Beautiful Stranger is all over MTV and raio (request, request) and the single is set to be released worldwide on May 31 with the following tracks: LP Version Calderone Club Mix
Calderone Radio Mix and of course a US release is not confirmed. Great line: Austin: "You're headed the right way for a smacked bottom!" Madonna: "I hope so."
The track is a great 60s inspired gem and the video with Mike Myers as Austin Powers is adorable! Here's Billboard's review of the track: Chalk up a new shift in the wind for the ever-inventive Lady Madonna, who hits another creative high with this wholly captivating single from the soundtrack to Austin Powers The Spy Who Shagged Me. In the groovy, late-60's spirit of the film's lead character, this latest partnership with producer William Orbit taps into a walloping romp of guitars and enough cascading organs to prompt an urge to listen to your Monkees collection [Actually, close followers may recognize the track's inspiration in Orbit's remix of Madonna's Ray Of Light]. Her vocal here is crisp and dead-on think her Evita voice-complete with a chorus that will pop into your head and dance around there until you feel madness setting in. It's always a joy when a well-established artist is able to show that he or she is as creatively inspired as ever. This track does nothing but further Madonna's essential place in pop culture through the 80's, 90's, and now, beyond. Credible and utterly exceptional. The Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me soundtrack is released June 1 on Maverick Records.
The much delayed interview with 60 Minutes II finally aired and it was all mucj ado about nothing. 12 minutes long, focussing mainly on old clips, Charlie Rose tried desperately to get a rise out of Madonna and to paint her as some diva wench, but without avail. Madonna intelligently refuted his accusations and just because she wanted to look good on camera does not make her some power-mad bitch, as Rose tried to present her.
May 18
The Madonna interview on 60 Minutes II will air on Wednesday, May 19 on CBS.
May 12 Ricky Martin's self-titled debut is out in stores now, featuring the Madonna duet we've been talking about for months.
Beautiful Stranger, Madonna's contribution to the Austin Powers 2 soundtrack (June 1) is released to radio on May 19, the same day it debuts on MTV's Total Request Live. From MTV News: Madonna, Mike Myers Team Up For Austin Powers Video: Madonna shot a groovy video this past weekend in Los Angeles for her new soundtrack song, Beautiful Stranger, which was recorded for the Mike Myers spy spoof Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. Helmed by Rush Hour director Brett Ratner, the clip features Madonna as a brainwashed secret agent singing to a nightclub crowd that includes the characters Dr. Evil (Myers), his smaller counterpart Mini-Me (Verne Troyer), and a love-struck Austin Powers (Myers again). In the video, Powers is on a mission to bring back the secret agent from Dr. Evil's dark side, and he falls madly in love with Madonna as he fantasizes about her while she performs. In one humorous dream sequence, Madonna is seen fawning over Powers while he's driving his Union Jack-topped Jaguar. In a more psychedelic episode, the pair frolics around while accompanied by a series of trippy graphics. After the dream sequences subside, Madonna is seen leaving the nightclub with one of the featured characters. To find out which one, check out MTV's Total Request Live on Wednesday, May 19 for the world premiere of the Beautiful Stranger video. As for the star-studded soundtrack and movie, the record will be out on June 1st, while the film will be in theaters on June 15th." Buzz on the song is great and the video will no doubt be hysterical!
April 30
The release date for the soundtrack to Austin Powers: The Spy WHo Shagged Me will be released on June 1, Click here to read a Maverick press release.
On June 8th, a DVD of The Immaculate Collection video will be released. The track listing is identical to the video: Lucky Star/Borderline/Like A Virgin/Material Girl/
Papa Don’t Preach/Open Your Heart/La Isla
Bonita/Like A Prayer/Express Yourself/Cherish/
Oh Father/Vogue/Vogue (1990 MTV Awards)
April 27
Click here to read a recent article on Madonna's Max Factor deal in the UK Sunday Times.
