From the Daily Star Sunday:
Silver-tongued Britney Spears talked Madonna and Christina into their sizzling threesome - to give her career the kiss of life.
The top-totty trio left millions of TV viewers around the world stunned with their lusty French kissing session at Thursday night's MTV Vide Music Awards.
And today we can reveal that 21-year-old Britney - who has spent much of her career claiming to be a virgin - was the brains behind the saucy lesbian snog-fest. Britney - who has been recently working on vamping up her image - put the idea into the famously raunchy Madge and Christina during rehearsals.
Mum-of-two Madonna - who has spent two decades shocking the record-buying public with her on-stage antics - instantly agreed.
While 'Dirrty' star Christina was also more than happy to oblige.
Britney hopes that the temperature-raising performance has gone a long way to finally shaking off her girl next door image. And she hopes that it will end up boosting sales of her forthcoming album and world tour.
An MTV source said: 'We realised that Britney has been trying to sex-up her image recently, but this was out of this world. She took the girls to one side at rehearsals and put the idea forward. The other two were more than happy to take part because they knew how much attention it would get - and thought it would be a good laugh. But it was a major departure for Britney because she had this girl next door tag. But she wants to show she's more of a woman than a girl - and she's certainly showed them that!'

From the New York Post:
Was Justin Timberlake comparing notes with Madonna after the Material Girl smooched his ex-girlfriend onstage?

From the New York Post:
She locked lips with Britney. She locked lips with Christina. And the controversial pop diva Madonna was still on a kissing roll - finishing her night at the MTV Video Music Awards by planting one on rapper Eminem.

Madonna stole the limelight from every other performer and presenter at the VMA's in New York on Thursday and is featured in every UK tabloid newspaper today.

The Daily Star has the best coverage, with a full front-page, two pages inside, and a colour poster.

Here is the newspaper coverage - magazine coverage to follow next week.

Click on the articles to enlarge.

     

   

 

From Ananova.com:
Madonna has arrived aboard a small Scottish ferry for what is thought to be one of the biggest celebrity weddings of the year.
She was one of host of celebrities ferried onto the Scottish island of Bute ahead of the tightly-guarded wedding of designer Stella McCartney.
Madonna, husband Guy Ritchie and at least one of their children, as well as model Kate Moss, Chrissie Hynde, and Coldplay's Chris Martin were aboard a CalMac ferry which pulled into Rothesay harbour at around 7.35pm.
The stars were then driven in two blacked-out Range Rovers to nearby Mount Stuart where it is understood Miss McCartney will celebrate her wedding tomorrow.
However, it is still unclear where the wedding service itself will be held or whether Miss McCartney, 31, is on the island.
It is thought she may be married to husband-to-be Alasdhair Willis on the Mull of Kintyre, a favourite haunt of her father Sir Paul and her mother the late Linda McCartney, then flown on to Mount Stuart for the reception.

While the press go wild for Madonna's threesome with Britney and Christina, none of them have seemed to notice that Madonna's daughter Lourdes was also performing on stage.
Lourdes and a friend were the two flower girls at the wedding ceremony and they came complete with BOY TOY buckles!

From the Evening Standard (available in London only):
In front of millions of television viewers - and a stunned live audience of superstars - Madonna today exchanged passionate French kisses on stage with fellow pop stars Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera.
Her impromptu display at MTV's 20th annual Video Music Awards momentarily shocked celebrities at New York's Radio City Music Hall into silence before they recovered and roared their approval.
Madonna - who at 45 is more than twice the age of Britney and Christina - pounced on the pair while her six-year-old daughter, Lourdes, was on stage and husband Guy Ritchie, who has already complained his wife shows off her body in public too much for his liking, sat in the audience.
MTV cameras immediately cut to a close-up of Spears's former boyfriend Justin Timberlake looking distinctly uncomfortable.
The trio were performing a number which started with Lourdes walking on stage with a friend dressed as flower girls at a wedding.
Spears, 21, and Aguilera, 22, then made an entrance from a giant wedding cake, dressed in wedding gowns and knee-length white boots.
They ripped off their dresses and sang Madonna's hit Like A Virgin before she emerged from the cake dressed as the groom in top hat, tails and black boots.
Towards the end of her song Hollywood, Madonna pulled off a garter from Aguilera's right leg, gave Spears a French kiss and then kissed Aguilera on the lips. They were joined by rapper Missy Elliott before leaving the stage.
One MTV producer said: 'It was sensational, but I wonder what the good folk in places like Provo, Utah state, would make of it. Middle America is not gonna let this one go lightly.'
Timberlake said: 'I am not saying anything about it - that's how I get into trouble.'
But Duran Duran singer Simon Le Bon said: 'I wish it was me she was snogging.'
American comedian Chris Rock, who presented the show for the third time, said: 'That kiss was good, but where was mine?'
The MTV Video Awards were celebrating their 20th year. Avril Lavigne, P Diddy, 50 Cent, Eminem, Kelly Osbourne, Mary J Blige, Coldplay, Ashanti and Beyonce Knowles were all present but still Madonna stole the limelight.

