"(1987) and the Rebel Heart Tour (2015–2016). When Madonna had started working on her third studio album, ""True Blue"" in 1985, she was already in a relationship with actor Sean Penn whom she married by the year-end. It was the first album that the singer acted in the role of a record producer and wanted to add her own ""sophistication"" to it. Her optimism assimilated in the songs created, including the title track, which she co-wrote and co-produced the song with Stephen Bray. According to Madonna, ""True Blue"" takes its title from a favorite expression of Penn and to his"
"her Golden Globe Award-winning musical film portrayal of Eva Peron, and her high-grossing Drowned World Tour. The births of daughter Lourdes and son Rocco, and her marriage to second husband Guy Ritchie, are chronicled. American journalist and celebrity biographer John Randall Taraborrelli first met Madonna at a press conference in 1983. She spoke of her youthful struggles before the release of her debut album, and of her belief that she would someday enjoy great success as the ""century's biggest star"". Taraborrelli thought her brash, cocky, petulant, self-indulgent, and a mediocre beauty with a voice to match. Taraborrelli was proven wrong,"
"""Don't Tell Me"", and ""What It Feels Like for a Girl"". The music video of ""What It Feels Like for a Girl"" depicted Madonna committing acts of crime and vandalism, and was banned by MTV and VH1. She first met director Guy Ritchie, who would later become her second husband, in the summer of 1998 and gave birth to their son Rocco John Ritchie on August 11, 2000 in Los Angeles. Rocco and Madonna suffered complications from the birth due to her experiencing placenta praevia. He was christened at Dornoch Cathedral in Dornoch, Scotland, on December 21, 2000. Madonna married"
"a popular Hollywood jewelry collector. The music video was at the same time an exegesis and a critique of the lyrics and Madonna herself. It was on the set of the video that Madonna met her first husband, actor Sean Penn. The video opens with two men watching a rush in the screening rooms of a Hollywood studio. On the screen, an actress played by Madonna sings and dances to ""Material Girl"", dressed like Monroe from ""Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend"". One of the men, played by Carradine, is a director or a producer and is immensely rich. He"
"signed to choreograph the show. 13-year-old Christopher Finch was signed to play the part of the small boy from the ""Open Your Heart"" video, since Felix Howard, who played the original part, did not get a working license, and hence could not join the tour. Madonna wanted three backup singers, a team of male dancers and a succession of costume changes. She took inputs from her then husband, actor Sean Penn saying, ""I really respect Sean's opinion. He has great taste and is a very brilliant man. When I was putting my tour together, it was always in the back"
"a bit more grounded and 'drama'."" Actor Alex McArthur was signed to play Madonna's boyfriend and the father of her child in the video. Madonna had spotted McArthur in a small role as a naive youth in the 1985 film ""Desert Hearts"", and she thought he was a natural to play her mechanic boyfriend. ""I was out in the garage working on my Harley,"" said McArthur, ""I answered the phone and a voice said, 'Hi, this is Madonna. I would like you to be in my next video.'"" The music video starts with shots of the New York skyline, the"
"Actor in a Supporting Role, for the television film ""Woman on Trial: The Lawrentia Bemberke Story"". He also appeared in the music video for Madonna's song ""Papa Don't Preach"", a segment of ""The Immaculate Collection"" video compilation, as Madonna's boyfriend and the father of her child in the video. Alex McArthur Alex McArthur (born March 6, 1957) is an American actor. He was born in Telford, Pennsylvania, the son of Bruce, a contractor, and Dolores McArthur. He studied acting at De Anza College and San Jose State University, and worked as a bartender at the legendary nightclub Studio 54 in"
"Mirror"" that Madonna planned to shoot the video in Israel with actor Michael Douglas. According to Polly Graham from the newspaper, Warner Bros. executives were concerned about the singer's safety in Israel, but Madonna was adamant. ""Her record bosses are really worried about it. They are trying to talk her around, but she's having none of it. She has told them it makes sense to shoot it in Israel as the Kabbalah originates from there. Madonna is not particularly bothered about her safety and potential risks. She doesn't think it's as bad as it seems."" Her then husband Guy Ritchie"
