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Madonna attended the 2009 Costume Institute Gala in New York yesterday night. The Material Girl paid tribute to the gala's Honorary chair, Marc Jacobs, by sporting a blue mini dress he designed for Louis Vuitton's fall collection, along with thigh - high sexy black boots.

'The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion', the spring 2009 exhibition organized by New York's Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, will take place at The Tisch Galleries from May 6 to August 9 and explores the reciprocal relationship between high fashion and evolving ideals of beauty, focusing on iconic fashion models in the latter half of the 20th century and their roles in projecting, and sometimes inspiring, the fashion of their respective eras.

Included as part of the exhibition are photographs by Steven Meisel, Gilles Bensimon, Patrick Demarchelier, Annie Leibovitz, Peter Lindbergh, Helmut Newton, Francesco Scavullo, Bert Stern and Ellen von Unwerth, who all got to collaborate on various Madonna photoshoots during the past years.

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Madonna will once again be the face of the upcoming Louis Vuitton campaign for their Autumn/Winter 2009 collection.following the extraordinary success of the Spring/Summer 2009 ad campaign.

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Madonna fans, we are happy to confirm that Madonna's 'Sticky & Sweet' Tour will stop at Zaragoza's Recinto De La Feria De Zaragoza on July 25th.

While the public ticket sale will start on April 3rd at 10am local time, please note that a devoted fan club pre sale will start on April 1st at 5pm LOCAL TIME.

We are happy to announce that Madonna's "I Am Because We Are" documentary premieres on Youtube and Hulu today.
Directed by Nathan Rissman and narrated by Madonna, "I Am Because We Are" depicts a journey in the second poorest country in the world, Malawi.

In a country of 12 million people, so many children without parents has caused irreparable damage. The film attempts to explore what is going on in the heads and hearts of these orphans, and what the future holds for them. Suffering from AIDS, infections and malnutrition, most of the children in Malawi are in need for food, medical care, but also for proper education and guidance.

More than just a story about Malawi, 'I Am Because We Are' provides the audience with keys to help changing the situation but also spreads hope for a better world.

Visit the "I Am Because We Are" Youtube channel today to watch the full documentary.
"I Am Because We Are" is also available for online streaming from Hulu (location restrictions may apply).

For more info on the documentary, please visit www.iambecauseweare.com

Madonna and Nathan Rissman's 'I Am Because We Are' documentary will be released on March 25 in France. In the meantime, Nathan attended two of the previews organized in Paris (March 3rd) and in Lille (March 5th). As the documentary's director, he took the time to answer the audience's related questions and to share his thoughts about the situation in Malawi.

Working on the project for more than 2 years and spending a lot of time with children in orphanages helped Nathan to turn the documentary into an amazing and touching story made of what those children have to deal with on a daily basis. Suffering from AIDS, infections and malnutrition, most of the children in Malawi have lost their parents and are in need for proper education and guidance.

More than just a story about Malawi, 'I Am Because We Are' provides the audience with keys to help changing the situation but also spreads hope for a better world.

For more info about 'I Am Because We Are', please visit www.iambecauseweare.com.

French Madonna fans, we are happy to announce that the 'sticky & Sweet' Tour will stop at Paris Bercy on July 9th!

A devoted fan club presale will start on March 9th at 10am LOCAL TIME for Legacy members and at Noon LOCAL TIME for newer members.

Please note that the public ticket sale will start on March 12th at 10am (online) and at 10.30am (classic outlets).

Madonna was among the winners at the 23rd edition of the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) Gold Disc Awards at Tokyo International Forum in the Yurakucho district of Tokyo. The awards, held March 2, celebrate the artists that have sold the most in sales categories that range from singles and downloads to albums and total sales.

Madonna, on the strength of her "Hard Candy" (Warner Bros) album and digital download single "Miles Away," got the Japan Gold Disc award for international artist of the year. She also won the mastertone of the year award for the same track.

Source: Billboard.biz

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We are happy to confirm that Madonna will perform at Udine's Stadio Friuli on July 16th.

A devoted fan club pre sale will start on February 24th at 10am LOCAL TIME for legacy members and at Noon LOCAL TIME for newer members.

Please note that the public ticket sale will start on February 26th.

Madonna fans, a second show at Oslo's Valle Hovin Stadium was just added to the 'Sticky & Sweet' Tour schedule and will take place on July 29th. While the general ticket sale will start on February 23th at 9am local time, please note that a devoted fan club pre sale will start on February 19th at 10am LOCAL TIME for Legacy members and at Noon LOCAL TIME for newer members.

Slovenian Madonna fans, the 'Sticky & Sweet' Tour will stop at Ljubljana's Hippodrome on August 20th.

While the public ticket sale will start on February 23th, please note that a fan club devoted pre sale will start on February 17th, at 10am LOCAL TIME for Legacy members and at Noon LOCAL TIME for newer members.

We're happy to confirm that Madonna will perform at Warsaw's Bemowo Airport on August 15th. A devoted fan club presale will start on February 17th, at 10am LOCAL TIME for Legacy members and at Noon LOCAL TIME for newer members. Please note that the online public ticket sale for this show will start on February 20th and on February 27th for classic outlets.

While Madonna's first show at Gothenburg's Ullevi Stadium went sold out within just 4 hours, we are happy to confirm that a second 'Sticky & Sweet' show was just added to the tour schedule and will take place on August 8th. A devoted fan club pre sale will start on February 14th at 10am LOCAL TIME for Legacy members and at Noon LOCAL TIME for newer members. The public ticket sale for this new show will start on February 17th, at 9am CET.

As announced last month, The 'Sticky & Sweet' Tour is to stop in Hungary this summer. Madonna will perform at Budapest's Kincsem Park on August 22th. The public ticket sale will start on February 20th, at 10am local time. Also, a devoted fan club pre sale will start on February 17th at 10am LOCAL TIME for Legacy members and at Noon LOCAL TIME for newer members. Please visit the 'Tours' section of the site for more info.