It's Over... Like We Knew It Would Be

"Madonna and her toyboy lover Jesus Luz have decided to part ways after they ran out of things to talk about. Madonna and Luz, who is 28-year her junior, have blamed the age difference and lack of common interest for the end of their romance."

Really? And this is news? Plzzzzz.

The busy work schedule of the 51-year-old singer is also said to be a factor in their break-up, Sun reported online. "It was not only totally amicable but it was Luz who initiated the split," the sources said.

Oh, when has it not been a factor? Madonna puts her career in front of everything, even her children. That's why they are mostly raised by nannies and bodyguards, instead of their own mother. She's just too busy flashing her crotch to the world, making another forgettable album or reaching for the next goal/record to break -instead of actually living in realtime and being present to those around her, and stopping to confront her own fears.

It's quite ironic that Madonna is perceived to be strong. She is actually weak. She has ran away all her life, trying to escape the pain of life - just look at all her songs, she is rarely happy and always escaping into something. Most of her songs are full of melancholy and insecurity and tries to convince everyone - perhaps herself above everyone else - that everything is going to be alright and she will win in the end. A lot of them also have the blame factor. She is always being hurt, she is always the victim. She denies being one, but infact working through her problems the way she does, she makes herself one. In the process she has built herself an empire but that does not make her strong. That makes her quite a sad figure, cos she did it while desperately trying to be better, stronger, more whole, while using all the wrong methods. She was unhappy before and she is still unhappy, only richer. Due to her escapism, she has prevented all true envolvement of her character, humanity, capability to love and recieve love and even to experience her own life, her own self as it is. She's in denial, has always been. A little girl blaming everyone else for her sadness and unhappiness and misfortune, when she herself has created the pattern and invited it all in.

Madonna, who is the mother of four children, has told friends she and Brazilian Jesus are at "different places" in their lives. "The problem is as simple as it is obvious - it''s the age difference. How long could it last? How it even lasted a year seems a miracle to a lot of people," a friend of the singer said. "They are in such different places in their lives. They both benefited, but it's pretty much over now. Or as Madonna told me, ''We've just run out of things to talk about. It's really pushing it for us to have common ground these days. We have Kabbalah, that's about it".

Where have we heard this before? Sounds so familiar. Wasn't it the same thing that happened to Madonna and Guy Ritchie? Didn't they too just run out of things to talk about, besides Kabbalah. Though Guy presumably saw through the bull**t and left the cult while Madonna is only diving deeper into it. In fact, she is more Kabbalah than anything else these days. She doesn't even seem to be a popstar anymore, she seems to be a world-wide preacher brainwasher, a leader and face of a cult, plunging the ideas of the mysticism into the hearts of... well, just about anyone: fans, friends, orphans, everyone is a target. Anyone who is not into her cult, find themselves out of her circle. And like her past proves, it's good riddens one way or another for whatever reason always when it comes to people. She is a big time user, not just professionally but also personally. She just sucks what she can get and moves on. Opportunistic monster, really.

Just flip through her albums (from ROL forward) and most of the songs and any other presentation she gives are about the ideas and the magic of Kabbalah, which is nothing but witchcraft in the end. You'd need to be quite blind not recognize how Kabbalah has changed and manifested in Madonna's work. Before she put her insecurity on the record, experimenting with many things which we will later write about, and then she started to write about Kabbalah and hasn't stopped since. In the end, Kabbalah too is another way to escape for Madonna - promising that she is the master of her own destiny, that she is a magical wizard of sorts, that she will never die, that it brings her good fortune and protects her. Which is probably the reason why she feels so strongly about it. But in the process she has changed into a darker, gloomier, almost emotionless creature. It oozes out of her like joy of performing used to shine through her in the early days. We can only imagine how ugly she really is underneath all her veils and masks, what her true self is like. We've got climpses of it on the way but fans are always eager to put those things aside. But they mount up eventually. Truth always wins in the end. That is if you are ready to receive it and not deny it. Truth is good and it does set you free. Don't walk away from it like Madonna does.

It's no wonder, Madonna and Jesus Luz didn't make it. He was just entertainment for Madonna. I mean, come on: What chance did they ever have of staying together? No chance whatsoever. She simply used him to get publicity, and he did the same. They both needed a career boost.

