{"id":5384244,"date":"2025-05-12T14:06:36","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T14:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.life.com\/?p=5384244"},"modified":"2025-05-12T14:06:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T14:06:44","slug":"madonna-and-friends-striking-poses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.life.com\/arts-entertainment\/madonna-and-friends-striking-poses\/","title":{"rendered":"Madonna (and Friends) Striking Poses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the 1980s and 1990s, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.madonna.com\/\">Madonna<\/a> was such a big star that people started comparing her to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.life.com\/people\/marilyn-monroe-at-home-in-hollywood-color-portraits-1953\/\">Marilyn Monroe<\/a>. Madonna had the hit songs, of course\u2014such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=madonna+like+a+prayer\">Like a Prayer<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GuJQSAiODqI\">Vogue<\/a>, to name a couple. But as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/madonna-vmas-biography-excerpt-1234829918\/\">reigning sex symbol of the MTV generation<\/a>, she had a a cultural influence that went beyond her album sales. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This collection of photos from the height of her fame shows her on stage but also highlights the company she kept. Here she is pictured with, among others, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.life.com\/people\/warren-beatty-best-photos\/\">Warren Beatty<\/a> (her costar in the movie <em>Dick Tracy<\/em> and also a one-time flame), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000576\/\">Sean Penn<\/a> (her husband from 1985 to 1989), <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rosanna_Arquette\">Rosanna Arquette<\/a> (her costar in the movie <em>Desperately Seeking Susan<\/em>), <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/1uY6s9ReysnkoRYbwRR7ql\">Jellybean Benitez<\/a> (the DJ who produced Madonna&#8217;s early music) and actors Joe Mantegna and Ron Silver (her costars in <a href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/article\/look-back-at-madonna-in-speed-the-plow-on-broadway\">the 1988 Broadway production of David Mamet&#8217;s Speed-the-Plow<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This collection also includes a photo of Madonna with <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Jackson\">Michael Jackson<\/a>, the rare pop star who could meet her on equal footing. The two attended the 1991 Academy Awards together, which led to breathless speculation that they might actually be a couple. Madonna <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/magazines\/style\/celebrity\/article\/3191703\/inside-michael-jackson-and-madonnas-failed-relationship\">later told VH1 <\/a>that their Oscar night date came about in a casual way: \u201cMichael was like, \u2018Well, who are you going to go with? I looked at him and said, \u2018I don\u2019t know. You want to go?\u2019 And he said, \u2018Yeah, that\u2019d be great.\u2019\u201d While their relationship seems to have been mostly friendly and professional, Madonna did say that they kissed at one point, with her playing the initiator. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But even if the reality is that there wasn&#8217;t all that much to their relationship\u2014they never made any music together either, despite apparently discussing the possibility\u2014it&#8217;s not hard to see why the mere idea of their union gripped the imagination. A relationship could have led to an American version of a royal wedding. Thus does the photo of these two icons attending the Academy Awards remain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifephotostore.com\/us-en\/fine-art-photography\/concert-and-music\/pop-music\/us-pop-music\/madonna\/photo\/life-archives\/michael-and-madonna-at-the-oscars\">the best-selling image of Madonna in the LIFE print store<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is one of many wonderful photos of Madonna in the LIFE archives, and here is a sampling of some favorites. Especially when she was on stage, she could strike a pose like there was nothing to it.<\/p>\n\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_681d152c90718\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5384251 desc=\"\" caption=\"DMI\" title=\"Madonna and Michael Jackson (left) arrived at the Shrine Civic Auditorium for the 63rd Annual Academy Awards ceremony, March 25, 1991.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/08203242\/1138240-677x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Madonna and Michael Jackson (left) arrived at the Shrine Civic Auditorium for the 63rd Annual Academy Awards ceremony, March 25, 1991.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">DMI<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_681d08b7be8d5\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5384235 desc=\"\" caption=\"DMI\" title=\"Madonna performed at the MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Hall in New York, 1984.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/08192559\/110634656-661x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Madonna performed at the MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Hall in New York, 1984.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">DMI<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_681d07acbe8cc\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5384213 desc=\"\" caption=\"DMI\" title=\"Singer Madonna with record producer Jellybean Benitez at tge opening of the club  Private Eyes, 1984.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/08192402\/00030559-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Singer Madonna with record producer Jellybean Benitez at tge opening of the club  Private Eyes, 1984.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">DMI<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_681d0861be8d0\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5384217 desc=\"\" caption=\"DMI\" title=\"Madonna with Rosanna Arquette, the costar of her 1985 film &quot;Desperately Seeking Susan.&quot;\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/08192435\/110076147-1024x661.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Madonna with Rosanna Arquette, the costar of her 1985 film &#8220;Desperately Seeking Susan.&#8221;<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">DMI<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_681e2679fc17e\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5384220 desc=\"\" caption=\"DMI\" title=\"Madonna with singer David Lee Roth in the mid 1980s.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/08192447\/110076346-1024x661.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Madonna with singer David Lee Roth in the mid 1980s.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">DMI<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_681e268dfc17f\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5384229 desc=\"\" caption=\"DMI\" title=\"Madonna out for a run with a trainer, 1987.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/08192538\/110420198-1024x661.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Madonna out for a run with a trainer, 1987.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">DMI<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_681d0885be8d2\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5384231 desc=\"\" caption=\"DMI\" title=\"Madonna in concert, 1987.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/08192545\/110421263-1024x661.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Madonna in concert, 1987.