   

FOXNews.com are reporting that Madonna skipped the Maverick post-VMA's party held at the architecturally famous Four Seasons restaurant, and jetted home to London right after her appearance at the start of the Video Music Awards.
Attendees of the party included Ingrid Casares, Nicole Kidman, Ben Stiller, Q-Tip, P. Diddy, Kim Cattrall, Britney Spears, Fred Durst and Pamela Anderson.

Madonna both wowed and shocked New York City last night at the MTV VMA's - by kissing both Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera in a performance of Like A Virgin and Hollywood. They were later joined on stage by Missy Elliott to complete the quartet.

The performance began with Britney dressed in a wedding dress (complete with BOY TOY buckle) standing on top of a wedding cake, she was then joined by Christina who was also wearing a wedding dress, they sang Like A Virgin as in a homage to Madonna's version at the 1984 MTV VMA's, and then Madonna appeared at the top of the wedding cake dressed all in black and sang Hollywood.

Madonna walked down the cake and joined Britney and Christina, they kissed, and then Madonna called Missy to join them with a Yo, yo, yo, who'd that be? and Missy sang some of her hit song Work It.

This performance has totally blown away all other press coverage of the award show, and over the next few days Madonnalicious will be bringing you the British press' reaction to the show.

Here are some pictures of Madonna and Britney backstage, and Madonna and Guy in their seats in the audience.

From Madonnatastic! and Undercover Media:
Madonna will release a box set for Christmas featuring both CDs and DVDs highlighting her entire career.
The 4 disc collection is expected to be released in November and feature two CDs and two DVDs.
Of the CDs, disc one will be a 20 track greatest hits collection and disc two will feature the best of her remixes.
DVD one is expected to be a live performance and DVD two is to feature rare video footage and television performances.

80 pictures have been uploaded to the Galleries - you can view these latest uploads here.

There are also 20 animated avatars from Madonna's performance of Like A Virgin at the 1984 MTV Video Music Awards. You can view them here.

Jennifer Lopez was questioned by Nancy O'Dell of Access Hollywood about her rumoured VMA performance and her 'power-lunch' with Madonna.

Nancy O'Dell: Are you singing at the VMAs with Britney and Madonna? Is that true?
Jennifer Lopez: Was that the rumour?
Nancy: That has been out there. You know those things can happen...
Jennifer: No, no.
Nancy: No truth to it? What a great trio that would be.
Jennifer: That would be amazing.
Nancy: So you didn't have lunch with Madonna like everybody was saying?
Jennifer: Have lunch with Madonna? I've met her, yeah.
Nancy: But no talk about the VMA thing?
Jennifer: No. (laughs)

You can view a clip of this interview here.

