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Articles tagged "madonna"NewsCiccone dishes about life with his sister Madonnaby Joseph V. Amodio [Newsday (MCT)][23.Jul.08] :. Pop culture is littered with celebrities and their lesser-than siblings. For every Jessica Simpson, Lindsay Lohan or Britney Spears, there’s an Ashlee, Ali or Jamie Lynn, yearning to prove...  Music ReviewMadonna: Hard Candyby Thomas Hauner[10.Jun.08] :. That Madonna has chosen to follow suit with the musically incestuous and homogeneous standards that are overwhelming pop is as platitudinous as it was inevitable.  Music FeatureAgent Provocateur: Madonna’s Super Hard Candy Popby Matt Mazur[29.Apr.08] :. On her newest CD, Hard Candy, the legend sounds stronger and more confident -- pushed into the new directions by her posse of guest producers and musicians. NewsPushing 50, Madonna is still in vogueby Michael Hamersly [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][28.Apr.08] :. Once again, Madonna has reinvented herself. On “Hard Candy,” her 11th studio album and swan song on longtime label Warner Bros., the Queen of Pop veers toward hip-hop by recruiting...  NewsDebate over what is rock doesn’t get any clearer with this year’s inducteesby Malcolm X Abram [Akron Beacon Journal (MCT)][10.Mar.08] :. Another March brings another Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, which brings with it another batch of disgruntled e-mails and confused calls from music fans, wondering how the Rock Hall...  NewsHall of Fame says Madonna is a natural for inductionby Glenn Gamboa [Newsday (MCT)][10.Mar.08] :. Madonna has been many things in her 26-year career. The Material Girl has been a pop star, a video star, a movie star, a singer, a songwriter, an author, a dancer, a label exec, a producer and,... Bad week for rock: Ike Turner dead, Hall of Fame lamerby Ben Wener [The Orange County Register (MCT)][18.Dec.07] :. There must be other names that fit into Ike Turner’s odd corner of rock `n’ roll importance. Jerry Lee Lewis? Yeah, but his reputation got rehabilitated ages ago. Phil Spector? Sure,... Well, at least we know Madonna will get inby Ben Wener [The Orange County Register (MCT)][1.Oct.07] :. Madonna tops the list of potential inductees into the Rock Hall early next year—and the search for a fellow legend to give her induction speech might as well start now, as she’s an... A League of Their Own (1992)by Jesse Hassenger[19.Apr.04] :. A League of Their Own is an engagingly old fashioned and family-friendly comedy. Swept Away (2002)by Todd R. Ramlow[10.Oct.02] :. What Swept Away calls love, I would call the usual terror and degradation that keeps battered women in dangerous relationships. The Next Best Thing (2000)by Todd R. RamlowI must admit, against all my better judgment, I actually rather enjoyed Madonna's new film, The Next Best Thing. Madonna Live: Drowned World 2001by Todd R. RamlowThe difference between Em's lyrical violence against women and Madonna's battered video self-portraits is that in Em's songs, violence against women is always nasty, ugly, and despicable (contrary to those who would claim he 'glorifies' it), unlike the video-screen Madonna of 'Drowned World', who is bloodied and bruised but nevertheless glamorous. |
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