Monday said it
would sell its Warner Music business to a group led by Edgar
Bronfman Jr. for $2.6 billion, signaling a return of the former
Seagram...
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With his $2.6 billion purchase of
Warner Music from Time Warner Inc., Edgar Bronfman Jr. is
betting that a privately-held record company can be more nimble
and more...
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How to be a music mogul: Round 2.
Former
Universal Music chief Edgar Bronfman Jr. has scratched together enough
pocket change to buy Warner Music Group for $2.6...
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The Irish boy-band Westlife has rocketed
straight to the top slot in Britain's pop charts with its have
their new single "Mandy," The Official UK Charts Company said
on...
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Part of Hollywood Boulevard is now "In the Zone" of Britney Spears . The pop star received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Monday before nearly 2,000 screaming...
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Has Madonna
run out of ways to reinvent herself?
After 20 years on Time
Warner's roster, the onetime club girl-turned-platinum
artist-turned-mother of two is at odds...
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Performers like Rod Stewart and Alan Jackson , presenters like
Glen Campbell , Hall and Oates and the Smothers Brothers... gee, it's
hard to imagine why the broadcast...
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Drummer Tony Thompson, who died
in an Encino, Calif., hospital Wednesday, proved his
freewheeling musical approach at his first audition for Chic,
according to...
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Madonna 's second book for children, "Mr. Peabody's Apples" — a story about the power of words and the importance of teachers — is now in bookstores.
"This book...
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Christina
Aguilera won't be getting Dirrty with British audiences.
The pop diva canceled the final two concerts of her U.K. tour Monday,
pleading acute bronchitis.
...
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U.S. artists dominated Thursday at the MTV Europe Music Awards, with Justin Timberlake , Beyonce Knowles and host Christina Aguilera taking home the big...
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Madonna says Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck share some blame for the excessive media attention that caused them to postpone their wedding last month.
"Well, to a...
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Figures. You run around sans shirt--or pants--too much and
you're bound to catch a cold.
Just ask Britney
Spears. The Oops girl, who has of late taken off her top for...
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Mexican rap-rock
band Molotov topped the second annual MTV Video Music Awards
Latin America Thursday with four wins, including video of the
year and best group. The awards...
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Will Madonna join Britney Spears on NBC's Saturday Night Live Saturday (October 18)? Spears will perform her single "Me Against The Music" on the program, and rumor has it...
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The late Guy Bourdin was a fashion photographer best known for his work for the French edition of Vogue magazine from the 1950s through the 1980s. Bourdin, whose photos were...
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Madonna will visit New York City on Monday (September 29) for a book-signing event at the Rockefeller Center Barnes & Noble store beginning at 3:30 p.m. ET. The pop music...
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Britney Spears has announced that the title of her upcoming fourth studio album, due November 18, is Get In The Zone. The first single from the set will be "Me Against The...
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Britney Spears debuted her new single "Me Against The Music" at the NFL Kickoff Live From The National Mall in Washington D.C. on Thursday (September 4). The uptempo track...
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In a truly bizarre interview pairing, pop princess Britney Spears sat down for an interview Wednesday (September 3) with CNN's conservative political pundit Tucker Carlson....
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The 2003 MTV Video Music Awards got off to a surprising start when Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera opened the show with a tribute to Madonna. In honor of MTV's 20th...
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The 2003 MTV Video Music Awards will be broadcast live from New York City's Radio City Music Hall on Thursday (August 28) at 8 p.m. ET (tape delayed PT). Performers set to...
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Rumors are circulating that Madonna, Britney Spears, and Jennifer Lopez may team up for a surprise performance at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards. Reps for the respective...
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Forget any of the music tours Madonna's put together over the last two decades--come September 15, the former Material Girl will be in more than 100 countries simultaneously...
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Madonna and Missy Elliott have been tapped to appear in the Gap's newest ad campaign. A special "Directors Cut" of the spot is scheduled to premiere nationwide on VH1 on...
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Madonna and her film director husband Guy Ritchie have won a battle to keep their 14.5 million dollar English countryside estate private and not classified as "open...
