Madonna and Angelina in the mother of all catfights

For Hollywood's right-on set, the gala premiere this week of a documentary about the plight of Sudanese tribesmen was the highlight of the socially-conscious calendar. As Nicole Kidman and fellow actor Edward Norton mingled with the A-list crowd, a fragile and hunched figure frantically pushed her way through the melee until she alighted upon the African 'stars' of the film, standing alone in a tight huddle.
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Then, after waiting for the paparazzi to line up in front of her, Angelina Jolie bestowed a beatific smile on this somewhat bemused contingent as the flashguns popped around them.

For the divine Miss Jolie it was just too good a photo opportunity to pass up - not least because it provided her with the ammunition for another salvo in a bitter (but oh so entertaining) feud over who can truly claim the title of Tinseltown's selfappointed angel of mercy.
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Her opponent for the crown is none other than the Queen of Pop herself, Madonna. Such is the level of vitriol between the two stars that the pillow-lipped Miss Jolie broke cover this week to accuse her rival of 'illegally' adopting her oneyearold Malawian son, David Banda.

Miss Jolie's attack came after the singer went on the offensive herself, branding Miss Jolie and her boyfriend, Brad Pitt, as 'idiots' after they declared their ambition to build their own 'rainbow coalition' of international adoptees.

Little wonder Hollywood is lapping up this delicious catfight between two of the world's biggest female stars, especially as, if rumours are to be believed, it is lent added spice by something of a Sapphic frisson.
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The Mail has learnt that a lipstick lesbian is writing a no-holds-barred book in which she will describe in graphic detail how she was a lover of the stunning actress and the singer at the same time.

Jenny Shimizu, a 39-year-old model, will allege that Madonna flew her around the world for secret liaisons before she married the film director Guy Ritchie. Their affair, she says, coincided with an equally passionate fling with the leggy Miss Jolie.
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All steamy stuff, and the discovery that they are alleged to have been competitors for the affections of the crop-haired Miss Shimizu will, doubtless, do nothing to improve relations between the two stars.

They fell out after 31-year-old Jolie, who has herself adopted two children from the Third World, counselled Madonna over her plans to adopt a baby of her own.

The singer's friends say she was inundated with a flurry of hectoring e-mails from the campaigning Miss Jolie after Pitt, who is friends with Ritchie, persuaded the couple over dinner that they should consider giving a home to a child.
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But when Miss Jolie heard that the Ritchies were planning to take on an African child, she is said to have insisted that they secretly visit orphanages in Ethiopia where Miss Jolie found her daughter, Zahara, almost two. (She also has a five-year-old Cambodian son, Maddox, as well as her natural baby daughter by Pitt, Shiloh.)

It was not advice Madonna was inclined to take. Instead, amid a frenzy of publicity, she travelled to Malawi in October to carry out the controversial adoption of baby David.

The snub did not go down well with Miss Jolie. Within days, she was bemoaning to friends the trend of celebrities 'jumping on the adoption bandwagon' to buy themselves positive publicity, although she pointedly refused to name Madonna.
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Then, this week, the Oscar-winning actress waded in, telling a French magazine: 'Madonna knew the situation in Malawi, where he (David) was born. It is a country where there is no legal framework for adoption. Personally, I prefer to stay on the right side of the law. I would never take a child away from a place where adoption is illegal.'

Unsurprisingly, Madonna is said to be ' apoplectic' over the remarks, particularly as she has yet to be granted full custody of David and is facing a renewed onslaught from human rights groups in Malawi who say she and Ritchie used their celebrity and a £1.7 million donation to the orphanage where David lived to bypass the law governing adoptions by foreigners.

At the same time, she has been hit by revelations this week that she is paying the tuition fees for a Malawian government official whose colleagues helped the singer with the adoption. Madonna reportedly agreed to fund civil servant Willard Manjolo's degree at Swansea University in June last year, four months before she was given the allclear to bring the boy home to Britain.
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The revelations come as David's father, Yohane Banda, complained this week that he can't contact the 48-year-old singer to find out about his son.

'I don't have her phone and mailing addresses,' he told a Malawian newspaper. 'All I want is to find out how my son is, but I don't know how I can do it.'

