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Madonna, Lindsay, Jessica and More Get Filthy and Wise

Molly — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:00:00 -0700

Madonna took a break from her Sticky and Sweet tour and put on some crazy gun-heeled shoes to premiere her directorial debut, Filth and Wisdom in NYC last night. Lindsay Lohan must have enjoyed her Sunday night at the material girl's show, because she went right from her leggings launch to the red carpet while Samantha headed back to LA amid rumors of trouble in their relationship. Dolce and Gabbana cohosted the event leading to some decked out ladies like a gorgeous Jessica Alba out for the night without Cash and a glowing pregnant in purple Naomi Watts. Chace cleaned up nicely for the show instead of staying home to watch the new Gossip Girl on TV. While Madonna's husband has been busy promoting his own new movie, RocknRolla, he didn't make it to the premiere with his wife. It looks like a certain famous Yankee stayed away from Madonna's big night too.

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Madonna's Light on the Filth, Heavy on the Wisdom

Molly — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:00:29 -0800

In her second black dress of the day, Madonna and the stars of her directorial debut Filth and Wisdom attended their premiere last night in Berlin along with festival staple Diane Kruger. The movie focuses on three characters striving for stardom, which apparently hit close to home for Madonna. She said, "If I look back to the beginning of my career, I can recall those moments of struggle like it was yesterday." We all know Madonna's not struggling for success anymore (uh, to put it lightly). The movie's reviews, however, are a different story.

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Madonna Shares Her Filth and Wisdom

PopSugar — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:30:11 -0800

Madonna slipped into a sexy see-through number to show off her latest project at the Berlin Film Festival in Germany today. Her film Filth and Wisdom marks the directorial debut she's been working on for the last year, and she was joined by her cast at a photocall and press conference for the film. The movie sounds pretty controversial and racy, but M was just happy to finally get her feet wet as a director. She said,

"I have always admired the art of filmmaking and the ability to tell a good story. After almost three decades of being in front of a camera, I decided to put my money where my mouth is. Filth and Wisdom was essentially my way of putting myself through film school. When the film was finished, I realised that they were all aspects of me, so the whole experience was both artistic and therapeutic."

Madonna has tried to see if her talents extend to another realm before, but we'd prefer to see the superstar in front of the camera rather than behind it.

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Sugar Bits - Madonna's Directorial Debut Heads to Berlin

PopSugar — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 09:48:46 -0800

Madonna's first film as a director, Filth and Wisdom, will debut in February at the Berlin Film Festival, out of competition. She's obviously a successful performer and businesswoman, but the movies have been her downfall in the past. Let's hope being behind the camera is a better fit for Madge. - AP
Carrie Underwood apparently spent the holidays with Chace Crawford's family in Dallas. It sounds like things are heating up between the adorable country star and Gossip boy, awww! - Us Weekly
The PR team for Stop Loss are trying to make sure that co-stars Ryan Phillippe and Abbie Cornish promote the movie separately so audiences don't associate the movie with Ryan's divorce from Reese. Too bad it seems a little late for that, especially since Ryan and Abbie seem pretty together these days. - Page Six
Yulia Volkova, one of the girls from t.A.T.u., gave birth to her first son last night in Russia. Congrats to the new mom! - People
ICYMI, Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn are planning to divorce.

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10/13/08 Filth and Wisdom

PopSugar — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:09:07 -0700

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Biggest Headlines of 2008: Madonna's Sticky and Sweet Year

PopSugar — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:30:31 -0800

We've been counting down the biggest headlines of 2008, and we'll be revealing more throughout the month of December. We hope you enjoy this look back at some of the posts and stories that created the most buzz throughout the year.

It was a year of ups and downs for Madonna, who spent the first half of 2008 focusing on her new album before her music was eclipsed by her personal drama in the press. She started things off by taking Lourdes and Rocco around India and continued to raise money for Malawi with her celebrity friends. In February Madonna showed off her first endeavor as a director when her film Filth and Wisdom premiered at the Berlin Film Festival. Her debut was a milestone for the pop star, but the buzz quickly shifted to her new album, Hard Candy. She and her little black ensembles were all over the magazine covers and her collaboration with Justin quickly became a big hit.

