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FORCE OF NATURE

Enlisting Timbaland, Pharrell, and Justin Timberlake to help craft her boundary-burning record Hard Candy, Madonna sits down with Fanboy and fashion maven Simon Doonan to discuss the state-of-the-art dance album, her new film that will save the world, and why Lourdes loves to shop with mom
Wednesday, February 20, is quite possibly one of the most surreal days of my life. Things get off to a wacky start when my cabdriverI am barreling toward JFK at some ungodly hourinsists on calling me ma'am throughout the journey. In an effort to generate a bit of respect, I tell him the purpose of my trip. I'm off to L.A. today to interview Madonna, I say in a manly, confident kind of way.

That's nice for you, ma'am, he replies in a skeptical tone revealing that he believes me to be not just a woman, but a thoroughly deluded woman.

The surrealism continues: On the plane, I make a complete spectacle of myself by sobbing all the way through the 80-minute documentary I Am Because We Are. Madonna produced this devastatingly powerful film to highlight the plight of the orphaned and HIV-afflicted population of Malawi, in southeastern Africa. If her goal has always been to engage the emotions of her public, this may be Madge's most successful venture ever.

After a recuperative nap, I plug in Hard Candy, Madonna's new CD, and indulge in a session of age-inappropriate jiggling. As I groove and shimmy and sing alongMy sugar is raw/ sticky and sweetand contemplate the increasingly multifaceted tour de force that is Madonna Louise Ciccone, a serious thought occurs to me: Could it be that Madge has made the transition from diva to deity?

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Could it be that Madge has made the transition from diva to deity?

Ok I think attributing divinity to Madonna is slightly premature.