I have listened to you for 17 years now since the first time I heard Like A Prayer on the tape in Italy. Since then I have followed each and every step you have made on your way to the top. You are the most incredible, talented female entertainer in the whole world. Since Slovakia was for a very long time, part of the Communist Block it was very hard for you to visit and even harder for me to travel abroad to see you. I have moved from Slovakia to England from England to Slovakia from Slovakia to US. You were my strength in all the good and bad time. You were my friend when I was feeling so alone and lost in this world with the different language. Finally after 12 years of of listening to every song you sand, seeing every video, move you have made. Watching each concert on TV, after all that I finally got a chance to see you live in Philadelphia on July 22, 2001. I would never forget that concert. You are the only person who made me feel so many different emotions at the same time ... happy, laughing, crying, sad and many more. I could not even describe all the feeling were running inside of me. Life is so unpredictable. Changes always come along. I never thought I could really love someone as much as I love you with out really knowing you. I receive so much joy just being able to hear your heart singing. You helped me looked deep in my soul. You made me understand that life is all about appreciation and understanding but must be appreciated first before understanding. Inside of me there is a place where my deepest feelings are felt and where my favorite memories are safe and warm. Only the most special things in my world get to come inside my heart and stay. I realize how deeply my life has been touched by you. I know, you may ask your self how is this possible, how someone who does't even know me can feel so much for me? If I knew the answer, I would give it to you, but I can not. I just feel blessed for you coming into my life and I would like to THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart, that you were able to share your heart and dreams with us, people you don't even know. I wish you what ever your heart desire, because you most definitely deserve it. I pray for you and your family! With deepest love ... Daniela

"Strenuous exercise, particularly strength training, increases blood flow which makes the veins bigger," explains Dr John Buckley of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences and a physiologist at Keele University.

"Getting hot when you exercise also makes the blood vessels dilate. A lot of people notice the veins on their hands stand out after a gym session, but the older you get, the more prominent they become."

As blood flow returns to normal during recovery, so the veins reduce in size. But not always to the point where they disappear completely, says Dr Buckley, although he adds that exercise is vital for good circulation.

"The appearance of veins may be unsightly, but it is not unhealthy," he says.
A study published in this month's Plastic And Reconstruction Surgery, the official journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), confirmed that hands are a giveaway sign of someone's real age.

When subjects were asked to examine photographs of female hands and to estimate how old they were, most did so accurately.

Participants were also asked to compare digitally altered photographs of female hands - with blemishes and veins removed or jewellery and nail polish added - with unaltered photographs and to assess which looked younger.
Overall, the characteristic that most commonly gave away age was prominent veins.

Looking younger after a facelift or eyelid surgery can clash with aged hands,' says Dr Roxanne Guy, president of ASPS.

"After the face, hands are the second most visible tell-tale sign of one's age."
Madonna may be keen to hear the solutions suggested by Dr Guy. "A good skincare regimen that focuses on the hands can be highly effective in maintaining skin thickness and fullness," she says.

Non-surgical procedures, such as laser treatments and chemical peels, can reduce age spots. Fat injections can be used to plump up the hands, while laser ablation can reduce the prominence of veins.

Hand vein sclerotherapy is also an option. A virtually painless treatment, it involves injecting hand veins in a similar way to varicose veins in the legs.
A small cotton compression bandage is worn for two hours after treatment, and recovery is swift.

Madonna reportedly laughed "hysterically" after being told her pop rival Mariah Carey had to cancel several tour dates due to poor ticket sales.

The 'Hung Up' singer is said to have gleefully welcomed the news that Mariah had to shelve a host of US shows because of a lack of interest.

A source told America's New York Daily News newspaper: "Madonna laughed hysterically. She has been asking her tour promoters to email her Mariah's sales."

It is believed Madonna still holds a grudge against the 'Butterfly' singer because of something she said in an interview years ago.

The 47-year-old star is believed to be irked that Mariah, 36, once said she "grew up" listening to her music.

However, Madonna's representative has denied that the two stars are feuding, saying: "She has no negative feelings toward Mariah."

Mariah's spokesperson has refuted reports the singer has cancelled her shows because of a lack of sales.

The representative said: "Her tour is selling well. She's cancelled a few dates so she can add shows in larger cities."

A spokesperson for Madonna has denied she "laughed hysterically" after hearing news of poor ticket sales for Mariah Carey's upcoming U.S. tour.

Reports in the American press suggest the music icon took great pleasure in the apparent news of her pop rival struggling to fill the venues for her upcoming live dates. The New York Daily News claims Madonna holds a grudge against Carey, following a disagreement between the pair earlier on in their careers.

"Madonna laughed hysterically. She has been asking her tour promoters to email her Mariah's sales," a "source" told the paper.

However, Madonna's spokeswoman denied the reports, insisting: "She has no negative feelings toward Mariah."

Meanwhile, Mariah's spokesperson said the live dates were set to be a great success, commenting: "Her tour is selling well. She's cancelled a few dates so she can add shows in larger cities."

