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Madonna Pleads For Safe Return Of Vintage Clothes From Her Sabrina Carpenter Coachella Performance After They Go Missing
That 2006 performance was a milestone for Madonna and the festival alike; Coachella was almost exclusively an indie affair before then, so it only made sense to let the costume pieces from that performance make an appearance too.
But once the show was over, Madonna discovered that those iconic pieces had been stolen from her dressing area, and immediately took to Instagram to plead for their safe return.
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Madonna's outfit for the performance, consisting of a lacy dress, corset, jacket, knee-high boots and sunglasses, was all pulled from her costume archives from the first Confessions era.
In her post, Madonna shared that while her return to the Coachella stage had her soaring, the discovery that the archival items had been stolen put a bit of a damper on things.
"Still flying high since Friday night at Coachella. Thank you to Sabrina and everyone who made it possible. Bringing Confessions II back to where it began was such a thrill."
"This full circle moment hit different until I discovered that the vintage pieces that I wore went missing- my costume that was pulled from my personal archives- jacket, corset, dress, and all other garments."
She then bluntly expressed how much the costumes mean to her.
"These aren't just clothes, they are part of my history."
Madonna has always mixed high fashion into her work, with many of her costumes having been designed by iconic haute couture designers.
Previous costumes of the singer's, like one of her Jean-Paul Gauthier-designed corsets from her Blond Ambition Tour, have fetched tens of thousands of dollars at auction.
Others are part of permanent museum collections, like a Dolce & Gabbana costume from her Girlie Show Tour displayed at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
As such, Madonna is not only pleading for their return but offering a hefty reward to anyone who does. She went on to write in her post:
"I'm hoping and praying that some kind soul will find these items and reach out to my team... I'm offering a reward for their safe return. Thank you with all My Heart."
She included an email address, infomaverick2026@gmail.com, for anyone who knows of the costumes' whereabouts to reach out to.
On social media, many fans were definitely feeling as crestfallen about the stolen costumes as Madonna seemed to be.
And of course, many others had some hilarious theories about who exactly stole them.
Hopefully the pieces are returned soon, because Madonna's going to need them to promote Confessions II once it drops in July.
The first song released from the album, "I Feel So Free," has enjoyed the kind of widespread embrace that has been elusive for Madonna since the 2000s, hitting #1 on the global iTunes charts and even receiving airplay on American radio stations.
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Alex Jones Has Shirtless Meltdown After 'The Onion' Reaches Deal To Take Over 'InfoWars': 'They're Body Snatchers!'
Jones' assets have been held in receivership after the right-wing conspiracy theorist declared bankruptcy in 2022 to avoid paying settlements to the families of those killed in the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The families successfully sued Jones, who made millions driving traffic to his website with lies about the victims and their families.
Jones' misinformation campaign, calling the mass murder of 20 children and six staff members a hoax designed to take people's guns, led to years of threats and harassment for their families. The courts ordered Jones to pay almost $1.4 billion as a result.
Before Jones took to X to whine, Global Tetrahedron announced that a new licensing deal for the InfoWars’ brand names and IP, including its website, was just awaiting court approval. The Onion CEO Ben Collins has said the plan is to make InfoWars a parody of itself with comedian Tim Heidecker starring as a parody of Jones.
In response, Jones spouted on the Monday livestream:
"Look, just because you’re wearing my shirt don’t mean you’re me, so let’s be 100 percent clear about that."
You can watch his meltdown here:
Jones appeared unexpectedly on the set of The War Room while host Harrison Smith was live on air. Seeing Jones, Smith quipped that The Onion had stolen his shirt.
Jones launched into a rant about his misfortunes, saying:
"They’re gonna misrepresent that they’re us to confuse people and quote, 'Rip people off like Alex Jones did.' They’re gonna make money. The whole thing’s about defaming me."
"You can’t take something over and then act like you’re somebody, even if you say it’s a parody. You could do a parody of somebody, but not if you took something from them."
Jones then made dubious claims about his legal standing.
"I’ve already checked with lawyers, so they’re in deep sh*t. I’m already suing the Democrat Party law firms, already got civil rights lawsuits."