From the New York Post:
Time flies! Tonight the MTV Video Music Awards celebrates it's 20th anniversary. (Even though the first show actually aired in 1984, they are calling this a 20-year landmark - listen, I don't get modern music, so how can I keep track of modern arithmetic?) On hand will be Madonna, who appeared on the premiere broadcast, rolling around onstage singing 'Like a Virgin' in a wedding dress. At the time, cultural nabobs predicted the apocalypse. Seems pretty innocent now - just as Elvis' charming hip-twitching was supposed to turn everybody into a pillar of salt back in the '50s, and didn't.
So who knew Madonna would be eternal? Not even this columnist, long rumored to be on Madonna's payroll. (Actually, I can no longer even get her on the phone.) In 1984, I thought her a ratty-haired sex-pot flash-in-the-pan. When she appeared on the cover of Time magazine the next year, I asked my office staff, 'Why?!' But by 1986, we were the first to tout her for 'Evita,' which she finally filmed in 1997. There was no denying her charisma, artistic vision, ambition and marvelous self-confidence. I have seen nothing like it since Barbra Streisand.
In two decades, Madonna has transformed from voluptuous pop tart to sinewy icon, from sexual outlaw to almost-staid wife and mother of two. She's changed but she hasn't, remaining true to her muse - herself. 'I am my own creation. I am my own work of art,' she once declared.
Some might say tonight represents a full circle. But for Madonna the circle is never complete. There are always new thresholds, new anatomies.

Here are some pictures of Madonna, her bodyguard and her friend Ingrid cycling around Los Angeles on her birthday.

MTV have confirmed that Madonna will be attending the VMA's tomorrow at New York Radio City Music Hall.

Whether she will be presenting an award or performing has yet to be confirmed.

From Sky News:
Britney Spears has splashed on two £10,000 rings for Madonna and J.Lo to apologise for pulling out of a gig with them.
The three chart queens were due to team up for a performance of Madonna's hit Like A Virgin at the MTV video music awards.
But when Britney heard that J.Lo was considering pulling out because of filming commitments she decided leave Madonna to sing on her own.
A source close to Britney told the Daily Star: 'She just wants to watch Madonna go for it.'
'She wanted to buy each woman a ring as a small gesture to say how much she was honoured to have been asked to sing with them.'
Britney will still grace the stage at the world famous Radio City Hall in New York during the event to present awards.

Fans in Paris have a chance to get their cords monogrammed tomorrow (27 August) between 10am-5pm at GAP's Champ Elysee store +33 (0)1 5688 4800

Also Madonnalicious can exclusively reveal that 250 pairs of cords were monogrammed in London at the 22 August event.

On Friday 26th September, heroes of the music and sporting world will meet at the London Hilton Metropole for the inaugural Capital Gold Legends Awards.
Madonna is up for one award: Legendary Female.
Over the next eight weeks, Capital Gold, VH1 and the Daily Express will be asking UK fans to choose their favourite Legends. You can vote online here.

Note - only fans based in the UK can vote!

In the latest episode of US comedy Sex and the City, the character Samantha puts on a fake English accent to gain entry to an exclusive pool - only for her friend Miranda to ask what's the matter with Samantha.
To this Carrie replies: It's seems she has come down with a case of 'the Madonna's.

MTV Latin America are currently running commercials for the MTV VMA's and are confirming Madonna's appearance as a presenter on the 28 August show.
There is no mention of a performance though....

Access Hollywood have reported that Jennifer Lopez has denied that she is dueting with Madonna and Britney Spears at the MTV VMA's in New York next week.

This comes only a couple of days after Access Hollywood and Entertainment Tonight reported that J-Lo would be performing with Madonna and Britney!

GAP London celebrated the launch on the Madonna and Missy Into The Hollywood Groove campaign in Europe today at it's London flagship store on Oxford Street.
Like the event in New York City last month, customers who bought a pair of cords had the chance to get them monogrammed and got to pick up an Into The Hollywood Groove CD.
Customers had to queue for at least one hour, with some people waiting for up to four hours later in the day, due to the fact the monogram of choice - M - had 8887 stitches and each pair of cords took about 7 minutes to do!

     

From the NY Daily News:
Madonna celebrated the birthday of Kabbalah Center founder Rabbi Yehuda Berg at the Hollywood Hills home of composer Shuki Levy.
Her Madgesty sang three songs accompanied by husband Guy Ritchie on guitar. Then the Ritchies danced around the pool while Michael Buble sang Sinatra.

US TV programs, Entertainment Today and Access Hollywood are reporting a rumour that Madonna, Britney Spears and Jennifer Lopez will take to the stage on the 2003 MTV VMA's with a performance of Like A Virgin.

The awards take place on 28 August at the New York's Radio City Music Hall.

