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Madonna called into Ryan Seacrest’s radio show on Friday to talk about her Super Bowl performance, and the subject turned (of course) to M.I.A. flipping her middle finger for the world to see.

It turns out that Madonna, who didn’t even know about the gesture until she was in an elevator to leave Lucas Oil Stadium, is not so pleased with her guest performer’s behavior.

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“I was really surprised…. I wasn’t happy about it,” she told Seacrest.

She explained, “I understand it’s kind of punk rock and everything, [but] to me there was such a feeling of love and good energy and positivity, it seemed negative.”

Madonna continued, “It’s such a teenager… irrelevant thing to do in one respect, but on the other hand, there was such a feeling of love and unity there, what was the point? It was just out of place.”

The Material Girl also admitted that the Super Bowl was a nearly overwhelming experience.

“I was more nervous doing this show than any show I’ve ever done in my entire life, for sure,” she confessed to Seacrest, explaining, ”It wasn’t my turf… I’m walking into the holy grail of American sports. I know very well that everyone in the stands could go and leave and get hot dogs if they want to.”

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UPDATE: Hoskins has since be apprehended by police, and is now being escorted back to the mental facility.

Robert Dewey Hoskins, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for stalking Madonna and threatening to kill her in the 1990s, has escaped from a mental hospital and remains at large.

In a statement, The Los Angeles Police Department said Hoskins “is a very psychotic man when not taking his medication and has very violent tendencies.”

According to officials, Hoskins simply walked away from the facility, where he’d been placed after a July 2011 arrest for vandalism following his release for the Madonna-related offenses.

In 1996, he was convicted and sentenced to a decade behind bars after scaling a wall around Madonna’s Hollywood Hills residence, claiming that she was supposed to be his wife, and threatening to slit her throat “from ear to ear” if he couldn’t have her.

He was shot twice by security guards.

Madonna testified during his trial, recounting that she’d had nightmares about Hoskins,

Even after his incarceration, Hoskins continued to threaten Madonna in prison interviews, and has made similarly violent statements about Halle Berry.

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Simon Cowell is speaking out about his recent decisions to fire Nicole Scherzinger and pal Paula Abdul from “The X Factor.”

After the show’s first season was largely maligned by critics and failed to live up to ratings expectations, Cowell and his team quickly decided a reboot was in order for the upcoming second season.

Of Abdul he says, “I would’ve liked to have kept her. She was very gracious and I said that to her. She understands it’s business; it’s never personal.”

But while Abdul may have taken the news in stride, Scherzinger wasn’t as receptive.

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“I don’t think she’s mad. I think she’s disappointed,” Cowell explains in an interview scheduled to air on “Extra” Wednesday.

But the former “American Idol” judge actually places some of the blame on himself as well, admitting “X Factor” didn’t live up to his own hype.

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“It’s only because I opened my big mouth and said we were going to get 20 million [viewers],” he says. “If I hadn’t said that, everybody would be saying the show was a huge success.”

As for who will come on board to help improve the show, Cowell admits he’d love to have Mariah Carey as a judge, but knows the mom of infant twins can’t make the commitment.

Katy Perry would be “fun,” he says, while Madonna would be “great” – and “expensive.”

But don’t expect to see the mogul shelling out $100 million a year to snag Beyonce, as some outlets have claimed.

“I have no idea where this rumor came from,” Cowell says, adding, “It’s complete nonsense.”

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Madonna will kick off her first tour in three years in Israel this May.

The singer, fresh off her well-received Super Bowl halftime show performance, announced her extensive tour itinerary on Tuesday.

After her new album “MDNA” is released in the spring, the Queen of Pop will perform in Tel Aviv on May 29, followed by Abu Dhabi and Istanbul in early June.

She’ll then begin the European leg of the tour, before heading back to the U.S. and Canada in late August.

The itinerary for the South American and Australian part of her tour will be revealed at a later date.

