Wednesday 20 August 2008

On The Streets For Madonna

As Madonna celebrates her 50th birthday, DS hit the streets to find out what the Great British public thinks of the infinitely controversial start queen. We also asked a few of today's biggest kill artists - Alphabeat, Basshunter and The Feeling - what Madonna means to them. Press play below to find out what they all said.





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Sunday 10 August 2008

Jonathan Ross Spends �40,000 on Bathtub

TV's Jonathan Ross has spent a whopping �40,000 ($80k) on a brand new marble tub, according to reports.


The 47-year-old -- who caused controversy subsequently landing an �18m ($36m) contract with the BBC -- is believed to have exhausted close to �500,000 ($1m) renovating his seven-bedroom Georgian home.


According to Britain's Daily Mail newspaper, Ross has employed one of Britain's most exclusive interior designers to help him make the property perfect, and has also splattered out on a button-operated cupboard which rises from the level, as good as gold leaf -- at the cost of �150 ($300) per square meter -- to cover his encircling boards and picture rails.


A source told the paper, "It is absolutely awesome inside. It is like he aforesaid, 'This is exactly what I desire - money is no object'. It must have cost century and hundreds of thousands of pounds. The whole place is amazingly ostentatious and fun."


Another source revealed that the most expensive room in the house was the bathroom, which cost a total of �100,000 ($200k) as its walls are covered with a hand-made blush wine motif mosaic which costs �2,000 ($4k) per square meter.


Ross and his wife, journalist Jane Goldman, bought their home for �2.5 million ($5m) eight old age ago. Their expensive redesign is believed to make taken over a yr to complete, with all contractors existence sworn to secrecy.




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