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In the music video for Madonna's new single "Hollywood," the singer pays tribute to legendary screen sirens from decades past, according to VH1. The singer is draped in $20...
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Madonna is expected to make publishing history when her book, titled the English Roses, is released in 42 languages in more than 100 countries--making it possibly the...
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On May 14, a man who has reportedly stalked Madonna over the past few years was thrown out of a London television studio where the singer had just taped a...
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Madonna sold 241,000 copies of her latest album American Life last week, according to SoundScan figures to debut at Number One. The superstar topped rapper 50 Cent by some...
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Madonna's official website was penetrated by a hacker only days after the singer tried to combat illegal trading of songs from her American Life album. According to Rolling...
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Madonna's 10 studio album, American Life hits retailers Tuesday (April 22). The title track from the Maverick/Warner Bros. album is at Number 37 this week on the Billboard...
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As the title of the VH1 special promised, Madonna spoke. And indeed, during the program Madonna Speaks, which aired Wednesday (April 16), the 44-year-old singer discussed a...
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Madonna will discuss the reasons why she withdrew her "American Life" music video, as well as the impending release of her new album, her feelings on the current state of...
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Madonna will perform songs from her new album, American Life, during an MTV special titled Madonna On Stage And On The Record, which is set to debut on April 22--the same...
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Prior to making the decision to pull her controversial "American Life " video on Monday (March 31), Madonna gave her feelings about the war and explained her intentions...
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Madonna has decided to withdraw the controversial music video for her new single, "American Life," out of respect for the armed forces fighting in Iraq.
"I have decided not...
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At the end of Madonna's new "American Life" music video, the singer tosses a grenade into the lap of a President George W. Bush look-alike who uses it to light a cigar.
The...
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Madonna's new album, American Life, will be released worldwide on April 22nd, according to Warner Bros. Records. The set is the follow-up to her 2000 album Music, and it...
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Madonna has announced the tracklisting for her upcoming Maverick Records album, American Life, which is due out April 22. The set contains 11 songs, including the title...
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Madonna has signed a publishing deal with Penguin Group to write five illustrated children's books. The pop superstar's first book, The English Roses, focuses on the...
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The music video for the title track to Madonna's upcoming album American Life has not even premiered yet, but it's already generating controversy.
The anti-war themed video...
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Justin Timberlake, Madonna, Kylie Minogue, and Jennifer Lopez are each up for two awards at the 2003 American Dance Music Awards. The awards ceremony will pay tribute to...
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Madonna has wrapped shooting on her "American Life" video, and judging by some of the industry insiders who were at the shoot, the clip is sure to bring controversy to the...
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Jessica Simpson has hired Madonna's longtime manager Caresse Henry to co-manage her career along with her father, Joe Simpson.
"I see the tremendous talent of Jessica...
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"Material Mom" Madonna is not too happy with a British magazine that wrote that she was pregnant. She's filing a complaint with England's Press Complaints Commission against...
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Elton John thinks Madonna will "kill him" for slamming her James Bond theme song from 2002, "Die Another Day."
As we previously reported, last year the music legend called...
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Three years ago, Madonna gave us a slice of "American Pie," and now she returns singing about "American Life," the title of the first single from her still-untitled...
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Madonna's as-yet-untitled next studio album is scheduled for release in April. The music video for the set's first single will be shot in February and it will be directed by...
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Contrary to rumor, Madonna (Swept Away) did not demand a Die Another Day cameo when she recorded the film's title track.
While the pop singer's celluloid ambitions are no...
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"Die Another Day," Madonna's new single and the title track from MGM's upcoming James Bond film, will be released on October 22. The track is expected to debut at Number 24...
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In a daring mission worthy of creator Ian Fleming's notorious S.P.E.C.T.R.E., a security breach concerning Agent 007 has apparently taken place: Madonna's title theme for...
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Thunderpuss--the remix and production team comprising Barry Harris and Chris Cox--has remixed Madonna's "Die Another Day," the theme song for the upcoming James Bond film of...
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Madonna has hooked up with Vinnie Jones--a frequent collaborator with her husband, Guy Ritchie--to take shooting lessons. Jones, an avid hunter and former pro soccer player...