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7-Jun Istanbul, Turkey Turk Telecom Arena  On sale soon
11-Jun Zagreb, Croatia Maksimir Stadium  On Sale Feb. 17
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16-Jun Florence, Italy Stadio Franchi  On Sale Feb. 13
20-Jun Barcelona, Spain Palau Sant Jordi  On Sale Feb. 16
24-Jun Coimbra, Portugal Estadio Cidade de Coimbra On Sale Feb. 11
28-Jun Berlin, Germany O2 Arena  On Sale Feb. 13
2-Jul  Copenhagen, Denmark Parken Stadium  On Sale Feb. 13
4-Jul Gothenburg, Sweden Ullevi Stadium  On Sale Feb. 17
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12-Jul Brussels, Belgium Stade Roi-Baudouin  On Sale Feb. 17
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Madonna’s Super Bowl halftime show has gotten a lot of attention (because it was the Super Bowl halftime show), but it pretty much went off without controversy.

Until people pointed out that guest performer M.I.A. had given viewers the middle finger.

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Even though most viewers probably didn’t consider it a big deal, flipping the bird is always a source of media hyperventilation.

Plus, ever since Janet Jackson’s nipple made a surprise appearance for a half-second during the 2004 halftime show, Super Bowl observers (and politicians, advocacy groups, the FCC, etc.) always seem primed to declare controversy.

UPDATE: NBC is now apologizing.

“We apologize for the inappropriate gesture that aired during halftime,” said the network in statement. “It was a spontaneous gesture that our delay system caught late.”

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Judging by celebrity tweets, Hollywood approved heartily of Madonna’s Super Bowl halftime show.

With some exceptions (we’re lookin’ at you, Piers Morgan), celebrities on Twitter raved about the Queen of Pop’s performance, which included old hits like “Like A Prayer” and her latest single, “Give Me All Your Luvin’.”

Check out what some stars had to say:

Paul Abdul: “O. M. G. #Madonna #killedit BRILLIANT #HalfTime show!!!!!!!!!!!! SUPERB choreography & Madonna was FLAWLESS!”

Alec Baldwin: “Two quarters of SuperBowl and the strongest performer is Madonna…”

Sherri Shepherd: “I actually thought Madnna did a great job on the Half Time show. It looked pretty cool here on the field”

Seth MacFarlane: “The way they rhymed ‘Madonna’ with ‘you wanna”‘was terrific. Just tremendous. And a bunch of times! Which was also great. Music is great.”

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Bethenny Frankel: “Holy madonna balls. That was epic.”

Minka Kelly: “So fun!! She’s still got it baby!”

Kris Jenner: “Madonna was amazing!!!!!!! Perfection!!”"

Goldie Hawn: “Watching the super bowl! Half time dancing with Madonna and company in my living room! World peace! Yes! Go Blue!!”

Eliza Dushku: “#Madonna is the #Queen of EVERY ball, game & sound right now. #WELL #DONE #Madge!! #SB46″

Ashley Benson: “Madonna. Wow. Boring.”

Adam Levine: “my dude @CeeLoGreen KILLING up there at halftime! What a trip!”

Nicky Hilton: “Let’s be honest- Madonna killed it!”

Heidi Montag: “Wow Madonna is still the Queen of pop! Great show!”

Dane Cook: “Weirdst halftime show. Madonna had blond chest hair and CeeLo was wearing the entire night sky.”

Denise Richards: “Madonna looks amazing!! Great #halftime show!!!”

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Kelly Ripa: “Thank you MADONNA! #MDNA”

Drew Carey: “Best half-time show ever! Wow. #Madonna #SuperBowl”

Serena Williams: “I’m in love with Madonna!”

Rosie O’Donnell: “Madonna = perfection”

Brooklyn Decker: “I think this is really cool! Sounds great! Love the choir!”

Kirstie Alley: “Could Madonna look any more gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!?????? Jeez!!!!!!! This is AWESOME !!!!!!!!!!!! Genius!!!”

Piers Morgan: “If someone did this on America’s Got Talent, they’d be laughed (and buzzed) off stage. Truly diabolical. #Superbowl”

Audrina Patridge: “Halftime show!!! So far looking goooood I <3 Madonna”

Jimmy Kimmel: “I feel like Madonna cares more about her own halftime performance than she does the game”

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Madonna was in charge of this year’s Super Bowl halftime show – and she brought along some friends.