Shomari Cooper sips a pink Material Girl martini at his table at Tisane Tea and Coffee Bar in Hartford, a blue ring pop dangling from the base of his glass. It's Tuesday night, gay night, at Tisane's. And if the name of Cooper's cocktail didn't give it away - the theme this evening is Madonna, a tribute before her "Confessions" tour hits Hartford this Sunday and Monday.

"Everyone loves Madonna, but it's one of those things they would never admit to," says Copper, 27, as Madonna's latest single, "Get Together," blares in the background. "There are so many closet Madonna fans."

And then there are those fans who have come out of the closet.

"Her most devoted following is her gay following," said Madonna's publicist Liz Rosenberg. "They've been with Madonna [since] she started in the early '80s."

But what is it that has hooked diehard fans for more than two decades?

Steve Colangelo knows. Last week, he popped a video of the 1993 tour "The Girlie Show" into his living-room VCR. "La Isla Bonita" filled the room. "Come on, look at this. You could just tell Madonna is no Miss Shania Twain," he says as the singer, dressed in a long military coat, marches on the small TV screen moments before breaking into a rendition of "Holiday."

The 37-year-old's dining table is scattered with Madonna-covered magazines dating back to a 1986 Life issue. They lie alongside records, a 1985 "Like a Virgin" poster, a Madonna mouse pad and one of his favorites, "I Dream of Madonna," a book filled with dreams women have had of the singer over the years.

On Sunday, he will attend his fourth Madonna concert at the Civic Center, the artist's first performance in the state since a 1985 show at New Haven Coliseum.

"Hey, Steve! I've got the big Madonna portrait!" Colangelo's Hartford neighbor Michelle Cutrali, 30, yells from her second-floor porch across the street as he steps onto his front lawn. "You want it?"

"Hey, Michelle!" he yells back to Cutrali, who is eating dinner with her partner, Diana. "Why do gays like Madonna?"

"Cause she's sexy!"

Colangelo laughs.

"Hey, Michelle!" he yells. "Why do lesbians like Madonna?"

"Probably 'cause Madonna made them realize they were lesbians."

Since her risqué music video "Erotica" and her book "Sex" debuted in 1992 - not to mention her "Girlie Show" performance with whip in hand, backed by topless dancers - Madonna has been recognized for her bold sexuality.

At a time when AIDS and homophobia caused others to retreat, Madonna's pro-sex persona was a big deal, said Matthew Rettenmund, author of "Encyclopedia Madonnica" and editor in chief of Popstar! Magazine. "Everyone is in the closet at some point, and you're told, `Gay is bad.'...Madonna was saying, `You know, there's nothing wrong with sexuality'...That's something gay people need to hear. ...She's a great icon in self-reliance and self-determination."

Rettenmund, who says he has been to nearly every Madonna concert, said the front of a concert, near the stage, will almost always be packed with gay men. "No one does fandom like gay men do fandom."

Richard Paul Salgado, 48, whose been a fan since Madonna's "Like a Virgin" tour, said about 70 percent of fans at concerts he's been to were gay men.

"She's almost kind of inherited ...the gay torch from Cher or even Streisand," said George Plasketes, professor of radio, television, film and popular culture at Auburn University in Alabama.

But according to Rettenmund, concerts are swarming with fans from every walk of life: girls and women who "admire her feminist power," dance music lovers and - to Rettenmund's surprise - a lot of older married men. "It's quite
a variety of people," he said. D

London: Actress Gwyneth Paltrow has brought her close friend Madonna back together with her father Tony Ciccone after pleading her to reunite with him.

According to contactmusic.com, Madonna had a falling out with her father when he remarried after the death of her mother when she was just five years old. Paltrow recently lost her father Bruce who died after a battle with throat cancer and regrets not spending more time with him.

Madonna's family friend says: "Gwyneth had a heartfelt talk with Madonna about her agony over losing her dad Bruce. Gwyn often talks of things she could have done with him, things she would like to have told him. Knowing he is gone forever is something that still crushes her.

"She told Madonna, 'If you don't make up with your dad and enjoy the time he's got left you'll regret it for the rest of your life."

I WENT THERE LAST NIGHT AROUND MIDNIGHT THEY HAD 50 PEOPLE DOING THE KARAOKEE CONTEST I SAW LAST 4 WAS FUNNY ANYHOW A GUY WHO LOOKED LIKE RONNIE [that indian bitch) ONLY 2 FEET TALLER BLACK LEGGINS PINK UNDERPANTS INK KORZET AND PINK POINTED BRA AND WHEN HE STARTED MOOVING HE WAS VERY FUNNY AND HIS WIG ALA MARIE ANTONIETTE WAS STARTING FALLING OFF SO HE WAS WAS HOLDING MIC IN ONE HAND AND OTHE WAS ON HAD KEEPING THE WIG ON THE PLACE IF YOU BUY THE SECRET THEY WERE GIVING OUT MINI MINI PINS WHICH SAID LIKE IT OR NOT GET TOGETHER ..... ETC PATCH THAT SAID MADONNA CONFESSSSSSSSSS ... AND OLD PROMO POSTER FOR THE ALBUM

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Pop superstar MADONNA has reportedly turned down $3.6 million (GBP2 million) to promote a new diet and sex pill. The MATERIAL GIRL declined an offer put to her by a UK firm to advertise the Slimnsexy tablet, which it is claimed aids weight loss while increasing libido. Company boss JAMES DIXON tells British newspaper the Daily Star, "We thought it wasn't bad for 10 minutes' work. "But it was deemed too raunchy for her new lady-of-the-manor image. "It seems basques and crucifixions are OK but talking about her sex life isn't.

