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The 10 Worst Missteps of Madonna's Career
30 May 2012 5:54 AM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
Now hear this: I love Madonna. Always will. And that’s why I’m completely sensitive to her infuriating moments.
Recently, audio circulated of Madonna preparing for her new tour. In a short clip, she sings Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” as a mashup with her own, similar-sounding “Express Yourself,” as well as the pointed track “She’s Not Me.” Yes, it’s a cute and witty barb, one that’s meant as a gentle affront to Madonna’s heiress apparent Gaga, but I’m not laughing. I’m not exactly weeping either, but I’m more annoyed than titillated. It's just... not that funny? Or rather, too on the nose, petty, and not funny. For me, it’s of a piece with Madonna’s post-2005 career, a stretch where too much of her output and decision-making feels like the work of a canny assistant, someone who knows »
- virtel
Box Office Moonrise Kingdom vs. Dreamgirls, Brokeback Mountain
28 May 2012 4:15 PM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Wes Anderson‘s Moonrise Kingdom (photo, Edward Norton), which opened the Cannes Film Festival about ten days ago, debuted at four North American theaters this extended Memorial Day (in the Us) weekend. Thanks to good buzz and overwhelmingly positive reviews, Moonrise Kingdom had a remarkably strong debut, grossing $523,000 in its first three days ($669,000 including Monday) according to studio estimates found at Box Office Mojo. Moonrise Kingdom averaged an impressive $130,750 per site, which, if estimates are correct, places the Focus Features release on the ninth spot among the best per-theater averages ever in the Us/Canada (oftentimes just in the Us; no Canadian venues involved), and in first place among live-action feature films, ahead of Bill Condon / Beyoncé Knowles’ Dreamgirls‘ $126,316 at three locations in 2006. Well, that is, if you choose to ignore pesky details such as both inflation and the fact that, when discussing such "exclusive" releases, the addition or "omission »
- Zac Gille
'Evita,' 'Peter and the Starcatcher' to launch national tours
15 May 2012 8:29 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Once was first, Nice Work was next, and now two more of this year’s major Tony Award nominees have announced plans to launch U.S. tours in 2013.
The Ricky Martin-led revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita will kick off its first national tour in the fall at the Providence Performing Arts Center in Providence, Rhode Island (although the inclusion of Martin on the tour is relatively unlikely). As Evita finds out what’s new with rural Rhode Island, the vivid, imaginative Peter and the Starcatcher will be set sail on its first tour at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House in Denver, »
- Marc Snetiker
Nude Madonna Photo Hits The Auction Block
30 April 2012 12:50 PM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Madonna has had many reincarnations throughout her life, but her racy sex phase throughout the 90s was arguably her most prolific period. One iconic photograph of the singer/actress/performer shot in 1990 and printed in 1991 sums up her transformation to come in the following decade. Fashion photographer Steven Meisel captured this in one black-and-white photograph titled "Madonna," now up for auction at Bonhams along with 169 other famous images. The photograph is estimated to fetch $5,000 to $7,000.
"Madonna" features the pop icon lying on her back, naked on a bed with a sheet loosely covering her nether regions. Her platinum blonde hair is in a mess of curls on her head, her eyes heavily doused with makeup. She stares directly into the camera while smoking a cigarette. It's provocative, it's sexy, it's direct -- everything Madonna was going for at the time. Despite the many evolutions of Madonna then and since, her »
- The Huffington Post
Singing the Songs of Alan Menken
26 April 2012 7:00 AM, PDT | backstage.com | See recent Backstage news »
When the musical “Leap of Faith” officially opens at the St. James Theater on April 26, composer Alan Menken will tie with Andrew Lloyd Webber as this Broadway season’s most-represented composer. He’ll have three shows running simultaneously (“Leap,” “Sister Act” and “Newsies”), matching Lloyd Webber (“Jesus Christ Superstar,” “Evita,” and “Phantom of the Opera”). Stephen Schwartz (“Godspell” and “Wicked”) and the late George Gershwin (“Porgy and Bess” and “Nice Work If You Can Get It”) both have two shows running each as well.Sweeping generalizations about any composer’s body of work are unwise, of course. Much depends on the lyrics, the subject matter, the situation of a specific scene, and the personality and conflicts of the characters. All that considered, though, are there musical trademarks to be found throughout the Menken songbook? And can all singers excel with his songs?Sheila Kay Davis played the role of Ronnette in the original “Little. »
- help@backstage.com (Mark Dundas Wood)
'Evita,' 'Newsies' among the season's solid new hits on Broadway
16 April 2012 2:02 PM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Though last week’s Broadway box office was led by perennial hits like Wicked and The Lion King, a handful of newcomers have joined the club of weekly $1 million grossers: The new Ricky Martin-starring revival of Evita grossed slightly more than $1.5 million for the week ending April 15, just shy of The Book of Mormon’s personal-best $1.6 million haul, while Newsies pulled in a little over $1 million. Disney’s star-free musical is faring far, far better than the 1992 movie that inspired it — and seems certain to extend well past its official limited run, which goes through August.
