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Madonna finally releases controversial 2003 ‘American Life’ music video

reasoned in April 2003: “I have decided not to release my new video. It was filmed before the war started, and I do not believe it is appropriate to air it at this time.”“Due to the volatile state of the world and out of sensitivity and respect to the armed forces, who I support and pray for, I do not want to risk offending anyone who might misinterpret the meaning of this video,” she added.The 2003 version turned out to be a rather boring sing-along by Madonna as different flags appeared on a green screen behind her, although it was always known that a more intense video existed.
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Paris Hilton claims abuse at ‘troubled teen’ facility — pushes reform
Provo Canyon School in Utah, a residential treatment center where she claimed she was abused — revealing traumatic details in her 2020 YouTube documentary “This Is Paris.”“When I was 16, I was sent away, and I was emotionally, verbally, physically and sexually abused,” Hilton said Thursday on “Fox & Friends.” She continued: “This is still happening today at these places, and 200,000 children are being sent away to these places every single year.” The Post reached out to reps at the Provo Canyon School for comment.In her documentary, the “Simple Life” star alleged that she was forced to take drugs and was put in solitary confinement while at the school. While on “Fox & Friends,” she claimed some of these schools, which specialize in treating kids who suffer from addiction or emotional or behavioral problems, can sometimes “disguise” themselves.“There are thousands of these schools and they disguise themselves as emotional growth schools, wilderness camps, these are just names that they put and they have false advertising and people have no idea what’s happening behind closed doors,” she said.The “Stars are Blind” singer said she wasn’t allowed to tell her parents about what was going on at the school since everything was “monitored” — claiming that she was “cut off from the outside world.” “I’m doing everything I can in my power to fight for these children because these are children who come from families that can’t help and support them and children from the juvenile justice system, foster care system,” she told “Fox & Friends.” “And they have no voice.”She explained that she is turning her own painful experiences into advocacy for other kids in a similar situation.
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Ed Sheeran sings snippet of ‘Thinking Out Loud’ during Marvin Gaye copyright infringement trial
Ed Sheeran performed a snippet of “Thinking Out Loud” in front of a Manhattan courtroom Thursday, singing and strumming a few notes on an acoustic guitar during his Marvin Gaye copyright infringement trial.While testifying on the witness stand, the “Shape of You” singer took a tan Lowden wooden acoustic guitar and played the basic four-chord progression highlighting the 2014 hit single, giving the courtroom an intimate teaser of his gigs.Sheeran’s appearance came after his attorney Ilene Farkas called him to the stand to refute comments made by the plaintiffs’ musicologist Alexander Stewart, who argued that the first 24 seconds of “Thinking Out Loud” were similar to the beginning of Gaye’s “Let’s Get it On.”However, Sheeran said that Stewart’s analysis was wrong, and performed the version he said he plays at every concert before he then played Stewart’s version.“It works very well with him, but it’s not the truth,” Sheeran said.The 32-year-old British singer-songwriter explained the origins of “Thinking Out Loud” and how the song was created after the death of his grandfather and watching his grandmother’s health decline.The song, which was written with longtime collaborator Amy Wadge, came to life after Sheeran hopped out of the shower of his home and heard Wadge strumming the chords.Kathryn Townsend Griffin — the daughter of the late Ed Townsend, who co-wrote the 1973 R&B classic with Gaye — wasn’t present Thursday. She had collapsed in court Wednesday and left the Moynihan Courthouse on a stretcher.Her attorney Ben Crump said that she was feeling better and is expected to return to court next week.Judge Louis L.
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