MADONNA'S MESSAGE ABOUT MALAWI.

"STICKY & SWEET TOUR" TO PREMIERE ON EPIX.

Millions of Madonna fans – 3.5 million at 85 shows in 32 countries, to be exact – were lucky enough to witness the pop megastar’s record-breaking "Sticky & Sweet Tour" live before it wrapped in September. But there are still millions more who never saw the show, which until now, hasn’t been broadcast for fans in US.

So there is no doubt that we are proud to present this exclusive video of "Into the Groove" from her Buenos Aires show before its world premiere on EPIX this Friday (Oct. 30).

MADONNA IN MALAWI (VIDEO)

MADONNA IN MALAWI.

Madonna in Malawi today Monday, October 26, 2009.

Thanks to Absolument Madonna for the photos.
And also thank you to my friend Manu who remembered me to upload my site, hehe.

MESSAGE FROM MADONNA - ON HER WAY TO MALAWI.

"My family and I are on our way to Malawi to attend the ground breaking ceremony for Raising Malawi Academy for Girls."

"The ceremony will take place on Monday, October 26 at 3:00 p.m. on the future site of the Academy. Our vision for the school is to empower girls to become Malawi's future leaders. Our goal is to teach them to challenge themselves, serve their local communities and develop their country."

Madonna is due to arrive on Sunday and attend a brick-laying ceremony in Lilongwe on Monday. The school is expected to cost about $15 million.


"We created this vision in partnership with the local Malawian Ministry of Education, and other educational experts from Malawi, Sub-Sharan African and elsewhere around the world. We are developing and using innovative educational approaches, cutting-edge architectural design methods, and other modern technologies, which we hope, will become a replicable model for girls secondary school education. Research proves that young girls throughout the developing world are often left without opportunities to receive a comprehensive education and the benefits that education can provide."

"It’s an honor for me to be able to help as many of these girls as I can achieve their dreams. I’m also incredibly proud of all the projects Raising Malawi is involved in and I look forward to visiting a number of them during my visit."

MADONNA OPENS UP ABOUT MICHAEL JACKSON.

Singer expands on comments she made during her VMA's tribute to Michael Jackson.

Madonna spoke at length about her relationship with Michael Jackson during the heartfelt tribute she paid to him during the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, which she told MTV News was written "from my heart." In segments from her recent interview with Rolling Stone that were posted online Monday but not included in the print edition, she spoke at length about her relationship with him and her admiration for his talent.

Even as a child, Madonna said she was fascinated with the singer who would later be her friend (although MJ reportedly had a less-positive impression of the time they spent together, according to "The Michael Jackson Tapes: A Tragic Icon Reveals His Soul in Intimate Conversation" by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach). "I was madly in love with him, totally smitten," she said. "He was mind-bogglingly talented. The songs he sang were not childlike at all."

Madonna later got the opportunity to meet with Jackson early on in her career, and recalled her very first encounter with the singer.

"I met him in the early '80s, when I first started working with my manager, Freddy DeMann, who at the time was managing Michael Jackson. I saw him play at Madison Square Garden, and I was blown away. He was flawless. There was a party at the Helmsley Palace Hotel. He was very shy, but it was a thrill for me." she revealed.

Later on, the two shared a great deal in common, and not just the fact that they were both media icons and were born in the same month and year. They attempted working together but ultimately never did.

"There was a period of time when we hung out," she told the magazine. "He wanted to work with me, I think he wanted to get to know me, and I wanted to do the same. When you write with somebody, it's a weird experience, you feel vulnerable and shy. When I worked with Justin Timberlake I felt that way. To write songs together is a very intimate experience, like getting tossed into a juggernaut: 'On your mark, get set, create!' You have to get past these hurdles, which are, 'I want to impress this person, but will they think my ideas are stupid? What if their ideas are stupid? Can I be honest with them? Will they be offended?' You end up talking and gabbing and socializing, and you have to do that in order to get to the next level, to be creative.

"So that's what we were doing: watching movies, having dinner, hanging out, going to the Oscars, being silly, seeing if we could work," she continued. "He got relaxed. He took off his sunglasses, had a glass of wine, I got him to laugh."

As she noted during her VMA speech, Madonna stressed the difficulty that Jackson's childhood must have presented for him.