Perhaps Madonna will call Sean now? Can you imagine Sean attending Kabbalah meetings with her? Talking about being the wizards of the universe? We don't see that happening. He's too clever for that. But you simply never know which is the next avenue Madonna will explore to publicize herself, flaunt herself, sell herself, escape herself. We just have to wait and see.

Madonna's Generous Heart - Not!

After the very tragic Haiti earthquake Madonna donated $250,000 to the cause, wishing that both her fans and celebrity friends join in on the cause, and dared to say "match my donation". Well, later when the friends started giving, we learned that Madonna's "generous" donation was actually among the smallest donations made by the world-known artists - it was about quarter of what her friends parted with. Some smaller stars gave smaller sums but the very competent and so loving Madonna was pretty much the cheapest donator among the big ones.

Fans adored her for being so generous, the press got all crazy over it, MTV kissed her butt when she gave a lame half-assed performance of her so-overdone "Like A Prayer" (she has performed this on pretty much every benefit ever broadcasted). Well, I guess we can at least take comfort that she didn't pick "Ray of Light", one of her most kabbalistic and self-centred tracks available which too has been heard way too many times on such events. We can also be joyful that she stayed quite in tune and that she didn't play Mother Theresa and sing her "Hey You". While performing "Like A Prayer", she did forget lyrics of the song though... or are we supposed to believe that she decided to left that part out? Oh we don't think so. The bad news for Madonna is that the performance is on sale. Poor Madge. The quality just goes down, down, down and the rumours about her upcoming album cannot give any smiles for the fans either, after all it seems that another trainwreck HC album is on the way.

Anyways, back to the original topic: it is very telling that Madonna is willing to invest into a coconut drink the amount of $1.5 million in comparison to giving out "only" quarter of a million to suffering, dying, wounded, orphaned, homeless people of Haiti. But you know why this is: charity doesn't add to your bank account, investing does. What some people call Madonna's generous heart, we call a cold tiny stone. She's always been around for the money and she always will be. What's the death of approximately 170,000 people and lots more wounded, the conditions of thousands of orphans, the lack of clean water & food in addition to rebuilding an entire nation compared to... well, making cocunut-water popsicles? I guess we can rest our case on this one!

Story from The New York Post about Madonna's coconut water investment:

Madonna is so nuts for coconut water that she invested about US$1.5 million in one of the leading makers of the drink, which has taken Hollywood and New York by storm, The New York Post reported Sunday.

The Material Girl singer, who started drinking coconut water on her world tour last year, is lobbying business ideas at New York-based Vita Coco company, said her manager Guy Oseary.
Oseary said she has spoken to company founder Michael Kirban about her ideas for the drink which includes making coconut-water Popsicles.

Oseary is also investing seven figures in the company and has rounded up friends - actors Mathew McConaughey and Demi Moore, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Anthony Kiedis, who are making smaller, but "significant investments."

The total investments, estimated to be under $10 million, will amount to a minority stake in Vita Coco, which has been valued at between $120 and $140 million by industry analysts.
Madonna is so enthusiastic about coconut water - the clear juice from young, green coconuts, not the brown coconuts that have a milky liquid center - that she drank fresh coconut juice daily on the overseas leg of the Sticky & Sweet tour. There is also talk that she might make a follow-up investment.

Oseary said he and Madonna were attracted to the financial side of the business because it is vertically integrated - they own their own factories - and because they are independent.
"The fact that they are saying no to everyone who wants them is pretty cool," he said. "You want to go to the party that no one else is invited to."

Vita Coco, which expected to log $40 million in sales this year, turned down multi-million dollar investments from beverage industry giants Coke and Pepsi - opting to try to make it alone in the highly competitive water wars.

Vita Coco has 60 per cent of the market, but competes with two other brands, Zico and ONE.
Kirban, 34, who started the company with pal Ira Liran in 2004, hopes to use the investor cash to expand distribution beyond New York and LA.

70s Photography: "She's Not Me - She's A Copy Machine"

To those who have read this blog for some time and checked out the "She's Not Me - She's A Copy Machine" section, you won't be surprised that there is more...

Here is some 70s photography (or video footage, we are not sure) that Madonna convieniently happened to channel around mid-2000 while shooting a backdrop video, where they also took some pictures that would later appear in the cover of a magazine. Unfortunately we were unable to identify the woman in the original photos/film stills along with the original photographer/director who shoot them, so we need to present this one without further details. However, if you recall the Guy Bourdin case in which Madonna was forced to pay up for copyright infringement concerning her "Hollywood" video, this one looks more than similar to that one.

