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Forbes
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Madonna's Life Is Coming To The Small Screen — And Her Music Is Back On The Charts
Madonna's 'Erotica' and 'Like a Prayer' return to U.K. charts amid excitement over her new album ... More Confessions 2 and a just-announced Netflix miniseries. RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - MAY 04: Madonna performs onstage during "The Celebration Tour: at Copacabana beach on May 04, 2024 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Live Nation) There's a lot of excitement around Madonna at the moment. In the first half of 2025, she began teasing that she is working on a new album, and there are even reports that she has played it for some people. There's no word yet on when Confessions 2 — apparently a sequel to her Grammy-winning Confessions on a Dance Floor — will arrive, but the mere mention that she is back in the studio is thrilling to many of her longtime fans. A new Netflix miniseries around her life has also recently been announced. Again, there isn't a solid timeline, and hopefully this doesn't end up like her feature film, which went through several starts and stops and may now be dead in the water as she pivots to a series. Amidst all of this excitement, fans in the United Kingdom have also recently returned to buying some of Madonna's biggest hits — the ones that turned her into the global superstar she is today — sending multiple cuts back to different tallies as they keep buying in various formats. Two of Madonna's songs appear on the charts in the U.K. at the moment. There's no overlap in terms of which rankings they appear on, and both of them only find space on one list apiece. Between the two, 'Erotica' is the top performer. That track reenters the Official Physical Singles chart at No. 75. The cut debuted on the list in 2017 and was last seen in the second-to-last position in December. 'Like a Prayer' is also a bestseller again, but only barely this frame. It breaks back onto the Official Singles Downloads chart at No. 97. The classic only debuted on that tally in May of last year and was a consistent bestseller for months. It's only been a few weeks since 'Like a Prayer' last appeared on the downloads-only list. Both 'Erotica' and 'Like a Prayer' have reached the top 10 on their respective tallies, but neither one has hit No. 1, despite ranking among her most familiar tunes. Coincidentally, the two have spent exactly 36 weeks each on the rosters where they currently reside. Of course, the tracks have been around for decades and are still relatively new to these rosters, but they enjoyed major success on the Official Singles chart — the ranking of the most-consumed songs in the nation — many years before they debuted on either of these two lists. Madonna also enjoys a similar performance on the albums rankings, as two projects appear on one list apiece. The Immaculate Collection jumps almost 50 spaces on the Official Album Downloads chart, surging from No. 93 to No. 47. At the same time, Finally Enough Love drops just four spots to No. 96 on the Official Albums Streaming tally.
Yahoo
10-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
35 Women Share The Things They Thought Were Stupid As A Girl, But Now Realize Their Mom Was Totally 100% Right About
Recently, Reddit user Competitive_Swan_130 took to the popular Ask Women page of the site and asked what I thought was kind of a cool question: "What's something you thought was stupid as a girl, but now as a woman, you realize your mom was right about?" Here are some of the most compelling answers: 1."SUNSCREEN! Lmao. I used to think my mom was so dramatic about it! Like, why would I waste time putting on sunscreen multiple times a day? Now, I get it." "She wasn't just trying to annoy me; she was saving me from future regrets (and expensive skincare). So yeah, mom, you were right. I'll take my SPF 50 and my humble pie now." —u/j_silva_sp 2."I used to think it was silly when my mom said, 'Don't chase people; let them show you they care.' Now I see how much energy I wasted on people who didn't deserve it. She was so right." —u/kennelinimicum 3."'Nothing good happens after midnight.' Definitely used that at parties/clubs, and I missed a lot of the traumatizing drama when I was in bed with my cats in college." —u/Aimee6969 "People should be particular about the parties and clubs they go to. I've always had a great time and kept safe because I was picky and prepared." —u/jay-jay-baloney 4."Clean a little every day so you don't have to spend the entire day cleaning at the end of the week." —u/onlytexts 5."The patriarchy. I used to roll my eyes when my mom would point out problematic patterns in our society. Like, when I was watching The Little Mermaid, she would remark that it's not the best message to send little girls that the main character gambles away her family who loves her for the chance of being with an older man when she's only 16 years old. At the time, I insisted it was romantic. Now I'm like, WTF was that? 