Journal brésilien "O Globo" sur Dona Marta, 15 Nov. 2009.

Madonna en couverture du journal brésilien "O Estado de Sao Paulo", 13 Nov. 2009.

Madonna sur la façon dont elle a fait face à la perte de sa mère.

'Maybe I'll cry, but I want to talk about Dad': How seven children coped with the loss of a parent
By Joanna Moorhead
Last updated at 4:31 PM on 23rd October 2009

Around 24,000 British youngsters lose a parent every year, but we rarely hear what it feels like from their point of view. Joanna Moorhead speaks to seven children who have made one of life’s toughest journeys

HOW WE COPED WITH OUR LOSS
Madonna’s mother died of breast cancer when she was five: ‘You walk around with a big hole inside you, a feeling of emptiness and longing.’
Source: Mail Online.

UK newspaper "The Mail on Sunday" after last week's judgement of Madonna's stolen wedding photos published last year in the "The Mail on Sunday".

Read here: Madonna wins damages over wedding pics

The article below has been published on the page 5 of today's edition of UK newspaper "The Mail on Sunday".


"The Mail on Sunday" sur les photos volées du mariage de Madonna publiées l'année dernière.

Le journal anglais "The Mail on Sunday" après le jugement de la semaine dernière sur les photos volées du mariage de Madonna publiées l'année dernière dans "The Mail on Sunday".

Lire ici: Madonna gagne des dommages et intérêts sur les photos de mariage.

L'article ci-dessous a été publié à la page 5 de l'édition d'aujourd'hui du journal anglais "The Mail on Sunday".

Madonna's wedding photos
By Mail On Sunday Reporter
Last updated at 12:22 AM on 11th October 2009

On October 19, 2008, we published photographs of Madonna and Guy Ritchie’s wedding in December 2000.
The photographs were published on the front page and in a double-page spread with the words ‘World exclusive: never seen before pictures of Madonna and Guy’s wedding’.

The pictures were not published on the Mail on Sunday website.
The pictures had been copied from a wedding album in Madonna’s home without her permission.

We therefore had no right to publish them.
We regret having published these pictures and apologise to Madonna and her family for the distress caused by this breach of her privacy and copyright.

We have agreed to pay substantial damages and Madonna’s legal costs.

We have also destroyed all copies of the wedding photographs in our possession.
Madonna will be donating the damages to her Raising Malawi charity.
Source: Mail Online.

Revue de "Celebration" par The Poly Post: Célébrer avec Madonna.

Celebrate with Madonna
Justin Park reviews Madonna's latest greatest hits album
By JUSTIN PARK, Staff Writer
Published: Thursday, September 24, 2009
Updated: Saturday, October 10, 2009
 
Celebration, Madonna's third greatest hits album, was released Sept. 18.
Madonna commemorates three decades of pop supremacy with “Celebration,” a two-disc greatest hits album that documents the highs and lows of her legendary career.
Despite “Celebration” being Madonna’s third compilation, the track list casts a wider, comprehensive net than the constrictive snapshots of the 1990’s “The Immaculate Collection” and 2001’s “GHV2.”
In lieu of recycling previously released material, the collection offers two new songs of dichotomous quality, perfectly summing up her inability to deliver on a consistent level as she once did with relative ease many years ago.
The title track utilizes a Euro-dance groove, similar to that of 2005’s “Confessions on a Dance Floor,” in a manner that would put vapid amateurs like Lady Gaga to shame.
“I guess I just don’t recognize you with your clothes on,” she intones during the song’s breakdown, followed by a snide chuckle.
On the flip side, “Revolver,” a collaboration with Lil Wayne, is the audio equivalent of diarrhea as his love for Auto-Tune eradicates whatever relevance it may have had as a genuine song.
Like Van Halen’s “The Best of Both Worlds,” “Celebration” resembles an inebriated drive into oncoming traffic where the track list appears to have been hastily stitched together from the resulting wreckage.The record commences with 2005’s “Hung Up,” running rampant through 2000’s “Music” and 1990’s “Vogue” before committing more chronological havoc.
Regardless, each decade is represented well, particularly the anodyne hits of the mid-1980s, as fans are served with the opportunity to revisit the good, the bad and the ugly with “Holiday,” “Cherish” and “Borderline.”
However, some tunes are surprisingly absent, such as 1986’s “True Blue,” a love letter to then-husband Sean Penn, which ranks as one of her most optimistic times before the late 1980s, which set the stage for a more incendiary personality.
1989’s “Like A Prayer,” an ode to oral sex cleverly disguised as a pop hymn, attracted the ire of zealots who misgauged and condemned the song as a slight on religion.
The accompanying music video, featuring a Black Christ, stigmata and burning crosses, exposed the public to a pop artist who challenged the status quo and fooled with the insecurities of the sensitive public.
Her controversial antics continued throughout the early 1990s with the unabashed sexuality of “Erotica” and “Justify My Love,” namely its videos, which MTV banned almost immediately upon release.
Although Madonna has since abandoned her lascivious persona, “Celebration” proudly highlights this unique era where she shattered taboos with a few suggestive lyrics and images.
Curiously, “Don’t Cry For Me Argentina” and “You Must Love Me” from 1996’s Evita soundtracks are excluded from the compilation, the latter of which nabbed an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Best Original Song.
As Madonna meandered into severe midlife crisis, the quality of her output from 1998’s “Ray Of Light” onward suffered dramatically as she developed a shameless reverence for mock spirituality, Pro Tools and faux English accents.
Although nearly 40 singles are omitted due to the constraints of the format, the restriction proves fortunate for newcomers who are spared the agony of songs such as “What It Feels Like For A Girl” and her disastrous rendition of Don McLean’s “American Pie.”
Unfortunately, a slew of grave offenders such as “4 Minutes” and “Die Another Day” remain, reminding fans that modern legends like Madonna refuse to end on a high note and would rather milk every creative outlet dry.
 “Celebration” may not be a definitive retrospective, but it should appeal to those seeking a solid, introductory sampler of Madonna’s illustrious career.
Source: The Poly Post.

