Three Feet From An Icon

So on Wednesday night I read online that Madonna would be coming state side to do some appearances on Thursday to promote her new animated movie, Arthur (The full name of the film is Arthur and The Invisibles) VIEW THE ARTHUR TRAILER HERE. The film is by French director Luc Besson. Luc Besson is most famous for his movie The Fifth Element. Madonna was to appear on The Today Show in the morning - stop off at Regis and Kelly after that and then make an appearance on the David Letterman show this evening. I had to work today so I thought I might as well try and make it to one of them, if I could. In the article it said that Madonna would appear between the 8:30 to 9:00. I could still make it to the taping and in to work by 9:30. The crowd was not too crazy. I was able to get right up close to the barricade in front of the window where Meredith would be interviewing her. Madonna arriving late to the studio was whisked in to the studio through a side door and to her interview chair. It was quite insane to see the swarm of hair and make up people around her. Spritzing, teasing, touching up..more spritzing. She looks pretty close to flawless. She also had her manager Angela Becker and publicist Liz Rosenberg by her side. Also, watching from the side of the stage was co-founder of Miramax Films and producer of the new film, Harvey Weinstein. Quite the entourage. The interview can be seen here. She discussed the movie, her newly adopted son David, the Rosie/Trump debate, Britney and the possibility of moving back to New York some day. After the interview concluded, Meredith brought Madonna outside to meet the crowd. It was quite cool because as the crowd shifted to see Madonna I was able to get quite close. My camera, which was quickly losing power, kept taking breaks between snaps of her to recharge. Not now, not now..she is right there! - I kept thinking! One thing that wasn't captured during the taping was Madonna interacting with the crowd outside. She was very very sweet to everyone. She signed multiple autographs, took photos with fans and even grabbed some guys hat and posed for a few shots with it on. I was able to capture a few good shots of her which I'm so pleased with. She was no more then a few feet away. It was such a very cool experience. I'm SO glad I went this morning. I'm a HUGE Madonna fan and it was just a surreal moment. If anything can get me outta bed on a cold January morning, it's Madonna. Whoooo hoooo!

I hope you enjoy the photos below. I'm only sharing a few because these were the best that came out. I captured much more but I felt they were just a bit too blurry or just to grainy. I liked these the best. I also included a screen capture with me in the background. See if you can spot me. :-)

Screen shot above from one of my fave sites, Madonnalicious

Comments

[Sharon]

CONGRATS BABY!!! That's awesome. You look so cute in the background shot.

[Maranello]

Dude, if you just know the how much i ENVY you...you'd be dead by now !! Congrats and remember WE LOVE MADGE 'CAUSE MADGE LOVES US BACK !!

[Heather]

I am smack in the middle of moving right now (CT to PA). For this reason, I've been out of the loop. Had I known Madonna was even going to be in New York, and surely had I known she was going to be on the "Today Show," I would have skipped work, gone down there in the middle of the night and waited to see my queen and heroine in person! When I watched the show online after the fact, I sat here at my computer and cried because I missed my chance! I LOVE MADONNA SO MUCH!!! Anyway, congratulations to you, and I'm really glad you got to see Madonna in person! Heather