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...Movie Star." Or America's best-behaved one. That scar, for instance: it's the memento of a bar fight with a superbuff gym fetishist--a "mirror athlete," Penn calls him. In 1987 the actor did a month in jail for bopping an extra. His four-year marriage to Madonna made for all manner of naughty headlines. He has lost a few industry friends by making rude remarks about their career moves. In his 20s, Penn says, "I spent some time investigating the adventures of alcohol, like a lot of young American boys, and sitting around with a stupid smile...
...notorious "stuck" film was the 1986 Shanghai Surprise, with his then wife Madonna. Penn's boredom with the role showed--his performance was its own sit-down strike--and, truth to tell, he's not often comfortable in comedic roles (We're No Angels) or romantic ones (Up at the Villa). "America's Best Actor" is also America's most actor-y actor; his technique is out front for all to applaud; his dark psychic energy can lead viewers to admiring him rather than understanding the character. That's why roles that allow him to strut his rough anxiety...
Lesser divas have aped MADONNA'S look for years. Now the woman who made crucifixes and cowboy hats chic is accused of ripping off another style icon--deceased French fashion photographer Guy Bourdin. Bourdin's son filed a copyright-infringement suit last week, claiming the images in Madonna's video for Hollywood--including one of the star twirling in an office chair in her lingerie--virtually duplicate 11 pictures by the influential lensman. "Madonna is certainly a fan of [Bourdin's] work," her publicist said, adding that the singer had not yet read the claim. If Madge has to settle...
...used the few weeks rest I had at home to cleanse and cure myself of my media saturation. I listened to Led Zeppelin and Lynyrd Skynyrd on Youngstown, Ohio’s Y-103 instead of Z-100’s Missy Elliott and Madonna. Sometimes after a few hours of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Trading Spaces and the Christina Aguilera’s E! True Hollywood Story, I even turned off the TV. But it was never long before I’d hear myself humming the oh-so scandalous lyrics of Elliott?...
...upset by the crass comments about Madonna in your item on her kissing Britney Spears at the MTV Video Music Awards [PEOPLE, Sept. 8]. You said, "You can make two uninteresting women a lot more interesting by having them give each other an open-mouthed kiss." Not only is Madonna today's most interesting American woman, but she is also the only relevant U.S. artist in years. Her last album, American Life, was great. When you have the chance to write about such a world-class artist, you should praise her because the U.S. is increasingly hated everywhere. DIDIER NICLAES...