Some tickets are still available for In Conversation: Jean-Paul Gaultier at the Barbican in London on Tuesday 15 April.

Join the legendary Fashion Editor Suzy Menkes, formerly of the International New York Times and newly appointed as International Vogue Editor, in an intimate on-stage discussion with fashion’s enfant terrible Jean Paul Gaultier.

 

For more information visit https://www.barbican.org.uk/artgallery

 

Desperately Seeking Susan to be released on Blu Ray in the US.

Coming October 14th From KL Studio Classics on blu-ray and DVD – Susan Seidelman’s Desperately Seeking Susan – Starring Madonna, Rosanna Arquette, Aidan Quinn, Steven Wright, Will Patton, Giancarlo Esposito and John Turturro.

Special Features:

- Audio Commentary by the Producers

- Original and Alternate Endings

- Original Theatrical Trailer

- Optional English Subtitles

 

All 16 of the Icons Name-Dropped in Madonna’s “Vogue” Are Now Gone

By Miriam Krule

 

An odd bit of trivia about the passing of Lauren Bacall on Tuesday: As Marci Robin pointed out on Twitter, all 16 of the 20th-century stars immortalized in Madonna's “Vogue” are now dead. The famous black-and-white music video, directed by David Fincher, is an homage to the golden age of Hollywood.

 

The song came out in March of 1990; Greta Garbo died just a month later. (James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, and others had already gone, of course.) Bacall, 24 years on, was the final one.

 

Greta Garbo (April 15, 1990)

 

Marilyn Monroe (Aug. 5, 1962)

 

Marlene Dietrich (May 6, 1992)

 

Joe DiMaggio (March 8, 1999)

 

Marlon Brando (July 1, 2004)

 

James Dean (Sept. 30, 1955)

 

Grace Kelly (Sept. 14, 1982)

 

Jean Harlow (June 7, 1937)

 

Gene Kelly (Feb. 2, 1996)

 

Fred Astaire (June 2, 1987)

 

Ginger Rogers (April 25, 1995)

 

Rita Hayworth (May 14, 1987)

 

Lauren Bacall (Aug. 12, 2014)

 

Katharine Hepburn (June 29, 2003)

 

Lana Turner (June 29, 1995)

 

Bette Davis (Oct. 6, 1989)​

 

The song was a tribute, of course, to a certain kind of old-fashioned glamour. With Bacall gone, that flame has just about burned out.

Happy Birthday to me Madonna! :cheer:

 

Digital Spy ran through 7 acts who managed to top their first album with their second, with Madonna placed #4:

 

4. Madonna: Like a Virgin (1984)

 

How many artists can sell over 10 million albums with their debut and then go and double those figures with their second album just 18 months later? That's exactly what Madonna did with Like a Virgin. The blonde popstar teamed up with Nile Rodgers for the set, which went on to sell over 21 million copies worldwide. Its title track remains an iconic pop number, while 'Material Girl' became the zeitgeist of a booming commercial market of the '80s. What's more, when you've got a song as amazing as 'Into the Groove' as a bonus track (or a B-side in some countries), you know you're on to a classic record.

 

Like a Virgin was the first instance where Madonna demanded creative control. She wasn't given it completely by her label Warner Bros, but she had enough to deliver an album that would cement herself as the future Queen of Pop. The album's aesthetic of Marilyn Monroe-meets-Saint Mary was provocative, radical and exciting in mainstream music. Madonna performed lead single 'Like a Virgin' for the very first time at the very first MTV Video Music Awards in 1984, and like her peers such as Michael Jackson, positioned herself and the record as pioneers in a music visual revolution that would turn her into an icon. Oh, and Madonna's label allegedly pushed back the release of Like a Virgin because they thought it wasn't going to work... It's still Madonna's only album to be certified Diamond in the US.

Madonna's eldest Lourdes turned 18 today.

 

This was posted on Madonna's instagram:

 

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/10/14/1413304066867_wps_11_madonna_11_minutes_ago_Ha.jpg

The song 'Like a Virgin' turned 30 yesterday! Let's celebrate by watching one of the best performances of it:

 

Maybe a vote is needed ;)

A vote for the best performance of it? Why, do you beg to differ? ;)

My dream category on the TV show Pointless appeared tonight - under the title of Iconic 80s Singers for the final, you had to pick any track from the debut album of Whitney, Kylie or Madonna. Safe to say I knew the pointless answers for the latter two. :D

So easy for me !!!

Last week saw 30 years since the song, today marks the 30th anniversary of Like the Virgin, the album!

 

An improvement on her debut and I think Madonna succeeded pretty well with her "all killer; no filler" approach.

Dermot O’Leary sat down for a chat on Heat Radio with Lucie Cave this morning ahead of the release of his biography book, Soundtrack To My Life.

The X Factor presenter also shared some tidbits about the time he interviewed the Queen of Pop for the “Confessions Of Madonna” special that aired November 27, 2005 on Channel 4.

 

Halfway through the interview, she said ‘What kind of cocktails do they do here?’ and immediately you’re like ‘Think of a thing! Aaah I don’t know!’ and then someone saidthey had mojitos so she was like ‘OK after this we’re going to have mojitos’.

You think, well, we’re not really going to are we. After the interview, your PR is going to whisk you away and I’m never going to see you again, but its a nice thing to say. We wrapped the interview, and she said ‘OK come on lets go!’ so fifteen minutes later, myself and my producer (who was beside himself) and two quite bemused cameramen were at a cocktail bar.’

 

But what did they talk about?

 

Oh, smalltalk. That’s the lovely thing about our job, with big stars you always find commonality, people are either ‘people people’ or they’re not and obviously Madonna is her own woman, and really strong, but i found her really personable!

Madonna is revealed as the face for Versace's new fashion campaign, replacing Lady Gaga apparently.

 

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/12/04/23BC55CE00000578-0-image-a-1_1417697044748.jpg

 

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/12/04/23BC55D600000578-2860662-image-a-2_1417697346923.jpg

 

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/12/04/23BC55C800000578-2860662-image-a-3_1417697833938.jpg

 

As someone mentioned in the Daily Mail comments, her hands have been photoshopped considering she's always hiding them with gloves because they show the signs of aging, but anyway I think she looks nice. Good to see her with some clothes on! :P Also the editing seems to be quite natural - her skin actually looks like skin rather than wax!

Love the campaign

Looks great I was going to great a topic for it lol #toolate.

Madonna was once in the presence of GOD people.

http://i.imgur.com/TibEOLc.jpg

*.* she was within touching distance of him.

 

Okay, that is all.

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Madonna on Taylor Swift: "I like Taylor Swift. I think she writes some really catchy pop songs. I can't get them out of my head."

 

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a62...~p2FZDqOutp0Eac

 

Madonna will be after her to be on her next album then! :P

I hope not