ABOVE: Madonna's cute son Rocco is striking out as an artist.

BELOW: Keep reading for Steve Grand, Don't Say Gay, a Broadway lawsuit and more ...

ABOVE: Cross that off your list.

BELOW: Great vaccine news, a billionaire Mormon is now just a billionaire, RIP Truly Scrumptious and more ...

(Images via Instagram)

If the above photo of Madonna with her 20-year-old son Rocco doesn't make you curious to see the backside, don't keep reading ...

(Image via Cosmo UK)

UK reality-TV stud Ellis Lacy is inked to death and hung in a way a horse would envy. (Work Unfriendly)

10,000 stage pro-gay marriage sit-in in Taiwan.

Gay man slurred in front of his kid by Floor & Decor employee, customer. Election noted. Employee fired.

James Shawlin got emotional recalling the slimy insults. (Video still via 9 News)

Trump's advisor Steve Bannon is eager to suppress the black vote.

Even if you're an atheist, this bible cover feels a little sacrilegious. But at least its shiny!

Madonna's auctioning off images & other primo art at her Miami Malawi fundraiser. Rocco still being an asshole.

(Images via Herb Ritts Foundation/Madonna/Raising Malawi)

 

El que madruga dios lo ayuda #Entrenamiento #Domingo 💪💪💪

A photo posted by Martin Alaniz (@alanizmartin15) on Feb 14, 2016 at 4:38am PST

Uruguayan footballer Martín Alaníz goes nude. (Work Unfriendly)

Trump's pick to run U.S. public schools? Billionairess who's never attended one, whose kids haven't, either. 

Betsy DeVos, a huge advocate for school privatization, admitting her family buys influence with campaign donations pic.twitter.com/d8nqiT0qcK

— Lee Fang (@lhfang) November 23, 2016

Ukrainian oligarch gave Trump Foundation $150K in exchange for speech.

Pics from Corey Feldman's high-camp Vegas wedding, which he did before his Canadian love gets deported.

Madonna's son Rocco was busted for pot shortly after his parents settled their custody dispute.

Taye Diggs jokes that an NBA player should get his “chocolate lovin',” Twitter loses its shit.

 

A photo posted by Taye Diggs (@tayediggsinsta) on Nov 23, 2016 at 12:05pm PST

(Madonna by Mert Alas for Love)

Mert Alas's images of Madonna and Rocco (and a bunch of skinheads) are trickling out, now that the magazine is close to dropping. Alas shot Madonna and child on the fly, leading to what look like very unstyled (though certainly Photoshopped) images.

(Madonna by Mert Alas for Love)

In her interview with the magazine, Madonna tells Murray Healy:

I was already famous before social media, so for me fame isn’t the burden. Fame is the manifestation or the by-product of my work, and that was two decades before social media. Now to me the burden is people are more focused on fame than actually doing the work or being an artist. Now it’s easy to become famous. What isn’t easy is to develop and grow as an artist without being distracted or consumed with fame.

She also states she is not a pop act:

I consider myself an artist. And it’s an artist’s responsibility to be revolutionary in our work. It’s our responsibility, our duty and our privilege.

The photos are apparently part of a 70-page portfolio by Alas shot in Berlin, L.A. and London.

The crooked places will be made straight ... (Video still via YouTube @marcorubio)

Locked in a tight Senate race, failed prez candidate Rubio offers message of tolerance at anti-LGBT event.

Watch Rubio's speech here/after the jump.

Russian hackers leak House Democrats' e-mails, cell numbers. Not a Republican victim in sight. Hm.

Towleroad's Michael Goff excoriates The Daily Beast and its right-wing leadership over Grindr column:

SHOCKER: Making a Murderer subject's conviction overturned.

Hugh Grant couldn't recognize his co-star Renée Zellweger, who has passionately denied plastic surgery.

Madonna's displays heart of gold with 16th b'day gift to Rocco.

Keep reading for more ...

After 4 years, Madonna & Shep Pettibone off the hook in "Vogue" copyright infringement suit https://t.co/ORRtHz0MdX pic.twitter.com/7LRJYp4YME

— idolator (@idolator) June 2, 2016

Madonna & Pettibone prevail in “Vogue” suit: “A reasonable jury could not conclude that an average audience would recognize an appropriation of ... 'Love Break.'”

Madonna is worth about $560 million, making her America's 25th richest self-made woman, and the #1 richest female musician ever.

Madonna took Rocco to Sleep No More in NYC. So glad I wasn't there! I would've been following them around, ignoring the (excellent!) show.

Madonna's daughter Lola is also in NYC at the moment.

Prince's keyboardist speaks out: He loves Madonna, says her heart was in her tribute, critiques song choices, claims the Revolution was never asked to join.

Madonna shares video in support of Kerry Max Cook, a gay Texas death-row inmate who wrongfully spent 20 years behind bars and is still fighting to clear his name:

 

Kerry Max Cook served more than 20 years in death row for a crime he didn’t commit. Convicted because he was "living a homosexual lifestyle"! Next week he will finally get a hearing with a new judge in Texas to hear new evidence of Kerry’s innocence, including DNA evidence. Join me and Steven Klein in his long struggle to prove his innocence and clear his name. #RightThisWrong @kerrymaxcook facebook.com/Chasingjustice ❤️#revolutionoflove

A video posted by Madonna (@madonna) on Jun 2, 2016 at 10:54am PDT