Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Madonna and Tony Ward at Paris is Burning Premiere in Los Angeles


Madonna, Tony Ward and Alek Keshishian at the Paris is Burning premiere in Los Angeles in 1991.

Madonna with Willi Ninja.

6 comments:

  1. Tony Ward is still her hottest boyfriend till date!

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  2. @Berry... hands down, no question!! mr. ward was the perfect arm candy for her SexBomb era.

    I'm OBSESSED w/Paris Is Burning... and clearly M was too. Not only "Vogue" the song & video were inspired by it, but also Blonde Ambition and Truth or Dare were GREATLY influenced by "Ball Culture" and PIB -- as evidenced by VERY SPECIFIC scenes which appeared later in M's work. Popstar Malcolm McLaren recorded "Deep in Vogue" in 1989, yet M swooped in and took all of this vogue underground inspiration to make, arguably, the biggest hit of her career... a song she originally wrote for a Nike commercial. She totally ripped off poor McLaren, but hey that's M's magical formula... appropriation, provocation & reinvention. check it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9KDmJQjS_0&playnext=1&list=PLD67D2397E98AEE86

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  3. Fantastic!!!

    I recorded reports on this premiere from ET and CNN at the time - she spoke briefly to CNN while standing there. I need to get them online!!!

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  4. Wow. Never seen footage of her appearance here before.

    Thanks!

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  5. What a fun night. I was one of the red carpet fun people in "drag" with Chi Chi and all. Good old memories

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  6. What a fun night. I was one of the red carpet fun people in "drag" with Chi Chi and all. Good old memories

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