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Madonna's brother Anthony Ciccone stoked a family feud, saying that his famous sister didn't care 'if I'm dead or alive.' Pop queen Madonna has legions of fans. But her estranged brother, Anthony Ciccone, isn't one of them. Ciccone, 56, is a homeless alcoholic who has lived on the freezing streets of Traverse City, Mich. For almost three years. And he's stoking the family feud between him and his famous sister.

<p>Madonna has never been a stranger to controversy, and she once again dipped her toe into those waters at last night’s GLAAD Awards, where she was presenting an award to Anderson Cooper.</p> <p>Dressed in an oversized Boy Scout uniform, Madonna took the organization to task for its policy that bans gay people from joining. “I wanted to be a Boy Scout, but they wouldn’t let me join,” she said during a 10-minute speech. “I think that’s (messed) up. I know how to build a fire. I can pitch a tent … most importantly, I know how to scout for boys.”</p>

This hasn’t been reported elsewhere, butt there was a scary moment the other day when MO BO and the Wee Wons were handing out food packages at Martha’s Kitchen (no, not THAT Martha). Big Guy got hold of something that appeared very suspicious to him: “Whoa! What have we here? It looks like a IED! Call 911! Call Secret Security! Hit the floor!   Dad…it’s a sweet potato. You know, Mom grows them in “her garden” I guess Big Guy’s still a little jumpy(snip)the Burmese billboards that were intended as laudatory congratulations on his second historic win butt were so...

The Material Girl has been showing more than a lot of love for victims of Hurricane Sandy. At her most recent concerts in Cleveland and New York, she stripped for the audience in order to get donations for storm relief (videos follow with transcribed highlights and commentary, mild vulgarity).

Last Saturday night in New Orleans, pop superstar Madonna entertained her audience by performing her many hits. It was undoubtedly a stellar performance for Madonna has been a major star for decades. Unfortunately, in the midst of the concert, she decided to engage in political talk with her audience. In recent months, Madonna has been very vocal about her support for Barack Obama. In fact, she has written the President’s name on various parts of her body and is not be bashful about showing it to her fans. Not surprisingly, she promises to strip completely naked if the President wins...

NEW ORLEANS – Madonna drew boos and triggered a walkout by several concertgoers after she touted President Barack Obama on her "MDNA Tour" in New Orleans. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/10/28/madonna-booed-after-touting-obama-in-new-orleans-concert/?test=latestnews#ixzz2AeCMRdCk

Actually, I’m not sure what demographic Madonna’s audience would fall into, but I’m pretty sure it’s not any of the traditional Republican constituencies. And yet … Madonna drew some jeers from her crowd in New Orleans on Saturday night after she told audience members to vote for President Obama, the Associated Press reports. “Who’s registered to vote?” she said, adding, “I don’t care who you vote for as long as you vote for Obama.” The comment was followed by boos and some walk outs from the audience. Yeah, but were they Voguing on their way out?

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Madonna drew boos and triggered a walkout by several concertgoers after she touted President Barack Obama on her "MDNA Tour" in New Orleans. The Material Girl asked during Saturday night's performance: "Who's registered to vote?" She added: "I don't care who you vote for as long as you vote for Obama." Drawing boos in touting Obama over Republican Mitt Romney, Madonna followed: "Seriously, I don't care who you vote for ... Do not take this privilege for granted. Go vote."

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Madonna drew boos and triggered a walkout by several concertgoers after she touted President Barack Obama on her "MDNA Tour" in New Orleans. The Material Girl asked during Saturday night's performance: "Who's registered to vote?" She added: "I don't care who you vote for as long as you vote for Obama." Drawing boos in touting Obama over Republican Mitt Romney, Madonna followed: "Seriously, I don't care who you vote for ... Do not take this privilege for granted. Go vote."

Madonna left the gun play-heavy segment of her "MDNA" concert intact on Thursday night at Denver's Pepsi Center, upsetting some fans who say the pop star should have removed the section in light of the July movie theater shooting in nearby Aurora, Colo. The AP reports that fans called into local TV stations after the show to air their grievances over the segement, in which the pop star wields a prop gun and pretends to shoot an imaginary criminal while images of blood splattering are displayed on a backdrop. The scene takes place during Madonna's performance of "Gang Bang," a...