😅" —u/koolaid-girl-40 6."She was right: I do need a coat, and I will be cold." —u/demsdftba 7."Silence. As a teenager, it was so irritating and unthinkable to me that my mom never had her radio on when she was driving. To me, that was the time to crank it up!" "Now, guess who drives around in silence because it's the only goddang time I have to hear my own thoughts! That and I can't see when the radio's too loud, lol. 😆" —u/mintjulip 8."Don't overpluck your eyebrows!" —u/thomasinanna "I blame Madonna during the Erotica album. Whew, that was such an interesting period in time, and my eyebrows paid the price in full!" —u/wtfpie 9."That one must not tell everything about oneself even to the closest of friends, because people can change." "People get jealous, resentful. It's not necessarily because they are bad. It's just circumstances. We don't need to judge them for it. But as a self-protection mechanism, it's best to keep one's very intimate details to oneself." —u/Intrepid-Penalty-169 10."I used to think my mom was overprotective about friends and dating. Now I get it; she just didn't want me to get hurt. She was right more times than I want to admit." —u/champagnemortis 11."My mom complained about how quickly time passed. It seemed like she was always telling me that time just flew by, and it was 'already almost Christmas' or 'time for school to start up again' or 'the weekend already?!' To me, time dragged like a snail through molasses." "Now that I'm much older I cannot believe the speed at which time passes. I'm complaining about it being Monday and in no time at all I'm sitting at Thursday, then the weekend is here and gone. Back around, then again. Mom was right!" —u/MonkeyCatDog 12."Honestly, my mom always warned me about making life choices based on the people I dated. She was respectful about it, but basically told me that it wasn't going to last and to make sure I made choices for myself." "At the time I thought we would be high school sweethearts and be together forever, but now looking back it's silly how naive that was, lol." —u/LanaofBrennis 13."Don't be dependent on a man." —u/notlikethemermaid90 14."That 'we have food at home' was actually financial wisdom, not betrayal." —u/5onjacloudy " moment of realization that she also probably wanted to get food while we were out. Being a mom seems impossible, to be honest." —u/rkmoses 15."I thought my mom was just trying to make me feel better and not hurt my self-esteem even more when she'd tell me that people at my middle school and high school were just shallow and immature." "She told me that I wasn't the problem, I just went to school with kids who were too mean/stupid to appreciate what I had to offer. Now as an adult and a teacher myself, I realize my mom was right. I was a little quirky (gifted-identified, only child who had braces, acne, freckles, frizzy hair, and was fat) but I had a good heart and was true to myself. There really are a lot of shallow and cliquey people out there who don't care if they bring other people down." —u/Belle0516 16."To not bleach and dye my hair so much because it would get brittle and break off." "I was goth/punk back in the day and would constantly want to dye my hair and then decide that I wanted the totally opposite color of what I currently had. My mother would tell me to just pick a color and be happy with it until it grew out. SO ANNOYING! 