Madonna On Why She’s Writing & Directing Her Own Biopic: “No One’s Going To Tell My Story But Me”

Madonna is living it up in Italy! The pop icon and her son Rocco Ritchie’s birthday is days apart, and it looks like they jetted to Sicily for a double birthday celebration. On Monday, Madonna shared a gallery of photos from their beautiful dinner, and they were all smiles.

It was double celebrations for Madonna and her family as they jetted off to Sicily for two family birthdays.The musician, 64, is in Italy for celebrations of her own birthday on 16 August but also had the chance to celebrate son Rocco turning 22 earlier in the month. The family are currently residing in the stunning Palazzo Castelluccio, a 18th-century Sicilian palace and according to reports, the Queen of Pop will be spending “tens of thousands” on her own birthday. Before those celebrations, Madonna celebrated Rocco - who she shares with ex Guy Ritchie - with a lavish affair including an unusual briefcase style cake.

Madonna was one proud parent over the weekend as she celebrated her oldest son Rocco's birthday.MORE: Madonna's son dances in a dress in fun video at homeThe Vogue hitmaker took to Instagram to share a series of photos of herself with the birthday boy as they went out for a luxury dinner.Madonna was all smiles as she sat next to Rocco - who is his dad Guy Richie's double! In the caption, the mother-of-six wrote: "From one Leo to another!! Happy birthday Rocco."VIDEO: Madonna's teenage son David dances in a dress in must-see footageOther photos included one of Rocco cutting his flamboyant birthday cake as his younger twin sisters Stella and Esther watched on.MORE: Lourdes Leon is the image of Madonna in nude corset SEE: Madonna's daughter Lourdes Leon resembles a goddess in tiny green bikiniFans were quick to comment on the snapshots, with many remarking on just how grown up Rocco looked, while others were torn over just who Rocco looked most alike.

Britney Spears ' ex husband Jason Alexander has been convicted of trespassing, after he managed to find his way into her California property in an attempt to crash her wedding day in June. The 40 year old Baby One More Time hitmaker famously married her childhood sweetheart Jason in a shotgun wedding in Las Vegas in 2005, before her advisors stepped in and got the marriage annulled after just 55 hours.

Madonna has revealed her keen interest in collaborating with Kendrick Lamar, praising the rapper’s new album ‘Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers’.The pop star made the comments while on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where she appeared to promote her new remix album ‘Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones’.

Madonna held a roller disco last night (August 10) in New York City, in celebration of her upcoming compilation album, ‘Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones’.The album, which arrives next (August 19), was celebrated at DiscOasis Central Park in NYC. At the event, Madonna reunited with Nile Rogers and spoke about the time they made ‘Like A Virgin’ together.Questlove served as a DJ at the event, playing Madonna hits alongside disco classics all night, while fans danced and skated in Central Park.Madonna first announced the project back in May – a new compilation celebrating the singer’s record 50 chart-topping hits on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart.Madonna’s 2019 track ‘I Don’t Search I Find’, which featured on her ‘Madame X’ album, earned the artist her 50th Number One on the Dance Club Songs chart in the US back in February 2020The achievement made Madonna the first and only artist with 50 number ones on any single Billboard chart.A press release said: “In addition to fan favourites, the collection also includes a selection of rare remix recordings, with more than 20 being officially released for the first time or making their commercial/digital debut.”The collection will be available digitally on August 19, along with a 3-CD version.

Madonna is reflecting on the biggest hits of her career — including one of the most iconic television performances of all time. In an interview on on Wednesday, Madge showed off her musical skills with a Classroom Instruments performance, boasted about her skills on the drums, and played a naughty word association game with the host. She also shared the true story behind her jaw-dropping performance at the inaugural 1984 MTV Video Music Awards which, she said, nearly cost her her career. Noting that she had «no say» in what singles were released by her label at the time, Madonna expressed her surprise at the choice to promote «Like a Virgin» at the time «because I thought it was quite controversial,» she told Fallon.

Beyoncé is sharing how grateful she is with Madonna for their recent collaboration, after the release of the singer’s new ‘Break My Soul’ remix, using the iconic melody from the popular song ‘Vogue.’“Thank you, Queen,” Beyoncé wrote in a heartfelt note for Madonna, sending her white roses to show her appreciation. She continued, “I’m so grateful for you.

Beyoncé showed Madonna some serious love following the release of their «Break My Soul» remix. The «Material Girl» herself took to her Instagram Story Tuesday to share the beautiful bouquet Bey sent her and the sweet message of gratitude the «Thique» singer left behind in the note attached to the flowers.«Thank you, Queen.

Beyoncé has thanked Madonna for allowing her to interpolate ‘Vogue’ in her ‘The Queens Remix‘ of ‘Break My Soul‘.The pop star sent a note and a bouquet of flowers to Madonna, which the latter shared to her Instagram Story earlier today (August 9). “Thank you, Queen,” Beyoncé wrote in the thank you letter, “I’m so grateful for you. You have opened so many doors for so many women.

