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Attended the University of Michigan.
Brother Christopher Ciccone designs restaurant interiors. Renovated a mansion overlooking Hudson River north of New York City in the same West Nyack community that's home to Rosie O'Donnell and director Jonathan Demme.
Her video "Justify My Love" was banned from VH1 & MTV.
Her record company Maverick Records signed a distribution deal with A Band Apart Records, a record company founded by Quentin Tarantino and Lawrence Bender. A Band Apart Records will focus on film soundtracks. [30 July 1997]
Gave birth to baby daughter. The baby is named Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon. The father is 'Carlos Leon', Madonna's fitness trainer. [14 October 1996]
Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world. [1991]
Madonna's surname, Ciccone, is very close to the insulting Italian word for 'fat man' (ciccione). But not quite.
Performed with the Alvin Ailey dance troupe.
Unanimously condemned by the Puerto Rican House of Representatives for pulling a Puerto Rican flag between her legs in an October 26, 1993 concert.
Her song, "Vogue", is a tribute to the glamour of classic Hollywood. Celebrities mentioned in the song are Greta Garbo, Marilyn Monroe, Marlene Dietrich, Joe DiMaggio, Marlon Brando, James Dean, Grace Kelly, Jean Harlow, Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Rita Hayworth, Lauren Bacall, Katharine Hepburn, Lana Turner, and Bette Davis.
Was supposed to play the lead in Music of the Heart (1999) but dropped out two weeks before filming was set to begin.
High school cheerleader.
Marched with the Bridgmen Drum and Bugle Corps.
Her daughter Lourdes was named as a tribute to Madonna's mother, who wanted to visit Lourdes, France, where the Virgin Mary, the Madonna, appeared in 1858, but died before doing so.
Gave birth to a baby boy, Rocco Ritchie, three weeks premature. [11 August 2000]
Was considered for the role in Casino (1995) that eventually went to Sharon Stone.
Turned down the lead in Fabulous Baker Boys, The (1989).
Turned down a role in Showgirls (1995).
Good friends with Gwyneth Paltrow.
In his 38th annual Worst Dressed List published in January 1998, Mr. Blackwell wrote about her questionable taste in clothing the previous year, "Let's be blunt, yesterday's Evita is today's Velveeta."
Will star in husband Guy Ritchie's new movie, The Mole. [2001]
Has had 3 videos banned by MTV: Justify My Love (1990), Erotica (1992) and What It Feels Like For A Girl (2001).
Owns Maverick Records label.
Dated 'Carlos León'.
Graduated from Rochester Adams High School in 1976. Won a scholarship because of her excellent grades and studied modern dance and drama for 3 semesters at the University of Michigan.
One of 7 siblings. Her mother died of breast cancer when Madonna was a small child.
Her infamous 1994 appearance on "Late Show with David Letterman" (1993) had her saying the "f" word 13 times.
Has an IQ of 140.
Her birthday is also the anniversary of Elvis Presley's death.
Bought mansion in the Hollywood Hills originally built for Rudolph Valentino.
Born at 7:05 AM MST.
Named one of People Magazine's '25 Most Intriguing People of 2001'.
Is a vegetarian.
In 1989, she had a multi-million dollar contract with Pepsi to promote their product as well as cross-promote her new album, "Like a Prayer". However, when the video for the first single, "Like a Prayer", was released, it caused international controversy, with images of burning crosses, murder, and racism, and Pepsi soon retracted their contract, and the 13-minute commercial was only viewed once, at the Superbowl. The single later soared to Number 1 on the charts and stayed there for 3 weeks. She later thanked Pepsi for creating such controversy.
Appeared in a 1988 stage play with Ron Silver and Joe Mantegna called "Speed-the-Plow".
Did a Japanese commercial for Panasonic in 1987.
Her 1986 film "Shanghai Surprise" was a box-office disaster, costing $17 million and grossing only $2.
Appeared in a filmed stage play in 1980 called "In Artificial Light", in which she wrote her own part.
Appeared in a stage play in 1986 called "Goose & Tomtom" with then-husband Sean Penn.
Her first film, Certain Sacrifice, A (1985), was released in 1985, after she became a star, but was actually shot in two parts, the first in 1979, and the other, in 1981.
A September 2000 Rolling Stone article estimated her worth as $650 million. Since then, she has released the album "Music", which sold 12 million copies, has had a 47-date sold-out worldwide tour, completed a movie, and released a greatest hits compilation.
As of 2001, her albums have sold 153 million copies worldwide.
As of early 2002, has had 15 solo albums: "Madonna" (1983); "Like a Virgin" (1984); "True Blue" (1986); "Who's That Girl" (1987); "You Can Dance" (1987); "Like a Prayer" (1989); "I'm Breathless" (1990); "The Immaculate Collection" (1990); "Erotica" (1992); "Bedtime Stories" (1994); "Something to Remember" (1995); "Evita" (1996); "Ray of Light" (1998); "Music" (2000); "GHV2: Greatest Hits Volume 2" (2001).
Turned down the role of Frida Khalo in the movie Frida (2002), which was later given to Salma Hayek.
Named one of E!'s "top 20 entertainers of 2001".
Sister of Christopher Ciccone
Gwyneth Paltrow was the Matron of Honor at Madonna's wedding to Guy Ritchie.
Her grandparents are Michelina and Gatano Ciccone.
Her father is Italian, her mother was French-Canadian.
Sister-in-law of Joe Henry
Measurements: 34C-23-33 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Her 2002 film Swept Away (2002) was an enormous flop, the biggest of her career. The $25 million film grossed only $500,000 in its first three weeks of release.
In October 2000, Madonna won her fight against a cybersquatter using the domain name madonna.com to operate a pornography website. The UN World Intellectual Property Organization found that site operator Dan Parisi "lacks rights or legitimate interests in the domain name." Parisi claims that he was in the process of handing over the rights to the domain name to a US hospital, Madonna Rehabilitation, which has the domain name madonna.org, when the case started.
Madonna started fashion trends in 1985 with her unique look using rosaries and crosses as jewelry and black rubber typewriter bands as bracelets. Legions of adolescent girls mimicked her look and a Madonna clothing store was opened in New York. Again in 2001, another huge fashion trend was set off by the "Material Mom", this time with western wear - cowboy hats and mud-splattered jeans.
In November 2000, Madonna held a live concert at the Brixton Academy in London which was broadcast over the Internet. A record nine million people watched the event, making it the largest live webcast of all time.
Attended West Junior High for 8th grade. Her mother was born on July 11, 1932.
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