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London's Hyde Park, Circus Maximus in Rome and the Museum of Art in Philadelphia are among the venues for Live 8, a series of concerts being organized by Bob Geldof, the driving force behind the 1985 Band Aid and Live Aid campaigns for African famine relief.
The July 2 concerts, which will be free, also will be held near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin and in Paris.
"We don't want people's money. We want them," Geldof told a news conference Tuesday. He said negotiations for the Paris venue were continuing.
Performers will include Coldplay, Madonna, Paul McCartney, R.E.M. and U2 in London; Will Smith, Bon Jovi, Dave Matthews Band, Stevie Wonder and P. Diddy in Philadelphia; Crosby, Stills and Nash, Lauryn Hill and Brian Wilson in Berlin; Jamiroquai, Youssou N'Dour, Yannick Noah and Placebo in Paris; and Duran Duran in Rome.
The events are aimed at raising awareness of poverty in developing countries just days before G8 leaders meet in Britain.
Geldof said the G8 meeting provided a "unique opportunity for Britain to do something unparalleled in the world to tilt the world a little bit on its axis in favor of the poor."
Elton John, who sat beside Geldof at the news conference, said he was very proud to be involved."
"Now I'm fully aware of what's going on and seeing the injustices going on," John said. The 58-year-old pop star said he hadn't been mature enough to appreciate the last concert 20 years ago and its ramifications.
source : associated press

Internet auction site eBay have refused to sell a pair of knickers once worn by Madonna.
The owner of an Aberdeen lap-dancing club tried to flog the silk girdle-style pants worn in the star's film Body Of Evidence.
But the internet site banned the sale because the underwear had been used.
Tony Cochrane paid £800 for the pants, which were won by the star during a steamy sex scene in the film.
He kept them in a glass case on the wall in his Private Eyes club, alongside an autographed picture of the famous scene.
But when he decided to sell them during a club refit two weeks ago, he was shocked to discover that eBay cancelled the auction.
Tony said: 'We bought the pants in 1998.
'We thought they would be good for the club, as we had a picture of Madonna wearing them.
'They fitted in with the theme of the club.
'Our customers were thrilled to see them alongside undergarments from Striptease, Showgirl, True Lies and Baywatch.'
Tony said he was flooded with offers when he put the pants up for sale on the net.
He said: 'After five days, we had an offer of £1000 from a buyer in the US.'
But his plans were scuppered when he received an email saying that the auction had been terminated, as the site 'does not permit the sale of any used undergarments'.
He said: 'I don't even think we can wash them and put them on sale. But we have received a private offer to buy them.
source : daily record

Two decades after the original Live Aid, when rock stars descended on Philadelphia and London to raise money for Ethiopian famine relief, singer-activist Bob Geldof is planning another star-studded, humanitarian event.
Live 8 is set for Saturday, July 2, on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, a city spokeswoman said. The event will coincide with a second show in London, publicist Laura Perez told The Philadelphia Inquirer for Sunday's editions.
Details, including the lineup and other possible venues, remain secret. They are expected to be unveiled Tuesday morning at joint press conferences in Philadelphia and London, according to Perez, who is handling the press event.
The name "Live 8" is a nod to the G-8 summit, a meeting of the world's leading powers, set to start days later in Scotland. Geldof has pressed for the world's wealthiest countries to do more to fight famine and poverty in Africa.
Live Aid, held July 13, 1985 at the former JFK Stadium in South Philadelphia, brought Mick Jagger, Madonna, Tina Turner and other stars to town while others performed at Wembley Stadium in London. The effort raised tens of millions of dollars for Ethiopia.
"What started 20 years ago is coming to a political point in a few weeks," Geldof told the BBC on Thursday. "There's more than a chance that the boys and girls with guitars will finally get to turn the world on its axis."
The singer Sting has confirmed that he will take part in the event.
"Bob called me up and said I was doing it," Sting said. "He doesn't ask you, he tells you."
The concert will add to an already packed holiday weekend in Philadelphia, where an AIDS-relief concert headlined by Elton John is set for July 4 on the parkway, and three nights of varied lineups are scheduled at Penn's Landing beside the Delaware River. The Philadelphia Orchestra is scheduled there on July 1 and Ruben Studdard and Stephanie Mills on July 2.
City officials hope tourists might extend their planned stays to take in Live 8, the Elton John concert and other events.
"This will really enhance our Fourth of July," said Deborah Bolling, a spokeswoman to Mayor John F. Street.
source : associated press