LMFAO, Nicki Minaj, M.I.A. and Cee Lo Green assisted the Material Girl at various points of the 12-minute performance, which began with her entering like Cleopatra and singing “Vogue.”

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After that, Madonna transitioned into “Music,” during which LMFAO came out to sing snippets from their hits.

Then it was time for collaborators Minaj and M.I.A. to help out on “Give Me All Your Luvin,’” the video for which just premiered this past week.

A marching band led by Green joined the festivities, tossing in a few words from “Express Yourself.”

Madonna closed with “Like A Prayer” and a choir.

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Madonna’s Halftime Show wasn’t her only Super Bowl gig.

She also appeared alongside Jay Leno in a commercial for “The Tonight Show.”

In the short clip, Leno finds himself in an elevator with the Queen of Pop, only to be embarrassed when his phone goes off with one of her songs as his ring tone.

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The Super Bowl might feature a clash involving neither the New York Giants or the New England Patriots.

Joe Francis, the man behind the Girls Gone Wild video series, is threatening to sue Madonna if she sings a song called “Girls Gone Wild” during halftime.

The track appears on the pop queen’s upcoming album.

A lawyer for Francis says “misappropriation” of the “Girls Gone Wild” trademark “will not be tolerated,” according to a cease and desist letter obtained by TMZ.

Francis’ camp threatens to bring litigation against Madonna (as well as the NFL and NBC, labeled “co-conspirators”) if she sings “Girls Gone Wild” on Sunday, thereby “free riding” on the “valuable consumer goodwill and brand recognition” attached to Francis’ product line.

He’s demanding that Madonna negotiate with Francis for licensing and not perform “Girls Gone Wild” at the Super Bowl.

It’s worth noting that in an unconfirmed leaked Super Bowl set list for Madonna, “Girls Gone Wild” does not appear.

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The full version of “Give Me All Your Luvin’” was released Friday morning, hours after a preview of Madonna’s newest music video premiered during “American Idol.”

The nearly four-minute clip features Nicki Minaj and M.I.A., who collaborated with Madge on the track.

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“Give Me All Your Luvin’” is the first single off Madonna’s newest album, M.D.N.A., which will be released March 26.

First up, though, the Queen of Pop will perform during Sunday’s Super Bowl halftime show.

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Madonna fans were treated to a preview of her newest music video for “Give Me All Your Luvin” during Thursday’s “American Idol.”

In the short clip, Madonna was joined by Nicki Minaj and MIA, who are rumored to be joining her during Madge’s Super Bowl halftime show performance on Sunday.

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Madonna announced Monday that she plans to open 10 schools for underprivileged kids in Malawi.

The singer, whose original plans to bring new education centers to the country was scrapped last year after management and financial issues, has partnered with the non-profit group buildOn to finally make her dream a reality.

The project is being spearheaded by her Raising Malawi foundation.

“I am excited that with the help of buildOn, we can maintain our ongoing commitment to move forward efficiently,” Madonna said in a statement.

She added, “We now will be able to serve twice as many children as we would have served with our old approach,” with the goal being 1,000 students a year.

“I have learned a great deal over the last few years and feel confident that we can reach our goals to educate children in Malawi, especially young girls, in a much more practical way,” the pop star explained.

“Constructing smaller schools in partnership with buildOn has restored my faith that we can accomplish what we promised we would,” Madonna added.

The music icon has two adopted children from Malawi – David, 6, and Mercy, 5.

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Elton John’s friendly (?) feud with Madonna is still going strong.

In a new interview with ABC News on the subject of his upcoming Super Bowl ad with Melanie Amaro, John is asked whether he’d ever perform for the halftime show.

“I’ve never seen a decent one… never ever,” he replies.

But he does have advice for Madonna, who has halftime duties at this year’s big game.

“Make sure you lip-sync good,” says John.

John and husband David Furnish, of course, recently went after Madonna for her Golden Globes victory, although Furnish later said his comments were “blown way out of proportion.”

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LMFAO will join Madonna onstage during the Super Bowl halftime show, according to Will.i.am.

The Black Eyed Peas singer, who manages the duo under his label Will.i.am Music Group, revealed the news during a radio interview with Capital FM on Thursday.