Madonna's success continued and was marked by her induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but by March there were whispers of problems with her marriage to Guy Ritchie. They battled the gossip with hand-in-hand dinner dates, but the speculation was far from over. Madonna hit the road on her Sticky and Sweet tour once Hard Candy was released in May. When she wasn't busy up on stage, she stuck by Guy's side at Cannes but by Summer the divorce rumors were back and bigger than ever. To look back at the rest of Madonna's year just read more.

Not long after Madonna was spotted at Yankee stadium with her kids in June, word spread like wildfire that something was going on between her and Yankee Alex Rodriguez and that both she and Guy had already hired divorce lawyers. Madonna's rep was quick to deny the reports and rumors, and as if on cue, Madonna and Guy were spotted holding hands a few days later in NYC. In early July Alex Rodriguez's wife filed for divorce, which didn't help matters.

Her marriage controversy was put on the backburner for a bit when her brother Christopher Ciccone published a tell-all about Madonna, which bothered her more than the affair rumors. Madonna and Guy continued to keep up the appearance of being a happy couple, celebrating her 50th birthday together in August and appearing together on red carpets for Guy's movie Rocknrolla before it was his turn for a birthday bash.

While everything seemed to be fine on the surface, the year-long questions about their relationship were about to be answered. The rumors about Madonna and A-Rod continued and they were spotted having dinner together in October just a few days before Madonna and Guy officially announced their divorce on October 15.

The split wasn't about to slow down Madonna's touring schedule, and she had friends in her corner on stage and off. It didn't take much time for the rumors about their divorce settlement and child custody to get ugly. The couple reached a divorce settlement in mid December, and went their separate ways. As Guy keeps busy with Sherlock Holmes, Madonna is still performing on stage night after night. She's been spotted with Alex a handful of times in the past months, and despite rumors that they're getting closer, A-Rod claims that there's nothing romantic between them. It was a roller coaster year for Madonna to say the least, but we might have to wait until 2009 to find out if she and A-Rod are more than just friends.

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Madonna and David Take Time to Celebrate the New Year

PopSugar — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:00:00 -0700

Madonna carried David into NYC's Kabbalah Center yesterday to celebrate Rosh Hashanah and came out a few hours later with her manager and friend Guy Oseary. She's enjoying some family time after wrapping up the European leg of her Sticky & Sweet tour last weekend and before kicking things off in North America this Friday. Hopefully she'll also find time to promote her directorial debut Filth & Wisdom between shows - the film's trailer just came out and it hits screens on October 17th.

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Madonna Releases Track To Gear Us Up for Live Earth

Molly — Thu, 17 May 2007 00:11:16 -0700

Madonna may be hard at work on her film directorial debut, Filth and Wisdom, with amazingly adorable little David by her side, but she's still cranking out music like it's her job (oh wait...). Last month she hit the studio with JT and now she is releasing a charity track for when she headlines the London part of the LiveEarth event on 7/7/07. The song, titled "Hey You" was produced by Pharrell and is available for one week as a free download through MSN here. MSN will also be donating 25 cents to Alliance for Climate Protection for each of the first 1 million downloads of the song. The song isn't my favorite on first listen, but perhaps it will grow on me and definitely check it out for yourself! Now, we just have to figure out a way to get to London by July 7th...

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But What Madonna Really Wants to Do is Direct

PopSugar — Mon, 14 May 2007 23:36:54 -0700

Never one to stay with one thing for very long, Madonna is making her next move as a director. She's currently filming a low-budget comedy called Filth and Wisdom in London. Perhaps this explains her new military hat look. It also can't be easy trying to direct with a baby at home, so it's a good thing that her nanny brings David along to work! Madonna seems to be happiest when she's got a few things on her plate anyway. Hopefully hubby Guy has given her a few helpful pointers as well!

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