More Madonna Dirt Surfaces in Bro's Book

Says sis vowed vengeance, tried to stop publication

(NEWSER) - Madonna and her brother Christopher Ciccone fell out over his recent tell-all memoir, and the situation nearly wound up in court, he tells Vanity Fair. She ranted at their father over photos he supplied for Life With My Sister Madonna, but "I am not knocking her off her pedestal," Ciccone says of the memoir. "I am gently helping her back down to earth." More»

He'll publish memoir about his famous sis

(NEWSER) - Madonna's younger brother will release a memoir next month about his big sister, E! Online reports. Simon & Schuster is mum on whether Michael Ciccone's book offers any salacious details, but it has ordered 350,000 copies of Life With My Sister to hit stores on July 15. A Madonna rep said the Material Girl had no comment, adding that the two siblings were no longer close, the AP notes. More»

(NEWSER) - Madonna may have found a new way to stick it to soon-to-be ex Guy Ritchie, the UK Sun reports. The Material Girl plans to become a major-film director—just like Ritchie. Her brother says she will move to New York from London with the kids to pursue her new goal. Madonna directed one low-budget film this year, Filth and Wisdom, and liked it so much she wants to try her hand on a grander scale. More»

Fearing 'hush money' will dry up, Rielle Hunter turns to book deal $

(NEWSER) - John Edwards' former mistress is writing a tell-all book because she fears her "hush money" will dry up, reports the New York Daily News in a rundown of the National Enquirer's latest scoop on the fallen-from-grace Dem. An enterprising Enquirer reporter is said to have stolen one of her tot's dirty diapers as a source of DNA evidence to prove the paternity Edwards is still denying, says the News. More»

Madonna claims Guy called her a granny; he says she sleeps wrapped in plastic

(NEWSER) - With the ink barely dry on their $60 million divorce settlement, Madonna and Guy Ritchie appear desperate for the world to know just how much they hate each other. Madge tells the Telegraph that Ritchie demoralized her with verbal abuse, saying she looks “like a granny” on stage. Ritchie, meanwhile, describes his ex to the Daily Mail as a self-obsessed tyrant. More»