Madonna’s new album, “MDNA,” is a bipolar collection of songs whose familiar poses matter less than the panache of their delivery.

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Critic’s Notebook: ‘MDNA,’ Madonna’s 12th Studio Album

About a month ago, the ballad “Thank You” infiltrated R&B radio and left fans scrambling to identify the pained, powerful voice. Was it a more subdued Adele? Or had Mary J. Blige gone the route of Madonna and picked up the tiniest hint of a fake British accent? Turns out the voice belonged to Estelle, the U.K. singer best known for the 2008 single “American Boy.” Read full article > >

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Music review: Estelle at the Birchmere

About a month ago, the ballad “Thank You” infiltrated R&B radio and left fans scrambling to identify the pained, powerful voice. Was it a more subdued Adele? Or had Mary J. Blige gone the route of Madonna and picked up the tiniest hint of a fake British accent? Turns out the voice belonged to Estelle, the U.K. singer best known for the 2008 single “American Boy.” Read full article > >

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Music review: Estelle at the Birchmere

The performance of Andy Lewis on a slackline as part of Madonna’s half-time show at the Super Bowl brought unprecedented attention to an obscure form of tightrope walking.

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Super Bowl — Slacklining Gains Stage in Madonna’s Halftime Show

Madonna hates hydrangeas. She absolutely loathes them, in fact. The world knows this thanks to a video of the “Material Girl” commenting on a floral gift from a fan, who obviously didn’t know about her aversion to the plant. The video has, naturally, gone viral. In the wake of all this hydrangea hubbub, what does Madonna (via her rep ) have to say for herself? There you have it. Madonna will dislike anything she wants, and there’s nothing you can do about it. Read full article > >

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Madonna’s rep on hydrangea hatred: ‘She’s entitled to like any flower she wants’

Randall Craft first noticed Chris Layfield in the fall of 1994, when they began their freshman year at Georgetown University. Though the two lived in the same dorm and had a few mutual friends, they rarely spoke. Craft watched as Layfield danced to Madonna in the campus coffee shop and promoted the gay student group around campus. Meanwhile, Craft was hiding out in a dirty baseball hat, trying to date girls, and, he says, “making their lives unhappy.” But no one was more miserable about the situation than he was. So after graduating in 1998, Craft came out of the closet. Read full article > >

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OnLove: Randall Craft weds Chris Layfield

The hits keep on coming for Madonna’s troubled Raising Malawi charity: Eight former employees of the charity in Malawi are suing the singer after they lost their jobs when the school plans collapsed. Last week, Raising Malawi’s board was ousted amid…

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Madonna Sued by Charity Workers

Adele matches Madonna’s record with nine weeks at number one in the UK album chart – the longest for a female solo artist.

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Adele equals Madonna album record

Plans to build the $15 million school have been abandoned amid criticism of what auditors called $3.8 million in outlandish expenditures.

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Madonna’s Charity Fails in Bid to Finance School

Plans to build the $15 million school have been abandoned amid criticism of what auditors called $3.8 million in outlandish expenditures.

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Madonna’s Charity Fails in Bid to Finance School

A charity set up by Madonna and fellow devotees of the Jewish mysticism movement Kabbalah has collapsed: The singer spent $3.8 million to build a girls’ school before the plans were abandoned. The organization, Raising Malawi, has ousted the board of…

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Madonna’s Malawi Charity in Disarray

Does this mean we can say goodbye to Katy Perry? Lady Gaga is back with a new single, called “Born This Way.” As The Guardian points out, the song sounds a lot like Madonna’s “Express Yourself.” Lyrics include “don’t be a drag, just be a queen.” Elton…

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Lady Gaga Releases New Single

A 450-year-old Madonna and Child painting by Titian sells for $16.9m (£10.7m), setting a new auction record for the Renaissance master.

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Titian painting sells for $16.9m

Some of the world’s most famous landmarks and music icons have been carved in ice at a show in Bruges, including figures of Elvis Presley, Madonna and Michael Jackson.

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King of cool: ‘Ice Elvis’ goes on display

A Madonna fan arrested for scrawling messages outside the star’s New York home is ordered to stay 10 blocks away from the location.

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Fan must stay away from Madonna