Ayumi Hamasaki Sekai - The Official Madonna Thread III

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Update on number of new album tracks

MadonnaTribe has heard more about the final number of tracks of Madonna's new album.
In November 2007 they reported 13 tracks were selected to be included in the album.

Latest reports inform us that the final version of the standard album will now contain 12 tracks.

Source: Madonna Tribe

^ maybe there is one bonus track in Japan version.

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Originally Posted by kotora (Post 1327495)

^ maybe there is one bonus track in Japan version.

I wouldn't be surprised, the Japanese always get all the good stuff. :weep

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Madonna will be dressed in Frida Giannini's creation

Gucci's new 46,000-square-foot flagship at 725 Fifth Avenue in Trump Tower takes Manhattan's designer retailing to a whole new scale, dwarfing many of its nearby competitors. The opening of the store, and Giorgio Armani's plans to open a 47,000-square-foot retail site on Fifth Avenue this fall, raises speculation as to whether Fifth Avenue is set to experience the luxury brand building boom seen recently in Tokyo's most famous shopping district, where one store is taller than the next.

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And the brand is arriving here with one of the most anticipated parties of fashion week. Gucci on Wednesday will cohost an event with Madonna at the United Nations to benefit UNICEF and Raising Malawi. There will be performances by Alicia Keys, Timbaland and Rihanna, and the co-chair list includes Drew Barrymore, Salma Hayek, Demi Moore, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sarah Jessica Parker, Téa Leoni and Lucy Liu. For the occasion, Giannini has created special dresses for herself and Madonna, having held meetings with the performer at her home in London.

Source: WWD.com

Full Article

I can't wait to see her, I'm sure she's going to dazzle us all as usual.

Here are the first pics from her fundraiser! She looks FAB-U-LOUS!

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See the rest here at Drowned Madonna along with other red carpet photos.

Saw this on the ICON boards!

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Gucci designs and named a jacket after Madonna!

The Madonna Python bomber jacket valued at $8,990

http://aycu35.webshots.com/image/423...1102443_rs.jpg

It's obviously a copy of her jacket from Hung Up but stunning nonetheless! I want it! :(

Not sure how credible this is as of yet, but she is supposedly going to be on Thursday's edition of EXTRA discussing Britney.

She does look great! Classy style.

From Rosie O'Donnell's blog:

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RAISING MALAWI

oh what a night
madonna took over the UN
a hundred stars
human hearts

6 million dollars
for MALAWI and UNICEF
truly inspired
beautiful beyond words

my tommy was there
handsome as ever
he makes me smile
i love that guy

gwens - stefani and paltrow
a rod - pharrel - rhianna
drew barrymore - alicia keys
p did - demi - ashton
selma hayek - david blaine
on and on and on
like the oscars
only better

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Madonna singing again in Spanish

Many years after recording "Who's That Girl" and the full Spanish versions of her hits "You'll See" (Veras) and "What it feels like for a girl" (Lo que Siente La Mujer), Madonna is digging back her love for Latin culture as she will be singing again phrases in Spanish in one of her new songs.

We heard reports that in a track to be featured on her new album, the Queen Of Pop is going to explains the English meaning of Spanish frases such as "te quiero" (I Love you), "callarte" (shut up), "besame" (kiss me), and many more.

Spanish guitars are also present in the song that is reportedly produced by Pharrel and has a nice urban feel.

Source: Madonna Tribe

More gorgeous photos:

http://welovemadonna.com/2008/news/0...6_gucci/00.jpg
http://bp0.blogger.com/_g_OPASY7ewM/.../unicef_12.jpg
http://bp3.blogger.com/_g_OPASY7ewM/.../unicef_01.jpg
http://bp1.blogger.com/_g_OPASY7ewM/...600/x2udt3.jpg

PM me if you'd like to see the full set.

There's a bunch of fund raiser and Malawi news that I'll post later, it'll be better to consolidate it all in one post.

In the meantime, ANOTHER CLIP OF 4MTSTW leaked and it's a remix!!!! 17 seconds of crystal clear Madonna, JT, and Timbo. :cool

Download is here, please do not hotlink. I hear there is another unmixed vocal set floating around, I'll keep you guys updated if I can get a hold of it.

Is the girl beside her, her daugther? She kinda looks like Madonna (her face) :think

Yes, that's her daughter Lourdes.

I dont have any comment yet for 4mtstw.

^ Because you're thinking what i'm thinking :laugh

I love the live version, I hope the one the radios get will be like that. As for the other clip, I hope the mixes are as varied.

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Dita Von Teese to tour with Madonna

Frantically waving a glow stick and acting on behalf of Mika Noguchi, a Japanese lingerie magnate, the burlesque star Dita Von Teese bid $600,000 for a chance to accompany Madonna on tour. And then, moments later, the singer and producer Timbaland appeared onstage to rouse the crowd with “The Way I Are,” a dance hit whose lyrics (“I ain’t got no money, I ain’t got no car to take you on a date”), as sung to a roomful of people with all the money in the world, seemed very rich indeed.

