Madonna
- Profession: Singer
- Place/Date of Birth: Michigan USA
- Associated with: Guy Ritchie
One insider told the Daily Mirror: "It’s no secret that Madonna and Stuart have developed a special working relationship. They enjoy each other’s company and respect each other. "She confides in him and regards him as one of the most important people in her life. She trusts him without question." The superstar ditched previous producer Mirwais Ahamdzai to work with Stewart. She said at the time: "I couldn’t stop thinking about what fun it was to work with Stewart. "It took me a minute to decide which boyfriend I wanted to have."
Madonna splashed out ?900,000 on London home - Jan 27, 2021
Madonna has splashed out ?900,000 on a second London home - so she can move in even more staff. The pop diva’s new mews property is at the end of the garden of her plush Mayfair mansion. The star - who also owns an estate in the English countryside and homes in Los Angeles, New York and Miami - already owns the property adjacent to her new house.
One of the singer’s neighbours told The Sun newspaper: "She loves her home in London but has always wanted more space. Properties here often aren’t as big as the enormous places you can get in Los Angeles. "She had been after the mews house next door for a couple of years. She asked the banking consultant neighbour who owned it if he was prepared to sell and eventually he agreed." The source added: "Madonna likes the added security she will have owning the house next door. She has had big security problems in the past. "She plans to move in more of her staff next door now and she said she could do with the extra office space."
Madonna has sparked health fears - Jan 18, 2021
Madonna has sparked health fears after friends claimed she is looking skinny and exhausted. The pop diva’s pals are reportedly worried she is taking her punishing exercise regime too far - and is jeopardising her health. An insider told America’s New York Daily News newspaper: "She looks way too thin. It’s scary. Everyone around her is buzzing that she’s working herself right into exhaustion."
The singer is said to be following a gruelling fitness programme, including two to three hours a day of yoga and Pilates, plus swimming, weight training and cycling. The 47-year-old star recently admitted she likes keeping in shape for her husband, director Guy Ritchie. She told Elle magazine: "I wish I were comfortable to be a big woman. "But I choose men who like carved-out women, the can-you-run-for-the-bus kind of guy."
Madonna’s publicist, Liz Rosenberg, admits the singer looked tired in some recent photos, but insists it’s because she has been rehearsing for her new video. She said: "I’m about 40 feet away from her and she looks pretty hot to me." Rosenberg added: "How would you look with 10-hour dance rehearsals? "Maybe she’s working harder than usual, but that’s what you have to do before a video."
Madonna banned her daughter from auditioning to be in ’Harry Potter’ - Jan 17, 2021
Madonna reportedly banned her daughter from auditioning to be in the next ’Harry Potter’ film. The star stopped Lourdes, 9, from joining hundreds of other girls who tried out for the role of Luna Lovegood in new movie’Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix’.
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The following year Madonna broke away from Kamins and recorded Holiday which went straight in to the American top 20 and was a hit across Europe. She cemented her raunchy image with Like A Virgin, her first US number one, and Material Girl with it’s iconic video. By this time Madonna was becoming one of the most emulated and best loved artists in the world and she became even more popular thanks to her part in Live Aid and a high profile marriage to Sean Penn.
The pop diva followed up her success with several singles from the True Blue album and turned her hand to acting for the first time in the poorly received A Certain Sacrifice and of course, Desperately Seeking Susan. Her first real flop was alongside her husband in the laughable Shanghai Surprise. Her failure’s in the film department didn’t stop David Mamet from casting her in a Broadway production of Speed the Plow - by this time talent or no, Madonna’s was name that guaranteed attention.
1989 saw the singer court controversy with the video for Like A Prayer, featuring a black Jesus, which outraged and shocked the Catholic church and caused Pepsi to cancel a sponsorship deal. But far from ruining her career, this stunt saw her become the icon that we know today. The 1990s were the pinnacle of Madonna’s success, her divorce from Sean Penn pushing her further in to the lime light, beginning with a part in Dick Tracy opposite Warren Beatty and a fantastic soundtrack album alongside featuring hit song Vogue. Documentary film Truth or Dare and her Blonde Ambition tour (with that pointy bra) followed with further controversy.
In 1992 she signed a multi million pound deal with Time Warner guaranteeing the release of music, films and books through her own record label, Maverick. She made the most of the deal with picture book Sex, which caused another controversy but rocketed up the bestsellers charts nonetheless. Erotica was her first album for years though not to generate a US number one. People thought that perhaps Madonna had gone too far with her need to shock, and perhaps she had realised it too as her next album was far mellower and a part in Evita in 1996 made her bankable again.
Later that year she fell pregnant with Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon, daughter of her personal trainer. But far from slowing her work, having a child only seemed to spur Madonna on, she released the runaway success, Ray of Light which produced hit after hit and recorded Beautiful Stranger for the second Austin Powers movie. she also starred alongside Rupert Everett in romantic comedy The Next Best Thing.
It was around this time that Madonna met British director Guy Ritchie - the man who would change her life. They had son Rocco in 2000 and they married in 2002 after Madonna moved permanently to England, took to wearing flat caps and drinking tea. The title track of her album Music gave her a transatlantic number one hit. Collaborations with Ritchie, especially their film Swept Away, have generally been unsuccessful but Madonna’s music career continues to go from strength to strength, her latest album American Life has been a worldwide hit and she has even found time to pen a children’s book, The English Roses. Now, an honorary Brit and devout follower of Kaballah, Madonna lives with her family in Marylebone and Wiltshire. She also owns a ?4 million Spanish-style villa in Beverly Hills, a house in Miami and a duplex overlooking Central Park in New York.
(Updated April 04)
November 2007