Liz Smith at Variety Magazine reports that Madonna's next album is expected to be released "late this year":


JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE is no. 68 on Entertainment Weekly's Top 100 list of "The Stars We Love Right Now." (Very clever of EW, that "right now" bit. Never before has popularity shifted so swiftly and seismically as it does today.) Justin is busy collaborating with Madonna for her next album, which arrives late this year.