From Madgetribe

"What Madonna wants Madonna usually gets. So it came as something of a shock for the diva to be told she couldn’t do exactly what she wanted as she embarked on directing the film of a story that had fascinated her for years.

“I had to learn to deal with disappointment gracefully,” she recalls. “Every day I heard the word no a thousand times. 'No, that can’t happen. No, we don’t have time for that. No, that’s too expensive. No, no, no.’ Trying to work with those kinds of restrictions and being creative too is a real challenge.”

 She surmounted the challenge and the result is W.E., a lavish depiction of the love affair between Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson set against the backdrop of the auction of items from their estate and told in conjunction with the story of Wally Winthrop, a contemporary New York woman who is obsessed with the life of the Duchess of Windsor, through whom she lives vicariously."

Read the full interview at The Telegraph

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The Golden Globes nominations have just been announced and Madonna's "W.E." movie is nominated in 2 different categories:

Best Original Score: Abel Korzeniowski
Best Original Song: "Masterpiece" by Madonna

The Golden Globes ceremony will take place on January 15. Good luck to Madonna and her movie team!

Source: Madonna.com

Madonna has signed with Interscope, a source close to the situation confirmed to Billboard.biz Wednesday morning (Dec. 14).

According to a report in the New York Post, the singer will continue the 10-year multi-rights deal with Live Nation -- said to be worth as much as $100 million -- that she signed in 2007, but has inked a three-album pact with Interscope at a base of $1 million per album. Billboard.biz's source could not confirm the terms of the deal at press time but said the report sounded right. Sources indicated to Billboard early last month that Madonna was likely to ink with Interscope.

Source: Billboard.biz

"Madonna is currently filming the video to her brand new single with M.I.A & Nicki Minaj, which is directed by Megaforce.

Later this week, she will create her new album's photoshoot with Mert & Marcus!"

Source: Madonna.com

In an interview with Extra’s Jerry Penacoli at the S&P screening of W.E., Madonna spoke about her new album. In the interview she confirmed 'Masterpiece' will appear on the new album and when asked about the M.I.A and Nicki Minaj collaboration Madonna replied "Yeah… they’re both singing on my record… and me, a lot of me. I’m singing on it too"


You can also now listen to the W.E. soundtrack through stream at http://twcguilds.com/film/we#score

Madonna, a multi Grammy Award-winning Universal Records recording artist, will perform in the Bridgestone Super Bowl XLVI Halftime Show on NBC on Sunday, Feb. 5, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, the NFL and NBC announced at halftime of Sunday night's game between the New Orleans Saints and Detroit Lions. Madonna's performance will be imagined by Cirque Du Soleil and Jamie King.

The Bridgestone Super Bowl halftime show is the most-watched musical event of the year. More than 162 million viewers in the U.S. watched last year's show. The Super Bowl and halftime show will be broadcast worldwide.

Madonna joins an esteemed list of recent halftime acts that includes The Black Eyed Peas, The Who, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Prince, the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney and U2.

A world class entertainer, singer, songwriter, producer, director, and video visionary, Madonna has sold more than 300 million records in the course of her three-decade career as The Material Girl. She is a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee. Her last tour was the most successful tour by a solo artist in history. Madonna is currently in the recording studio working on a new album scheduled to be released next year. Her new film W.E., which she directed, wrote and produced, is opening in a limited one-week release Dec. 9 in Los Angeles and will open nationally on Feb. 3, two days prior to Super Bowl XLVI.

Madonna has partnered with a creative team from Cirque du Soleil, Jamie King, and multimedia artists from Moment Factory, to create a signature performance for the Bridgestone Super Bowl XLVI Halftime Show.

Source: NFL.com

 
Madonna stepped out in New York on the 2nd of December joined by her children Lourdes, Rocco, Mercy and David.

Madonna has been confirmed to appear on The Graham Norton Show in the New Year.

The singer will join Andrea Riseborough and James D'Arcy to discuss her film directing debut W.E. on Friday, January 13.

Norton said of Madonna's appearance: "I couldn't be more excited! This is my real Christmas present. I may have to retire, but that's not a promise!"

The broadcaster has previously described Madonna as the "holy grail" of chatshow guests, saying that he would be prepared to devote an entire show to her.

Source: Digital Spy

The ballad that Madonna has recorded for the upcoming film W.E. is called 'Masterpiece' and is produced by William Orbit. The song will appear on the upcoming soundtrack for the film.

From Madonnarama -
"The song seems to be about what it feels to love and be loved like a piece of art and how fragile this love can be.
From what we hear Madonna’s voice is absolutely stunning in it, and the track is very orchestral."

Source: Madonnarama.com