Will.i.am announced, “I’m going to the Super Bowl this year to see my group LMFAO perform with Madonna.”

The singer, who headlined last year’s halftime show with the Black Eyed Peas, added, “Check that out, Will.i.am Music Group is pretty freaking two for two. One year the Super Bowl the next year another group part of the Super Bowl in collaboration with Madonna.”

RELATED – It’s Official! Madonna Doing Super Bowl Halftime Show

Nicki Minaj and M.I.A are also being rumored to make surprise appearances during Madonna’s act, as they feature on her new single, “Give Me All Your Love.”

Those reports have not been confirmed.

The Super Bowl takes place on February 5 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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Count Mary J. Blige among those baffled by the decision to select only two nominees in the Best Original Song category at this year’s Oscars.

After her tune “The Living Proof” (from The Help) – along with other worthy contenders – was left out of the nominations, Blige expressed her frustration on Twitter.

She wrote, “I’m so thankful for true fans like you all. It saddens me & feels like the Academy is being mean. 2 only nominate 2 of the 5 slots is….”

Blige then retweeted a number of supportive messages from fans who were similarly upset about “The Living Proof”’s absence.

The Academy nominated “Man or Muppet” (from The Muppets) and “Real in Rio” (from Rio) as the only two Best Original Song contenders, freezing out big names like Blige, Madonna and Elton John.

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Elton John’s husband David Furnish says the media made too much of his unflattering comments about Madonna following her win at the Golden Globes.

To recap: Before Sunday’s awards, John sniped that Madonna didn’t have a “f**king chance” to win.

After she did take home a Globe for Best Original Song, Furnish ripped Madonna on Facebook, writing that her victory “truly shows how these awards have nothing to do with merit.”

Now, Furnish is back on Facebook — and singing a slightly different tune.

He wrote on Thursday, “Wow! What a tempest in a teapot. My comments regarding The Golden Globes have been blown way out of proportion.”

Furnish explained his Madonna rant by saying, “My passion for our film ‘Gnomeo & Juliet’ and belief in Elton’s song really got my emotional juices going.”

He ended on a magnanimous note: “I must say for the record that I do believe Madonna is a great artist, and that Elton and I wish her all the best for next week’s premiere of the film ‘W.E.’”

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Apparently, Sunday’s Golden Globes weren’t all about hugs and kind words.

After Madonna beat Elton John in the Best Original Song category, John’s partner David Furnish absolutely RIPPED the Material Girl on Facebook.

“Madonna. Best song???? F–k off!!!” Furnish wrote, adding ”Madonna winning Best Original Song truly shows how these awards have nothing to do with merit.”

Furnish also said Madonna’s acceptance speech “was embarrassing in it’s [sic] narcissism,” and even added that “her critisism [sic] of [Lady] Gaga shows how desperate she really is.”

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The smack talk actually began on the red carpet, where a confident John, nominated for “Hello Hello” from Gnomeo & Juliet, said Madonna didn’t have “a f–king chance” of beating him.

After Madonna did ultimately win the golden statue for “Masterpiece” from her film W.E., she said backstage that she hopes John still “speaks to me for the next couple of years.”

“He’s known to get mad at me,” she explained, adding that she thinks the music legend is “brilliant.”

“I adore him,” she said. “So he’ll win another award, and I don’t feel bad.”

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Ricky Gervais can certainly dish it out – and, lest we forgot, Madonna can dish it right back.

At the Golden Globes on Sunday, host Gervais introduced the Material Girl with a not-so-subtle joke about how she’s not so much “like a virgin.”

Once at the podium, Madonna challenged Gervais to “come over here and do something about it.”

She added, “I haven’t kissed a girl in a few years.”

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Despite being in the middle of a divorce, Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore were friendly during a a run-in at the CAA pre-Golden Globes party at Soho House on Friday night.

Kutcher, who split from Moore in November after he allegedly  cheated on her the night of their sixth wedding anniversary, approached his ex at the A-list bash, according to reports.

Party-goers say the two exchanged hellos and chatted briefly in a group with Madonna and Sean Penn.