Madonna has basically taken the concept as it is, using the same type of set, wardrobe, hair, jewelry, mirrors - the whole artistic look. The end result is so strikingly similar that you gotta be careful picking out what picture is from the 70s and what is from Madonna's photoshoot.

If this photographer would be alive he would most likely be able to sue her for copyright enfringement. Or perhaps Madonna got a tiny bit smarter after the Bourdin fiasco and she actually paid to use the material as her source of "inspiration" for this one. We doubt it, considering her past record of stepping on people just to get ahead in her career. But even if she did pay, it does not take away the fact that she is again riding on someone elses creativity, not her own. It makes her a great copycat, but hardly an innovative artist.

"Keep your eyes on the prize and don't get distracted", she blurped to Adam Lambert not too long ago. Let's just hope she didn't teach him the fine art of people usage.

It's fine to take inspiration and pay tributes to other creative people. But when you do it for 25 years in a row and all you seem to put out are remakes of something already existing it inevitably casts a long dark shadow over what has been hailed as the showbiz career beyond comparison.

With Madonna, there is always one story she and her publicists say and then there is another story that is hidden from everyone. You just got to find that other story and bring it to light. We've been doing it for some time, translating her if you will. She's clever alright. But once you are not under her charms, she is also very see-through.

Ray of Fright!

You might think it's someone straight from the Massacre movies, but it's actually Madonna going to the movies in New York with her toyboy Jesus Luz. We watched as Michael Jackson started to wear masks to hide away from the cameras, and now it seems we are bound to witness the same with the queen of publicity.

But it's always fun to speculate why she felt compelled to do this. It might have been the cold? It's unlikely since she is wearing a scarf that does not warm you up in the least. She might have wanted to hide away from the papa-paparazzi. Partly true perhaps - but it's not exactly a good idea to use your signature wardrobe if you want to go unnoticed.. so we don't really believe this was the reason either. It seems more credible that Madonna simply doesn't want her face to appear in any paparazzi photos - we all know how terribly cruel those photos can be, revealing everything a public figure might want to hide. She seems to be set on presenting the public only what she wants them to see - which is a photoshopped beauty, not the real her. Well, that's really the story of her life - presenting herself as someone who she is not.

But the fact is Madonna is terrified of growing old and especially looking like a 51 year old woman. You know, it brings up nasty confusing questions like: "Am I really immortal? Doesn't the blah blah I believe and donate to prevent me from dying?" Well, we know the answer to those. No, sorry, you are not immortal. Your blah blah does not save you. You'll grow old and die just like the rest of us. Just get over it.

Madonna Screen Tragedy: Lost The Role of Her Life

Let's kick off the new year, readers!

Most fans remember how Madonna appeared in a cartoonish adventure movie "Arthur and the Invisibles" in 2006, lending her voice to one of its characters, Princess Selenia. The movie was directed by French film director, Luc Besson. Back then, Madonna's character was described in the following manner:

"Selenia is the daughter of the King of the Minimoys. Despite appearing haughty and arrogant she is an honorable and caring individual who is determined to protect her people from the evil of Malthazar. She has a somewhat antagonistic relationship with Arthur at first, believing him to be her inferior. However, after he draws the Sword of the Minimoys from the Stone, she comes to respect him. During their journey they fall in love. Selenia is a formidable fighter and possesses great if unexercised intelligence."

As Madonna may possess in real life as well, or perhaps not... She also got her signature move into the movie in 2006: her character is showing and wiggling her firm butt while entering a car.

The sequel to the adventures of Arthur was expected for Christmas 2009 but it has been delayed. When it finally comes out, Madonna will not be in it. Perhaps because in three years time the badly mannered warrior Princess Selenia has blossomed into a beautiful woman -while Madonna has turned into this expressionless nostalgia mask. We would bet our money that if the real Madonna was to replace the wax Madonna of Tokyo, no one would notice the difference - before she would throw her first tantrum that is... =)

In any case, it is rather sad that Madonna did not make it to the sequel because while watching her performance in Arthur and the Invisibles, you cannot help but think that perhaps this was the best movie role she ever had the privilige to play and also the only one where audiences don't have to cringe. As the minimoy princess Madonna is just about fantastic -her performance is saved by the fact that you just cannot see her and at times she doesn't even sound like her, which could only be considered as a bonus.

