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Ruling on Madonna adoption bid is postponed
5/15/2008, AP
Madonna won't know until next week whether a Malawian boy she found in an orphanage in 2006 will become a permanent member of her family, her lawyer said. Lawyer Alan...
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Madonna adoption case in Malawi nears conclusion
5/13/2008, AP
Madonna's bid to adopt a Malawian toddler she found in an orphanage in 2006 is likely to be approved in court this week, her lawyer said Tuesday. Alan Chinula said...
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Madonna tour kicks off in Cardiff in August
5/8/2008, Reuters
Madonna kicks off her new international tour in Cardiff, Wales, on August 23, she announced on Thursday. The "Sticky and Sweet" tour, which follows her latest chart-topping...
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Wrap-up of entertainment quotes from The Associated Press
5/8/2008, AP
"I don't like it when they get in their face. It is scary and frightening especially if you are not used to it and you are a kid. I think Lola is a little bit more familiar...
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Madonna's Super Sweet Candy Tour
5/8/2008, E! Online
Well, she has always been interested in cavities. Madonna has announced plans to embark on a 27-date world tour this summer, which she has saccharinely named Sticky &...
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Word of Madonna film reaches village of David Banda's father
5/7/2008, AP
Some 100 miles from Malawi's capital, the dusty village of Lipunga has no movie theaters or video players, let alone electricity. But villager Yohane Banda has at least...
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Madonna's French Kiss—but Was There Tongue?
5/7/2008, E! Online
The musical battle for headline domination is getting heated. Mariah Carey may have grabbed the spotlight with her quickie wedding to Nick Cannon, but Madonna knows...
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Madonna talks about new album, helping Malawi and turning 50
5/6/2008, AP
Timbaland and the Neptunes are so dominant as producers, they can sometimes upstage the artist they're working with ... unless that artist is Madonna. On her new album,...
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Burning Q's: Swollen Posses & Madge-Bashing
5/2/2008, E! Online
We always see celebrity women with a huge entourage and assistants, but do the guys have assistants, too? I mean the macho guys like George Clooney and Brad Pitt, even Ving...
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Madonna Learns It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp
5/2/2008, E! Online
We all know that Madonna is the greatest pimp that ever lived, but dressing up as Snoop Dogg to promote her new album on BET's 106 & Park on Thursday? Sigh. If she drops...
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The Weekly Playlist: Madonna's Hard Candy
4/28/2008, E! Online
The best new music this week is right here: Madonna: Hard Candy Madonna was never going to grow old gracefully, which is fine with us. She gets back into the groove with...
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Madonna shows her documentary on Malawi at Tribeca festival
4/25/2008, AP
NEW YORK (AP) — Madonna's harrowing new documentary on Malawi is clearly designed to draw attention to the poverty-stricken nation's plight and help to its people. But...
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Madonna Does MySpace
4/24/2008, E! Online
There's free Candy on MySpace! Don't worry—we're not running a sting for Dateline: To Catch a Predator. Four days before its...
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Music Review: Madonna's 'Hard Candy' aims for urban dance
4/24/2008, AP
Madonna, "Hard Candy," (Warner Bros.) Madonna may be a 49-year-old working mom pushing 50, but she still loves her dance floor, her catsuits and her pop hooks. She's also...
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Madonna Adoption Ruling Delayed Again
4/21/2008, E! Online
Appointments apparently don't work the same way in the Material World as they do in the real world. For the second time this month, the Malawi High Court has granted...
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Madonna Adoption Ruling Delayed Again
4/21/2008, E! Online
Appointments apparently don't work the same way in the Material World as they do in the real world. For the second time this month, the Malawi High Court has granted...
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Madonna's Final Adoption Hearing Set
4/11/2008, E! Online
Madonna and child are one step closer to formalizing their bond. A Malawi court clerk has confirmed that the final ruling in her and Guy Ritchie's adoption proceedings...
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Hometown Desperately Seeking Madonna
4/8/2008, E! Online
It used to be her playground, but Madonna wasn't always welcome. Until now. After vetoing several prior attempts to honor its most famous native, typically due to her...
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Malawi Gov't Down with Madonna Adoption
4/3/2008, E! Online
Malawi wants to keep Madonna and child together. Government officials in the African nation have given their blessing to the Material Mom's bid to adopt David Banda,...
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Madonna Talks Britney, Guy, Candy
3/27/2008, E! Online
Forget the dance floor, these days Madonna's doing all her confessing on the radio. In an exclusive interview with the Yo on E! satellite radio show, the newly minted...
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Madonna, Mellencamp head to rock hall
3/12/2008, AP
Madonna, pop music's quick-change artist, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday and paid tribute to people who encouraged her and even critics who...
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Madonna, Mellencamp Rock!
3/11/2008, E! Online
It's official: Madonna's like a rocker. The Queen of Pop joined fellow headliners John Mellencamp, Leonard Cohen, the Dave Clark Five and the Ventures as the latest...
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts Madonna, Cohen
3/10/2008, Reuters
Madonna spoke of being possessed by magic as she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday along with Leonard Cohen, rocker John Mellencamp, British pop...
