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The dress Madonna wore in the Material girl video is for sale

IT IS the collector’s item for the ultimate Material Girl.

The dress Madonna wore in the video for that smash hit is up for auction – and expected to fetch an eye-popping £80,000.

The dazzling pink satin ball gown from the celebrated 1985 promotional film sparked the singer’s reputation as a global fashion icon.

It is being sold with a white faux-fur stole and a set of pink satin opera gloves.

And the ensemble wouldn’t be complete without some outrageous Madonna-style accessories: Included is a set of two rhinestone-studded cuffs and a bracelet.

Material Girl was the singer’s second hit from her album The Immaculate Collection. The dress will star in the Fame Bureau’s Rock ’n’ Roll Art And

Soul online auction on Tuesday.

Also up for auction is Ringo Starr’s bass drum skin painted with The Beatles’ name. It was given to a roadie but could now sell for up to £100,000.

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Madonna in bad state, stops eating!

Madonna is so depressed after the rejection of her plea to adopt four-year-old Mercy James from Malawi that she has stopped eating and exercising.

According to reports, the singer’s friends are worried over her condition following the adoption-rejection by a Malawi court, reports The China Daily.

“She has abandoned her strict macrobiotic diet and is virtually eating nothing. She has even stopped training since she returned from Malawi and seems to be in a trance a lot of the time,” a source told Britain’s Daily Express newspaper.

Madonna, who is a follower of Kabbalah, has allegedly lost 5 lbs after the court ruling, and has struggled to keep her emotions in check while in public.

The source added: “Madonna attended a Passover dinner in London held by members of her Kabbalah faith and broke down in tears about Mercy. She looked wiped out, telling guests she felt weak from lack of sleep and exercise. She said she felt too low to train which, for her, is unheard of.”

The Material Girl, who recently got divorced from film director Guy Ritchie, travelled to the African country in the hope of giving a home to Mercy at the end of March.

However, her application was rejected because she had not lived in Malawi for 18 months, which is a pre-requisite by law.

Now, the 50-year-old pop star is filing an appeal against the court’s decision, so that Mercy could join her other children - Lourdes, 12, Rocco, eight, and David Banda, three - who she also adopted from Malawi. (ANI)

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Madonna tops hardworking mothers list

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Madonna has topped a list of Hollywood's most hardworking mothers after reportedly earning $110 million (£74.8 million pounds) in 2008.

Actresses Reese Witherspoon and Gwyneth Paltrow came second and third respectively on the Forbes list, which was released on Friday.

Lauren Streib, who helped compile the data, told Reuters that the 50-year-old singer "had an incredible year".

"She had the top tour of any musician...The tour sold out around the world. So it wasn't surprising as much as it is a commentary on how successful her year was," she said.

Witherspoon earned an estimated $24 million (£16.3 million), while Paltrow had earnings of around $20 million (£13.6 million). The list is based on estimated earnings of Hollywood mothers with at least one child.