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Madonna's Brother Dead at 63
Madonna's Brother
Dead at 63
Oct 7, 2024 12:00 AM CDT

Madonna's Brother Dead at 63

Christopher Ciccone had cancer

(Newser) - Madonna's brother, Christopher Ciccone, died Friday at age 63. The fifth child of Madonna Louise and Silvio Patrick Ciccone, his famous sister was two years older than him, and the siblings worked together in New York City. A dancer and choreographer, Ciccone "used his talents to support Madonna'...

Madonna Makes Quite an Entrance at Show in Her Honor

Dolce & Gabbana fashion show in Milan pays homage to her 1990s style

(Newser) - Celebrities swarmed Milan Fashion Week on the last big day of runway shows on Saturday, sending crowds of adoring fans from venue to venue. But the biggest celebrity of all was Madonna. The superstar attempted a semi-stealth entrance to the Dolce & Gabbana runway show draped in a black veil...

Fan's Suit Rips Madonna for 'Pornography Without Warning'

Class-action complaint takes singer to task for 'sexual acts,' 'topless women' at concert

(Newser) - Filed today in the "did you know what concert you were going to see" category: A (former?) fan has sued Madonna and Live Nation for what he says was a concert filled with "pornography without warning," with half-naked women, "sexual acts" performed onstage, and uncomfortably warm...

Crowd Expected for Madonna's Tour Finale in Rio: 1.5M
Madonna Makes
History With
Tour Finale
UPDATED
May 6, 2024 2:00 AM CDT

Madonna Makes History With Tour Finale

Singer gave free concert on Brazil beach, which was attended by 1.6M

(Newser) - As predicted, Madonna's final concert of her Celebration Tour set a record, with 1.6 million people attending the free show on Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana beach Saturday night. Though annual New Year's Eve concerts on the same beach have drawn larger crowds, per Live Nation , Madonna...

Courtney Love Has Thoughts on Taylor Swift, Beyonce

'Taylor is not important,' and she doesn't like Beyonce's music

(Newser) - Courtney Love, never known for holding back her controversial opinions, is opining again, this time in a lengthy interview in the Standard . She's got a new eight-part series out on BBC Radio, Courtney Love's Women, and boy, does she get into the girls. While the former Hole frontwoman...

Fans Sue Madonna for Starting Concert Late

They say the time on their tickets was 'optimistic speculation' at best

(Newser) - Two Madonna fans in New York who say they were "left stranded in the middle of the night" when a concert finished late are suing the singer, a promoter, and the venue. The lawsuit says all three of Madonna's "Celebration Tour" concerts at Brooklyn's Barclays Center...

More Big Reveals From Britney Spears' Memoir

Further details on her abortion, her friendship with Madonna, and that snake from MTV's VMAs

(Newser) - Britney Spears' memoir, The Woman in Me, was released Tuesday, and some of the buzzier nuggets had already been circulating in advance—including the revelation that the singer had an abortion years ago when she was dating Justin Timberlake. More details are now out on that latter disclosure, per People...

Madonna: When 'Chips Were Down,' This Is Who Showed Up

Singer, 64, thanks her kids for being there for her amid serious bacterial infection that upended tour

(Newser) - If you want to know what's helped Madonna the most as she continues to recover from a serious bacterial infection, the superstar offered a clue over the weekend. "Love from family and friends is the best Medicine," she wrote Sunday on Instagram . "As a Mother you...

Hospitalized Madonna Postpones Tour
Madonna: I'm 'On
the Road to Recovery'
UPDATED
Jul 10, 2023 1:47 PM CDT

Madonna: I'm 'On the Road to Recovery'

Singer will reschedule canceled tour dates in North America, plans Europe shows in October

(Newser) - Addressing her fans for the first time since being hospitalized for a bacterial infection, Madonna on Monday tweeted that she was "on the road to recovery and incredibly grateful for all the blessings in my life," per the BBC . The 64-year-old said that her "focus is now...

Madonna's Brother Dead at 66
Madonna's
Brother
Dead at 66
Feb 27, 2023 12:00 AM CST

Madonna's Brother Dead at 66

Anthony Ciccone was one of the singer's 7 siblings

(Newser) - Madonna's older brother, Anthony Ciccone, died Friday night at age 66, according to a relative. Ciccone's brother-in-law, Joe Henry, announced the news on Instagram alongside a photo of Ciccone, who, he said, had "exited this earthly plane." No cause of death for Ciccone, who was one...

