Guardian Music — Kate Winslet and Madonna promote their new films in style more info

Perez Hilton — The story of W.E. is told through the eyes of American Wally Winthrop (portrayed by Abby Cornish). As a New Yorker living in the perfect decade of the 90s, she finds herself paralleling Wallis Simpson. Wallis was the fair lady with whom King Edward ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Madonna has descended upon the Venice International Film Festival with her second directorial effort, "W.E.," about parallel love stories centering around the famous romance between American divorcee Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII. more info

ContactMusic — Madonna likes "creative" men. The 53-year-old singer has confessed she was attracted to her ex-husbands Sean Penn and Guy Ritchie because they were interesting and talented and admits both encouraged her to pursue her personal acting and directing dr... more info

ContactMusic — Madonna latest directorial effort sees her tell the story of Wallis Simpson, a character she says can identify with. Wallis Simpson will be a historical character that most cinema goers will be familiar with as she appeared in the critically acclaime... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Madonna's sophomore directorial effort "W.E." unspooled at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday, and critics are split on the drama about the scandalous 1930s romance. more info

Guardian Music — Xan Brooks gives us the low-down on Roman Polanski's Carnage, starring Kate Winslet and Jodie Foster, as well as Madonna's jaw-dropping vanity project about the life of Wallis SimpsonXan BrooksElliot Smith more info

ContactMusic — Pop superstar Madonna has credited her "very talented" ex-husbands Sean Penn and Guy Ritchie with inspiring her to pursue a career as a director. The Like A Virgin hitmaker makes her feature film directorial debut with W. E. , a royal drama documenti... more info

Guardian Music — How sitting in the director's chair of the biopic W.E. gave Madonna the chance to portray Simpson as 'human'She became one of the best known, most photographed and then most vilified American women to ever live in England – Wallis Simpson, that is,... more info

The Telegraph — As a singer with one of the most enduring careers in pop, Madonna is a dab hand at reinvention. more info