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Madonna speaks out on Justin collaboration
3/9/2008, Yahoo! Music
Madonna has given details about her highly-anticipated collaboration with Justin Timberlake. The singer, who on Monday will be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame,...
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Timberlake and Reed to induct rock hall of famers
2/27/2008, Reuters
Justin Timberlake, Lou Reed, Billy Joel and Ben Harper are among the big names who've signed up to induct members of the 2008 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class next month...
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JT will induct Madonna into hall of fame
2/26/2008, AP
NEW YORK (AP) — Justin Timberlake will induct Madonna into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The "Sexyback" singer has been working with the Material Mom on her upcoming...
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Vegas man confuses Monroe and Madonna
2/19/2008, AP
Imitation can be the sincerest form of confusion.
So learned a Las Vegas man who alerted the media this week that he thought he had his hands on a rare photo of Marilyn...
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Madonna presents first film as director
2/14/2008, AP
Madonna recalled her struggle to break into show business on Wednesday as she presented her first effort as a movie director: "Filth and Wisdom," which made its debut at the...
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Malawi Minister Backs Material Mom
2/11/2008, E! Online
Amazing what a little star power can do to win friends in high places.
Just days after the Madonna held a star-studded benefit in New York to raise millions for UNICEF and...
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UN benefit draws Madonna, other celebs
2/7/2008, AP
Madonna, Chris Rock and dozens of other celebrities raised $3.7 million at a star-studded benefit at the United Nations to help poor and sick children around the world.
The...
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Stars come out for Madonna's UN bash
2/7/2008, AP
Nothing draws celebrities like cocktails, fellow A-listers and a good cause.
"It's a safe bet to say that this is the event of the year so far — everyone I've spoken...
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Madonna's Super Bowl Score
1/31/2008, E! Online
One ticket to the Super Bowl: $2,000. Thirty seconds of advertising during the Super Bowl: $2.7 million. Five seconds' worth of Madonna in a Super Bowl ad: A heck...
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Forbes: Madonna richest woman in music
1/30/2008, AP
Madonna is the richest woman in music. The 49-year-old entertainer leads Forbes.com's list of the top 20 "Cash Queens of Music," earning $72 million between June 2006 and...
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Bands, fans find new ways to reach each other
1/25/2008, Reuters
Lily Vasquez, a marketing manager from
Clifton, New Jersey, spent nearly eight years trying to break
into the music business as a singer before she stumbled...
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Madonna's directorial debut to premiere
12/27/2007, Yahoo! Music
Madonna’s directorial debut is to premiere at the Berlin Film Festival in February.
Filth And Wisdom, which stars Gogol Bordello's Eugene Hutz and Richard E. Grant, will be...
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Madonna, Mellencamp newest to Rock Hall
12/13/2007, AP
The Material Girl is about to become a Hall of Famer.
The ever-evolving Madonna was announced as a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee on Thursday along with John...
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Madonna, Mellencamp Deck the Rock Hall
12/13/2007, E! Online
It's official: the Queen of Pop rocks.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was out Thursday with its list of annual inductees, with Madonna leading the class of...
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Madonna sues Manhattan co-op board
12/7/2007, AP
Madonna has sued the people who run her luxury co-op building overlooking Central Park, complaining they won't let her buy a neighbor's apartment.
The Material Girl claims...
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As Madonna's Material World Turns
12/7/2007, E! Online
Madonna has officially been caulk-blocked.
The erstwhile Material Girl has filed a complaint against the management of her Central Park West co-op, claiming the luxury...
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Madonna and Gucci team up for Malawi charity gig
11/15/2007, Reuters
Madonna is joining forces with luxury
goods-maker Gucci to raise funds for orphans in Malawi, the
impoverished southern African nation where she has been trying
to adopt a...
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Madonna, Live Nation link up on deal
10/16/2007, AP
Madonna and concert promoter Live Nation Inc. announced a deal Tuesday that will give the company an all-encompassing stake in the music of the Material Girl, the latest...
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Madonna drops Warner Music for tour promoter
10/16/2007, Reuters
Pop star Madonna has dropped her
long-term music label Warner Brothers and signed a multi-album,
touring and merchandising global partnership with Live Nation
Inc., the...
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Madonna Adopts Nation
10/16/2007, E! Online
Madonna has never been afraid to try new things, and her latest move is no exception.
The 49-year-old singer has left Warner Music Group in favor of entering into a global...
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Madonna Remaking the Brand
10/10/2007, E! Online
The Material Girl is about to ensure that she has more material than ever to market in the coming decade.
Madonna is reportedly poised to leave her longtime recording home,...
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Madonna nominated for Rock Hall of Fame
9/28/2007, AP
Here's something Madonna can really celebrate: a nomination to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Madge joins heartland rocker John Mellencamp, the puckish rappers Beastie...
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Madonna, Beasties, Mellencamp Up for Rock-God Status
9/28/2007, E! Online
Madonna's love may be on the borderline, but apparently her rock credentials aren't.
The Queen of Pop joined a disparate group of artists on the Rock and Roll Hall...
