Today in Madonna History: October 9, 1991

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On October 9 1991, Madonna’s Truth Or Dare documentary was released on VHS for the home video rental market across North America as well as on laserdisc in the United States.

Today in Madonna History: July 18, 1991

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On July 18 1991, Madonna was named one of the “50 Most Beautiful People Of 1991″ by People magazine.

Today in Madonna History: July 8, 1991

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On July 8, 1991, Madonna began filming A League Of Their Own, starring Tom Hanks and Geena Davis, directed by Penny Marshall.

Today in Madonna History: May 17, 1991

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On May 17 1991, Madonna: Truth Or Dare was released in 538 US movie theatres.

Madonna: Truth or Dare (renamed “In Bed with Madonna” outside of North America) chronicled the life of Madonna during her 1990 Blond Ambition World Tour.  The film was well received by critics and was successful at the box office, at that point becoming the highest-grossing documentary of all time with a worldwide gross of $29,012,935.

Today in Madonna History: May 13, 1991

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On May 13 1991, Madonna attended the premiere of Truth Or Dare at the Cannes Film Festival.  In Europe the documentary was re-titled In Bed With Madonna.

Today in Madonna History: May 11, 1991

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On May 11 1991, the Wayne’s World Madonna Fantasy on Saturday Night Live aired.  The sketch ranked #4 among the Top 50 Greatest ‘Saturday Night Live’ Sketches of All Time!

From Rollingstone: “It was terrifying,” Mike Myers has said of kissing Madonna. And no wonder: In 1991, there was no more intimidating star than the just-banned-from-MTV Material Girl. Her fantasy rendezvous with Wayne and Garth was probably SNL‘s most perfect pop culture convergence ever: One of the most famous people on earth, writhing in the black-and-white world of Justify My Love, the most controversial video of all time, speaking in the dopey slang (“No way!” “Way!”) of the most popular recurring characters since the Blues Brothers. And we were only approaching Waynemania, which would peak in 1992 with their feature film. During shooting, Myers and Dana Carvey had a personal falling-out, and were never quite able to re-capture the magic – though that didn’t stop Lorne Michaels from producing a sequel or doing the sketch seven more times.

Today in Madonna History: May 8, 1991

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On May 8, 1991, Madonna attended the New York premiere of Truth Or Dare at the Ziegfeld Theatre.