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Feb - Mar '99

Rob Zombie, Madonna May Team Up For Horror Flick

After his "Crow" project failed to get off the ground, Rob Zombie may get a little help from Madonna in stepping back into the film ring.

Madonna may co-produce "The Legend of the 13 Graves," a horror film that Zombie is negotiating to write and direct.

The film’s plot centers around a group of road-trippers traveling through America who wind up encountering a suitably sick and twisted family.

While Zombie’s previous film experience includes conceptualizing and animating the psychedelic scene in "Beavis And Butt-Head Do America," this will officially mark his writing and directorial film debut. Zombie had been tapped to write and direct the third installment of "The Crow" series, which has since fallen by the way-side. He does however have a string of video directing credits that date back to his White Zombie days, and recently added to it with his clip for "Living Dead Girl."

If the Zombie horror film does comes to fruition, Madonna and her partner, Maverick Records president Guy Oseary, are expected to co-produce the movie for Madguy films in conjunction with New Line Cinema.

Production is expected to begin later this year.

News Clip www.mtv.com

Forget Material Girl Madonna's a Barbie Girl

Mattel Inc., the manufacturer of the world-famous Barbie dolls, will be creating a range of collectors' dolls in tribute to Madonna this year. To be released during Christmas, the set of three dolls will bear close resemblance to Madonna during her "Blonde Ambition" Tour, the "Dick Tracy" movie and her recent geisha image as aptly captured on her "Nothing Really Matters" video. No pictures of the dolls are available just yet but i'll post them as soon as they are. Watch this space........

Madonna's signs beanie baby for auction

Caring for Babies with Aids & Kritter Korral Pet Shop Set Sunday, April 18th for 2nd Annual Beanie Baby Auction Block Party Live and Silent Auction of Rare and Retired Beanie Babies Will Benefit AIDS Organization; Planners Hope to Exceed '98 Event Proceeds of $40,000

LOS ANGELES, March 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Caring for Babies with AIDS (CBA) in association with the Kritter Korral Pet Shop has set Sunday, April 18th as the date for the 2nd annual Beanie Baby Auction Block Party, a live and silent auction of rare, retired and celebrity autographed Beanie Babies to benefit Caring for Babies with AIDS. This one-of-a-kind event will take place under the tent at the Kritter Korral Pet Shop, 1724 Palos Verdes Drive North in Harbor City from 400-800 p.m.

Underwritten and hosted by Kritter Korral Pet Shop owner, Donna Holick, the event promises to be the Beanie Baby event of the season. Highly valued retired Official TY Beanie Babies such as Libearty, Garcia, Lefty and Righty will be on the auction block, together with autographed Beanies from the casts of ''Friends,'' ''The X Files,'' ''Veronica's Closet'' and ''NYPD Blue,'' as well as personally autographed Beanies from Dustin Hoffman, Mel Gibson, Whoopi Goldberg, Joe Cocker, Selma Hayek, Madonna, Brad Pitt, Drew Barrymore and more.

The event will include food and beverages courtesy of South Bay restaurants, including Macaroni Grill and Niccolo's. The live auction will be conducted by professional auctioneer, Vivica Polin of Butterfield & Butterfield.

Donna Holick, owner for 15 years of the Kritter Korral Pet Shop, has been collecting and selling Beanie Babies for over two years with the goal of auctioning them off for charity and has been a tireless advocate and fundraiser on behalf of people with AIDS.

Recipient agency, Caring for Babies with AIDS, is a Los Angeles-based non-profit organization. Its two homes for HIV/AIDS affected infants and children, the only homes of their kind in Southern California, care for HIV impacted children who have been removed from their homes and placed into protective custody. CBA's outreach program provides vital psycho-social support services to families impacted by HIV in our communities.

Tickets are $10.00 and are available for purchase through the Kritter Korral Pet Shop in person or charge by phone by calling (310) 514-4924.

