Madonna is no ordinary superstar. She has tried her hand at everything and she has been excellent at the one thing she does magnificently - sing and dance and perform, as her latest gig at the American Superbowl attests. Only the very best and most popular are invited to fill their half hour half time slot. The Superbowl is America's most popular television show, its biggest sporting event and the greatest show of patriotism ever.
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Only at this annual football event does America stop whatever it is doing to stay glued to the television - this year watching the New York Giants beat the New England Patriots. And if you want to understand America, .you must understand their single-minded fascination of the Superbowl Finals of the American football championships. In this age of the football superstars (not to be confused with British or European football) we meet the new hero, Eli Manning who led the Giants to victory and we read about fallen hero Tom Brady of the Patriots being consoled by his supermodel wife Gisele Bundchen.
But neither of these football stars can compare with Madonna. And indeed, she has been everywhere and all over the media. Since winning the BEST SONG category at this year's Golden Globes, Madonna has been on a roll.
Needless to say I was fascinated, having just watched her movie W.E. which shows her take on the Wallis Simpson/King Edward love affair, the love story that shook British royalty and almost brought about the demise of this august royal household.
Who else but Madonna can identify with scorned royalty, putting her money where her heart lies, and using the weight of her power in show business to write, direct and bring W.E to the big screen. Go see it if you can, and watch her retell a story that puts her on the side of the scorned Wallis. It is a lush period movie worth watching.
Madonna has guts and courage, but because she is so good at her song and dance act, it is easy for the world to miss her sheer brilliance at so many other things. Or forget just how hard she works. Or how strongly she pushes herself, or how intense her convictions really are.
Madonna married two brilliant guys. Sean Penn was her first husband and we all know how great an actor this Oscar winner is. She was also married to English Director Guy Ritchie, he of the Sherlock Holmes box office hits. For a while, she played at being an English lady complete with country mansion. But neither marriage satisfied her and today she is rumored to have a bevy of toy boys who travel around the world with her, dance with her and pleasure her when she needs to be pleasured.
For awhile also, she got inspired by another amazing lady of our Age, the one and only Angelina Jolie, so she too went to Africa to adopt some orphans. Today, her son and daughter from Africa enjoy the same privileges as her own son and daughter. Madonna enjoys the joys of motherhood much like other mothers do, in spite of her being single.
Madonna's chart shows her success continues on until the age of 68 years!!! And even beyond that! Being weak Wood, both the elements of Wood and Water bring her strong resources that fuel her success. She will simply keep going on and on and on...
Madonna never strays from her main focus in life which is to entertain. She mounts the most spectacular shows, and today, no one holds a candle to her. Madonna never wastes time, nor does she waste words. At press interviews, she gets right down to the point and pushes aside silly, aimless questions. She has been described as blunt, impatient and completely detached from what anyone or everyone thinks of her.
She is incapable of being offended by anyone, ignoring jealous competitors, rising above the fray, and simply pursuing excellence for her own performances as we all saw at that Superbowl show.
So what's next for her? Next is of course her latest album MDNA, so look out for that. Then she plans to hit the road once more. There are many things Madonna does better than anyone else, but it is her live shows that will have you wanting more.
I have been to many of her concerts in the past and I tell you they set your adrenaline pumping like nothing else can. I can say that I have always come away from a MADONNA concert revitalized and strongly recharged! Touring with her two plane loads of sets and her hundreds of dancers, acrobats and gymnastic performers has become the mainstay of Madonna. Her last tour grossed a record 408 million and that is when she even put herself on the cross in the Kremlin, charming the likes of Purin and the Russians at the height of their wealth period!
Going to a Madonna concert is a thrilling once-in-a-lifetime experience. Tickets to her shows are super expensive. They are never cheap, and they are also not easy to get, but as she herself puts it so succinctly, "Work all year, scrape the money together and come to my Show. I'm worth it!" In her own mind, Madonna is simply stating the truth. She is worth every penny anyone may want to spend, letting her transport them into a make-believe world where they can lose themselves in the magnificence of her songs and dances.
She has supreme confidence and an astronomical sized vision of herself. She is not of this earth. Listen to the lyrics of her songs and you will see that this Dog lady will never let a superficially bad year stop her from doing what she plans on doing. The Dog will have to subdue the Snake this year, but she has the Dragon's ally the Monkey in her chart. She has the Boar in her Hour pillar and the Boar sits on the heavenly seal in the compass of the 24 Mountains, so the Boar in her chart brings her the all-powerful heavenly luck that rules this Year of the Snake. What will bring her more luck this year will be the Phoenix, the bird who is the secret friend of Snake. To find out more, you can check out Madonna 2013.