Sir Elton John has hit out at Madonna again - by warning fans she will probably not perform at this year's Live 8 charity concert because she would rather attend a Kabbalah meeting.
The Rocket Man criticised the Material Girl last year for miming during her Re-Invention tour.
And now he has resumed their war of words, by accusing Madonna of caring more about her religious meetings than aiding poverty relief in Africa by singing at the fund-raising gig.
He says, "She's probably got a bl**dy Kabbalah meeting instead."
source : contactmusic

Madonna appears in the top 10 of a survey commissioned by the UK based Carling to celebrate the Britain's live music scene and that lists the 10 best live solo artists of all time. The 2 different created lists, 'Best Live Solo Artist Of All Time' and 'Best Album Of All Time' go as follow:

BEST LIVE SOLO ARTIST OF ALL TIME
1. Robbie Williams
2. David Bowie
3. Morrisey
4. Elvis Presley
5. Elton John
6. Jimi Hendrix
7. Paul Weller
8. Madonna
9. Michael Jackson
10. Bob Dylan

BEST ALBUM OF ALL TIME
1. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
2. Nirvana - Nevermind
3. Oasis - Definitely Maybe
4. Radioheads - The Bends
5. Coldplay - Parachutes
6. The Beatles - Revolver
7. U2 - Joshua Tree
8. Guns 'N' Roses - Appetite for destruction
9. Madonna - Like A Prayer
10. Stereophonics - Performance & Cocktails

source : madonna.com

from Madonna.com : Urgent! Stop the presses! This just in . . . Madonna is calling all ICONers for help with a special cause. On June 7 in New York City, Madonna is hosting a party at Bergdorf Goodman's that benefits UNICEF. It is very important that we get the word out about the power of UNICEF's charitable work. Madonna has requested that an ICON special reporter be selected from the fan club to attend this event and write a story for ICON magazine & Madonna.com The ICON special reporter will work amongst international press as they cover this very important party. Visit Madonna.com for more info.

If you haven't heard that Madonna is back in the studio recording, then you might be living under a rock! Chatter & speculation about the new album has been non-stop. What will be the theme of the album? Who does Madonna collaborate with? When will the album be released? Fans everywhere are dying to find out the truth. At this time, Madonna.com can confirm that Madonna is busy in the studio collaborating with new producers that she has never worked with before. Can't confirm any names yet, but stay tuned to Madonna.com for more insider information.
source : madonna.com

Duran Duran star Simon Le Bon lost all respect for his idols Madonna and Britney after they shared a lesbian kiss at 2003's MTV Video Music Awards.
The 1980s star was disgusted by the pop beauties' shock embrace, because he's convinced it was a shameless publicity stunt to increase their fortunes.
He complains, "It worried me when Britney snogged Madonna. It looked a bit fake. It screamed 'We're in this for the money.'"
source : contactmusic