Happy Holidays - Thank You For This Year!

We want to thank all our readers for this year. Lots more interesting, mindblowing, aggravating, unbelievable Madonna revelations coming up next year. Happy detoxing for 2010. Make sure to tune in, we ain't even close to being finished unmasking the icon we loved.

Demented Dafne - our pet character and a former Madonna fan recouperating from her addictions to the Diva Disasterous - wanted to record her own message for the holidays, and we are now happily broadcasting it straight from Dr.Bitchslap's Institute of Mental Disorders' own radio station, Radio Nut. We can only be amazed at how similar she sounds in comparison to Madonna's "Santa Baby" cover. Like twins seperated at birth! See you next year, folks!

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JT wins for causes celebre

Apparently JT is also Bringin' Charity Back.

The Daily Beast's Celebrity Impact Rankings, a number-crunching exercise to determine which celebrities earned the most dollars toward their favorite causes, puts Justin Timberlake at the top of a 50-celebrity list, easily outpointing such well-known do-gooders as Bono and Madonna.

The Daily Beast used a complicated system that included personal donations and also calculated the dollar value of every major-media mention and online presence linking the celebrity with his/her pet cause.

(Justin Timberlake does work for the Shriners Hospitals for Children. That mention alone just upped his impact by another $35,000.)

Their surprising results? The Beast pegs Timberlake's impact at more than $9 million, well ahead of Madonna's $5.5 million for Raising Malawi and Pamela Anderson's $4.8 million for PETA. On the other hand, celebs such as Paris Hilton, the Beast says, "barely make enough of a dent to justify sending a limo over."

It's worth noting that the Daily Beast's numbers considered only a celebrity's primary charity. That might have been a disadvantage to celebs who raise money for multiple good causes.

Other names in the top 10 were Bono, George Clooney, Salma Hayek, Angelina Jolie, Rihanna, Shakira and Oprah Winfrey. *Courtesy of Chicagotribune.com

Readers Vote Britney Spears The Best Live Act Of 2009

Although the U.S. suffered one of its worst economic downturns in its history, it seemed more pop acts decided to hit the road than ever before, including the first tour in years for acts like Britney Spears, No Doubt, and Blink 182. But with some of the biggest tours hitting venues around the country, these are the Best Live Acts of 2009 as voted by CNS readers.

1. Britney Spears: The pop princess embarked on her first tour in five years with "The Circus starring Britney Spears" and silenced critics and naysayers after completing nearly 100 sold-out shows across the U.S., UK, and Australia. She played ringleader, lady cop, and Perez Hilton assassin during her 90-minute set which included hits "Toxic," "Womanizer," and a surprisingly adept cover of Alanis Morissette's "You Oughta Know."

2. Lady Gaga: Gaga saved the blood and the bottle-breaking for television appearances, but toured her hits and signature wacky outfits on her "Fame" and "Monster Ball." She downsized her failed arena tour with Kanye West to pack her little monsters into clubs and theaters for sold out dates all over the country.

3. Beyonce: Beyonce showed just who she was on her "I Am..." world tour: emotive balladeer, naughty girl, and "Single Ladies"-singing show-stopper.

4. Pink: Pink's high-flying "Sober" performance at the MTV Video Music Awards was just a preview of the hi-jinks the singer gets into on her "Funhouse" world tour, which became the highest-grossing tour by a female in Australia

5. Green Day: Green Day embarked on a nationwide tour in support of "21st Century Breakdown," which included over 15 years of Green Day hits along with cuts from their critically-acclaimed new album, which showed that there's no breakdown in one of the best live rock acts in the world.

6. Madonna: Madonna reprised her "Sticky & Sweet Tour" for some overseas dates which out-grossed every other female in the touring game.

7. Muse: The English rockers took their "Resistance" out on the road for the first time this year, uprising thousands of fans for sold-out arena shows and festivals all over the world.

8. No Doubt: Gwen Stefani and the boys hit the road for the first time in five years, rocking out hits like "Spiderwebs," "Ex-Girlfriend," and "Don't Speak" as if "Hollaback Girl" had never happened.