"a 20-year-old man outside the Kensington home he shared with American singer Madonna, on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm. On 22 December 2000, Ritchie married Madonna at Skibo Castle in Scotland. They have a son, Rocco John Ritchie (born 11 August 2000 in Los Angeles) and adopted a Malawian baby boy in 2006, David (born 24 September 2005). Madonna eventually filed for divorce from Ritchie in October 2008, citing irreconcilable differences. On 15 December 2008, Madonna's spokeswoman announced that the singer had agreed to a divorce settlement with Ritchie, the terms of which grant him between £50–60 million ($–"
"Ella Marie Jolly, a former model, on May 11, 1980 and they had a daughter, Amanda Marie, born May 29, 1983. They were separated on September 9, 1986 and divorced on August 24, 1989. He says of their split, ""I went through this delayed adolescent thing. I didn't want to be tied down to a family. Quaid met Evi Quaid (née Motolanez) in December 1987 on the set of the film, ""Bloodhounds of Broadway"", in which Madonna starred. They wed on October 5, 1989 at the San Ysidro Ranch, a Montecito, California resort. His brother Dennis, actress Meg Ryan, and"
"Kennedy. A resident of Carpinteria, California, Ferrer died of heart failure at a convalescent home in Santa Barbara on June 2, 2008. He was 90 years old. As Actor: As Director/Producer/Dialogue Coach: Mel Ferrer Melchor Gastón Ferrer (August 25, 1917 – June 2, 2008) was an American actor and director of stage and screen, film producer and the first husband of Audrey Hepburn. Ferrer was born in the Elberon section of Long Branch, New Jersey, of Cuban and Irish descent. His father, Dr. José María Ferrer (1857–1920), was born in Cuba, of Spanish ancestry, and was an authority on pneumonia"
"""I gioielli della Madonna"" (1925), Korngold's ""Violanta"" (1927), Richard Strauss's ""Die Ägyptische Helena"" (1928), and Suppé's ""Boccaccio"" (1931) and ""Donna Juanita"" (1932). She was as popular at the Metropolitan as in Vienna, especially as Tosca, Carmen and Massenet's Thaïs. She appeared in an early sound film Grossfürstin Alexandra for which Franz Lehár wrote the song 'Du und ich sind für einander bestimmt'. After a two-year marriage to a man named Wiener, she married an Austrian Baron, Friedrich Leopold Salvator Freiherr Popper von Podhragy (1886-1953). She married her third husband in 1935, Hollywood mogul Winfield R. Sheehan, who died in 1945."
"was living a calmer, more introspective and wholesome life with her husband Guy Ritchie and their children Lourdes and Rocco. According to biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli, the presence of Ritchie in Madonna's life had a calming effect on the singer, making her more matured and easing her temper. Concentrating on her music career, Madonna was busy throughout of 2001 on her Drowned World Tour. On September 11, 2001, suicide bombers hijacked two jet airliners and crashed into the World Trade Center, resulting in the death of nearly 3,000 people. The event had a profound effect on American society, with the"
"his company from 1907 to 1909. Under the stage name Maria Carmi, she played in Italian and German theater and in silent films. Her most notable performance was as the Madonna in the original spectacle-pantomime play ""The Miracle"" written by Karl Vollmöller whom she married in 1904. The play was originally produced in Germany. It opened in London on 23 December 1911 at the Olympia Arena. On 23 December 1923 it was revived in New York City on Broadway, then went on a tour of Detroit, Milwaukee and Dallas. In the New York version she alternated nightly with Lady Diana"
"had an eight-month relationship with rapper Vanilla Ice; he ended their relationship because of Madonna's ""Sex"" book. Her first documentary film, """" (known as ""In Bed with Madonna"" outside North America), was released in May 1991. Chronicling her Blond Ambition World Tour, it became the highest-grossing documentary of all time (surpassed eleven years later by Michael Moore's ""Bowling for Columbine""). In 1992, Madonna starred in ""A League of Their Own"" as Mae Mordabito, a baseball player on an all-women's team. It reached number one on the box-office and became the tenth highest-grossing film of the year in the U.S. She"
"several years, film exhibitors voted Wyman as among the most popular stars in the country: The Martin and Lewis Show Jane Wyman November 30, 1951 Wyman has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; one for motion pictures at 6607 Hollywood Boulevard and one for television at 1620 Vine Street. Jane Wyman Jane Wyman (born Sarah Jane Mayfield; January 5, 1917 – September 10, 2007) was an American actress, singer, dancer, and philanthropist whose career spanned seven decades. She was also the first wife of actor Ronald Reagan (later the 40th President of the United States). They married in"
"being of Jewish family, began to attend the kabbalah after his meeting with Madonna. She has a son, Enzo (born February 13, 2015), with her husband Gilberto Zaborowsky, and has been married since 2011. Gilberto is a businessman and has two children from a previous relationship, Lara and Eduardo. She is a vegan and reared her child with the same alimentation. TV: Film: ""Sete Vidas"" as Ana (2007; Short) Luísa Mell Marina Zatz De Camargo Zaborowsky (born September 19, 1978), better known by her stage name Luisa Mell, is a Brazilian actress, presenter, activist and businesswoman. Mell's career began at"