🤬 I haven't dyed hair in years and I just went from red to blonde, and yeah, mom was right." —u/Can-Chas3r43 17."Being forced to eat veggies. I always hated that, and asked my mom, 'How come my friends' parents never force them to eat veggies, but you do?'" "I am now an adult who enjoys a large variety of foods and has the flexibility to eat anywhere I want. I'm surrounded by 30-some-year-olds who say, 'Ew, I don't like XYZ, I can't eat that.'" —u/PomegranateFast4097 18."My mom NEVER bought flavored drinks or soda. Sometimes, she would buy orange juice, but it was rare. I used to be embarrassed when my friends would come over and I only had water to offer." "She was a single mom working 2-3 jobs, so I had a vague idea we were poor. As we came up a little financially, it didn't change. I can remember being so mad about it and asking, 'BUT WHY?!' To which I got the standard, 'Because I said so, that's why.' Now, as an adult, I appreciate that habit of only drinking water, being poor or not. It taught me the value of health, money, and necessity." —u/carebearpayne 19."That life is not worth restricting foods you like. Eat everything in moderation without guilt, but exercise for vitality." "I'm so happy I didn't have an almond mom. She helped me so much when I was recovering from an ED. I love movement now purely for the joy it gives me." —u/Aihcdnagelrap 20."'Be careful who you choose to spend time with.'" "She was right. I invested too much time and emotion into a scummy and abusive ex-boyfriend and sketchy so-called friends, all of whom hurt me in the long run, and I'm still recovering from the scars. I just wish she was still alive so I could thank and hug her." —u/Ritz2Fly 21."Lotion! All over your body. It was a huge deal for her to have just the right kind…she was right. 😂" —u/aunte_ 22."She hated when I sat with my hands clenched. Said it looked like I was angry. Turns out I was angry. I notice it in other people now as an adult." —u/giglbox06 23."When someone shows you who they are, believe them." "Don't move in with a man before serious commitment." —u/minutefade 24."My mom wouldn't let us hang out across the street at our friend's house if the mom wasn't home because she felt something was off about the dad. She was right." —u/CompetitiveRub9780 25."The fact that as a woman, you can't say to ANYONE, 'I think this happened,' you have to say, 'This happened for certain,' otherwise no one will believe you. Sad, sad story." —u/youknowyouloveme111 26."My mom was right about one very important thing. Get a vertical file box and put your important shit in it. Insurance papers are in one folder, and healthcare records are in another. Birth certificate/social security cards/passport, tax forms, all that important stuff that you don't need 'til you NEED it and can't find it." —u/IveSeenHerbivore1 27."Cleaning the house before you leave on vacation so you come home to a clean home." —u/TootsNYC 28."Men are only interested in women for making their lives easier: do less chores, cook less food, do less laundry, pay less bills, get a free vagina to utilize on command." —u/Hello_Hangnail 29."Having home insurance. It wasn't so much my thinking it was stupid, it was thinking that bad things always happen to the neighbor." "She paid for my home insurance at first since I initially couldn't afford it. When lightning struck our home and killed eight electronic devices, I had to eat my words and tell her she was right. Insurance paid up six days later after processing our case." —u/WrestlingWoman 30."Decentering men. I used to enjoy attention from boys and was a bit of a 'not like the other girls' type until I realized in my early 20s that most boys/men did not see me as an equal, and that their attention did not equal respect." "My mom was right. By decentering men, I got far greater enjoyment out of simple things like study, work, travel, and sport, and my female relationships became far more rewarding. I like men and I enjoy their company, I just value the opinions, support, and advice of the women in my life more because I feel there is less of an agenda attached to them." —u/womandatory 31."Don't read in the dark; turn a light on." "I say this as I have to reach for my 'cheaters' (reading glasses) because my phone (and anything else readable) is fuzzy if I don't." –u/legalbeagle001 32."You cannot change someone. Accept them for who they are or leave them alone." —u/IndividualCry0 33."Almost everything! A made bed makes a room look clean; put things where they belong; friends come and go; you cook with love; don't do good things for others and expect it in return, just do them because you're a good person. God, the list goes on." —u/deleted 34."She didn't let me get a belly button piercing or a nose job, lol." —u/celestialism 35."Not having good posture. I think that's why I have back pain now." —u/likesomecatfromjapan I'd love to hear all your thoughts down below; and if you have advice from your own mom you'd like to share, feel free to do so! Or, if you want to share but prefer to remain anonymous, feel free to check out this anonymous Google form. Who knows — your answer could be included in a future BuzzFeed article!
