LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – A Madonna – Elton John feud erupted at the Golden Globes last night. Elton John’s husband David Furnish continued the feud after Madonna took home the award for Best Original Song. Both Elton and Madonna were nominated in the same category. On the red carpet, the feud erupted before the telecast. After Madonna won, Furnish continued the bickering on Facebook.

Carson Daly, NBC’s red carpet interviewer, asked Elton about the nomination before the telecast. John said “Madonna doesn’t have a f-ing chance.” Daly responded “Those are fighting words” prompting Elton to respond “no, those are actual words”.

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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – A monkey riding dog has overshadowed Madonna’s halftime anticipation. Madonna is set to perform the halftime show at the Superbowl in January. And while her set list and details about her performance made news this weekend, Madonna was ultimately overshadowed by another football halftime performance … in which a monkey rides a dog.

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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – This week in Venice, critics hated Madonna’s film while Madonna revealed she also hates hydrangeas, even when given by a fan. Madonna is battling two rounds of criticisms today, first about her film and second about her ungrateful remarks caught on tape after a fan gave her hydrangeas during a news conference / media stop.

Madonna was caught on tape accepting a beautiful blue hydrangea from an adoring fan while promoting her new film. As she accepted the flower, the singer gave a big smile and said “Thank you” twice to the fan. She then proceeded to put the flower under her table, turns to someone next to her, and rolls her eyes.

Then in her notable fake British accent, Madonna turned to another person on her right and said “I absolutely loathe hydrangeas!” The person responded “He [the fan] obviously doesn’t know that.”

Ironically, critics aren’t liking her film “W.E.” as well. The Playlist says the film “becomes glacially paced and uninvolving”. Daily Variety says the film is “Burdened with risible dialogue and weak performances”. And the Guardian says of the film is poor. “What an extraordinarily silly, preening, fatally mishandled film this is. It may even surpass 2008’s ‘Filth and Wisdom,’ Madonna’s calamitous first outing as a filmmaker.”

One of the film’s better reviews has an ironic word to describe Madonna. The Daily Mail says of the film “A lot of people will loathe it, simply because it’s been made by Madonna. But if they were to watch it with no knowledge of who directed, they would be pleasantly surprised.”

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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – The first Madonna single off her new album will debut in February or March 2012, the singer tells news. Madonna’s new single, yet untitled, will get a digital release as earlier as February 2012, she tells Italian news during her visit at the Venice Film Festival this week. Madonna had previously told news that album efforts started in July of this year.

When visiting the film festival, Madonna told news that she has in fact been in the studio for several months. Previously her reps said that the singer had been working as early as July 2011 on her new project. But when asked specifically about her debut single off that 2012 album, Madonna told news “I’m not sure but the first single will be released in February or March.”

Madonna is reportedly teaming up with a wide variety of talents. Among them are reportedly Joe Henry (“Jump”), Jim Steinman (of Meat Loaf fame) and David Guetta. Also Jean Baptiste (Black Eyed Peas) and William Orbit (“Ray of Light”) are linked to the project.

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CORAL GABLES (LALATE) – Vanilla Ice (“The Vanilla Ice Project”) says he dated Madonna until he dumped her over photos in her scandalous 1992 book. Vanilla Ice said Madonna was the “oldest person” he ever dated.

Ice tells news this week that in 1992 he and Madonna were in a committed relationship.  But, he claims he felt betrayed by Madonna during that relationship when she published her infamous 1992 book.

He admits to letting Madonna taking pictures of them, many of the photos featuring Madonna completely unclothed. Those pictures would appear in her 1992 book. However, also in the book were photos of Madonna, unclothed, appearing to have relations with other men (and women) at the same time.

When the book came out and Vanilla Ice saw the Material Girl’s pictures with other people, Ice says he dumped her.

Vanilla Ice tells News of the World that Madonna defended her pictures with other people as only suggestive, that they did not have relations. But the rapper says the book was “disgusting and cheap.” “We were in a relationship, yet it looked like she was [intimate with] all these other people … when the book came out I was so embarrassed and ashamed.”

He says that Madonna admitted to him staging pictures with other men, and women, to sensationalize the book. But, Vanilla Ice said he wasn’t warned of what was happening and found it hurtful and disgusting. He said he had become an “unwitting part of this … package”.

This week, Vanilla Ice’s family is featured as he finishes the kitchen in his latest project, a Florida house-flip, on DIY series “Vanilla Ice Project”. The exceptional reality series features Ice’s flipping of a six-bedroom, five-bathroom, 7,000 square-foot mansion in Palm Beach, Florida.

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