Madonna has banned her children from having mobile phones - Dec 16, 2020
Madonna has banned her children from having mobile phones. The sexy singer - who is married to film director Guy Ritchie - insists she would never buy daughter Lourdes, nine, and five-year-old son Rocco phones because it’s unnecessary. She told Radio One: "There’s no way they will be getting phones. That’s not going to be happening."
Earlier this year, Madonna revealed she is a strict parent - and even banned her children from watching TV and eating junk food. The pop diva admits she’s a tough mum and says Rocco and Lourdes live by strict rules. The youngsters have to earn their treats, and if they leave clothes on the floor they end up in the bin. Madonna, 47, said: "My kids don’t watch TV. We have televisions but they’re not hooked up to anything but movies. TV is trash.
I was raised without it. We don’t have magazines or newspapers in the house either. "My daughter has a problem picking things up in her room. So if you leave your clothes on the floor, we put them in a bin bag. She has to earn them back by being tidy."
Madonna and Guy are planning a romantic wedding anniversary - Dec 12, 2020
Madonna and husband Guy Ritchie are planning a romantic wedding anniversary - at the Scottish castle where they tied the knot. The couple are jetting to swanky Skibo Castle - which boasts thousands of acres of stunning countryside in the Scottish Highlands - to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary next week. The pair are reportedly leaving Madonna’s daughter Lourdes, nine, and Rocco, her five-year-old son with film director Guy, with relatives so they can focus on each other.
A source is quoted in The People newspaper as saying: "Madonna and Guy have both been so busy lately they decided to do something really special for their anniversary. "Madge has been all over the world promoting her new single and album and has had a really hectic time." The insider added: "She’s also been outspoken about her marriage in the last few months. "Skibo Castle is the perfect place for the couple to celebrate because it’s where their married life began. And it’s the perfect place for romance."
Madonna wants to direct a movie - Nov 29, 2020
Madonna wants to follow in her husband Guy Ritchie’s footsteps - and direct a movie. The pop queen - whose latest documentary, ’I’m Going to Tell You a Secret’, airs on TV this week - says she’d love to try being behind the camera for a change. The 47-year-old star said: "I would love to direct a film. "I felt very inspired by making this movie, and I learned a lot about filmmaking and storytelling. "I would like to do it on my own next time."
Meanwhile, Madonna has revealed she is convinced her two children will follow in her footsteps to become chart-topping musicians. The singer says Rocco, five, is musically gifted while nine-year-old Lourdes is likely to start her career, like she did, as a professional dancer. The stunning singer revealed: "They are both very musical. But Lourdes sings quite well and she’s an incredible ballerina."
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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)
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