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Madonna is on the Haper's Bazaar Cover, for November 2013!

The Queen of Pop shooted by Terry Richardson photographer. You can find the new issue of US magazine, October 22nd 2013. In the meantime Harper's Bazaar has posted magnificent pictures! Check out ...      

NILE RODGERS : WHY HE HASN’T WORKED WITH MADONNA SINCE “LIKE A VIRGIN”

There were two things going on at the time that she would probably deny, but it’s absolutely the truth. She didn’t want to go out [on tour] without me as her musical director. Which is impossible, because I make records. So maybe in some strange way, she felt a little bit slighted or betrayed. That was a little bit of it. Also, she had just married Sean [Penn], and Sean had a  huge  problem with my girlfriend at the time, even though, when they got engaged, they did it at her apartment. They were living at her apartment, all that sort of stuff. But sometimes that can backfire on you, and that’s what happened. So that had a little bit to do with it. She was incredibly loyal to Sean at the time. Of course, I’m going to be loyal to my girlfriend. So this is all stuff that nobody would think about, nobody would admit to. But it really is the absolute truth. And then, probably, the biggest impediment was my deal, which was a massive deal, and it guaranteed that t...

Madonna has announced a grants program in coordination with Art For Freedom

Madonna has announced a grants program in coordination with Art For Freedom, the global digital initiative designed to fuel free speech, to address, respond and protest persecution around the world. Madonna kicked off Art For Freedom on September 24, 2013 by posting Secretprojectrevolution, a 17-minute video she created with Steven Klein. The film – ‘a call to action’ – originally premiered on Vice and remains downloadable on Bit Torrent. Artists are encouraged to submit their own work on artforfreedom.com in the form of video, music, poetry or photography to express their personal meaning of freedom and revolution. As part of the Art For Freedom initiative, Madonna has launched a grants program to support individuals and organizations working to advance social justice. Over the course of the next year she will select one artist each month whose creative expression helps fight oppression, intolerance and complacency. Madonna will award $10,000 to a nonprofit organization or project of...