Prince is a strange cat, isn’t he? I mean, the dude looks about thirty-four years old when he’s really fifty-four. He’s also quite the erratic diva. Not only did he declare the internet to be “dead“ about two years ago, but he’s got a long history of changing his name from “Prince” to “The Artist formerly known as Prince” to some unpronouncable symbol and then back to “Prince” again. Maybe that’s where P. Diddy gets it from, right?

As odd and diva-esque as Prince often shows himself to be, he’s still an institution. I still love listening to his old tunes like “Raspberry Beret,” “Little Red Corvette,” and (my absolute favorite) “When Doves Cry.” Unfortunately, his new tunes aren’t nearly as catchy and are pretty weak. He’s got a new single out, “Screwdriver,” that proves this point. Still, Prince will always be able to sell concert tickets, and this May, he’s going to be honored honored with the 2013 Icon Award at the Billboard Music Awards. So he sat down with Billboard for an interview to promote something indefinite. I don’t know what he’s promoting, actually, because his upcoming album neither has a name nor a release date, so I guess he’s just pimping his awful new single. Here are some excerpts:

He’s very paranoid: He remains adamant about not allowing reporters to record their conversations with him. (“Some in the past have taken my voice and sold it,” he says. “I can’t remember the incident that triggered it and it’s probably best that I don’t.”) And he still frowns at the idea of a reporter taking notes. (“That would be just like texting.”)

Why he turned against his record label: “It was always about Madonna. She was getting paid, but at the same time we were selling more records and selling out concerts on multiple nights.”

On Maroon 5′s cover of “Kiss”: “Why do we need to hear another cover of a song someone else did?” he quips in the interview, noting that he has no problem with artists performing covers during live shows. “Art is about building a new foundation, not just laying something on top of what’s already there.”

[From Billboard]

Madonna and Prince have always disliked each other, and they’re both divas from the same era, so there’s definitely no surprise that they’ll never be friends, and Prince definitely is one to hold a grudge. He’s probably been stewing over their rivalry for quite some time (while Madge probably hasn’t thought of him in years), and now Prince blames her for making him dislike Warner Brothers when everyone remembers how he wrote “slave” on his face to express his true distaste with corporate music. He’s so fickle.

On the Adam Levine/Maroon 5 bit, I’m guessing that Prince isn’t so much offended that someone remade his song as the fact that he didn’t get a cut of the profits. There’s nothing wrong with a well-covered song (lately, I’ve been going crazy after reaquainting myself with Marilyn Manson’s take on The Eurythmics’ “Sweet Dreams”), but I can also see why Maroon 5 would fail to impress Prince.

Here are some photos of Prince performing in France in 2010 and 2011. He’s got a great stage presence even if he is an incorrigible grouch.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and Billboard

Ugh, I avoided this story yesterday, but now I can’t avoid it because Page Six has added yet another layer to the stupid drama. Here’s the background… years ago, Madonna began promoting a relatively unknown trainer and that trainer’s “Method” of weight loss. The trainer? Tracy Anderson, also known as “that weird-looking woman who says that women should live on 1,000 calories a day and work out three hours a day if they want to look presentable.” Madonna became the poster girl for Tracy’s “Method” – and those were the years where Madonna looked awful. I mean, she was really muscular (which isn’t bad) but she just looked roidy and gristly and not good. Madonna introduced Tracy around to her friends, and Tracy found an enduring friendship with Gwyneth Paltrow.

At some point, Madonna and Tracy had a falling out. Around the same time, Madonna and Gwyneth had a falling out too, and those fall outs are probably related. Word is that Madonna didn’t appreciate that Tracy was spending more time with her other clients like Gwyneth, and Madge didn’t like that Goop and Tracy were going into business together. Another layer? Tracy is up to her eyeballs in years of fraudulent behavior – she’s been sued by former business partners and she had periphery connections to Madonna’s poorly-operated (and ultimately criminally negligent) Raising Malawi charity.