The Poly Post, October 6, 2009

Madonna écrit pour le journal israélien "Yedioth Ahronoth": "J'ai trouvé une réponse".

Exclusive

I found an answer

Yedioth Ahronoth exclusive: Madonna writes about her journey into world of Kabbalah

Madonna

Published:  07.31.09, 15:07 / Israel Culture

There is an old cliché: When the student is ready the teacher appears.

I had traveled the world many times over, performed in soccer stadiums, appeared in films, dined with state leaders, collaborated with great artists and achieved what most people would view as a high level of success but I still felt something was missing in my life. 

I was pregnant with my daughter, almost 14 years ago and I had just finished the film Evita and realized I had spent my whole life worrying but myself, and that I would soon be responsible for someone else's life. 

I was raised a catholic and my father was very religious but none of my questions ever really got answered when it came to trying to understand why people suffered in the world or what the meaning of life was all about.

And suddenly I thought, "What will I teach my child about the important things in life?"

I was practicing Yoga for years and studying Sanskrit. I had read many books by the great Yogi Masters and Indian Avatars. I studied Buddhism and the teachings of the Dali Lama. I studied Taoism and the Art of War. 

I read about the Gnostics and the early Christians. I learned a lot and I was very inspired but I still could not connect the dots and find a way to take this knowledge and apply it to my daily life.

I was looking for an answer. 

I went to a dinner party in L.A.

A woman sitting next to me was telling me about a class she was taking from a Rabbi.

She said it was so inspiring and that I should come along. I asked her what it was about.

She said "Life."

I asked her what it was called.

She said "Kabbalah."

I told her I wasn't Jewish and she said: "What difference does it make what it's called and what religious upbringing you have had if you are inspired?"

She had a point.

So I went to the class and sat in the back and I listened to a man named Eitan teach the class.

I heard what he had to say and I knew at this moment my life would never be the same.

I began to go to the classes regularly and sit in the class with my notebook. No one bothered me. I took notes.

I met with Eitan privately and asked a lot of questions. The thing that was encouraged the most was to enquire further.

All the questions I had about life began to be answered and I realized I had finally found a "belief system" or philosophy that incorporated Science and Spirituality.

I was learning about Physics, Astronomy, Nature and the laws of Cause and Effect.

All the puzzle pieces started falling into place.

Life no longer seemed like a series of Random events. I started to see patterns in life. I woke up. I began to be conscious of my words and my actions and to really see the results of them.

I also began to see that being Rich and Famous wasn't going to bring me lasting fulfillment and that it was not the end of the journey; that it was the beginning of the journey.

I have been studying with Eitan consistently since that first class and it was only a matter of time before I met Michael Berg, whose father Rav Berg, comes from a long line of Kabbalists and was the teacher of Eitan.

Michael Berg is a very unique human being. He might be the smartest person I know.

At first he seemed quiet and shy, conservative and even perhaps a bit naïve. But ask him a question on any subject and you will find yourself swimming in an ocean of information.

It's astounding what he knows and what he has accomplished at such a young age. The fact that he translated 22 volumes of the Zohar from Aramaic into Hebrew and English is remarkable.

The funny thing about Michael is that he is as comfortable and knowledgably about discussing the teachings of the Ari as he is of discussing his favorite Seinfeld episode.

He knows more about Pop Culture and what's going on in the world than anyone I know and yet his desire to really affect change in the world and the compassion he feels for people who are suffering is unparalleled.

When Michael gets up to tell a story in front of a room full of people there is never a dry eye in the house including his own.

I am lucky to call him my friend.

He has a child with Down Syndrome and it is perhaps because of this that he feels the need to come to the rescue of children who are living in challenging situations or abject poverty.

We were both looking for a project to do with children and low and behold a Malawian woman appeared and told us about the plight of over 1 million children orphaned by AIDS in a small landlocked country in Africa.

Before we knew it we were visiting Malawi and that was the birth of our foundation: Raising Malawi.

Of course now that I know what I know, I realize that this did not happen by chance.

Once again the students were ready and the teacher appeared. In this case the children of Malawi are the teachers.

They have taught me so much. And they continue to teach me.

As do Michael and Eitan.

Source: Ynetnews.

Madonna
Photo: AFP.

Madonna en couverture du journal anglais "Daily Mail".

Daily Mail - December 16, 2008

Madonna mentionnée en couverture du journal canadien "The Guardian, Charlottetown".

Canadian newspaper "The Guardian, Charlottetown" - December 11, 2008


     

Madonna en couverture du journal argentin "Clarin".

Argentinian newspaper "Clarin" - December 5, 2008

Madonna, Betancourt et la Présidente Kirchner dans le journal anglais "The Daily Telegraph".

Back in Evita's palace, Madonna returns in Argentina

UK newspaper "The Daily Telegraph" - December 4, 2008