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Madonna reportedly planning world tour
9/25/2007, Yahoo! Music
Rumors are circulating over whether Madonna is about to embark on a new world tour next year.
If reports in the New York Post are correct, the singer plans to launch her...
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Madonna and Britney Spears face beheading threat
9/13/2007, Yahoo! Music
Madonna and Britney Spears have been targeted as the spreaders of "Satanic culture."
The aggressive comments were launched by spokesman and senior leader of Palestinian...
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Madonna in scuffle with Bloc Party road crew
9/11/2007, Yahoo! Music
To many Madonna is probably the most recognizable female face on earth, but apparently that is not the case with some members ofBritish band Bloc Party's road crew.
The...
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Malawi adoption agent to visit Madonna
8/30/2007, AP
The Malawi welfare official overseeing Madonna's efforts to adopt an African toddler says he will make a long-awaited trip to the singer's London home next week to assess...
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Madonna Adoption Back on Track
8/27/2007, E! Online
Madonna has reason to be on her best behavior.
A Malawian court-appointed official has said he will be visiting the Ritchie family in Britain next month to assess whether...
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Madonna-Justin Timberlake collaboration leaked
7/27/2007, Yahoo! Music
A track from the must-hyped collaboration between Madonna and Justin Timberlake has appeared online.
Said to be called "Candy Shop," the song appeared on putfile.com, but...
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Madonna teams up with Annie Lennox
7/20/2007, Yahoo! Music
Madonna has teamed up with Annie Lennox on Lennox's new album, Songs Of Mass Destruction.
Madonna features as part of a chorus of female singers on the track "Sing," which...
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Gogol Bordello singer to star in Madonna movie
7/9/2007, Yahoo! Music
Gogol Bordello star Eugene Hutz will appear in Madonna's movie directorial debut, he has revealed.
The frontman of the gypsy-punks, who played with the pop superstar at...
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Music's the messenger at Live Earth
7/8/2007, AP
In a global series of concerts featuring aboriginal dancing, imitation chimpanzee cries and a lot of reunited rock bands, musicians and celebrities called for fans to take...
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Rock stars tackle cynics as well as climate change
7/6/2007, Reuters
More famous for Learjets and limousines
than green living, pop stars performing at Saturday's Live
Earth environmental concerts face widespread cynicism from
fans,...
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"Hey You," Madonna's Got a New Song
5/18/2007, E! Online
The Material Girl has released some new material.
In honor of the upcoming Live Earth concerts, Madonna has penned a new single, "Hey You," which she will perform...
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Madonna to record special Live Earth song
5/14/2007, Yahoo! Music
Madonna has recorded a special song for Live Earth.
The tune, "Hey You," is not set to be released as a commercial single and will only be available for download to benefit...
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Madonna's Mission: Malawi Complete
4/23/2007, E! Online
Madonna isn't trying to keep up with the Jolie-Pitts after all.
The pop star has returned to London with just the same two children she left with after spending six...
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Madonna Mayhem in Malawi
4/18/2007, E! Online
Madonna's latest Malawi adventure took her back Tuesday to the same orphanage where adoptive son David Banda once lived.
The "Hung Up" singer and her...
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Madonna and Son Back in Malawi
4/17/2007, E! Online
Madonna just can't keep out of Africa—or the rumor mill.
The erstwhile Material Girl, husband Guy Ritchie and son David Banda touched down in Malawi Monday,...
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Madonna's Malawian Mission Not Maternal Minded
4/12/2007, E! Online
Some celebrities (cough, Angelina Jolie, cough) can't seem to visit an impoverished nation without coming home with a child.
Apparently, Madonna is not one of those...
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Madonna to collaborate with Justin Timberlake
4/11/2007, Yahoo! Music
Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, and Pharrell Williams are among the collaborators working on the new Madonna album, according to reports.
The star-studded roll call of...
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Madonna in 'Extras'?
4/2/2007, Yahoo! Music
Ricky Gervais hopes to secure an appearance from Madonna in the last episode of Extras, according to reports.
The internationally acclaimed comic is understood to be...
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Madonna Urges Others to Adopt from Malawi
1/12/2007, E! Online
Madonna and Angelina Jolie may have to agree to disagree on the matter of international adoption.
After Jolie criticized Madonna's intended adoption of 16-month-old David...
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Angelina Jolie: Madonna's adoption risky
1/9/2007, AP
Angelina Jolie says she was horrified by attacks on Madonna about her adoption of a toddler from Malawi, but suggested the pop singer took a risk because of the African...
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Angelina Jolie questions Madonna adoption
1/8/2007, Yahoo! Music
Angelina Jolie has questioned Madonna's plan to adopt an African child, accusing her of breaking the law.
The movie star admits to being "horrified" at the media reaction...
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Stones, Streisand among top 2006 tours
12/28/2006, AP
Concert tours by the Rolling Stones, Barbra Streisand and country duo Tim McGraw and Faith Hill were among the top-grossing tours in North America in 2006, helping drive...
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Madonna: Movie director
12/20/2006, Yahoo! Music
Madonna will make her movie directing debut in 2007, according to reports.
The pop superstar is understood to be getting behind the camera for a movie entitled Blade To The...
