TMN Magazine issue 07

Madonna dated
Vanilla Ice for eight
months.
Madonna worked several minimum wage jobs
to make ends meet, including one at a Dunkin’
Donuts.
Madonna is also the third highest-grossing
touring act in history, after the Rolling Stones
and U2.
Madonna said the “F***” word 13 times on Late
Night With David Letterman in 1994. The
episode became the most censored in American
network television talk-show history, as well as
some of Letterman’s highest ratings in his latenight
career.
Madonna’s father got re-married to the family’s
housekeeper. They had two additional children.
Madonna’s first children’s book, The English
Roses, debuted at the top of The New York
Times Best Seller list and became the fastestselling
children’s picture book of all time.
P H O T O S B Y P O - W E I S H I H
With Like a Virgin Album(1984), Madonna
became an international star. It was her first
number one album on the Billboard 200.
True Blue had two music videos made for it,
both with a retro theme. The women sitting
alongside Madonna in this video actually
included her real-life friends, designer Erika
Belle and actress Debi Mazar, Songfacts
reports.
Benicio del Toro was a household name, he
could be seen sitting on the hood of a car in
Madonna’s “La Isla Bonita” video,
Entertainment Weekly reports.
Madonna dropped out of college in 1977 and
moved to New York City with only $35 in her
pocket.
In 1990, Gaultier created one of his signature
looks for Madonna’s Blond Ambition Tour.
Madonna granted her entire music catalog to
the Fox TV series Glee.
Madonna directed three films; Filth and
Wisdom (2008), W.E. (2011) and the short film
“Secret Project Revolution” (2013)
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