Two shows that »
- Thom Geier
4 Children Win Best Actress At Olivier Awards
15 April 2012 2:03 PM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
The Associated Press
London — Mischievous musical "Matilda" dominated British theater's Olivier Awards on Sunday, winning seven prizes including a joint best-actress trophy for the four children who play the title role.
Written by the playwright Dennis Kelly, with music and lyrics by Australian comedian Tim Minchin, "Matilda" took more prizes than any show in the Oliviers' 36-year history. Its trophies included best new musical and best actor for a cross-dressing Bertie Carvel as well as the prize for young performers Cleo Demetriou, Kerry Ingram, Sophia Kiely and Eleanor Worthington-Cox. The quartet, who each perform two shows a week, are all 12 or under.
Worthington-Cox, at 10, is the youngest person to win an Olivier.
"That's pretty cool," she said. "Scary. But I find that pretty amazing."
Matthew Warchus, who took the best-director trophy for "Matilda," said he was often asked which of the lead actresses was his favorite.
"It's a ridiculous question, »
- Gazelle Emami
Ricky Martin is living 'Evita' loca on Broadway
12 April 2012 11:48 AM, PDT | Pop2it | See recent Pop2it news »
In its first Broadway revival since it stormed the city in 1979 and won seven Tony Awards, "Evita" is back at the Marquis Theatre
Of course, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's operatic masterpiece packs the same power. There's the addition of one song from the movie version, but this is not just a remounting. There are substantial differences between the revival and the original, and that's not always for the best.
Pop sensation Ricky Martin as a sly, somewhat removed Che, is fabulous. He's in great voice, moves with sexy confidence and has a sardonic take on the ambitious girl's rise out of the sticks to ruling the country. He's wise to everything and sings the expository role with the elan of a leading man.
Stepping onto that famous balcony, where Eva Peron greeted "her people" with the iconic "Don't Cry for Me Argentina," is Elena Roger, who performed this in London. »
- editorial@zap2it.com
Madonna from "Truth or Dare" to "Mdna"
12 April 2012 7:01 AM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
It's hard to believe that the be all and end all of celebrity documentaries, Truth or Dare (1991) is already over 20 years old. Actual age aside, Truth or Dare is timeless not just because it captured one of the most famous women who has ever lived at the peak of her popularity, but because of how daringly it performed that capture. I'm sure it's impossible for anyone under 25 to imagine how shocking Madonna's behavior in the early 90s was. Believe it or not there was a time when the demistification of Celebrity was anathema to Hollywood.
You can argue that some of the magic went out of the movies the more access we had to the magicians on and behind the screen, but there was no stopping the intrusiveness of the information age. Madonna's acclaimed film and -- to a lesser extent though no one wants to give it »
- NATHANIEL R
Wes Anderson Says Francois Truffaut's 'Small Change,' Ken Loach's 'Black Jack' & Alan Parker's 'Melody' Are Influences On 'Moonrise Kingdom'
10 April 2012 2:46 PM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
While we had our ideas about the possible influences on Wes Anderson's "Moonrise Kingdom" after watching and deconstructing the trailer -- Jean-Luc Godard's "Le Pierrot Fou" and "Little Fugitive" -- the director himself has gone ahead and cleared up the movies that were in his mind when he set out to make the film.