Nothing Really Matters entered the Billboard chart at an awful #99, her lowest debut ever, and it may become here worst charting single ever, beating Love Don't Live Here Anymore's 1996 peak of #78. It should be noted however, that this is Madonna's first debut on the new Billboard charting system where sales only account for 25% of the position and airplay accounts for the rest, as opposed to a 50/50 split before. Sales themselves are actually better than The Power Of Goodbye's which peaked at #11.
April 26
Click here to read a press release from Paramount Pictures about Madonna's film The Next Best Thing.
April 19
Vote for Madonna for ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY's Fab 400 issue of the greatest pop stars ever! VOTE HERE (and often). The results of this poll will be published in a May issue.
And the awards kept pouring in...... The Croatian Porin`99 music awards will be held May 2 in Makarska in Dalmatia (southern part of Croatia). Madonna is nominated in two main categories: Best International Pop/Rock Album - Ray Of Light and Best International Video Clip - Frozen.
April 16 As reported before Madonna has contributed a song to the Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me soundtrack. The song is called "Beautiful Stranger" and will be the first single. It is co-written and co-produced by William Orbit and reportedly has a 60's feel to it. The soundtrack is released May 25 and the single will be released to radio in early May.
The Madonna/Ricky Martin duet, "Be Careful With My Heart (Cuidado Con Mi Corazon") will be released on the album Ricky Martin on May 11. The track is a Spanish/English ballad c0-written by Madonna and William Orbit.
Madonna begins filming the much anticipated The Next Best Thing with Rupert Everet and director John Schlesinger on April 19. "I totally believe in [Madonna] as an actress and as this character in the film," Everet, who also co-wrote the screenplay, told the NY Post this month. "She's been disparaged as an actress because we're all so conscious of her image."
VIRGIN VOICES: A TRIBUTE TO MADONNA volume one is currently on sale with the following track list: 1. Heaven 17-Holiday
2. Loleatta Holloway-Like a Prayer
3. Bow Wow Wow-Like a Virgin (LCD mix)
4. Dead Or Alive-Why's it so Hard
5. Berlin-Live to Tell
6. Astralasia-Vogue
7. Delerium-Justify my Love
8. James Hardway with Amanda Ghost (Featuring boy george on vocals)-Bad Girl
9. KMFDM-Material Girl
10. Silverbeam-Bedtime Story
11. Information Society-Express Yourself
12. Spahn ranch-Swim
13. Gene loves jezebel-Frozen (razed in black mix)
14. Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black-Burning Up (Interface mix)
Reviews of this project have been mixed. The tentative track listing for a volume two is: 1. Ogre (of Skinny Puppy)-Borderline
2. Flock of Seagulls-This Used to Be My Playground
3. Liz fraser (Cocteau Twins) with Girl Eats Boy (ex-Drum Club)-Crazy for You
4. Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Ray of Light
5. Michele Crispin of Fem 2 Fem-Love Don't Live Here Anymore
6. Jack Off Jill-Oh Father
7. Switchblade Symphony-Lucky Star
8. Missing Person's Dale Bozzio-Into the Groove
9. Mephisto Walz-Skin
10. Ofra Haza-Open your Heart
11. Transmutator-Erotica
12. Rosetta Stone-Rain
13. Loop Guru-Cheris
March 30 Madonna did not attend the Oscars this year but she did appear at the Vanity Fair afterparty with Maverick's Guy Oesary and her brother Christopher.
ICON reports that this Christmas, a new best-of collection MIGHT be MAYBE released. I think instead of a follow-up to THE IMMACULATE COLLECTION it should be a remix album like YOU CAN DANCE, but what the hell do I know? Also, Madonna may contribute a song for the upcoming film: Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.
Madonna will be interviewed on CBS' 60 Minutes II on an unspecified date in April, ICON says so coincide with the beginning of production for The Next Best Thing. Sure to be absolutely facinating though, whenever its on!
Madonna is reportedly preparing to do a duet with Latin sensation Ricky Martin, whom she cuddled with for cameras at the Grammys after he took Best Latin Pop Performance.