Madonna has been linked with yet another movie role. The Metro newspaper reports that Hollywood movie producers want her to star as Lana Turner in a new film based on the life of movie idol Tyrone Power.
The two movie stars were romantically involved in the late 1940's.

From the NY Daily News:
The Material Mom had a low-key barbecue Sunday with family and pals like Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore on hand to help blow out the 45 candles. Britney Spears and Jennifer Lopez had been at Madonna's the day before for a 'girls' lunch' that included Caresse Henry, Madge's manager.

80 pictures have been uploaded to the Galleries - you can view these latest uploads here.

From The People:
Madonna celebrated her 45th birthday yesterday by moving from one Beverley Hills mansion to an even bigger one round the corner worth £13 million.
Workmen spent all day loading the pop queen's furniture into a succession of vans.

From Daily Express:
Pop diva Madonna is in talks to play the part of a dream-analysing gipsy in a film adpatation of Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist.
Coelho, who is a friend of Madonna, 44, said at a book launch in London: 'Madonna is going to play the gipsy who interprets dreams in the book, but that's not quite finalised as yet.'
Jeremy Irons has also been signed up for the project.

Madonnalicious wishes Mrs Ritchie a very Happy 45th Birthday!

From Sebastian Shakespeare in the Evening Standard:
Madonna is a regular patron of the luxury goods service company, Quintessentially, founded by Camilla Parker Bowles's nephew Ben Elliot, and for their initiation test she asked them to locate a particular brand of imported herbal tea.
'Madonna called Quintessentially's founding partner Luca del Bono at 4.30pm one Friday afternoon and asked him to locate some American herbal tea', says a source.
'He immediately got on his Vespa scooter to get it from an elderly Chinese woman in Kilburn.' Del Bono is the model of discretion when I ask him about it: 'We have done lots for Madonna,' he says.

From WENN:
Pop icon Madonna is extending her talents into yet another arena - restaurants.
The singer is investing in a Hollywood eatery which will open in October on the popular Sunset Boulevard. Her representative says the 45-year-old is 'helping her brother' Christopher Ciccone, who has been hired to design the restaurant.
A source says of the eatery, 'It faces out and has amazing views of the city.'
Back in 1995, the pop diva was a partner in a Miami Beach, Florida, restaurant called Blue Door, but has since pulled out.

From Metro:
Will UK chat show host, Frank Skinner get the chance to grill Madonna?
Staff on his show are getting closer to booking the star as her husband Guy Ritchie is a fan and thinks it would be a great chance to show off her sense of humour.

From People News:
Canny media mogul Madonna follows her association with high street chino chain The Gap by allowing one of her songs, Love Profusion, to be used in a new commercial for a fragrance.
The Hollywood songstress has struck a deal for the track to feature in an ad shot by The Fifth Element and Leon director Luc Besson which stars quirky supermodel Carolyn Murphy. Murphy appears in a magical world of water, flowers and fairies for the new Estee Lauder perfume Beyond Paradise.
A company rep said, 'We wanted the advertising to be groundbreaking. The association of Luc Besson, Madonna and Carolyn Murphy will make for an exceptional visual and acoustic experience.'

From the Chicago Tribune by Wendy Navratil:
If anyone doubts whether Madonna, a 44-year-old mother of two, can still bridge the generation gap, an unscientific sidewalk survey last week in Chicago offers some reassurance.
'I personally can still relate to her,' Elizabeth Middleton said.
'She has everything. She's beautiful, she's sexy - and she has the money,' Sandra Arriaza said.
This from a 23-year-old and 27-year-old, respectively, in Lincoln Park.
'Forty isn't old anymore,' another respondent, Rose Cullen, 45, explained. 'In fact, I can relate to her more now than in the era of the '80s, when she was so over the top.'
Carri Rotar, 38, agreed: 'She has grown up.'
Heidi Cordes, 30, a visual merchandise manager at a Gap store in Champaign who was in Chicago for a meeting, said the posters pairing Madonna with Missy Elliott are a stroke of genius.
'Missy Elliott is the name for all the kids right now,' she said - just as Madonna was when Cordes was a kid. 'I got to dress like her, on Saturdays only.'
Posters combining the two icons not only stop window-shoppers in their tracks, Cordes said, they've also started debates among Gap employees inside.
'They're not going to throw them away when (the campaign) is over,' Cordes said. 'The whole staff is fighting over who can keep them.'