Madonna may have found inner peace - but will her kabbala-induced serenity put movie audiences to sleep?
Last summer, Her Madgesty hired Swedish director Jonas Akerlund and a small army of cameramen to make a documentary about her Re-Invention tour. Word is she saw the film as a sequel to "Truth or Dare," the 1991 concert film directed by her previous instrument, Alek Keshishian.
Madonna and Akerlund have spent much of the past six months editing the film, which tentatively has the catchy title "The Re-Invented Process."
Cannes Film Fest officials turned down a rough cut of the film - which doesn't surprise some who've seen it.
"More than half of the film is about how the kabbala has enriched her life," an insider tells us. "People do not want to see this from Madonna. They want to be shocked. All of the juicy stuff - like Madonna and [husband] Guy Ritchie arguing - was cut out by Madge herself because she wanted to show how much the kabbala has changed her."
The Cannes committee seemed to want to make it up to Madonna by inviting her to be a juror, but she reciprocated their rejection. Some say the whole experience has put her in a foul mood.
"Guy has been getting the Madge attitude 2-4/7," claims our source.
Madonna rep Liz Rosenberg says that, according to one person who saw the "Re-Invented" film, "There really isn't that much kabbala in it. The movie has terrific performance footage. And how could it be like 'Truth or Dare'? Her life is so much different now.
"She's already back in the recording studio. Her tracks are said to be incredible. Believe me, Madonna's never been one to wallow in depression."
source : nydailynews

Superstar Madonna has already named her forthcoming new album - the disc will be called Defying Gravity.
The Material Girl's last album American Life - released in 2003 - was critically panned due to the songs' strong anti-Republican content, and only three singles were released from the CD.
But Madonna, 46, has written eight tracks so far, including a single of the album's name, and hopes she will be more successful this time.
An industry insiders tell Britain's The Sun newspaper, "Madonna has played her new material to Warner label bosses and they love it. "There is a rockier edge and the usual electronic influence. The label are really excited and believe it is full of hit singles."
source : contactmusic

Madonna has hit out at reports she is undergoing fertility treatment to conceive a second child.
British magazine Star today claimed the Material Girl was trying out "Indian fertility treatments" to help her become a mother for the third time at the age of 47.
Madonna is quoted in the magazine saying, "I'm going to have fun with my husband and see what happens."
But a spokesperson for the star insists, "There is absolutely no truth to that story."
source : contactmusic

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Madonna made a surprise appearance on the red carpet at the UK premiere of Sin City, leaving one of the film's stars speechless.
The singer turned up at the Empire Cinema in London's Leicester Square with film director husband Guy Ritchie.
The thriller Sin City stars Brittany Murphy, Mickey Rourke and Clive Owen.
Murphy, who was signing autographs for fans outside the cinema when the famous couple arrived unexpectedly, admitted being star-struck.
"She's my idol," said the 27-year-old, who also appeared in 8 Mile with rapper Eminem.
"If I meet her at the party I will shyly and meekly shake her hand."
Madonna and Guy Ritchie were reportedly a late addition to the Sin City guest list.
The film, based on a novel by comic book writer Frank Miller, was up for the Palme d'Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival last week.
Sin City director Robert Rodriguez and actors Jessica Alba and Michael Madsen were also at the screening.
source : bbcnews

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In his first official reaction to the "Madonna Scandal," Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said the country's ambassador to Washington will complete his job this summer "” a year earlier than expected.
In an interview with Israeli state TV, Shalom also defended his wife, Judy, denying she had any involvement in the decision to have Ambassador Danny Ayalon complete his term in three years rather than the traditional four.
"What I can tell you is that she recommended him for the job in Washington," Shalom said. "It is very nice and comfortable to live in Washington, to have a limousine and nice house. But it is also very nice to live in Israel."
The heavyweight feud between Israel's two best-known diplomats flared after Ayalon refused Shalom's instructions to fire his secretary.
Ayalon has said the secretary's only crime was that he failed to arrange a meeting and a photo-op with Madonna and Shalom's wife when the Material Girl visited Israel in September.
Ayalon was appointed to the job by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, and previously served as his diplomatic adviser.
Ayalon is expected to give his account of the scandal to Sharon when the prime minister arrives in New York today.
Shalom said he had not discussed his decision yet with Sharon.
source : nypost