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She sings the movie theme, has a gender preference, and is good with a blade. Madonna filmed her cameo for the latest James Bond film, Die Another Day, last weekend, playing...
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Madonna has registered two new songs, "La Petit" and "Liquid Love," with performance rights organization the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP)....
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Madonna, who is 43, was named the most popular fitness role model in SHAPE Readers' Choice Awards 2002, which is featured in the August issue of the health and fitness...
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Madonna will appear in Die Another Day, the 20th installment of the James Bond film series. Her cameo appearance is being shot this week in London.
Madonna's publicist Liz...
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Madonna's new website, madonna.com, is now online. The site features many bells and whistles, including the ability to stream more than 50 of her music videos on demand,...
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Madonna's family needs to start signing non-disclosure forms--her father Tony Ciccone has said that the music icon is pregnant again. Not surprisingly, Madonna's publicity...
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Madonna's hit single, "Don't Tell Me," from her 2000 album, Music, was among the songs honored as one of the most performed of the year at the 19th annual ASCAP Pop Music...
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Madonna wanted to make a cameo in the newest Bond movie, Die Another Day. However, a scheduling conflict with the U.K. play Up For Grabs has kiboshed the star's chances to...
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Michelle Branch's Zilo-sponsored Lotus Tour finishes up Sunday (February 24) in Norfolk, Virginia, but Wednesday night (February 20) at New York City's Irving Plaza she got...
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James Bond 007 is desperately seeking Madonna--that is, MGM and Eon Productions are reportedly looking for the "Material Mom" to sing the theme song to the next James Bond...
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Madonna's Drowned World Tour 2001 concert DVD has been deemed "too explicit" for Singapore and banned from release there, Billboard reports. The Singapore Board Of Film...
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The hitmaking remix/production team of Barry Harris and Chris Cox, collectively known as Thunderpuss, added an impressive name to their client roster when Madonna tapped...
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After failing to sell in August, Madonna's childhood home in suburban Detroit went for $331,000 in a 12-minute auction held over the weekend. An Ohio real estate group...
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Madonna's new greatest-hits package, GHV2: Greatest Hits, Volume 2, which showcases the pop icon's work from 1991 through 2001, is due out worldwide on November 13.
The...
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Madonna has licensed her song "Ray Of Light" for use by one of the richest men in the world, Bill Gates. The song, from the pop star's 1998 album of the same name, will be...
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A rare Madonna track titled "Cyber Raga" is featured alongside Sheryl Crow's "Everyday Is A Winding Road," and Moby's "Whispering Wind" on Groundwork--Act To Reduce Hunger,...
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Madonna had Tuesday's (September 11) terrorist attacks on her mind during her concert at the Staples Center in Los Angeles Thursday (September 13).
First, she showed her...
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Madonna has rescheduled Tuesday's (September 11) postponed concert at the Staples Center in Los Angeles for Saturday night (September 15). Tuesday's show was originally...
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The second night of Madonna's four-night stand at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday (September 11) was canceled due to terrorist attacks on the East...
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Madonna celebrates her 43rd birthday today (August 16). Born Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone in Bay City, Michigan, in 1958, Madonna's rise to stardom came quickly following...
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Madonna, suffering from laryngitis, was forced to cancel her Drowned World tour concert scheduled for Friday evening (August 3) at the Continental Airlines Arena in East...
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Singer-dancer Donna De Lory has been a fixture of Madonna's road show since the late '80s, performing on the Who's That Girl, Blonde Ambition, and the Girlie Show tours....
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Madonna has postponed her August 6 concert at Boston's FleetCenter by one day because of "logistical issues," according to a statement on her official website...
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Madonna has quietly settled a $5 million breach-of-oral-contract lawsuit that was dismissed last week involving a film in which she had allegedly agreed to appear but later...
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Telling the sold-out crowd "It sure is good to be back in the good old U.S. of A.," Madonna kicked off the North American leg of her Drowned World Tour 2001 Saturday (July...