Kutcher also caught up with Moore’s eldest daughter, Rumer Willis.

It’s likely the former couple will have quite a few more run-ins now that awards season has begun.

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Madonna opened up about her relationship with 24-year-old Brahim Zaibat for the first time on Thursday’s “Nightline.”

The pop icon said she didn’t “choose… to have a relationship with a younger man.”

“That’s just what happened,” she explained to anchor Cynthia McFadden. “You see, that’s the romantic in me. I just met someone that I cared for, and this happened to be his age.”

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Madonna tried to downplay the couple’s nearly 30-year age difference, asking, “Aren’t people tired of that subject?”

“I don’t feel comfortable with this conversation,” she admitted when McFadden tried to press further.

RELATED – Madonna: “Born This Way” Is A “Redo” Of “Express Yourself”

Still, Madonna insisted she and Zaibat are a normal couple like any other.

“I go home and I wash my face and I put on my sweatpants and I lay down on the bed and I say, ‘oh, please rub my feet,’ and you know, he says, ‘no, you rub my feet,’” she explained. “So, you know, behind the curtain, I’m just like everybody else.”

Madonna, who split from ex-husband Guy Ritchie in 2008, also admitted she misses “certain things” about being married.

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Nearly one year after Lady Gaga released her single “Born This Way,” Madonna is finally commenting on claims that the song bears more than a few similarities to her own hit “Express Yourself.”

When she first heard the track, Madonna recalls, “I thought ‘What a wonderful way to redo my song.’”

She tells Newsweek, “I mean, I recognized the chord changes. I thought it was… interesting.”

After Gaga debuted the song last February, many fans and critics felt it borrowed its melody and theme from Madonna’s 1989 single.

Earlier this year, Gaga herself addressed the controversy during an appearance on “Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” where she said she’s “the hugest fan personally and professionally” of the pop icon.

But she also claimed Madonna and her team were “sending me their love and complete support on behalf of the single. And if the queen says it shall be, then it shall be.”

Now, it seems, Madonna is singing a different tune.

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Kelly Clarkson has been tapped to sing the national anthem at Super Bowl XLVI on February 5 in Indianapolis.

The “American Idol” winner, who performed last weekend on “Saturday Night Live,” will be joined by country music couple Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton, who are slated to sing “America the Beautiful” during the pre-game.

Madonna has been tapped to perform during the halftime show.

Last year, Christina Aguilera famously flubbed the national anthem’s lyrics at the Super Bowl in Dallas.

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“As their films face off in theaters, a battle is brewing between director divas Angelina Jolie and Madonna,” claims Star magazine.

Oh?

Do tell!

According to the tabloid’s “source,” Jolie has been “taking potshots” at Madonna at every opportunity, furious that people have been “drawing comparisons” between her and the Material Girl.

Um… what?

Who, exactly, is comparing the two?

Star never says.

(Because Star made it up!)

Apparently, since Jolie’s In the Land of Blood and Honey and Madonna’s W.E. are both getting attention, and because they’re both famous women, that means there simply must be some kind of horrible feud between them.

“Angie considers Madonna a nuisance and a distraction from her own work,” reports the so-called “source” for the tab, adding that Jolie “said Madonna has no talent whatsoever for filmmaking and that W.E. is a big-screen joke.”

As background, Star cites criticism of such Madonna “cinematic failures” as Swept Away and Body of Evidence.

One tiny problem: Madonna did not direct either of those movies.

Star wants us to believe that Angelina Jolie is upset about imaginary directorial comparisons being drawn between her and Madonna because the singer once appeared in a couple of mediocre films?

According to Star, “Madonna reached out to Angie, suggesting they get together to discuss moviemaking,” only to have Jolie reject her.

That never happened.

A rep for Madonna tells Gossip Cop it’s “totally fabricated” nonsense.

Meanwhile, sources close to Jolie inform Gossip Cop that there’s been absolutely no tension between her and Madonna – about their movies or otherwise.

It seems to us like Star can’t envision two high-profile female directors being at peace with each other and decided to fan the flames of controversy.

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Madonna and M.I.A. sang “Happy Birthday” to Nicki Minaj on the set of her upcoming “Give Me All Your Love” video.

