Pop icon Madonna, has launched the construction of a multi-million dollar girls school she is building in Malawi today, and pledged to build more schools in other countries if the project is successful. The Raising Malawi Academy for Girls, located in the Chinkhota village about 15 kilometers outside the capital Lilongwe, is expected to be completed in two years and will admit 500 girls from the small southern African country's 28 districts. The construction is expected to cost around $15 million. "Growing up in a privileged life, I took education for granted...but coming to Malawi has taught me a lot of things and (I have) learnt to appreciate what life gives," Madonna said. The singer, who has adopted two children from Malawi, said she wanted to give opportunities to underprivileged young girls. "I realized how much they deserve to be educated and so for me the best thing I could do was to build a school, a unique school that will create future female leaders, scientists, lawyers, doctors and if this school is successful it will be used as a model to replicate it in other countries," she said.
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Singers Lada Gaga and Madonna shocked audiences last night, by staging a catfight on live television. The stars performed a synchronised dance-off, dressed in matching black lingerie and knee-high boots, as part of a comedy skit on Saturday Night Live, which was called to a halt when Madonna started pulling Gaga’s wig and throttling her, yelling, "What the hell is a disco stick?" - referring to the younger star’s huge hit. The fighting couple was separated by the host of fictitious MTV show Deep House Dish, but a comedy war of words ensued as Gaga, the show’s musical guest, cooed, "Guess what Madonna, I’m totally hotter than you," to which the Material Girl replied, "Hey guess what, I’m taller than you. What sort of a name is Lady Gaga; it sounds like baby food!" The duo ended the skit by moving in to kiss each other and then attacking SNL regular Kenan Thompson instead.
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Superstar Madonna was snapped arriving at the Ed Sullivan Theater for her appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman in New York City today. The Material Girl was all smiles for the cameras on this beautiful Big Apple day!
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