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 According to Wealth-X Madonna is the richest recording artist, with a net worth of $800 million . This is less than the one billion the New York Post valued her at in 2013 , but it’s far ahead of Sir Paul McCartney, whose net worth is of $660 million. Number 3 for Dr. Dre with $660 million. Here’s the full top 10 of the richest recording artists: 1) Madonna $800 million 2) Paul McCartney $660 million 3) Dr. Dre $650 million 4) Diddy $640 million 5) Celine Dion $630 million 6) Bono $590 million 7) Mariah Carey $520 million 8) Jay Z $510 million 9) Elton John $450 million 10) Beyonce $440 million

In the next Interview Magazine Art issue David Blaine (a New York-based magician and illusionist) interviews Madonna . Here’s the full interview + all the fantastic photos taken by Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott . Enjoy! On a night this past November, Madonna sat down with her friend, the performance artist, magician, card sharp, and similarly unclassifiable talent David Blaine in New York to talk about the power of silence, the necessity of failure, and hearing the word no. DAVID BLAINE: I brought a whole bunch of cards with questions that I think are really fun, so we have these as a backup plan. MADONNA: A backup plan, or do you want me to choose one now? BLAINE: Choose one. But I don’t want you to go with the obvious card that’s sticking out more than the others. MADONNA: I’m not that kind of person. I never go for the obvious. [picks a card] BLAINE: Should I read it to you, though? MADONNA: Yeah. I can’t read your illegible handwriting. BLAINE: This is...

According to the Italian finance daily Milano Finanza Madonna is due to appear in the Versace campaign for Spring/Summer 2015 collection. This would be her fourth time. Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott (they did Interview Magazine photoshoot in 2010 and MDNA booklet/promotional pics) did the shoot. The House of Medusa answered with a simple and direct “ No comment .” The shots for the new collection should be unveiled in the coming weeks.

Brazilian Madonna fan site Madonna Online allegedly leaked the first real snippet of “Rebel Heart”, a track Madonna has recorded for the upcoming album. Please keep in mind that the song “Rebel Heart” has undergone a lot of changes and evolutions. The snippet is from one of those many demos and does not reflect the finished song. Madonna’s manager Guy Oseary also doesn’t seem very pleased…

Raising Malawi director, Sarah Ezzy, said the new facility is the first dedicated pediatric intensive care unit in the country. Ezzy told reporters at the hospital that Raising Malawi, a non-profit charity organization co-founded by Madonna in 2006, would build and donate the two-story facility and collaborate with the Ministry of Health to help support the unit’s initial operations. “The new facility will double the number of surgeries for children performed at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and will provide the first dedicated pediatric intensive care unit in the country,” she added. She said the project represented an expansion of the charity’s work at Queen Elizabeth since 2008 with Eric Borgstein, one of only three pediatric surgeons working in Malawi. The partnership with Madonna’s charity organization has helped Borgstein develop a pediatric surgical training program under the College of Surgeons of East Central and Southern Africa. “ Construction of ...