USA Today Music — Media swarm Madonna at Venice Film Festival, but critics are less enthusiastic about her movie. more info

Reuters — VENICE, Italy (Reuters) - Pop star Madonna thanked her ex-husbands for encouraging her to take up a career in movies, as she arrived in Venice on Thursday for the world premiere of her lavish royal drama "W.E." more info

Guardian Music — Madonna's answer to Edward and Mrs Simpson has premiered at Venice; will the Material Girl turn up to face the press after the shellacking her short film, Filth and Wisdom, received at Berlin? more info

The Telegraph — A short guide to the life of Madonna Louise Ciccone. more info

Guardian Music — Madonna's jaw-dropping take on the story of Wallis Simpson is a primped and simpering folly, preening and fatally mishandledWhatever the crimes committed by Wallis Simpson – marrying a king, sparking a constitutional crisis, fraternising with Nazis... more info

The Telegraph — Madonna's W.E. premieres in Venice. It is a bold and confident story about an American woman's obsession with the Windsors. more info

Gigwise — She's directed the film... more info

Guardian Music — This former art history student specialises in murky disco full of reverb, delay and enigmatically ethereal vocalsHometown: Tallinn, Estonia.The lineup: Maria Juur (vocals, music).The background: Maria Juur, alias Maria Minerva, is a post-Pink record... more info

Perez Hilton — She is everywhere to us! Michelle Branch is back! After a brief but very successful detour in country music, the singer/songwriter has returned to pop music with a new album - coming out soon - and she chats with us about it in the very same room whe... more info

Guardian Music — Explicit coffee-table title continues to be in hot demand, according to Bookfinder researchMadonna's explicit book Sex is once again America's most sought after out-of-print title of the year, according to BookFinder's annual report.The graphic coffe... more info