MetaFilter posts tagged with Madonna

Drop that zero and get with the hero.

porn in the woods — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:47:13 -0800

"The name Vanilla Ice evokes the sweet charm, the unknowing innocence of another time. In a world of school shootings, mass murders, endless wars, and economic despair, we miss that time." Catching up with Ice Man Robert Van Winkle after his career in music cooled down.

Private and Confidential

Artw — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:56:56 -0800

Bush and Blairline-dancing, The Queen on the loo, Marilyn wanking (nsfw). The phototgraphy of Alison Jackson blends the real and the irreal.

"I feel so manly, like Kevin Costner."

Blazecock Pileon — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 01:20:50 -0800

Julie Brown, Chris Elliott, Kathy Griffin, Bobcat Goldthwait and others spoof Madonna in Medusa: Dare To Be Truthful: Part 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

Will I Make It Through The 80s?

The Whelk — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:14:00 -0800

Hey, what ever happened to Julie Brown? ( not that one) She was a hit in Earth Girls Are Easy with her number, Cause I'm a Blonde. She had another hit with the Dr. Demento staple The Homecoming Queens' Got a Gun! Then she faded into the cultural-artifact twilight ... She kept up the songs, expressing her taste in men, fighting women, and wondering if she'll make it through the decade. Julie appeared in a few good TV shows and some bad movies. (She was even on Werid Al!) MTV gave her an odd, short-lived show, Just Say Julie! She continued music parodies with Medusa: Dare To Truth, a giddy parody of Madonna's documentary. Nowadays, she's mostly at home, working on a web-based comeback. She even has a blog.

"...after all her message for 30 years has been 'Hey, how hot is Jesus?'"

Artw — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:13:07 -0800

Madonna is pop art

Past a certain age, to paraphrase Catherine Deneuve, it’s either your fanny or your face.

beaucoupkevin — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:03:18 -0800

How Plastic Surgery Can Give An Older Woman The Face Of A Baby:

She looked a little like … Madonna? Strange, I know, since Madonna and my friend have little in common, at least physically. But when I saw the Big Ciccone on the cover of Vanity Fair a couple of months later, I couldn’t help but notice the similarities: the Mount Rushmore cheekbones, the angular jawline, the smoothed forehead, the plumped skin, the heartlike shape of the face. Their faces didn’t seem pulled tight in that typical face-lift way; they seemed pushed out. Looking at Madonna, I kept thinking of the British expression for reconditioning a saddle: having it "restuffed." Perhaps that’s where she got the idea to have some work done. After the hunt, Madge dismounted her trusty steed and thought, My saddle needs restuffing. And, by George, so does my face!

Another excerpt:

I decided to e-mail Liz Rosenberg, Madonna’s publicist since fuh-evah (and no relation to the doctor), to see if she would have lunch with me and talk about celebrities and plastic surgery. "Absofuckinlutely," she wrote back. "Though why you think anyone I represent has done anything to their faces is beyond me. Ha-ha. Getting any artist besides Joan Rivers and Kathy Griffin to go on record about the subject is not easy. Of course one of the great quotes came from my gal Cher, who said in an interview, 'If I want to put my tits on my back it’s my business.' Whatever Madonna has had done—and I really don’t know—she looks truly amazing."

At least it's a roomy place to work.

miss lynnster — Wed, 21 May 2008 19:32:15 -0800

Talk about a sexually uncomfortable working environment. Oh my.

Madonna (Not Was)

carsonb — Mon, 12 May 2008 04:53:40 -0800

The story goes like this: In the early 80's Madonna sat in with Was (Not Was) to record backing vocals (to Ozzy Osbourne's main vox) for their track Shake Your Head (Let's Go To Bed). Everything was peachy until Madonna's record label, Sire, refused to grant ZE Records permission to publish her recording. So other voices sang of things that cannot be done. Fast-forward ten years and the hits collection Hello Dad, I'm In Jail included the track and, again, the Madonna vocal was not released for use. (This time Kim Basinger's new backing track got the spot.) The new Basinger-backed single peaked at #4 on the UK charts and featured a b-side remix by producer Steve 'Silk' Hurley. However, a glorious blunder resulted in a recall of the single: ZE had sent Hurley Madonna's background vocals. The mistake wasn't caught until after pressing and lo! a very few copies of the record made it out into the world. And so, music fans, for a cool G you can lay hands on your own copy of Shake Your Head (Let's Go to Bed), featuring the b-side dub, the rarest of Madonna recordings. [Mouse over links for descriptions.]