So, Madge was no longer speaking to Tracy or Gwyneth, and Tracy and Gwyneth went into business together and they do interviews together and they sound like body-shaming Mean Girls together and everybody wants to train with Tracy now. But Madonna quietly got herself a new trainer named Nicole Winhoffer, and Winhoffer is going head-to-head with Tracy:

Madonna is continuing to wage war against her former trainer Tracy Anderson, sources exclusively tell Page Six. The pair, who worked together for three years, had a contentious split in 2009, and now Madge’s new trainer, Nicole Winhoffer, is getting in on the fight.

We’re told Winhoffer and Madonna are releasing their new range of workout DVDs, “Hard Candy Fitness: ‘Addicted to Sweat,’ ” as a way to get back at Anderson, whose DVD series has become a major part of her empire.

“This is not about being competitive with Tracy,” Madonna’s rep insisted. “It’s just timing. Nicole was on tour with Madonna all over the world, so she wasn’t available to do much promotion for the DVD series. But now she’s back in New York.”

A source close to Anderson sniffed, “Madonna and that trainer are not on her radar. She could not care less.”

[From Page Six]

You know how “Madonna and that trainer are not on Tracy’s radar”? To emphasize just how much they are not on Tracy’s radar, Tracy’s “friend” (hint: it was Tracy) went to Page Six today to tell the backstory on the situation. Tracy couldn’t care less about Madonna’s new trainer because Tracy used to train Winhoffer. And Winhoffer used to be a fatty. That’s how you know this is coming directly from Tracy Anderson, by the way:

The bad blood boiling between Madonna and Tracy Anderson since their 2009 split has everything to do with Madge’s current trainer, Nicole Winhoffer, says a source. We’re told Anderson trained Winhoffer for a year and introduced her to the pop legend.

“Nicole was overweight until Tracy shaped her body,” snarks the insider. “She was a caterer, and wanted to be famous. Tracy had been living with Madonna in London but moved back to the States to spend time with her family, and sent Nicole in her place.”

The source said Nicole was working for Tracy and learned all her moves. Adding, “Nicole doesn’t understand the reasons behind the moves, just the motions.”

At the time of the split, Page Six was told, “Madonna had grown tired of the baggage that Tracy always seemed to be carrying with her,” that it had become a “distraction,” adding further problems arose when Anderson developed a relationship with Philippe van den Bossche, the former head of Madonna’s Raising Malawi charity who was forced out for alleged mismanagement.

[From Page Six]

I can’t believe I’ve talked this much about what amounts to a couple of A-listers getting into a down-and-dirty bitch-fight about TRAINERS. This is not about a man. This is not about money. This is not about the movie role of a lifetime. This is about who yells at them when they’re on the treadmill. As for the way Tracy is insulting Nicole Winhoffer – UGH. GMAFB.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

These photos of Madonna dressed up as a cheerleader during her latest concert tour just never get old, do they? I mean, she must have had a million costume changes for her shows, but these are the pictures that our photo agencies just kept on publishing as the tour wore on throughout last year. Bless Madge and her little cotton cheerleading socks. Lady Gaga might have been correct in that things are different than there were 25 years ago, but Madge has stayed the same: raunchy, shameless, and successful as hell.

Of course, I shouldn’t make such light of this gripping issue because Madonna continues to make a killing off her arena tours even though no one buys her new albums anymore. In early 2012, Madonna famously attempted to justify her $300 concert tickets (and that’s baseline pricing, not the fancy, up-close seats) by saying, “Scrape the money together, I’m worth it.” Apparently, people have been doing just that to the tune of $296.1 million in ticket sales. Insane, right?

The music industry has minted some new arena and stadium stars lately, but one look at the top-grossing tours of 2012 and you might think we’re in a time warp.