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An auction of Madonna memorabilia beginning today (July 18) features a rejection letter written by Millennium Records president Jimmy Ienner to the singer's then-manager...
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A new documentary about Madonna will be produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and aired prior to the July 4 England stop on the pop star's Drowned World...
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Madonna's Detroit-area concert at the Palace Of Auburn Hills will air live as the HBO special Madonna Live: The Drowned World Tour on August 26 at 9 p.m. ET. The tour is...
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Madonna sold out her European concert dates in record time last week, which prompted tour promoter SFX to add second shows in each of the cities the singer originally...
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Madonna had a great day yesterday (April 26) when she sold out six shows at London's Earls Court in record time, and also one of her very memorable and rather fashionable...
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Madonna's international Drowned World tour kicks off June 5 in Cologne, Germany, and it will take the singer throughout Europe and across America. The Drowned World tour...
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Eminem may be going before a judge Tuesday (April 10) for sentencing on the concealed-weapons charge stemming from a June 2000 incident, but he took time out to party and...
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Britney Spears speaks to Glamour magazine about her relationship with 'N Sync singer Justin Timberlake, her new book, and Madonna in the magazine's May issue, which hits...
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A host of superstar acts have been tabbed to play a U.K. Farm Aid-style event, at least according to the British press. The bigger names being bandied about are Paul...
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Madonna will kick off an extensive international concert tour this summer, with an itinerary that will take her throughout Europe and across the U.S. The outing promises to...
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Madonna's hit single "Don't Tell Me" will get another shot at radio success at the hands of her brother-in-law, Joe Henry, who will feature the song as the first single...
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Madonna's controversial music video for her new single "What It Feels Like For A Girl" was directed by her husband, acclaimed filmmaker Guy Ritchie. The clip will premiere...
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Eminem, U2, and Madonna grabbed top international honors and the Brit Awards 2001, held Monday (February 26) at London's Earls Court 2. Top British category honors went to...
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Jon Stewart, host of Comedy Central's The Daily Show, has been tapped to emcee the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards, Recording Academy President Michael Greene announced today...
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Madonna has been given the prestigious role of kicking off the 43rd annual Grammy Awards with her planned performance. Meanwhile, the controversial paring of Eminem and...
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Although Britney Spears announced last month that she intended to record a duet with Madonna, word comes now that the pair will not be recording the highly anticipated duet...
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Madonna and Irish rockers U2 are the first performers announced for the 43rd annual Grammy Awards ceremony, which will air on CBS February 21. Madonna has five Grammy...
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From the get-go, Guy Ritchie's (Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels) new film, Snatch, uses its blistering soundtrack to set the tone of a particular scene. From the...
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Madonna recently received four Grammy Award nominations, including record of the year and best female pop vocal performance for the song "Music," and best pop vocal album...
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Pop culture icon Madonna became the official romantic lead in director Guy Ritchie's life when the two wed in Scotland Friday (December 22). The singer-sometime actress...
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If your invitation to Madonna's wedding got lost in the mail, don't fret--just log on to madonnaweddingcam.com, a live Internet camera located outside Skibo Castle in...
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Madonna, 42, and British movie director Guy Ritchie, 32, plan to be married on December 22 in Scotland--three days before Christmas. Confirmation of the couple's intentions...
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Madonna is set to perform in her first U.K. show in eight years today (November 28) at 3 p.m. ET at London's Brixton Academy. Microsoft's MSN will webcast the concert at...
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Madonna told a London newspaper that she and film director Guy Ritchie are engaged and will get married soon. "Guy has asked me to marry him and I've said yes, but we...
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Madonna and rapper Eminem were the big winners at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2000, grabbing two awards each. Madonna won for best dance and best female, and during her...
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In a deliberate attempt to fan the flames of the file-sharing debate, British alt-pop group Chumbawamba has illegally--and proudly-- sampled the music of Eminem, the...
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Warner Bros. Records has issued a correction regarding Madonna's free performance at New York City's legendary Roseland Ballroom on November 5. Joining Madonna for the...
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Madonna will perform live on November 5 at New York City's legendary Roseland Ballroom. According to Madonna, the performance serves as a thank you to her many loyal fans....
