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Madonna became involved in Eastern mysticism and Kabbalah. She was introduced to Jewish mysticism by actress Sandra Bernhard in 1997.[104] Her seventh studio album, Ray of Light, (1998) reflected this change in her perception and image.[105] She commented: "This record, more than any other records, covers all the areas of life. I had recently joined Kabbalah and I had left off partyingbut I had just had a baby, so my mood was complete, and I was incredibly thoughtful, retrospective and intrigued by the mystical aspects of life."[106] The album garnered critical acclaim and Slant Magazine declared it as "one of the great pop masterpieces of the '90s".[107] Ray of Light was honored with four Grammy Awards, and listed as one of Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".[108][109] Topping the charts in Australia, Canada, UK and mainland Europe, the album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200held off from the top spot by the soundtrack to the film Titanicand sold over 20 million copies worldwide.[22][110] The album's first single, "Frozen", became Madonna's first single to debut at number one in the UK, while in the U.S. it became her sixth number two single and set another record for Madonna as the artist with the most number two hits.[34][111] The song was banned in Belgium, however, adjudicated to be plagiarized from Belgian songwriter Salvatore Acquaviva's 1993 song "Ma Vie Fout L'camp".[112] The second single, "Ray of Light", debuted at number five on the Billboard Hot 100.[113] Madonna's relationship with Leon ended in December 1998; she declared that they were "better off as best friends."[114] Following their break-up, Madonna signed to play a violin teacher in the film Music of the Heart but left the project, citing "creative differences" with director Wes Craven.[115] She followed the success of Ray of Light with the single "Beautiful Stranger", recorded for the 1999 film Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. It reached number 19 on the Hot 100 solely on radio airplay and earned Madonna a Grammy Award for "Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media".[34][71]In 2000, Madonna starred in the film The Next Best Thing, and contributed two songs to the film's soundtrack: "Time Stood Still" and the international hit "American Pie", a cover version of Don McLean's 1971 song.[116] She released her eighth studio album, Music, in September 2000. It featured elements from the electronica-inspired Ray of Light era, and catered to her gay audience.[117] Collaborating with French producer Mirwais Ahmadzai, Madonna commented: "I love to work with the weirdos that no one knows aboutthe people who have raw talent and who are making music unlike anyone else out there. Music is the future of sound."[117] Stephen Thomas Erlewine from Allmusic felt that "Music blows by in a kaleidoscopic rush of color, technique, style and substance. It has so many depth and layers that it's easily as self-aware and earnest as Ray of Light."[118] The album took the number one position in more than 20 countries worldwide and sold four million copies in the first ten days.[108]
In the U.S., Music debuted at the top, and became her first number one album in eleven years since Like a Prayer.[119] It produced three singles: the Hot 100 number one "Music", "Don't Tell Me" and "What It Feels Like for a Girl".[34] The music video of "What It Feels Like for a Girl" depicted Madonna committing murders and involved in car accidents, and was banned by MTV and VH1.[120]Around the same time of the Music album, Madonna became involved in a relationship with Guy Ritchie, whom she had met in 1999 through mutual friends Sting and his wife, Trudie Styler. On August 11, 2000, she gave birth to their son, Rocco Ritchie.[121] In December, Madonna and Ritchie were married in an exclusive ceremony in Scotland.[122]Her fifth concert tour, entitled Drowned World Tour, started in April 2001.[48] The tour visited cities in the U.S. and Europe and was the highest-grossing concert tour of the year by a solo artist, earning $75 million from 47 sold-out shows.[123] She also released her second greatest-hits collection, entitled GHV2, to coincide with the home video release of the tour. GHV2 debuted at number seven on the Billboard 200.[124] Madonna starred in the film Swept Away, directed by Ritchie. Released direct-to-video in the UK, the film was a commercial and critical failure.[125] Later that year, she released "Die Another Day", the title song of the James Bond film Die Another Day, in which she had a cameo role. The song reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 and was nominated both for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and a Golden Raspberry for Worst Song.[34][126]200306: American Life and Confessions on a Dance Floor Madonna performing at the Live 8 benefit concert (2005)Following Die Another Day, Madonna collaborated with fashion photographer Steven Klein in 2003 for an exhibition installation named X-STaTIC Pro=CeSS. It included photography from a photo shoot in W magazine, and seven video segments. The installation ran from March to May in New York's Deitch Projects gallery. It then traveled the world in an edited form.[127] Madonna released her ninth studio album, American Life, which was based on her observations of American society, and received mixed reviews.[128] She commented, "[American Life] was like a trip down memory lane, looking back at everything I've accomplished and all the things I once valued and all the things that were important to me."[129] Larry Flick from The Advocate felt that "American Life is an album that is among her most adventurous and lyrically intelligent ... It is like the flip side to 2000's Music, and turns out to be a lazy, half-arsed effort to sound and take her seriously."[129][130] The title song peaked at number 37 on the Hot 100.[34] Its original music video was canceled as Madonna thought that the video, featuring violence and war imagery, would be deemed unpatriotic since America was then at war with Iraq.[131] With only four million copies sold worldwide, American Life was the lowest selling album of her career.[132] She gave another provocative performance later that year at the