The Material Girl herself posted the audio to Facebook.

Minaj turned 29 on December 8.

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“Glee” is set to celebrate the King of Pop.

Michael Jackson will be the focus of a tribute episode on January 24, with the cast set to perform 10-12 songs from the late hit maker.

A rep for “Glee” creator Ryan Murphy confirms the news to Gossip Cop.

Jackson’s “Thriller” was a big part of the show’s post-Super Bowl episode last February.

In the past, the show has done single-artist tribute episodes for Britney Spears, Madonna and Lady Gaga.

TV Guide was the first outlet to confirm the Jackson show.

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Two months after Gossip Cop first reported that Madonna was going to be the halftime performer at Super Bowl XLVI, it’s official!

On Sunday night, during the Detroit Lions and New Orleans Saints game, NBC and the NFL announced that Madonna would the Super Bowl’s headlining act at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on February 5, 2012.

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For her performance, Madonna will partner with a Cirque du Soleil creative team, choreographer Jamie King, and multimedia artists from Moment Factory.

The Super Bowl show was performed in 2011 by The Black Eyed Peas, while The Who did the honors the prior year.

Madonna is currently working on a new album for a spring 2012 release.

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Guy Ritchie has no regrets about his “soap opera” marriage to Madonna.

In the December 2011 issue of Details magazine, the filmmaker talks about his high-profile nuptials to one of the most visible and controversial women in the world.

“I enjoyed my first marriage,” says Ritchie. “It’s definitely not something I regret.”

He continues, “The experience was ultimately very positive. I love the kids that came out of it, and I could see no other route to take. But you move on, don’t you?”

Richie and Madonna were married from 2000 to 2008 and have two children together.

“I stepped into a soap opera, and I lived in it for quite a long period of my life,” says Ritchie, adding, “I’ll probably be more eloquent on it 10 years from now.”

Asked what he learned from his time with Madonna, Ritchie tells Details, “When you end up with a lot of the things you set out to chase and find that you’ve stumbled into all sorts of hollow victories, then you become deeply philosophical. I’m quite happy that that experience was accelerated for me. I’m glad I made money, in other words. And I’m glad I got married.”

Richie, whose Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows will soon hit theaters, recently welcomed his first child with girlfriend Jacqui Ainsley.

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Abbie Cornish stars in W.E., Madonna‘s directorial effort about the romance between Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII, and the woman who investigates it in the 1990s.

The movie has already sparked a bit of controversy (and its high-profile director has been booed), but it will soon be getting a theatrical release, and a new trailer is out.

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The music world is abuzz with a leaked demo version of Madonna‘s new single, “Give Me All Your Love.”

It would purportedly be the first track from her upcoming album, which is slated to arrive in 2012.

“Give Me All Your Love” opens with Nicki Minaj chanting a cheer before Madonna herself begins to sing.

A rep for Madonna all but confirmed to Gossip Cop that the track is real, responding with tongue firmly in cheek, “Sure sounds like her.”

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As Gossip Cop reported on Sunday, Kelly Osbourne cracked her head open, and was taken to a Miami hospital this weekend.

Initially, Osbourne, who was in Miami to find a model for Madonna‘s Material Girl clothing line, tweeted, “Long story short I cracked my head open then kept passing out.”

But now the full story has emerged.

Her mom Sharon Osbourne, who flew cross-country to aid and stay with Kelly for two nights at Mercy Hospital in Miami, explained on Monday’s “The Talk” exactly what had happened.

Sharon said Kelly went to a club to see a DJ, and at one point a guy she was dancing with asked, “Teach me how to ballroom dance, and so she did, and the guy takes down her to dip, and as her dips her down, she hits her head on an amplifier… it split her head open.”

Ouch!

Kelly thought she was fine when she returned to her hotel, but Sharon said “she fainted twice.”

The young Osbourne was then taken to the hospital, where she received stitches and currently still has “a severe concussion.”

Sharon noted Kelly’s now back in L.A., and “on the mend.”

Watch Sharon discussing Kelly’s head injury below.

Check out PHOTOS of Kelly promoting the Material Girl clothing line with Lourdes Leon!

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