Madonna’s Cleavage Still Looks Good

Madonna may be well into her fifties but she still has what it takes to turn your weiner into a steel rod. Those titties still look pretty smooth and perky; not at all what you would expect from a woman her age. Which leads us to the conclusion that obsessively doing yoga actually works. May be I should sign up for a yoga class. Preferably one in New York City; who knows, I may run into Madonna while at it!

Anyway, here is the queen of pop dressed in lingerie and showing her not too shabby cleavage for Dolce & Gabbana. I’m not sure how this is supposed to convince women to buy D&G clothing, but it sure as hell will make guys run to their stores. Good job, Dolce!

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Madonna visiting Malawi to launch school

(CNN) — Pop star Madonna plans to help break ground in Malawi on Monday for a school she is building in the impoverished southern African nation, from which she adopted two children.
The school — Raising Malawi Academy for Girls — will focus on empowering women to become leaders, the singer said on a Web site run by her charity. It will be built in the capital, Lilongwe.

“Our goal is to teach them to challenge themselves, serve their local communities and develop their country,” she said. ” … Research proves that young girls throughout the developing world are often left without opportunities to receive a comprehensive education.”
Madonna, 51, said her four children accompanied her on the trip — including two adopted from the country. David Banda, 4, was adopted in 2006 and Chifundo “Mercy” James, 3, earlier this year.
Mercy’s adoption petition in April was mired in controversy. A judge at first rejected the application, based on a minimum residency required for foreigners who adopt. The rejection followed criticism by human rights activists, who said the singer was using her fame to circumvent the law.
The singer appealed the decision, and Malawi’s high court ruled in her favor in June, clearing the adoption. The residency condition was waived in 2006, when Madonna adopted David.
The singer has been involved with Malawi for several years and made a documentary, “I Am Because We Are,” to highlight poverty, AIDS and other diseases devastating children in the country. She also co-founded the nonprofit Raising Malawi, which helps feed, educate and provide medical care for the needy.

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Madonna wraps up world tour in Israel

TEL AVIV, Israel — Madonna was bringing her mix of provocative music and spirituality to the Holy Land with a concert Tuesday in front of 50,000 fans who have endured a 16-year wait since the pop icon’s last gig in Israel.
Madonna wraps up her worldwide “Sticky & Sweet” tour with two concerts this week in a country whose place at the heart of the Mideast conflict has made it more of a magnet for diplomats than big-name performers.

The 51-year-old entertainer claims a special bond with the Jewish state.
She’s been dabbling in Kabbalah, a form of Jewish mysticism, for more than a decade and has taken on a Hebrew name, Esther. She’s come on private pilgrimages in the past, and has visited the Jewish holy site at the Western Wall in Jerusalem since arriving in Israel on Sunday.
Madonna will perform later Tuesday and again on Wednesday at Tel Aviv’s Hayarkon Park, an outdoor site that holds about 50,000 people.
Israeli radio stations played Madonna songs through the day Tuesday. On Israel’s Army Radio, a DJ interrupted a song briefly to quip that “tonight, Aunt Esther is playing at Hayarkon Park.”
Late Monday, the pop diva dined with Israel’s parliamentary opposition leader, Tzipi Livni, at Madonna’s request, Livni spokesman Gil Messing said.
Livni “was very impressed with Madonna and found her to be a very interesting person,” said Messing, adding that the two decided to keep the content of their conversation private. Livni plans to attend one of Madonna’s concerts, he said.
Livni, who lost a bid for Israel’s premiership in February, is a former peace negotiator and leading moderate. Her main political rival, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, will receive Madonna at his Jerusalem residence on Friday.
Madonna last performed in Israel in 1993 but came on private pilgrimages in 2004 and 2007 along with other Kabbalah devotees.
Her previous two stops on the current tour, in Romania and Bulgaria, were marred by controversy.
In Bulgaria, Orthodox Church officials accused the singer of showing disrespect for Christianity. In Romania, she was booed during her concert for criticizing widespread discrimination against eastern Europe’s Gypsies, also known as Roma.
In Israel, some rabbis have criticized her involvement in Kabbalah. Madonna was raised a Roman Catholic. She wrote in an article for an Israeli newspaper last month that the study of Kabbalah helped her understand life better.
Jewish tradition holds that Kabbalah is so complicated and so easily misunderstood that students may only begin to approach it with a strong background in Jewish law and only after age 40.
Still, Madonna’s fans are happy she’s in Israel. Her first show sold out quickly, and a second was added.
After years of concerns over political tensions and violence, more world artists are performing to Israel.
Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney performed a year ago, but he drew criticism from Palestinians who said his concert amounted to support for Israel’s occupation of the West Bank.
David Brinn, a music critic for The Jerusalem Post, said Madonna’s performances are a sign that Israel is becoming more attractive as a concert venue. The Pet Shop Boys played Israel in July, pop sensation Lady Gaga was here last month, the rock band Faith No More is playing Tel Aviv on Tuesday night, and the iconic songwriter Leonard Cohen is to perform later this month.
“For a long time, it was security-related, and artists and managers didn’t want to take a chance,” he said of the dry spell in concerts. “They realized it is safe in comparison to other countries, and it is viable for artists to come here.”

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Madonna explains Gypsy comments

Madonna has said she was “compelled” to comment on the discrimination of Romany Gypsies while on stage in Romania, despite being booed by fans.

The 51-year-old was jeered by the audience in Bucharest after saying the discrimination “made me feel very sad”.
Publicist Liz Rosenberg said Madonna made the comments after being made aware of the prejudice towards Romany people in eastern Europe.

The star uses a group of Roma musicians on her Sticky and Sweet tour.
Madonna paused during her two-hour show to say: “It has been brought to my attention, that there is a lot of discrimination against Romanies and Gypsies in general in Eastern Europe - it made me feel very sad.”
“We don’t believe in discrimination, we believe in freedom and equal rights for everyone.”
Jeers and cheers
The star then received more boos when she mentioned prejudice against homosexuals and others.
Rosenberg said Madonna had told her there were cheers as well as jeers from the 60,000-strong crowd.
“Madonna has been touring with a phenomenal troupe of Roma musicians who made her aware of the discrimination toward them in several countries so she felt compelled to make a brief statement,” she added.
Concert goer Ionut Dinu, 23, said: “I jeered her because it seemed false what she was telling us. What business does she have telling us these things?”
Romania has the largest number of Roma in eastern Europe.
Nearly half of Europe’s estimated 12 million Roma claimed to have suffered an act of discrimination over the past 12 months, according to a recent report by the EU Fundamental Rights Agency.
The agency says Roma face “overt discrimination” in housing, health care and education.

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