by Malawians. The documentary was directed by Nathan Rissman, who worked as Madonna's gardener.[166] She also directed her first film Filth and Wisdom. The story of the film was about three friends and their aspirations. Madonna commented that it was Ritchie who inspired her to develop the screenplay for the film. "The fact of the matter is that all the work I do is very autobiographical, directly or indirectly, because who do I know better than me?"[167] The Times said she had "done herself proud" while The Daily Telegraph described the film as "not an entirely unpromising first effort [but] Madonna would do well to hang on to her day job."[168][169] In December 2007, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced Madonna as one of the five inductees of 2008.[170] At the induction ceremony on March 10, 2008,[171] Madonna did not sing but asked fellow Hall of Fame inductees and Michigan natives The Stooges to perform her songs "Burning Up" and "Ray of Light". She thanked Christopher Flynn, her dance teacher from 35 years earlier, for his encouragement to follow her dreams.[172]Madonna released her eleventh studio album, Hard Candy, in April 2008. Containing R&B and urban pop influences, the songs on Hard Candy were autobiographical in nature and saw Madonna collaborating with Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, Pharrell Williams and Nate "Danja" Hills.[173] Rolling Stone complimented it as an "impressive taste of her upcoming tour."[174]"Probably in many respects most of the songs [on Hard Candy] are [autobiographical]. But in more of an unconscious way. I don't really think about telling personal stories when I'm writing music. It just comes. And then a lot of times, six months later, eight months later, I go, 'Oh, that's what I wrote that song about.' But that's when I play the song for lots of people and they all go, 'Oh, I can totally relate to that.'" Madonna talking about the inspiration behind Hard Candy[175]The album debuted at number one in 37 countries and on the Billboard 200.[176][177] It received generally positive reviews worldwide though some critics panned it as "an attempt to harness the urban market".[178][179] Its lead single, "4 Minutes", reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was Madonna's 37th Hot 100 top-ten hitit pushed Madonna past Elvis Presley as the artist with the most top-ten hits.[180] In the UK, she retained her record for the most number one singles for a female artist; "4 Minutes" becoming her thirteenth.[181] At the 23rd Japan Gold Disc Awards, Madonna received her fifth "Artist of the Year" trophy from Recording Industry Association of Japan, the most for any artist.[182] To further promote the album, Madonna embarked on the Sticky & Sweet Tour; her first major venture with Live Nation. With a gross of $280 million, it became the highest-grossing tour by a solo artist, surpassing the previous record Madonna set with the Confessions Tour.[183] It was extended to the next year, adding new European dates, and after it ended, the total gross was $408 million.[183][184]Life with My Sister Madonna, a book by Madonna's brother Christopher
can't remember, when I was young, I can't express if it was wrong" ("Paradise (Not for Me)", 2000) reflected an artistic palette, "encompassing diverse musical, textual and visual styles in its lyrics."[230] Madonna, seen here on The Virgin Tour, had a bright, girlish vocal timbre that became passe in her later works.Madonna has a mezzo-soprano vocal range.[232] She started her musical career with songs that she described as "soulful pop music". Madonna recalled in a 1983 interview with Island magazine that she had wanted to grow up as a black kid.[233] "First of all, all the black girls in my neighborhood had these dances in their yard where they had these little turntables with 45 records and they'd play all this Motown stuff and they would dance, just dance, all of them dancing together and none of the white kids I knew would ever do that. They were really boring and stiff. And I wanted to be part of the dancing. I didn't like my friends. I had to be beaten up so many times by these little black girls before they would accept me and finally one day they whipped me with a rubber hose till I was like, lying on the ground crying. And then they just stopped doing it all of a sudden and let me be their friend, part of their group."[233] On her 1983 debut album, Madonna's vocal abilities and personal artistry were not fully formed. Her vocal style was similar to other pop stars of that period like Paula Abdul, Debbie Gibson and Taylor Dayne.[228] The songs on Madonna reveal several key trends that have continued to define her success, including a strong dance-based idiom, catchy hooks, highly polished arrangements and Madonna's own vocal style. In songs such as "Lucky Star" and "Borderline", Madonna introduced a style of upbeat dance music that would prove particularly appealing to gay audiences. The bright, girlish vocal timbre of the early years became passe in Madonna's later works, the change being deliberate, since Madonna was constantly reminded of how the critics had once labelled her as "Minnie Mouse on helium", because of her early voice.