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Madonna's fur coat sparks outrage
12/8/2006, Yahoo! Music
Animal rights campaigners have reacted angrily to Madonna's decision to wear a fur coat made from the skins of chinchillas.
The pop icon was pictured earlier this week with...
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Everyone Loves a Bargain, Even Madonna
12/7/2006, E! Online
Madonna wants to dress you up in her clothes.
The Material Girl has teamed with H&M to launch her new M by Madonna clothing line, the affordable fashion chain announced...
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H&M to sell 2nd Madonna fashion line
12/7/2006, AP
Hennes & Mauritz, Europe's largest fashion retailer, has once again sealed a deal with Madonna for a new fashion line.
Madonna has teamed up with Margareta van den Bosch,...
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Rights Groups Get Say in Madonna Adoption
11/30/2006, E! Online
Madonna will have to justify her love to more concerned parties than she may have liked.
After a series of delays, a Malawi High Court judge has ruled in favor of a...
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Groups to judge Madonna fitness to adopt
11/29/2006, AP
Human rights organizations will help decide whether Madonna is fit to adopt a Malawian toddler, a judge ruled Wednesday.
Judge Andrew Nyirenda ruled in favor of a...
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Malawi Delays Madonna Adoption Ruling
11/13/2006, E! Online
Will Madonna's adoption get hung up in court?
A Malawi judge plans to issue a ruling next Monday on whether a coalition of human rights groups in the southern African...
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Madonna 'disappointed' by criticism
10/25/2006, AP
Madonna defended her planned adoption of a 13-month-old Malawian boy during an interview broadcast Wednesday on "The Oprah Winfrey Show," saying she was unaware of the...
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Oprah to interview Madonna on adoption
10/23/2006, AP
Oprah Winfrey was scheduled to tape an interview with Madonna on Tuesday about the pop singer's planned adoption of a 13-month-old boy from the African country of...
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NBC: Special won't show Madonna on cross
10/20/2006, AP
Backing away from a confrontation with religious groups, NBC said Thursday it has decided not to show pictures of Madonna mounting a Crucifix when it airs a concert special...
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NBC won't show Madonna on the cross
10/19/2006, Reuters
Under pressure from Christian
conservative groups accusing pop star Madonna of sacrilege, a
U.S. television network said on Thursday it removed footage of
the singer...
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It's Official: Madonna's a Mama
10/13/2006, E! Online
After a week of increasingly implausible denials and "no comments"
from Team Madonna, a Malawi high court judge has managed to do what the
Material One would not: confirm...
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African adoptions raise big question
10/11/2006, AP
Reports that Madonna may have adopted a Malawian child have focused attention on foreign adoptions in Africa — and raised questions about whether it's in an African...
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Evidence Mounts in Madonna Maternity
10/11/2006, E! Online
Madonna won't seem to speak out on the reports she's adopted a
child. The people of Malawi won't seem to shut up about them.
A week after the Material Woman's publicist...
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Madonna Makes Like Angelina?
10/5/2006, E! Online
Most people return home from trips abroad with snow globes and
Toblerone. Needless to say, Madonna is not most people.
The Material Girl may or may not have gotten in...
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NBC: Debating Madonna crucifix scene
9/21/2006, AP
With Madonna urging people to see her show before criticizing her for mounting a Crucifix during one song, NBC is still wrangling over whether millions of television viewers...
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Madonna is top-earning female touring act
9/20/2006, Yahoo! Music
Madonna will become the biggest-grossing female pop star in music history when her Confessions tour completes tomorrow.
The pop superstar plays the final show of her...
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Proposal for Madonna space trip rejected
9/13/2006, AP
The lower house of Russian parliament has rejected a lawmaker's proposal to book Madonna a seat on a Russian flight to the international space station, news agencies...
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Madonna takes stage at Moscow stadium
9/12/2006, AP
Madonna took the stage of Moscow's biggest stadium on Tuesday night for the latest concert in her round-the-world "Confessions" tour in spite of religious protesters'...
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Madonna postpones Moscow concert to honor 9/11
9/12/2006, Yahoo! Music
Madonna postponed her scheduled show in Moscow yesterday to avoid an "unethical" clash with the fifth anniversary of 9/11, it has emerged.
The pop superstar was scheduled...
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Madonna: New Time, Same Controversy
9/12/2006, E! Online
Madonna's first-ever concert in Russia is going to be a day late
and a blessing short.
In what has become routine on her latest
world tour, the Material Girl is once...
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Priest Confesses to Madonna Threat
9/10/2006, E! Online
Like a prayer? More like a prank call.
A
63-year-old Dutch priest has confessed to calling in a phony bomb threat
last week before a pair of Madonna concerts in...
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Dutch priest charged in Madonna threat
9/8/2006, AP
Amsterdam prosecutors said Friday a 63-year-old priest has confessed to phoning in a fake bomb threat to a Madonna concert in the Dutch capital city last week.
"He was...
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Dutch priest charged in Madonna threat
9/8/2006, AP
Amsterdam prosecutors said Friday a 63-year-old priest has confessed to phoning in a fake bomb threat to a Madonna concert in the Dutch capital city last week.
