The British actress and writer Joan Collins recently watched the movie " WE "and liked it so much, could not resist and praised the film on his Twitter.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Joan Collins Tweets about Madonna's W.E.!
The British actress and writer Joan Collins recently watched the movie " WE "and liked it so much, could not resist and praised the film on his Twitter.
Ask Madonna Questions! ABC Interview!
"Nightline" anchor Cynthia McFadden has an upcoming exclusive interview with Madonna, which will air on "Good Morning America," "Nightline" and "20/20" in the coming weeks.
ABC wants you to ask Madonna questions. Click here and fill out the form with your question for Madonna. Some will be selected for a special online feature.
ABC wants you to ask Madonna questions. Click here and fill out the form with your question for Madonna. Some will be selected for a special online feature.
Monday, December 12, 2011
SLANT Magazine Review Of Madonna's W.E.!
Oscar Isaac ans Abbie Cornish in a scene from Madonna's W.E. [PHOTO: THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY]
W.E. ***
BY DIEGO COSTA
The general consensus on Madonna's W.E., perhaps before anyone even watched it, has been that it looks great, but that is has no substance, no soul. This is quite ironic coming from a culture so invested in containing femininity within the boundaries of beautiful objecthood that it would be Frankensteinian for its most legendary female star to produce spectacle out of something other than her own body. The truth is W.E. is a perfectly fine piece of oneiric cinema. It puts forth, in fact, a kind of filmic écriture feminine so unabashedly consumed by "the look" and its world of artifices that we'd have to recognize, if we were to be critically fair and put our own heterosexist anxieties aside, that W.E. makes a mockery out of "man's cinema" (cinema tout court?).
W.E. is all about shameless visual pleasure, but not of the kind Laura Mulvey warned us back in the day, which would cut women's bodies and serve the pretty little pieces up to the voyeuristic "male gaze." W.E.'s is a kind of dynamic pleasure that allows for non-shameful identification with the feminine and a fantasy of becoming what we see. A cathartic embracing of the object that one is and the erotic power of the objects that one isn't, W.E.'s is a world of impossibly rich reds, impeccably coiffed hairdos, mirrored dressers filled with luscious Chanel makeup, irresistibly polished Martini shakers, five-billion-thread count Pratesi bed sheets, and "Justify My Love"-like corridors with ridiculously couture women walking by in, yes, Wong Kar-wai-esque slow motion.
We know the story: Wally (Abbie Cornish, a mix of Katie Holmes obnoxious ennui and Katherine McPhee comeliness), a privileged young woman in New York City, becomes obsessed with the royal drama and romance between King Edward VIII (James D'Arcy) and Wallis Simpson (the amazing Andrea Riseborough), the American woman for whom he renounced the throne. Wally spends most of her time at Sotheby's getting aroused by the objects on display that once belonged to Simpson (and will soon be auctioned), as a kind of replacement for, or escape from, her own sexless and abusive marriage. Wally's ecstatic bonding with the gloves, jewels, and pillboxes on display, which serve as cues for flashbacks that take us to the dramatization of the royal love story itself, is only ever interrupted by the charming security guard with a hot foreign accent, Evgeni (an excellent Oscar Isaac). The two develop a sexual tension that can be, frankly, much more interesting than the historical drama that fuels the film. It's with Evgeni that we wake up from the overdose of lush and luxury (we need a breather just as long as we get to come back) when he takes Wally to a borough other than Manhattan for the first time and serenades her with some classical music.
The scene recalls the first time James Franco sleeps over at Neve Campbell's apartment and cooks for her in Robert Altman's The Company. But even though the myth of true love is what drives Wally, Madonna never throws a saccharine bone to her main character, as any other film about a poor fashionista looking for love in the urban jungle would. Wally may be seduced by Manhattan's promises of itself as a haven for capital and libidinal fulfillment, but she isn't fooled by them. She inhabits the space between ideality and actuality, from where she quickly learns to refuse men as a means for completeness. Even the bearing of a child becomes a narrative that includes a man but isn't contained by him. Instead of settling for the simple things in life that Brooklyn and a hot Russian guy who plays the piano and reads Rilke have to offer, she flies to Paris to read royal correspondence by the fireplace at a chateau wearing some breathtaking Balenciaga-looking number. Wallis Simpson's impossible-to-gain-access box of letters is her own Cave of Forgotten Dreams.
W.E. does have its share of potential camp moments, as when the female doubles (wasn't this what Desperately Seeking Susan was about?), Wally and Wallis, cross time and meet each other in the same space so one can offer the other existential advice (the face is the most important thing, but you make the most with what you got), or when someone delivers a line such as, "Do you think we can change our own destiny?" Yet Madonna handles this film like a masterful aesthetician. The absolutely enthralling soundtrack patches everything together along with the grainy handheld close-ups that tend to follow every establishing shot. This last strategy, which could have easily become a sort of visual tic or editing cop-out, becomes a consistent dream-like motif that helps make W.E. a multi-sensorial frisson.