[228] Her second album, Like a Virgin (1984), foreshadowed several trends in Madonna's later works. It contained references to classical works (pizzicato synthesizer line that opens "Angel"); potential negative reaction from social groups ("Dress You Up" was blacklisted by the Parents Music Resource Center); and retro styles ("Shoo-Bee-Doo", Madonna's homage to Motown).[228] Madonna's early style, and the change that she ushered in it, is best evident in the song "Material Girl". It opens with Madonna using a little-girl voice, but following the first verse, she switches to a richer, more mature voice in the chorus.[228] This mature artistic statement was visible in True Blue (1986). The song "Papa Don't Preach" was a significant milestone in her artistic career. The classical introduction, fast tempo and the gravity in her voice was unprecedented in Madonna's uvre at that time.[228]With Like a Prayer (1989), Madonna again entered a new phase, musically. The album introduced live recorded songs and incorporated
different genres of music, including dance, R&B and gospel music.[53] Madonna continued to compose ballads and uptempo dance songs for Erotica (1992) and Bedtime Stories (1994). She tried to remain contemporary by incorporating samples, drum loops and hip hop into her music. Her voice grew much deeper and fuller, evident in the tracks like "Rain" and "Take a Bow".[234] During the filming of Evita, Madonna had to take vocal lessons, which increased her range further. Of this experience she commented, "I studied with a vocal coach for Evita and I realized there was a whole piece of my voice I wasn't using. Before, I just believed I had a really limited range and was going to make the most of it."[235] Continuing her musical evolution with Ray of Light, the track "Frozen" displayed her fully formed vocal prowess and her allusions to classical music. Her vocals were restrained and she sang the songs in Ray of Light without vibrato. However, the intake of breath within the songs became more prominent.[228] With the new millennium came her album Music in which Madonna sang in her normal voice in a medium range, and sometimes in a higher register for the chorus.[228] A change was also noted in the content of the songs, with most of them being simple love songs, but with an underlying tone of melancholy. Her next record, American Life, was infused with thumping techno rhythm, liquid keyboard lines, acoustic choruses and a rap on the title track. The unconventional rock songs of the album were intermingled with dramatic lyrics about patriotism and composition, including the appearance of a gospel choir in the song "Nothing Fails".[236] Musically, things changed with Confessions on a Dance Floor, which returned Madonna to pure dance songs, infusing club beats and retro music, but the lyrics continued to be about paradoxical metaphors and reference to her earlier works.[237] In her studio album, Hard Candy, she mixed R&B and hip hop music with dance tunes. The album also had songs whose lyrics were autobiographical and expressed support for helping Africa.[175] Fouz-Hernandez commented that "Throughout her career, Madonna's manipulation of her voice shows us that, by refusing to be defined in one way, she has in fact opened up a space for new kinds of musical analysis."[228] Influences Marilyn Monroe (pictured) had a profound influence on Madonna.According to Taraborrelli, "Almost certainly, the defining moment of Madonna's childhoodthe one that would have the most influence in shaping her into the woman she would becomewas the tragic and untimely death of her beloved mother."[5] Psychiatrist Keith Ablow suggests that her mother's death would have had an immeasurable impact on the young Madonna at a time when her personality was still forming. According to Ablow, the younger a child is at the time of a serious loss, the more profound the influence and the longer lasting the impact. He concludes that "some people never reconcile themselves to such a loss at an early age, Madonna is not different than them."[5] Conversely, author Lucy O'Brien feels that the impact of the rape is,
in fact, the motivating factor behind everything Madonna has done, more important even than the death of her mother: "It's not so much grief at her mother's death that drives her, as the sense of abandonment that left her unprotected. She encountered her own worst possible scenario, becoming a victim of male violence, and thereafter turned that full-tilt into her work, reversing the equation at every opportunity."[238]As they grew older, Madonna and her sisters would feel deep sadness as the vivid memory of their mother began drifting, farther from them. They would study pictures of her and come to think that she resembled poet Anne Sexton and Hollywood actresses. This would later raise Madonna's interest in poetry with Sylvia Plath being her favourite.[5] Later, Madonna commented: "We were all wounded in one way or another by [her death], and then we spent the rest of our lives reacting to it or dealing with it or trying to turn into something else. The anguish of losing my mom left me with a certain kind of loneliness and an incredible longing for something. If I hadn't had that emptiness, I wouldn't have been so driven. Her death had a lot to do with me sayingafter I got over my heartacheI'm going to be really strong if I can't have my mother. I'm going to take care of myself."[5] Taraborrelli felt that in time, no doubt because of the devastation she felt, Madonna would never again allow herself, or even her daughter, to feel as abandoned as she had felt when her mother died. "Her death had taught [Madonna] a valuable lesson, that she would have to remain strong for herself because, she feared weaknessparticularly her ownand wanted to be the queen of her own castle."