Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com

Well, technically, it's tomorrow. But we wanted to be one of the first to send a shout-out to the Material Girl.

After all, this particular B-day's a biggie: Madonna's turning 50!

That makes her the newest Hollywood heavy in the Fabulous at 50 club, a superexclusive group of leading ladies who are just getting better with age. (Check out the gallery below.)

With her 11th studio album out this year and a world tour in the works, it doesn't seem like the iconic singer is slowing down yet—and that's why she rocks.

Congrats on the milestone, Madge!

Double Click Images, PacificCoastNews.com

The fate of Madonna's Sticky & Sweet tour just got a whole lot sweeter.

Despite rumors that the pop icon's elaborate world tour would be scrapped on account of illness—inspired by a seemingly sprained ankle—a rep for the singer’s concert promoter, Live Nation, tells E! News the show will go on.

“We haven’t canceled any shows, it’s a full go starting on [Aug.] 23,” says the rep.

Meanwhile, the singer’s longtime rep Liz Rosenberg came to E! News to set the record straight on reports that the Material Mom is thisclose to adopting another child…

Keep Reading

Daniel/INFDaily.com

Looks like Madonna's Sticky and Sweet tour is gonna come with a side of French dressing.

Continuing her penchant for partnering with haute couturiers for her stage shows—Jean-Paul Gaultier provided the wardrobe for 1990's Blonde Ambition tour, Dolce & Gabbana took the reins for 1993's Girlie Show—the "Vogue" singer has teamed up with venerable French fashion house Givenchy to provide at least two costumes on her upcoming world trek.

One of the outfits will be donned during Madonna's opening number, a coat dress in black stretch satin, keeping in line with the fashion house's dark and gothic bent.

Keep Reading

Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage.com

She might be battling divorce rumors, an A-Rod scandal and a tell-all book by her brother, but maybe Madonna's still a small-town girl at heart, after all.

The Material Girl returned to her Michigan roots Saturday for a screening of her acclaimed documentary I Am Because We Are at the Traverse City Film Festival.

"You can take the girl out of Michigan, but you can't take the Michigan out of the girl," she told the crowd of 540 people. "There's something poetic about coming back to the place where I used to come for holidays—camping trips with my dad and stepmother and my very large family. It's great bringing my movie to a place that I feel familiar."

Madonna, who was raised in the Detroit suburb of Rochester Hills, did not address any of her recent controversies in the Q&A session that followed.

Keep Reading

Sipa via AP Images

Alex Rodriguez is trying to go down without much of his fight. (No, we're not referring to his postseason play.)

In court documents filed Thursday, the Yankees slugger admits to much of what was set forth by estranged wife Cynthia Rodriguez in the divorce petition she filed earlier this month, including her characterization of their five-year marriage as "irretrievably broken" (he makes mention in court docs of a certain Material acquaintance or any dalliances) and that Cynthia is a "loving and nurturing mother."

Notably, he denied her challenge of their prenuptial agreement, drawn up once upon a time to protect baseball's highest paid player from potentially coffer-draining situations such as this one.

Keep Reading

Say what you will about Life With My Sister Madonna author Christopher Ciccone—and trust us, we say stuff all the time—but the guy has an answer for everything: Madonna, Guy Ritchie, Gwyneth Paltrow and even whether he thinks Madge got a facelift.

Somehow, when he didn't flinch at Chelsea Handler's first question (which you should just watch to get the full impact), we knew this was going to be good.

Nancy Kaszerman/ZUMAPress.com, Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com

Working with Miley Cyrus reminded Brett Ratner of a "Beautiful Stranger" he once knew.

“She turns it on,” the filmmaker, who last month directed the video for Cyrus' new single "7 Things," exclusively tells E! News. “A lot like Madonna.”

Ratner, who also helmed the pop icon's "Beautiful Stranger" video for Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, says he sees many similarities between Miley and Madonna, besides the whole first-initial thing.

Keep Reading

AP Photo

Just making sure the paparazzi aren't on A-Rod's payroll…

The estranged wife of New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez has demanded that her hubby's camp come clean on whether it's made any attempts to have her followed or to listen in on her conversations to add fuel to their already fiery divorce proceedings.

According to a routine motion filed last week in Miami-Dade Circuit Court, Cynthia Rodriguez is asking for any tape recordings, photographs, reports from investigators and all other evidence of shadowing "or other electronic surveillance conducted by [Alex] or others on [his] behalf." (View the motion.)

Keep Reading