Nothing Really Matters is all over radio (request request) with a maxi single set to be released on APRIL 13 with the following OFFICIAL track listing:
Club 69 Vocal Club Mix*
Album Version
Club 69 Future Mix*
Club 69 Radio Mix*
Club 69 Phunk Mix*
Vikram Radio Remix**
Club 69 Future Dub*
Kruder And Dorfmeister Remix+ There is a 12' double vinyl maxi available now with the same listings!The single will contain: Nothing Really Matters and To Have And Not To Hold, both album versions.
RAY OF LIGHT has shipped 11 million copies worldwide!
Nothing Really Matters is the current world-wide single with the following OFFICIAL track listing:
CD Maxi - UPC #9362-44620-2
LP Version 4:27
Club 69 Radio Mix 3:45
Club 69 Vocal Club Mix 7:38
Kruder & Dorfmeister Mix 11:04
CD Maxi - UPC #9362-44621-2
LP Version 4:27
Club 69 Radio Mix 3:45
Kruder & Dorfmeister Mix 11:04
CD Maxi - UPC #9362-44622-2
Club 69 Future Mix 8:33
Club 69 Phunk Mix 8:00
Vikram Remix 8:37
Club 69 Mix Show Mix 5:40
CD Maxi - UPC #9362-44623-2
Club 69 Radio Mix 3:45
Club 69 Future Mix 8:33
Club 69 Future Dub 5:48
It looks like my prayers have been answered: Victor Calderone, the great remixer behind the Ray Of Light and Frozen remixes is doing his magic on Skin, and says that it will be the fifth single, once Nothing Really Matters has run its course.
Madonna has contributed a personally autographed Beanie Baby for a charity auction benefitting Caring For Babies with AIDS (CBA) which will be held in Los Angeles on April 18.
Madonna contributed the dress she wore to the Oscars in 1998 to "Unforgettable Fashions of the Oscars," a charity auction held at Christie's in NYC today benefitting AmFAR (American Foundation for AIDS Research). Also contributing Oscar fashions are Elizabeth Taylor, Cher, Uma Thurman, Bette Midler, Julia Roberts, Anjelica Huston, and more.
Fetching the second highest price of the evening was Madonna's full-length, V-necked black silk and dove-gray tulle ensemble worn to the 1998 Academy Awards. Designed by Olivier Theyskens and Jean Paul Gaultier, it was bought for $79,500 by the Home Shopping Network, which said it would be used to publicize and raise more money for AIDS research. Elizabeth Taylor's 1969 Oscar dress grabbed the top bid of $167,500.
Madonna donated her
handwritten Little Star lyrics to a charity auction project
called "Hits Under The Hammer" which raises money for two
children's charities, Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy and
Norwood Ravenswood. These lyrics were sold for £6,000 (approx. $9,754.00 U.S. dollars).
The Next Best Thing, a romantic comedy-drama with Rupert Everett is set to film in April 1999. This spring, Madonna will also produce Ghetto Superstar starring Pras and Lauryn Hill. She also may contribute a song to the soundtrack (rumour).
Beautiful Stranger is all over MTV and raio (request, request) and the single is set to be released worldwide on May 31 with the following tracks:
The much delayed interview with 60 Minutes II finally aired and it was all mucj ado about nothing. 12 minutes long, focussing mainly on old clips, Charlie Rose tried desperately to get a rise out of Madonna and to paint her as some diva wench, but without avail. Madonna intelligently refuted his accusations and just because she wanted to look good on camera does not make her some power-mad bitch, as Rose tried to present her.
Click here to read a recent article on Madonna's Max Factor deal in the UK Sunday Times.
The Madonna/Ricky Martin duet, "Be Careful With My Heart (Cuidado Con Mi Corazon") will be released on the album Ricky Martin on May 11. The track is a Spanish/English ballad c0-written by Madonna and William Orbit.
VIRGIN VOICES: A TRIBUTE TO MADONNA volume one is currently on sale with the following track list:
Madonna did not attend the Oscars this year but she did appear at the Vanity Fair afterparty with Maverick's Guy Oesary and her brother Christopher.
