Watch: Madonna’s Super Bowl performance!

Just in case you missed Madonna‘s incredible twelve-minute performance during the Super Bowl‘s (go Giants!) half-time show earlier today, watch it below! Overall it was hands down the best half-time show ever, from the detailed costumes to the elaborate sets, it was an amazing spectacle that completely blew me away. Let’s also not forget girlfriend is 53 and still appears to be at the top of her game, so to all the haters with their snide little comments, please step aside! I feel bad for whoever will perform next year, it’s bound to disappointing compared to Madge’s performance, she seriously set the bar super high!

I originally thought she got paid to put on that show, yet it turns out the lady wasn’t paid a dime, all the major worldwide press and publicity is payment enough (of course all expenses incurred were covered), especially since she’s about to release her highly-anticipated new album MDNA next month! I’ve been a Madonna fan for almost three decades, when I was eight ( back in 1984) Like A Virgin on vinyl (along with the EurythmicsTouch) was my first music purchase, instantly I became hooked for life. Even if you’re not a fan there’s simply no arguing about her unmatched energy and stamina, she’s a true original, no one is ever going to take her place. Discussions about who could possibly be the next Madonna are completely pointless (sorry Lady Gaga), there will never be anyone quite like her (the same could probably be said about Michael Jackson), I feel blessed to still be a witness to her enduring phenomena!

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Watch: Madonna’s ‘Give Me All Your Luvin’

All right Madonna fans, here’s your queen’s new music video for Give Me All Your Luvin’ (featuring Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. providing support). And you know what? It’s actually pretty good. Look, I rag on Madge a lot, because it’s easy and fun, but my God, you can never say she isn’t entertaining. And now, I will leave you to the inevitable Madonna / Gaga flame war. ARGUE FOR YOUR IDOL’S ATTENTION!

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Madonna demands a sacrifice!

If there’s one thing I learned, it’s that getting a rich celebrity to comment on how the non-rich live will inevitably end with the rich celebrity looking like a complete ass disassociated with the realities of not having more money than God. Case in point: Madonna was asked about whether or not she would lower the ticket prices for her concert given the fact that the economy is in the shitter and her fans don’t have the luxury of being millionaires, and gave the following answer. Via The Daily Beast:

She’s not ready to talk about specific plans for this go-round, but it’s safe to assume that her ticket prices will continue to be astronomically expensive, Great Recession be damned. “So start saving your pennies now,” she says, sounding annoyed that any-one would suggest these prices are prohibitive. “People spend $300 on crazy things all the time, things like handbags. So work all year, scrape the money together, and come to my show. I’m worth it.”

So basically, Madonna thinks that adjusting prices to reflect the economy is for pussies, so you should all save your pennies because being in the same room as her objectively costs $300. What? Look, I know Madonna is a talented artist and she worked to get where she is, but not everyone can just plunk $300 on concert tickets, and it’s not like she’s barely making ends meet: She made $408 million off her last tour. I’m pretty sure she’s sitting pretty enough to maybe lower the fare a little bit for her fans.

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Are you ready for MDNA?

Are you ready for MDNA? For those of you who don’t know, that’s the title of Madonna‘s upcoming twelfth studio album, releasing on March 26th. Madge’s huge media blitz is already plowing full speed ahead (fresh off her Golden Globe win for Masterpiece) starting with her single (and music video) Give Me All Your Luvin’ (featuring Nicki Minaj and M.I.A.) dropping this coming Friday (February 3rd), then she’s off to the Superbowl (February 5th) for a half-time (12 minute?) performance that’s bound to jaw-dropping! Below is the just released artwork for the single, doesn’t she look fabulous? I hope this album is more along the lines of 2005′s Confessions on a Dance Floor (brilliant) rather than 2008′s Hard Candy (not so brilliant)!

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David Furnish sorta apologized to Madonna

With any good feud comes the inevitable sorta-apology, wherein one or both parties backtrack on what they said, offer a compliment, but never actually go full apology. It’s a system people, stick with it. Anyway, a few days after David Furnish went Facebook nuclear on Madonna over her super weird, up-her-own-ass acceptance speech at the Golden Globes, David easing up a little, saying that Madonna is a talented artist and he was just sticking up for his husband, Elton John. CTV reports:

The Canadian filmmaker had blasted the singer’s win at last weekend’s Golden Globe awards — where she beat David’s husband Sir Elton John to win Best Song for her W.E. track Masterpiece — but now insists his furious comments have been blown out of proportion. Describing the row as a “tempest in a teapot,” he wrote on his Facebook page: “My comments regarding The Golden Globes have been blown way out of proportion. My passion for our film Gnomeo & Juliet and belief in Elton’s song really got my emotional juices going. But I must say for the record that I do believe Madonna is a great artist.”