Hip-hop beauty Eve finds her own style so contradictory, she often fantasises about raiding Madonna's closet.
The Satisfaction rapper, who has her own clothing line called Fetish, admits Madonna's style has always fascinated her.
She says, "Some days I look like I'm a schoolteacher and some days I look like a whore, so I'd be amazed to see what (Madonna) has (in her closet)."
source : contactmusic

Madonna has been turned from Material Girl to African coffee trader to help a campaign to boost fair trade.
The amazing transformation is the result of hours of work by digital artists to morph Madge into real-life coffee trader Alivera Kilza.
The image, together with ones of Richard Branson and Bill Gates as fellow coffee traders are being used to promote a pop concert at the London Eye on June 21st.
The event, called Flight 5065 is being put on by CafeDirect to help raise awareness so that growers of coffee and their communities get to SHARE in the profits of their labour.
Each of the 32 capsules on London's giant wheel will play host to artists and performers while the 20 passengers in each capsule watch in amazement.
There will be a different show in each capsule with exclusive live performances of music, theatre and comedy, including Damon Albarn, Beth Orton, Turin Brakes, as well as actors from the National and Royal Court theatres.
For more information about the event visit www.flight5065.com

source : skynews

French filmmaker Luc Besson has started work on his first directorial effort since 1999. ARTHUR stars Mia Farrow and Freddy Highmore, and is based around a little boy, Arthur (Higmore), who turns to the help of the pixie-like Minimoys to help save his grandfather's house. Farrow will play his Mum, and Madonna, David Bowie and Snoop Dogg are to provide voices for the film's animated characters.
Variety reports that the film started shooting in Normandy, France on Monday and will wrap sometime in July. The film is set for delivery at next year's Cannes Film Festival.
The film has already been in the making for two years, and will have cost 60 million Euros.
source : thehollywoodnews.com

"Voices Of Love" (Warner Bros.)

tracks :
01 Love - John Lennon
02 Don't Know Why - Norah Jones
03 Kissing A Fool - Michael Bublé
04 Security - Joss Stone
05 Take A Bow - Madonna
06 Jesus To A Child - George Michael
07 Don't Give Up - Peter Gabriel
08 Maybe I'm Amazed - Paul McCartney
09 Carolina In My Mind - James Taylor
10 Nothing Compares To You - Sinéad O'Connor
11 Cannonball - Damien Rice
12 Drown In My Own Tears - Ray Charles
13 E Ritorno Da Te - Laura Pausini
14 You Raise Me Up - Josh Groban
15 Sere Nere - Tiziano Ferro
16 Open Arms - Tina Turner
17 Against All Odds - Phil Collins
18 Helpless - K.D. Lang
19 Long Night - The Corrs

A Belgian songwriter is taking pop megastar Madonna to court claiming she plagiarized a tune he wrote with her worldwide 1998 hit "Frozen".
Salvatore Acquaviva says that several bars of the song are lifted directly from a tune he wrote five years earlier called "Ma Vie Fout L'camp" / ("My Life's Getting Nowhere").
"I was in the bath. I was listening to the radio, and thought that's strange, I know that melody. I said it's not possible," he told the RTL television station.
On Wednesday he had his day in court in the southern Belgian town of Mons, where his lawyers argued that Madonna may have heard his song because she met his producer in the late 1970s.
The US diva's lawyers rejected the claim, alleging Acquaviva was just trying to make a quick buck.
"Just because there are similarities between two songs it doesn't mean it has been plagiarized," said attorney Fabienne Brison.
"There are certain artists who hear songs on the radio, see that they are very successful and say to themselves, 'why shouldn't I try it on?'" she told the station.
The judge delayed hearings on the case until next month, after some of the lawyers were late arriving in court. In the meanwhile royalties for the Madonna song in Belgium have been frozen, RTL said.
source : yahoo

