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Madonna v. Marine Le Pen

LE NOUVEL OBSERVATEUR (France)

TEL AVIV – Madonna has danced herself right into the center of French politics. And the show may not be over yet. During the first stop of her "MDNA" tour in Israel last week, the American pop star melded images of right-wing French leader Marine Le Pen with Nazi imagery.

During her song "Nobody Knows Me," Madonna projected a video in which you can see Le Pen with a swastika on her forehead. Later in the video, Madonna's face morphs into Marine Le Pen, which then becomes Adolf Hitler.

Le Pen, who did surprisingly well in last month's presidential race and is currently running for French Parliament, said that "old singers always want to be talked about, so I understand that she needed to resort to such desperate measures," Le Nouvel Observateur reports. "If she does that in France, we will wait for her," Marine Le Pen added.

Indeed on Monday, Louis Aliot, National Front's No. 2, and Le Pen's partner, threatened to sue Madonna if the same video is broadcast during the singer's Parisian show on July 14.

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Shakira, Miley Cyrus And The Double Standards Of Infidelity

Society judges men and women very differently in situations of adultery and cheating, and in divorce settlements. It just takes some high-profile cases to make that clear.

Photo of Bizarrap and Shakira for their song “Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53”
Mariana Rolandi

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BUENOS AIRES — When Shakira, the Colombian pop diva, divorced her soccer star husband Gerard Piqué in 2022, she wrote a song to overcome the hurt and humiliation of the separation from Piqué, who had been cheating on her.

The song, which was made in collaboration with Argentine DJ Bizarrap and broke streaming records, was a "healthy way of channeling my emotions," Shakira said. She has described it as a "hymn for many women."

A day after its launch, Miley Cyrus followed suit with her own song on her husband's suspected affairs. Celebrities and influencers must have taken note here in Argentina: Sofía Aldrey, a makeup artist, posted screenshots of messages her former boyfriend had sent other women while they were a couple.

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