Madonna has a reputation as a tough taskmaster — even with her friends.
Debi Mazar, the diva’s long-time friend, says she doesn’t like to work with Madonna because she’s such a hard-driving boss. “I actually hate doing videos and I really don’t even like working for Madonna because she’s such a perfectionist,” Mazar told Sharon Osbourne for an episode of her show that airs tomorrow. “The hours are long, it’s grueling, she’s ... always like, ‘Do this! Do that!’ She’s — she’s, you know, Madonna! ... She really works you to the bone.”
Mazar also blasts widespread reports that she and Madonna ended their friendship over Kabbalah. “When that...broke, I was like, ‘Wow, that’s so awful that somebody would try to make it look like we weren’t friendly,’” Mazar says on “Sharon.” “We called each other immediately when all that stuff came out. We were like, ‘Oh my God, did you see that?’ She was like, ‘Yeah,’ and she goes, ‘Oh it’s so ridiculous — please!’ It’s just another day in her life but for me, I’ve never had my name associated in a negative way with her or anybody else. I was kind of like, ‘Oh my God!’ ”
Actor to author
Former child star Macaulay Culkin is branching out into writing.
The “Home Alone” star has written a novelto be published by Miramax Books next spring. And it looks like the book, "Junior," borrows pretty heavily from Culkin’s own peculiar life.
“Part memoir, part rant, part comedic tour-de-force, "Junior," is full of the hard-won wisdom of Culkin’s quest to come to terms with the awesome pressures of childhood mega-stardom and family dysfunction,” according to Miramax’s advance catalog. “He understands that ‘having fun and being happy are two totally different things,’ yet at the same time he warns, ‘the end of the world is coming — and I’m going to have unfinished business.’ ”
No word on if there’s a chapter on the character’s special friendship with a surgically altered pop star.
Notes from all over
LaToya London is the odds-on favorite to win “American Idol,” according to BetWWTS.com. The offshore gaming company has given London 2-3 odds (that means you'd win $2 for every $3 bet). Fantasia Barrino isn’t out of the running, though; she’s been given 7-5 odds. Both Diana DeGarmo and Jasmine Trias are listed as long shots, at 7-1 and 11-1 odds. . . . Jessica Simpson looks like she’s sporting a new bosom, according to AwfulPlasticSurgery.com. . . . Speaking of breasts, sounds like new mom Heidi Klum (shown at left) is breastfeeding, if new daughter Leni is to be believed. Here’s a message posted on Klum’s Web site. “Today on May 4th, 2004 at 3:21 AM, I was born. My name is Leni and although I was a little early, I am pleased to announce that both my mother and I are safe and sound. I weighed in at 7 lbs 14.1 oz. They tell me that I’m a pretty child and that I will have no trouble being heard due to my VERY loud voice but to be truthful, I’m just happy to have made it here without complication. After having tasted the best nourishment in the world I am very tired now and I just want to sleep. With love, Leni.”
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