"Mel Ferrer Melchor Gastón Ferrer (August 25, 1917 – June 2, 2008) was an American actor and director of stage and screen, film producer and the first husband of Audrey Hepburn. Ferrer was born in the Elberon section of Long Branch, New Jersey, of Cuban and Irish descent. His father, Dr. José María Ferrer (1857–1920), was born in Cuba, of Spanish ancestry, and was an authority on pneumonia and served as chief of staff of St. Vincent's Hospital in New York City. His American mother, Mary Matilda Irene (née O'Donohue; 1878–1967), was a daughter of coffee broker Joseph J. O'Donohue,"
"Hollywood Reporter"" wrote that she ""is very fine as the simple Sephora,"" and ""New York Daily News"" noticed that she ""plays the wife of Moses with conviction."" She fell in love with stuntman Bob Morgan while visiting the filming of ""The Ten Commandments"" in Egypt in 1954. They married in 1955, and their first son, Bruce, was born in 1956. DeMille became Bruce's godfather. Her second pregnancy meant she had to turn down the role of the female pirate DeMille had given her in his next production, ""The Buccaneer"" (1958). It was announced she would team with Vittorio De Sica"
"Evita (1996 film) Evita is a 1996 American musical drama film based on the 1976 concept album of the same name produced by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, which also inspired a 1978 musical. The film depicts the life of Eva Perón, detailing her beginnings, rise to fame, political career and death at the age of 33. Directed by Alan Parker, and written by Parker and Oliver Stone, ""Evita"" stars Madonna as Eva, Jonathan Pryce as Eva's husband Juan Perón, and Antonio Banderas as Ché, an everyman who acts as the film's narrator. Following the release of the 1976"
"born to actress Yvonne Doughty. He died of liver failure. Jess Barker Jess Barker (June 4, 1912 – August 8, 2000) was an American film actor of the 1930s and 1940s. He is probably most famous for being the first husband of actress Susan Hayward. Barker was born in Greenville, South Carolina. Barker began his film career credited as Philip Barker until changing his stage name to Jess Barker in the early 1940s. Barker's movie career was damaged because of the publicity resulting from a custody dispute, but he still managed to find work as an actor on radio and"
"Marchant in 1955). Avril Simpson was killed in a car crash in Mexico. Simpson died suffering from throat cancer, on 30 November 1958 in London, aged 61. He was portrayed by actor David Harbour in ""W.E."", a 2011 romantic drama film about the Duke and Duchess of Windsor's courtship; the movie was co-written and directed by Madonna. Ernest Simpson Ernest Aldrich Simpson (6 May 1897 – 30 November 1958) was an American-born British soldier and shipbroker, best known as the second husband of Wallis Simpson, later wife of the former King Edward VIII. Simpson served as an officer in the"
"been covered by several tribute acts, and was also performed on the television series ""Ally McBeal"" (1997). In 1990, Madonna starred in the film ""Dick Tracy"" as Breathless Mahoney—a new role introduced for her—with Warren Beatty, her boyfriend at the time, playing the titular character. After the shooting for ""Dick Tracy"" was over, Madonna started working on the soundtrack. She had begun recording three songs by Stephen Sondheim for the film—""Sooner or Later"", ""More"" and ""What Can You Lose""—which would be part of the album, but also had to write and develop new songs comparable in style to her previous"
"a wedding to reveal the identity of the real murderer. Regarding the character Nikki, Madonna commented, ""I had a lot in common with Nikki. She's courageous and sweet and funny and misjudged. But she clears her name in the end, and that's always good to do. I'm continuously doing that with the public. I liked Nikki's tough side and her sweet side. The toughness is only a mask for the vulnerability she feels inside."" However, in the light of the bad publicity surrounding Madonna and her then husband Sean Penn, coupled with the fact that their drama film ""Shanghai Surprise"""
"""Entertainment Tonight"", the filming was emotional for Madonna due to the song's meaning of break-up and ""love story gone wrong"". She wanted to make the visual's storyline dramatic, hence chose Rolston as the director and together they concocted the emotional narrative of the clip. Although she respected the director's vision of the clip, Madonna nevertheless wanted to be a part of the creative process of the videotaping. The scenes of the singer walking along the beach were shot with her actually walking on a treadmill. Madonna's lover in the video is played by Croatian actor Goran Višnjić, who was selected"