DENVER (CBS Denver/AP) — Some Colorado fans are upset after music superstar Madonna used guns during a performance. Madonna started her show Thursday night at the Pepsi Center in Denver with a gun scene, which she has used in previous performances. She was also accused of being more than three hours late to the show.

Clearly not content with flashing a nipple and 'ironically' calling Barack Obama a Muslim, Madonna has decided to wade in on the shooting of a Pakistani girl after she spoke out against the Taliban. Madonna continued to use her 'MDNA Tour' to make yet another controversial statement by strip-teasing to 'show her support' for Malala Yousafzai, who was shot on a schoolbus for writing a blog about how important education is. On her Wednesday night performance in the Staples Centre, Los Angeles, the singer began by telling her audience that she wanted have a 'serious talk'...< snip > According to...

Madonna didn’t think twice about mocking the Catholic Church in her concerts and video. She thought it was a courageous statement. But the Material Girl wimped out and nixed her Muslim bridal dress for her latest video. It’s too dangerous. ... Madonna has decided against wearing a Muslim bridal dress in her new music video over fears for her safety. ... when they mentioned that her actions could put her life at risk she decided to ditch it from her video and certainly won’t be wearing it on stage

Madonna--the mononymous musician, not the martyr's mom--delivered an odd and perhaps backhanded endorsement of President Obama Monday night. Fox News describes it: "Madonna, 54, . . . stripped down to her bra to reveal 'Obama' stenciled in big letters on her back, before promising (or warning?): 'When Obama is in the White House for a second term I'll take it all off.' " Here is an opportunity for Mitt Romney to make a Pascal's Wager-like appeal to independent voters. You may be uncertain as to whether Romney will be a good president, but what you stake is finite, whereas the...

Isn’t it ironic? Madonna insists her reference to President Barack Obama as a “black Muslim” is. During a Monday show at Washington D.C.’s Verizon Center, Madge turned political for an on-stage four-more-years pitch, defending fallen leaders like Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. while making a plea for freedom to her cheering crowd.

Madonna, 54, also stripped down to her bra to reveal "Obama" stenciled in big letters on her back, before promising (or warning?): “When Obama is in the White House for a second term I'll take it all off.”

Madonna offered a profanity-laced endorsement of President Obama at her concert Monday night, which involved the singer stripping down to her underwear to reveal the president's name written on her body. “You all better vote for f---ing Obama okay,” she told the crowd at Washington's Verizon center.

Evidently, President Obama is a "black Muslim" so everyone should vote for him, according to the Queen of Pop. "Y’all better vote for f--king Obama, OK? For better or for worse, all right?" the aging songstress implored her audience during a performance in Washington, DC Monday night.

At a concert in Washington, D.C. on Monday night, Madonna explained why she expected all of her fans to vote for Obama. “Y’all better vote for f–king Obama, OK? For better or for worse, all right? We have a black Muslim in the White House! Now that’s some amazing s–t,” Madonna said. “It means there is hope in this country. And Obama is fighting for gay rights, so support the man, g-damnit.”

On the heels of , today we have an odd "real" celebrity endorsement: at her D.C. stop on her MDNA Tour, Madonna told fans on Monday night to vote for "the Black Muslim in the White House" who's "fighting for gay rights." Here's footage of Madonna's "endorsement" (her Obama comments comes around the 1:50 mark) RELATED: RELATED: So yeah. That's odd, right? Thanks to her terrible delivery, it's hard to tell whether Madonna is being sarcastic and mocking people who think Obama is a Muslim ( ) or if Madonna actually believes President Obama is a Muslim ( ). ....

The lights went down, and we were in Troyes Cathedral, or perhaps Fordham University. A gigantic glowing crucifix, several stories high, hung over the stage. It was the centerpiece of a handsome Old World church built of light and shadow on the tall video screens at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. Monks in heavy robes chanted as a huge smoking censer swung over the sold-out crowd. And suspended at midstage, Madonna knelt in a hovering confession booth, delivering an Act of Contrition of her own devising. Then the walls of the booth collapsed, and the star dropped to the floor...