I was saddened to learn about Kylie Minogue's breast cancer diagnosis. I'm so grateful that they found it early. (Yet another reminder for all women to have annual mammograms.) Aside from being tremendously talented, Kylie's a fighter and I know this is a battle she will win. Let's all pray for her speedy recovery and send all of our best wishes her way. With love and light to you Kylie...Madonna
source : madonna.com

The Book of British Hit Singles and albums is published on May 20. Madonna remains in fifth place in the list, from the Book of British Hit Singles and Albums, with 1,653 weeks in the chart.
The top 10/total weeks on the UK singles and album charts :
1. Elvis Presley 2,463
2. Cliff Richard 1,972
3. The Beatles 1,749
4. Queen 1,725
5. Madonna 1,653
6. Elton John 1,615
7. The Shadows 1,578
8. Michael Jackson 1,477
9. David Bowie 1,459
10. U2 1,402
source : examiner.ie

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Hark, the Madonna publicity juggernaut approaches!
Her Madgesty has the second week in June booked end to end to hype her new children's book, "Lotsa De Casha." On June 7, she'll be doing an in-store appearance at the Time Warner Center Borders - where 200 lottery-chosen fans will get a signed copy. (Don't even try pulling out a camera: The most photographed woman in the world wants no pictures. Or touching, it's said.)
That evening, she'll stop by a kabbala-themed UNICEF fund-raiser at Bergdorf's. The hosts are "Today" anchor Matt Lauer and his wife, Annette (assuming there's no truth to those marital breakup reports).
The next day, Barbara Walters will finally get a crack at her on "The View." Though Madonna has resisted a hanky-twisting interview with Walters for 20 years, a source says, she feels that all of the moms who watch the show are the perfect audience for the book.
She'll also appear on the cover of, yes, Ladies' Home Journal. The former Material Girl, who turns 47 in August, "doesn't have any prejudice against that demographic," says her rep. "She's also going to be on the cover of Teen People."
source : nydailynews

Government infighting has dropped to a whole new low.
The Israeli ambassador in Washington accused Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom and his wife of trying to get his assistant fired. Why? Because Judy Shalom Nir Mozes was upset that she didn't meet Madonna when the pop star-turned-kaballah fan visited Israel. However, sources close to Shalom say that the timing of the complaint is meant to draw fire from the negative publicity Ambassador Danny Ayalon's wife received in April in the weekend section of Yedioth Ahranoth. Whatever the case, the complaint against Shalom and his wife has made its way to the offices of Attorney-General Manny Mazuz.
source : ynetnews.com

from madonnatribe : MadonnaTribe has been informed that Callaway and Unicef are organizing a "Lotsa de Casha" release party in New York on 7th of June. The Party is going to be hosted by Matt Lauer from the Today show with his wife Annette.
Madonna will attend with her family and over 700 selected celebrities and industry people have been invited with their kids, some of the guests are : Julia Roberts, Celine Dion, Oprah Winfrey, Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin Bruce Willis, Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino, Kate Hudson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Uma Thurman, Nicole Kidman, Angelina Jolie, Cate Blanchett, Brooke Shields, Kelly Ripa, Rosie O'Donnell, Missy Elliott, Sting, Steven Meisel, Steven Klein, Rosie O'Donnell and last but definately not least Bill Gates. All proceeds from the evening are for the benifit of UNICEF.

