Patrick Leonard: Last News

Patrick Leonard would be flexing right about now — after “Like a Prayer,” the 1989 smash that he co-wrote and co-produced for Madonna, was featured in an epic sequence in “Deadpool & Wolverine,” the MCU franchise flick that just raked in $205 million for the eighth-best opening of all time.But Leonard — who also collaborated with the Queen of Pop on such definitive hits such as “Live To Tell,” “Open Your Heart” and “La Isla Bonita” — isn’t hyped up about the hoopla that led Madonna to license the song for the movie after an in-person plea from Deadpool himself, Ryan Reynolds.“That’s cool,” he shrugged when asked about “Like a Prayer” taking audiences around the world there again in the superhero bromance.In fact, Leonard won’t be hearing his song, in all its gospel-charged glory, on the big screen. He has not seen — and has no intentions to see — the film.“What year was that? 1989? So we are coming up on 40 years,” said Leonard, 68.

Richard Simmons was famous for revolutionizing the workout world by “Sweatin’ to the Oldies.”And before his death on July 13 — a day after celebrating his 76th birthday — the fitness guru was toning up tunes for a musical about his legendary life with longtime Madonna collaborator Patrick Leonard.“He had sent me some lyrics, and I wrote some melodies to them, and that was the beginning of it,” Leonard, 68, told The Post. “And then he passed … I sent him something the day he passed that he never heard.”Before Simmons’ death, Leonard said, “I think there were eight pieces [done] … These things were very personal, and they were very autobiographical and very time-stamped, you know, at certain times in his life and his career.“There was one about him opening his first place, his first exercise place,” he continued.

Fitness instructor Richard Simmons has died just a day after his 76th birthday, according to a report.

Richard Simmons shared that he is "grateful" to be "alive" as he celebrated his 76th birthday Friday. In a rare interview, the fitness guru, who stepped away from the spotlight 10 years ago, told People magazine he will blow out a candle to mark the occasion. "But the candle will probably be on a zucchini," Simmons said.

Madonna has finally released a new version of Frozen; remixed by Sickick and featuring Afronbeats legend Fireboy DML.