Madonna releases new remix to classic “Frozen”

Madonna has revived her 1998 hit “Frozen” with a new remix of the song from Sickick that features Fireboy DML.

Madonna also released a music video for the track featuring Fireboy DML. The singer is given a black and blue backdrop in the video before Fireboy DML arrives with fiery imagery. The song can be streamed through Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, Tidal, Audiomack and Pandora.

The original “Frozen” appeared on Madonna’s album Ray of Light.

Rare Pokemon card sells for record $900,000

A rare Pokemon card from 1998 set a new price record when it was auctioned for $900,000.

Goldin, an auction site specialising in collectables, said the 1998 Pikachu ‘Illustrator’ Holo promo card sold for $900,000 after 34 bids.

The card, which was graded a seven out of 10 in quality by experts with Professional Sports Authenticator, set a record for a “public sale for any Pokemon card,” Goldin said on its official Twitter account.

The auction listing said only 23 Pikachu ‘Illustrator’ Holo cards have been graded by PSA, and only one other example was given a 7 rating.

Amelia Earhart’s helmet sells for $825,000

A leather helmet worn by Amelia Earhart sold at auction for $825,000, to an anonymous bidder in an online-only sale.

The seller was Anthony Twiggs, a 67-year-old Minnesotan who had tried for years to prove that the leather aviator’s helmet he inherited from his mother was really Earhart’s.

Earhart was just a passenger in June 1928 when she became the first woman on board a plane crossing the Atlantic. Photos shot before and after the flight show her wearing a jaunty leather helmet or flight cap.

She wore the same helmet next year in the Women’s National Air Derby, an all-female race from Santa Monica, California, to Cleveland. Crowd greeted the famous aviator when she landed her single-engine plane at the Cleveland airfield, and she lost the helmet in the crush.

Twiggs’ mother, Ellie, was there with friends, according to a story that Twiggs recounted. The helmet was found on the ground and Twiggs inherited the helmet after his mother’s death more than 20 years ago. Earhart disappeared over the Pacific Ocean in 1937.

Last fall Twiggs succeeded in using photo matching technology to authenticate the helmet, which exactly matched the one seen in the 1928 photos, the Times said, and Twiggs was relieved that his mother’s story turned out to be true.

Published in Dawn, Young World, March 19th, 2022