Madonna Ciccone moved from Michigan to New York City in the late 1970s to pursue a career in modern dance. In the early 1980s she performed with the dance pop groups Breakfast Club and Emmy that garnered her attention on the New York City dance scene. In 1983 she released her debut self-title album.

While her debut album didn’t make much of an impression on the national music scene, her follow-up “Like a Virgin” album hit the big time in the mainstream, selling 12 million copies and landing at the No. 1 spot on the Billboard magazine charts. Very quickly Madonna became a style icon for young American girls with her signature bleached hair, lace tights, cross earrings, mini-skirts and oodles of bangle bracelets.

By 1986 Madonna released her third album “True Blue,” which was also a major success and changed her look, as noted in a Rolling Stone magazine article accompanied by a Rolling Stone magazine cover. Madonna would appear on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine a numerous times in the late 1980s through the present.

Also in the 1980s Madonna appeared on the covers of celebrity magazines like Star magazine, fashion magazines like Glamour magazine, Vogue magazine, Vanity Fair magazine, Harper’s Bazaar magazine, Cosmopolitan magazine and other entertainment magazines like Premiere magazine.

In 1992 Madonna appeared on the cover of Entertainment Weekly magazine. This magazine cover became one of the most controversial covers of Madonna’s career. Madonna appears nude with a question mark over her body. The cover was part of the controversy of her photography book promotion.

Madonna also appeared on the cover of People magazine when she gave birth to daughter Lourdes Leon in 1996 and when she married British film-director Guy Ritchie in 2000. Throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s Madonna appeared on magazine covers like Elle, Marie Claire, Esquire, Spin, Vanity Fair, Interview, InStyle, Ladies Home Journal and Entertainment Weekly.

In the fall of 2008 Madonna made many magazine covers again including celebrity magazines like Us Weekly, People magazine, OK magazine and Life & Style magazine when rumors swirled that her marriage to Ritchie was on the rocks and she was having an affair with Yankees baseball star Alex Rodriguez.

When it comes to women's shoes and boots Jessica Simpsons fashion is nothing to be ignored. Not just because of her celebrity power but also because of the pure quality of her shoes and boots line. Here are some insights.

Jessica Simpson shoes and boots line comes in a large variety of colors and shapes. Anyone should be able to find a shoe or boot that is right for her. Jessica Simpson shoe line was designed to fit normal people not just model like shaped women. Jessica Simpson boots line brought women boots to the headlines again trough her celebrity power wearing boots become more and more fashionable.

The Lyra cowboy boot is a great example of Jessica Simpson great fashion and her ability to bring boots into the spotlight. It comes in a variety of colors like black and white but also ginger and other more interesting options making the boot appropriate for any attire and any occasion it can be a clubbing boot but also a sophisticated night out boot depending on the color matching.

The Lyra and many other Jessica Simpson boots offer a shorter cut which is innovative in women boots. The boots also provide great details and in one word just look amazing specially when matched with fashionable clothes such as a nice colorful dress or rugged jeans. The shorter cut is great when wearing a short skirt as it does not dominate your look but still provide the boots look that you are looking for.

Jessica Simpson boots line offers other choices. Cowboy style boots come in many colors such as bronze, red, black, white, tan and more. Most of her boots emphasize a lot on details with elements such as stitched leather and others that sometime seem like taken directly from an old western movie. The heals come in a variety of sizes from shallow to very high heals to meet any women preference.

The boots were designed to stretch and perfectly fit the leg. It is natural to feel that the boot is a bit tight the first few times worn but it is worth it since once stretched the perfect leg fit makes for a great look.

Boots are great when matched with skirts or denim. Many end up owning more than one boot from the Jessica Simpson collection. Different colors and heals size make a perfect selection for a perfect match be it a girls night out, dancing night or even going to work. With so many styles and options anyone can find the right fit for them.

PARIS (AFP) – A "township bag" offered to French first lady Carla Bruni during a trip to South Africa is selling for 100 euros at a chic Parisian boutique to raise funds for poor residents of a Cape Town slum.

A total of 421 copies of the bag, made of a cotton and hessian blend in the vibrant colours of the South African flag, are up on sale and the proceeds will help the residents of Khayelitsha, a sprawling shantytown adjoining Cape Town.

The former top model picked up the bag, nicknamed the "Carla," during her trip to South Africa in February. The bag is made by a non-governmental organisation Bidonville, meaning shantytown in French.

Nicole Kidman has admitted that she felt worthless during her 11-year marriage to Tom Cruise.

The actress started dating the Hollywood star when she was just 22 - but she struggled to cope with his fame.

'I felt I became a star only by association,’ she tells Glamour magazine.

‘I didn't think [my early movies] were very good, which is why I would always cower in the background.

‘I thought, “I don't deserve to be here”. We would go to the Oscars and I would think, I'm here to support him. I felt it was my job to put on a beautiful dress and to be seen and not heard.'

Nicole, 41, and Tom, 46, adopted kids Isabella, 15, and Connor, 13, together. They divorced in 2002.