This photograph appears with the article on Ananova.com, it shows Madonna and fellow actor Tom Irwin in rehearsals.

Today's edition of the UK newspaper the Daily Mail showed a series of photographs of the Ritchie family enjoying the sun in London's Hyde Park last week.

To see all the photographs, go to the gallery.

From the Press Asssociation:
Technical hold-ups have led to the postponement of the first three performances of Madonna's long awaited West End stage debut, it was announced today.
The complex staging of her production Up For Grabs has meant the first preview will not take place until May 13, but ticket-holders for the cancelled shows are being offered alternative dates.
Three extra performances have been added to allow fans to see the show and a spokeswoman said: "Everyone in the cast has been very accommodating." The axed shows at Wyndhams Theatre in London on May 9, 10 and 11 will be replaced by performances on May 18, July 6 and July 13.
A statement explaining the decision said: "The production has developed into a complex synchronicity between moving set, sound, music and projection and realising it in an older style theatre like the Wyndhams has increased necessary technical time."
Ticket holders will be offered either tickets for one of the extra shows or a refund. A special hotline has been set up to deal with the changes on 020 7369 1796.

Cameron Diaz's new film The Sweetest Thing features a scene where Cameron's character goes to a thrift store to find a new outfit.
A fun movie montage follows showing Cameron dressing up as Madonna from Desperately Seeking Susan (she also dresses up as Olivia Newton-John in Grease).

   

Photograph from Daily Mail
This new photograph shows Madonna arriving at rehearsals for Up For Grabs, carrying a fancy flask.

From Daily Mail:
Madonna has found the perfect way to go fashion-hunting without being mobbed - the shops simply come to her.
Racks of clothes by the world's top designers have been arriving for the 43-year-old singer's perusal. On each bag is the letter M - indicating the special client they are destined for.
'It was an amazing variety of top names,' said one onlooker. 'There were bags from Gucci, Gina, Jimmy Choo and Selfridges. And a number of staff were carrying the items in and out of the house.'

   

From: Daily Mail
Gywneth Paltrow and Madonna are shacked up together, rehearsing their lines late into the night.
When Gywneth arrived in London to prepare for her British theatre debut in Proof, she moved in with close friend Madonna while other accommodation was prepared for her.
Madonna, who opens next month in Up For Grabs, has given Gywneth the run of the London mansion she shares with movie director Guy Ritchie.

LittleStar has received the new issue magazine from Madonna's offical fanclub ICON.

It is a special Drowned World Tour edition and each issue should include a backstage/aftershow pass from one of the shows - LittleStar's is shown here.

Madonna shares the cover with J-Lo on an article about the Top Ten Divas in Hot Stars magazine (issue 13-19 April 2002 issue, free with OK magazine).
Madonna only comes in at number 5 in the list, the most demanding Diva is named as J-Lo!
Here is the magazine's Diva Rating of Madonna:
Losing ground to younger chicks with more attitude.

From www.peoplenews.com
Madonna's love of the theatre seems to be growing and growing. Not content with actually appearing on stage in the forthcoming Up for Grabs, Madge has decided to become a patron of the arts as well.
Mrs Ritchie has been named as one of the backers of a new play, Jesus Hopped the A Train by Stephen Adly Guirgis, that is to open at the Arts Theatre in Leicester Square on 24 April.
Clearly aware of the impact of the names Madonna and Jesus together on the front of a theatre, the canny producers have decided to credit Madge by placing her name on the front of the building.
Madonna first saw the play at the Donmar Warehouse and has made a significant donation to the play's £200,000 budget.

From www.bbc.co.uk
Artist Peter Howson has unveiled his controversial nude portraits of pop icon Madonna at a small Scottish gallery.
The acclaimed painter said he thought that the pop star would be "flattered and pleased" by the paintings.
But he admitted that her husband, British film director Guy Ritchie, might be "a little annoyed" by the portrayal of his wife.
"I think he'll probably come and hit me," he said.

Howson had no access to Madonna and had to rely on his imagination complete his work.
The Maclaurin Art Gallery in Ayr, Scotland is hosting the exhibition which features 10 portraits of Madonna. The show runs from 14 April until 04 June.

  

Todays issue of the UK newspaper the News of the World features some new photographs of Madonna, Guy and Rocco in London.
Madonna looks like she is in costume for the retakes Guy is known to be shooting for Swept Away.

The Sunday Times annual UK Rich List has Madonna and Guy placed at number 161. They have moved up from position 183 last year.
Here is what the paper says about them:
The Material Girl is getting into the swing of life as an English lady. With weekends at her £9m Wiltshire estate and a £5.7m London town-house for weekdays, life is looking good for Madonna, 43 and Ritchie, 33, her husband of just over a year.
On the work front, it has been a busy year for the singer. Her GHV2 hits collection was released in November and by January it had notched up 600,000 sales in Britain and 1m in America.
Her Drowned World Tour brought in more cash. The magazine Amusement Business reckoned the 47 performances grossed nearly £53m.
Her total album sales now top 150m and she has had more top 10 singles than any other woman. Her accumulated royalties and property in America and Britain total about £190m.
We add £10m for Ritchie's wealth from films, principally the hits Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch.

A new soft-back book Madonnastyle by Carol Clerk is now available.
The book looks at Madonna's image from the very beginning of her career, and ends at the Drowned World Tour.
At 160 pages long, it features lots of photographs, including some which LittleStar has never seen before.
The book can be purchased at record stores, or online at www.amazon.co.uk or www.amazon.com

Craig Armstrong, the man behind the wonderful strings arrangement in Frozen has spoken to Time Out magazine (03-10 April 2002 issue) about working with Madonna.
Although Madonna is only mentioned in the sidelines and is not part of the main interview, what he has to say is very interesting.

"With someone like her, you think, 'Oh will she be in the studio?'. But actually, she is there all the time - from morning to morning.
She doesn't get enough credit in my book for being a great songwriter. I've got a lot of respect for her, I mean how many albums has she done? And the quality control is pretty good.
What's my favorite? Well it has to be the 'Ray Of Light' album. I worked on 'Frozen'. I put a lot of work into that and I think it came out pretty well.
She's doing a new album at the moment. I asked her what it was like....What did she say?....She said it was good! Hahahaha!"

The 30 March-05 April issue of the UK-based Hot Stars magazine (free with OK magazine) has a 3-page spread of photographs of Madonna and Rocco.
Madonna is in LA and the photographs were taken when she was spotted sitting in the window of the Italian suit store, Luciano Barbera in Beverly Hills.

For all the photographs, go to the 2002 Gallery.