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Madonna made a string of demands before performing at G-A-Y night in London’s Astoria.
The Queen of Pop asked for her dressing room to be repainted and fitted with a soft carpet, requested huge amounts of English tea, fresh lemons and flowers to ensure that her room smelled nice, and wanted total silence while she prepared for the show.
“They went all out to make sure Madonna was treated like a queen,” a source told The People. “The amount of money they spent on improvements was huge.
“Her people wanted the area as perfect as possible. They were adamant that there would be no disturbances. Everyone was ordered to keep quiet and as far away as possible.”
The newspaper claims that Madonna was just as demanding before her Children In Need performance, apparently reacting in anger when her tea was served in a cup rather than a mug.
source : digitalspy.com

Madonna, has decided to expose the shady wing of the fashion world by buying the film rights to the book Model: The Ugly Business Of Beautiful Women, which she will produce under her own production company.
“The screenplay has been written by David Brendel and the film is tentatively being given a release date of next year (05). At the moment Madonna is looking around for beautiful women who can play some of the world’s most famous supermodels, while she is obviously hoping as many of them as possible can be prevailed upon to appear in cameo roles.” Rate the music quoted a source as saying.
source : newkerala.com

Madonna reportedly refuses to perform until her concert stages have been blessed by Kabbalah leader Rabbi Philip Berg.
According to American gossip website The Scoop, the singer – an avid follower of the mystic branch of Judaism – is taking the Los Angeles-based Rabbi everywhere she travels on her current Reinvention Tour. A source tells The Scoop: “He goes out there and chants and does his routine. He blessed Madison Square Garden. He blesses them all.” The source also claims Madonna gets special treatment when worshipping at LA’s Kabbalah Centre, and sits behind a giant screen so other followers can’t see her: “The men and the women sit separately, following Orthodox tradition. But Madonna sits in front, behind a screen so that people can’t look at her. The place where she sits happens to be on the men’s side.”
source : iol.ie

Dancers have been using it for years. Chiropractors are starting to use it to compliment their practices. And Madonna does it, Perhaps the final stamp of approval needed for a new exercise craze to burgeon in the Western world.
Gyrotonic exercises the musculature while mobilizing and articulating the joints, simultaneously stretching and strengthening the body with minimal effort. It combines the key principles of gymnastics, swimming, ballet and yoga by working independent muscle groups in an integrated manner, according to Frank Carbone, a certified instructor who opened the first Gyrotonic studio, The Movement Center, in Boca Raton in May.
For those of you who don’t understand kinesiology mumbo jumbo, it’s a great way to get the long, lean dancer’s body that Hollywood celebrities are flaunting.
Using one primary machine, the Gyrotonic Expansion System, lengthens and tones muscles in a set of sequences similar to a dance. The System, which is built around the human body, allows for total freedom of movement, with no restriction to speed and versatility.
The best part, says Carbone, is that you’re forced to use your core muscles during every exercise, the only real way to get definition in the abs.
Every movement that you do all the time in Gyrotonic, even if it’s moving your pinky, you’re totally using your whole body and mind, said Carbone, who just returned from a training session in Germany, where he studied with Gyrotonic founder, Juliu Horvath.
It’s an exercise that is always using constant motion, said Carbone. It’s almost like a dance.
With indie rock playing in the background and the smell of incense wafting through the air, Carbone’s Boca studio is a relaxing space where he says he wants clients to play with their bodies, test their limits and find their own groove.
The one-on-one sessions are highly personalized and designed to work with everyone from the most advanced yogis to someone recovering from an injury. The arch and curl movements, which is the basis of each exercise, helps to elongate the spine, while strengthening the core.
As a professional dancer, Horvath was plagued with back and knee injuries, and designed the equipment to have a rehabilitative quality. European hospitals are already integrating Gyrotonic into their physical therapy programs, said Carbone.
It’s always becoming popular with golfers and other athletes who are looking to increase their range of motion.
Internal benefits touted by Gyrotonic include increase circulation, better coordination, draining of the lymphatic system and increased mobility in the joints and stimulation of the nervous system.
Carbone, also a certified yoga instructor, was first introduced to Gyrotonic ten years ago in New York. After falling away from the practice for several years, he decided to take a private session last year in Delray Beach.
As soon as I got on the machine and did my first arch and curl, my chest opened and my eyes opened up and I realized I had to do this, said Carbone, a singer/songwriter who loves the peaceful side of the exercise.
His clients are also getting hooked. Boca Raton pilates teacher Denise Dorney, who has been practicing Gyrotonic for four months says the exercise has been a great complement to her running and pilates.
I just feel better. I feel more open. It helps me with everything I do, with my hips and shoulders when I’m running. There’s rotation work there that I don’t get from other exercise, said Dorney.
Because she is working Gyrotonic on a more advanced level, (the exercise has seven levels), Dorney is also getting the benefits of a cardiovascular and weight training workout.
The more advanced you get, the more Frank whips you through these movements and it’s like a dance, except you’re also using weights, she said. There’s also a lot of benefits that are going on internally that I’m still learning about, but right now I love what I’m seeing on the outside. People have told me how much my body has changed in the past month.
source : bocaratonnews.com

Guests at Madonna’s Re-Invention tour launch party literally got a taste of the pop diva’s newly adopted religion, kabbalah, as she served them cocktail’s mixed with kabbalah water.
According to Ratethemusic.com, at the “American Life” singer’s party, guests were served with a cocktail called “Damn,” which was a mix of gin and soda lime. However, Madonna made sure that all the ice cubes in the drinks were made out of special kabbalah water.
source : newkerala.com

Bill Clinton may just have lost himself a few readers after he reportedly angered 2000 fans who were waiting in line to get his signature on their copies of his recently released autobiography “My Life,” by giving preferential treatment to VIP’s. According to The New York Daily News, VIP’s were allowed to skip the line and even personally escorted in some cases. His VIP list also included Madonna’s Re-Invention tour crew. The former president has now come under fire for his hypocritical behavior, as he had claimed that he represented the common American citizen, while he was fighting the elections. “I stand for all the people who do the work, pay the taxes, raise the kids and play by the rules the hardworking Americans who make up our forgotten middle class,” Clinton had reportedly said at he 1992 Democratic Convention.
source : ani

Madonna is casting a range of beauties to play Naoimi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Cindy Crawford and Cgristy Turlington in a film- adaptation of a tell-all book about the supermodels. The 45-year-old superstar has acquired the film rights to Micheal Gross’ revealing fashion industry tome Model. David Brendal wrote the movie treatment for Madonna’s Maverick Films, and the movie is expected to air on an American cable network next year (05). A range of other supermodels are expected to be included in the movie, including Sylvester Stallone’s ex-girlfriend Janice Dickonson.
source : breakingnews.iol.ie

Instead of the birthday boy, it was Madonna who hogged the limelight at Rabbi Michael Berg’s 31st birthday bash.
According to New York Daily News,a host of celebrities came to wish The co-director of the Kabbalah center in a private room gathering at the kosher midtown restaurant Solo.
However it was Maddona, one of the most ardent followers of the cult who got the most attention, so much so that it even sidelined the host.
source : newkerala.com