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I loved the way this was filmed.
The Rio corset/ suit for Vogue was gorgeous. Still giving the girls immediately recognizable drag looks well into her 60's. Whew. 
I got a little emotional thinking how many people who love her but can't afford to see her or just never had the chance got THAT show on a beach with Madonna! And for her, too. Going from nearly dying to this in a few months.
I'm so curious to see what she does next. I selfishly want something new. Not another tour leg.
 
 
 

Yes! Love that one. It's probably my second fave. Especially the wig. 
This is my favorite though

 

I think people is asking when was the last time she was in imperial phase, when commercially and artistically an artist is at the top. To me that was COADF, and she had many moments like that on her carreer. Maybe with the sticky and sweet tour she was a bit like that. But commercially something was missing, artistically she wasn´t doing her best either and we knew it back then.
I love MDNA era, she looked amazing, liked the record, went to the tour which was huge, she was still the queen. But again, something was missing commercialy to consider that an imperial phase, despite the Superbowl, which was huge, but more from a legend point of view than from an artist who is in imperial phase.
After that, I think she wasn´t more present on the charts, didn´t had more top 10 singles, didn´t sold millions, and had good and succesful tours but she was older and view more as a legendary old one than an artist in imperial phase. From the one point of view, it was very unfair, cause on the rebel heart era she was still great on many levels, on the other hand, it´s true maybe the quality of her work had declined a bit, and that had been happening since 2007. Not so much effort on some videoclips, less beautiful photoshoots, tours with the same songs over and over, a very changed face, live performance with no to great vocals, gaining weight, seeing depressed for her son custody, another divas taking the crown, writing songs about losing the crown, Madame x album, Madame x tour cancelation, and those last years befor the new tour, which for me were very bad artistically and I think personally.
Now, this new tour is sure huge, but I don´t think she is right know on imperial phase as she was on say, ROL or Music. It´s more like the legend has returned and people are embracing  it again, thank god. I think that´s the best she can have right know, and despite losing something on her records, not dancing as she did, not looking so athletic as she did, I think she still can do wonders if she maintains that good path. An amazing new record with somebody great, even if it does not sell, would be the next right step, and mantaining that good more natural look of this tour.
As a conclusion, this decline on popularity had to happen sooner or later, as with any artist. But history will put her on a legendary place for sure, much higher than many succesful artists of today whose impact is really nothing compared to her on her hey day, and as somebody said, nobody ever mantained the popularity as she did for 30 years on a pop world that lives of the youthness.

That's wild that it exists. That's holy grail to me. I wonder what quality it is and if it's the whole performance. I know that crowd and energy in that room must have been crazy.
If I ever wake up to that or Bedtime Story B Roll leaking, I'm done.

There is footage of the 1998 Roxy performance. Collectors have it, I was offered it years ago for a big price. 

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I guess it doesn't count but I can't believe we have video for her first performance of Everybody but there's still no video of her at The Roxy or Rain Forest events in '98 NYC. There is audio where she sounds great for the RF event but still no video, only little clips of her dancing with Elton John I think. I'm convinced some collector or someone who worked at the Roxy has some kind of video somewhere. 
I want a documentary on the Madonna Collector/ Trading Dark Web. 

I guess it doesn't count but I can't believe we have video for her first performance of Everybody but there's still no video of her at The Roxy or Rain Forest events in '98 NYC. There is audio where she sounds great for the RF event but still no video, only little clips of her dancing with Elton John I think. I'm convinced some collector or someone who worked at the Roxy has some kind of video somewhere. 
I want a documentary on the Madonna Collector/ Trading Dark Web. 

No wonder she didn't like the result and ditched the video, the wig wasn't looking cheap.

RE the SEX backdrop this it the 'teacher' look she posted on socials on August 4, 2015

My fantasy list would be this:
Impressive Instant Love Spent Rescue Me Angel

Yes! Love that one. It's probably my second fave. Especially the wig. 
This is my favorite though

 

Same. It's always an event.
Off the top of my head, this is my favourite:

I hope she does because we'll get a LOOK.  I love her Met Gala looks. Some more than others of course...

Can finally afford those real pearls, God bless her.
 

BIG ANG 💖 Gif legend.
She started on the second season of the VH1 reality show, Mob Wives. Passed away a few years ago. Miss her.

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Who's this woman i always see on gifs, it seems so funny. Is it a reality show ? I wanna see it !

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OFF Topic: never seen this before - Basquiat at the LAV release party (other pics in the RARE thread)

If it's someone i hate i would recommend "Madame X"

I don't remember that one. But you just triggerd a memory. I can't believe this was 23 years ago. It was the thing that got me into making mashups.
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When Madonna ended in the Panama Papers it was only because of her Kaballah Center (i keep forgetting they rebranded themselves) charity "Spirituality For Kids" (which she founded when she did these children books), the IRS conducted an investigation on the Kaballah center in 2011/12 and they wondered why her non profit charity was registered in the Caymans islands ( a notorious tax evasion place). 
Most of the money she raised with Gucci and the Unicef when she did that charity event in 2008 went missing. Considering how high profile it was she must have felt the burn of the shame when it was revealed and she must have been mad.
There were stories about members being extorted money by the Bergs, forcing them to give money to their charities to "get closer to the light". They hired the spin doctor who helped Clinton after the Lewinsky scandal to make it go away and it did. Look, we don't talk about it. It's like Kaballah was all she was about and then, nothing. Even Ariana Grande don't talk about it and she, her bother Frank and her mother were members. In France they closed down their center because it's been officially registered as a cult by the state. Until Madonna speaks we will never know because she makes everyone sign nda's. Is Guy still into it ? He seemed so much into it when you read the stories people tell about meeting him then. I think she's still into Kaballah, the belief system but not into the Kaballah center. According to many sources it was just a scam and we don't know if she realized it or not. It's something that puzzles me how she fell for that. 
We so deserve an unauthorized bio covering the last 20 years !