Though her album sales are not on par with her 1980s heyday, Madonna can clearly still put glittery butts in seats. According to Pollstar, she easily topped the list of the year’s highest-grossing tours with $296.1 million, besting another Reagan-era rival, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, whose tour raked in $210.2 million. Former Pink Floyd leader Roger Waters had a very good year as well, pulling in $186.4 million on a list of the top 50 worldwide tours whose combined gross was $3 billion.

Both Madonna and Springsteen sole more than 2.1 million tickets each, averaging more than 31,000 fans per night. But, of course, Madonna also managed to make headlines on an almost nightly basis thanks to the usual flesh-baring and cage-rattling antics, which ranged from her musical tweaking of Lady Gaga, to the waving of fake firearms, flashing of naughty bits and a feud with French right-wing national Front party leader Marine Le Pen.

There were some newer names on the list as well, including Coldplay at #4 ($171.3 million), Lady Gaga (#5, $161.4 million) and the Cirque du Soleil “Michael Jackson: The Immortal” tour (#6, $140.2 million).

Among the other notable names: Metallica (#8, $86.1 million), Red Hot Chili Peppers (#10, $57.8 million), Jennifer Lopez (#13, $52.6 million), Drake (#19, $43.4 million), Radiohead (#21, $42.5 million), Justin Bieber (#23, $40.2 million) and the Black Keys (#27, $38.1 million).

[From MTV]

Oh, Madonna. She might not have put out a decent album in over a decade, but she’s still an institution. People will continue to flock to her shows not for the music but because it’s an actual event. And if they see her butt cheeks all over the place in the process, so be it. If Madge builds it, they will continue to come.

In other news, Madonna was seen over the New Year’s holiday performing an unintentional belly flop on a Switzerland ski slope while Brahim Zaibat stared down at her, seemingly at odds on how to help his girlfriend to her feet. Strange stuff.

Photos courtesy of WENN

If anyone had ever told me back in 1984 that Madonna would still be playing the role of a barely-clad, sexed-up vamp in 2012, well, I wouldn’t have known what to say. To start, I was only 9 or 10 years old when Madonna burst onto the scene, so the future meant nothing to me at all that point. Also, I had no idea what sex or “Like a Virgin” meant, but that’s all in the distant past. What I’m trying to say is this: While I appreciate that Madonna roared through her 40s looking pretty damn hot and I am very sensitive to remarks regarding age, I still can’t fathom that she’s still doing this stuff at the age of 54.

This new advertising campaign for Madonna’s Truth or Dare Naked perfume is a perfect example of Madge’s refusal to get dressed and carry herself with a modicum of dignity and respect. Those totally aren’t her real boobs, right? No matter how much one works out, boobs (real ones, anyway) don’t lie. You can push them up in a glorious bra, but once that bra comes off, it’s evident that there is some skin on the body that doesn’t retain elasticity from exercise. This is Madonna though, and she’s been deluded about her true age for quite some time. She still insists on showing off her butt cheeks at nearly any given opportunity, and her reliance on Photoshop for ad campaigns has been exposed within so many untouched photos that I’ve lost count. We all know what she really looks like these days, and there’s nothing wrong with that. I just wish that at a certain point Madonna would embrace her true age as a reflection of the “ultra-powerful woman” image that she has embodied for decades now.

No matter what Photoshop (or a rack double) can do for Madonna though, she’s still a 54-year-old woman wearing a cheerleading outfit. Here she is performing last night in Homestead, Florida.

Photos courtesy of WENN

These are photos of Madonna during her show at Madison Square Garden in NYC last night, and things got even a little more risqué than usual. This time though, it was for a good cause because Madonna was photographed visiting the Queens beach community of Rockaways (which was utterly devastated by Hurricane Sandy) over the weekend, and she decided to do something to raise money for relief. Yet instead of merely asking her fans to donate (which probably would have been more effective), Madge decided to dance for dollars by performing a little “striptease” to “Like a Virgin.” Sadly, I think this was less about charity than Madonna showing off her butt cheeks, which she always does at any given opportunity already. Here are the details from Us Weekly:

Behold the power of Madonna.