A marathon tribute to Madonna and her Music honoring her on her birthday.
Over 20 vocalists come together to sing her songs backed by 'The Material Boys' Band.
August 18th at BB King Blues Club & Grill (237 W. 42 St. NY, NY) Doors at 6PM
More information and tickets are available here.
Come looking Your Most-MADONNAESQUE!!! We Will Be Giving Away Prizes For Best Madonna Outfit courtesy of Tony & Tina Cosmetics & Girlshop.com

UK newspaper The Daily Telegraph published an interview by Michael Shelden with Madonna's Kabbalah teacher, Rabbi Yehuda Berg. Here are some extracts from the article:

We don't seek out celebrities. They come and find us, and we treat them the same as everyone else who wants to study Kabbalah. Demi Moore just walked in one day and we welcomed her. With Madonna, it was the same. A teacher was giving a class, and she sat down to listen with everyone else. That was six years ago, and she still is a serious student.
Madonna has reportedly given millions of pounds to help establish the centre in Oxford Street. 'We're always there for Madonna,' Berg says, modestly. 'We have given her a support system. If she has any questions, she can get in touch with me any time, or we can send her to a study group. But you don't have to be Madonna to get this kind of attention. Anyone can contact me. I spend half my time on the phone or answering e-mails.'
So why are celebrities investing so heavily in the cause? What's in it for them?.
In Madonna's case, it seems to be acceptance. According to Berg, she likes the world of Kabbalah because all the teachers make her feel at ease and don't regard her in the light of her fame. 'That's what she told us. It happened the first time she came to one of our classes. Nobody stopped what they were doing or said anything special to her. She was treated like the other students, and she said that it was the first time she felt accepted for herself.'
Berg says that studying Kabbalah has changed the singer's life and made her a much happier person. 'She thinks that she has become more patient, a better and more understanding parent, and a more loving wife. Communication is the key. Kabbalah has taught her to be open with others and to understand their needs as well as her own.'

To read the full article click here.

80 pictures have been uploaded to the Galleries - you can view these latest uploads here.

From the Bay City Times:
The customer in the Bay City candy store didn't have to strike a pose for clerk Kristi L. Loiselle to realize it was pop-singing superstar Madonna.
The Bay City-born Material Girl bought a cellophane bag of Red-Hot Dollars - gummy raspberry-flavored candy - and salt-water taffy inside the St. Laurent Bros. store on Wednesday afternoon, according to Loiselle.
'I didn't really notice her walk in because I was waiting on someone else, but then (clerk) Marcie (Cervantes) came over and said 'Madonna just walked in,' said Loiselle, 18, who works at the store at 1101 N. Water St.
'At first I thought Marcie was kidding, but then I looked and saw (Madonna's husband) Guy Ritchie, too,' Loiselle said. 'You can tell it's Madonna by her arms, because she's real buff and she was wearing a dusty blue tank top. She kept saying 'Oh Guy, look at this' and 'Guy, look at that.'
'Once I realized it was her, I was in shock. I was, like, 'Oh my gosh.' You don't really see anything else around you. You don't really notice any other customers after that.'
Madonna and her husband, were accompanied by a muscular man who followed the couple and drove them away in a navy blue Chevrolet Suburban after the Queen of Pop made her purchase at about 4 p.m., said Loiselle, of Hampton Township.
Loiselle said Cervantes, a Madonna fan, first recognized the singer and waited on Ritchie - who spoke with a British accent - and Madonna.
Sarah A. Nievierowski, 19, of Bay City, who also was working at the St. Laurent Bros. store when the couple walked in, said she recognized Ritchie as well as Madonna.
'I know what he looks like,' Nievierowski said, 'and Madonna has a distinctive voice and you know it's her when you hear it.'
Nievierowski said Madonna wore a beret in a way that covered part of the singer's face, with Madonna's blonde hair tied in a ponytail. Loiselle said the singer also wore light blue cotton Capri pants.
Nievierowski said that after Marcie Cervantes, 19, rang up Madonna's purchase on the cash register, Cervantes asked if Madonna would sign autographs for her and Nievierowski.
'That's when the bodyguard guy spoke up and said 'Now's not really a good time for it,' Nievierowski said.
Nievierowski said Madonna and Ritchie, and the other man, shopped for about 10 minutes inside the venerable St. Laurent Bros. store, a longtime favorite haunt for candy lovers on Bay City's East Side. Madonna bought $7.83 worth of candy, Nievierowski said.
Only about five other customers were in the store when Madonna shopped there, Loiselle said.
'I don't think the other customers even recognized Madonna at first,' Nievierowski said. 'While I was waiting on her there was this other customer, an older guy, right behind her and I remember thinking 'You probably don't realize you're standing right behind Madonna.'
There are a number of landmarks connecting Madonna to Bay City, including Visitation Catholic Church, where her parents were married; the old Mercy Hospital where Madonna was born and where her mother died of breast cancer; and Calvary Cemetery, where Madonna's mother and two uncles are buried.
Although Madonna - born Madonna Ciccone in Bay City in 1958 - once called Bay City 'a stinky little town' on the 'Today' show, Nievierowski said she and Marcie Cervantes were thrilled to see her in person.
'When she walked in the store the first thing I thought was 'Wow, that woman looks like Madonna,' and Marcie said she thought the same thing, so we were thinking it was probably her,' Nievierowski said.
'I think Madonna and Guy (Ritchie) knew that we knew who they were, because I was blushing and so was Marcie, and Marcie said Guy was kind of looking over at us and kind of laughing.'
'While they were in the store, I remember Guy saying something about 'Good old St. Laurent's.' I'm assuming they've been in there before. It's kind of neat to think Madonna was there before.'
'I wonder if she comes to Bay City now and then, and nobody really knows.'