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Madonna won the right to use the Internet web address madonna.com in a decision handed down on Thursday (October 12). An international arbitration panel from the World...
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A proposed record-label merger that would have put the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Garth Brooks, D'Angelo, and the Spice Girls in the same corporate home as Madonna, R.E.M.,...
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Madonna's Music sold an astonishing 419,600 copies in its first week of release, placing it a top the current album sales chart, according to industry sources. This...
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Madonna will make a rare in-store appearance tonight (September 22) at the Virgin Megastore on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles to promote her latest album, Music.
There is...
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Madonna's latest Warner Bros. studio album, Music, is released to stores today (September 19). For this follow-up to 1998's Ray Of Light, the 42-year-old singing icon once...
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Fresh from the birth of her second child, Madonna has filed a complaint against cybersquatter and porn entrepreneur Dan Parisi. At stake is the web-domain name...
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Today (August 16) Madonna celebrates her 42nd birthday. Born Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone in Rochester, Michigan, in 1958, Madonna's rise to stardom came quickly...
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The release of Madonna's highly anticipated new album Music (due September 19) will be preceded by the September 5 release of a Warner Reprise Video DVD single, featuring...
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Madonna gave birth to a baby boy named Rocco Ritchie today (August 11), just five days before her own 42nd birthday. "[English film director] Guy Ritchie and...
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The full-length version of Madonna's provocative new video, "Music", directed by Jonas Akerlund, is now available for viewing online at LAUNCH.com. Madonna's new personal...
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Madonna's new album Music will be released worldwide September 19 via Warner Bros. Records, reports her manager Caresse Henry. The first single and title track is due out...
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No Authority was discovered by Michael Jackson after a demo of their music ended up in his hands. The "King of Pop" signed the foursome to his own MJJ/Epic label, which...
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While Madonna was seeing her movie in London on Tuesday (June 6), burglars were busy breaking into her unoccupied home.
Madonna and boyfriend Guy Ritchie arrived back at...
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Madonna's first single, "Music," from her upcoming album of the same name, has made its unauthorized debut on the Internet months before its intended release, prompting...
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Madonna's next single, "Music," the title track from the follow-up to her hit 1998 album Ray Of Light, is set to be remixed by British dance act Groove Armada. The group...
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Madonna's Maverick Recording Company has launched a Latin division, and Maverick and WEA Latina (Warner/Elektra/Atlantic) will be strategic partners in the new...
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Guy Ritchie, 31, the director of the 1998 film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, was arrested in London on May 18 for an alleged assault on a 20-year-old man outside the...
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Madonna has responded to last week's Britain Sun tabloid report that claimed the pregnant singer knows she is expecting a baby boy. The tabloid report was picked up by...
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LAUNCH has announced the integration of music videos to its popular streaming music service LAUNCHcast, available only on LAUNCH.com (www.launch.com). The new service...
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Madonna is pregnant with her second child. In a statement issued today (March 20), the "Material Mom" and the child's father, British director Guy Ritchie, said that they...
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The film The Next Best Thing opens on more than 2,000 theater screens in the U.S. and Canada today (March 3). For the event, LAUNCH speaks to the key people ultimately...
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Madonna explains to LAUNCH that her new movie, The Next Best Thing, raises some important issues concerning modern parenting. The film, in which a woman and her gay best...
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Driven by the immense popularity of
Madonna
's updated version of
Don McLean's 1971 hit, "American Pie,"
The Next Best Thing soundtrack will debut at No. 1 next week on...
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Aside from being a single mom and practicing yoga, Madonna tells LAUNCH that she doesn't have much in common with her character in her new movie, the romantic dramedy The...
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Don McLean, who penned the classic 1971 song, "American Pie," has offered his thoughts about Madonna's updated version of his song. In a statement issued by Madonna's...
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Madonna's updated version of the
Don McLean
classic, "American Pie," was the No. 1 most added track at both top 40/mainstream and Hot AC radio this week. The song is...
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Madonna is ready for her daughter Lourdes (who is nicknamed Lola) to have a sibling. "Hopefully I'll have another child and I won't be a single mother," the singer said...