NEWS TAKEN FROM ICON

*RUMOR* - New Madonna Track for "Austin Powers 2" Movie

Here are the lyrics for a new Madonna song rumored to be from the new "Austin Powers 2-The Spy Who Shagged Me" movie due soon, originaly Madonna's song "Skin" from the "Ray Of Light" album was to be used in this movie. I'll keep you all up to date on any new info on this subject.

WHIPLASH
Madonna - William Orbit

I used to hate to wanna be near you,
I used to sit around and cry.
But now my mind is turning circles,
it’s time for one more try…

chorus:

Your love gives me…
Whiplash
Every time I turn around…
Whiplash
The impact knocks me down…
Whiplash
Just like I knew it would…
Whiplash
Your love hurts so good.
...

Madonna's Sweetie

Madonna has shown she is really sweet on a new fella - rocker Mark McGrath of hit band Sugar Ray.
The superstar kissed and cuddled with Mcgrath when she threw a private Oscars party. All eyes were on 40-year-old Madonna as she paraded around a swanky resturant with Mcgrath on her arm. Mcgrath, who met Madonna at last month's Grammys, was named in U.S. Magazine's Magnificent Seven of hunks. His band Sugar Ray have had seceral hits including Fly and Every Morning. Madonna hosted her party at LA's Atlantic Bar ahead of last night's main Oscars bash. Guests included Catherine Zeta Jones and Denzel Washington.

Victoria Newton - The Sun.

Madonna and Ricky Martin To Team Up For Duet

Madonna and Latin pop sensation Ricky Martin will be recording a song together for his upcoming album due out on May 25. The future duet was spawned when the two met backstage at the Grammy awards ceremony in February, where both artists performed and took home awards. Last week, Martin flew to Los Angeles to meet with Madonna to discuss the collaboration, which Madonna's "Ray Of Light" producer and artist in his own right William Orbit will be helming. There's no word yet on what the track or the album will be titled. It has also been reported that the former Menudo member will be Madonna's date on Oscar night, but neither camp could confirm it at press time. The Academy Awards will be held on Sunday at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles

CIAO ITALIA : LIVE FROM ITALY (DVD REGION 1)

"Madonna :Ciao Italia, Live From Italy" is released today on DVD Video Region 1, tracks included are : "Open Your Heart," "Lucky Star," "True Blue," "Papa Don't Preach," "White Heat," "Causing A Commotion," "The Look Of Love," Medley: "Dress You Up/Material Girl/Like a Virgin," "Where's The Party," "Live To Tell," "Into The Groove," "La Isla Bonita," "Who's That Girl," and "Holiday." No news as of a UK release (Region 2) , But rest assured I'll keep you all posted.

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MADONNA'S WORLD TOUR CANCELLED !!!!

Shock news: Madonna's Ray Of Light World Tour HAS been cancelled, she was due to start touring in the winter (fall) and aparently it would have taken too much time and energy to put together such a production. Madonna has loads of other great projects in the pipeline, so it's not all down hill let's be positive and look forward to the cool things to come.

MADONNA: LITTLE STAR

Madonna has donated her handwritten  Little Star lyrics to a charity auction project called "Hits Under The Hammer" which raises money for two children's charities, Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy and Norwood Ravenswood. The internet auction goes live on the 8 March'99 and runs through until the 29 March'99. You can click the link above for the auction web site where you can place your bid. There will be a copy of these handwritten Little Star lyrics in the forthcoming issue 30 of ICON magazine.

Please visit this page and spread the news this is for such a great cause and maybe you could get your hands on the ORIGINAL lyrics sheet for "Little Star".

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"NRM" IS RELEASED IN THE UK

Well after being put back a week the new single from Madonna's Multi Platinum Album "Ray Of Light" is released, and brilliant it is too, It come's on a 2 Cd set and the full track listings are below.

NOTHING REALLY MATTERS - CD1

album version - 4:27
club 69 radio mix - 3:45
kruder & dorfmeister mix - 11:10

NOTHING REALLY MATTERS - CD2

club 69 radio mix - 3:45
club 69 future mix - 8:19
club 69 future dub - 5:48

CONGRATULATIONS TO MADONNA AT THE GRAMMY'S

Congratulation's go to Madonna on the winning of 4 yes thats right 4 awards at this years 1999 Grammy Awards. Full details are below of the Catergory and Award won.