9. U2: With its giant claw-like structure, thousands of fans surround the band on their "U2 360° Tour," earning even bigger raves for its impressive design and effects than their performance.

10. Kylie Minogue: The Australian pop star hit North America for the first time for her "For You, For Me" Tour, finally gracing her American fans with a career-spanning set of her biggest hits.

Just Outside the Top 10: Kelly Clarkson, Blink 182, Tori Amos *Courtesy of AllHeadlineNews

It's time to stop pretending we don't notice Madonna's rapidly changing face

Disclaimer: I have nothing against (good) plastic surgery. Real talk, let me see a wrinkle or something slipping prematurely and I will be booking a flight to Boca to see Dr. Fleishman before you can say 'more painkillers, please.'

Oh sure, I used to be one of those finger-wagging people that thought chopping up the face was some sort of blasphemous act, but come on. We bleach our teeth, get weaves, wear fake nails, add lifts in our shoes, spray on tans and do tons more things in the name of cosmetic vanity, and no one thinks those are considered odd. If there's something about your appearance that makes you self-conscious and you have a means of fixing it, by all means, slice it up.

That being said, WTH is going on with Madonna's face? Have you seen it lately?

This is so jarring because, once upon a time, Madonna was the poster girl for (slightly pretentious) yoga rejuvenation. Yet on the low, homegirl was quietly pumping her face full of more chemicals. It was just a year ago that New York magazine was gushing about how the Medical Material Girl was the new face of, well, face: she personified the new(ish) move towards getting more youthful and natural looking injections and fillers, rather than old-school nips and tucks. (BTW, there's an amazing medical spa on Granby Street, Skin, which has fierce relatively low-priced injections that will take decades off your face. Ask me how I know!)

Anyhoo, yes, Madonna. Just as recently as "Confessions" she looked, you know, mature, but juicy and plump in the face. (Yet, you can always tell by the hands. A woman like say, Demi More, can look like a 25-year-old above the neck, yet be spooked when you look down at her hands. You know the type, that 5th Avenue, stay-in-Chanel lady whose paws look like a three-dimensional subway map. Yes. Whoever comes up with hand plastic surgery will die rich. And also, did you see that Saturday Night Live with Madonna and Lady Gaga? Madge has the floppy, wiggly pancake booty of an 82-year-old man. And to be clear, I never want to see that in a leotard.)

So, yeah. While she once looked dubiously youthful, Madonna's new face is chopped and screwed harder than a Lil Wayne track. Look at that ad above! It's like she's always saying, 'Who?' or 'How?'

Poor thing. Probably will only be able to drink through a straw by 2015. *Courtesy of hamptonroads.com

Miley Cyrus Slams Angelina Jolie and Madonna

Miley Cyrus lashed out at Angelina Jolie and Madonna in an interview on an Irish celebrity TV show. The Hannah Montana star says she “really disagrees” with Jolie and Madonna putting their children in the public eye.

Jolie and her partner Brad Pitt are often photographed out in public with their 6 children. The couple has also sold pictures of their children to magazines. All profits from the magazine spreads went to charity. Madonna is also photographed with her 3 children often. *Courtesy of transworldnews

A Thousand-Headed Crowd Says: Madonna No Longer Admirable

Suunto sport watches have conducted a survey which polled 1,000 UK consumers. The survey reveals, among other things that Madonna is no longer that admirable. Another bullet on the Material Girl's vest which seems to be full of holes.

What makes this most interesting is that Madonna's "rival" Kylie Minogue has been crowned the most admired female celebrity of the decade. Minogue, known for her own longevity in the music business, her career spanning from the 80s till the present time and with a first successful American tour under her belt, claimed nearly half of all votes (48%). She beat the supposed queen of pop, Madonna by a long shot. Madonna got only 13.5% of the votes. What makes it even more embarrasing for Madonna is that Victoria Beckham, the wife of footballer David Beckham and ex-member of Spice Girls got 13.5% of votes as well, meaning that Madonna and Victoria have a tie.

They also share something else: Victoria is obsessed with her tiny body and looks more anorexic each time you look at her - a similar obsession is part of Madonna's daily life. Victoria can't really sing either - while Madonna is unable to carry a tune without a vocalizer these days. They could be twins - only Victoria has thinner ankles. =)

Congratulations to Kylie!

