Madonna’s daughter makes modelling debut

Madonna's daughter Lourdes Leon has hailed her mother as her fashion inspiration after making her modelling debut.
The 19-year-old student, who is more commonly known as Lola, features in a new campaign for Stella McCartney's latest fragrance, Pop, and has revealed how her chart-topping mother's eye-catching sense of style has influenced her over the years.

(File image) Madonna and daughter Lourdes. Credit: AP

She said: "My mom has helped me so much. She has great style and she's an amazing dresser."
This comes shortly after Madonna settled her differences with her 15-year-old son Rocco following a high-profile custody dispute.
The duo previously fell out when Rocco prematurely left Madonna's Rebel Heart Tour in order to spend more time with his father Guy Ritchie in London.
But following a recent family reunion in the UK capital, Madonna took all four of her children on a trip to Africa in an effort to raise awareness for charity.
They visited some of the most impoverished areas on the continent as part of Shining Hope For Communities, which provides clean water and free healthcare to all-girls schools.
Among the places the family visited was Kibera in Kenya, where Madonna shared a photo of a badly polluted river.
She captioned the image: "Imagine this is where your water comes from!"
Meanwhile, the 57-year-old pop star also posed with Rocco, Lourdes and her two other children - David, 10, and Mercy, also 10 - alongside local residents.
Prior to the trip, a source close to Madonna admitted she saw a summer-time getaway as a chance to get her family "back on track".
An insider previously said: "This is a big summer for them - the chance they've been looking for to get things back on track.
"It's part of the compromise they've reached - and a chance for Rocco to see his brother and sisters, as they all miss each other a lot."

Source:http://www.iol.co.za/tonight/news/international/madonnas-daughter-makes-modelling-debut-2043438

Madonna Trying To Send Rebellious Son Rocco To Military School

Madonna may be taking her controlling nature to the next level when it comes to her runaway son Rocco Ritchie.

As Radar previously reported, Rocco, who refused to leave his father Guy Ritchie‘s home in London to celebrate Christmas with Madonna in New York, has always lived under his mother’s strict rules.

“Madonna is a very good mother, but she’s mega controlling,” a source close to the pop icon, 57, told Radar. “She actively tells him what he can and can’t do, who he can and can’t talk to.”

But now, insiders say the “Like A Virgin” hit-maker is threatening to send her son to a “military type boarding school” in order to straighten him out,New York Daily News reports.

“He’s not being dragged around like a dancing puppet [when he’s in London],” a source told the publication. “He can meet his friends, eat fast food, he doesn’t have an early curfew. The story is his father manipulated him, which couldn’t be farther from the truth. Rocco has a life and friends [in the U.K.] and he can have girlfriends and be in one place.”

As RadarOnline.com exclusively reported, an insider revealed that Madonna and her eldest boy’s fighting came to a head in mid-November when Rocco “ran away in Stockholm,” during a stop on his mom’s Rebel Heart Tour.

But no matter Rocco’s feelings, a New York judge ruled that thedisgruntled teenager must return home to his mother before school begins in January.

“Madonna pulls the strings, calls the shots,” a source shared with Radar. “She’s a hawk in leather leggings.”

Source:http://radaronline.com/celebrity-news/madonna-guy-ritchie-custoday-battle-son-rocco-miltary-school/

Madonna goes to court to force son to return for holidays

Popstar Madonna is officially seeking legal assistance to see her son Rocco Ritchie this holiday season.

The desperate mother took to the court on Wednesday to make sure her 15-year-old son — who is currently residing in London with her ex-husband Guy Ritchie — comes home after he refused to return, reportsUSA Today.

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Deborah Kaplan ruled in favour of Madonna and ordered Rocco to return to New York from London, against his wishes if necessary.

The Justice further asked the teenager to resolve the issue through communication and decide who he wants to stay with. She also said that he will be granted a court-appointed lawyer in the matter.

The former couple got divorced in 2008. The hearing hinted to some tension between Madonna and the British filmmaker over the custody of their son, reports the New York Daily News.

Source:http://tribune.com.pk/story/1015801/madonna-goes-to-court-to-force-son-to-return-for-holidays/

Madonna defends Sean Penn: He 'never struck me'

Madonna's got Sean Penn's back.

The pop star is clearing up decades-long rumors that Penn, her husband from 1985 - 1989, abused her, even tied her up, during their marriage.