Madonna was offered a spot on the prestigious Cannes Film Festival jury, but turned it down because she would have missed two Kabbalah meetings back in London.
Her religious obligations represented a no-Cannes-do scenario for festival officials; they would have meant the singer making two trips from the South of France back to London during the festival panel's busiest periods.
Madonna has turned down other social engagements in the past because of conflict with her commitment to Kabbalah.
"We talked about her being on the jury, but her religion meant this could not happen. It is a regret because she has valuable knowledge," festival chief Thierry Fremaux told me.
"She would have to return to London every Saturday, or maybe it was every Friday, so for two days during our festival she would not be here and that could not work.
"The jury has much to see and much to discuss," Mr Fremaux added, during a conversation with me at a dinner to launch the 58th festival.
Initial discussions with the Material Girl (as this column was the first to reveal to you a month ago) centred on her taking a documentary film based on her last tour to Cannes, but it was not finished in time.
"We had many talks," Mr Fremaux said. "Madonna takes the cinema world seriously, she doesn't treat it in a superficial way. I saw three hours of film from the documentary in the form of rushes and some completed footage, but it wasn't ready," he explained.
Not only would Madonna's obvious glamour have been most welcome but, as Mr Fremaux remarked, "to have her on the jury would have been fascinating. She has so many thoughts on her mind."
Madonna has been a Kabbalist for nearly eight years and attends weekly meetings at the Kabbalah Centre in London.
There are just 14 or so such places scattered around the world, and none in Cannes or the surrounding region.
# Liza Minnelli and Sharon Stone will be co-hosting the annual fund-raising glam-fest that is AmfAR's Cinema Against Aids gala in the hills above Cannes in Mougins on Thursday.
Ms Stone knows how to shimmy her way around the room to entice people into donating hard cash to the Aids research charity and Ms Minnelli will surely sing.
Elton John (fresh from his Billy Elliot success) and David Furnish are hoping to attend the event, which always gets a mighty benevolent push from movie czar Harvey Weinstein.
source : dailymail

"Madonna was great to work with because -- I never really understood her mystique although I always liked her music. We met in New York, had dinner to discuss the album. And there was something so intoxicating about her. We were just the two of us at dinner and I was looking at her going, 'Wow, she totally sucks you into her world. It's like there's nobody else in the restaurant.' She had a great work ethic. A lot of artists, they want to be co producers just because they can. She wanted to be a co producer, but she earned it. She really knows her way around a studio. She works hard."
source : ctv.ca

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Ex-Westlifer Brian McFadden has launched a perplexing attack on Madonna - claiming the Queen of Pop is talentless. The Irish singer, having moderate success with his solo career, said he cannot understand how she has had so much worldwide success.
"People are saying Madonna makes great music," said Brian, purveyor of some pretty pedestrian music of his own in recent months. "It's really rubbish. She doesn't have a good voice and she is boring. "Just because she's Madonna everybody says 'brilliant' and 'genius'." And he wants to know why Madge, who has had unprecedented chart success since the early 1980s, shifts so many records. "I don't think she's ever been a good musician," he is quoted in The Sun as saying. "I don't know what she's got. Maybe it's because she's been naked in some movies and excited a lot of men."
source : skynews

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from Madonnalicious : Madonna attended Kylie Minogue's last Showgirl concert at London's Earls Court last night. She was sitting off stage-left in the VIP section. Kylie pointed at Madonna several times during the show and sang 'then there was you' at her during Love at First Sight. Madonna left before the end of the show to avoid the crowds.

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Sir Bob Geldof is planning to stage a new Live Aid concert as Britain hosts the G8 summit of world leaders in July, it was confirmed today.
The event - to be called Live 8 - is expected to take place over two days in London's Hyde Park and will focus attention on poverty and disease in Africa.
Chart-topping bands U2 and Coldplay are tipped to take part alongside Madonna, Robbie Williams and a host of other big name stars.
The gig would come on the 20th anniversary of the first Live Aid at Wembley and follows the success of the Band Aid II single, which took the Christmas No 1 spot and raised £15 million for aid charities in Africa.
A spokeswoman for Sir Bob said: "The Live Aid Trust has been discussing the plans to hold an event around the time of the G8 summit, though no firm dates are yet in place."
It is thought the gigs will be held on July 2 and 3, the weekend prior to the three-day summit of leading industrialised nations at the Gleneagles Hotel, in Perthshire, Scotland, from July 6.
Unlike the original Live Aid - which saw Sir Paul McCartney, Queen, David Bowie and leading names of the era perform on July 13, 1985, it is understood the new event is not intended to attract donations from the public.
The concert, expected to be free if sponsorship can be raised, will be held solely to urge world leaders to take action at the summit to halt deaths in Africa from Aids and tuberculosis.
Plans for the gig have forced London radio station Capital FM to scrap plans for the annual Party in the Park, held in Hyde Park in support of The Princes Trust.
Capital FM managing director Keith Pringle said the broadcaster will instead support Live 8 by providing a number of services for free in the interest of "the greater good".
Martina Milburn, chief executive of The Princes Trust said: "Capital and The Prince's Trust are delighted to support Live 8 and we look forward to Party in the Park next year."
source : utv