"Look, just because you’re wearing my shirt don’t mean you’re me, so let’s be 100% clear about that."
Ramping up his rant, Jones declared:
"This is what the left do. They try to silence you, then they misrepresent who you are. They’re body snatchers! They’re skin walkers! They literally take your skin! This is gonna backfire big time, folks."
Keeping with his standard practice, Jones included a push for people to buy his merch.
Sympathy for Jones was low to nonexistent from all points on the political spectrum.
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In a statement, Onion CEO Collins shared:
"[The deal is a] significant step in an effort to transform one of the internet's more notorious misinformation platforms into a new comedy network for satire."
"Eight years, almost to the day, after the Sandy Hook parents first filed suit against Alex Jones, they'll finally get some justice, and even some money."
"This is a chance to make something genuinely new out of a very broken piece of media history."
The company said it could announce the rollout of InfoWars in a matter of weeks once the judge approves the deal.
The proposed licensing deal would have The Onion paying $81,000 per month to the bankruptcy manager for their use of the InfoWars brand for six months with an option to extend for another six months.
Trump Just Shared A Truly Unhinged Tribute To Tim Cook After He Announced He's Stepping Down As Apple CEO—And, Hoo Boy
In an open letter published Monday, Cook said he "will be transitioning into a new role, leaving the CEO job behind in September and becoming Apple's executive chairman." He said he feels grateful to have been "the leader of a company that ignites imaginations and enriches lives in such profound ways it defies description."
Cook said the company’s next CEO will be John Ternus, a longtime engineer who has spent 25 years at Apple Inc.. Ternus has led hardware engineering across major products, including iPads, AirPods, Macs, the Apple Watch, and the iPhone.
On the day after Cook's announcement, Trump took to Truth Social to describe a "long and very nice relationship" between himself and Cook, though his view of this relationship appears rooted in all the ways Cook allegedly fawned over him, including when asking for help with a "fairly large problem that only I, as President, could fix."
He wrote:
"I have always been a big fan of Tim Cook, and likewise, Steve Jobs, but if Steve was not taken from the Planet Earth so young, and ran the company instead of Tim, the company would have done well, but nowhere near as well as it has under Tim."
"For me it began with a phone call from Tim at the beginning of my First Term. He had a fairly large problem that only I, as President, could fix. Most people would have paid millions of dollars to a consultant, who I probably would not have known, but who would say that he knew me well."
"The fees would be paid but the job would have gotten done. When I got the call I said, wow, it's Tim Apple (Cook!) calling, how big is that? I was very impressed with myself to have the head of Apple calling to 'kiss my ass.' Anyway, he explained his problem, a tough one it was, I felt he was right and got it taken care of, quickly and effectively."
"That was the beginning of a nice and very long relationship. During my five years as President, Tim would call me, but never too much, and I would help him where I could. Years latter [sic], after 3 or 4 BIG HELPS, I started to say to people, anyone who would listen, that this guy is an amazing manager and leader."
"He makes these calls to me, I help him out (but not always, because he will, on occasion, be too aggressive in his ask!), and he gets the job done, QUICKLY, without a dime being given to those very expensive (millions of dollars!) consultants around town who sometimes get it done, and sometimes don't."
"Anyway, Tim Cook had an AMAZING career, almost incomparable, and will go on and continue to do great work for Apple, and whatever else he chooses to work on. Quite simply, Tim Cook is an incredible guy!!!"
You can see his post below.
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Trump has proven he'll make anything and everything all about himself—and Cook's announcement is no exception.
He was swiftly called out for what critics said was another example of his narcissism on display.
With Trump, it will always be about "me, me, me."
Alex Jones Claims Trump Has A 'Deal' With The 'Deep State' To Throw The Midterms—And MAGA Is Crashing Out Hard
"This is my response to the new attack President Trump launched on myself and other sane American patriots today."
Jones shared his video with a repost of a screenshot of a Trump post from Truth Social.
