No Grammy for Madonna this year.  Celebration lost to Lady Gaga in the Best Dance Recording category.

Cuckoo for coconuts

M invests $1.5M in trendy drink co.

Madonna has become so nuts for coconut water that she recently invested about $1.5 million in one of the leading makers of the drink, which has taken Hollywood and The Big Apple by storm, The Post has learned.

Guy Oseary, the Material Girl’s manager, told On the Money in an exclusive interview last week that the superstar decided to invest after she learned about the product from a September story in The Post.

Oseary is also investing seven figures in the company, New York-based Vita Coco, and has rounded up pals like actors Mathew McConaughey and Demi Moore, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Anthony Kiedis, who are making smaller, but “significant investments.”

The total investments, estimated to be under $10 million, will amount to a minority stake in Vita Coco, which has been valued at between $120 and $140 million by industry analysts.

Madonna, who Oseary said started drinking coconut water on her world tour last year, doesn’t look like she is going to be a passive investor — she’s already lobbing some business ideas at company founder Michael Kirban. For example, she thinks it would be a marketing winner if the company made coconut-water popsicles.

Madonna is so enthusiastic about coconut water — the clear juice from young, green coconuts, not the brown coconuts that have a milky liquid center — that she drank fresh coconut juice daily on the overseas leg of the Sticky & Sweet tour. There is also talk that she might make a follow-up investment.

Oseary said he and Madonna were attracted to the financial side of the business because it is vertically integrated — they own their own factories — and because they are independent. “The fact that they are saying no to everyone who wants them is pretty cool,” he said. “You want to go to the party that no one else is invited to.”

As reported in these pages, Vita Coco, which expected to log $40 million in sales this year, turned down multimillion-dollar invest ments from beverage industry giants Coke and Pepsi — opt ing to try to make it alone in the highly competitive water wars.

Vita Coco has 60 percent of the market, but competes with two other brands, Zico and ONE.

Kirban, 34, who started the company with pal Ira Liran in 2004,
hopes to use the investor cash to expand distribution beyond New York and LA.

Source: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/cuckoo_for_coconuts_L8zUUPMeJN5xa6KXMNj5hO

…Guetta, who recently whipped up material for Madonna’s upcoming album, explains that what he loves about working with such varied artists “is that our music can reach people that are not even from hip hop or electro” scenes. “It’s just music that touches your soul.”… Tell us about the first time you went into the studio with Kelly Rowland. DG: It was magic. It was incredible. It was the first time I worked with an R&B singer. I feel like when it comes to to sound and energy, nobody can beat us, dance music producers. When it comes to singing and melodies, nobody can beat urban artists. They have soul. So it was the perfect combination. I’m now working on Kelly’s new album. I also have the new Madonna album coming up. So I’m very thankful to Kelly and Will and Akon—all those people who came to me when I was not big.

Source: Idolator

“I’ve always said, if you’re going to go way out on a limb and have an insane image like Lady Gaga and do ridiculously, outrageous things, the people that succeed at that really have talent,” Cooper mused. “I mean, look at Madonna. She did all the outrageous stuff, but she could sing. She was a great performer! If she got up there and she couldn’t sing a lick, I’d go, ‘Ok, this is a sideshow.’ But, she can really sing.”

Source: noisecreep

Madonna was spotted at London’s Heathrow Airport today, she was leaving for New York

Madonna’s ‘Sticky & Sweet Tour’ is to be broadcasted on VH1 February 26, as part of the channel’s “Friday Night Alright” series.

This is your last chance to watch the show before it’s official March 30th release on DVD, Blu-Ray and CD, so don’t miss it!

Source: http://www.madonna.com/news/title/sticky–sweet-tour-to-air-on-vh1-february-26

Madonna and Britney Spears’ kiss at the MTV Video Music Awards has been voted Top Kiss in a new poll.

The on stage smooch during a performance of Madonna’s track’ Like A Virgin in 2003 was voted the most famous smooch of the last decade, according to the poll conducted by UK department store Selfridges.

The performance – which also saw Madonna kiss Christina Aguilera – made headlines across the world and is one of the most shocking moments in the history of the music channel’s annual awards.

A source said: “Madonna performing with both Britney and Christina was a big enough event in itself, but nobody – even the MTV people – expected what happened. It is one of the most memorable moments ever.”

Same sex kisses scored highly in the with Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal’s famous gay kiss in 2005 film Brokeback Mountain being voted third.

Bruno actor Sasha Baron Cohen and Will Ferrell’s re-enactment of Madonna and Britney’s kiss at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) also made the top 10.

Female on female kisses also proved memorable with the Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson’s first public kiss outside New York’s Mercer hotel making the top 10 list, as well as Scarlett Johansson and Penelope Cruz locking lips in film Vicky Cristina Barcelona.

Other popular smooches were on screen embraces by rumoured real life couples such as Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart’s steamy scene in ‘Twilight’ and Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt in 2005′s Mr and Mrs Smith – which did blossom into a real romance.

Selfridges conducted the poll ahead of its Valentine’s Day kissing booth opening at its London store on February 12.

Top ten most famous kissing moments of the last decade:

1. Britney Spears and Madonna, MTV Music Video awards 2003
2. Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst, Spider-Man 2002
3. Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain 2005
4. Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, Twilight 2008
5. Scarlett Johansson and Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona 2008
6. Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson, Mercer Hotel NYC 2008
7. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, Mr and Mrs Smith, 2005
8. Freida Pinto and Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire 2009
9. Sasha Baron Cohen and Will Ferrell, MTV Movie Awards 2007
10. Jennifer Aniston and Winona Ryder, Friends 2001

Source: http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/celebrities/3273042/Madonna-Britney-get-top-kiss

Dolce & Gabbana’s new old-world-Italian-inspired campaign features a familiar face (and bust): Madonna. Domenico Dolce told W Magazine, “Twenty-five years ago, when we debuted, we made our mark with a very Italian collection, and for spring we felt the time was right to go back to our roots,” and the perfect muse was the pop star and fashion icon.

Madonna, along with the designers, watched old Italian movies to get into the mood. The campaign was shoot in a former lay convent in Manhattan:

“There are many Italian symbols in the images, ones the whole world recognizes and identifies with,” says Gabbana, pointing to the cross Madonna wears around her neck as well as the brass bed, a typical sight in Sicilian homes. Food imagery also looms large. “It’s healthy and sensual,” says Gabbana. “They say there’s a connection between food and sex.”

And as for the tears? Those were the real thing, Gabbana insists: “It wasn’t fake!”

Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/26/madonnas-dolce-gabbana-ca_n_436898.html

The all-star “Hope for Haiti Now” album has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, making it the first digital-only album to hit the top spot.

Nielsen SoundScan says the compilation CD of performances from last week’s charity telethon sold 171,000 units over the weekend.

More than 80 million people tuned in for Friday’s telethon, which organizers have said raised US$57 million.

Source: Ap