Britney Spears is said to be devastated after Madonna refused to be her baby's godmother. Britney and Madonna have been friends for a few years and share an interest in the Kabbalah faith. Sources say Madonna turned down Britney saying she was too busy reports The Sun. An insider said: "Britney was so disappointed but told Madonna she understands."
source : uk-flava/sun

First ad for "Arthur and the Minimoys" movie is published in a new issue of Variety Magazine.

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The choreographer who put Madonna and Ricky Martin through their paces is now offering fitness classes to all at a Los Angeles gym.
Jamie King, who most recently choreographed Shakira's sexy new dance routine for her latest video La Tortura, is showing the health conscious how to shake their booty at Los Angeles' famous Crunch gym.
King's classes, the nike rock star workout, specialise in dance moves from his ancestral Brazil.
He says, "If you like the way Madonna and Rocky move when you see them, then these classes are for you. They're also a great way to shape-up."
source : contactmusic

Veteran pop star Boy George has hit out at Madonna for her ambitious streak - and insists the Material Girl is as cold as ice. George, 43, has a bitter and long-running feud with the famously business-minded Madonna, and has previously admitted to being jealous of the megastar. He says, "If Madonna were a drag queen, she would be called Ruth Less. "I don't think the word 'warm' comes to mind with Madonna. Ice is the word that springs to mind."
source : contactmusic

from Madonnalicious : The May issue of Attitude magazine (issue 133) features an interview with Tony Ward. Tony was Madonna's boyfriend around 1990/91 and appeared in the Justify My Love and Erotica videos, and was also in the Sex book.
In the interview he was asked about his relationship with 'that lady'....
That lady - I was never a fan. I saw her in that silly Lucky Star video in the early days of MTV, and I knew I would be reunited with my mother/ lover/ teacher/ friend/ bitch/ cheater/ liar/ goddess/ student/ poetess/ angel/ pain/ tears/ broken-heart/ inspiration/ intrigue/ and human awe.
We fell hard immediately too much, too soon for the both of us. In the end, when you love something, let it go.
Madonna as a talent? Superior to all; she is a classic. I wish she would sing the standards. That is what her voice is made for. When she would sing around the house, I would close my eyes and melt. I was so privileged to be there.
She never knew how I really felt with her, and to put all the stories straight, those unauthorised biographies are all full of lies. You dummies don't buy it. I was not her toy-boy, or a gift to her from her brother, Chris. We just happened to be in the right place at the right time. I love you always, lady.

1990 - Madonna kicked off the U.S. leg of her "Blonde Ambition" tour in Houston.
source : associated press

British designer Scott Henshall is Hollywood's new darling since designing costumes for Madonna's new film.
The 29-year-old style guru is famed for his glamorous creations for the rich and famous - including the stunning $9 million (GBP5 million) diamond studded dress worn by Samantha Mumba at the premiere of Spider-Man 2 last summer - so he was the first choice to work on the pop queen's movie Material Girls.
He says, "I've just got back from designing the outfits for Madonna's new film, Material Girls. "She's producing it and decided to get me involved. It stars Hilary Duff and will go on general released later this year."
But he admits the excitement of Hollywood has made his life in London seem boring.
He adds, "It feels weird being back. London seems really dull in comparison."
source : contactmusic