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    Madonna Instagram Thread (June 2014 - part 1)

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    I'm baffled. She most likely has her trusty clip-ins or got a new set of bonded extensions. The photos she posted and the pap pics from te other night tell a very different story. However, even with her hair down, the length overall is still shorter than her recent recording studio and luomo vogue pics.

    I'm really trying to wish Andy Lecompte success and prosperity, but it's really frustrating sometimes to see what "could have been" in another hairdresser's hands.

    The concepts are there, the execution is not.

    I will say he's stepped it up a bit, but it always looks like he's run out of time and had to wing it in the finish-out. And he uses too many clip-ins that he does not know how to color match. It's totally distracting to someone like me.

    There,

    I've said my peace.

    But kudos to Madonna for going to Detroit and shining her light on the situation there and being hopeful for a recovery of her hometown!

    Very interesting to read your thoughts, Madryan! Thanks for sharing :kiss2: Actually, I would be quite interested in seeing some related images of M's hairdo's. Is there a thread somewhere on MNation on this topic? If not, maybe we should start one.

    Former Freddy DeMann's management partner Ron Weisner on Madonna

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    I still don't get why knickers are in a twist. Maybe I missed the "attack on Madonna" in his statement

    While I'm never fond of reading claims of M being bitchy, I think I share what Chelle seems to feel: M is no shrinking violet. Obviously the quotes on M are meant to help sell Weisner's book. Yet, personally, I don't feel M's reputation is being besmirched by his claims. She's often said herself that she can be a bitch - hell, unapologetic bitch is even one of her current catch phrases.

    I highlighted the tidbit about Liz Rosenberg's supposed role, not because I think it in any way diminishes M's achievements, but because it made ME think of M a bit more as a real person (as opposed to M the Icon). The Liz-M relationship is something I would love to learn about a bit more. Maybe one day, if M ever writes an autobiography, she'll share some thoughts and stories on Liz.

    Former Freddy DeMann's management partner Ron Weisner on Madonna

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    From Liz Smith's article on Weisner's book:

    http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-05-22/entertainment/sns-201405211600--tms--lizsmittr--x-a20140522-20140522_1_michael-jackson-joe-jackson-gladys-knight

    However, the manager did not get along with Madonna, whom he knew during the frantic early years of her career -- up from the clubs, an MTV sensation, and suddenly on the cusp of international fame. "Madonna would do anything to succeed. Anything she had to. It seemed at times she was working on getting meaner."

    Unlike the chapters on Michael Jackson, there's nothing tragic about Madonna. Ron's recollections of her are knife-like, but a lot of fun. (Primarily because Madonna, whatever one might think of her, has never self-destructed, never been arrested, never been in rehab, never been involved in scandals outside her "shocking" -- now rather boring -- professional displays, maybe there is something to be said for being "mean"?)

    As much as Weisner disliked her, he writes: "Two hours into our first meeting, I knew Madonna would succeed. H--l, if you spent two minutes around her and you had any sense of pop culture, you knew she'd succeed!" There is a lot of interesting info on how MTV and the music industry was changing at that point and how Madonna -- abrasive and eerily confident -- fit so neatly, quickly and perfectly into that era.

    Other than that, what do we learn? It's much in the vein of brother Christopher Ciccone's tell-all. Madonna is tight with a penny, complains a lot and doesn't appear to ever be grateful. ("That word was not in her vocabulary.")

    Eventually, claims Weisner, Madonna's little ways became too much, and he "gave" her to Freddy DeMann, who guided the icon through her best years, along with the monumental effort of Warner Bros. press rep Liz Rosenberg. Without Liz R., I firmly believe Madonna, for all her drive and -- yes! -- talent -- would have imploded in some way, years ago.)

    Where is M ?

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    and she didn't go ! Lol she hides herself with her new haircut for 12 days for her big come back and you'd think they could make her ruin the surprise by showing up at a jury duty ?! lol

    Exactly! :rotfl:

    Where is M ?

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    have we ever found out where she actually stays when she is in the Hamptons because I think to remember that there is no residence on the horsefarm and because of zoning she cannot built one there. Rumor was that she was the secret buyer of "Coxwould" in East Hampton. But it has never been revealed.

    I was also wondering about this, and whether some of the activities depicted in the instagram images by M and R might get her in trouble with those Hamptons authorities that insist on agricultural use etc. :chuckle:

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