This one's for the press: FUCK YOU!!!

The answer to the question I asked myself this morning, at breakfast: can't anyone find out the truth about this?

Finally, The Examiner revealed what some of us suspected:

«... the actual riots and the screaming were started by supporters of Marine Le Pen, the leader of the far right National Front in Paris. Apparently, they are still upset that Madonna compares Le Pen to a Nazi in her tour. Even though Le Pen isn't a Nazi, the National Front has been accused of having Nazi ties and until recently, denied the Holocaust existed.

The French DST (equivalent to FBI in America) reported that a disturbance was planned, whether Madonna left early or not. There were several people holding up signs that made fun of Madonna's age, sexuality, and political affiliations. Once the show stopped, they started calling her rude names, rushed the stage with bottles, and encouraged others to boo. They took videos and uploaded them to YouTube immediately».

Full article here.

Newspapers and magazines come and go. Madonna kicks ass for the past 3 decades.

This one's for the press across the Planet: FUCK YOU ALL!!!

Case closed.

My Girl

Full article from today's The Sun here.

Billboard's turn to bow to The Queen

Nearly 30 years after first hitting the Billboard charts in late 1982 with her debut single "Everybody," Madonna is still showing the pop world how it's done.

"MDNA" -- her 12th studio album -- is a collection of thoroughly pumping pop tunes, some of which are slices of sheer brilliance.

Full review here.

MDNA reviewed by the British press

And the reviews keep rolling out! This time with a British accent, after a press listening session yesterday, at Abbey Road Studios. The word is unanimous: EXCELLENT!

Here they are:

The Guardian
The Independent
Daily Star
The Sun
Metro
Digital Spy
Dean Piper/Sunday Mirror
Stylist

Butterflies in my stomach

The first reviews for MDNA are in!

First it was Attitude and Matt's Boy Culture (he attended a listening party at Liz's office, so cool!).

Today it's The Daily Telegraph, Pop Justice and Madonnarama.

19 days to go.
Refusing all leaks, snippets & previews.
Loads of butterflies in my stomach...

You just couldn't say it better

Sorry Haters, Madonna still has it. This clip is a touchdown.

The Wall Street Journal
February 3, 2012

The W.E. Tour: Episode 5

Ten days after the last appearance in Venice, M was back on track and cleverly following the film festivals circuit to promote W.E.. Next target: the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).

On September 12, M attended a press conference with cast members Abbie Cornish, Andrea Riseborough and Abel Korzeniowski and presented another one of her appropriatley sober, hyper-elegant outfits. She's the Director here, period.

And at 5 pm (Lisbon time), during the last hour of my workday, I entered the TIFF website and my heart jumped as soon as I read the words "coming up: W.E. press conference". A few minutes later, the image was on, blue background, large table with microphones, journalists going to their seats, heart started racing and BAM... THERE SHE WAS! Madonna in real time! The damn computer had no soundboard but I watched the whole thing, completely entrallhed with that gorgeous face and oh-so-familiar expressions. Needless to say, I couldn't work AT ALL. Shhhh... don't tell anything to my boss.

The W.E. Tour: Episode 1

First day of September, first public appearance to promote W.E. at a press conference, hours before the world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. On a Thursday afternoon, the world laid eyes on M. And boy, she looked insanely elegant!

Cannes, 1991: The "Insane Atmosphere", from Minute 1

Those were the (absolutely insane) days. Every little move M made, it would make headlines. Everywhere she stepped her foot in, it would turn the whole damn place upside down. No wonder: world-stopping events like the Blond Ambition Tour and the Justify My Love video were a few months behind.

And now, another monumental feature: the Truth or Dare documentary. Now, it was time to show it to Europe - and no better place to do it than the Cannes Film Festival.

The euro-insane atmosphere was immediately set, the first minute she arrived at Nice airport, on May 12, 1991. The Los Angeles Times tells it all.

(I remember hearing about "The Cannes Incident" so well...)

«Cannes Dares to Be Seduced by Madonna.
Welcoming the pop star and filmmaker Akira Kurosawa on the same day, you can't say the film festival doesn't have range--or a sense of humor.

If the camera crews that followed pop singer Madonna on her Blonde Ambition tour had been with her Saturday afternoon, they would have gotten great footage for a sequel to her new documentary, "Truth or Dare." A source close to Madonna said that when she arrived in Nice, French customs officials, acting on a tip that she would have drugs with her, held the star up for an hour-and-a-half while she was searched.
"It's ridiculous because everybody knows Madonna doesn't do drugs," the source said. "She was really upset about it."
Welcome to the Cannes Film Festival, Madonna. We could have told you it's a zoo, but then we never knew you'd be here. The festival loves stars--adores them--but they usually save this kind of excitement for a movie star. In fact, Cannes veterans say they haven't seen anything like this since Brigitte Bardot's appearance in 1952.»

Los Angeles Times
May 13, 1991
Jack Mathews, Cannes report

«She bares her nipples and her soul»

For the first time on film, the bitch goddess descends from her pedestal to laugh at her narcissism. She bares her nipples and her soul. She wants to be liked. Is this vulnerable Madonna the real thing or a ploy to ingratiate herself with film audiences who've found her chilly and strident? You be the judge. But there's no denying that Truth Or Dare is at its raunchy best when Madonna is kicking ass instead of kissing it.

Rolling Stone, 1991