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'''Madonna Louise Ciccone''' (known simply as stage name '''"Madonna"'''), born in Bay City, [[Michigan]] on August 16, 1958 (age {{age|1958|8|16}}), is an [[American]] singer known for her immodest provocative style of dress, songs, music videos and books. She has also been associated with extremely [[sacrilegious]] material such as videos featuring her simulating immoral acts with statues.

She has had starring roles in a number is one of films including ''Desparately Seeking Susan'the world's best-selling female recording artists, ''[[Evita]]'', ''Dick Tracy'' and she is listed by ''Shanghai SurpriseBillboard Magazine''as the second most successful artist, in behind the last with her then husband [[Sean Penn]]Beatles. Overall her movie success did not live up to Madonna was inducted into the success Rock and Roll Hall of her singing career and was dropped after her last films were poorly viewed. She was married for seven years to British film director Guy Ritchie and together they had six houses Fame in [[London]]<ref>London Daily Mail[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=464166&in_page_id=1773]</ref> and a stately country home at [[Ashcombe]]. They are currently separated, with unclear possibilities for divorce2008.<ref>[http://wwwrockhall.dailymail.co.ukcom/tvshowbizinductees/article-1021678madonna/Divorce-No--Madonna-Guy-Ritchies-civilised-separation.html London Daily Mail - Madonna Ritchie Separationat Rock Hall]</ref>

Madonna is an extremely controversial figure for her "risqué" attitudes towards religion and sexualityShe has been married twice. This is perhaps best exemplified in the music videos for her songs "Erotica," featuring implied Madonna married actor [[homosexualitySean Penn]] and other abhorrent sexual practicesin 1985. Their marriage was rife with violence, and "Like a Prayer" which implies a sexual relationship between Madonna and a sculpture of a black Jesus Christ which comes to life during the course of the videocouple divorced in 1989, shortly after Penn was charged with felony domestic abuse. Her ''Truth or Dare'' "documentary" and an accompanying book provocatively titled "Sex" both were flagrant displays of her deviant sexual exploits and were harshly criticized by pro She was married for seven years to British film director Guy Ritchie.<ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=464166&in_page_id=1773 London Daily Mail]</ref> They divorced in 2008.<ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-family groups1021678/Divorce-No--Madonna-Guy-Ritchies-civilised-separation.html Madonna Ritchie Separation]</ref> She has since dated several men younger than herself.

[[Pope John Paul II]] was especially critical of Madonnahas reputedly had extensive plastic surgery including a full facelift, urging [[Catholic]]s to boycott her music cheekbone implants and concertsBotox.

*==Criticism==In the USA, conservatives (especially Christians) have objected to Ciccone's "immoral" or "immodest" garb and extremely [[Sandra Bernhardsacrilegious]]material such as videos featuring her simulating immoral acts with statues and public vulgarity. [[Pope John Paul II]] was especially critical of Madonna, urging [[Catholic]]s to boycott her music and concerts.

{{DEFAULTSORT: Ciccone==Involvement in Africa==For over a decade, Madonna Louise}}has also been religiously following a mystical cult rooted in bogus Judaism called [[Kabbalah]] which she has also used as a means to exploit the impoverished country of Malawi via her Raising Malawi Foundation.Her "work" to create orphanages and schools in Malawi has come with a thinly veiled "Kabbalah only clause", meaning the children must be indoctrinated into this cult to at least some extent if they want to partake in the services. A 2008 fundraiser for Raising Malawi on the lawn of the UN saw many government and entertainment figures, including Oprah Winfrey, distancing themselves from Madonna. Many international human rights and children’s rights organizations have fought or spoken out regarding her illegal adoptions of two Malawian children which were only successful after documented payoffs to corrupt government officials. Upon the recent "adoption" of her newest Malawian child, Mercy James, Madonna embarked on a six-month concert tour of Europe and the child was given over to nannies and full-time staff in clear view of the media. The "schools for Malawi" that Madonna had vowed to build "so many of" have yet to exist.