Convicted Madonna stalker who escaped hospital caught

A man who was convicted in 1996 of stalking and threatening pop star Madonna was caught on Friday, one week after escaping from a Los Angeles-area mental hospital, police said.

Robert Dewey Hoskins was apprehended shortly before 9 a.m. after he was spotted walking down a street in the Los Angeles suburb of Long Beach, about 10 miles from Metropolitan State hospital, Long Beach police said in a written statement.

Authorities say Hoskins walked away unnoticed from the mental health facility in nearby Norwalk on February 3.

Long Beach police had been actively searching for Hoskins in the area based on comments he made to hospital staff prior to his escape, according to the statement.

He was taken into custody without injury or incident by a mental evaluation team and returned to the hospital, Long Beach Police said.

Hoskins was sentenced to 10 years behind bars in 1996 after being arrested for scaling a wall around the Madonna's home in the Hollywood Hills and threatening to slit her throat.

Madonna testified during trial that she had nightmares about the homeless man from Oregon after seeing him near her home in 1995.

The singer said her bodyguard told her Hoskins claimed she was supposed to be his wife, and "if he couldn't have me, he was going to slice my throat from ear to ear."

While Madonna was away from her home later that year, Hoskins scaled the perimeter wall of her property, jumped into her pool and was eventually shot by a security guard.

Upon his release from prison, Hoskins was sent to a California hospital. He was eventually released but arrested again in July 2011 and sent to Metropolitan State Hospital.

Police searching for Hoskins since his escape from the mental hospital had described him as highly psychotic with violent tendencies when not taking medication.

Is Former Real Housewives Star Kelly Bensimon Dating Madonna's Ex?!

Sometimes all it takes is a simple stroll to get tongues wagging.
And if rumors are to be believed, former Real Housewives of New York City star Kelly Bensimon and one of Madonna's ex-boy toys are doing way more than just walking around the Big Apple.
The two were reportedly spotted on the streets of the East Village over the weekend, with one website quoting a source saying "they started out working on a project together, but have since gotten very close...we all know that they are together."
But which of the Material Girl's guys are we talking about here?

That would be Carlos Leon, who shares a daughter, Lourdes, with the pop icon.
However, a rep for Bensimon refutes the Huffington Post story, telling E! News that the onetime reality TV star and Leon are friends, but they are not dating.
Don't worry, Carlos. There are plenty of other housewives fish in the sea.

Madonna To Debut New Single During The Super Bowl, New Video On ‘American Idol’

Because if there is one thing football fans tune into the Super Bowl for, it’s the chance to catch the live televised debut of a new Madonna single, rumor has it that Madge will be performing her soon-to-be-released new single, “Give Me All Your Luvin,’” during her set at the halftime show of the Super Bowl on February 5^th.
In addition to wedging the new single into a string of her older pop hits for a Super Bowl crowd that will surely be giant Madonna fans, the Material Girl (and by girl I mean 50 year old woman with an inexplicably British accent) will drop a preview of the  video for “Give Me All Your Luvin” (which was co-written by Madonna, Martin Solveig, Nicki Minaj and M.I.A) on American Idol on February 2^nd, followed by a full video release on February 3^rd.
The video for “Give Me All Your Luvin,’” directed by Megaforce, “happens to be football and cheerleader themed,” so it should totally draw all of Madonna’s Super Bowl fans.
“Give Me All Your Luvin’” is the first single from Madonna’s upcoming album, MDNA.  MDNA will be Madonna’s 12^th full-length release, and drops via Interscope on March 26^th.

MIA confirms appearance with Madonna and Nicki Minaj at Super Bowl halftime show

MIA has confirmed that she will be performing with Madonna and Nicki Minaj at the halftime show at the 2012 Super Bowl in Indianapolis on February 5.

Speaking to Zane Lowe on his BBC Radio 1 show this evening (January 30), the UK rapper and singer said of the iconic American football event's musical interlude: "Yes, I'm going to the Super Bowl… I'm gonna be performing with Madonna and Nicki Minaj... If you're gonna go to the Super Bowl, you might as well go with America's biggest female icons."