Buzz Feed
10-04-2025
- Lifestyle
- Buzz Feed
35 Women Share The Things They Thought Were Stupid As A Girl, But Now Realize Their Mom Was Totally 100% Right About
Recently, Reddit user Competitive_Swan_130 took to the popular Ask Women page of the site and asked what I thought was kind of a cool question: "What's something you thought was stupid as a girl, but now as a woman, you realize your mom was right about?" Here are some of the most compelling answers: 1. "SUNSCREEN! Lmao. I used to think my mom was so dramatic about it! Like, why would I waste time putting on sunscreen multiple times a day? Now, I get it." "She wasn't just trying to annoy me; she was saving me from future regrets (and expensive skincare). So yeah, mom, you were right. I'll take my SPF 50 and my humble pie now." —u/ j_silva_sp 2. "I used to think it was silly when my mom said, 'Don't chase people; let them show you they care.' Now I see how much energy I wasted on people who didn't deserve it. She was so right." —u/ kennelinimicum 3. "'Nothing good happens after midnight.' Definitely used that at parties/clubs, and I missed a lot of the traumatizing drama when I was in bed with my cats in college." —u/ Aimee6969 "People should be particular about the parties and clubs they go to. I've always had a great time and kept safe because I was picky and prepared." —u/ jay-jay-baloney 4. "Clean a little every day so you don't have to spend the entire day cleaning at the end of the week." 5. "The patriarchy. I used to roll my eyes when my mom would point out problematic patterns in our society. Like, when I was watching The Little Mermaid, she would remark that it's not the best message to send little girls that the main character gambles away her family who loves her for the chance of being with an older man when she's only 16 years old. At the time, I insisted it was romantic. Now I'm like, WTF was that? 😅" 6. "She was right: I do need a coat, and I will be cold." 7. "Silence. As a teenager, it was so irritating and unthinkable to me that my mom never had her radio on when she was driving. To me, that was the time to crank it up!" "Now, guess who drives around in silence because it's the only goddang time I have to hear my own thoughts! That and I can't see when the radio's too loud, lol. 😆" —u/ mintjulip 8. "Don't overpluck your eyebrows!" —u/ thomasinanna "I blame Madonna during the Erotica album. Whew, that was such an interesting period in time, and my eyebrows paid the price in full!" —u/ wtfpie 9. "That one must not tell everything about oneself even to the closest of friends, because people can change." "People get jealous, resentful. It's not necessarily because they are bad. It's just circumstances. We don't need to judge them for it. But as a self-protection mechanism, it's best to keep one's very intimate details to oneself." —u/ Intrepid-Penalty-169 10. "I used to think my mom was overprotective about friends and dating. Now I get it; she just didn't want me to get hurt. She was right more times than I want to admit." —u/ champagnemortis 11. "My mom complained about how quickly time passed. It seemed like she was always telling me that time just flew by, and it was 'already almost Christmas' or 'time for school to start up again' or 'the weekend already?!' To me, time dragged like a snail through molasses." "Now that I'm much older I cannot believe the speed at which time passes. I'm complaining about it being Monday and in no time at all I'm sitting at Thursday, then the weekend is here and gone. Back around, then again. Mom was right!" —u/ MonkeyCatDog 12. "Honestly, my mom always warned me about making life choices based on the people I dated. She was respectful about it, but basically told me that it wasn't going to last and to make sure I made choices for myself." "At the time I thought we would be high school sweethearts and be together forever, but now looking back it's silly how naive that was, lol." —u/ LanaofBrennis 14. "That 'we have food at home' was actually financial wisdom, not betrayal." —u/ 5onjacloudy " moment of realization that she also probably wanted to get food while we were out. Being a mom seems impossible, to be honest." —u/ rkmoses 15. "I thought my mom was just trying to make me feel better and not hurt my self-esteem even more when she'd tell me that people at my middle school and high school were just shallow and immature." "She told me that I wasn't the problem, I just went to school with kids who were too mean/stupid to appreciate what I had to offer. Now as an adult and a teacher myself, I realize my mom was right. I was a little quirky (gifted-identified, only child who had braces, acne, freckles, frizzy hair, and was fat) but I had a good heart and was true to myself. There really are a lot of shallow and cliquey people out there who don't care if they bring other people down." —u/ Belle0516 16. "To not bleach and dye my hair so much because it would get brittle and break off." "I was goth/punk back in the day and would constantly want to dye my hair and then decide that I wanted the totally opposite color of what I currently had. My mother would tell me to just pick a color and be happy with it until it grew out. SO ANNOYING! 