"He was...
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P. Diddy's new artists give Warner Music urban edge
8/31/2006, Reuters
When Warner Music Group created a
record label with Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs last year, industry
insiders said the company was taking a big risk with a star who
may have lost...
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Madonna's Moscow Gig Moving
8/28/2006, E! Online
Some crazy Russian kids are helping to force Madonna to express
herself somewhere else.
After weeks od negotiations,
authorities in the Russian capital decided on...
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Madonna's Moscow concert venue changed
8/28/2006, AP
Posters throughout the Russian capital had proclaimed the venue and date for a month, and 40,000 tickets had already been sold.
But a long-awaited concert by Madonna had...
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Madonna Not Nailed Over Crucifixion
8/21/2006, E! Online
Looks like Madonna won't be crucified after all. At least, not
offstage.
Just a week after threatening to press charges
against the Confessions on a Dancefloor singer...
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Madonna Headed for Das Big House?
8/15/2006, E! Online
If Madonna doesn't change her ways, she could be going from
"Hung Up" to locked up.
German prosecutors have
announced plans to monitor the erstwhile Material Girl's...
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German prosecutors wary of Madonna act
8/15/2006, AP
Prosecutors said Tuesday that they will keep an eye on Madonna's weekend concert in Germany in case she repeats the mock crucifixion that some church leaders have denounced...
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Madonna Plays with Fire, Brimstone
8/9/2006, E! Online
If ever anyone was due for a smiting, surely it's Madonna. At
least, an increasing number of Italians seem to think so.
Fresh off her Vatican-disavowed mock-crucifixion...
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Madonna's concert crucifixion draws ire
8/4/2006, AP
Madonna's plans to stage a mock crucifixion during a Sunday concert in Rome have drawn fire from religious leaders, who have condemned the stunt as "an act of open...
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Madonna Offends in Rome, Amends in Africa
8/4/2006, E! Online
Not only has Madonna dubbed her forthcoming TV special Live to
Tell, but the one-named wonder is now incurring the wrath of
religious leaders the world over.
What is...
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Madonna concert to air on NBC in November
7/22/2006, AP
Madonna is bringing her "Confessions" tour to network television. A two-hour special will be taped this summer at Wembley Stadium in London and shown in November on...
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Madonna vs. Mariah?
6/22/2006, Yahoo! Music
A spokesperson for Madonna has denied she "laughed hysterically" after hearing news of poor ticket sales for Mariah Carey's upcoming U.S. tour.
Reports in the American...
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H&M to supply Madonna's offstage wardrobe
6/8/2006, AP
Onstage, Madonna wears designs by Jean Paul Gaultier; offstage, the 47-year-old pop star and her "Confessions" world tour entourage will choose clothing from H&M's 2006...
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Madonna Launches 'Confessions' Tour In Los Angeles
5/22/2006, Yahoo! Music
An onstage roller-disco complete with a fleet of satin-jacketed rollergirls and -boys. A shofar (Jewish horn) solo and traditional Hebrew incantation by a turban-swaddled...
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Coachella Recap: Sunday, April 30
5/1/2006, Yahoo! Music
Despite an impressively high-wattage amount of Sunday star power this year (the first performance by Tool in nearly half a decade, an equally rare appearance by reclusive...
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Madonna's Marriage On The Mend?
4/11/2006, E! Online
Forget that "Papa Don't Preach" stuff--what papa really shouldn't
be doing is spilling family secrets to the tabloids.
John
Ritchie, dad to Guy and father-in-law to...
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Madonna Puts Fest Face Forward
3/1/2006, E! Online
Sigur Ros, Franz Ferdinand, Sleater-Kinney...Madonna? One of
these things may not be like the others now, but come this spring,
they'll all be one big, fest-playin' family....
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Madonna Eyes Summer Tour
11/7/2005, USRN
Madonna's new album, Confessions On A Dance Floor, is scheduled for release on November 15, and the pop diva is already looking ahead to a possible summer tour. Madonna told...
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Madonna, U2, Robbie Williams Rock London's Live 8
7/3/2005, Yahoo! Music
Unbelievably, four days ago while still in our hometown of Los Angeles, we were toying with the idea of making a weekend trip to Philadelphia, City Of Brotherly Love, to...
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Live 8: Eight and Counting
6/16/2005, E! Online
Eight isn't nearly enough for Bob Geldof.
The charity
rocker behind the massive Live 8 shows aimed at raising awareness in
industrial countries of the problems in the...
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Live 8 concert will be held in Africa-Geldof
6/16/2005, Reuters
Africa is to get its own Live 8 concert,
taking the event to the continent whose problems it aims to
highlight, Irish rocker Bob Geldof said on Thursday.
Geldof and other...
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EBay takes action against 'hoax' Live 8 bidders
6/16/2005, Reuters
Internet auction site eBay has suspended
some of the accounts of users who sabotaged online sales of
free Live 8 concert tickets by making hoax bids of up to 10
million...
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EBay Kills Live 8 Auctions
6/15/2005, E! Online
Everybody knows Bob Geldof doesn't like Mondays. He apparently
can't tolerate scalpers--or their enablers--either.
