Madonna is known for being tough, and her publicist, Liz Rosenberg, is apparently just as tough. She gave strict instructions to reporters at Wednesday’s “Material Girl” fashion launch at Macy’s. What happened to one reporter who chose to disobey is the stuff of legend.

Rosenberg told reports they could each ask three questions of Madonna and her daughter Lourdes at the “Material Girl” event; and the questions had to be fashion related. According to reporters on scene, the “fashion-only” rule was to keep the press from asking about her newly arrested stalker.

Well, since reporters are known for being oh-so-obedient, one reporter from “The Insider” decided to overstep her bounds, and ask a non-fashion question. The question had nothing to do with Madonna or her stalker, though. The reporter asked, “What do you think about Ashton and Demi breaking up?”

Cheeky reporter!

According to witnesses, Madonna’s publicist “slapped the microphone out of the reporter’s hand.” Rosenberg even went so far as to point “at the reporter and [say], ‘Bad girl!’”

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Super fan (and super nice guy) Matthew Rettenmund finally got to meet Madonna!

Here’s a snippet of his experience:

My first memory of really being into Madonna would be from around September 1983. I was driving home from playing Dungeons & Dragons at my cousin’s in Swartz Creek, listening to Top 40 radio at full blast, and rocking (more like popping) out to Shannon’s “Let the Music Play” when “Holiday” came on. My reaction to it was immediate—this was like aural sex, a true popgasm.

Exactly 27 years later, my dream to meet Madonna finally materialized last night at, of all places, Macy’s.

Click here to read the rest of Matthew’s experience and to see some great photos and videos! Congrats Matthew!

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The 59-year-old retired FDNY firefighter busted twice in four days outside Madonna’s Upper West Side apartment was charged today with stalking the pop icon, and he said he “won’t stop” until he actually meets the singer.

Robert Linhart appeared in Manhattan Supreme Court, where he was charged with criminal weapons possession — a Leatherman knife and a pocket knife — as well as disorderly conduct, making graffiti, possessing a graffiti instrument and resisting arrest.

After he was arrested, Linhart told cops he was allowed to be outside Madonna’s Upper West Side home.

“I can be here. This is police brutality. I have a right to do this. I am not doing anything wrong,” he told cops, according to court papers.

“I keep running into Madonna.” he added. “I saw her in 1992 and I’d actually like to meet her in person. I won’t stop until I actually meet Madonna.”

Linhart even said arresting him won’t stop him from returning.

“I’m going to go right back there [Madonna's apartment] and do it again,” he said, according to court papers.

Prosecutors said they recovered an ice pick in his car.

Linhart had been stalking Madonna’s apartment for several days, witnesses said.

Source: NY Post

“CAN’T WE get this crane any higher? Why won’t this crane do as I say?!”

That was a frustrated but still merry Madonna last Friday in Central Park, directing the final day of shooting her labor of love, “W.E.”

Madonna as director seems to have found herself – another reinvention. She was dressed in running shoes, an unglamorous tracksuit, with her hair pulled up and sporting prim eyeglasses. She wore no makeup. For all the unflattering photos the tabloids and gossip sites love to use, she looked quite fresh. (Maybe not working out as much helps?)

Madonna was in full control but apparently getting along with her entire crew, many of whom were British. (Take that, Guy Ritchie!)

“She’s nothing like I expected,” said one member of the crew. “Not only does she know what she’s doing, she’s nice about it. And when she doesn’t know, she doesn’t pretend – she listens and absorbs.” Another said: “This has been a good experience for her, I’d say it was No Drama Madonna.”

Two of Madonna’s female stars were on hand, Abbie Cornish, looking sexy in stiletto heels and a cinched trench coat, and Andrea Riseborough, who was costumed and made up to resemble the late Duchess of Windsor, in a gray suit. The likeness was uncanny. (The movie switches back and forth between the love story of Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII – who gave up his throne for her – and a modern-day tale of a girl who identifies with the Duchess.)

At one point, a nearby band was noisily rehearsing for a concert in the park. Madonna pulled off her headphones, jogged toward the Bandshell (followed by 15 crewmembers and about 200 onlookers). She asked the band if they could hold off for about an hour. “I’ll be done by then, I promise.” She returned to the set giggling, “You know what they were called? Ween. I don’t know, I think I’m just overtired, I find that hilarious.” One of the crew asked how she’d gotten them to stop. “Well, I had to beat them up. We had a big rumble. Everybody knows what a tough broad I am.”

Yeah, tough. All five feet four of her. She looked more like an elf than one of the most iconic showbiz figures of all time.

Then it was back to business. The troublesome crane? Madonna eyed it warily. “It was so expensive. I’m going have to tour again to pay for that damn thing.” Then she grinned. “Hmm … you know, Ween has a crane, and I think theirs is bigger. I wonder if they’d do a girl another favor?”

In the end, the sweeping skyline shot that Madonna wanted simply couldn’t be achieved. She took it like a trooper and mingled with her “guys” until all the equipment was packed up and ready to go. She said, “You know, it’s funny, this is the last day of shooting, and we’re shooting the last scene. The first day we shot, in England, we shot the very first scene of the movie. Everything else was out of sequence, the way it usually is when you make movies. It’s unique for it to happen this way. I hope it’s a good sign.”

I asked her if she’d enjoyed directing and if she missed performing and recording. “I loved it. It was the most consuming, difficult thing I’ve ever done.” (If a task is not difficult, Madonna cannot relate.) “As for the rest, I’m sure I’ll perform again, but this job isn’t over. Now comes the editing!”

Madonna – her own story is far from over.

Source: http://www.wowowow.com/culture/liz-welcomes-back-gossip-icon-cindy-adams-new-york-post-498980?page=0%2C1

A man was arrested outside Madonna’s New York apartment after displaying a series of signs that appeared to make creepy references to the singer.

The man was named by police as Robert Linhart. He appeared to have been painting huge signs on the sidewalk which he leant against his car outside her Manhattan building.

A sign on his roof read, ‘Madonna I need you. Tell me yes or no. If it’s yes my dream will come true, if no I’ll go. XXX’.

One on the side of the car read, ‘M, The Universe brought us together in 1992 and again this year in Prague. Meet me please XXX’.

Another sign, leaning against his car, read, ‘All you need is love.’

At around 3pm officers from the New York Police Department arrived and put the man against the side of the vehicle before handcuffing him and taking him away.

According to witnesses, Madonna’s security staff were outside the apartment. It is thought they contacted the police.

As he was handcuffed, the man could be heard saying, ‘They don’t have the right to do this, it’s freedom of speech, where’s my civil rights? I have the right to free speech. I have the right to demonstrate.’

A spokesman for NYPD said the man was arrested for ‘spray painting on a New York City sidewalk and possession of graffiti instruments’.

He said the police had no information of the incident relating to the pop star.

Source: http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/news/article_1586216.php/Man-arrested-outside-Madonna-s-apartment