Hardly the best time, then, for Miss Jolie's highly public comments, which came barely a month after she criticised David's adoption in another magazine interview.
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That caused Madonna to respond with a stinging swipe of her own, in which she openly ridiculed Miss Jolie and Pitt over their scheme to build an orphanage in India. She said: 'I'm not interested in going there like an idiot and going, "OK, I'm going to build ten orphanages and I'll see you guys later".

'I've joined the UN and become an ambassador, visited various countries and just showed up and smiled and looked concerned. But that's not getting to the root of the problem and neither is building orphan care centres.'

That wounding riposte is reported to have left Miss Jolie - herself an ambassador for the UN High Commission for Refugees - seething, with a friend saying: 'Angelina is shocked. She can't believe it. She was asking: "Where did that come from?" It just seemed like a very personal attack.
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'Angelina thinks the worst part of it all is that Madonna could have used the opportunity to say something that could actually be of benefit to someone.'

Nor have some inside Madonna's camp stopped there. Publicly, her fiercely protective publicist Liz

Rosenberg played down the rift this week, but added pointedly: 'True, it might have been easier had Madonna adopted a child from another country, but Madonna doesn't shy away from things because they are difficult.'
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Privately, however, others in her camp laid into Miss Jolie, with one saying sneeringly: 'Angelina seems to think she has got a monopoly on being the good Samaritan, but quite frankly criticising Madonna for adopting David is a case of the pot and the kettle.'

Indeed, Miss Jolie might not be on the safest of ground, given that the U.S.-based agency she employed to organise her adoption of her son Maddox in 2002 was later found to be the front for a baby-trafficking and money-laundering outfit.

Two years later, Lauryn Galindo, the boss of Seattle International Adoptions, was sentenced to 18 months in a U.S. jail for visa fraud. While American parents such as Miss Jolie paid an average of £7,000 to the company to arrange the adoptions of Cambodian 'orphans', many of the children were bought from their dirt-poor parents for as little as a bag of rice.

When the scandal was exposed, the U.S. government and several other countries shut down adoptions from Cambodia, although it should be said Miss Jolie knew nothing of the illegal trade and there is no evidence Maddox was not an orphan.

Nor has it tempered the actress's desire to add to her multi-national menagerie, dubbed the United Colours of Brangelina (the nickname for the couple, merging 'Brad' and 'Angelina').
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Indeed, this week Miss Jolie was saying publicly that she wants at least 13 adopted children while she bizarrely described Shiloh, her seven-month-old natural daughter, as 'a blob'.

'I feel so much more for Mad and Zee because they're survivors,' said Miss Jolie. 'They came through so much. Shiloh seemed so privileged from the moment she was born.'

Hardly typical maternal sentiments. But then friends close to the star couple, who fell for each other on the set of the film Mr And Mrs Smith two years ago while 43-year-old Pitt was still married to actress Jennifer Aniston, paint a somewhat colourful picture of life with the decidedly odd Miss Jolie.
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They say that she recently walked out of the minimalist Malibu mansion she shares with Pitt and left him minding the children while she checked into the suite of a Beverly Hills hotel - to learn French. They also told the Mail she complained that she had been trying to concentrate on her studies, but was being disturbed by her children. She was, apparently, away for some days.

Meanwhile, she is said to insist that she and Pitt regularly fly their single-engine Cirrus SR22 plane to a ramshackle airfield in the middle of the Californian desert, where they pick up motorcycles and spend several days sleeping rough to 'reconnect' with nature.
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Not that the couple aren't also prone to the usual Hollywood excesses. Three months ago they spent £200,000 on works by trendy British 'guerilla artist' Banksy at a show in Los Angeles.

One, a bust of a man with a bleeding bullet hole in the forehead, set them back £40,000 and they also shelled out £120,000 on a painting called Picnic, which depicts a white family of four lunching under an umbrella while 15 starving Africans look on.

The irony of their own conspicuous consumption was, it seems, lost on the couple.
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But in true humanitarian style, the pair spurned festive celebrations to spend Christmas Day with refugees (and an invited camera crew) in Costa Rica.

Meanwhile, it seems it is Pitt who takes on the bulk of childcare chez Brangelina, with the actress letting slip in the same interview this week: 'Each morning I'm woken by Brad, who gets agitated by changing the nappies of Zahara and Shiloh at the same time.'

