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[url]http://tinyurl.com/38k4m[/url] Madonna concert provokes Irish ire.
DUBLIN, Ireland (Reuters) -- -- Pop diva Madonna came under fire from Christians in Ireland on Friday after it was confirmed she would play her first ever Irish concert on a Sunday.
Madonna is due to play Slane Castle, 30 miles (50 km) north of Dublin, on ...........................
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [url]http://tinyurl.com/yvou3[/url] Religion forbids Madge's Friday gigs Apr 13 2004
Leigh Norton, Reporter
Queen of pop Madonna is refusing to perform on Friday nights on her forthcoming world tour - because her religion disallows it.
According to The Sun, Madonna, 45, will instead observe the Shabbat ââ¬â the Jewish Sabbath ââ¬â and share a meal with those close to her.
The singer, is well known for her commitment to Kabbalah, .........
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And speaking of Kabbalah, [url]http://tinyurl.com/25dv6[/url] Roseanne Barr is no longer a diva with demands. She's much calmer now as she gets used to being a grandmother, a children's songwriter, and a big fat cow in a new Disney flick......... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [url]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4608844/[/url] Meet the Punisher Lars von Trier devastates audiencesââ¬âand actresses.
"April 5 issue - Lars von Trier stretches out on the Louis XIV sofa in his hotel room in Trollhattan, Sweden, where he's just started his next film, "Manderlay," and puts his hands behind his head. "So, you are the shrink?" he says to the reporter. "It all started with my mother, it's true." The 47-year-old Danish director is grinning, but not kidding. In 1995 his mother confessed on her deathbed that she'd had a tryst to conceive him, and that he was the son not of a Jewish communist academic but of a Roman Catholic classical musician. "I was looking for artistic genes," his mother told him, "and the Triers weren't too impressive." Von Trier's voice rises. "Can you imagine? That you are part of a plan that a bitch hadââ¬âto contrive your creation and then destroy your life? Who does that to a child?" He sits up and takes a deep breath. "OK, no. No. No. That's enough."
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