🤬 I haven't dyed hair in years and I just went from red to blonde, and yeah, mom was right." —u/ Can-Chas3r43 17. "Being forced to eat veggies. I always hated that, and asked my mom, 'How come my friends' parents never force them to eat veggies, but you do?'" Bymuratdeniz / Getty Images "I am now an adult who enjoys a large variety of foods and has the flexibility to eat anywhere I want. I'm surrounded by 30-some-year-olds who say, 'Ew, I don't like XYZ, I can't eat that.'" —u/ PomegranateFast4097 18. "My mom NEVER bought flavored drinks or soda. Sometimes, she would buy orange juice, but it was rare. I used to be embarrassed when my friends would come over and I only had water to offer." "She was a single mom working 2-3 jobs, so I had a vague idea we were poor. As we came up a little financially, it didn't change. I can remember being so mad about it and asking, 'BUT WHY?!' To which I got the standard, 'Because I said so, that's why.' Now, as an adult, I appreciate that habit of only drinking water, being poor or not. It taught me the value of health, money, and necessity." —u/ carebearpayne 19. "That life is not worth restricting foods you like. Eat everything in moderation without guilt, but exercise for vitality." "I'm so happy I didn't have an almond mom. She helped me so much when I was recovering from an ED. I love movement now purely for the joy it gives me." —u/ Aihcdnagelrap 20. "'Be careful who you choose to spend time with.'" Maskot / Getty Images "She was right. I invested too much time and emotion into a scummy and abusive ex-boyfriend and sketchy so-called friends, all of whom hurt me in the long run, and I'm still recovering from the scars. I just wish she was still alive so I could thank and hug her." —u/ Ritz2Fly 21. "Lotion! All over your body. It was a huge deal for her to have just the right kind…she was right. 😂" —u/ aunte_ 22. "She hated when I sat with my hands clenched. Said it looked like I was angry. Turns out I was angry. I notice it in other people now as an adult." 24. "My mom wouldn't let us hang out across the street at our friend's house if the mom wasn't home because she felt something was off about the dad. She was right." 25. "The fact that as a woman, you can't say to ANYONE, 'I think this happened,' you have to say, 'This happened for certain,' otherwise no one will believe you. Sad, sad story." 26. "My mom was right about one very important thing. Get a vertical file box and put your important shit in it. Insurance papers are in one folder, and healthcare records are in another. Birth certificate/social security cards/passport, tax forms, all that important stuff that you don't need 'til you NEED it and can't find it." 27. "Cleaning the house before you leave on vacation so you come home to a clean home." 29. "Having home insurance. It wasn't so much my thinking it was stupid, it was thinking that bad things always happen to the neighbor." VisionsofAmerica/Joe Sohm / Getty Images "She paid for my home insurance at first since I initially couldn't afford it. When lightning struck our home and killed eight electronic devices, I had to eat my words and tell her she was right. Insurance paid up six days later after processing our case." —u/ WrestlingWoman 30. "Decentering men. I used to enjoy attention from boys and was a bit of a 'not like the other girls' type until I realized in my early 20s that most boys/men did not see me as an equal, and that their attention did not equal respect." "My mom was right. By decentering men, I got far greater enjoyment out of simple things like study, work, travel, and sport, and my female relationships became far more rewarding. I like men and I enjoy their company, I just value the opinions, support, and advice of the women in my life more because I feel there is less of an agenda attached to them." —u/ womandatory 31. "Don't read in the dark; turn a light on." "I say this as I have to reach for my 'cheaters' (reading glasses) because my phone (and anything else readable) is fuzzy if I don't." –u/ legalbeagle001 32. "You cannot change someone. Accept them for who they are or leave them alone." —u/ IndividualCry0 33. "Almost everything! A made bed makes a room look clean; put things where they belong; friends come and go; you cook with love; don't do good things for others and expect it in return, just do them because you're a good person. God, the list goes on." Fcafotodigital / Getty Images —u/ deleted 34. "She didn't let me get a belly button piercing or a nose job, lol." Granger Wootz / Getty Images/Tetra images RF —u/ celestialism 35. "Not having good posture. I think that's why I have back pain now." Carol Yepes / Getty Images —u/ likesomecatfromjapan I'd love to hear all your thoughts down below; and if you have advice from your own mom you'd like to share, feel free to do so! Or, if you want to share but prefer to remain anonymous, feel free to check out this anonymous Google form. Who knows — your answer could be included in a future BuzzFeed article!
