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Celeb News: Madonna raises $7.5 million in private charity concert
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Madonna raises $7.5 million in private charity concert
The sold out charity show last night in Miami, tickets were $5,000 per person. She also auctioned personal items like art pieces and tour customers.
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Madonna kissed Ariana Grande, repeatedly criticized President elect Donald Trump and said she was ashamed to be an American in a magnetic performance in Miami on Friday night where she raised more than $7.5 million for the African nation of Malawi.
The Material Girl dug deep into her personal treasures, auctioning off pieces from her own art collection, a costume from her tour modeled by Grande and black and white photos from her 1985 wedding to ex-husband Sean Penn shot by the late photographer Herb Ritts. The trio of wedding photos sold for $230,000.
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The party lasted until early Saturday morning when Madonna took the stage for an hour-long performance before a star studded crowd that included Leonardo DiCaprio, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, James Corden, ex-boyfriend A-Rod and Courtney Love. The fundraiser was just one of the many parties during Art Basel Miami Beach, a contemporary art fair.
Madonna, who performed in a pink sequined clown top and fishnet stockings, seemed to hold nothing back, especially her opinions on the election, joking with the audience that she had promised to perform sexual favors for those who voted for Hillary.
She coyly said she’d been in Donald Trump’s bed, but later revealed it was for a magazine photo shoot and that Trump wasn’t even there — and she criticized his cheap sheets.
“They won’t be Egyptian cotton because we all know how he feels about Muslims don’t we,” she said as some audience members gasped.
She gyrated to a slowed-down version of Britney Spears’ “Toxic” and seductively sang, “You know that you’re toxic,” as images of Trump appeared on a large screen behind her.
At one point, she walked into the audience, climbing on tables and giving one man a lap dance. She abruptly stood up at another point, grabbed the chair on which she had performed and said she also wanted to auction it, noting $600 could send a girl in Malawi to secondary school and $2,000 would cover her university expenses. The chair sold for $10,000.
Other notable items included a Damien Hirst painting, a private performance by magician David Blaine, who was also at the event, and a weeklong stay at DiCaprio’s home in Palm Springs, which fetched $140,000. A print by artist Tracey Emin from Madonna’s personal art collection, sold for $550,000.
The pop star showed videos of Malawi, asking for help to build a pediatric surgery and intensive care unit at a hospital there. Fifty percent of the population there is under the age of 15, according to her foundation Raising Malawi.
The night was punctuated by her sardonic humor, corny clown jokes, controversial political statements and heartfelt moments about how much the hospital project means to her. She divulged a few personal details, lamenting that she was very single and hadn’t had sex in a long time and saying she’d always had a fascination with clowns which she said are “profoundly misunderstood.”
She spoke passionately about the plight of Native Americans and asked why their land was being destroyed.
“It just really makes me feel ashamed, ashamed to be an American, ashamed to be a human being really,” she said before launching into “American Life.”
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http://allaboutmadonna.com/2016/12/m...-5m-malawi.php
Not her grossing that much in one show with only 400 people in attendance. That's like an stadium show gross.
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Queen deserves a Nobel Prize.
I didnt know Courtney Love was also there.
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Just as much (and more) as a stadium concert can bring in, wow. What was Ariana doing there, i didn't get that part?
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get that money for Jill's recount
EDIT: oh, I didn't read the OP first! SHE KISSED ARIANA GRANDE??!?! asdfghjhgfdfghjk
Queen always helping poor nations wish more pop stars were like her tbh! I am amazed by her! 
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Queen Madge
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Not her grossing that much in one show with only 400 people in attendance. That's like an stadium show gross.
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wow 
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SHE DID THAT
only THE queen of Pop.
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Wow quite a night. I wish there was a recording of it.
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CHARITABLE Queen
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She abruptly stood up at another point, grabbed the chair on which she had performed and said she also wanted to auction it, noting $600 could send a girl in Malawi to secondary school and $2,000 would cover her university expenses. The chair sold for $10,000.
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Good idea! She raised a lot of money.
So she sold some of her tour/performance outfits? Where's that outfit Ariana wore from?
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She's just sublime. What an artist. What a human being.
I didn't know Courtney would be there. Life can be so randomly beautiful at times.
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At one point, she walked into the audience, climbing on tables and giving one man a lap dance. She abruptly stood up at another point, grabbed the chair on which she had performed and said she also wanted to auction it, noting $600 could send a girl in Malawi to secondary school and $2,000 would cover her university expenses. The chair sold for $10,000.
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****ing queen 
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When will your faves be able to pull off such an event?
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Ugh who else honestly could be this great
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She also auctioned personal items like art pieces and tour customers.
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Queen of human trafficking for charity.
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Madonna, her power
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