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Bad Girls Don’t Cry

WHITHER Madonna? “April was a bad month for Madonna,” said the Washington Post Style section, as the cruelest month drew to a close. “She used to be shocking. Now she’s just low-class.”Meee-ow! The Style section’s judgment carries considerable weight—as an arbiter of les affaires showbiz it ranks just below the Los Angeles Times’s Calendar section and, of course, People. So when Style takes a feline swipe at, let’s face it, one of the most boffo stars in the history of the universe, attention must be paid.

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Bad Girls Don’t Cry

WHITHER Madonna? “April was a bad month for Madonna,” said the Washington Post Style section, as the cruelest month drew to a close. “She used to be shocking. Now she’s just low-class.”Meee-ow! The Style section’s judgment carries considerable weight—as an arbiter of les affaires showbiz it ranks just below the Los Angeles Times’s Calendar section and, of course, People. So when Style takes a feline swipe at, let’s face it, one of the most boffo stars in the history of the universe, attention must be paid.