"All I have are my opinions, I wasn't very close to him. It's good to have a good childhood and a sense of yourself in the world before people start telling you who they think you are," she said. "Where you can make mistakes and have a sense of innocence. It gives you a sense of confidence. I don't think he started off that way. Did he have any sense of himself outside of the world of being adored and famous? It's hard to survive like that. I think he felt insecure about the attention he got, and had a love-hate relationship with his job."

She also spoke of her admiration for MJ's songwriting ability. "I'd wished I'd written "Billie Jean" and "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'." What song didn't I love?" she said.

As someone who can understand what it's like to be in the glare of media attention for years on end, Madonna had some sad observations about MJ's final years.

"He didn't seem to have any close friends. And in the last decade, everybody abandoned him, or wrote him off as crazy," she said. "People have said so many things about me that aren't true, and I never once had a second thought that the accusations against him might be true. But he didn't seem to have a way to deal with that, publicly or privately, and it can destroy you. When he died, everyone was saying what a great genius he was, but it's important to appreciate things before you lose them. It's a great tragedy."

Thanks to MTV News.

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"MY OWN CELEBRATION COVER" CONTEST WINNERS.

These are the finalists who will also receive a copy of the ‘Celebration’ promo CD:

Andrea.B (Italy)
Augusto.B (Argentina)
Cagatay.Y (Turkey)
Brandon.E (USA)
Glenn.K (Netherlands)
Ana.L (Spain)
Joshua.B (Canada)
Glen.V (Belgium)
Paolo.O (Italy)
Marcelo.V (Argentina)

One of these covers will be chosen as the winner.

MADONNA ON THE COVER OF ROLLING STONE.

The cover of the Rolling Stone magazine to be released on October 29, 2009.

WIN THE OFFICIAL "CELEBRATION" T-SHIRT!

MadonnArgentina has just launched a new contest!

We give you the chance to win the Official Celebration Tee Shirt!

All you have to do is to send a picture of you wearing all your Madonna memorabilia, you can also include your collection of CDs, cassettes, vinyls, clothing, etc.

If you are interested in taking part in this contest, please e-mail you picture along with your full name, mailing address and e-mail address to madonnargentina@hotmail.com before November 10, 2009 at 11.59pm PST.

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IS TO TRY TO TRANSMIT YOUR FANATICISM THROUGH THE PICTURE.

Detailed Contest Rules:
- This promotion is open to everybody from all around the world.
- Acceptable pictures will be in the form of a digital photo, JPEG or PNG image format.
- E-mails will be accepted only at: madonnargentina@hotmail.com, with subject line: "My Madonna Collection".
- E-mails must include entrant's first name, surname, mailing address and e-mail address.
- Deadline for entries is November 10, 2009 at 11:59pm Pacific Time.
- We will choose only one (1) winning photo.
- The winner will be contacted by MadonnArgentina.blogspot.com using contact information submitted with entries. We are not responsible for incorrect/invalid contact information. If we are unable to contact the winner after reasonable effort, MadonnArgentina.blogspot.com reserves the right to select another winner as a finalist.
- The winner will receive by mail the Official “Celebration” Tee Shirt.

(If you want to ask about something you want to know about this contest, please leave a message below)

CELEBRATION US MAXI-SINGLE RELEASES.

Madonna’s "Celebration" has just been released as a 6 tracks CD maxi-single in the USA.

This release features a new and different artwork created by Mr. Brainwash, which is based on a Wayne Maser photo from 1992.

The CD’s tracks-listing goes as follow:
1 - Oakenfold Remix
2 - Benny Benassi Remix
3 - Oakenfold Remix Dub
4 - Benny Benassi Remix Edit
5 - Benny Benassi Dub
6 - Johnny Vicious Club Remix

Just click here to order your copy from Amazon.

Also, please note that a vinyl edition of the single is to hit the stores on October 20. Make sure to pre-order it now!

MADONNA VS. LADY GAGA (SNL 2009).

A Madonna and Lady Gaga's surprise appearance at Saturday Night Live last night (October 3th), performing in a “Deep House Dish” sketch.

I want to know what you think about this, please leave your comment.

STICKY & SWEET TOUR - DVD RELEASE!

According to an official Japanese booklet, the live DVD of the Sticky & Sweet Tour live from Buenos Aires 2008 is going to be released this autumn, for the northern hemisphere, or in this spring, for the southern hemisphere (Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, etc.)
Argentina is gonna show the world how to do it!

Thanks to MadgeTribe for the picture.