Performing at Madison Square Garden on Monday, Nov. 12, the “Give Me All Your Luvin’” singer asked fans to give her something else — cold hard cash.

But the money wasn’t for her. It was for the victims of Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey and New York, where the Material Girl had spent some time earlier in the week.

“I went down to Rockaway Beach yesterday with my children, and we saw what was going on there, we saw the destruction,” the 54-year-old mother of four said. “It was really sad, but we also saw amazing acts of humanity. People sharing with other people, people working hard, cleaning houses, handing out food, blankets, giving love.”

The superstar then announced that she’d be helping in her own way — by stripping. Taking off her top to reveal the words “No Fear” written on her back, she encouraged the audience to throw money at the stage as she performed a slowed-down version of “Like a Virgin.”

“If you are going to look at the crack of my a–, you better raise some cash!” she yelled at her adoring fans, who responded by showering her with bills.

[From Us Weekly]

So was this a good thing? This is different than Lady Gaga handing over $1 mill of her own money to the cause. It’s also lazier than Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake handing out knapsacks of supplies even though they probably did it to improve their reputations after the silly apology for the homeless “joke” video didn’t work. Here, I’m thinking that Madge could have merely made an announcement to the entire arena that there would be places to donate money by the exit doors, and her fans would have probably donated a lot of money anyway. Instead, she decided to show her booty while people threw money onstage. Mind you, only the first several rows were probably able to toss the cash to her, and the rest of the audience just sat and cheered. So I doubt she raised much money at all with her little striptease, but it probably made her feel like a better person.

Photos courtesy of WENN

Madonna has issues. Sean Penn has issues. Why not let them get back together and work out their issues? Probably because they’ll only get much, much worse, right? Sometimes, two awful people get together and it becomes magical, and they are more than the sum of their parts. Sometimes two awful people get together and it just creates more awfulness. So it would be with Sean Penn and Madonna. For whatever reason, they just can’t quit each other, though.

It seems Sean Penn is still “Hung Up” on ex-wife Madonna. Standing front-row at her Oct. 11 MDNA show in Los Angeles, the single actor, 52, couldn’t take his eyes off the iconic star, to whom he was married from 1985 to 1989.

“Their chemistry was off the charts,” a fellow concert-goer raved in the Oct. 29 issue of Us Weekly. “Madonna seemed to be performing entirely for Sean. And he was saying things like ‘Amazing!’ and ‘She’s so hot!’”

The pair, whose constant fighting throughout their brief marriage earned them the nickname “the Poison Penns,” met on the set of the music video for the singer’s hit “Material Girl” in 1985 and wed just months later. In 1986, the pop star released her third album, True Blue, which was inspired by and dedicated to her new husband, “the coolest guy in the universe.”

The relationship was far from perfect, though, marred by hot-blooded outbursts and arguments. In 1989, they called it quits and divorced. Penn went on to marry actress Robin Wright, and Madonna wed director Guy Ritchie — but the former loves never could let go of each other completely. In January 2010, they broke bread over a three-hour dinner at Adour Alain Ducasse, sparking rumors of a reconciliation.

“They’ve remained close friends,” a pal told Us. “But they are fire and fire together romantically. She can only be with someone she can control.”

That’s certainly not Penn. And in any case, Madonna already has a boyfriend: Brahim Zaibat, 26, whom she has been dating for the last two years.

“Madonna’s friends wish she’d get back with Sean,” the source said. “He will always be the love of her life.”