The
ex-Boomtown Rat turned charity rock icon, lashed...
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Africans to appear in smaller-scale Live 8 show
6/15/2005, Reuters
African musicians will stage a concert
to coincide with major Live 8 charity events across Europe next
month, organizers said on Wednesday, after the main lineups
were...
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Live 8 Plans Show With African Musicians
6/15/2005, AP
Organizers of the Live 8 concerts to raise awareness of poverty in Africa announced on Wednesday plans for a separate concert featuring African artists.
The event, called...
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Ericsson, Napster to Offer Music Service
6/15/2005, AP
Wireless equipment maker LM Ericsson and online music distributor Napster Inc. will offer a digital music service on mobile phones.
The service will let users download...
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Hey, You! Pink Floyd Reunites for Live 8
6/13/2005, E! Online
The wall has come tumbling down.
After nearly a
quarter century of acrimony, the classic lineup of Pink Floyd, including
band cofounder and creative force Roger Waters,...
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Over 2 mln texts send Live 8 into record books
6/13/2005, Reuters
Music fans broke a world record when
they sent more than 2 million text messages to try to get
tickets for next month's Live 8 concert in London, the Guinness
Book of...
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Pink Floyd to Reunite for Live 8 Concert
6/12/2005, AP
Organizers of the London Live 8 concert said Sunday that British rock band Pink Floyd would re-form for a performance at the July event.
Guitarist David Gilmour, drummer...
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Live 8 Hype Recalls Triumph of Live Aid
6/10/2005, AP
Twenty years later, it is still considered one of the greatest rock 'n' roll concerts of all time. During Live Aid, top musicians played simultaneous shows in London and...
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Live 8 Adds Edinburgh Show
6/8/2005, E! Online
Live 8 is up to six.
Annie Lennox, Dido and Travis are
among the artists signing on to headline a sixth Live 8 concert, this
one in the Scottish city of Edinburgh,...
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Madonna Releases Final Children's Book
6/8/2005, AP
"Lotsa de Casha," the fifth and final installment in a series of children's books by Madonna, has been released. It tells the story of the richest man in the world, who...
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Rock stars to stage 6th Live 8 concert in Scotland
6/7/2005, Reuters
Dido, Annie Lennox, Travis and Texas
will take the stage in Scotland for a sixth Live 8 rock concert
to press world leaders to fight African poverty at next month's
G8...
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Scramble starts for London Live 8 concert tickets
6/6/2005, Reuters
A texting lottery for tickets to
London's star-studded Live 8 charity concert opened on Monday
with hundreds of thousands expected to spend up to 20 million
pounds competing...
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Musical Tastes Get High-Tech Analysis
6/5/2005, AP
Music retailers are turning to high-tech firms that combine computer analysis with the art of listening to come up with new music suggestions for consumers based on what...
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McCartney Pens One for the Kids
6/2/2005, E! Online
Paul McCartney is working on attracting a new generation of fans.
The former Beatle has signed on to write a children's book
titled High in the Clouds: An Urban Furry...
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Madonna Making Progress On New Studio Album
5/31/2005, USRN
Madonna is making headway on a new studio album, and this time around she's doing it with the help of new producers. According to her official website (Madonna.com), Madonna...
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Live Aid Organizers Announce New Shows
5/31/2005, AP
Twenty years after the Live Aid concerts, musical superstars are joining in a five-city spectacular to push a political solution for African poverty.
"We don't want...
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U2, McCartney, Coldplay Top Live 8 Lineup
5/31/2005, E! Online
Bob Geldof is at it again.
Two decades after he
masterminded Live Aid, the largest charity concert ever mounted, to
fight famine in Africa, the 58-year-old...
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With Live8, Geldof urges G8 to stamp out poverty
5/31/2005, Reuters
Charity rocker Bob Geldof on Tuesday
announced plans for five star-studded concerts aimed at
pressuring world leaders into eradicating African poverty.
Twenty years after...
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Five New Live Aid Shows Announced
5/31/2005, AP
London's Hyde Park, Circus Maximus in Rome and the Museum of Art in Philadelphia are among the venues for Live 8, a series of concerts being organized by Bob Geldof, the...
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Geldof Plans 'Live 8' Benefit Concerts
5/30/2005, AP
Two decades after the original Live Aid, when rock stars raised money for Ethiopian famine relief, singer-activist Bob Geldof is planning another star-studded, humanitarian...
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Philadelphia to Host Another Live Aid
5/29/2005, AP
Two decades after the original Live Aid, when rock stars descended on Philadelphia and London to raise money for Ethiopian famine relief, singer-activist Bob Geldof is...
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Mariah Makes Move on Elvis
5/26/2005, E! Online
If Mariah Carey keeps up her current chart-topping ways, music
historians are going to have to rewrite the Glitter star's
story.
This week, Carey just scored her 16th...
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Bob Geldof Confirms Plans for Concert
5/26/2005, AP
Live Aid founders Bob Geldof and Midge Ure confirmed Thursday they are planning a star-studded concert to fight poverty in Africa — but insisted it wouldn't be Live Aid...