“There’s two movies that I really love that were both kind of huge inspirations for 'Moonrise Kingdom,' ” Anderson told EW. “One is a movie called 'Black Jack' that’s directed by Ken Loach. The other one is another British movie that’s the first thing Alan Parker ever did. He wrote the script. It’s called 'Melody.' They’re both movies that I only found as I worked on this story. I was looking for movies that are about pre-teenage romance. And there’s a Truffaut movie 'Small Change. »
- Kevin Jagernauth
This Week on Stage: the Tonys get a host, Ricky Martin in ‘Evita’
9 April 2012 5:39 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Remember last year when the Tony M.C. wasn’t announced until a month before the ceremony? Well, this time around, the American Theatre Wing and Broadway League aren’t procrastinating: They revealed on Monday that Neil Patrick Harris will host the Tonys for a third time. In other news, Kevin Smith divulged plans for a Clerks III stage play. Amy Adams joined the cast of the Public Theater’s Into the Woods. Jason Reitman set up a reading of The Apartment in New York City. Broadway’s A Streetcar Named Desire started previews, and gave us a sneak peek. »
- Aubry D'Arminio
AfterElton Briefs: The Inclusive "Sims 3" Ad, A First Look at Ricky Martin in "Evita," and Neil Patrick Harris as ... Chandler Bing?
6 April 2012 12:11 PM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
Here is last week's caption pic winner. This week's caption pic is at the bottom of the page.
Thanks to everyone for participating! The winner is ...
"You were horrified by the Human Centipede, but nothing could prepare you for the Human Jedward."
Thanks to joeyhegele for this week's winning caption!
Weekend Birthdays! (Note: Birthday shoutouts are for out entertainers, allies, or for any celeb that seems to have a following on Ae). Taylor Kitsch (above) is 31, Paul Rudd is 43, Marilu Henner is 60, Zach Braff is 37, Russell Crowe is 48, Kevin Alejandro is 36, Ed Speleers is 24, and John Oates is 63. What are your fave Hall & Oates songs? They were a huge part of my childhood, so I'm doing a top ten: 10."I Can't Go For That," 9. "Adult Education," 8. "Rich Girl," 7. "Everything Your Heart Desires," 6. "Kiss On My List" 5."Say It Isn't So." 4. "Family Man," 3. "Private Eyes," 2. "Out Of Touch," 1. "Did It In A Minute"
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- snicks
The Critics Virtually Debate 'Evita'
6 April 2012 10:15 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
The reviews are in for the Broadway revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Evita," and it feels like everyone went to a different show. The AP is swooning over Ricky Martin and no one else, the Wall Street Journal says it's Michael Cerveris who steals the show as Juan Peron, and the New York Times isn't really into any of it. The only thing anyone seems to agree on is that Evita's voice needs some work. Yikes. With all this dissension in the air, it seems the only way to pull a meaningful assessment out is by starting, as they say, a dialogue. To make it happen, we're launching a new structure we'd like to call "E-Chatting With The Critics," in which we, your humble moderators, make our way through the reviews from the biggest dailies and fashion a conversation out of the standout lines. Like with any worthwhile game, »
- The Huffington Post
'Evita' Star Ricky Martin Still Feels Stage Pangs
6 April 2012 6:13 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
New York — Ricky Martin commands the stage with an air of confidence, yet the Latin superstar admits to being self-conscious at times.
"I'm still human and sometimes I feel uncertain about things," Martin admitted Thursday night at the Broadway premiere of the revival of "Evita," the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical.
As for "coming out" over his orientation, Martin admits that was an important step for him.
"That helps a lot" the Grammy-winning performer said. "Now I'm just allowing myself to feel onstage and see lives though the life of this character."
Martin has a few lives of his own to deal with these days as the performer is "Livin La Vida Familia" with his partner, Carlos, and their twin sons.
"I'm loving every minute of it. Loving every minute of it," Martin said.
Martin plays Che, the every-man narrator in the show currently playing at the Marquis Theater.
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- AP
Morning Meme: Madonna Wants Another Kiss From Britney, Ryan Gosling May Not Have Been Heroic, and Enver Gjokaj Wrestles With "Frenemies"
6 April 2012 5:15 AM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
In regards to my visit to Washington & Lee University for the debate between Maggie Gallagher and Andrew Sullivan, I'm still digesting. It was great to get together with Dennis though, we really never see each other, and we're not even sure that snicks is a real person or just a 1980s model computer. As far as the debate, held in the Lee Chapel over the crypt, Maggie didn't really seem on her best game and was all over the place with an admittedly polite but hostile audience. Sullivan made a wonderfully personal case for marriage equality being the conservative ideal for finding a way to bring a new disruption into the constructs of a society without destabilizing it.
