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"The Madonna/Pepsi Controversy"     It is January of 1989, and the highly popular Madonna has recorded a new album that is a mixture of personalized ballads and celebratory dance tunes. So where's the controversy? She wrote a song about her divorce, the death of her mom, and the fact that she still doesn't see eye-to-eye with her dad. Big deal. Where's the scandal? Here's where the plot begins to thicken. In the past five years the two top soda pop manufacturers, Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola, had learned that an effective way to reach the youth of America and the rest of the world was to sign sizzling hot recording stars to do television commercials publicizing the cola of their choice. It had worked brilliantly with Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston -- why shouldn't it work with Madonna? Madonn'a hit songs and videos had been about love, devotion, and searching for the latest party. She ought to make an excellent spokesperson to...

The music video for “Secret” was directed by photographer Melodie McDaniel, who previously had gained acclaim as a photographer for album artwork. It was filmed on September 9, 10, 11, 1994 at the Lenox Lounge and on location on Lenox Avenue in Harlem, New York. The video is filmed in lush photographic black and white and begins with Madonna singing in a club. As the song progresses, Madonna walks down a street, while images of people along the street are shown. At the climax of the video, Madonna reaches her home to her love interest (played by model Jason Olive) and his young son. Throughout the video, scenes of Madonna are interspersed with scenes of transvestites primping, and religious iconography such as rebirth and damnation. Here some fan pictures from the backstage in Harlem.

Thousands of dollars in pricey lingerie were stolen from a racy Madonna photo shoot last month at the Highline Stages, according to the NYPD and a designer’s representative. As the Queen of Pop posed in sexy underwear for L’uomo Vogue, the magazine’s Italian version for men, staff for designer Deborah Marquit stowed a $2,545 Italian lace bra, $345 thong and $515 brief under a chair about 4 p.m. March 20, they told police. Hours later, as the shoot at 440 W. 15th St. wrapped up just after midnight, a staffer noticed the bag had disappeared, police said. “It was a Madonna shoot for L’uomo Mag and It would be ideal is if [sic] someone found the bag of lingerie,” a spokesperson for the company wrote in an email. “Deborah would love to get her collection pieces returned.” Madonna posted photos from the shoot to her Instagram account, identifying some of the clothes as Armani. “Working Armani For. L’Uomo Vogue! #artforfreedom,” she wrote. Marquit’s high-priced...

Madonna at Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards - Madonna attends the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards.    Link to watch video:  http://youtu.be/N8oTjEisVl8        

April 03, 2008 The "4 Minutes" music video is released Single by Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake and Timbaland From the album Hard Candy Released: March 17, 2008 Format: CD single music download 12" Recorded: 2007; Sarm West Studios (London); The Hit Factory (Miami) Genre: Dance-pop Length: 4:04 Label: Warner Bros. Writer(s): Madonna, Tim Mosley, Justin Timberlake, Nate Hills Producer(s): Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Danja "4 Minutes" is a song by Madonna from her eleventh studio album Hard Candy (2008), featuring vocals by American musicians Justin Timberlake and Timbaland. It was released as the lead single from the album on March 17, 2008, by Warner Bros. Records. The song's development was motivated by a sense of urgency to save the planet from destruction, and how people can enjoy themselves in the process. The writing was completed through discussions between Madonna and Timberlake about different ...

 (In US, "Fever" is unreleased as a single  and only appears on B-side of "Bad Girl" CD maxi-single). In 1992, Madonna recorded a cover version of "Fever" for her fifth studio album Erotica . She was in the studio putting down tracks for the album and had just recorded a song called "Goodbye to Innocence".She was going through the final stages of production on it when she suddenly started singing the lyrics to "Fever" over the top of it. Madonna liked the way it sounded so much that she recorded it. "Goodbye to Innocence" was never released on a Madonna album, although it did appear on Just Say Roe , a charity record, and a dub mix of it titled "Up Down Suite" was a bonus track to the " Rain " maxi-single. In September 2008, a remix of "Fever" (known as the Dance Floor Mix) was used in television promos for the fifth season of Desperate Housewives . Critical reception The New York Tim...

Art for Freedom Has Received Over 7000 Submissions Globally Since Launching in September 2013. Madonna announced today that Miley Cyrus will be the guest curator for Art for Freedom for the month of April. Miley will collaborate with Madonna to select daily submissions which will be showcased on artforfreedom.com. Launched in September 2013, Artforfreedom.com was created by Madonna as a vehicle to inspire artists around the globe to share their artistic representations on the subject of freedom and human rights. Madonna commented… There has never been a more crucial time to participate and help create change in the world. I’ve been so inspired by people’s submissions since we began and I welcome Miley’s input along with her fans to express themselves artistically and to share their creative ideas on the subject of human rights and freedom of speech. Miley and I look forward to hearing your voices in the format of your choice throughout the month of April and onwa...

Dick Tracy movie now on DVD - The Dick Tracy movie is released on DVD in the USA.    Dick Tracy is a 1990 American action film based on the 1930s comic strip character of the same name created by Chester Gould. Warren Beatty produced, directed, and starred in the film, which features supporting roles from Al Pacino, Charles Durning, Madonna, Dustin Hoffman, William Forsythe, Glenne Headly, Paul Sorvino, Dick Van Dyke, and Charlie Korsmo. Dick Tracy depicts the detective's love relationships with Breathless Mahoney and Tess Truehart, as well as his conflicts with crime boss Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice. Tracy also begins his upbringing of "The Kid." Development of the film started in the early 1980s with Tom Mankiewicz assigned to write the script. The screenplay would instead be crafted by Jim Cash and Jack Epps, Jr., both of Top Gun fame. The project also went through directors Steven Spielberg, John Landis, Walt...