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Madonna Accused of Song-Napping
5/24/2005, E! Online
A European songwriter is looking to freeze Madonna out of some cold
cash.
Belgian composer Salvatore Acquaviva is suing the
Material Mommy, accusing her of ripping off...
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Spears, Husband Do Letterman's Top 10 List
5/17/2005, AP
Britney Spears and Kevin Federline were everywhere Tuesday — including reading a top 10 list on CBS' "The Late Show with David Letterman."
On the day their reality...
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Australia's Kylie Minogue has breast cancer
5/17/2005, Reuters
Pop diva Kylie Minogue, whose hit album
"Fever" went platinum in the United States, has been diagnosed
with breast cancer and has postponed her Australian and Asian
tour,...
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Madonna Sparks Political Brawl in Israel
5/16/2005, AP
Lingering anger over White House access and a perceived snub by the pop icon Madonna have sparked a political brawl pitting Israel's respected ambassador to Washington...
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Universal Music Closes Deal with Bad Boy Records
4/14/2005, Reuters
Warner Music Group said on Thursday
it has closed a deal to buy a 50-percent stake in hip-hop mogul
Sean "P. Diddy" Combs' Bad Boy Records label in a an
acquisition people...
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Aging Rockers Thrive in Turbulent Music Industry
4/14/2005, Reuters
Middle-aged musicians who have neither
burned out nor faded away -- yet may be some years past their
creative peaks -- are pulling in the real money in today's
topsy-turvy...
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Warner Music Discloses Another Subpoena
4/7/2005, AP
Record company Warner Music Group Inc. said Thursday it was served with another subpoena by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer in connection with an industrywide...
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Sanctuary for Elton
4/4/2005, E! Online
Elton John has found Sanctuary.
The British pop icon
has agree to sell Twenty-First Artists Ltd., the management company he
co-owns, to Sanctuary Group, a British based...
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Welsh Singer Jem Makes Her Mark on TV
3/22/2005, AP
Chances are you've heard Jem's music even if you didn't know her name.
Her songs have been prominently featured on Fox's "The O.C.," and she portrayed a wedding singer...
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More Rockers Making Albums for Kids
3/18/2005, AP
Audiences at a recent They Might Be Giants concert were rocking out — or at least jumping up and down a bit before bedtime. Kids about kindergarten age filled the front...
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U2 Elevated into Rock Hall
3/15/2005, E! Online
U2 may have found what they're looking for...immortality.
After a quarter-century of pushing musical boundaries in an everlasting
bid to lay claim to the title of...
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Warner Music Files for $750 Million IPO
3/11/2005, AP
Warner Music Group Corp., one of the world's largest record companies, on Friday disclosed plans to go public, filing with regulators to sell up to $750 million worth of...
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Mexican Pop Star Gloria Trevi Begins Tour
3/4/2005, AP
Mexican pop star Gloria Trevi , recently released from prison after being acquitted of kidnapping, rape and corruption of minors charges, says both she and her music have...
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Tsunami Fund-Raising Album in the Works
3/4/2005, AP
Sri Lankan musicians are trying to rally stars such as Elton John , Madonna and Ricky Martin to record an album to raise relief funds for countries hit by the Dec. 26...
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P. Diddy Promises Big Drama on 'Band'
3/2/2005, AP
The last time Sean "P. Diddy" Combs tried to put together a band on MTV, viewers were treated to screaming, fisticuffs and the dismantling of the group.
Though he's not...
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Parody Band Forced Offline by Sony Publishers
3/2/2005, Reuters
They combine the classic melodies of
the Beatles with the heavy-metal thunder of Metallica , but the
rock band Beatallica certainly isn't music to Sony Corp (NYSE:SNE -...
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Pop Star Released From Prison to Tour
2/15/2005, AP
Mexican pop star Gloria Trevi , who was recently released from prison, will kick off her "Trevolution" tour in her hometown of Monterrey next month.
The tour, which will...
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Britney Spears Wins First Grammy
2/13/2005, Reuters
Pop star Britney Spears won the
first Grammy Award of her brief but colorful career on Sunday,
taking the prize in the best dance recording category.
Spears, 23, was...
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Lawyers Seek Fairness in Jackson Jury
2/13/2005, AP
Attorneys in Michael Jackson 's child-molestation trial are turning to the tough job of finding jurors who can judge the pop star not as a legend but as a...
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Hit Factory Closing Shop in New York
2/4/2005, AP
The studio that churned out hits from Michael Jackson , Bruce Springsteen , Stevie Wonder and many more, is closing shop.
The legendary Hit Factory will close its New York...
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New York's Hit Factory Studio to Close
2/3/2005, Reuters
The Hit Factory, one of New Yorks
largest and best-known recording facilities, will close within
a month.
The company will move its headquarters to its Miami
facility, the...
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Madonna To Appear On Missy Elliott Show
2/3/2005, USRN
Madonna will be making an appearance on the reality show the Road To Stardom With Missy Elliott February 16 on UPN. In the episode, the final five performers take a private...
