Madonna performs in Paris during her Re-Invention Tour (September 01 2004) LFI

I read you worshipped Madonna when you were a kid. I did have this epiphany when I was watching her on TV. It occurred to me that one could perform as one’s job. That could be a vocation and that was pretty exciting to me. I remember jumping up and down on the bed. I think [...]

Vanilla Ice has revealed that he never expected to date Madonna for eight months. The 42-year-old, who collaborated with Jedward on debut single ‘Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby)’, admitted that he had a “cool” time with Madonna at the height of his fame in 1990. “I didn’t expect someone so famous to even know who I was,” [...]

Vanilla Ice has revealed that he never expected to date Madonna for eight months.

The 42-year-old, who collaborated with Jedward on debut single ‘Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby)’, admitted that he had a “cool” time with Madonna at the height of his fame in 1990.

“I didn’t expect someone so famous to even know who I was,” he said.

“Madonna and I dated for about eight months, it was cool. We had to put on all sorts of disguises to meet up – wigs, make-up, the lot.”

The star, who later attempted suicide after reportedly battling drug dependency, claimed that he suffered being in the spotlight.

“That level of fame is really damaging to your sanity. I couldn’t go to the shops, visit my family, chat with friends in the street. That’s what led me to go on the downward spiral. I was looking for an escape but looking in the wrong places,” he said.

“After the suicide attempt I moved away from where I was living in Dallas, changed my number and didn’t speak to anyone. I just cut myself off from Vanilla Ice. That was the year I met Laura, which was a huge turning point.”

Vanilla Ice married Laura in 1997. The couple have daughters Dusti, 12, and nine-year-old KeeLee.

Source: http://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/news/a201968/vanilla-ice-madonna-romance-was-cool.html

Madonna’s Malawi school forced villagers to relocate

London (ANI): African villagers have claimed they are being forced to relocate to give way to a new school in Malawi funded by Madonna’s Raising Malawi charity. As many as 200 villagers were being shifted from their ancestral land and claimed they were being poorly compensated by the Queen of Pop, who agreed to pay 70,000 pounds in damages.

“My sisters and I inherited this land from our parents, whose parents have been here for over a hundred years. How can I get only K200,000? (850 pounds)” the Daily Express quoted one unhappy villager, Amos Mkuyu, as saying.

District commissioner Charles Kalemba told the villagers in Chinkhota: “The 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. This school is the future of our children. You are lucky that Madonna has compensated you for your houses, gardens and trees.” Village head man Binson Chinkhota said: “We have been compensated and this school is a pride for us as it is the future of our children.”

Anjimile Mtila-Oponyo, the school’s principal-designate, added: “We stalled for some months because of the land dispute. We are now in full swing and set to meet the 2011 deadline.”

Source: http://entertainment.oneindia.in/music/international/2010/madonna-school-malawi-villagers-080210.html

African villagers have claimed they are being forced to relocate to give way to a new school in Malawi funded by Madonna’s Raising Malawi charity. As many as 200 villagers were being shifted from their ancestral land and claimed they were being poorly compensated by the Queen of Pop, who agreed to pay 70,000 pounds in [...]

Madonna in Florence with Lola and her friends Katia and Marielle Labèque (July 22 1999) LFI

Madonna and her entourage dine at Le Costes at The Ritz hotel in Paris (July 08 2009) Fame

Madonna with her kids at the Kabbalah centre in New York (February 05 2010)

Madonna with her kids at the Kabbalah centre in New York (February 05 2010) GossipCenter