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Madonna news - Jan. 2002
14 January - New photoshoot ? *rumour*
Dedicated
fansite Where Life Begins has pictures of Madonna and Lola leaving
Highgate Studios, where she's believed to have done a photoshoot.
14 January - Madonna and Guy to honor Sting
It has been announced that Madonna and Guy Ritchie will present
a lifetime achievement award to Sting at the 2002 Brits which
take place in London on Feb 20th. It is yet unknown if Madonna
herself is nominated in any of the categorys - you must remember
that Madonna scooped her first ever Brit in 2001 for best International
Female. (source: Where Life Begins)
13 January - Rumour alerts *rumour*
The MLVC mailing
list reports a rumor that Madonna's people checked out the Pepsi
Center in Denver to see if it was big enough for a performance.
And a quote from AllMadonna:
"This year will see Madonna perform a Beatles classic for
a benefit album honoring the late Linda McCartney." If either
one gets confirmed, you'll read it here. But I wouldn't get up
my hopes just yet...
12 January - Don't call her Madge
Madonna has banned husband Guy Ritchie and his cockney mates from
calling her Madge - because she DETESTS it. The Queen of Pop has
issued strict orders that no one uses the nickname first given
to her by her movie director lover. Friends say the American superstar
'absolutely hates' being called Madge and has insisted everyone
calls her by her full name. The revelation was made by British
actor Jason Flemying who became a close friend of Guy when he
starred in his movies 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' and
'Snatch'. Jason said: "She just hates Madge. We're under
strict instructions not to call her that. She absolutely abhors
it." But the British star insisted that Madonna was not at
all stuck up, said she was 'one of the boys'. He said: "she
loves being one of the lads and being treated normally."
Madge recently announced that she wanted Guy to be knighted -
so she could be called Lady Madonna. However, it only showed her
lack of British noble affairs - a knight's wife always takes her
husband surname so she would be known as Lady Ritchie. (source:
Daily Star)
12 January - Yesterday's poll at PeopleNews
Who would you prefer to see Frank Skinner interview? According
to the good readership of PeopleNews, The Queen of Pop, Madonna,
still rules, winning a stunning 74% of your votes. Limping behind
in joint second place is corset-loving Joan Collins and Barbra
'my voice is as big as my nose' Streisand at 13%. Will Madonna
take note of the public's wishes and do a Britney Spears and appear
on the cheeky Brummie's show? Hard to imagine, but in light of
recent revelations of Madge's love of comedian Bernard Manning,
nothing would surprise us. (source: PeopleNews)
12 January - Highs & lows in 2001
USA
today announced the highs & lows in Celebrity World for
2001. Madonna is mentioned in the 'highs' twice: Coming together:
In the days after Sept. 11, Hollywood's glitterati joined forces
to fight terrorism in their own way. Julia Roberts and Madonna
each donated $2 million to the Red Cross. Comeback kid:
After two marriages and two kids, Madonna, 43, proved she still
has it. The Material Girl launched a sold-out world tour, her
first in eight years.
10 January - New VH1 special
Once upon a time, Britney Spears, Madonna and Marilyn Manson weren't
household names. So what did they have to do break out of the
pack and reach the top of the music world? The new VH1 series
'Driven' brings the music world's biggest pop icons' unknown pasts
to life with footage that the public has never seen, plus interviews
with those special people who played integral roles in their development
as artists and individuals, providing a rare glimpse at what they
were really like. Upcoming one-hour episodes of 'Driven' will
focus on Britney Spears (Jan. 22), Madonna (Feb. 5), Marilyn
Manson (Feb. 12), Jennifer Lopez (Feb. 19) and others. More about
'Driven' at Zap2it.
09 January - DWT video banned in Singapore
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 Censors took issue with two
scenes in particular: Japanese-inspired animation sequences that
depicted a monster fondling and raping an Asian-looking girl.
Madonna's management is reportedly debating whether to release
an edited version of the DVD in that country. (Launch,
thanx to Josh from MadMax)
09 January - Madonna lived with Hernandez in Belgium
Tonight on the Belgian TV program 'Man
bijt hond' there was an item about Madonna living in Belgium.
In an interview with Radio
Donna last month, Patrick Hernandez ('Born To Be Alive') admitted
Madonna, who was his backup singer in the late 70s, lived together
with him in Aalbeke, a small village in Belgium. In the TV program
people from Aalbeke were interviewed about the now-famous former
inhabitant of their town. They remembered her as a friendly girl,
who did her shopping in town and liked dancing a lot. Funny was
the remark of a little girl: "I hope to be as famous as Madonna
one day, and it's possible because after all Madonna started out
in Aalbeke too!" :-)
09 January - Madonna in Guinness Book of Records
According to the 2002 edition of the Guinness Book of Records,
Madonna is the most successful solo female artist in the world.
This is based on her total sales of more than 120 million albums
and more than 40 million singles, more than any other female artist.
She's had 34 top ten singles and 12 top ten albums in the US and
48 top ten singles and 14 top ten albums in the UK. There is another
title given to Madonna. The most watched concert via internet
with a record breaking audience of more than 11 million for her
2000 gig at the Brixton Academy. (source: AbsoluteMadonna,
with thanks to Walter Mendoza)
08 January - Rare picture for auction
A
rare signed picture of Madonna is being auctioned through Ananova's
ecommerce partner qxl. The 10-inch by 8-inch signed picture is
guaranteed authentic by the sellers. You can find out more, or
place your bid at qxl.
Bidding closes on Friday. (source: Ananova)
06 January - Madonna asks comedian for party
Madonna has reportedly asked comedian Bernard Manning to perform
at a private party for her husband Guy Ritchie. She first met
the controversial comic when he cracked jokes about the flat cap
she was wearing at a the birthday party of chef Marco Pierre White.
Bernard says Madonna really enjoyed his performance. His agent
confirmed that he is in talks with Madonna to appear at a party
later this month. (source: Ananova)
05 January - Back In Business
Hope you've all had a great time celebrating New Year; I certainly
have! Seems there hasn't been any revolutionary Madonna news the
past few days, but I'll sum up some of the more interesting details.
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