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">DMI<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_681d0797be8cb\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5384226 desc=\"\" caption=\"DMI\" title=\"Madonna with actor Sean Penn, her husband from 1985 to 1989.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/08192515\/110308623-1024x818.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Madonna with actor Sean Penn, her husband from 1985 to 1989.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">DMI<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_681d08aabe8d4\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5384232 desc=\"\" caption=\"DMI\" title=\"Madonna in concert, 1987.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/08192549\/110421319-661x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Madonna in concert, 1987.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">DMI<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_681d0878be8d1\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5384234 desc=\"\" caption=\"DMI\" title=\"Madonna in concert, 1987.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/08192555\/110421751-1024x661.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Madonna in concert, 1987.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">DMI<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_681d0890be8d3\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5384219 desc=\"\" caption=\"DMI\" title=\"Madonna with Ron Silver (left) and Joe Mantegna (right), her costars in the Broadway production of the David Mamet play Speed-the-Plow, 1988.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/08192444\/110076335-1024x661.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Madonna with Ron Silver (left) and Joe Mantegna (right), her costars in the Broadway production of the David Mamet play Speed-the-Plow, 1988.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">DMI<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_681e618f74311\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5384279 desc=\"\" caption=\"DMI\" title=\"Madonna in concert, 1988.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/09201210\/110309729-827x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Madonna in concert, 1988.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">DMI<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_681d07cebe8ce\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5384214 desc=\"\" caption=\"DMI\" title=\"Madonna performed in Los Angeles during her Blonde Ambition tour, 1990.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/08192418\/00060046-802x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Madonna performed in Los Angeles during her Blonde Ambition tour, 1990.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">DMI<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_681d068ebe8ca\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5384221 desc=\"\" caption=\"DMI\" title=\"Madonna in concert, 1990.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/08192451\/110185054-1024x661.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Madonna in concert, 1990.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">DMI<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_681e5f513a70e\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5384274 desc=\"\" caption=\"DMI\" title=\"Madonna with her boyfriend, model Tony Ward, at the premiere of the 1990 film Goodfellas at the Museum of Modern Art; Ward appeared in videos for the Madonna songs &quot;Cherish&quot; and &quot;Justify My Love.&quot;\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/09200121\/00077279-1024x733.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Madonna with her boyfriend, model Tony Ward, at the premiere of the 1990 film Goodfellas at the Museum of Modern Art; Ward appeared in videos for the Madonna songs &#8220;Cherish&#8221; and &#8220;Justify My Love.&#8221;<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">DMI<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_681e5f833a70f\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5384275 desc=\"\" caption=\"DMI\" title=\"Madonna with Rosie O&#039;Donnell, her costar in the 1992 movie A League of Their Own.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/09200125\/110274120-661x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Madonna with Rosie O&#8217;Donnell, her costar in the 1992 movie A League of Their Own.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">DMI<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_681e2709fc180\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5384225 desc=\"\" caption=\"DMI\" title=\"Madonna performed at Madison Square Garden, 1993.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/08192507\/110267692-661x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Madonna performed at Madison Square Garden, 1993.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">DMI<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_681d07c0be8cd\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5384216 desc=\"\" caption=\"DMI\" title=\"Former flames Warren Beatty and Madonna at the nightspot Moomba for the premiere party of the 1997 motion picture Two Girls and a Guy.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/08192431\/05712114-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Former flames Warren Beatty and Madonna at the nightspot Moomba for the premiere party of the 1997 motion picture Two Girls and a Guy.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">DMI<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_681e5f053a70d\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5384276 desc=\"\" caption=\"DMI\" title=\"Bob Dylan and Madonna in the late 1990s.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/09200129\/07-24-97-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Bob Dylan and Madonna in the late 1990s.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">DMI<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_681d08c8be8d6\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5384223 desc=\"\" caption=\"DMI\" title=\"Madonna in concert, 1990.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/08192458\/110186355-661x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Madonna in concert, 1990.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">DMI<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the 1980s and 1990s, Madonna was such a big star that people started comparing her to Marilyn Monroe. Madonna had the hit songs, of course\u2014such as Like a Prayer and Vogue, to name a couple. But as the reigning sex symbol of the MTV generation, she had a a cultural influence that went beyond &#8230; <a title=\"Madonna (and Friends) Striking Poses\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.life.com\/arts-entertainment\/madonna-and-friends-striking-poses\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":5384252,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28],"tags":[2528,2532,2531,2526,2529,2530,2527,1721],"class_list":["post-5384244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-entertainment","category-people","tag-david-lee-roth","tag-desperately-seeking-susan","tag-jellybean-benitez","tag-madonna","tag-sean-penn","tag-speed-the-plow","tag-tony-ward","tag-warren-beatty"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Madonna (and Friends) Striking Poses - LIFE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.life.com\/arts-entertainment\/madonna-and-friends-striking-poses\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Madonna (and Friends) Striking Poses - LIFE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In the 1980s and 1990s, Madonna was such a big star that people started comparing her to Marilyn Monroe. 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