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An In-Line skater has been hand-picked to star in pop star Madonna’s new music video.
Max Freeman, has already been filmed to accompany Sorry, the second single from her album, Confessions On A Dance Floor.
Former Ratton and Sussex Downs College student Max went to London to take part in the shoot.
It is the first time he’s been involved in a music video, but he’s hoping it won’t be the last.
‘I had an audition before Christmas and got a call back last week telling me that I needed to be in London the following day,’ he said.
‘I was very excited as it was my first appearance in a pop video and I’d not done anything like it before.
‘I’ve been skating since I was 14 years old after becoming interested in it from going to the Skate on the seafront.
‘Although I was skating before the event, it gave me new ideas about tricks and it continued from there.
‘I’ve been lucky enough to take part in competitions around Europe and really enjoy it, but it’s for pleasure and not to make money.’
The shooting of the video took place over two gruelling days of filming.
The first shoot started at 11am and finished at 1am, with the second starting at 8am and finishing at 1am.
The 20-year-old, of Shalfleet Close, also managed to speak to the normally very private superstar.
‘Madonna was nice and we spoke for a bit,’ he said. ‘She was only on set for a fraction of the hours the rest of us were there for.
‘They shot the bits she needed to be in and then she went home.
‘The hours were long and it was hard work, but very enjoyable.’
Max hasn’t yet seen the final version of the video and will be waiting like the rest of the pop star’s fans for its release.
But he gave no secrets away about the theme.
He added, ‘I know the lyrics off by heart now. I would love to do another video, but I’ll have to wait and see what happens in the future.’
source : eastbournetoday.co.uk

Hot 100 Singles :
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44 (41) Wake Me Up When September Ends – Green Day
45 (43) Hung Up – Madonna
46 (53) Nasty Girl – The Notorious B.I.G. Featuring Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Edge & Avery Storm
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Billboard 200 Albums :
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23 (39) The Way It Is – Keyshia Cole
24 (20) Madonna – Confessions On A Dance Floor
25 (27) Barrio Fino: En Directo – Daddy Yankee
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Hot Digital Singles :
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28 (26) Honky Tonk Badonkadonk – Trace Adkins
29 (22) Hung Up – Madonna
30 (21) Stay Fly – Three 6 Mafia
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They are both normally pictures of perfection. But Madonna and Brad Pitt have been looking far from their glamorous selves.
At a Paris fashion show yesterday, all eyes were on Madonna’s apparently receding hairline.
An audience member with a closeup view of the 47-year-old singer said: “The most striking thing was how unusually large her forehead was. Everyone was wondering if years of dying her hair meant it was receding.
“She was all in black which emphasised her recent weight loss. Her cheekbones looked razor-sharp while the skin round her neck and chin looked overly-taut and puckered.”
Pitt, meanwhile, has dyed his famous locks dark brown, with a Fifties-style quiff and sideburns.
The 42-year-old actor’s new look is for his role as 19th century outlaw Jesse James in a film, although some felt it owed more to Elvis Presley.
Pitt’s hairstyle was revealed as he dined out in London on Tuesday night – with Madonna. They were with her husband Guy Ritchie and chef Jamie Oliver.

source : dailymail

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Madonna, absent from fashion’s front row for years, unleashed pandemonium at the couture shows here Wednesday afternoon when she arrived at Jean Paul Gaultier.
The paparazzi surged dangerously, with camera crews sneaking in between the rows to get footage of the pop superstar. Dressed all in black with wraparound sunglasses, Madonna told WWD, “Gaultier is going to design the costumes for my next show. We are going to discuss the details tomorrow.”?
Once her bodyguards cleared the runway, Madonna jumped from her seat to greet French photographer Jean-Baptiste Mondino before the show. As it turns out, the queen of pop is quite the polyglot, finding time to exchange a few words in Spanish with her front-row neighbor, flamenco dancer Joachim Cortez.
Gaultier is also designing costumes for Cortez and his 17 musicians for his upcoming Paris show dubbed “My Loneliness.”? After Gaultier’s Greek-themed confections exited the runway, Madonna exited with her entourage, with camera crews trailing aggressively, getting into tussles with editors also eager for a look at the celebrity.
source : wwd.com

French designer Jean Paul Gaultier showered pop icon Madonna with white rose petals on Wednesday at the end of a spring-summer haute couture collection that was inspired by Greek mythology and culture.
Models wearing outfits named Poseidon, Athena and Midas weaved around chairs clustered as Greek islands. Glass lanterns hung overhead which Gaultier said resembled those of Orthodox churches. Hairstyles were piled high or fell almost to the floor.
Parthenon was a jacket cut away to look like a column, embroidered with antique wire over a tight silk skirt. Cyclops was a long tunic with trousers covered in black organza petals.
“It’s a marvellous country with a big culture and I go there quite often and one day I knew would need to do a Greek collection,” Gaultier said.
After the final wedding dress, a huge ruffle joined onto a skirt with strings of pearls, Gaultier came running out with rose petals for his old friend Madonna.
“I’m excited, I’m really in love more with her. I’m very happy that she came,” he said.
Madonna was wearing a black jacket and skirt sat next to Spain’s top flamenco dancer Joaquin Cortes.
French actress Catherine Deneuve was also there.
“It was so beautiful. Such extraordinary colours, classical, and refined and very structured as well. A superb collection,” Deneuve told Reuters afterwards.
Gaultier’s show was the penultimate one of three days of haute couture collections in Paris. The outfits are made-to-measure and cost thousands of dollars, so there are only estimated to be between 200 and 300 clients in the world.
The dresses can take weeks to make and Gaultier said some were finished only just in time.
“It was almost a Greek tragedy … some arrived three minutes before,” he said.
Lebanese designer Elie Saab was the last event on the official calendar.
His models walked out to the tune of Erotica, a song by Madonna, in romantic glittery gowns with bows and tulle skirts. The audience was filled with potential clients from the Middle East, including many princesses.
The final bride wore a bustier dress with a 3.5-metre tulle train with latticework embroidery of pearls, silk and organza flowers and iridescent sequins.
source : reuters

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The first details of Madonna’s 2006 world tour have been leaked on the internet, with full confirmed dates expected to be announced this week.
According to unsubstantiated claims appearing online, the pop superstar will play shows throughout June and July in America, including five dates at Shea Stadium in New York City.
The news comes amid industry reports that promotional king-pin Arthur Fogel has been signed for the live follow-up to last year’s “Re-Invention” tour.
Fogel, who put together the “Re-Invention” jaunt and the 2002 “Drowned World” tour, is said to be fronting the 2006 outing, which will promote last year’s “Confessions On A Dancefloor” album, reports Billboard.
The tour, which is set to commence in America, apparently spans the globe, concluding with shows in Australia in mid to late September.
Meanwhile, Madonna’s spokeswomen in the US and UK have dismissed claims that her marriage to film director Guy Ritchie is in trouble. Both have released statements following speculation in the UK press.
Speaking about the video shoot to Madonna’s new video, “Sorry”, her US spokeswoman commented: “Guy came to the set to visit – once with the children Rocco and Lourdes, and once without.
“Mr and Mrs Ritchie seemed perfectly comfortable and adoring of each other. My sense is that they’re quite a happy, content couple.”
Her UK spokeswoman added: “There have been a lot of silly stories which are all untrue.”
source : yahoo