On Friday, April 17, Trump shared a link to a Mediaite article titled "‘He Is Crushing, CRUSHING Tucker Carlson!’ CNN Data Guru Reveals Trump Has Ruined His Old Friend."
Trump had captioned the link:
"It’s easy! Tucker is a Low IQ person - Always easy to beat, and highly overrated!!! So are Megyn Kelly, 'Candace' (Really Dumb and mentally ill!), and Bankrupt Alex Jones, who is completely 'fried.' There are others, also! Then we have some that are VERY GOOD, true MAGA all the way, and smart. I should do a list of good, bad, and somewhere in the middle. Wouldn’t that be fascinating??? President DJT"
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Jones continued his rebuttal for that post, writing:
"The evidence is overwhelming President Trump is committing political suicide on purpose, and has made a deal to sabotage the midterms."
"America is now under the control of a foreign government."
"Everyone needs to fly their flags upside down, because our nation is in distress!"
You can see Jones' response post here:
In his video, Jones said:
"Trump continues to insanely flip-flop [on the war in Iran]. He said on Friday they agreed to all of his demands and had totally opened the Strait of Hormuz, and, of course, they hadn't. And now he's reissued the threats to blow up all their bridges. and civilian infrastructure."
"And we're supposed to sit here and love this crap. It's just poll numbers go straight down. All the polls show the Republicans are going to lose the midterms in seven months by a landslide. A disaster. A total and complete disaster."
Jones added:
"Trump is not that stupid. He's made some deal with the Deep State to throw the election to the Democrats. That's the only thing this can be."
Jones is one of an increasing number of MAGA ride-or-dies that Trump now considers traitors.
In the politics subReddit, people had heard the "Trump bad!" tune from Jones before.
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On Thursday, April 9, Trump posted a lengthy rant attacking Carlson, Kelly, Owens, Jones, and others on Truth Social.
The POTUS said of Jones:
"I know why Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, and Alex Jones have all been fighting me for years, especially by the fact that they think it is wonderful for Iran, the Number One State Sponsor of Terror, to have a Nuclear Weapon — Because they have one thing in common, Low IQs. They’re stupid people, they know it, their families know it, and everyone else knows it, too! Look at their past, look at their record. They don’t have what it takes, and they never did!"
"They’ve all been thrown off Television, lost their Shows, and aren’t even invited on TV because nobody cares about them, they’re NUT JOBS, TROUBLEMAKERS, and will say anything necessary for some “free” and cheap publicity. Now they think they get some 'clicks' because they have Third Rate Podcasts, but nobody’s talking about them, and their views are the opposite of MAGA — Or I wouldn’t have won the Presidential Election in a LANDSLIDE."
Trump failed to win either the 2016 or 2024 presidential election in a landslide, but continues to trot out the lie to justify his illegal and or unconstitutional actions as a mandate from voters.
Trump added:
"Or Bankrupt Alex Jones, who says some of the dumbest things, and lost his entire fortune, as he should have, for his horrendous attack on the families of the Sandy Hook shooting victims, ridiculously claiming it was a hoax."
You can see Trump's post here:
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Returning to insulting all of the former MAGA movement mouthpieces, Trump wrote:
"These so-called 'pundits' are LOSERS, and they always will be! Now Fake News CNN, The Failing New York Times, and all of the other Radical Left 'News' Organizations, are 'hailing' them, and giving them 'positive' press for the first time in their lives. They’re not 'MAGA,' they’re losers, just trying to latch on to MAGA."
"As President, I could get them on my side anytime I want to, but when they call, I don’t return their calls because I’m too busy on World and Country Affairs and, after a few times, they go 'nasty,' just like Marjorie 'Traitor' Brown, but I no longer care about that stuff, I only care about doing right for our Country."
"MAGA is about WINNING and STRENGTH in not allowing Iran to have Nuclear Weapons. MAGA is about MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, and these people have no idea how to do that, BUT I DO, because THE UNITED STATES IS NOW THE 'HOTTEST' COUNTRY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD! President DONALD J. TRUMP"
Each of the attacked parties had criticized Trump directly or some action he had taken—which is completely unacceptable in the MAGAsphere.