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Men's Health 100 Hottest Women Of All Time! Madonna #5.
It’s been a long time since the Material Girl was like a virgin. In fact, 30 years after she made her debut, Madonna—through more costume changes than a one-man stage production of Ben Hur—has captured the world’s heads, hearts, and hormones with startling consistency. She’s like a flip-book of fashion, gyration, and melody bonded by a Zeitgeist-defining compunction for incessant, provocative reinvention. It’s as impossible to imagine pop culture without Madonna as it is to guess what a light bulb would do without Benjamin Franklin. From shredded wedding dresses to cone-shaped bras, fascist military fatigues to, uh, absolutely nothing, being faithful to Madonna—who has sold some 300-million albums worldwide—is getting to love a million women at the same time, and that’s something we cherish.
Friday, December 9, 2011
Exclusive Inside Details On Madonna's Album Cover Shoot!
Madonna is stunning, she looks like a little girl!
From what we have been told, Madonna is dressed very 80's reminiscent. She is wearing neon colors and a cream blazer with shoulder pads. Black "pink" sweats. And surprise... with what is described as a "punk" haircut! Blond-honey hair, slicked back on sides and "poofed" up on top. It is sorta Mohawky with sides slicked back, apparently very Joan Collins.
They also had a shoot with Madonna with a cigarette and she was getting annoyed by smoke.
The shoot will go on till late night. So there will be more shoots and different looks. We can't never say for sure what it is going to get the final take with Madonna. But at least you have an idea of what is meant to be.
Nicki Minaj Interviews Donatella Versace and They Talk Madonna!
Madonna Is The Most Amazing, Talented Woman Around...
Donatella Versace recently was interviewed by Nicki Minaj (who has obviously get people into the mood for a new album) for "Interview" Magazine.
Here's what Donatella had to say about Madonna:
Where do you find your inspiration? Would you say you’ve had a muse at any point?
Well, my muse changes all the time, because I think every designer is a bit of a muse for themselves in a way—they just don’t want to say it. But I also think Madonna was an influence in the ’90s. I love her. I think she’s the most amazing, talented woman around...She’s an incredibly well-styled woman.
But as a designer, you always take facets of different people, and you mix them together with your own thoughts and information and creativity and passion — because I think fashion has a lot to do with passion — and that’s where you get your inspiration.
To me, you and Madonna are very similar — and not only because of what you both represent fashion-wise, but because you’re both strong female figures. I had a chance to work with her, and she’s just the most amazing person. Would you ever see yourself collaborating with her again?
Absolutely. I am very good friends with Madonna. I admire her, but we are friends, too. I have so many beautiful memories of being with her. I think she inspires a lot of people.
What about Miami? I know that place has difficult memories for you, but you used to spend a lot of time there. Do you ever go back?
Miami is a bad memory for me, so I don’t go much. I used to love Miami. I was in Miami when Miami was at the top. All of the interesting people were living there. Madonna was living there, and we’d see each other almost every day. Bruce Weber was shooting a lot in Miami. There was a really good group of creative people in Miami at that time. I remember going there in 2001 to go to the house and to go to 'Art Basel', to the exhibition . . . But, for me, it’s still very painful, because you can’t escape South Beach, and it takes me to the house where my brother was killed, so . . . It’s really hard.
source: hypebeast/interviewmagazine
Donatella Versace recently was interviewed by Nicki Minaj (who has obviously get people into the mood for a new album) for "Interview" Magazine.
Here's what Donatella had to say about Madonna:
Where do you find your inspiration? Would you say you’ve had a muse at any point?
Well, my muse changes all the time, because I think every designer is a bit of a muse for themselves in a way—they just don’t want to say it. But I also think Madonna was an influence in the ’90s. I love her. I think she’s the most amazing, talented woman around...She’s an incredibly well-styled woman.
But as a designer, you always take facets of different people, and you mix them together with your own thoughts and information and creativity and passion — because I think fashion has a lot to do with passion — and that’s where you get your inspiration.
To me, you and Madonna are very similar — and not only because of what you both represent fashion-wise, but because you’re both strong female figures. I had a chance to work with her, and she’s just the most amazing person. Would you ever see yourself collaborating with her again?
Absolutely. I am very good friends with Madonna. I admire her, but we are friends, too. I have so many beautiful memories of being with her. I think she inspires a lot of people.
What about Miami? I know that place has difficult memories for you, but you used to spend a lot of time there. Do you ever go back?
Miami is a bad memory for me, so I don’t go much. I used to love Miami. I was in Miami when Miami was at the top. All of the interesting people were living there. Madonna was living there, and we’d see each other almost every day. Bruce Weber was shooting a lot in Miami. There was a really good group of creative people in Miami at that time. I remember going there in 2001 to go to the house and to go to 'Art Basel', to the exhibition . . . But, for me, it’s still very painful, because you can’t escape South Beach, and it takes me to the house where my brother was killed, so . . . It’s really hard.
source: hypebeast/interviewmagazine
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