Hardly surprising, then, that the formerly high-living Pitt chose to spend a New Year holiday drinking beer with a bunch of male friends on a yacht in the Virgin Islands.
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Nor is it surprising that rumours about the state of their relationship continue, particularly as twice-married Miss Jolie insists she has no intention of making it legal.

At the same time the actress is looking increasingly skinny, with newspapers running pictures this week of bulging veins in her bony arms and hands, which experts blame on her punishing exercise regime. It is not, it's fair to say, a good look, but ironically it is shared by her rival Madonna whose dedication to working out has had the same unsightly effect.

Which brings us back to that feud and Madonna's insistence that - not content with one adopted child to add to her own children, Lourdes, ten, and Rocco, six - she now plans to return to Malawi to adopt a baby girl.

Would it be too cynical to suggest that, not to be outdone, we can expect a reciprocal (and highly public) act of compassion from the determined Miss Jolie some time in the near future?
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Madonna attends kids premiere



Madonna has made a special guest appearance at the premiere of her new animated movie.

Arthur And The Invisibles, which is made by critically-acclaimed French film director Luc Besson - best known for Leon and The Fifth Element - follows a boy's journey to save his family home from real estate developers.
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Madge, who premiered her movie for children from two New York schools, plays Princess Selenia a mysterious character who helps Arthur save his family home.

She said: "I think she's (Princess Selenia) cool. What do I mean by cool? I think she's a perfect combination of being vulnerable and really strong.
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"I think she has a sense of humour yet she has a little bit of consciousness about herself. She loves her dad but she's also independent. She knows how to fight and she's got cool hair. What more could you ask for?"

Arthur and the Invisibles stars Mia Farrow and Freddie Highmore and features the voices of Jason Bateman, David Bowie, Robert De Niro, Emilio Estevez, Jimmy Fallon, Harvey Keitel, Chazz Palminteri, and Snoop Dogg.


Madonna Pokes Fun At Britney's No-Underwear Controversy
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Madonna poked fun at former pal Britney Spears' taste for partying without her underwear on TV in America last night (January 11, 2007), calling the commando trend "dreadful."

The pop superstar, who once bared all for her controversial Sex book, told late night TV host David Letterman she was shocked by stories of party girls hitting the town without their underwear, and urged the broadcaster to send Spears a pair of hers.

She said, "I've been hearing these stories [and] it's dreadful. I love underpants... I brought you a pair."
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And when Letterman recalled the underwear Madonna gave him as a gift many years ago, stating, "I still have them," the singer joked, "Maybe you could send them to Britney."

The Material Girl added, "I live in England and so I'm pretty cut off from a lot of these stories - I only hear stuff about the royal family.
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"I've come to New York and the first thing I hear is about everyone not wearing underpants.. What's going on? It's freezing outside.

"It's a fashion trend... I hope the same thing doesn't happen for men."

Madonna and Spears 'Drifted Apart'
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Madonna hasn't kept in touch with Britney Spears since the two shared an infamous kiss at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards and insists they just "drifted apart."

The pair made headlines around the world when they sang together and engaged in a steamy lip-lock at end of their performance.

Madonna explains jokingly, "We just worked together at that period of time. We shared a kiss, and I never saw her again. That's how it is, I guess."
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Madonna claims it was difficult to stay in touch because she lives in London and Spears lives in Los Angeles and they both have families with young children.

She says, "I wouldn't say we're the best of friends. We just drifted apart. It was nothing intentional."
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Madonna Speaks Out on "Today"

January 11, 2007 - - In a live interview on NBC News' "Today", Madonna tells Meredith Vieira that she wishes people would stop "giving Rosie a hard time," and that she doesn't "think it's fair." The pop queen talks about her family life and her recently adopted son, David, her kiss with Britney Spears, and the paparazzi. She also discusses her new animated movie, Arthur and the Invisibles, in which she plays an elf princess.
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Regarding the feud between Rosie O'Donnell and Donald Trump:
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VIEIRA: Now, what is on your mind? I heard that Rosie is among the things on your mind.

MADONNA: Yeah.

