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Madonna has won a dispute over the plot earmarked for her Malawi school, meaning villagers have been told to move from their homes.
In a land dispute pitting the singer against African villagers, Malawi’s government sided with Madonna who pumped millions into the impoverished southern African country and adopted two of its children.

Villagers were refusing to move from a plot of land near the capital, Lilongwe, where Madonna wants to build a 15 million US dollar school for girls.

The government, however, said it had originally planned to develop the plot, and only allowed the villagers to live there until a project was identified.

Lilongwe District Commissioner Charles Kalemba, accompanied by other government officials and representatives from Madonna’s Raising Malawi charity, met about 200 villagers and told them they would have to move. The villagers were offered other government land.

“Government allowed you to occupy this land because there was no project yet. But now that Madonna wants to build you a school you have to give way,” Mr Kalemba told the villagers. “You are lucky that Madonna has compensated you for your houses, gardens and trees.”

Anjimile Mtila-Oponyo, who will be principal of Madonna’s school, said the singer paid the villagers more than 16 million kwacha (about 115,000 US dollars) to compensate them for their houses – mostly mud-and-thatch structures – and improvements such as gardens and trees.

One villager said the 1,500 US dollars in compensation he received from Madonna for mango trees and three homes was not enough. He said his family had been living on his seven-acre plot for three generations.

source: pa

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Price: £19.99
Release date: March 29, 2010
Number of Discs: 2

The 10 most valuable UK picture discs, list by Record Collector Magazine

1. Madonna – Erotica 12″ (withdrawn, 1992) – £2000
2. Madonna – Crazy For You 7″ (uncut, 1985) – £1000
3. Paul McCartney & Wings – Back To The Egg LP (1979) – £900
4. Madonna – Into The Groove 12″ (1985) – £750
5. Madonna – Dress You Up 7″ (uncut. 1985) – £750
6. Madonna – Borderline 7″ (uncut, 1986) – £750
7. Freddie Mercury – Made In Heaven 7″ (uncut, 1985) – £500
8. Freddie Mercury The Great Pretender 7″ (uncut, 1987) – £350
9. Iron Maiden – The Trooper 7″ (uncut, 1983) – £200
10. Pink Floyd – The First XI (box set with two picture discs, 1979) – £200

Madonna received a donation of $1 Million from Brazilian brewery. The check was delivered on Friday (February 12) by the president of AmBev, Joao Castro Neves.

The funds will support the start of Madonna’s charity organization ‘Success For Kids’ in Rio de Janeiro, scheduled for March this year.

source: globo

Madonna, the queen of pop, has her eye on a king.
She’s set to direct “W.E.,” a biopic about the affair between King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson that led to the Brit royal abdicating from the throne to marry his divorcee lover.

Vera Farmiga (“Up in the Air”) is eyeing the plum role of Simpson, who precipitated the most severe constitutional crisis in the English monarchy in the 20th century after Edward proposed to her, only months into his reign.

There is no word yet on who will play King Edward.

Madonna is writing the script with Alex Keshishian, who directed the multihyphenate in “Truth or Dare.”

Former Miramax exec Colin Vaines and David Parfitt are producing the pic. CAA is handling domestica sales while IM Global has international.

This will which will be Madonna’s second directorial effort; her first, “Filth and Wisdom,” preemed at Berlin in 2008. Simpson led a colorful life, having been married twice before her romance with Edward. The two of them, who lived the rest of their lives as the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, spent the best part of three decades living a life of leisure as social celebrities around the world.

source: variety

She’s 0-for-2 in the marriage game, but that won’t stop Madonna from judging other people’s domestic disputes.

The pop icon will appear on NBC’s The Marriage Ref, the Jerry Seinfeld-created show about warring couples that premieres Feb. 28, the network confirms.

Twice divorced (from Sean Penn and Guy Richie), the Material Girl will sit on a celebrity panel to determine the winner of the family feud.

source: people

Madonna herself released a statement to Access Hollywood in memory of the designer, calling the loss “a tragedy.”

“Lee McQueen was a truly unique visionary in the world of fashion,” the fashion-forward star said in the statement. “A creator of beauty. What a tragedy.”

The fashion designer Alexander McQueen has died, his company has said.
His office confirmed to the BBC that Mr McQueen, 40, was found dead at his London home this morning.
Paramedics called to his home pronounced him dead at the scene. Police said his death was not being treated as suspicious.
A statement said his family were “devastated” at the “tragic news”, and added that they shared “a sense of shock and grief”.
A former British Designer of the Year winner, Mr McQueen started his career as an apprentice in Savile Row, where he learned how to make jackets at Gieves and Hawkes.
Madonna wore his designs at the 1998 MTV Video Music Awards, 2005 Vogue photo shoot etc.

Episode 4:
Appearances By : Musician – Madonna, Actor – Larry David, Comedian – Ricky Gervais

Jerry Seinfeld, NBC, the Executive Producer of The Oprah Winfrey Show and the producers of “Super Nanny” now bring you…”The Marriage Ref”
A comic, reality series where celebrities and a relationship referee help squabbling couples make peace. Created by Seinfeld himself, this is relationship advice… with a comic twist.

They are looking for 200 people to be a part of the studio audience, request tickets here