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In case you haven’t heard — and really, why would you have — Madonna will perform at the Grammy Awards on Feb. 8 with — cartoon characters.
Yes, Madge and 2D, Murdoc, Noodle and Russel — the four fictional animated members of the virtual band Gorillaz — will do a duet.
One has to wonder why Gorillaz — the brain baby of Blur’s Damon Albard, drawn by "Tank Girl" comic artist Jamie Hewlett — wanted to share a stage with Madonna. After all, "they" have four Grammy nods, including record of their year for their song “Feel Good Inc.” The 'toons are up against Mariah Carey’s “We Belong Together,” Green Day’s “Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” Gwen Stefani’s “Hollaback Girl” and Kanye West’s “Gold Digger."
As for Madonna, her rep Liz Rosenberg told People: “She likes them. She’s promoting her album ("Confessions on a Dance Floor"). She’s won a lot of Grammys. It seems like a wonderful opportunity for her.”
Maybe. About as good an "opportunity" as her recent appearance at Jean Paul Gaultier’s Paris couture collection. He designed her old '80s bullet bras, by the way, which are way overdue to be recycled, non?
Photo: It takes one Toon to know another. Just ask Madonna at her concert in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2005.
(Jun Sato / WireImage)
Anyway, here's the show dirt:
Gaultier's fashion show was delayed by an hour and a half, until Mrs. Ritchie arrived, wearing black wrap shades, fitted pencil skirt, high boots and high collared shirt — all whispered to be Versace. Though somewhat stern-faced, she appeared to enjoy Gaultier's Greek Isles-inspired collection of pantaloons, harem pants, pleats and brocades, our style spies say.
For the finale, models whirled round the room throwing flower petals on the audience. Designer JPG himself playfully emptied a basket of rosebuds on Madonna's head. Whee!
Boy, those French designers sure know how to have fun, don’t they?
As for those ugly rumors swirling around London (and recently reported in the New York Daily News) about Madonna being separated from her hunky hubby Guy Ritchie because he:
A. is tired of her nonstop exercising and kaballahing.
B. doesn’t want to put her in any more of his films.
C. finally realized, blimey, she’s waaay older than me.
Well, none of that nonsense is true. Absolutely none of it.
She is still hotter then ever. Gaultier's, Gucci and Chanel should all wait on Ms. Ritchie.
Posted by: Barbara Segal | February 02, 2006 at 12:27 AM