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Friday, February 3, 2012

The Yes List - Preview Madonna's Halftime Show, 'W.E.', and Her Feud with Lady Gaga

Who else but Madonna can identify with scorned royalty? Trying her hand as director of a lush period piece, she is candid about everything from Lady Gaga to her wayward marriage…
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February 03, 2012


Who else but Madonna can identify with scorned royalty? Trying her hand as director of a lush period piece, she is candid about everything from Lady Gaga to her wayward marriage.


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Madonna will headline the Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday, reportedly flanked by Nicki Minaj and M.I.A., after today's release of her much-anticipated new film, W.E. It's the first major piece of work Her Madgesty has released since her 2008 divorce from filmmaker Guy Ritchie. She doesn't wince or get oversensitive when asked whether this was on her mind when she made the film. She is, however, more candid over the topic of Lady Gaga's hit, "Born This Way," which many critics thought resembled Madonna's 1989 smash "Express Yourself." "I thought, 'This is a wonderful way to redo my song,'" she tells The Daily Beast. "I recognized the chord changes, I thought it was ... interesting."

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