It’s been reported that Madonna has turned down a £2 million pay cheque to front a new diet and sex pill. The company behind the supplement, a tablet that claims to help women shed extra pounds while boosting their libido, said they only wanted ten minutes of Madonna's time, and can't understand why she wouldn't take them up on the offer.

"We thought it wasn't bad for ten minutes' work," said exec James Dixon. "But it was deemed too raunchy for her new lady-of-the-manor image. It seems basques and crucifixions are OK but talking about her sex life isn't."

This not the first time Dixon has made headlines: a few months ago he was shopping the same story to the tabloids, but this time claiming it was Jade Goody who didn't want the job.

She’s an unlikely heroine of the farming set, but Madonna’s current obsession with raunchy rural chic has inspired Scotland’s most popular annual agricultural event to pile on the glamour as part of a push to make it more woman-friendly.

The riding outfits worn by the singer on her current world tour will have a pronounced effect on a catwalk demonstration at the Royal Highland Show, which starts on Thursday.

The fashion show is just one of a number of features at the event designed to widen its appeal – others include a flamenco dancing display and a Continental-style food hall.

“The show allows people, if they want, to come for five hours without having to look at a cow or a tractor,’’ said show manager David Dunsmuir. ‘‘The problem is people don’t know what we have here. It is the best-kept secret in Scotland, even though we take up six fields the size of Hampden.”

Juan Ramirez, who runs London-based Viva Flamenco, will bring a team of six performers north to perform . He said: “From our point of view, it will just be a normal show. We will get the audience up to do a little dancing if they want, but we won’t force them into it.

“I have been in the business for many years now and have played at all kinds of events. I’ve also done country shows before, so I know what to expect.

“It’s always very enthusiastic, a different situation to performing in a theatre where the audience don’t do much clapping along. Hopefully, by the end of the performance, the farmers will be ploughing in time to the music.”

The number of VIP fashion events at this year’s show has also doubled, with a raunchy rural chic theme – inspired by the tight bodices and riding boots worn by Madonna on her Confessions tour – featuring in the main catwalk show on Friday. More than 50 Scottish boutique designers are providing clothes and accessories for the £60-a-ticket event.

Angela Moffat, the fashion show’s stylist, said it was designed to appeal to a wide audience. “The show will have some glamorous looks, but will also give ideas for occasions such as gardening parties, travelling and city sightseeing – looks that will appeal to women of all ages,” she said.

A spokesperson for the Highland Show said: “Often there have been ladies going for years, so they are keen to see and do something new, not just look at the cows and sheep. Good quality shopping is very popular but it’s never promoted before. We are sure the ladies will like the new additions.”

Andrew Arbuckle MSP, who spent more than 15 years as the farming editor for the Dundee Courier before moving into politics, is looking forward to the more glamorous schedule.

“The bunnets will be birling,” he said. “I am all in favour of it. The reality is it’s still very much an agricultural show. Farmers are far more specialised these days and go to other places for equipment, so this is a general agricultural show for everyone.

“To me it is the top event, one I have marked down in my diary each year. As for the dancing, I am afraid I have got a bad leg so will just have to observe.”

Madonna 'Out-Hits' Paris Hilton, Jessica Simpson, Pamela Anderson, and Angelina Jolie, according to Material Girl Back.

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Looks like smooch-buddies Madonna and Britney Spears are buddies no more.

When the two locked lips on MTV, it made news around the world. Now, Madonna has reportedly dumped Spears because the “Oops I Did It Again” crooner has bailed on Kabbalah.

Madonna spent a great deal of time and money wooing the younger singer into the Kabbalah fold, and it worked for at least a while; Spears was spotted wearing the trendy religion’s trademark red string bracelet and toting around Kabbalah books.

But not long ago, Spears publicly ditched the mystical offshoot of Judaism, writing on her Web site: “I no longer study Kabbalah, my baby is my religion.”

Spears, who was raised a Baptist, has allegedly been consulting with a “Christian Life Coach” about her troubled marriage to Kevin Federline.

“Madonna spent months teaching Britney the Kabbalah system and splashed out thousands on the ancient scripture for her,” according to a source quoted by Virgin.net, which is further reporting that Madonna is demanding that Spears return the twelfth-century book on Kabbalah that she gave her as a wedding present.

Madonna’s rep had no comment by press time, but the source said: “She feels she has wasted time, money and precious gifts on Brit.”