Burning Q's: Swollen Posses & Madge Bashing

We always see celebrity women with a huge entourage and assistants, but do the guys have assistants, too? I mean the macho guys like George Clooney and Brad Pitt, even Ving Rhames?

By Leslie Gornstein May 02, 2008 8:29 PMTags
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We always see celebrity women with a huge entourage and assistants, but do the guys have assistants, too? I mean the macho guys like George Clooney and Brad Pitt, even Ving Rhames?
—Leticia

Yes. And sometimes.

What's with the weird credits in duets lately? Why is "4 Minutes" allegedly by Madonna and "No Air" by Jordin Sparks, when the songs could just as easily have shown up on a Justin Timberlake or Chris Brown album?
—Eric, Toronto

People like Madonna don't just record duets and then decide later where the songs will land. They plan every stage. They decide to create a new album, then they hire producers, they pick the songs that will appear and they recruit collaborators. As she put it to reporters earlier this month, "When I like something, I go for it." "4 Minutes" was a project produced specifically for Madonna's album, so she gets the top credit.

Did u fired Korbi? Or what's the deal?
—Adega

No, I did not fired her. She done did left, to go do some other whatnot, elsewhere. Which is good news for you, though: Look for a new B!tchling to debut soon on my radio show and podcast.

I'm a huge fan of The Hills, and I just read that Spencer says he is 100 percent sure there is a sex tape of Lauren—but why do people listen to him? We see him lie to Heidi and other people on the show almost every episode. Why do people even acknowledge what he says?
—R.S.

Because it's fun, and because it makes people like you click all over our site like a bunch of overcaffeinated praying mantises.

Why does Madonna always talk in that ridiculous "British" accent of hers? She can't really think it makes her sound smarter. Does she really think we're stupid enough to think she's really British now and not American?
—Carrie, New Mexico

Seriously, Madonna has had that accent since around 2001. Kind of late to be dinging her on it now, doncha think? And for the record, linguistics professors say, it's natural for most people to make some changes to the way they speak when they move to a different accent region. Madge spends much of her time in London with U.K.-born hubby, Guy Ritchie, and her equally tall ego, which is from Wales.

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