{"id":122241,"date":"2025-09-05T16:48:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T16:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/122241\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T16:48:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T16:48:12","slug":"madonna-67-displays-her-smooth-complexion-as-she-enjoys-romantic-dinner-with-boyfriend-akeem-morris-29-in-london-after-the-future-of-her-big-screen-biopic-was-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/122241\/","title":{"rendered":"Madonna, 67, displays her smooth complexion as she enjoys romantic dinner with boyfriend Akeem Morris, 29, in London – after the future of her big screen biopic was revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Madonna<\/a>\u00a0showcased her smooth complexion as she enjoyed a romantic dinner with boyfriend Akeem Morris at the swanky\u00a0Il Gattopardo restaurant in London’s Mayfair on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n

The queen of pop, 67, put on a leggy display in a tiny black silk mini dress with lace panels which she layered with a velvet floral bomber jacket.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Madonna completed her edgy ensemble with chunky boots and tights while shielding her eyes behind a pair of dark shades.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Accentuating her youthful features with make-up she accessorised with silver jewellery and fingerless gloves.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Meanwhile Akeem, 29, cut a trendy figure in a green plaid jacket which he wore with a pair of black leather trousers.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The former college soccer player first met Madonna in August 2022, though their romance was not confirmed until nearly two years later.<\/p>\n

\"Madonna, <\/p>\n

Madonna, 67, showcased her smooth complexion as she enjoyed a romantic dinner with boyfriend Akeem Morris, 29, at the swanky Il Gattopardo restaurant in Mayfair on Thursday evening<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The queen of pop put on a leggy display in a tiny black silk mini dress with lace panels which she layered with a velvet floral bomber jacket<\/p>\n

\"Madonna <\/p>\n

Madonna completed her ensemble with chunky boots and tights while shielding her eyes behind a pair of dark shades\u00a0<\/p>\n

The singer made their relationship public on Instagram last July when she posted photos of them cuddling up to one another on the social media platform.<\/p>\n

They were thought to have separated in October 2024, only to reconcile just weeks after breaking up.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Madonna sparked engagement rumours by flashing a diamond ring in an Instagram album, posted<\/a> to wish her millions of fans a happy new year.<\/p>\n

Madonna’s first marriage was to Sean Penn from 1985 to 1989.<\/a><\/p>\n

Although they had an infamously tempestuous romance, they have become firm friends since.<\/p>\n

She welcomed her eldest child, daughter Lourdes, 28, with fitness trainer Carlos Leon, in 1996, but her relationship with the child’s father would be short-lived.<\/a><\/p>\n

She subsequently married Sherlock Holmes director Guy Ritchie in 2000, with the couple welcoming son Rocco, now 24,<\/a> before divorcing in 2008.<\/p>\n

Madonna has also adopted four children from Malawi – son David, daughter Mercy, and twins Stella and Estere.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Meanwhile <\/p>\n

Meanwhile Akeem cut a trendy figure in a green plaid jacket which he wore with a pair of black leather trousers<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The singer made their relationship public on Instagram last July when she posted photos of them cuddling up to one another on the social media platform<\/p>\n

\"They <\/p>\n

They were thought to have separated in October 2024, only to reconcile just weeks after breaking up\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Earlier <\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Madonna sparked engagement rumours by flashing a diamond ring in an Instagram album, posted to wish her millions of fans a happy new year\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Madonna's <\/p>\n

\u00a0Madonna’s first marriage was to Sean Penn from 1985 to 1989, she subsequently married Sherlock Holmes director Guy Ritchie in 2000<\/p>\n

\"It <\/p>\n

It comes after actress Julia Garner confirmed she will be portraying Madonna in her new biopic despite a series of delays leaving the film in question\u00a0<\/p>\n

It comes after actress Julia Garner confirmed she will be portraying Madonna<\/a> in her new biopic despite a series of delays leaving the film in question.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The American actress, 31, revealed that she will\u00a0definitely be starring as the Queen of Pop and that it is currently ‘a work in progress’.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Julia\u00a0enthusiastically told W Magazine<\/a>: ‘Yeah! I can’t say too much about it, but yes,\u00a0it’s a work in progress’.<\/p>\n

As far as the\u00a0Ozark stars favourite Madonna songs, she added: ‘I love Borderline, that’s probably my favourite. I also love Papa Don’t Preach. I love Burning Up. I love Confessions on a Dance Floor. I grew up with that album. Obviously Vogue, and Ray of Light.<\/p>\n

‘I love all of Madonna basically is what I’m trying to say,’ Garner continued. ‘But definitely, I think Borderline and Papa Don’t Preach are probably my two favourite Madonna songs. And I just love Madonna’s voice on Papa Don’t Preach. There’s a lot of emotions in that song and I love that.’<\/p>\n

Julia signed on to the project last year which has been in development since 2020, with Madonna slated to direct and write the film<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The American actress, 31, revealed that she will definitely be starring as the Queen of Pop and that it is currently ‘a work in progress’<\/p>\n

\"Julia <\/p>\n

Julia enthusiastically told W Magazine : ‘Yeah! I can’t say too much about it, but yes, it’s a work in progress’<\/p>\n

\"She <\/p>\n

She added: ‘I love Borderline, that’s probably my favourite. I also love Papa Don’t Preach. I love Burning Up. I love Confessions on a Dance Floor. I grew up with that album. Obviously Vogue, and Ray of Light.<\/p>\n

But the movie appeared to have been put on the back burner as no further progress was ever announced.<\/p>\n

Last month, Julia spoke on the SmartLess podcast with Jason Bateman<\/a>\u00a0and Sean Hayes and confirmed the film is in the works and recalled having to dance in front of Madonna during her audition.<\/p>\n

She said: ‘I kind of just wanted to see if I could do it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘I wasn’t a trained dancer and I had to learn how to dance and then dance in front of [Madonna] and convince her that I can dance, basically, and sing. And sing with her!<\/p>\n

‘I just thought what would Madonna do, which is convince you that she deserves to be in this room, and I owned it. I was like, “You can take it or leave it. But if you leave it, then that’s on you.”‘<\/p>\n

On the film’s delays, she added:\u00a0‘Anything that’s great, takes a long time.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

Madonna has been persistent in her years-long effort to have a movie about her life made.<\/p>\n

In 2023 she got to work on a biopic called Who’s That Girl, a nod to her 1987 film and song of the same name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Madonna\u00a0showcased her smooth complexion as she enjoyed a romantic dinner with boyfriend Akeem Morris at the swanky\u00a0Il Gattopardo…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122242,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,2093,75,4472,1543,9112],"class_list":["post-122241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-dailymail","tag-entertainment","tag-london","tag-madonna","tag-tvshowbiz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}