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Madonna's updated version of the 1971
Don McLean classic "American Pie" -- from the soundtrack to the new film,
The Next Best Thing -- is currently getting plenty of...
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Madonna intends to spend the first half of 2000 working on a follow-up to her Grammy Award-winning album, Ray Of Light . LAUNCH caught up with the one-time "Material Girl"...
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Madonna is preparing for the release of her upcoming film with Rupert Everett titled The Next Best Thing, which opens nationwide on March 3. LAUNCH caught up with the...
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Madonna will likely spend much of the first half of 2000 working on the follow-up to her Grammy-winning album
Ray Of Light, and early reports are that the results will be...
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Madonna and the Spice Girls recording for the same corporation is one of the more benign upshots of the Warner Music Group's $1 billion merger with EMI Music. The...
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Madonna has pulled out of her previously scheduled Super Bowl performance (LAUNCH, 1/7) due to a hectic recording schedule.
"After meeting with Madonna in London, we...
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Madonna has put her recently purchased London mansion back on the market for security reasons. In November, Madonna paid $6.55 million for the four-story mansion in the...
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Madonna will debut her new single, a cover of Don McLean's "American Pie," live during the pregame musical festivities for Super Bowl XXXIV, to be held at Atlanta's Georgia...
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Who could have ever imagined that Madonna - the first successful, bellybutton-baring blonde bombshell of the 1980s - would inspire a whole new generation of belly...
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A quartet of high-profile artists find themselves competing for the Golden Globe nomination for best original song in a movie, it was announced today (Dec. 20) in Beverly...
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Madonna has covered Don McLean's 1971 hit song "American Pie" for the soundtrack to her upcoming film, The Next Best Thing. The song is one of two William Orbit-produced...
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Madonna was escorted from a British Airways Concorde flight at London's Heathrow Airport after an unspecified threat was made against her via telephone. British Airways...
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Madonna has a heavy influence on Melanie C's upcoming solo album, Northern Star, due Nov. 2.
"I think she's inspired me a lot musically, and maybe [in] just the way I...
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Madonna has garnered the No. 1 spot on Flex's "Top 10 Female Hardbodies Of Music." The list will appear in the fitness magazine's November issue, which hits newsstands on...
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When Madonna calls, producer/ artist William Orbit answers. Not only that, but he makes a mad dash to complete any outstanding projects so he can work with the Ethereal...
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As further testament to the growing popularity of DVDs, video collections by Madonna, Depeche Mode, and Pantera have all been slotted for release on the format on Oct....
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Courtesy of RockOnTV (www.rockontv.com):
NBC:
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno - Me'Shell Ndegeocello is the musical guest. (Look for a Me'Shell feature soon on...
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Madonna may have abandoned her mid-'80s "Material Girl" persona years ago, but she is still very interested in money, especially a certain $2 million. On Tuesday (June 29),...
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Last month, Cleopatra Records released the Madonna tribute record Virgin Voices, which features many '80s artists who once shared the MTV and radio airwaves with Maddy in...
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Fresh from the success of her Grammy-winning 1998 "comeback" album Ray Of Light, Madonna is gearing up for a return to the big screen in The Next Best Thing, a new drama...
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As we reported a few months ago, the soundtrack to Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me will feature Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello dueting on the former's "I'll Never...
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Clips by Madonna, Busta Rhymes, Garbage, Smashing Pumpkins, and the Eels topped the nominations for the eighth annual Music Video Production Assn. Awards. The event, to be...
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Add LeAnn Rimes, Mary J. Blige, and TLC to the list of talent that will be featured on VHI Divas Live '99. The special, which will also feature previously announced artists...
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A new book that examines the sex lives of Kurt Cobain, Madonna, Dave Navarro and Michael Jackson just came out.
Boy, is it ever "out."
Sing Out! Gays And Lesbians In The...
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The first new No Doubt single in two years will be included on the soundtrack to Go (LAUNCH, 2/3). The album, due March 30 on the Work Group/ Sony Music Soundtrax label,...