Category 10
Best Dance Recording
Ray Of Light
Madonna
Madonna, Pat McCarthy & William Orbit, producers/mixers
Track from: Ray Of Light
[Maverick/Warner Bros. Records]

Category 11
Best Pop Album
Ray Of Light
Madonna
Madonna & William Orbit, producers; Jon Ingoldsby, Pat McCarthy & David Reitzas, engineers/mixers
[Maverick/Warner Bros. Records]

Category 74
Best Recording Package
Ray Of Light
Kevin Reagan, art director (Madonna)
[Maverick/Warner Bros. Records]

Category 94
Best Short Form Music Video
Ray Of Light
Madonna
Jonas Akerlund, video director; Nicola Doring & Billy Poveda, video producers
[Maverick/Warner Bros. Records]

MARCH ISSUSE OF ESQUIRE UNVEILD

THE PROMISE of a Madonna appearance seems to drag out the crowds in full force. It happened the other night at Astra in Manhattan's D&D Building, where Madonna, Mathilde Krim and David Granger unveiled the March issue of Esquire, which contains Newsday reporter Laurie Garrett's massive cautionary article on the new AIDS drug combination therapies. It reminds us - forcefully - that we should not assume the crisis is over. "There is no cure for AIDS. There is no cure for AIDS. There is no cure for AIDS," Madonna emphasized during her remarks. The crowd was eclectic and electric, from New York Timesman Stuart Elliott, to Broadway's Keith Sherman, to POZ magazine's James Dale, to Detroit's high-society chronicler Michael McWilliams, to gossip queen Cindy Adams. The event also highlighted the American Foundation for AIDS Research's aggressive ad campaign. But of course, even though it was serious business, the focus was on Miss M, what she wore, how she looked, who she was with. The always surprisingly petite star wore a sparkly black Versace ensemble, sported a fresh, zingier hairstyle, was accompanied by her usual entourage - Ingrid Casares, Luigi Murenu (he was responsible for that pretty new 'do), Liz Rosenberg. Madonna did all she had to do with charm and commitment. It was one of NYC's better, briefer, mini-galas, with lots of cheerful networking.

Liz Smith

MADONNA RECIEVES ANOTHER AWARD

The NRJ Radio Award ceremony takes place tonight in Sweden where they have voted Madonna "Female Artist Of The Year." Which is Another Outstanding !! award honour indeed !!

MADONNA WINS 2 MORE AWARDS !!!

The award ceremony for the Dansk Grammy 1999 Awards, which is compared to being equivalent to the American Grammy awards (the voting body are a professional comittee consisting of radio and media people and professional musicians), will broadcast live on National TV1 from Tivoli's concert hall in Copenhagen from 7:30 pm - 10:40 pm.  Madonna has won both of the categories she is nominated in: "Female Artist of the Year" and "Album of the Year."  Madonna has been so blessed with such high acknowledgement of her work. Isn't it wonderful!

NEWS CLIP TAKEN FROM ICON

NRM VIDEO EXCLUSIVES!!!

On the 12/2/99 VIVA the German music channel will premiere the Nothing Really Matters video between 15:00hrs and 17:00hrs (CET) during the Interaktiv show.
And on the 13/2/99 - MTV USA will premiere the Nothing Really Matters video at noon and 8 pm during the Celebrity Dream Date show.

CIAO ITALIA DVD RELEASE DATE !!!

Street date for "Madonna Ciao Italia - Live in Italy (1988)" in DVD format. is the 9/3/99 (US) ,And for those of you wondering about a best of Madonna DVD compilation, there's one tentatively scheduled for just before Holiday 1999. Stay tuned. If it happens for sure, I'll post the details right here.

MADONNA INTERVIEWED ON E.T.!!

Tonight Madonna will be interviewed on Entertainment Tonight with a behind-the-scenes story on the making of her new video Nothing Really Matters.

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