[From Us Weekly]

Considering Sean Penn usually dates 20-something models, I kind of think his current feelings for Madonna are probably pretty douchey. My guess is that he wants to mindf-ck her. Not sexually. He just wants to be around a powerful woman so he can mess with her. Doesn’t he seem like the type? Anyway, Star Mag says that Sean was definitely at the concert too, and that he came backstage after the show “hoping for a reconciliation.” After that, they allegedly went back to her LA home. Star Mag also says that Madonna is almost done with Brahim Zaibat. Ugh. Even though I don’t give Madonna credit for much these days, I really hope she’s too smart for this. Madge and Sean were like the Chris Brown and Rihanna of their day, you know? It’s gross.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Lourdes Leon is just about to celebrate her 16th birthday. How time flies, right? She turns 16 this week, which should be very exciting for her. I wonder if she’ll get her driver’s license? Probably not. Lola’s homebase is New York City, but she was also raised partially in London as well. Neither are big driving towns, so my guess is that she’ll probably wait another year or so to get her license. Anyway, like many girls at this age, Lola thinks her mom is crazy, and Lola is bristling against her mom’s oppressive, Draconian rules. So Lola is counting the days until she gets the hell out. But her mother is Madonna: the rules Lola’s mom imposes are probably a lot different than the rules most mothers-of-teenagers impose, you know? Which means that Lola’s teenage angst and need to rebel looks decided different than most. According to The Mail, Lola wants to rebel against her mom by… going to college. And paying for college by herself.

Little girls grow up fast. Madonna’s firstborn daughter, Lourdes, is preparing the leave her mother’s nest and live on her own.

The 16-year-old girl is said to be planning her escape to the performing arts school Bard College outside of New York to flee from her mother’s strict rules, and she plans on paying for it herself. Lourdes is said to be fed up with her mother’s strict parenting rules, and her rebellious nature now sees her planning to leave home.

And the young girl is so desperate to be independent, she wants to pay her own way through college, The Sun reports.

Lourdes has teamed up with her mother to create the teenage clothing line Material Girl, and will presumably use the money she earned through that to pay the expensive college fees.

A source has said: ‘Lourdes can’t wait to leave home and get to university. She’s already planned it all. She’s also fed up being in the spotlight. That’s why she didn’t go on stage during Madonna’s tour.’

The oldest offspring of Madonna, 54, will leave her three siblings behind, Rocco, 12, David Banda, 7, and Mercy James, 6.

[From The Mail]

Believe it or not, I think Lola is a very smart girl, and I do think Madge put a lot of focus on Lola’s education – didn’t Lola go to Lycee Francais schools? Which are the same schools that a lot of diplomats’ children attend, and the curriculum is very focused more on university-preparedness. It’s not unheard of for someone to graduate from those schools at the age of 16, and Bard College would probably be a good fit for Lourdes too. So… more power to her, I guess. I just think it’s funny that Lola’s rebellion is “I’m going to finish my fancy Lycee school and go to a really good liberal arts college and I’m going to pay for it myself. GAWD, MOM.”

Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.

On Monday night, Madonna performed in Washington, DC, and she took the opportunity to use her platform to provide a nuanced political argument advocating for women’s rights, gay rights and civil rights for all. Just kidding. She called President Obama a “black Muslim”. Here’s the video:

I mean… she’s an idiot. It was obvious that she was saying it as a mockery of the minority of people who really believe that Pres. Obama IS a Muslim, but it reminded me of The New Yorker cover controversy from 2008 – an attempt at high-handed, tongue-in-cheek, too-cute-by-half satire which only served to provide more ammunition to those who actually believe that Obama is a “black Muslim”. Anyway, Madonna issued a clarifying statement. And she also went to Yom Kippur services dressed in a purple sweatsuit. Because she’s a classy bitch, that’s why.

After referring to President Obama as a “black Muslim,” Madonna was back to taking center stage with her fellow Kabbalah followers at a Yom Kippur ceremony in New York.

According to a witness, the superstar arrived at the Park Avenue Armory on Tuesday in her own kind of spiritual garb — a bright purple sweat suit bearing the number 86 and a hat emblazoned with the word “Vogue.”

Our spy said, “Madonna was the last to arrive, and it seemed like they were holding up the ceremony to wait for her. She came through a back entrance with her daughter, Lourdes, and was seated in the front row. Once she was seated, it could begin. All the men were in white but Madonna had a loud track suit on. Also there was her younger boyfriend, who arrived wearing cream.”

