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Madonna Defends Her Speech: I Don't Condone Violence

Line about 'blowing up the White House' taken out of context, she says

(Newser) - Madonna is defending her fiery, expletive-laden speech at the women's march Saturday in Washington, saying her words were "taken wildly out of context." In her speech, the singer said that she had at times been angry after the election and had thought "an awful lot about...

Madonna Describes Her 'Horror Show' on Election Night

'We were doing everything: lighting candles, meditating, praying, offering our lives to God'

(Newser) - "It was just like watching a horror show," and now she wakes up every morning "stuck in a nightmare." That's how Madonna describes Election Night 2016 and its aftermath in a new Harper's Bazaar interview. As they watched the election results roll in, Madonna...

Madonna Gives Old Boys' Club Hell in Speech

'To age is a sin,' she says and women are routinely 'criticized, vilified'

(Newser) - Madonna, the New York Times notes, is the highest-grossing female touring act ever—having just wrapped up one that pulled in $170 million—and boasts an accolade-filled career that has comfortably spanned four decades. Do not take that to mean those feats were easy, she told the Billboard Women in...

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Madonna Casually Discusses Kissing Michael Jackson

Reveals relationship to James Corden on 'Carpool Karaoke'

(Newser) - During her appearance on " Carpool Karaoke " Wednesday night, Late Late Show host James Corden asked Madonna what it was like to be friends with Michael Jackson. "So you want me to kiss and tell, then?" Madonna replied, and then "Of course. Of course. Of course,"...

10 Highest-Paid Musicians in the World

Somehow Diddy makes the list

(Newser) - Taylor Swift is officially bigger than the Rolling Stones—at least in North America. In Forbes ' list of the 30 highest-paid musicians of 2016, Swift takes the top spot by breaking the North American touring record formerly held by the Rolling Stones. She also has endorsements in the seven...

Madonna's 16-Year-Old Arrested for Pot: Report

Madonna tells the AP it's 'a family matter'

(Newser) - Madonna says she is supporting son Rocco Ritchie after reports surfaced Wednesday that the 16-year-old was arrested for possession of marijuana in London. Madonna released a statement to the AP Wednesday calling the September arrest "a family matter." She said: "I love my son very much. I...

Madonna Exposes Teen Audience Member's Breast

But the aspiring model doesn't mind

(Newser) - Hot on the heels of showing up to a Brisbane concert three hours late , Madonna is making headlines yet again for exposing a teenage audience member's breast at another concert in the city. The Material Girl pulled Josephine Georgiou onstage and tugged on her shirt, briefly exposing the 17-year-old'...

Madonna 3 Hours Late to Concert, Blames Audience

Hundreds of fans had already left

(Newser) - Madonna is performing in Australia for the first time in more than two decades this month, but apparently the occasion isn't major enough for her to bother being punctual. As the Guardian reports, the Material Girl arrived for her Wednesday night show in Brisbane at 11:22pm. It was...

France's Le Pen Sues Madonna Ex Over Selfie

'Do you find it normal to be photographed while asleep on a plane?'

(Newser) - A far-right French politician is suing one of Madonna's ex-boyfriends for nearly $55,000—all because of an unflattering selfie taken on an airplane. Jean-Marie Le Pen—whom the Telegraph labels a "veteran xenophobic firebrand"—is miffed that the now-viral photo of him snoozing away in his...

Here's Why Madonna's Son Is So Mad at Her

It sounds like typical teenage stuff

(Newser) - Madonna's 15-year-old son has been ordered by a judge to return to his famous mom in New York, though it's not clear whether Rocco Ritchie—who, his lawyers have said , would much rather stay with dad Guy Ritchie—has actually complied with said order. Sources have been saying...

Madonna's Teen Son Refuses to Return to NYC Home

But a judge has ordered him to do just that

(Newser) - Madonna may be endlessly cool to her fans, but that doesn't mean she's exempt from the typical struggles of a mom of teenagers. Her 15-year-old son, Rocco, recently refused to get on a plane from London (where his dad, Guy Ritchie, lives) to New York (where Madonna lives),...

Madonna: Sean Penn Never Assaulted Me

She's supporting his $10M defamation lawsuit

(Newser) - Madonna says Sean Penn never assaulted her during their tempestuous marriage in the '80s and it's "outrageous" for anybody to claim otherwise. Madonna is supporting Penn in his $10 million defamation lawsuit against director Lee Daniels, who Penn says falsely accused him of domestic violence, People reports....

Madonna's Unusual Opener: Amy Schumer

Her cousin, Sen. Chuck Schumer, clarifies that it's not him

(Newser) - Madonna might well get upstaged by her opening act in three upcoming shows in New York City, though not musically. Comedian Amy Schumer will do the honors for the mid-September shows, reports Billboard . The news comes with two unusual tweets: The first, from Schumer, is a video clip of her...

Madonna Drops a Very Uncomfortable Kiss on Drake

Drake doesn't seem too happy about it

(Newser) - Madonna and Drake performed together last night at Coachella, and things got a little awkward. At one point, Madonna kissed Drake—an apparently willing Drake, at least at first. But as the moment stretched on, Drake's arms started to flail, and the look on his face when they finally...

Why Madonna Wishes She Were Married to Jay Z

Because then maybe she'd finally score a White House invite

(Newser) - Madonna seems pretty happy with herself, for the most part—but it sounds like there's at least one reason she might be jealous of Beyonce. She recently admitted in Us Weekly 's "25 Things You Don't Know About Me" that the person she most wants to...

Madonna: Reporting Rape 'Not Worth It' for Me

She also reveals she dated Tupac Shakur

(Newser) - During the first year a young Madonna lived in New York, she was raped , and she opened up about it during an interview with Howard Stern yesterday, E! reports. She needed money for a payphone, and a man she asked for change convinced her to make her call from his...

Madonna: Why I Date Younger Men

Men her age are simply 'not datable'

(Newser) - If you've always wondered why Madonna seems to exclusively date younger men , your question has finally been answered. "It’s just what happens," she says of her tendency toward boy toys in a new interview with the New York Daily News . "Most men my age are...

Armani on Madonna Fall: She's 'Difficult'

Don't blame his cape, designer says

(Newser) - It was an Armani cape that contributed to Madonna's epic fall at the Brit Awards, but Giorgio Armani says the Material Girl herself is actually to blame. Madonna has explained that the cape was tied too tightly at the neck and thus the two dancers who were supposed to...

Madonna Got Whiplash From Her Fall

But her posh nature appears to be intact

(Newser) - More than just Madonna's dignity suffered when she took a tumble at the Brit Awards Wednesday night: The singer told the Jonathan Ross Show yesterday that she "had a little bit of whiplash, I smacked the back of my head," as per the BBC . But, as her...

Madonna Takes Nasty Fall on Stage

Her cape didn't come off as planned at Brit Awards, but she's OK

(Newser) - A 56-year-old woman took a hard and very public fall down some stairs in London today, but she quickly got back to work. It happened to Madonna just as she began performing at the Brit Awards, reports Billboard . A backup dancer yanked her cape, and it was supposed to come...

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