[5]In 1985, Madonna commented that the first song to ever make a strong impression on her was "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" by Nancy Sinatra; she said it summed up her own "take-charge attitude".[239] As a young woman, she attempted to broaden her taste in literature, art, and music, and during this time became interested in classical music. She noted that her favorite style was baroque, and loved Mozart and Chopin because she liked their "feminine quality".[240] Other musical influences included artists Karen Carpenter, The Supremes, Led Zeppelin, and dancers such as Martha Graham and Rudolf Nureyev.[241] Madonna's Italian-Catholic background and her relationship with her parents were reflected in the album Like a Prayer.[56] It was an evocation of the impact religion had on her career.[242] Her video for the title track contains Catholic symbolism, such as the stigmata. During The Virgin Tour, she wore a rosary, and also prayed with it in the music video for "La Isla Bonita".[243] The "Open Your Heart" video sees her boss scolding her in the Italian language. On the Who's That Girl World Tour, she dedicated the song "Papa Don't Preach" to the Pope.[243][244]During her childhood, Madonna was inspired by actors, later saying, "I loved Carole Lombard and Judy Holliday and Marilyn Monroe. They were all incredibly funny ... and I saw
with the headset fastened over the ears or the top of the head, and the microphone capsule on a boom arm that extended to the mouth. Because of her prominent usage, the microphone design came to be known as the "Madonna mic".[268][269] Metz noted that Madonna represents a paradox as she is often perceived as living her whole life as a performance. While her big-screen performances are panned, her live performances are critical successes.[270] Madonna was the first artist to have her concert tours as reenactment of her music videos. Author Elin Diamond explained that reciprocally, the fact that images from Madonna's videos can be recreated in a live setting enhances the realism of the original videos. Thus her live performances have become the means by which mediatized representations are naturalized.[271] Taraborrelli said that encompassing multimedia, latest technology and sound systems, Madonna's concerts and live performances are deemed as "extravagant show piece, a walking art show."[272]
Equilibrium :The story is set in a dystopian future, after a third, and destructive, world war. The company is controlled by a totalitarian regime, which requires the public to take a drug called Prozium that numbs emotions, preventing social tensions. John Preston, the protagonist, is a member of the institution that maintains order and taking the drug. Synopsis: In the early years of the century took place the 3rd World War. Those who survived knew mankind could never survive a 4th war and that the volatile nature of humans could no longer be exposed. Then a branch of the law was created, the Grammaton Clergy, whose sole task is to find and eradicate the true source of cruelty among humans: the ability to feel because there is the belief that emotions were blamed for the failures of past societies. this music is part of the soundtrack of the series: As cronicas de Narnia. Famous series! is an adventure, the saga is quite fun! The Vampire Diaries (in Brazil, a Vampire Diaries / Portugal, The Vampire Diaries) is an American television series of suspense, fantasy and romance developed by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec and based on the book series of the same name written by L . J. Smith. The series first season premiered on American television broadcaster by The CW on September 10, 2009, the second season on September 9, 2012 and debuted third on September 15, 2011. On May 3, 2012 was announced by The CW renewed the series for a fourth season. [1] The series follows the events in the town of Mystic Falls, Virginia. A small fictional town haunted by supernatural beings. The main focus of the series is the love triangle between the protagonist, Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev) and brothers, Stefan (Paul Wesley) and Damon Salvatore (Ian Somerhalder). Both have a dark past. Later, the light is thrown on the mysterious past of the city, involving maleovola ancestor of Elena, Katherine, who seeks revenge against the city, and the original brothers, which led to the vampires. Elena has always been a great student, beautiful, popular and involved with school and friends. When the semester begins Elena becomes fascinated with the new boy in school Stefan Salvatore, a vampire 150 years ago. While Stefan struggles to live in peace with humans, his brother Damon is the personification of violence and brutality. Possibility - New Moon letter: There's a Possibility There's a Possibility All that i had was all I'm gonna get mmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmm There's a Possibility There's a Possibility All I'm gonna get is gonna be yours then All I'm gonna get is gonna be yours then So tell me when you hear my heart stop You're the Only One That Knows Tell me when you hear my silence There's A possibility I would not know mmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmm Know That When You leave Know That When You leave By blood and you walk by me like a thief By blood and by me I fall When You leave So tell me when you hear my heart stop You're
the Only One That Knows Tell me when you hear my silence There's A possibility I would not know So tell me when my silence's over You're the reason why I'm closed Tell me when you hear me falling There's A possibility it would not show mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm By blood and by me I'll fall When You leave By blood and by me I follow your leadmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmm