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Aides to Malawi’s president under fire after they issue statement attacking Madonna
Malawian President Joyce Banda has “reprimanded” aides who issued a scathing attack on Madonna that fuelled a very public spat with the pop star, a source at the presidency said Friday. She “reprimanded officers in the State House press department for issuing the statement without consulting her,” an official in…
Malawi challenges Madonna’s claim her charity built 10 schools
Malawi education authorities on Thursday challenged a claim by American pop queen Madonna that her charity last year built 10 new schools in the poor southern African nation. “The schools Raising Malawi claims to have constructed were already in existence,” Education Minister Eunice Kazembe said. “Raising Malawi only built 10…
650 Chilean Madonna fans file complaints over too-short concert
At least 650 Madonna fans in Chile have filed complaints with the national consumer board after a concert this week started late and ended early. The consumer agency, which defends the rights of Chilean consumers, is talking with the concert organizer to determine why the concert started more than two…
Madonna tells fans to vote for ‘black Muslim’ Obama
Appearing onstage at a Washington, D.C. concert on Monday night, performance artist Madonna urged her fans to vote for President Barack Obama, who she called “a black Muslim.” “Y’all better vote for fucking Obama, okay?” she said during a brief intermission. “For better or for worse, alright? We have a…
Madonna defends LGBT rights and Pussy Riot at Russian concerts
Pop legend Madonna spoke in support LGBT people in Russia on Thursday as she completed a two-concert tour of the country that passed a ban on “homosexual propaganda” this year. According to Reuters, Madonna wore black lingerie with the words “No Fear” written across her back and distributed pink wristbands…
Russian deputy prime minister calls Madonna a moralizing ‘former slut’ for Pussy Riot support
A senior Russian official has implied that Madonna is a moralising “slut” after the singer used a Moscow concert to state her support for the jailed feminist punk band Pussy Riot. “With age, every former s. tries to lecture everyone on morality,” Dmitry Rogozin, a deputy prime minister, wrote on…
Protesters greet Madonna in Russia over her support of Pussy Riot
US pop icon Madonna found herself in hot water in Moscow on Tuesday after she waded intoRussia’s fiercest controversy by calling for the release of three women in the Pussy Riot protest punk band. The one-time “material girl” and current campaigner for human rights causes arrived in Moscow on Monday to open a new…
Madonna airs 1944 Warsaw Uprising clip amid concert row
WARSAW — US pop star Madonna aired a World War II-era newsreel on the 1944 anti-Nazi Warsaw Uprising at the top of her gig in the city marking the day 68 years ago when the bloody insurrection was launched. Thousands of fans applauded the two-and-a-half minute long film which ran…
Catholic youth crusade against Madonna in Poland
Singer Madonna is courting controversy again ahead of an August 1 gig in Warsaw, having already been threatened with legal action in France for projecting a swastika on an image of far-right party leader Marine Le Pen. A group of young Catholics has launched an online petition to have the…
France’s far-right to sue Madonna over swastika video
PARIS — France’s far-right National Front said Sunday it plans to sue Madonna over a video at the US pop star’s concert in France showing party leader Marine Le Pen with a swastika on her forehead. “We cannot accept such an odious comparison,” National Front vice-president Florian Philippot said, adding…
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