MIA and Minaj both feature on Madonna's forthcoming single, 'Give Me All Your Luvin', which is set for release on February 3. It's the first single to be taken from Madonna's forthcoming album, 'MDNA', which is out on March 26 through Interscope Records.
 During the interview, MIA also spoke about her next solo album, saying that she is working on it with "European producers" and that she wants it to be released in the summer. "I want it to be a summer thing", she said, "because it's a summer record."
 MIA's brand new single 'Bad Girls' debuted on BBC Radio 1 today (January 30). It was recorded in Miami with producer Danja, who has also worked with the likes of Madonna and Nelly Furtado. The song's video will be released on February 3.

'Bad Girls' is the first track to be taken from the singer's as yet untitled fourth album. It is MIA's first album for new label Mercury Records after she left XL Recordings at the completion of her contract. MIA's fourth album, which is the follow-up to her 2010 record 'Maya', is rumoured to feature contributions from Swizz Beatz, Cataracs and Chris Brown.

Week in Pictures: Wet, Wild and Wacky Edition With Madonna, Claire Danes, Ashton Kutcher and Vanessa Hudgens

When it comes to your favorite celebs, the past seven days have been anything but normal.

Whether it was Madonna expressing herself at the New York City premiere of her directing effort W.E.; Claire Danes hamming it up as a Hasty Pudding Club honoree at Harvard University; Ashton Kutcher "surfing the streets of São Paulo" while in Brazil for a photo shoot with supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio; or Vanessa Hudgens enjoying a little sand and surf and a whole lotta PDA with boyfriend Austin Butler in Hawaii, these famous folks certainly kept things interesting for us this week.

But believe it or not, there was way more than all this that went down over the course of the last 168 hours. Check out the following galleries and see...

Madonna: 'Lady GaGa is raw, fresh, ballsy, very talented'

Madonna has reserved high praise for Lady GaGa.

The 'Material Girl' icon lauded the Born This Way hitmaker in an interview with BBC chatshow host Graham Norton last night.

"I liked her rawness and there was something fresh about there and ballsy.

Madonna on The Graham Norton Show

 "And when she spoke to the audience, she sounded like she had a similar sense of humour to me, quite ironic, and I liked her. So I do think she is very talented."

Recalling when she first encountered GaGa, Madonna added: "I saw her performing at a very small club in Manhattan a couple of years ago, maybe it was like three years ago.

"I was actually really impressed by her. I thought she was really cool and she did remind me of me back in the day."

The 53-year-old claimed in a separate interview earlier this week that GaGa's single 'Born This Way' is a copy of her 'Express Yourself'.

Madonna: 'I want to make film about William and Kate'

Madonna has revealed that she wants to make a film about Prince William and Kate Middleton.

The singer, who co-wrote and directed upcoming film W.E., confessed that she is a fan of the royals and would consider working on a screenplay in the future.

"I think maybe it is too soon to make a film about William and Kate but I definitely would if I could wait a decade first," she told the Sunday Mirror.

 "I like Kate Middleton and think she's quite chic and intelligent. I hope she's a fan of mine, too. [W.E. characters] Wallis and Edward's world was so diverse and complex and it was a privilege and ­honour to be ­surrounded by a wealth of ­history.

"They were such interesting characters and were ­surrounded by so many ­interesting people. I never got bored of their story."

Madonna added that she thinks Adele is "amazing".

Watch Madonna's video for 'Hung Up' below:

Madonna’s search for Mr Right far from over

Pop superstar Madonna, 53 says she would love walking down the aisle again and is hoping to be swept off her feet by a knight in shining armour.
   
The 'Vogue' hitmaker, says she would consider becoming a wife for the third time after two failed marriages - to Sean Penn and Guy Ritchie - and multiple affairs.
   
"I would actually say yes to marriage. I think I'm a pretty good judge of character but I have made a few mistakes," said Madonna, who has been dating French dancer Brahim Zaibat for more than a year now.
   
Madonna, who is mother to four children, also said that she is a hopeless romantic at heart.
   
"If you're a romantic like me, and every girl I know is, every girl wants to be swept off her feet by a knight in shining armour. Unfortunately we're raised on those fairy tales.
   
"Even if we are sophisticated, educated, intelligent, evolved human beings, we like to think in the back of our minds that Mr Right is going to sweep us off our feet and take us into the sunset, and we're going to live happily ever after," she added.