Madonna Responds to Quips About Her Face

It was a hot topic after her Grammys appearance

(Newser) - In what Entertainment Weekly calls "an impassioned Instagram post ," Madonna took to social media Tuesday to slap down criticism of her face. Those rumblings were tied to her appearance at the Grammys, and if you somehow missed it, a quick glance at this Page Six article titled "...

French City Thinks Madonna Has Painting Last Seen in 1918

Amiens is hoping the singer will lend it the work by Jérôme-Martin Langlois

(Newser) - Amiens, France, is not a stop on Madonna's newly announced world tour , but it's a city that has a particular interest in the singer. That's because, as the mayor of Amiens explains, the city believes Madonna has in her possession a 19th-century painting that once hung in...

Madonna Deletes Instagram Feed; Epic Announcement Is Expected
Madonna Launching
a Greatest Hits Tour
UPDATED
Jan 17, 2023 10:40 AM CST

Madonna Launching a Greatest Hits Tour

It starts in July in North America, then moves on to Europe

(Newser) - The reason Madonna cleared out her Instagram feed before Tuesday is now clear: She has indeed announced a major new tour starting this summer. The 35-city "Madonna: The Celebration Tour" begins July 15 in Vancouver, British Columbia, followed by stops in cities including Detroit, Chicago, New York, Miami, Los...

Madonna's Mysterious TikTok Has People Wondering if She's Gay

Social media post makes it seem like she may have just come out

(Newser) - A slew of headlines like "Did Madonna Just Come Out as Gay?" and "Madonna Apparently Came Out as Gay" could be found Sunday after the singer released a mysterious TikTok video. With the words "If I miss, I'm Gay!" overlaid on the screen, the pink-haired...

Here's Who Will Be Playing Madonna in Biopic

Julia Garner, reportedly

(Newser) - Sources tell Variety , People , Deadline , and other outlets that Julia Garner has been offered the role of Madonna in a Universal Pictures biopic about the iconic singer, and that she's expected to accept. Garner, 28, has for months been seen as the favorite to play the Material Girl, and...

Madonna Sees Sexism as Instagram Removes Photos

Image showed the singer's nipple

(Newser) - Madonna is ticked at Instagram after the platform removed photos in which she bared a nipple. The 63-year-old called out the company as she reposted the images with a tactfully placed heart emoji, reports Cosmopolitan . “It is still astounding to me that we live in a culture that allows...

Cringe or Applaud, Madonna Deftly Took Over Tonight Show

Fallon appeared flustered during 'off the rails' interview

(Newser) - Madonna did what she does best Thursday night on the Tonight Show. Not singing, not dancing, but giving people something to argue about. How a person feels about her quoting writer and activist James Baldwin is likely to be how that person feels about Madonna altogether. "Artists are here...

Debra Winger: I Quit Movie After Madonna Was Cast

She says it turned 'A League of Their Own' into an 'Elvis film'

(Newser) - After almost 30 years, Debra Winger has revealed why she quit A League of Their Own despite having trained for three months with the Chicago Cubs. Winger tells the Telegraph that she decided to walk after director Penny Marshall cast Madonna. Winger says she accused Marshall of turning the 1992...

Instagram Flags Madonna Over Bogus Virus Video

Instagram blurs video about hydroxychloroquine for 'false information'

(Newser) - Madonna shared a coronavirus conspiracy theory on Instagram on Tuesday, quickly leading her account to get flagged for spreading "false information." The video—the same one Twitter removed from the accounts of President Trump and his son , Donald Trump, Jr., per USA Today —showed Texas primary care...

Madonna Posts Son's George Floyd Tribute, Gets Slammed

Teen son David's dance honoring Floyd is deemed 'exploitive,' 'tone-deaf'

(Newser) - Madonna likely meant well with a tribute to George Floyd that she posted on social media Thursday, but the video featuring one of her sons has received more backlash than applause. E! News reports on the three-minute clip , which shows David Banda—the 14-year-old adopted by Madonna in 2006 from...

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