Madonnalicious sends birthday greetings to Rocco Ritchie on his 3rd birthday.

UK digital TV viewers can catch a Madonna night on BB3 tonight.

9.00pm Liquid Assests - A look at Madonna's millions
10.00pm The Next Best Thing
11.40pm Friday Night With Ross And Madonna

A 6-story high billboard featuring Madonna and Missy in the GAP campaign is on display on Sunset, Los Angeles.

Thanks to Mark for the pictures - click to enlarge.

   

GAP Kids will dedicate some of it's windows displays to The English Roses, and any customer purchasing the book and $75 worth of GAP merchandise will receive a limited edition tote-bag.

Madonna is due to attend launch parties in London (September 14), Paris (September 15) and will do a reading from the book on a US TV broadcast (September 16 - probably the rumoured Oprah Winfrey Show appearance).

The latest issue of Bazaar magazine, featuring Madonna on the cover, has a previously unseen picture from the GAP campaign.

Thanks to MadonnaDrownedWorld for the scan.

The new issue of UK magazine, Hello! features two more pictures from last month, when Madonna and Guy dined at The Ivy in Los Angeles.

   

From New! magazine:
It would appear that Madonna hasn't completely given up on her plans to become a screen icon.
Her company, Maverick, has bought the rights to another Hollywood tale about 1920s film star Clara Bow.
It seems that Madonna is keen to play the most famous movie star of the silent era in the brand new screen venture.
Clara was known as the It-Girl of Hollywood, who played hard and enjoyed a fast-living and glamourous lifestyle before lapsing into obscurity.

From bbc.co.uk:
Madonna will travel to Paris to launch the first of her children's books, it has been announced.
The English Roses will be published simultaneously in 100 countries in 30 languages on 15 September.
It is about 'feeling green with envy, blue with loneliness, pink with embarrassment, purple with rage and how to find true-blue friends', its publisher has said.
The singing superstar has signed a deal to write five books for children aged six and above.
They will be based on Hebrew texts she is studying from the Kabbalah religion and each will feature the work of a different, celebrated illustrator.
The singer will be joined by 40 book editors from around the world at the offices of her French publishing house Gallimard to celebrate the first release.
Madonna, who has two children, has criticised what she called 'vapid and vacant' books that offered no lessons in life for younger readers.
Aged 44, she remains a top-selling recording artist after 20 years in the music business.