Why now? Her statements, obtained by USA TODAY, were recently submitted in an addendum to the $10 million defamation lawsuit Penn filed earlier this fall against Empire creator Lee Daniels, after Daniels equated Penn's alleged past with allegations surrounding Empire star Terrence Howard.

"(Howard) ain't done nothing different than Marlon Brando or Sean Penn, and all of a sudden he's some (expletive) demon," Daniels told The Hollywood Reporter in September, in reference to to Howard's legal troubles, which include a lawsuit filed over the summer by his ex-wife, Michelle Howard, alleging Howard beat her in 2013. "That's a sign of the time, of race, of where we are right now in America."

Madonna has countered those remarks in a sworn statement.

Yes, she is aware of allegations concerning an alleged incident in June 1987 purporting that "Sean allegedly struck me with 'a baseball bat,'" she says, but calls the reports "completely outrageous, malicious, reckless and false."

In the addendum Madonna also shuts down allegations Penn abused her in December 1989. "While we certainly had more than one heated argument during our marriage, Sean has never struck me, "tied me up," or physically assaulted me," she states.

In the original complaint, Penn stated he will "no longer tolerate" allegations of past violence against women. Penn also emphatically noted that Howard has "reportedly and publicly" admitted to physically abusing women and says Daniels "also seems to condone Howard's reported misconduct. … Penn (unlike Howard) has never been arrested, much less convicted, for domestic violence, as his ex-wives (including Madonna) would confirm and attest."

And that, she did, a nod to how friendly two have become – Penn has been spotted at several of Madonna's concerts in the past year.

Daniels, meanwhile, has said he wants the lawsuit tossed out of court, arguing that what he said in the interview doesn't rise to defamatory meaning. The Empire co-creator's legal team cited the First Amendment, stating that Penn's lawsuit "attempts to silence Daniels' honestly held opinion."

“The fact that Penn felt the need to replace his initial complaint with a new filing is an undeniable concession that he viewed his original complaint as a loser," Daniels' lawyer, James Sammataro tells USA TODAY. "We don’t believe the new iteration will fare any better, as it does not change the fact that the statement is an opinion protected by the First Amendment.”

Penn's lawyer, Matthew S. Rosengart, shot back: "Unfortunately for Mr. Daniels, his statements—which by direct reference to Howard's misconduct, falsely accuse Penn of committing serious, multiple crimes against women—are not protected by the First Amendment. As Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes famously observed almost 100 years ago, the First Amendment is not absolute. Just as it does not protect a person from "shouting fire in a crowded theatre," it also does not protect defamatory conduct."

Source:http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2015/12/18/madonna-defends-sean-penn-in-court-he-never-struck-me/77587236/

Madonna's 15 albums ranked from worst to best

The EDM one. On which Euro house artists like the Benassi Bros help Madonna onto the sweaty electronica bandwagon but – despite peppy contributions from Nikki Minaj and MIA and a reunion with William Orbit – she fails to make an emotional connection. More album filler than dancefloor killer.

The political one. For which the Material Girl yanked on a black beret and hoisted her guitar aloft to break the shocking news that fame and money don't make people happy. Though she admits to "feeling super-dooper" while driving her mini cooper, she suspects world peace might, on balance, prove more satisfying in the long run.

The one with the cowboy hat . "Hey Mr. DJ, put a record on, I want to dance with my baby." commanded Queen Madge, feeling playful again after the serious trance of Ray of Light. Warped on other songs, her vocals were clear and true against the guitar loop of "Don't Tell Me" written by her brother-in-law.

11. I'm Breathless (1990)

The Dick Tracy one. Madonna took up smoking to achieve a suitably breathless voice on the jazzy film soundtrack. But the standout single had no connection with the movie. The glorious Vogue was sexy, smart and irresistably danceable. Strike a pose, there's nothing to it.

10. Rebel Heart (2015)

The New One. Hurrah! A return to form as after the trend-chasing sounds of Hard Candy and MDNA Madonna sounds like she cares again – and not about what anybody else is doing either. “I poured a beer into my shoe and got my freak on” she sings. Welcome back Madonna!