Telegraph
03-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
Playboy has finally remembered what men like – slim, beautiful women
Erotica doesn't lend itself well to ideological agendas. The more you try to police sexual literature, art and fantasies, and impose your personal politics upon them, the less sexy they become. So, I'm not surprised to learn that the 'woke' version of Playboy – relaunched in 2019 with an eye on the MeToo movement – has bitten the dust. The revamped zero-nudity version of the mag involved photospreads of plus-size singer Lizzo and gender non-conforming pop star Halsey, while Playboy bunnies were rechristened 'brand ambassadors'. They followed in the bunny-prints of the first transgender playmate, Ines Rau, who debuted in 2017 following Hugh Hefner's death. The progressive millennial editorial team, two women and one gay man, declared: 'Today, we strive to be more inclusive, stretching and redefining tired and frankly sexist definitions of beauty, arousal and eroticism.' Intrepid but hubristic, when you consider the fact sexuality inevitably erupts volcanically from any form of suppression: religious, political, cultural or just the passing tyranny of the gender police. Consider the great mass of historical erotica, stretching from fertility symbols like the super-buxom Venus of Willendorf and well-endowed Adonis of Zschernitz, to the explicit brothel murals of Pompey, through to Thomas Rowlandson's bawdy etchings and onwards to the first Playboy, published in December 1953, with Marilyn Monroe on the cover. The remarkable thing is how consistent expressions of human lust tend to be. This was brought home to me most vividly when I was editor of the Erotic Review magazine and had to host a London screening of short explicit movies from the start of the 20th century – released to cinemas as The Good Old Naughty Days (2002). The films' cast consisted of virile off-duty film crew and comely Parisian prostitutes, coupling in positions and scenarios that remained popular a century later. Never has the expression 'there's nothing new under the sun' seemed more apt. The fact is most erotica involves an idealised view of the human figure. For all the recent cultural assertions of queer identity, gay male erotica (the second largest body of smut after the straight variety) remains remarkably consistent over centuries in its fetishisation of beautiful young bodies, defined musculature and prominent genitals. Many such images of St Sebastian in classical art still induce sharp intakes of breath, like Guido Reni's almost absurdly sensual version in Genoa (beloved by Oscar Wilde). The same sexual conservatism can be observed in fantasies favoured by lesbians. I was interested to note, when piling through Gillian Anderson's recent compilation of women's sexual fantasies, Want, that a disproportionate number of gay and non-binary women confessed to being turned on by imagining themselves impregnated by straight men and then lactating (apparently this fetish is known as 'hucow', or human cow): a scenario straight out of The Handmaid's Tale. Evolutionary biologists would say we are primed to respond to certain signifiers of health and fertility in our erotic daydreams, despite the moralisers scolding us for wrong think. Which is why perfectly rational women of my acquaintance, aged 50-70, openly lust after straight hunk Leo Woodall, 28-year-old star of the new Bridget Jones movie. It's also why straight women keep claiming they want potential love interests to be sensitive, feminist allies, then swoon all over SAS types instead. It certainly explains why imposing modern, multi-gender identity politics on Playboy centrefolds didn't turn out to be an epic success story. Admitting defeat, the 2025 relaunch of Playboy aims itself squarely at the unreconstructed conservative male demographic, bringing back Barbie-proportioned figures and unabashed nudity in the form of cover girl Lori Harvey and Playmate of the year, model Gillian Nation (as naked centrefold). Nature is quoted as saying, 'I like a masculine guy. I'm very feminine, so I appreciate the contrast.' It's all straight from the Donald Trump play book. I won't be part of the readership as my personal kink is imaginative, literary erotica involving intense flirtation, like an X-rated screwball comedy. But I wouldn't dream of imposing my taste on anyone else: there's nothing less sexy than tyranny.