The new issue of heat magazine features a two-page feature of Madonna looking a little sheepish as her driver gets a ticket from a cycle-cop in Los Angeles last month.

Madonna is rumoured to appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show on September 16.
This appearence is likely to promote The English Roses which is released the day before.

A US TV program called Take This Job... is a new reality show which gives viewers an insider's look at an unusual line of work.
The first episode which airs on A&E on 07 August at 10-11pm, follows the paparazzi as they follow the stars, and we get a front-row seat as they chase Madonna's motorcade.

Madonna's latest album American Life was certified Platinum in the UK on 01 August 2003.

More from inside the GAP:
The CD is available in all European stores from 22 August - 04 September with any cord or jean purchase.
We will most probably hold customising events in our London (22 August) and Paris (date TBC) flagship stores.

MTV UK are after some Madonna fans (who should live in the UK) who would love to show off their Madonna collections:

Are you or do you know an obsessive music fan? Is your bedroom plastered with photos? MTV UK needs 6 people to be in a Cribs style show based around fans. Interested?

Email: fanography@mtvne.com

From New York Metro:
After reading our item last week in which we reported that she and Madonna didn’t hit it off right while filming their new Gap ads, Missy Elliott called us up to explain that she wasn’t herself that day because of a personal crisis.
'Madonna came to me and asked what was wrong, and I told her in a roundabout way,' she told us. 'She called her spiritual adviser over the day of the shoot; he gave me, like, the red string, and he prayed for me. The rest of the shoot was fine....I would never disrespect her.'

From Yahoo!:
Christian Ford, who last directed 'Slow Burn' with Minnie Driver and James Spader, is developing the supernatural drama 'Invisible.'
The indie project is about a young woman, living in New York City, who, struggling against insignificance, feels invisible to those around her. The more she thinks about it, the more she becomes invisible - literally - only to discover that she's not the only one; there is a whole society of shadowy souls.
Ford will direct 'Invisible' from a script he is co-writing with Roger Soffer. It was originally conceived in-house at Madonna's Maverick Films, which is producing the project with Cosmic Entertainment, the banner headed by Goldie Hawn, her partner Kurt Russell, and her children Kate and Oliver Hudson.

Madonna is also credited as executive producer on the new film Agent Cody Banks starring Frankie Muniz and Hilary Duff.

Following on from the great monogrammed cords event at GAP's flagship store in New York, Madonnalicious can reveal the same kind of event is planned for London when the Madonna and Missy campaign starts in Europe on 20 August.

An insider revealed that 'Europe will be very involved in the M&M campaign and the European press office has a great embroidery (monogrammed cords?) event planned for London on August 22.'

No news on which London store will hold the event, but it looks like those fans in London may get a chance to get the promotional CD and monogrammed cords when the campaign starts in Europe - and only three months after the HMV concert, it looks like Madonna-mania may hit central London again!

The latest UK edition of the National Enquirer published a news picture of Madonna and Lourdes heading onto a boat for a trip to Catalina Island, California on 20 July.

From People News:
All may not be what it seems between Madonna and NBF (New Best Friend) Missy Elliot according to reports, the relationship was frosty on the set of their recent Gap egofest. Madge refused to be 'out-blinged' by Missy and according to reports in the New York Metro magazine, Missy was determined to 'out-diva' the Material girl.
Missy kept Her Madge waiting 45 minutes while she sat in her car chatting on her mobile and then when the singer tapped on the window to encourage her to hurry up - Elliott reportedly dismissed her with a flick of the hand. The rapper then snubbed an invitation to go back to Madge's LA pad. Despite gushing, 'I always dreamed of working with Madonna because I always thought that if I had any kind of connection with another artist it would be Madonna.'
The magazine claims Elliott only cooperated with Madonna - who has been paid $10 million to promote Gap - when handlers advised her it was in her best interests. Oh the fickle world of celebrity friendships.

From Madonna.com:
Below is the schedule for the GAP ads around the world. This ad features Madonna and Missy Elliott performing 'Into the Hollywood Groove'.
- 30 second spots start in regular rotation on VH-1 and MTV 29 July
- US National TV schedule starts 30 July - 26 August
- Canada 30 July - 19 August
- UK 20 August - 16 September
- Japan 20 August - 16 September