"music compositions by Lorenzo Ferrero and synthesized sounds. It was featured at ""The Keith Haring Show"", an exhibition which took place in 2005 at the Triennale di Milano. In 2006, he was named by Equality Forum as one of their 31 Icons of LGBT History Month. In 2008, filmmaker Christina Clausen released the documentary ""The Universe of Keith Haring"". In the film, his legacy is ""resurrected through colorful archival footage and remembered by friends and admirers such as artists Kenny Scharf and Yoko Ono, gallery owners Jeffrey Deitch and Tony Shafrazi, and the choreographer Bill T. Jones"". Madonna, who was"
"performed the song at the Melbourne concert of her show. After the critical and commercial success of her seventh studio album, ""Ray of Light"" (1998), Madonna had intended to embark on a concert tour in autumn 1999, but due to the delay of her film, ""The Next Best Thing"" (2000), the tour was cancelled. The singer also became pregnant with her son Rocco, from her relationship with director Guy Ritchie. Wanting to distract herself from the media frenzy, Madonna concentrated on the development of her eighth studio album, ""Music"". She worked with French DJ and producer Mirwais Ahmadzaï on the"
"released in October 1982, and the second, ""Burning Up"", in March 1983. Both became big club hits in the United States, reaching number three on Hot Dance Club Songs chart compiled by ""Billboard"" magazine. After this success, she started developing her eponymous debut album, ""Madonna"", which was primarily produced by Reggie Lucas of Warner Bros. However, she was not happy with the completed tracks and disagreed with Lucas' production techniques, so decided to seek additional help. Madonna moved in with boyfriend John ""Jellybean"" Benitez, asking his help for finishing the album's production. Benitez remixed most of the tracks and produced"
"well as the controversial ""SEX"" book in 1992. Tony is also a painter and photographer and lives in Los Angeles. He is a father of three. According to People Magazine of April 15, 1991, ""Madonna and male model Tony Ward, 27, her last boyfriend of record and one of the objects of her desire in the ""Justify"" video, are no longer an item. It may be a coincidence, but he seems to have dropped from her arm at about the same time tabloids revealed that he had married an old flame, Greek-Australian photographer Amalia Papadimos, 23, in a quickie ceremony"
"become pregnant with her son Rocco Ritchie, released ""Music"" that year, and married Guy Ritchie in December 2000. When Madonna finally decided to go on the tour, time was short and she had to prepare the show within three months. Jamie King was signed up as the creative director and the choreographer of the show. The tour was divided into five segments, namely punk, geisha, cowboy, Latin and ghetto. Each segment represented a phase of Madonna's career. Several changes were made to the final shows in Los Angeles after the September 11 attacks: Madonna wore an American flag kilt during"
"of making a new album, where she can easily choose the people she wants to work with. Abbie Cornish was signed to play the part of Wally Winthrop, while King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson were played by James D'Arcy and Andrea Riseborough, respectively. Winthrop's Russian love interest Evgeni was played by Oscar Isaac and her husband William was played by Richard Coyle. Actress Vera Farmiga was initially asked for the role of Simpson but later withdrew when she became pregnant. Madonna had seen Riseborough as a young Margaret Thatcher in the BBC film ""The Long Walk to Finchley"", and"
"mostly performed by Madonna, was released as a double album. It included ""You Must Love Me"" and ""Don't Cry for Me Argentina""; the latter reached number one in countries across Europe. Madonna was presented with the Artist Achievement Award by Tony Bennett at the 1996 ""Billboard"" Music Awards. On October 14, 1996, she gave birth to Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon, her daughter with Leon. Biographer Mary Cross writes that although Madonna often worried that her pregnancy would harm ""Evita"", she reached some important personal goals: ""Now 38 years old, Madonna had at last triumphed on screen and achieved her dream"
"to the delay of her film, ""The Next Best Thing"" (2000), the tour was cancelled. She released one-off singles like ""Beautiful Stranger"" (1999) and a cover of Don McLean's ""American Pie"" (2000). The singer also became pregnant with her son Rocco, from her relationship with director Guy Ritchie. Wanting to distract herself from the media frenzy, Madonna concentrated on the development of her eighth studio album, ""Music"". In April 2000, it was announced that French musician Mirwais Ahmadzaï was creating a melding of dance and pop songs with a disco feel for the album. Later, it was also announced that"