A listing of the event on the Kabbalah Web site reads, “We refer to Yom Kippur as Binah . . . On Yom Kippur, we sit on the throne with Binah and remove the fog in our lives for the entire year to come. On Yom Kippur, we become spiritual royalty, with the ability to increase and improve the quality of life of all human beings.”

Madonna remained quiet and meditative through the service and didn’t greet other followers, not even Donna Karan, who was seated nearby. Our witness added, “She definitely set herself apart from everyone else. She is like the queen of Kabbalah.”

Yesterday, Madonna put out a statement following a backlash over her Monday speech in Washington, DC, where she said, “Now, it’s so amazing and incredible to think that we have an African-American in the White House . . . We have a black Muslim in the White House . . . It means there is hope in this country, and Obama is fighting for gay rights, so support the man.”

Madonna then said through her rep, “I was being ironic. Yes, I know Obama is not a Muslim — though I know that plenty of people in this country think he is. And what if he were? The point I was making is that a good man is a good man, no matter who he prays to. I don’t care what religion Obama is — nor should anyone else in America.”

[From Page Six]

The Queen of Kabbalah. Ugh. I don’t know what to say about all of that, except that it’s hilarious to me that Madonna showed up for Yom Kippur services in a purple sweatsuit that said “VOGUE”. I mean… why not “Material Girl”? As for Madge’s clarification statement on Pres. Obama… that’s pretty much what Colin Powell said when he endorsed Obama on Meet the Press in 2008. Speaking of, I’m really wondering if Powell is going to do an endorsement this year.

Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.

Here’s Madonna performing in Toronto on 9/12, and please don’t ask me why she continues to insist upon flaunting her butt cheeks on a regular basis. I don’t know why she does so, but it’s impossible to ignore said butt cheeks even when they’re not even relevant to today’s conversation, which is Madonna’s ongoing feud with Lady Gaga. As Kaiser pointed out in the past, Gaga is obviously copying Madonna in many ways because Madge (like it or not) is still relevant. Of course, Gaga’s response was about how Madge is so very old school (“25 years ago“) and that there’s nothing wrong with Gaga copying something that happened so long ago simply because Gaga’s the first person who did so in 25 years. That line of thought didn’t make much sense to me, but whatever.

Anyway, Madonna is still incredibly relevant in the world of pop music, and it doesn’t really matter that her last record bombed because audiences are clearly willing to pay $300 to see her in concert. After all, artists have rarely made money off album sales alone, and everyone knows that the real dough comes from touring. While onstage this past weekend, Madonna took it upon herself to publiclty forgive Gaga for copying her. Does Lourdes’ opinion have anything to do with Madge’s sudden change of heart? Probably not. Madonna was just paying lip service to Gaga in the simplest way possible, and her clichéd choice of words reflects that intention. Oh, and she’s supposedly forgiven Elton John for calling her a fairground stripper too:

Friends, frenemies or still enemies?

Madonna has recently been trying to put an end to her ongoing feuds with Elton John and Lady Gaga.

Last month, the 54-year-old MDNA singer dedicated her song “Masterpiece” to John, 65, during a concert in Nice, France. She said she “forgives him” for calling her a “fairground stripper” and saying her career is over. At her concert in Atlantic City on Saturday, Madonna dedicated the same song to Gaga, 26, and said she’d like to collaborate with her.

“You wanna know something? I love her,” she told the crowd. “I love her. I do love her. Imitation is the highest form of flattery.”

“One day, very soon, we’re going to be on stage together. Just you wait,” she added. “You think I’m kidding? I love Lady Gaga.”

During an interview with Newsweek in January 2012, Madonna slammed Gaga’s single “Born This Way” for its similarities to her 1989 song “Express Yourself.” “I thought, this is a wonderful way to redo my song,” she told the mag. “I mean, I recognized the chord changes. I thought it was . . . interesting.”