Well of course she’s a great artist, we’re not arguing that … unless you mean if she’s a great director. In which case, that one’s still up for debate. My point is, I think most people are probably focusing on how her acceptance speech was basically about how she more or less said “this whole ‘song’ thing was really just an afterthought. Also, I’m British now. Suck it, haters!”

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David Furnish vs. Madonna!

So as I previously mentioned, Elton John and Madonna were throwing enough shade at each other at the Golden Globes to fill New York Drag Ball, which was easily the most entertaining part of an otherwise boring ceremony. Well, here comes Elton’s partner David Furnish to really nail home how much they hate each other, posting on Facebook about how Madonna is a gargoyle lady and that her acceptance speech made her sound like … you know, that word that begins with a ‘c’ and ends with an ‘unt’? That’s right: Madonna was a cranky runt. I said it. Us Weekly reports:

Shortly after the 53-year-old pop singer’s name was called, Furnish wrote on his Facebook page: “Madonna. Best song???? F**k off!!!” After Madonna’s acceptance speech — the orchestra even started playing in an attempt to cut her off — Furnish’s rant continued. “Madonna winning Best Original Song truly shows how these awards have nothing to do with merit. Her acceptance speech was embarrassing in its narcissism,” he wrote. “And her criticism of Gaga shows how desperate she really is.”

In all seriousness though, it’s good to see that Madonna at least got something out of W.E., especially since that movie was actually kind of a colossal bag of suck and dog turds. No, seriously, have you seen it? It was so damn awful. Which kind of makes me wonder where she gets off pretending her shit doesn’t stink when her film was probably the worst one there to pick up an award. Admittedly, Best Original Song usually has nothing to do with the actual film, but still, bitch might want to bring it down a couple notches.

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Elton John vs. Madonna!

So if you caught the Golden Globes last night, you know what the best part of last night was: Madonna‘s bitchery. You might remember that during her acceptance speech for Best Original Song, Madonna’s weird, fake British accent returned from out of nowhere as she basically pin-pointed which part of her ass the crowd could kiss, while fellow nominees Elton John, Queen Latifah and Mary J. Blige stared daggers at her. Well it turns out there’s a story behind that … RadarOnline reports:

During a red carpet interview with Carson Daly, Elton John, flanked by partner David Furnish, said that “Madonna doesn’t have a f***ing chance” to win the category.

“Those are fighting words,” Daly told Elton, who dryly replied, “No, those are actual words.”

Soon thereafter, Madonna came down the red carpet for an interview with Daly, who told her of the Levon singer’s bold prediction.

“Was he wearing a dress?” Madonna asked in her English accent. “Damn him, those are fighting words … OK, well may the best man win.”

If I had to guess, this is probably because of the whole “Madonna bashed Lady Gaga” thing from last week, but I like to think that they’re just a couple of queens who’ve been reading each other since the dawn of time. Who will win? Elton John’s jowels or Madonna’s freakish gargoyle arms? Only time will tell …

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Madonna’s undoctored naked photos leak onto the web!

Some people argue that Photoshop is evil, and a tool used to promote an unhealthy body image that woman should look a specific way. While I don’t entirely disagree with this assessment, The Daily Mail is reporting that undoctored photos from Madonna‘s W magazine photo shoot from 2009 have leaked onto the web, and if a little Photoshop here and there means we never have to see a topless Madonna’s best impression of an angry gargoyle glaring down at you, then by all means, Photoshop ALL THE THINGS.

The candid snaps show the Queen of Pop lounging around on a sofa wearing a see-through bra and a black thong. In another shot, Madge is seen topless facing a mirror as she changes into an outfit. The behind-the-scenes photos were taken in a hotel room during a December 2008 magazine shoot in Brazil. Three years on, the unflattering shots have made their way on to various internet blogs showing the 53-year-old singer – then aged 50 – in a series of unladylike positions.

I know it’s unfair to compare a 53-year-old Madonna to 20-year-old starlets, until you remember that Madonna is trying to be a 20-year-old starlet. At some point, everyone has to look in the mirror and say “I’m not 26 anymore. I can’t pull that shit off”, then go about aging gracefully and accepting their body for what it is rather than what they wish it still was. Or you can bang a slew of 24-year-old boytoys while spreading your legs on your albums like you’re trying to shake the dust and cobwebs out of your Charleston Chew.

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