Madonna: “We Have a Black Muslim in the White House”

Madonna: “We Have a Black Muslim in the White House” -Madonna almost got kicked off the stage in Russia last month over her vocal support for gay rights, but a concert she held in Washington this week is generating a whole different kind of head-scratching.

While praising President Obama’s historic presidency during her two-hour set, Madonna declared: “We have a black Muslim in the White House.”

Video of her comments quickly made the rounds and prompted the pop icon to clarify that she was being “ironic.”

“The point I was making is that a good man is a good man, no matter who he prays to,” she said in a statement. The irony will no doubt be lost on the fringe elements out there who persist in believing that the President is Muslim, despite all the evidence that he is in fact Christian.

As for Madonna, at least her allegiances are clear. At a recent concert in New York, the Material Girl ripped off her shirt to reveal a large “OBAMA” tattoo on her back. ( slate.com )

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French far right to sue Madonna over swastika images

French far right to sue Madonna over swastika images -- France's far right National Front will sue Madonna after she screened footage of party leader Marine Le Pen with a swastika superimposed on her face at a concert in Paris on Saturday, a party official said.

The video shown on a huge screen has already been used on other legs of the U.S. singer's tour and shows the singer's face merging with other public figures, such as Pope Benedict and former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who was toppled by popular protests last year.

U.S. pop singer Madonna performs during a concert for her MDNA world tour at the Stade de France Stadium in Saint-Denis, near Paris, July 14, 2012. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

The face of the National Front leader appears for a few seconds, with the Fascist symbol briefly imposed on it, and is followed by the features of a man resembling Adolf Hitler.

"A private plaintiff's case for insult will be presented next week," Florian Philippot, vice-president of the National Front, told Reuters.

He called the images an "unacceptable" provocation for attempting to associate Le Pen, who won 18 percent of the vote in April's first-round presidential election in France, with fascism.

Since taking the reins of the National Front last year from her ex-paratrooper father Jean-Marie, Le Pen has tried to widen her party's appeal by expelling extremists and cracking down on racist talk and anti-Semitism.

"It is our duty to bring a complaint to defend our voters and our supporters," Philippot said.

Although Le Pen's calls for protectionism and for France's to exit the euro currency have won sympathy with some parts of the electorate, the party won only two seats in the 577-member National Assembly in last month's legislative elections, partly due to France's first-past-the-post electoral system. ( Reuters )


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Madonna reveals she wants to collaborate with Adele

'I would love to work with her': Madonna reveals she wants to collaborate with Adele - Last month she defended Adele when the young singer was ridiculed over her weight by designer Karl Lagerfeld.

Now, Madonna has revealed that she not only wants to work with the talented Londoner, but she also planned to perform with her at the Super Bowl.

The 53-year-old is a big fan of Adele and had planned to have her join the impressive line-up at the Super Bowl halftime show alongside Nicki Minaj, MIA and Cee Lo Green.

In an interview to be aired Friday 20 April on ITV1’s Daybreak and Lorraine, she revealed just how impressed she is with Adele.

When asked if she would work with the Rolling in the Deep singer she said: 'Yes, I would love to. I would love to meet her, I think she’s brilliant, I love her.'

MDNA: Madonna said she would love to work with Adele

She continued: 'I wanted her to be in the Super Bowl with me, but I think she was having her throat problem or throat operation or something.'

The Queen of pop hinted that a stage performance between the pair could still happen at Hyde Park this summer where she is set to play a one off date.

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Madonna was quick to stand up for Adele when Karl Lagerfeld dubbed her 'a little too fat', last month.

Bad girl: Lourdes was caught smoking and got in trouble with her mother

She told The Sun: 'That's horrible. That's ridiculous, that's just the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard...

'Adele's a great talent and how much she weighs has nothing to do with it.'

While Madge may be gushing over Adele, she confessed that she has no idea who One Direction are and never watches shows like X Factor.

She said: 'I haven’t seen them yet, no, sorry. Slap my hand.

While her daughter Lourdes is more likely to be a fan of the boy band, the teenager found herself in trouble this week with her mother.

The 15-year-old was caught lighting up while she loitered around with male friends in New York last month. The legal age for smoking in America is 18.

When asked how she reacted, Madonna, 53, admitted she 'wasn't very happy.'

'I'm probably not as tough as I should be,' she told the Today show. 'I think I need to be maybe tougher.'

'Every day is a negotiation, but cigarette smoking I'm not very fond of,' she added. ( dailymail.co.uk )

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Madonna evokes pain of divorce

Madonna evokes pain of divorce - Jostling for space with younger rivals like Lady Gaga, Madonna brings a grown woman's voice to her new album, MDNA , out today, on which the 53-year-old Queen of Pop evokes the pain of her divorce.

Since her last album, the dance-flavoured Hard Candy in 2008, new faces have crowded into the space long ruled by the Material Girl: Rihanna for sexiness, Lana Del Rey for edgy glamour, and the ever-theatrical Lady Gaga.

So when Madonna announced she was working on a new album the music world raised a sceptical eyebrow: put frankly, can a woman in her 50s still set the pace in the youth-driven pop world?

The first track from the album, Give Me All Your Luvin, which Madonna performed at the Superbowl last month, failed to win over the music press.

But critics have since given a thumbs up to Madonna's 12th studio album, which leaked on the Internet last week ahead of its release.

The album - the title of which is a play on the nightclub drug MDMA - is peppered with hedonistic dance tracks, but they share space with highly personal pieces in which Madonna alludes to her 2008 divorce from Guy Ritchie.

Madonna kicks off a tour on May 29 in Tel Aviv - her first since her wildly successful Sticky and Sweet outing in 2008. She will go on to perform in Abu Dhabi and Istanbul. ( AFP )

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Madonna to address homophobic 'atrocity'

Madonna to address homophobic 'atrocity' - US pop singer Madonna has promised to defy a recent law against homosexual "propaganda" in Vladimir Putin's home town of St Petersburg on her upcoming tour through Russia this year.

Recording artist Madonna takes part in a news conference for her upcoming Super Bowl XLVI NFL football game halftime show in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Calling the legislation, which imposes fines for promoting homosexuality among minors, a "ridiculous atrocity" on her Facebook page, said she would address the issue during her show.

"I will come to St Petersburg to speak up for the gay community, to support the gay community," she said. Her Russian tour begins in August.

The legislation signed into law in March this year imposes a fine of up to about $17000 for spreading what the bill calls homosexual "propaganda" that could ''damage the health, moral and spiritual development of the underaged", defined as those under the age of 18.

Homosexuality was only decriminalised in Russia in 1993, but much of the homosexual community remains underground as anti-gay prejudice runs deep. ( timeslive.co.za )

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