Some girls only do it for the attention, as evidenced by the 2003 VMAs, a ceremony that will be remembered exclusively for the choreographed lip-lock between cross-dressing “groom” Madonna and her snow-white “brides” Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. The producer’s career-threatening decision to cut away and capture ex-Britney boy toy Justin Timberlake’s stone-faced reaction, left poor Aguilera with half the face-time, and a fraction of the press. To be fair, Britney did seem to put a bit more enthusiasm into it.
… he is continuing a new-found collaboration with queen of pop Madonna.
The exiting pairing has already produced five songs – a couple of R’n'B numbers and a couple of dance records.
Justin said: “Some of the dance stuff hasn’t the in-your-face energy of Hung Up but it’s got this mellow R’n'B thing on top of dance accompaniment which Timbaland is doing the beats for.
“It’s all still in demo phases and I don’t know if it’ll be an album but four or five songs will make really good records.”
In a bid to recruit top-name stars to sign up for Live Earth, Mr Gore tapped up the Red Hot Chili Peppers when he presented them with a Grammy Award in LA in February. He travelled to London for a one-on-one meeting with Madonna.
He did such a good job convincing the Queen Of Pop she agreed to close the concert at Wembley. Mr Gore said: “My wife and I met her and we had a wonderful conversation and she agreed to help.”?
Just one thing though . . . did he manage to also persuade Madge to ditch her private jets in favour of commercial airlines to help reduce her own carbon emissions?
I got an extremely carefully- worded answer in response.
Mr Gore said: “Well, I appreciate and respect her as an artist and as a person and there are many artists who are offsetting their role in contributing to the CO2 build-up and I understand that.
“The essence of this problem is that we live in a civilisation that has developed rather fully according to a pattern that emphasises the burning of carbon-based fuels.
“So making the shift to renewable energy is a challenge for everyone that will be a lot easier when governments around the world adopt the new strategies that will make this shift a lot easier to accomplish.”?
Madonna is dithering about releasing songs recorded with Justin Timberlake.
Mum-of-three Madonna, 48, went into the studio with Justin, 26, last month in a bid to get some R&B credibility.
A pal explained: “She wants to reinvent herself.”
But he added: “She’s got second thoughts because she’s not sure the stuff she did with Justin is quite right for her new sound.”
Madonna
Power Rank – 3
Pay Rank – 9
Web Rank – 2
Press Rank – 1
TV/Radio Rank – 6
Pay – $72 mil
Madonna crisscrossed the globe last year for her tour, ‘Confessions,’ which drew over 1 million fans and grossed $194 million, making it the top-earning tour by a female artist in history. NBC cut the Material Girl a hefty check to broadcast the ‘Confessions’ tour live last November, though ratings proved disappointing. In March, the always-fashion-forward singer linked up with retailer H&M for her own clothing line, M. (Rhinestones a-plenty, but no cone bras.) Generated a maelstrom of negative publicity last year for her adoption of a baby in Malawi.
Top 20 :
1. Oprah Winfrey
2. Tiger Woods 3. Madonna
4. Rolling Stones
5. Brad Pitt
6. Johnny Depp
7. Elton John
8. Tom Cruise
9. Jay-Z
10. Steven Spielberg
11. Tom Hanks
12. Grey’s Anatomy Cast
13. Howard Stern
14. Angelina Jolie
15. David Beckham
16. Phil Mickelson
17. David Letterman
18. Bon Jovi
19. Donald Trump
20. Celine Dion
British actor Rupert Everett can’t wait to see the results of Madonna’s directorial debut, because he thinks it will be “amazing”.
Everett starred alongside the Material Girl in the 2001 comedy The Next Best Thing and is adamant Madonna’s low-budget comedy Filth and Wisdom will be a hit.
He says, “She’s great, I think it’ll be amazing.”