MADONNA has given her personal approval for an all-Material Girl episode of hit musical series GLEE.The show, which chronicles the lives and loves of a group of talented teens, has featured the hits of Rihanna, Amy Winehouse, Usher and Kanye West, among others - and now Madonna's music will feature throughout an entire episode, which is devoted to the singer. Madonna has given the show the rights to her entire catalog of music, according to EW.com.

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MADONNA is at the center of a lawsuit from a neighbor who has accused the singer of turning her New York City home into a rehearsal space.Karen George, who lives above the Material Girl in an apartment complex, is fed up with the loud music coming from the singer's home, according to the lawsuit she filed Friday (16Oct09) in Manhattan Supreme Court. George is also suing the members of the building's board, who she alleges have not done enough to quell the loud activity. The lawsuit states, "Madonna and one or more of her invited guests repeatedly dance to unreasonably high-decibel, amplified music, causing noise and vibration through the walls, ceilings and radiators."

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MADONNA has to sit in an ice bath for 10 minutes after every concert and undergo acupuncture therapy to relieve her aches and pains on the road.The 51-year-old pop superstar admits age and years of abuse on her body have caught up with her and now she has to take extra care to make sure she's always in tip-top form onstage. She tells Rolling Stone magazine the first few minutes in the ice bath is always painful, but "it feels so good afterward". And her pre and post-gig regime now includes a lot of tender loving care. The Like A Virgin hitmaker adds, "My ankles get taped before the shows, and I have treatments and physical therapists. It's from years and years of abuse, dancing in high heels, which is not great on your knees. "All dancers have injuries, but we just deal with them. We get acupuncture and therapy, and just keep going."

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MICHAEL JACKSON approached good friend MADONNA to write a song for him - but rejected a track the Material Girl penned because it was too "provocative".The King Of Pop became friends with the singer in the early 1990s, and the pair often accompanied each other to events. Jackson was keen to work professionally with his pal, but turned down a track she offered him because of its raunchy lyrics. Madonna admits she was shocked by the rejection - because the Thriller hitmaker knew provocative songs were her signature sound. She says, "We spent time together and became friends. It just never happened. I wrote words and presented them to him, but he didn't want to go there. "He didn't want to be provocative. I said, 'Well, why come to me?' It's like asking Quentin Tarantino to not put any violence in his films. I felt he was too shy."

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MADONNA has proved her status as the Queen of Pop - her Sticky & Sweet world tour is officially the highest-grossing roadshow ever for a solo artist.The Material Girl wrapped up her trek in Tel Aviv, Israel on Wednesday (02Sep09), ending a mammoth run of gigs for the 51 year old. But her efforts have paid off - according to promoters Live Nation, Madonna has raked in $408 million (£272 million) since kicking off the jaunt last August (08). The Sticky & Sweet tour surpasses Madonna's own record for the most successful outing by a solo artist - her 2006 Confessions Tour grossed $194 million (£129.3 million). But the pop superstar still has some way to go before she can steal the honor of the highest grossing tour of all time - The Rolling Stones' A Bigger Bang tour pulled in $558 million (£372 million) between 2005 and 2007.

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MADONNA's final Sticky & Sweet concerts in Israel were thrown into doubt on Saturday (29Aug09) - after she collapsed on stage during a show.The star was performing in the Bulgarian city of Sofia when she passed out mid-way through the set. Footage from the concert shows she was caught by one of her dancers who held her up and made sure she was okay to continue. The 50-year-old singer refused to halt the gig and continued her rendition of Holiday, before reportedly walking off stage during her track Spanish Lesson after falling ill again. A source tells British newspaper The Sun, "Madonna was really worried backstage. She had to sit down for a longer break than usual between songs. She refused to end the show after the Holiday dizzy spell. It turns out she is suffering from exhaustion. She is anemic." The publication reports that after being checked over by doctors after the Sofia show, the star was advised to scrap her final two shows in Israel. The insider adds, "She was advised t...

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Several high profile Polish campaigners have stepped up their protests against MADONNA's upcoming concert in Warsaw on Saturday (15Aug09) - branding her a "crypto-Satanist".The Material Girl has come under fire for planning her performance in Poland on the day of the the Assumption of Mary feast - a special holy date in the Catholic Church. In June (09), representatives for the Catholic community urged Madonna to move her Sticky & Sweet show to another day, but she flatly refused. Now, representatives from nationalist group Pro Polonia, as well as former politicians, including ex-president Lech Walesa, have slammed the star's actions. In a news conference about the upcoming concert, Pro Polonia rep Marian Baranski said, "Madonna specializes in offending religious feelings... It is possible to suspect her of being a crypto-Satanist." While former member of parliament Zygmunt Wrzodak added, "Madonna sneers at Jesus Christ, the symbol of the cross and all Christians." Madonna is no s...

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MADONNA's video for new single CELEBRATION will be a family affair - the pop superstar's daughter LOURDES is reportedly set to make a cameo in the promo.The Material Girl's 12 year old daughter will take a starring role in the short film, which was shot in Milan by filmmaker Jonas Akerlund earlier this year (09), according to MTV.co.uk. Lourdes, Madonna's child from her relationship with personal trainer Carlos Leon, is said to be "desperate to become an actress", and was linked to a role in the Harry Potter film franchise in 2007. Celebration is one of three new tracks taken from Madonna's greatest hits album - the first CD to contain all of her chart hits.

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French police are investigating the collapse of MADONNA's stage in Marseille as a manslaughter case after two workers were killed in the tragic accident.One French man was crushed to death and several others injured on Thursday (16Jul09) when a crane used to put stage lights into place fell, causing a large section of the stage at Marseilles' Stade Velodrome to collapse on top of workers underneath. A British man died from his injuries on Friday morning (17Jul09). Authorities are trying to find out how the tragedy happened, and assistant prosecutor Marc Simamonti has confirmed that officials from the prosecutor's office for manslaughter and involuntary injuries in a work-related accident have been assigned to the investigation. The victims have yet to officially be identified, but Madonna paid tribute to the two who lost their lives building her set for her Sticky & Sweet tour. Referring to the pair as "The Two Charlies", she fought back tears at her concert in Udine, Italy on Thur...

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MADONNA and GUY RITCHIE are heading for a romantic reconciliation, according to astonishing new tabloid reports.The pair confirmed months of speculation by splitting late in 2008 after almost eight years of marriage. Since their quickie divorce, Madonna has enjoyed reported romances with baseball star Alex Rodriguez and model Jesus Luz. However, Star magazine alleges the former couple has reconnected - after Ritchie publicly praised his ex during her bid to adopt Malawian baby Mercy - and has been meeting in secret to establish if they want to reunite. A source tells Star, "She was touched by Guy's gesture. It made her start to fall for him all over again. "For now they are seeing what happens. She's just really happy to have him back in her life."

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