Madonna 'celebration' rocks Madame Tussauds Hong Kong

The flash of cameras filled Madame Tussauds Hong Kong, as the attraction unveiled Madonna’s wax likeness, as well as hosting the “So You Think You Can Dance…Like Madonna?” competition, bringing an all-new interactive dance experience to guests just in time for the Christmas season.

During the event, the finalists got their groove on and went head to head live, before the attraction unveiled the superstar’s all-new look with the help of William Chan, one of the hottest local dance icons. The unveiling also marked the release of Madonna’s all-new greatest hits album “Celebration”, earlier in 2009.

“Madonna is undoubtedly the Queen of Pop, known for her high-energy dancing and singing that has rocked audiences and venues around the world. With the Christmas season fast approaching, our new interactive experience is set to immerse guests in excitement at Madame Tussauds Hong Kong like never before and help them celebrate the holidays with some unbelievable dancing fun,” said Bret Pidgeon, General Manager of Madame Tussauds Hong Kong and Shanghai. *Courtesy of indianexpress.com

Malawi appeals for international help after quake

BLANTYRE, Malawi — Disaster officials in Malawi are appealing for international help after a powerful earthquake killed at least three people and damaged thousands of homes.

Lilian Ng'oma, the Commissioner for Disaster Management Affairs, told The Associated Press Monday from northern Malawi that the situation was "pathetic and sad," with thousands of homes uninhabitable following Sunday's 6.0-magnitude quake in the Karonga district.

The Malawi Red Cross Society and Ng'oma's department have provided some tents, but local official Gasten Macheka said many more are needed.

"We need at least 48,000 tents to cater for the 270, 000 people in the district," he said.

Macheka said 1,111 houses were destroyed by the quake and more than 3,565 were damaged and may collapse. People who have yet to get tents are staying in the open air while water is seen gushing from the ground from broken sewers.

In some areas there are no houses standing.

Macheka said at least three people were killed and 200 injured Sunday.

Karonga District health officer James Mpunga said close to 300 people were treated for varying degrees of injuries from broken bones to skin lacerations.

"We are still receiving more patients from outlaying areas," he said.

The Karonga district in northern Malawi has been hit by a series of earthquakes and aftershocks since the beginning of December. Tremors also shook the district Sunday night.

Parts of Malawi that lie in the Great Rift Valley are prone to quakes. *Courtesy of The Associated Press

Madonna top celebrity of the decade

Madonna was declared the "most famous celebrity of the decade", in a column inch countdown of British national newspapers.

Robbie Williams, who has enjoyed comeback success this year, was the most written-about male celeb of the past 10 years.

Michael Jackson, whose death in June - just before he was due to embark on a marathon string of London concerts - sent shockwaves around the world, was the best-documented star of 2009 in the survey.

Man of the moment and Britain's Got Talent and X Factor supremo Simon Cowell was in second place in the survey which covered 2009 up to December 7.

Others catapulted into the limelight thanks to Cowell's talent shows include Susan Boyle, who researchers found had 3,170 pieces written about her in 2009, and twins John and Edward Grimes, collectively known as Jedward, who attracted 1,112 articles due to their X Factor success.

Cheryl Cole's national newspaper popularity increased almost three-fold following her role as a judge in The X Factor, according to the research.

In 2007, the Girls Aloud singer had 884 articles written about her, but this number increased to 2,241 in 2008 and a further 3,745 reports appeared this year, which means that she is the fourth most written about celebrity of 2009.

With a high profile marriage and divorce, adoption bids and one of the most successful careers around, Madonna has accrued 45,633 mentions over the decade.

This was around 17,000 more news articles than her nearest rival Williams.

The study was commissioned by online UK TV channel Liv, which features style and celebrity programming.*Courtesy of Press Association

*Madonna has no doubt been mentioned in the press over the last decade in several countries, but what percentage of it was about her music? Over the past ten years we have heard about her troubled marriage -then her divorce, her bad acting, her adoption fiascos, her charity, her wardrobe and hairstyle, her terribly muscular body, her kiss with Brit, her move to Live Nation, overpriced concert tickets, buying more properties, and her new lover. Proving to the confused masses that tabloid fodder does not a relevant pop star make. Let us not forget that Madonna is a master at the press coverage game-she created this category decades ago. Since when is what she does in her personal life the same as being musically relevant? It's not. And Madonna's album sales tell us a completely different story from the one she has been trying to sell us for years.