Source: NY Times

Oh my god I just love Dita! I really hope she ends up going on tour with M, that would be so great. :smitten

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Justin Timberlake talks about Madonna's new album and sound!

One of our readers - who wants to remain anonymous here - informs Drowned Madonna that Justin Timberlake was interviewed in today’s Hollywood Daily People issue. It’s an industry publication that should not be sold in stores.

They interviewed Justin Timberlake and asked a few Madonna questions.

Hollywood Daily People: You worked on Madonna’s new album with Timbaland. In what direction did you take her?

Justin Timberlake: Basically, our job was to reinvent her sound. My thing was producing her vocals – really experimenting with rhythm. Everything she does with rhythm is straightforward. What I do is more staccato and R&B. So the challenge for me was writing songs, then saying, “How can I make this sound more like Madonna?” I’m a big fan of her first album. So my mission was to write a modern-day “Holiday.” I wrote a cool house record for her called “Miles Away” that I think is a smash! She sounds great on it.

Hollywood Daily People: So is it an R&B Madonna?

Justin Timberlake: It’s an R&B/pop/dance record, but it’s still Madonna. Her voice still sounds like she’s 18 year old! It trips me out that she’s 49. She’s always been rough and tough. Her last couple of records, she’s like, “Rrrrrrr!”

Hollywood Daily People: How did she react to your ideas?

Justin Timberlake: A couple of times I pushed her in a direction where it took a minute before we saw eye to eye. Her approach was, “Well, I just haven’t done that.” And I was like, “Yeah, that’s why you should do it.”

Hollywood Daily People: So did you teach Madonna how to beatbox?

Justin Timberlake: [Laughs] No, no. We left that to me and Tim.

Source: Drowned Madonna

So a TON of stuff is out now on Filth and Wisdom that I have yet to sort through and a bunch of demos from American Life and Erotica leaked last night. Expect these when I come home from class. :D

First interview on Filth and Wisdom:

Just read a rumour that the leaked Candy Shop is the version that'll be on the album while The Beat Goes On has been reworked with new lyrics.

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Jamie King choreographed the video for 4MTSTW

In today's local newspaper the Journal de Montreal Jamie King is interviewed because of his work with Celine Dion on her new tour....basically the whole interview is questions about Madonna. He says the new video is going to be "very hot" and Justin and Madonna do the same choreography and it should be out "very soon". He just got back from London filming the video. He also says Madonna opened all of the doors for him.

Read the whole article in French here.

Source: Canoe, Madonna Fanzine

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Madonna : "I want to carry on as a film director"

On the red carpet, reporters normally get one or two questions with the superstars, but Madonna seemed willing to linger and chat - as long as it was about the film.

"I want to carry on as a film director," she said.

She revealed her next project is a documentary about Malawi which will be shown at the Cannes Film Festival.

When asked if she was now in competition with her husband, British director Guy Ritchie, she said: "No, he's been really supportive."

She also revealed she would not be reading what the critics write about the film, choosing instead to rely on what her manager tells her.

It is not clear whether she will informed of the scathing reports that have been created by the British press.

However, some of the trade papers in Berlin have been slightly more complimentary, at least acknowledging that the male lead, Eugene Hutz, a Ukrainian pop singer, gives the movie a certain quirky charm.

Meanwhile, a straw poll of the journalists attending the screening saw them sheepishly admitting "they actually quite liked it".

Many critics, though, wish that she would just be content with music, but that is unlikely to happen.

Madonna, a chameleon with her image, is the same with her artistry.

If she wants to try film directing, just as with acting, she will have several attempts at it.

If she has proved anything over the last 25 years it is that while others give up, Madonna will carry on.

Source : BBC, All About Madonna

A few coverage clips of Berlinale:

Filth and Wisdom Poster courtesy of Drowned Madonna

http://www.drownedmadonna.com/images...A_F&W_2008.jpg

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''Filth And Wisdom'' to be release in the internet

During the Press Conference of "Filth And Wisdom" a journalist asked Madonna "there are some rumors that you are going new ways on releasing the movie. Is it true that you will release the film in the internet?"

"That's a way that we are exploring, and I think that it's quite exciting because it's a non-conventional way for the film to be seen and I like doing things in a non-conventional way," replied Madonna.

Source: Drowned Madonna

Let's hear your ultimate Madonna Valentine's playlist!

*in no particular order except for Crazy For You* :laugh

Crazy For You
Love Profusion
Intervention
Sanctuary
Angel
Cherish
Lucky Star
Amazing
I Want You
Open Your Heart
True Blue

:smitten

hmm.. which album should I order?.. gonna order my first Madonna-cds next week xD
and recommend :)