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Even before the official telecast of the 41st Annual Grammy Awards hit the airwaves at 8 p.m. EST/PST, Grammy favorite Lauryn Hill, who is nominated in 10 categories, took...
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Madonna, who seemed ready to leave her "Material Girl" image behind with the spiritually-infused, multi-platinum 1998 release Ray Of Light, has entered into a long-term...
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At one point, the Artist Formerly Known As Prince and Madonna were labelmates and even collaborated a song ("Love Song" from Madonna's 1989 album Like A Prayer). Now the...
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Madonna has been tapped to open the 41st annual Grammy Awards, and her pal, talk show host/ actress Rosie O'Donnell, will host the show.
The Material Mom received five...
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Pop music figures Madonna, Carmen Electra (yes, she put out an album on Prince's old Paisley Park label), Mariah Carey, and Courtney Love have all made the top 10, but this...
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On the eve of what appears to be a dreaded pop revolution in the R&B community, the new definition of a platinum hip-hop artist places less emphasis on sampling an '80s R&B...
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After dominating the MTV Video Music Awards last month (myLAUNCH, 9/11), Madonna appears to be on her way to conquering Europe as well. The Ethereal Girl snagged three...
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During her career Madonna has offended Catholics, Christians, and Pepsi-Cola. Now, with her suggestive performance on Sept. 20 at the MTV Video Music Awards, the Material...
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Never mind VH1, the youth-oriented MTV is just fine for 40-year-old Madonna. The Material Mom dominated MTV's 15th Annual Video Music Awards Thursday night (Sept. 10),...
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One of the most interesting pairings at the MTV Video Music Awards on Thursday night (Sept. 10) was Madonna and Lenny Kravitz. Kravitz, now sporting an Afro instead of his...
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Miami club queen Ingrid Casares, onetime girlfriend to Madonna, celebrated her birthday last week with a celebrity-studded tribute. Writhing semi-nude dancers entertained...
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Don't expect Madonna to cover the Village People's 1978 monster hit "YMCA" any time soon. The Material Mom doesn't have anything against the costume-wearing disco dandies,...
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MTV viewers still want their Madonna, as La Ciccone leads the field of nominees for the 1998 MTV Video Music Awards with nine nods for her "Ray Of Light" and "Frozen"...
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With her film and theater career once again occupying much of her time, Madonna will not tour this year in support of her million-selling Ray Of Light, but there is a...
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Few artists have the fanbase and chutzpah to release a video single--Madonna is one of them. The onetime material girl has gone the video-single route not once, but twice....
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Van Halen and rappers Ice Cube and C-Murder could not top the soundtrack to Titanic, which stayed at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for the 11th consecutive week this...
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One-time record industry kingpin Warner Bros. Records, home to Neil Young, Green Day, Madonna and Eric Clapton, has sliced 35 people from its payroll.
In an ongoing effort...
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It wouldn't be a new Madonna album without some controversy.
Fans of the singer are wondering whether there's a credibility "Gap" in the lyrics to one track on her new Ray...
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Madonna's new album Ray Of Light was born at most U.S. record stores yesterday. But the 39-year-old singer is looking forward to another birth,according to the Los Angeles...
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New York rumors are swirling that Madonna will play her first live show in years this Saturday night. The singer will allegedly light up the Roxy, marking her first club...
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The first single from the forthcoming new Madonna album, Ray Of Light, has popped up on several Internet sites weeks before its official release date. And Warner Bros....
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The first single from the forthcoming new Madonna album, Ray Of Light, will challenge conventional wisdom--but not mystical insight.
The single, "Frozen," will be released...
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Is there yet another Madonna makeover in the future?
The image-shifting singer/ actress/ provocateur has signed with Q Prime Management, home of Hole, Smashing...
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450-pound Madonna impersonator Queerdonna (a.k.a. Gregory Gostanian) has filed a $400 million lawsuit against United Airlines for extreme mental anguish. Professional...
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Yesterday LAUNCH Online reported that Michael Jackson cancelled his August 31st Belgium concert because he was so grief-stricken over the death of Princess Diana. Jackson...
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