Critics say Madonna's recent fundraiser at the U.N. was actually a
Gucci store opening attention-getter in disguise and also an indirect
promotion of Hollywood's favorite mystic religious center. These same
critics think the U.N. should never have allowed the event, which
raised more than $3.7 million for relief efforts in Malawi, the country
of origin for Madonna's adopted son, and UNICEF.
Yes, but she brought Lourdes. Doesn't that count for something?
From UPI:
The Guardian said Internet
bloggers and some mainstream media outlets have blasted the United
Nations, claiming the event -- which was presided over by pop star
Madonna -- was used to drum up publicity for the Kabbalah Centre and a
new Gucci shop in New York.
They say it was inappropriate because ...
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