Madonna has Obama’s back. And he’s got his name on hers. We’ll explain. Last night, while Madonna sang and performed her “MDNA” show for 40,000 fans at New York’s Yankee Stadium, President Obama delivered his DNC speech more than 600 miles away in Charlotte, N.C.

Madonna is being sued for millions in Russia after she performed in Moscow and advocated homosexuality. There are strict laws in Russia related to the promotion or advocacy of homosexuality with those found in violation of such acts facing stiff punishment. A new law that was passed in February makes it illegal to promote homosexuality to minors and that is that basis for the lawsuit against the singer. The plaintiffs alleged that there were children as young as 12 at Madonna's concert on Aug. 9 and that her remarks made during the show are in violation of the law. Alexander...

Russia’s NGO conundrum July 10, 2012 Ajay Kamalakaran Not all NGOs receiving funds from overseas are indulging in malpractices but the Russian Government has every right to ask questions. Foreign governments that want to use the NGO route as a means for a coup d’état or to meet other political ends will have to find another way to advance their agenda. Source: Julian Hibbard There seems to be a particular feeling of discomfort in the West over Russia’s new bill that calls for certain categories of NGOs receiving foreign funding to register with the Justice Ministry. The main aim of...

Madonna was brandished a moralising 'slut' by a leading member of Vladimir Putin's government ahead of her concert in St Petersburg tonight. The singer came under attack for promising to back the city’s gay community in St Petersburg, where it is unlawful to promote homosexuality to young people, with pink wristbands to be distributed during her concert. Deputy prime minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Twitter: 'With age, every former s. tries to lecture everyone on morality.' Although he didn’t use the word in full, it was understood by all to mean the Russian word for 'slut' or 'whore'. Rogozin, a...

MOSCOW — Madonna has expressed her support for the jailed members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot by donning a black ski mask and scrawling the group's name on her back. ~snip~ Madonna voiced support for Pussy Riot at a Tuesday night concert in Moscow, saying she'd "pray for them."

Elton John has been feuding with Madonna on and off for the last few years, but his remarks about her in an interview for Australian TV that aired on Sunday night were harsh, even for him. Not only did he declare her career “over,” but he said she looked like a “fairground stripper

  After performing for only 45 minutes, the pop star incurred the wrath of concertgoers who gathered in front of the Paris concert venue to demand their money back. French fans took Madonna’s “Express Yourself” lyrics seriously on Thursday night when they booed and expressed anger at the singer for cutting her show at famed Paris concert hall l’Olympia short after around just 45 minutes. After Madonna left the stage, fans remained in their seats booing and yelling insults like “salope,” the French word for “slut.” PHOTOS: Madonna's Iconic Career and Life in Pictures Madonna took the stage around 10:15 p.m....

Oh here we go! It may have only shown up briefly, but Marine Le Pen is NOT happy about Madonna labeling her a Nazi during the MDNA tour. As all eyes were glued to a video screen in Tel Aviv, the face of Marine appeared with a swastika over her forehead. Now, if you're unaware of Marine… let us tell you why she's a little upset… Being the daughter of convicted racist/anti-Semite/Holocaust-denying Jean-Marie Le Pen, she took control of the National Front and vowed to reform the far-right political party from it's notorious reputation. HOWEVER, she still wants to limit...

New York Times bestselling author of Obama Zombies and gonzo journalist Jason Mattera takes the first stand with Hollywood Hypocrites, as he slays the Left’s sacred celebrity cows and teaches Obama’s Tinseltown foot soldiers their most important lesson yet: No longer can they attempt to deny Americans the very liberties they use to catapult themselves to prosperity and stardom. In his trademark eye-opening, no-holds-barred, and hilarious style, Mattera puts scores of A-list celebrities, including Sting, Madonna, Bono, Al Gore, Alec Baldwin, Matt Damon, Cameron Diaz, Bruce Springsteen, and many, many more under the microscope to analyze whether they live by...

