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Gaga for Fame

by Omar Kholeif

[28.Jul.09] :. Recently dubbed the new “princess of Pop”, Rolling Stone has said that Lady Gaga is on the verge of being the “defining Pop Star of the year”, and earlier offered her...

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Queering Madonna & stardom: As contradictory as Uncle Tom, except in reverse

by Diepiriye Kuku

[9.Apr.09] :. Madonna was as contradictory as Uncle Tom, except in reverse. She claimed to challenge the institution and dominance of the church while worshiping at the mantle of capitalism and white supremacy in ways that only reinforced the nexus of gender, race and class oppression and mutual exploitation.

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Why Sasha Fierce is more than just “the female version of the hustler”

by Diepiriye Kuku

[7.Apr.09] :. Seeing these moves come home confirms that they’ve always been the source of B.’s latest trends. This pop diva has managed an effective way of reproducing stardom, like Madonna, mining our dance floors, hiring us sissies to teach them how to assert their masculinity and femininity at the same time.

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Janet, Madonna & George’s Unpopular Coming Out

by Diepiriye Kuku

[20.Mar.09] :. Blues, jazz, funk and hip-hop have always masked white transgression, aiding generation upon generation to distinguish themselves from the conservative norms of whiteness bequeathed them; here was our generation’s Elvis, mocking and masking anything authentically black, trading love of the craft for sheer fame. And here on the black and white pages of Sex, she was showing us her beautifully dark skin friends, bragging about how much of a bad girl she was.

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Keith Haring: Warhol, Jr.

by Chris Barsanti

[7.Nov.08] :. The Universe of Keith Haring digs under the artist's pop veneer and goes all the way to the surface, finding some kind of meaning in simplicity.

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Ciccone dishes about life with his sister Madonna

by 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...

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Madonna: Hard Candy

by 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.

 

Agent Provocateur: Madonna’s Super Hard Candy Pop

by 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.

 

Pushing 50, Madonna is still in vogue

by 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...

 

Debate over what is rock doesn’t get any clearer with this year’s inductees

by 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...

 

Hall of Fame says Madonna is a natural for induction

by 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, most...

 

Bad week for rock: Ike Turner dead, Hall of Fame lamer

by 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 in

by 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...

 

Madonna: The Confessions Tour

by Christian John Wikane

[14.Feb.07] :. The oversaturation of recent Madonna product is ultimately what precludes The Confessions Tour from being wholly satisfying to anyone but the die-hard Madonna fan.

 

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.

 

Die Another Day (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[29.Nov.02] :. Bond's issues have to do with self-identity.

 

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.

 

Madonna: Greatest Hits Volume 2

by Charlotte Robinson

[13.Nov.01] :. As it stands, it’s the best summary of Madonna’s second decade as a performer we’re going to get—at least until a massive box set appears.

 

Madonna Live: Drowned World 2001

by Todd R. Ramlow

[27.Aug.01] :. The 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.

 

Madonna: Music

by Cynthia Fuchs

[19.Sep.00] :. And indeed, for Madonna, music, like most everything else, is always going to do something.

 

The Next Best Thing (2000)

by Todd R. Ramlow

I must admit, against all my better judgment, I actually rather enjoyed Madonna's new film, The Next Best Thing.