Britney Spears is back to making music! The singer has announced a collaboration with Elton John, marking her first musical release since 2020. According to a source, this is only the beginning for Spears, with there being a long roster of artists hoping to collaborate with her, among them, Madonna.Madonna is the latest star to show support to Britney Spears publiclyBritney Spears sings ‘Vogue’ with Madonna, Selena Gomez, and more iconic moments at her weddingA post shared by Madonna (@madonna)A source spoke to HollywoodLife and explained that Spears’ reentry to music has a lot of musicians excited.

At the start of the month, the Atlanta-based festival Music Midtown announced it would not be going forward in September. A reason for the cancellation was not given, though Billboard reported that Georgia's gun laws, which would have permitted firearms to be brought onto the festival grounds, led to organizers nixing the show. In a new interview with Billboard, Phillip Evans, the gun activist and blogger who threatened the lawsuit against Music Midtown, says he wants to "challenge" Live Nation's weapons policy banning guns inside Georgia amphitheaters.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorLamont Dozier, one-third of the legenday “Holland-Dozier-Holland” songwriting and production trio who wrote many of Motown Records’ biggest hits for the Supremes, the Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, Martha and the Vandellas and others, has died at the age of 81. The news was confirmed by his son Lamont Dozier Jr on social media; no cause of death has been released as yet.Hits written and produced by Dozier with siblings Brian and Eddie Holland read like a greatest-hits of Motown’s early years: “Where Did Our Love Go,” “Baby I Need Your Loving,” “Stop! in the Name of Love,” “How Sweet It Is (to Be Loved by You),” “Baby Love,” “Reach Out I’ll Be There,” “You Keep Me Hanging On” and many others.

Tuesday Instagram post by his son Lamont Dozier Jr.“Rest in Heavenly Peace, Dad!” Dozier’s bereaved progeny wrote in the post along with a picture of himself and his late father, who’s cause of death is not known at this time. Born 1941 in Detroit Michigan, the pioneering songwriter first gained acclaim after joining the legendary Motown Records in 1962 along with songwriting brothers Brian and Eddie Holland.

Madonna has teamed up with Internet sensation Saucy Santana for a remix of his 2020 viral hit ‘Material Girl’ – check out ‘Material Gworrllllllll!’ below.“I’m not fancy, I just love fancy shit. Make a budget disappear like a magic trick. Make him buy me everything, I don’t have to pick.

Beyoncé has come through with yet another remix of ‘Break My Soul’, this time linking up with Madonna for a take on the lead single from ‘Renaissance’ dubbed ‘The Queens Remix’.Clocking in at almost six minutes long, the track leans heavily into the original song’s house and disco influences. It marks the first proper collaboration between Beyoncé and Madonna, though the former did appear in the video for the latter’s Nicki Minaj-assisted 2015 single ‘Bitch I’m Madonna’.It also comes as the fifth official remix for ‘Break My Soul’, riding hot on the heels of a four-track remix EP that Bey dropped on Thursday (August 4).

Saucy Santana's "Material Girl" blew up on TikTok last year. It went so viral that it got the attention of the original Material Girl, Madonna, with her inviting Saucy Santana to join her onstage for her New York City Pride performance at Terminal 5 this past June.

Rosie O'Donnell is responding to her 19-year-old daughter's assertion that her upbringing wasn't «normal,» with the actress threatening — albeit, jokingly — to spill some secrets about her in retaliation.On Thursday, Rosie's daughter, Vivienne, posted a TikTok video, saying she loves her mom, «but one thing she's not done is normal.» Vivienne made the video in response to comments fans left on a video -- dubbed «Story Time with Vivi» -- she posted Wednesday, in which she told a story about how, from the time she was born until she was 12, she didn't know that the woman named «Mo» and who often visited was actually Madonna.Fans commented on the «Story Time» video saying, «Your parents did an amazing job keeping you out of the craziness of Hollywood.» Another fan wrote, «I mean kudos for growing up not jaded by the industry that Rosie was a huge part of! Amazing.» But, the real kicker, seems to have been this comment, «LOVE that @Rosie_ODonnell kept things relatively norm well as much as possible! You are the sweetest! Lol

Madonna remains staunch on the importance of owning the rights to her own music, saying in a new interview that she has no plans to sell her sprawling back catalogue.Speaking to Variety, the pop superstar vouched for claims made by her longtime manager Guy Oseary that Madonna would never sell her stake in the rights to her lengthy discography.When asked why she wouldn’t consider offloading the rights – as the likes of Justin Timberlake, Sting, Julian Casablancas of The Strokes and the estate of David Bowie have done in recent months – she responded bluntly: “Because they’re my songs. Ownership is everything isn’t it? I mean, that’s why [Oseary is] buying apes.” That last line refers to the NFT company Bored Ape Yacht Club, for whom Oseary signed on to represent last year.Though she still retains ownership over her catalogue, Madonna did sign a new publishing deal with the Warner Music Group last August.