Madonna called in to “On Air with Ryan Seacrest” to discuss her Super Bowl performance including the controversy around M.I.A.‘s digit malfunction, and whether or not we can expect Britney Spears on her upcoming single “Girls Gone Wild.” Since stepping off the Super Bowl stage controversy has swirled due to Madonna’s guest performer M.I.A. raising a middle finger during the performance. Madonna confesses: “I was really surprised. I didn’t know anything about it. I wasn’t happy about it. I understand it’s punk rock and everything, but to me there was such a feeling of love and good energy, and positivity...

New Facebook group asks Prime Minister to postpone any plans to a strike of Iran's nuclear facilities until after the Queen of Pop's planned May 29 visit. Recent verbal exchanges and remarks concerning alleged Israeli plans to attack Iran's nuclear program later this year has Israelis scared, and not for the obvious reasons. In a newly launched Facebook page, Israeli fans of U.S. pop megastar Madonna are pleading Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to hold off any such plans to strike Iran until the Queen of Pop's planned show in Tel Aviv on May 29. The group, simply and directly enough...

For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them...

Analysis of the Satanic, Masonic, Mystery Babylon references in Super Bowl XLVI. Including Madonna's half time performance and the winning touch down by NUMBER 44. Who is NUMBER 44? Obama is our 44th president but again who is NUMBER 44? Mark Twain wrote multiple versions of a story, each involving the character of "Satan". The first substantial version is commonly referred to as The Chronicle of Young Satan and tells of the adventures of Satan, the sinless nephew of the biblical Satan...The second substantial version Twain attempted to write is known as Schoolhouse Hill which involves the familiar characters of...

FYI: Here's something VERY IMPORTANT if you have children and plan to watch the Super Bowl this Sunday. NFL & Goodell to violate Children AGAIN on Super Bowl Sunday In hiring Madonna, the NFL knows what they are getting: The women famous for being arrested for masturbating on a bed in front of all her once teenaged fans, desecrating and using the crucifix as a sexual prop and of course the lesbian kiss seen around the world on national television with Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. My "exposé" is meant to bring the rightful shame to the NFL & Goodell...

In hiring Madonna, the NFL know what they are getting: The women famous for being arrested for masturbating on a bed in front of all her once teenaged fans, desecrating and using the crucifix as a sexual prop and of course the lesbian kiss seen around the world on national television with Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. My "exposé" is meant to bring the rightful shame to the NFL & Goodell as they TARGET children...

She was found inside the ship's chapel, submerged up to her shoulders, but in one piece. Fire department divers wrapped her in a white towel, and used a nylon belt to hold it in place so she would not be damaged as they pulled her out. On Saturday, the plaster statue of the Madonna from the doomed Costa Concordia cruise liner stood in a white tent on the port of Giglio, still wrapped in the same towel.

Kiss member Gene Simmons and War founder Howard E. Scott unleashed verbal assaults this week on other acts. Gene Simmons Simmons, the bassist and vocalist for the legendary band, said Madonna is not appropriate to perform at Super Bowl XLVI. When asked for his opinion on the matter, Simmons had a sarcastic response. "I love all karaoke singers," he told TMZ. "I like all the girl singers who get up and sing with tapes. Shame on you."

Madonna is known for her sexually provocative approach to entertainment. The gay and lesbian news outlet Xtra is predicting that the 2012 Superbowl halftime show will go down in history as the “gayest Superbowl halftime show ever.” The NFL announced on Sunday that the show’s feature performance by Madonna will be “imagined” by Cirque du Soleil under the direction of Jamie King. The show is the most-watched musical event of the year with more than 162 million U.S. viewers tuning in last year. While the content of the show will be kept under close wraps till its game-day unveiling, and...

Madonna's older brother is homeless, living under a bridge in remote northern Michigan. Anthony Ciccone, 55, told the Michigan Messenger newspaper that he lost his job more than a year ago at his father Silvio's winery near Traverse City, a resort community of 14,000 on upper Lake Michigan, about 215 kilometers south of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. Ciccone says he has been living on the street ever since. "My family turned their back on me, basically, when I was having a hard time," Ciccone told the Messenger. "You think I haven't answered this kind of question a bazillion times —...

