Madonna

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Jul 8, 2008 19:36:28 GMT -4 @ennui said:

CNN reports that Madonna and Britney are working together:

NEW YORK (AP) -- Madonna has recruited Britney Spears for a virtual appearance on her upcoming tour.

"There is footage being shot of Britney some time this week in conjunction with Madonna's upcoming (Sticky & Sweet) tour," Madonna's publicist, Liz Rosenberg, said in an e-mail Tuesday to The Associated Press.

"That is all the information I have available. The rest is 'a secret.' "

Rosenberg denied reports that Spears, 26, is shooting a music video.

Madonna guest starred in a music video for Spears' single "Me Against the Music" in 2003.

The singers stirred up controversy that year with an open-mouth kiss at the MTV Video Music Awards.

I'm so sick of the media claiming they "stirred up controversy" with that kiss thing. I wasn't aware of any reaction stronger than a hearty yawn. But the media is determined to depict us as "shocked."

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The first word I thought of when I heard of this pairing was "sad". Seriously.

The David Banda "adoption".
Teaming up with PAB.
The persistent crotch shots.
The wax work face.
And now this.

I'm so done.

[berlin]

Best part of the article on Madonnalicious about the video shoot:

The set features an elevator, in, around and on which Spears will dance.
'The video will be very deep,' a source in the Spears camp tells E! News. 'You've never seen Britney like this before. It will blow your mind.'

The jokes write themselves

[badtzmaru]

Jul 4, 2008 1:46:02 GMT -4 PearlySweetcake said:

Waitaminit. Didn't Madonna and Lenny Kravitz work on some music project once? Hang on.

...*Google-Google-Google*...

Yup. Lenny co-wrote "Justify My Love."

This is hilariously close to becoming a round-robin tournament. All that's needed is a Cyn-Rod/Lisa Bonet liaison.

And if Lisa didn't have the super tasty Jason Momoa to occupy her time, who knows. It would have made for fantastic gossip.

[yournamehere]

Okay, first she supports Tom Cruise by saying that he can worship whatever he wants. Then she wants to incorporate Britney on her tour.

Far as I'm concerned, I don't want her to just go away anymore. I'm waiting for the next wave of crazy as Tommy's and Britney's seem to have died down. She's due, I tells ya!

[rascal]

Oooo, I know, I know! I BET it's an elevator that heads to the *dun, dun, dun*... The Center of the EARTH! *said is a very deep voice*
That's how it's so deep!

[carrier76]

The David Banda "adoption".

Could someone explain the controversy regarding this? I kind of missed that.

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Let's see:

In order to adopt in Malawi a person has to live there for a year or so. Obviously she didn't, but she did have a big fat 3mill check. Being the true narcissist that she is she later put a PR spin on it by saying "Thanks to me now Malawian's have developed better adoption rules." Because they were unclear before.

Also, she found the one child who actually has a parent. David's father had to give up the baby because he didn't have enough resources to take care of him (or so he says). She has done some publicity charity work in Malawi to help out the citizens. That publicity more than makes up for circumventing their adoption rules.

I could go a little deeper, but certain topics are to sensitive to discuss here. But David is better off and that's all that matters...isn't it.

[Wol]

Her charity organization in Malawi is basically a front for Kaballah. Because indoctrination into an invented cult is just what starving people in Africa need. Go, Madge!

Forgive if this was already posted - it's Faux News Roger Friedman talking about Madge's Malawi documentary:

And you know she is well-meaning. Despite the Kabbalah babble and Madonna’s underlying persistence in explaining how she adopted a child in violation of Malawi law, her narration suggests that she was truly overwhelmed when she first set foot in that country. But this happens to anyone who goes to Africa for the first time. I get it. I felt the same way the first time I saw conditions in neighboring countries like Zambia and Botswana.

The problem with "I Am" is that neither Madonna nor Rissman really has any concept of anything other than her interests. Now that she has discovered Malawi, it doesn’t occur to Madonna that other agencies are working there, that anyone else has ever noticed or done anything to help their people or that the government — theirs, ours — cares one bit. She’s Madonna, she’s arrived and the problem will be solved.

Worse still is that, via her narration, we’re not sure if Madonna thinks the people of the country are smart or stupid, motivated or lazy. She declares the Malawians have a wonderful spirit, then declares that no such feeling could ever be found on Central Park West, Rodeo Drive or London’s Park Lane. (These apparently are the only other world references in her life.) It’s quite appalling.

Indeed, the film actually shows Malawi's adults regurgitating Kabbalah propaganda they’ve been inculcated with in order to teach the orphans in their country. (No mention is made in the film of the Kabbalah Center's flying them to Los Angeles for this indoctrination.)

It’s kind of shocking — after seeing all the poverty and disease that’s been imposed on them — to hear Malawi's children then recite back the Kabbalah/SFK dictum that they themselves "are responsible for their choices" and that "their actions can positively influence the quality of their lives." Is the moral of Madonna’s movie: Pull yourselves up by your bootstraps?

[ivy]

It was the whole David Banda mess that made me start hating her. It was so sad to see David's father after Madonna bought, oh excuse me, adopted, his son. There are tons of actual orphans she could have taken instead.

I won't even get started on that cult of hers. It makes me too mad.