Madonna managed to boss around the entire crowd at MoMA on Wednesday night — even instructing guests including Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany, Grace Coddington, Doutzen Kroes, David Chang and Jimmy Iovine on when to put their hands together by barking, “Applause moment!” Madge was at the museum to present a WSJ Innovator Award to…
….’Highlights of the night included Madonna’s delightfully unhinged, meandering speech in honor of dancer Lil Buck. Equal parts irritated mom and supportive mentor, the queen of pop complained, “Buck shows up uninvited at my house for dinner all the time,” but went on to praise his tenacity, grace, and talent. Midway through her speech, she…
Editor in Chief WSJ. Magazine Kristina O’Neill, dancer Charles “Lil Buck” Riley and Madonna attend WSJ. Magazine’s “Innovator Of The Year” Awards at Museum of Modern Art on November 5, 2014 in New York City. Madonna attends WSJ. Magazine’s “Innovator Of The Year” Awards at Museum of Modern Art on November 5, 2014 in…
In We’re No. 1, The A.V. Club examines an album that went to No. 1 on the Billboard charts to get to the heart of what it means to be popular in pop music, and how that concept has changed over the years. In this installment, we cover Madonna’s Like A Prayer, which went to…
NEW YORK, NY – OCTOBER 30: Kanye West and Madonna attend Keep A Child Alive’s 11th Annual Black Ball at Hammerstein Ballroom on October 30, 2014 in New York City. (Photos by Kevin Mazur/Child2014/WireImage)
Madonna has carved her own niche as a style chameleon, and on Thursday she resorted to a look that started it all. The 56-year-old Material Girl was draped in a dress that screamed 1980s as she hit up Keep A Child Alive’s 9th annual Black Ball in New York City on Thursday. Madonna’s frock featured…
The Brooklyn-based punk rockers who recently tackled Britney Spears’ “Lucky” now have their sights set on the Material Girl. The Dead Betties cover Madonna’s underrated ’80s hit, “Angel,” in their latest video. The clip features women embodying five of the Queen of Pop’s most iconic personas, including the street urchin of “Desperately Seeking Susan” and…
Ahead of MTV’s first Music Video Awards, broadcast Sept. 14, 1984, the network was having difficulty booking top talent. Co-hosts Dan Aykroyd and Bette Midler were in their 30s, old for the MTV crowd, and ZZ Top had refused to play — until the network pulled the band’s videos and manager Bill Ham relented. MTV…
Despite the rise of tabloid journalism, Meldrum’s duty of care to so many stars who have inevitably become his friends hasn’t waned. Even the interviews that didn’t pan out as expected, as with a rising Madonna. “I was in the office in New York and I was given this huge lecture [for being late],” Meldrum…
