Die Another Day

Things that are bad for your heart: Air inside cars, depression, binge drinking…and Madonna.

John Schlesinger, the Oscar-winning director of Billy Liar and Midnight Cowboy, blamed Madonna’s “outrageous” behaviour on the set of a film they were making for contributing to his heart attack.

His damning comments about the pop singer turned actress are contained in a collection of letters and production notes bequeathed to the British Film Institute by the veteran film-maker after his death in July 2003.

And I thought being called a “slut” was bad enough.

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An Australian immigrant to Israel, Aussie Dave has been blogging since early 2003.

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