Inside your body breathes a person—a soul. Inside the body of Jewish practice breathes an inner wisdom—the soul of Judaism. We often call it “Kabbalah”, meaning “receiving.” Just as Jewish practice is received through an unbroken, ancient tradition from the revelation at Sinai, so is its soul. Kabbalah, then, is the received wisdom, the native theology and cosmology of Judaism.

<p>The first 10 minutes of "The Undefeated" doc features entertainers using vulgar language aimed at Palin, who told THR it was the first time she'd seen most of it: "It makes you want to reach out to some of these folks and say, What's your problem?"</p>

He's 24, but she is older than his mother. He’s a strict Muslim, she has fervent Kabbalah beliefs. So it was hardly likely to last. Madonna, 52, has split from her lover Brahim Zaibat, a hip-hop dancer, after nine months, the Daily Mail has learned. Last night a close friend of Zaibat’s said sarcastically: ‘Who’s Madonna?’ The friend added: ‘Brahim has been home and he’s a single guy

Lady Gaga wants to sleep with Judas Iscariot, and she chose the week before Easter to tell everyone about it. Sure, Gaga's music video, "Judas," is offensive to Catholics. It's meant to be. But here's the thing: Who cares? Madonna's been there and done that -- in 1989, with her "Like a Prayer" video. I still went to Mass on Easter with my son and received the body and blood of Christ, and neither Madonna nor Gaga ever entered my mind. Although I must admit to a certain amount of satisfaction in reading the recent reports that Madonna is leaving...

FOR the past 15 years, she has been Kabbalah’s most high profile and dedicated follower. But now Madonna has apparently ditched the controversial faith and taken up with Opus Dei – the secretive Catholic sect made famous in The Da Vinci Code. The singer is said to be intrigued by the organisation and spent Friday with priests from the centre’s London HQ. The move follows her alleged falling out with some Kabbalah leaders after reports that cash raised for her Malawi charity was squandered. Last night a source claimed: “She has invested so much into Kabbalah so she was devastated...

The star’s much-lauded effort to help girls in the African nation of Malawi just imploded. In this week’s Newsweek, Wayne Barrett asks: Is Kabbalah to blame?Late last month, it was reported that Madonna’s Raising Malawi foundation, one of the most visible celebrity-driven charity efforts in the Third World, one that pulled in major donations from around Hollywood and elsewhere, was abandoning its planned mission: to build a $15 million girls’ academy in Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world. A report by the Global Philanthropy Group, which Madonna brought in to represent her as trouble developed in the...

One of the best ways to win a basketball game is to prevent the opponent from doing what it does best. Weirton Madonna did that in spades during Friday's Class A state tournament semifinals, clamping down on Charleston Catholic's offense and pulling away to a hard-fought 53-42 victory.

When bad weather forced a London-bound Virgin flight to reroute from Heathrow Airport to Stansted, passengers had to wait three hours on the tarmac before they could disembark. A select group did, however, get to leave the plane after about an hour. No, they weren't disabled, sick or parents with small, noisy children. The group making an early exit consisted of once-popular singer Madonna and her entourage of about 15 people. Other passengers on the New York-London flight were indignant — especially the other first class fliers, who thought they were entitled to special treatment. As reported by the Daily...

So THAT’s what he’s been up to! We were wondering what Barack Obama could be doing, as the Tea Partiers encircled the White House like coyotees sniffing a dying beast. What was on his mind, when he turned in such lack-lustre performances in India and China? What’s troubling him, that the great communicator should prove so distant and tongue-tied when out on the campaign road? Now we know. The most powerful man on the planet was writing a children’s book. Of Thee I Sing is dedicated to his two daughters and praises a host of American heroes, but of course...

NEW YORK (AFP) – Pop music icon Madonna will launch a chain of fitness clubs, with the first to open in Mexico City next month, her business partners in the new venture announced.