 Source:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/madonnas-15-albums-ranked-from-worst-to-best/

Madonna Wrong to Think Terrorists Will Stop by Giving Them ‘Dignity and Respect’

Madonna stopped her Saturday concert in Stockholm, Sweden to pay tribute those who died in the “tragic killings” and “assassinations” in Paris on Friday night, but after crying for the victims and their families, she wrongly told the audience at the Tele2 Arena that while people do “atrocious, degrading and unforgivable things” to one another, among the reasons for these senseless acts of violence is that we don’t treat “every human being with dignity and respect.” Her view of terrorists, namely ISIS, is naive and downright foolish. See Madonna’s speech below.

Madonna started off in the right direction when she paused her performance and said, “I feel torn. Like, why am I up here dancing and having fun when people are crying over the loss of their loved ones,” before adding in tears, “However, that is exactly what these people want to do. They want to shut us up. They want to silence us. And we won’t let them. We will never let them!”

The singer, who’s set to perform in Paris on December 9, then said, “I was going to cancel my show tonight but then I thought to myself, ‘Why should I give that to them? Why should I allow them to stop me and to stop us from enjoying freedom?’” Before veering off course, Madonna rightly continued, “All of the places where people were killed were places where people were having fun. People were enjoying themselves, eating in restaurants, dancing, singing, watching a soccer match. These are freedoms that we take for granted, of course, and we must not but they’re freedoms that we deserve. We work hard and we deserve to have fun, and there is no one in this world that should have the right to stop us from doing what we love.”

But after making a number of valid points, Madonna blew it big time. She first acknowledged, “There are people who have no respect for human life, and there are people that do atrocious, degrading and unforgivable things to other human beings, but we will never ever, ever change this world that we live in if we do not change ourselves, if we do not change the way that we treat one another on a daily basis.” Madonna then misguidedly added, “We must start treating every human being with dignity and respect, and this the only thing that will change the world… Only love will change the world, but it’s very hard to love unconditionally, and it’s very hard to love that which we do not understand or that which is different than we are, but we have to or this will go on and on forever.”

While in broad brushstrokes, there’s no argument that spreading love and treating one another with “dignity and respect” will make for a better planet, but ISIS doesn’t play by those rules. ISIS detests our way of life. ISIS wants to wreak havoc on the Western world.

Does Madonna really think if we gave ISIS “love unconditionally” they would no longer perpetrate horrific acts of violence? And can Madonna really “love unconditionally” a group that beheads, throws over the sides of buildings, and stones to death men for being gay?

There was no act of love or kindness nor any show of dignity or respect that could have been done by the government of France or the 129 people who were murdered that would have changed ISIS’s resolve to kill and injure as many innocent people as possible. Perhaps those who are terrorized can learn to “love unconditionally,” but it will never sway the terrorists’ hate.

Following her mostly well-intentioned speech, Madonna then launched into her 1989 hit, “Like A Prayer.” Sadly, though, it will take more than dignity, respect, love or even prayer to stop ISIS.

Source:http://www.mediaite.com/online/madonna-wrong-to-think-terrorists-will-stop-by-giving-them-dignity-and-respect-and-love-unconditionally/

Madonna is anti-social

The 57-year-old singer thinks it is essential she is ''very disciplined'' and stays focused on her career in order to stay in the shape required to cope with her strenuous stage shows.

She said: ''I have a very disciplined life. ''I don't do a lot of socialising. My life revolves around my show and my four children and trying to live a very healthy lifestyle. ''The only thing I'm lacking now is sleep.''

Madonna - who is mother to four children, Lourdes, 19, Rocco, 15, Mercy and David, both nine - is currently on her 10th world tour and admits as time goes on, it become difficult to put together a unique concert experience and she often has to ditch something she loves, just to refresh the production.

She admitted: ''It's hard to choose. Sometimes I have to let go of things I love because they don't sound right or go with the theme. ''Or I go, 'Oh I did that the last three shows. Even though I love that song let's do something new.' '' And the 'Ray of Light' hitmaker has to drop her favourite songs in favour of what she knows her fans want to hear.

She told Britain's HELLO! magazine: ''I tend to like my more abstract, less commercial songs, but I realise I have to have songs that people are familiar with and want to sing along to. ''So I have to balance it out and not just do a creative show that is going to please me. ''I have to be quite brutal sometimes. It's kind of like editing a movie because there are scenes you love but they just don't help tell the story and you have to let them go.''

Source:http://www.timeslive.co.za/entertainment/celebrity/2015/11/10/Madonna-is-anti-social