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Carson Was Generous Host to Musicians
1/28/2005, Reuters
Comedy was absolutely king during
the 30 years that Johnny Carson ruled late-night TV from his
desk at "The Tonight Show," but from his very first program in
1962, the...
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NBC's Tsunami Aid Raises More Than $18M
1/21/2005, AP
NBC raised more than $18 million for the American Red Cross to send to tsunami victims with its benefit broadcast last weekend, the network said Friday.
Individual...
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Madonna Furious Over Kabbalah Centre Leader's Holocaust
1/19/2005, USRN
A controversial Kabbalah Centre rabbi has relocated from London to Los Angeles and sources say Madonna may have had something to do with the move. Rabbi Eliyahu Yardeni has...
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NBC Hastily Gathers Stars for Tsunami Aid
1/15/2005, AP
Madonna , Elton John , Nelly, Kenny Chesney and other musicians converged on an NBC Universal studio Saturday for a hastily arranged TV benefit concert for tsunami...
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Madonna And Maroon 5 Join Relief Effort
1/13/2005, USRN
Madonna and Maroon 5 have signed on to play the charity telethon Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope, which will air Saturday (January 15) at 8 p.m. on NBC and its affiliate...
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Dupri's "Future" Postponed
1/11/2005, E! Online
The future is temporarily on hold for Jermaine Dupri.
The
star rapper-producer had been planning to record the charity single "We
Are the Future," a 20th-anniversary...
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Sources Say Madonna Did Not Renew Wedding Wows With Guy Ritchie
1/7/2005, USRN
Numerous reports recently claimed that Madonna and her husband, Guy Ritchie, renewed their wedding vows at a Kaballah ceremony in England on their fourth wedding...
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Madonna And Guy Ritchie Renew Wedding Vows
1/5/2005, USRN
Madonna and her film-maker hubby, Guy Richie, renewed their wedding vows during a secret ceremony on their four-year anniversary last month (December 22). Ananova.com...
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Chinese Pop Star Anita Mui Mourned
12/30/2004, AP
About 7,000 fans of Chinese pop diva Anita Mui marked the first anniversary of her death at a star-studded commemoration concert.
Local stars sang Mui's greatest hits,...
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Prince: King of the Road
12/27/2004, E! Online
First Old Navy brings back leg warmers and now this.
Proving the '80s are gone but definitely not forgotten, several of that
decade's top musical acts were among the top...
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Postal Service Puts Stamp on Dance Charts
12/18/2004, Reuters
On the strength of its debut album,
"Give Up," the Postal Service closes 2004 as the No. 1 act on
the year-end Top Electronic Artists chart.
"Give Up" is proving to be the...
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On the Go with Mario
12/18/2004, Reuters
The third chart entry proves to
be the charm for Mario, who rises to a new career peak on the
Billboard Hot 100 with "Let Me Love You" (3rd Street/J). The
single moves 3-2,...
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George Harrison Guitar Sells for $567,500
12/18/2004, AP
A classic Gibson guitar played by George Harrison on the Beatles' "Revolver" album and by John Lennon during the recording of the "White Album" sold Friday to an anonymous...
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Snoop Posts Third 'Hot' Week Atop Singles Chart
12/16/2004, Reuters
Snoop Dogg was too hot to drop
from the top of Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart Thursday as
his hit tune "Drop It Like It's Hot" featuring Pharrell logged
a third week at...
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Ludacris 'Lights' Up U.S. Albums Chart
12/15/2004, Reuters
A trip to "The Red Light
District" scored Ludacris his second consecutive No. 1 album on
the U.S. pop charts Wednesday.
The Atlanta rapper/actor's fourth Disturbing Tha...
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AP Reviews Xzibit's New Disc
12/15/2004, AP
Like that smiling skydiver on the deodorant ads? Can't get enough of his sunny joshing on MTV's "Pimp My Ride"?
Prepare to meet the cunning, sometimes caustic musician...
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George Michael Slams Elton John in Letter
12/14/2004, AP
Singer George Michael has written to a British celebrity magazine to rebuke Elton John for making unflattering comments about his personal life.
In an open letter to...
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Elton Sick But Still Standing
12/13/2004, E! Online
The mouth that roars has been temporarily silenced.
Elton John has canceled a second concert date due to a throat
infection.
The singer nixed a long-planned...
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Warner Music Group Reduces Loss to $136M
12/13/2004, AP
Warner Music Group reported a narrower loss Monday, crediting a restructuring effort that cut costs.
The privately held New York-based firm, home to artists like Madonna ...
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Madonna Tops Year's Tours
12/13/2004, Reuters
Madonna 's blockbuster Re-Invention
tour took all of the drama out of the top tour of the year
race, ringing up a year's best $125 million in total box office
gross by...
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U2, Pretenders Get Hall Pass
12/13/2004, E! Online
The Rock and Roll Hall of fame has found what it's looking
for...and then some.
U2 leads the list of rock royalty
set for enshrinement next spring. Joining the Irish...
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U2, O'Jays Are Rock Hall of Fame Inductees
12/13/2004, AP
Irish rockers U2, R&B singers The O'Jays and soul balladeer Percy Sledge are among five musical legends to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during the...
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