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7th March 2008 07:12 PM |
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New York Post reports new magazine interview
In the following New York Post article we discover there is going to be a new Madonna interview on Interview magazine coming out next month.
Madonna didn't even know where Malawi was before adopting a son from the African nation in 2006, she says in a new interview.
The "Like a Virgin" singer gets touched for the very last time by Ingrid Sischy in the departing editrix's final piece in next month's Interview magazine.
The Material Girl waxes idealistic as she talks about Malawi - admitting that she had to look it up on a map - her documentary, her children and her new album.
Her documentary on Africa starts with a woman calling her up randomly and begging her to help Malawi.
"You say that you felt embarrassed because you didn't know where Malawi was," Sischy says. "And she [the caller] tells you to look it up on a map and hangs up."
"Yeah, and I went there," Madonna jokes.
Discussing how the big M got heavy hitters like Bill Clinton, Bishop Desmond Tutu, economist Jeffrey Sachs and anthropologist and "genius grant" recipient Paul Farmer to appear in her film, Sischy asks if she had to dole out any "benefits."
"No," the singer laughs. "No sexual favors either."
She said going to Africa and seeing harsh poverty has benefited her kids.
"[It's important] my children see and experience that on a regular basis, so that they understand they breathe rarified air, and that it's their job to share what they have with other people," said Madonna.
Sischy has been editor-in-chief at Interview magazine - which was founded by Andy Warhol in 1969 - for 18 years after being recruited following the Pop Art icon's death in 1987. She has chronicled the lives of the rich and fabulous from Donna Karan to Lindsay Lohan to Elizabeth Taylor.
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Source: New York Post
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Madonna's Still Fighting
www.pagesix.com posts this exclusive new shot of Madonna by Steven Klein, along with a preview of the new interview to be published next month on Interview Magazine.
The image will be probably featured inside the magazine to illustrate the interview.
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And in this corner, Madonna: 49, married lady, mother of three and still fierce in some glorified undies.
With an album dropping in late April and a documentary about Malawi, I Am Because We Are, due to be released this year, the not-so-material-anymore girl sat down with Interview magazine's Ingrid Sischy for her final issue, to talk Africa, albums, and freedom. Read on for excerpts!
On working with Justin Timberlake: "I really enjoy writing with Justin...We had psychoanalytic sessions whenever we wrote songs first. We'd sit down and we'd start talking about situations. And then we'd start talking about issues or problems or relationships with people. That was the only way, because you know, writing together with somebody is very intimate...that was fun, because he's open and he's got talent. He's a songwriter. I haven't worked with a lot of songwriters where I'm instantly connected and start riffing and playing with the rhythm of the words. He's as interested in the rhythm of the words as the meaning of the words."
On adopting her son David: "He wouldn't have lived if I hadn't taken him. It's not even a possibility."
On gaining perspective: "We live very comfortable lives, and unfortunately, we have to have our noses rubbed in other people's pain and suffering to realize how much we have and how much we have to be grateful for."
On bringing daughter Lourdes with her to Malawi: "She spent several weeks working in the orphanages, particularly one with newborn children, and most of them were HIV-positive. She so came into her own and was so responsible and stayed for eight hours every day and worked tirelessly. I thought, why am I babying her so much? She's capable of so much more. We don't let kids do anything. We think, Oh, they're kids -- they can't take care of other kids; they can't do this; they can't do that. And after you go to Africa, you drop all that silliness."
On freedom: "Freedom is a funny word because when we think we're free, we're not really. I think freedom is quite illusory....When I stop thinking about myself all the time and put other people before me on a regular basis, that's real freedom. When I can love unconditionally...then that's real freedom. So it's something to strive for, but I'm not free."
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Source: www.pagesix.com, Madonna Tribe
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Madonna takes us into a new era
'80s and '90s, and she's certainly deserving of being honored." Henke points to Madonna's music, her incorporation of dance elements and her mixing of styles that influenced lots of performers that came after her.
Her biggest contribution, though, was her music videos.
"Madonna takes us into a new era," says Rick Krim, VH1's executive vice president for music and talent programming. "As the years go on, the new eligibles from the MTV era will be different from those who came before them. They will be different from the Ventures or the Dave Clark Five. And Madonna emerged as one of the icons of the video era."
When Madonna made her debut in 1982 with the dance single "Everybody," she seemed like just another dance-pop singer, like the countless ones who would follow, from Regina and Martika to Stacey Q and Pebbles.
Once she figured out how to use music videos to sell her image as well as her songs, Madonna, with the help of MTV, was soon in a league of her own.
Established performers who adapted well to music videos improved their careers, but Madonna was the first superstar to be launched on MTV.
"Other acts, like Michael Jackson or Prince, saw their careers taken to another level by videos on MTV," says Krim, who worked at MTV in its early days. "Madonna was born there. She always pushed the limits. Her videos never looked like something somebody else did. We always took everything she did really seriously and we still do."
Starting with "Borderline" in 1984, Madonna turned her videos into events. Teenage girls - dubbed Madonna "wannabes" - quickly copied her various styles, from the crucifixes to the rubber bracelets to the mesh shirts and the underwear as outerwear trends.
Madonna videos became just as important as the songs they represented, sometimes becoming more attention-getting than the songs, either with the controversial "Like a Prayer" and "What It Feels Like for a Girl" clips or the artistic, culture-shaping videos for "Express Yourself" and "Ray of Light," which influenced video and filmmaking styles.
"She is still a musical and cultural icon," Krim says. "She's always finding a way to impact culture and changing with the times, someone who, despite having plenty of exposure, still has a mystique about her. She's a smart woman and done an amazing job managing that career and still having people wanting to see more and hear more. She's not settling back and relying on what she's done in the past. She's always looking ahead."
While induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is seen by many as the culmination of a career, Madonna is still moving forward with hers.
Her new album, "Hard Candy" (Warner Bros.), due next month, includes a rumored duet with Justin Timberlake, who will induct her into the Rock Hall. And Krim says it continues the Madonna tradition of pushing the envelope.
"It sounds great - it's very 2008," he says. "But it's still very Madonna. She's growing with the times. She's not an oldies act. There's still a lot of anticipation for her new album. Every time she releases a new video, it will be an event and we're going to treat it that way. I believe MTV will, too. She still has a place on MTV and not many 49-year-old artists can say, that even though a lot of them would like to."
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction takes place Monday at 8 p.m. in New York. VH1 Classic will air a live simulcast of the event beginning at 8:30 p.m.
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Source: www.philly.com
New Dazed & Confused photo (LQ)
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MSNBC revealed more excerpts from Interview magazine
Timberlake and super producer Timbaland are both featured on 4 Minutes, the first single from Madonna's new album.
She told Interview, the song is a wake up call.
"It's kind of a funny paradox," she said. "It's like we're saying, 'We're running out of time. People, wake up.' But if we are going to save the world, can we please have a good time while we're doing it.'"
Madonna also spoke about working with Kanye West, who is featured on a cut titled, Beat Goes On.
"There was a big sense of urgency [with that song]," she said. "Kanye only had four hours. I had to finish it before he had to catch an airplane. But you know what? Right now, I'm operating in the mode of 'live every day like it's your last day.' So there's a sense of urgency in everything I do."
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