VIEIRA: What about--you mean the conflict with Donald?
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MADONNA: Well, I mean, Rosie's a good friend of mine, and I have to tell you, I didn't know anything about it. Somebody told me about it when--I heard about it when I was in the middle of the Indian Ocean. So I sent her an e-mail, and I said, `Is everything OK? What's going on? I have to hear it from the horse's mouth.' And basically, I mean, I--she's a stand-up comic. I think all stand-up comics talk about provocative things in their--in their monologues before shows, and I think that's a commonplace thing. I don't know exactly the content of what she said, but I have a feeling that if every stand-up comic was penalized for saying politically incorrect things or provocative things, I think they'd all be hung in the public square. So if people are giving Rosie a hard time. I wish they'd stop. I don't think it's fair. But, you know.

Madonna defends her pal Rosie O'Donnell
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NEW YORK -- Rosie O'Donnell has a powerful ally in her feud with Donald Trump: her close friend Madonna.

"People are giving Rosie a hard time," Madonna, who starred with O'Donnell in 1992's "A League of Their Own," said Thursday. "I wish they'd stop. I don't think it's fair."

The 48-year-old pop star told "The Today Show" co-host Meredith Vieira that she'd first heard about the flare-up between O'Donnell and Trump while vacationing "in the middle of the Indian Ocean" and quickly e-mailed O'Donnell.
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"I have to hear it from the horse's mouth," Madonna said. "Basically, I mean, she's a stand-up comic. I think all stand-up comics talk about provocative things in their monologues before shows, and I think that's a commonplace thing."

"I don't know exactly the content of what she said," she continued, "but I have a feeling that if every stand-up comic was penalized for saying politically incorrect things or provocative things, I think they'd all be hung in the public square."

The Rosie-Donald feud began last month after Trump announced that Miss USA Tara Conner would keep her title, which had been in jeopardy because of underage drinking. He owns the pageant.
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O'Donnell, the outspoken moderator of CTV's "The View," hit a nerve when she said the twice-divorced real-estate mogul had no right to be "the moral compass for 20-year-olds in America." Trump fired back, calling her a "loser" and a "fat pig" in various media interviews.

Madonna appeared on "Today" to promote "Arthur and the Invisibles," a release by The Weinstein Co., slated to open Friday. Madonna, who voices the character of Princess Selenia, says playing a princess is "new" for her -- and her fans.

"They perceive me as a queen, not a princess," she joked, adding: "I just loved the idea of playing a character where I can create a fantasy world that has nothing to do with who I am, or what people associate with me."

Madonna: "England Is A Small Country With Only One City"
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Madonna thinks there is only one city in England. The pop superstar made the embarrassing gaffe about her adopted home during an interview on US TV to promote forthcoming animated movie 'Arthur And The Invincibles'.

Madonna - who lives in Wiltshire with her British film director husband Guy Ritchie - said: "England is a small country, there is only one city."

And according to the 'Hung Up' singer, the fact England is so small is the reason why celebrities like Prince William's girlfriend, Kate Middleton, are hounded so much by the paparazzi.
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The 48-year-old star explained: "There is a big concentration of celebrities living there so there is a handful of people that get a lot of harassment and are focused on."

Madonna - who recently adopted Malawian baby David Banda - moved to England permanently shortly after she started dating Guy, who she met in 1999 and married in December 2002.

Despite once admitting she would never have relocated to the UK if it wasn't for Guy, Madonna has embraced English culture in recent years.
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She has taken part in traditional country pursuits such as pheasant hunting, rambling and has confessed to a love of English beers

Madonna Storms Manhattan

Madonna capped off a busy promo day in NYC by hosting a screening of her new animated movie, "Arthur and the Invisibles," and then squeezed in a visit with David Letterman.
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Her Madgesty, who co-stars in the family adventure alongside Robert De Niro and Snoop Dogg, posed for pics with a few lucky kids -- and uber-producer Harvey Weinstein. Photogs caught the Material Mum in a near riot as she left the Ed Sullivan Theater after taping her "Late Show" appearance.

Earlier in the day, Madonna made a trip to the "Today" show, where she defended her pal Rosie O'Donnell, and had to defend herself from an overzealous Cybill Shepherd. All in a day's work for the Empress of Pop.
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