Flat-Earthers? No. Fixed-Earthers.

grabbingsand — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:33:39 -0800

Rep. Ben Bridges (R-Cleveland, GA) is in trouble. A recent memo from his office -- one circulated this week by Warren Chisum, a ranking member of the Texas state legislature -- has caught the attention of the Anti-Defamation League. They are not pleased. And they're not alone. Why? Because in his memo, Rep. Bridges -- sponsor of a perennial anti-evolution education bill in the Georgia State House -- claims that "so-called ’secular evolution science’ is the Big Bang, 15-billion-year, alternate ‘creation scenario’ of the Pharisee Religion." And that's not all. It would appear that Rep. Bridges is getting his information (and templates for his legislation) from www.fixedearth.com -- a website dedicated not only to the removal of pro-evolution education from schools, but to the idea that "[t]he Earth is not rotating...nor is it going around the sun." Because you see, it's all part of the Copernican Deception, a massive conspiracy propagated by Christian Zionists, NASA and ... Madonna?

This Is How You Remind Me Of a Public Affair Holiday I Took Someday

jimmythefish — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 10:28:16 -0800

Jessica Simpson's latest single (YouTube link) came on as I was flicking around the teevee, and I was immediately struck by how much it sounded like 'Holiday' by Madonna. Stealing from yourself is one thing, but admitting to stealing from someone else is quite another. Isn't it?

Why am I so angry about this?

absalom — Thu, 28 Apr 2005 17:42:49 -0800

Munch's "The Scream" destroyed. (?) According to the paper Dagbladet, it has been. "The Madonna" as well.

Mandonna

planetkyoto — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 21:50:05 -0800

Mandonna: The All-Male Tribute to the Material Girl . (Warning: sound on every page)
It's exactly what you think it is. Go straight to the videos for capital F-U-N !!
...via go BLORT yourself.

FreakyFace

srboisvert — Sun, 21 Mar 2004 09:33:46 -0800

The Thatcher Illusion (using Madonna) , the original, Bush

Everybody Sues in Hollywood

archimago — Tue, 30 Sep 2003 09:14:52 -0800

Madonna's being sued for stealing images from Guy Boudin's photography and using them in her Hollywood video. Here are side by sides. When does imitation/homage become theft? And who gets to decide? Should she have been sued for using this image in her vogue video?

Original American Life Video Sills

DrDoberman — Thu, 15 May 2003 02:42:37 -0800

Stills from Madonna's American Life self-banned video for those of you who are interested. Madonna over reacting, or publicity genius (personally I think she should have kept the video and self-banned the rap section).
[Link via: PopBitch]

Madonna on American values.

Durwood — Thu, 24 Apr 2003 13:05:57 -0800

I thought this had to be a joke from the Onion. Madonna is quoted as saying that "We as Americans are completely obsessed and wrapped up in a lot of the wrong values -- looking good, having cash in the bank, being perceived as rich, famous and successful or just being famous." She also states that "the only thing that's going to bring you happiness is love and how you treat your fellow man and having compassion for one another." Ridiculing celebrities just doesn't get any better than this!!!

"What the **** do you think you're doing?"

Espoo2 — Wed, 23 Apr 2003 22:25:07 -0800

What the **** do you think you're doing? People who try to download tracks off of the new Madonna album from peer-to-peer networks will likely get an MP3 full of silence, prefixed by this short personal message from Madonna (nsfw mp3). Hear the remixes that have already begun! Make your own!

BarneyFifesBullet — Wed, 25 Sep 2002 22:21:11 -0800

Britney Spears, Madonna, Other Stars in TV Ads on Piracy "Too many people don't realize that when you download a song you like from a peer-to-peer network or some other unauthorized Internet source, what you're doing is stealing music," says Britney. Somebody ask Brit if she knows what peer-to-peer means. This is the latest Big Idea from the RIAA.

adrober — Mon, 04 Mar 2002 17:31:08 -0800

Madonna to make West End debut. (from Broadway.com)

adrober — Tue, 22 Jan 2002 15:23:15 -0800

The Great Improbable Trinity. Madonna, Gwyneth Paltrow, and......Chelsea Clinton? (Click here for picture).

adrober — Mon, 01 Oct 2001 11:52:11 -0800

"Blowing up Madonna would go down very well for some. She is America." Hmm. Even a serious Madonna article involves "blowing" and "going down."

BarneyFifesBullet — Mon, 17 Sep 2001 19:55:54 -0800

Hey, you got Madonna's input, so you might as well get Charlie Daniels'.

prodigal — Sat, 15 Sep 2001 15:39:08 -0800

Another heavy thinker weighs in! Next up: Mr. Ed.

Postroad — Tue, 04 Sep 2001 14:39:52 -0800

Is there a point to this? Might this be a fashion given us by Madonna?

ed — Thu, 14 Jun 2001 10:12:11 -0800

Screw a reporter, get a ticket to a soldout show with the Material Girl. That's what a German web site is offering to Madonna fans. Does this smack of base exploitation of fans or is this merely an off-kilter publicity stunt?