But Dennis and I spent about a half hour talking to Maggie at the reception, just us. She's articulate, and there really isn't anything "mean" about her positions. I don't agree with »
- lostinmiami
Theater Review: Throwing Up My Hands at Evita
5 April 2012 9:04 PM, PDT | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
Descamisados, prick up your ears! Your Evita is up in arms again. Back from the dead for the first time since 1979 (her first and last appearance on Broadway, till now), the Andrew Lloyd Webber–Tim Rice version of Argentine First Lady and demi-saint Eva Perón (Elena Roger) is once again defying the phallocratic, foot-stomping Argentine military! She’s fighting the narrow-minded middle classes! She’s fighting the uncooperative upper classes! She’s fighting her uncooperative upper-register! Santa Evita’s hunger is palpable, her ambition unlimited, her singing ... well, reasonable people can disagree. (Wasn’t that the slogan of the Perón campaign in ’46? Oh, wait: It totally wasn’t.) But reasonably or unreasonably, critics and actual humans alike will disagree on this production. Cloaked in fathomless imperial shadow by director Michael Grandage, choreographed stirringly and busily by Rob Ashford, and featuring both the affably translucent presence of pop-star Ricky Martin (as Che, »
- Scott Brown
New Rule For Broadway: Put Ricky Martin In Everything
5 April 2012 6:44 PM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
New York -- Much of the buzz coming from the new revival "Evita" has been about the spitfire Argentine playing the title role. But all of the heat actually comes from the guy shaking his bon-bon.
Ricky Martin is easily the best thing about this revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's bio of Eva Peron, which opened Thursday at the Marquis Theatre. He sings beautifully, dances gracefully, athletically climbs ladders, plays his role with a knowing sneer and elicits drools in his suspenders and tight white shirt. He even makes a mustache work.
In fact, maybe it's time for Broadway to have a new rule: Put Ricky Martin in everything. He would fit in happily at "Newsies." He would definitely enliven "Death of a Salesman." Heck, put him in "Mary Poppins" and watch the roof really lift off.
Crisply directed by Michael Grandage ("Frost/Nixon"), with high-kicking choreography by Rob Ashford »
- AP
Evita: Theater Review
5 April 2012 6:00 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
New York – Arguably the best of composer Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musicals and the least dated of his collaborations with lyricist Tim Rice, Evita gets its first-ever Broadway revival almost 30 years after ending its original smash run. In the assured hands of director Michael Grandage and choreographer Rob Ashford, fresh electricity charges through the poperatic 1978 saga of the immortalization of Argentine First Lady Eva Perón, a juicy anti-heroine captured with teeth and claws in a sensational performance by Elena Roger. While Buenos Aires-born Roger is new to Broadway, this production made her a star in
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- David Rooney
Madonna Tops Billboard 200, Shinedown Has Best Week Ever
4 April 2012 3:03 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
As earlier reported, Madonna's Mdna and Lionel Richie's Tuskegee bow at Nos. 1 and 2 this week on the Billboard 200, selling 359,000 and 199,000 copies, respectively (according to Nielsen SoundScan). Madonna has now etched No. 1 albums in the '80s, '00s and '10s. Remarkably, she missed scoring a No. 1 in the 1990s, but she did claim five No. 2 albums in that decade with I'm Breathless, The Immaculate Collection, Erotica, the Evita soundtrack and Ray of Light. Richie's start of 199,000 for Tuskegee is his best sales week since SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991. His previous largest frame in that
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- Keith Caulfield, Billboard
Michael Cerveris Plays Juan Peron in Broadway Revival of 'Evita'
3 April 2012 1:18 AM, PDT | backstage.com | See recent Backstage news »
Michael Cerveris admits facing challenges in tackling Juan Peron in the reconceived revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's rock opera, "Evita." Besides playing a character who is not the focal point, but part of Evita's story, "It's easy to fall into the trap of making assumptions about who Peron is," Cerveris says. "The common perception that the authors had was that he was a dictator and an unredeemed quasi-fascist whose wife was using him or perhaps he was using her. It's more complicated than that.""Evita" recounts the stunning rise of Maria Eva Duarte Peron (Argentinian actor Elena Roger) from poverty to movie and radio star to first lady of Argentina, (1946-1952 when she died of cancer at the age of 33). At once a Machiavellian careerist and an impassioned advocate for the downtrodden, she is viewed to this day as Argentina's spiritual leader and a groundbreaker for women. »
- help@backstage.com (Simi Horwitz)
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