In April 2012, NME asked Gaga if she noticed her song was a knockoff of Madonna’s hit. “What a completely ridiculous thing to even question me about . . . If you put the songs next to each other, side by side, the only similarities are the chord progression,” Gaga argued. “It’s the same one that’s been in disco music for the last 50 years. Just because I’m the first f—ing artist in 25 years to think of putting it on Top 40 radio, it doesn’t mean I’m a plagiarist, it means that I’m f—ing smart. Sorry.”

[From Us Weekly]

So what’s with the sudden change of heart from Madonna? I doubt it really means anything at all. Madge would obviously love to have Gaga as a “guest” onstage because that would mean Madge was in charge. I don’t think she’s ever going to formally “pass the torch” Gaga’s way because — and this will irritate the Little Monsters out there — Gaga really is a flash in the pan compared to Madge. Sure, Gaga has enjoyed a great deal of commercial success with just a few albums, but she’s yet to achieve any sort of longevity and has to resort to dressing like an exhausting freak just to stay semi-relevant. Conversely, Madge is an institution. She’s a gristle-bound narcissist who insists upon ridiculously wearing a cheerleading uniform after the age of 50, but she’s an institution nonetheless.

Incidentally, Lady Gaga was just onstage in Amsterdam last night and toked up onstage. Is this controversial? Nah. Marijuana is perfectly legal in that country, and Gaga probably indulges all the time anyway.

Here’s Gaga walking around in Amsterdam yesterday. She’s still wearing weird crap on her head, and that’s her makeup artist next to her with Gaga’s dog, Fozzi.

Photos courtesy of WENN

Angelina Jolie and Madonna have a long-standing feud. Allegedly. Well, I believe they do. I think back in 2005-06, Madonna decided that she was going to beat Angelina at her own game, and tried to hijack various pieces of Jolie’s life and work (the foreign adoptions, the humanitarian work). The problem was that Madonna was just trying on a persona, and as such, she did it in a really half-assed way, and Angelina basically said that and then tried to take it back. Madonna later said that of course she wasn’t copying Angelina, etc. But there’s been iciness between the two women for the better part of six or seven years. And now that feud is boiling over… because Angelina’s daughters like to listen to old-school Madge.

A long-simmer feud between Angelina Jolie and Madonna has hit Jolie where it hurts – at home! Angelina’s daughters Zahara, Shiloh and Vivienne can’t get enough of the Material Girl’s tunes, sources say, and it’s got Angelina singing the blues.

“It’s no secret that Angie has never been a fan of Madonna’s acting, but her music really makes her cringe,” a source tells The Enquirer. “Growing up, Angie was more of a punk rocker and into new wave. Madonna’s bubble-gum pop sound and voice never appealed to her. To this day, Angie won’t listen to Madonna, but now she has to grin and bear it as her daughters blare Madonna classics.”

“Angie hopes this Madonna thing is just a phase her girls are going through because she’s about to snap… listening to Madonna’s music is like nails on a chalkboard for Angie.”

[From The Enquirer, print edition]

The Enquirer claims that the girls basically only like The Immaculate Collection, not the new stuff, and Angelina feels like punching a gerbil of doom whenever she hears “Like a Virgin”. This kind of story isn’t new for The Enquirer – back in July, they claimed that Pax and Zahara both love listening to Rihanna’s “Birthday Cake” – so much so that Angelina had to ban Rihanna’s music from the house. My question is: who brought The Immaculate Collection into the house? Or are the kids allowed to download whatever music they want? No, right? I don’t know anything about kids. My point: Brad Pitt is obviously in cohoots with Empress Zahara to coordinate a Sound of Music-style Jolie-Pitt-children showcase in which they cover Madonna songs and then escape the Nazis through the mountains. Or at least that’s how Z explained it to her dad. And Brad was like, “Sure, sweetheart. Whatever you want.”

Photos courtesy of WENN, Mario Testino.