METRO Friday, October 16, 2009 D The stars you love to love... the stars you love to hate Madge reveals her divorce pain M adonna says her divorce from Guy Ritchie was so painful she could have thrown myself off a building had her hectic worklife not saved her sanity. She admits she struggled to balance the emotional fall-out from her break- up with film director Ritchie, 41, with her commitment to her US tour. It was a challenging year. I may have thrown myself off a building. I think work saved me, and Im very grateful, the 51- year-old told Rolling Stone magazine. In a frank interview, the star said her controversial moves over the years were a crucial part of who she is, including her nude photos in Playboy and Penthouse. That was the first time I was aware of saying F- you with my attitude, she said. I [wasnt] going to let public opinion dictate my own feelings about myself. I [wasnt] going to apologise for anything Ive done. The mother of four insisted she was not the wild person most people would imagine. I didnt really have my first drink until I got divorced the first time from Sean Penn when I was 30. I was kind of a geek in high school. The Material Girl, famous for constantly reinventing herself in innovative ways, also said she found Sir Paul McCartneys live shows rather boring. People have told me, You could just go out there and play guitar and sing your songs like Paul McCartney, but Id be too bored, she said. Most of the joy of the shows is the magic of creating them theatre. Im a perfectionist. I like hard work, she said. I like to sweat. Avril Lavigne has filed for divorce from her musician husband. The Canadian pop-punk singer, who split from the Sum 41 frontman Deryck Jason Whibley last month after three years of marriage, cited irreconcilable differences for the break-up. Lavigne, 25, wants to block the 29-year-old from gaining spousal support, divorce papers filed in Los Angeles have revealed. Hurlyburly: Sean Penn kicks a photographer in a street and then berates him with obscenities, shouting he would put him in a box. The 49-year-old, who carried a takeaway food parcel throughout the unprovoked attack, had emerged from his truck in LA and walked 15m (50ft) towards the snapper. The unnamed man, who suffered cuts and bruises, is considering pressing assault charges. Oprah Winfrey declared Wowzer, wowzer, wowzer! after seeing Britains Got Talent star Shaheen Jafargholi perform. She watched the 12- year-old Welsh boy sing his version of Smokey Robinsons Whos Lovin You on her US TV show. He said it was amazing to sing the song covered by the Jackson 5 at Michael Jacksons memorial service in Los Angeles. His performance of the track on BGT earned him a standing ovation from Simon Cowell. John Lennons widow has thanked Lady Gaga for singing a version of Imagine that made her choke up. Yoko Ono, 76, said she was a fan of the Poker Face singers work and wrote on Twitter: Thank you for singing Imagine. Hearing that made me choke up. You are so beautiful! Gaga, 23, performed the classic Lennon hit during a march for gay rights in Washington. Lindsay Lohans father has reportedly accused her of putting her 15- year-old sister Ali in danger with too much partying. Michael Lohan has lashed out at the 23-year-old, who took the teenager along to a string of glittering bashes during her trip to Paris to debut her fashion line for Ungaro. Lindsays leaning on Ali. Do you think thats good? he told RadarOnline.com, adding Ali is heading down the same destructive path. Will Avrils divorce be complicated? index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html