Christopher Ciccone Writes Memoir About Madge

From AP:

"The mystery is solved: Madonna's brother, Christopher Ciccone, is writing a memoir about his sister, to be released in mid-July by Simon & Schuster with a first printing of 350,000, the publisher told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

"The publisher had been promoting a celebrity memoir for July, asking bookstores to order copies without identifying the author or contents.

"Persuading stores to make "blind" orders has been tried before. In 2006, William Morrow offered a mysterious tell-all that turned out to be by Princess Diana's former butler Paul Burrell, who had already written about her. Retailers were angered and the book sold poorly."

According to Rupert Everett's book, he and Madonna are estranged due to Guy Ritchie's homophobia. Eeenteresting.

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Could be fascinating...


Or not. lol

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I'm surprised he didn't wait until Madonna was dead so she couldn't defend herself....

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She has a brother? I had no idea...

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He was such a cutie in TRUTH OR DARE and now he's....um...not.

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Pontiac is a suburb in Detroit. Sounds like a great place to leave. Even with only $35 in your pocket.

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AFAIK she was actually born in Bay City, MI (birthplace of Stevie Wonder, too) and then moved to Rochester, an economically better off small town that via urban sprawl became a distant northern suburb of Detroit (she went to the same high school as my cousin there). Any slumming she did in and around Pontiac and Detroit (mainly the dance club Menjos) was by choice. She attended U-Mich for a year or two before heading for NY.

Ok, well, Christopher was my best friend for 11 years and I can attest that he knows it all.

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This was posted on Perez...who I hate...so take it for what it's worth...but I'm friends with someone who used to date C.C. and remained friendly with him for a time and he's also talked about drug problems.

A source very close to Madonna reveals exclusively to PerezHilton.com that she is "extremely sad" and "betrayed" by her brother Christopher Ciccone's planned tell-all book about his very famous sister.

"Madonna has helped Christopher since day one of her career," says our Madge insider. "She's put him in a music video, let him direct one of her tours, decorate her homes. She's given him millions of dollars."

M is said to be closest with Christopher than with any of her other siblings, which is why his betrayal is especially painful.

But, as Madonna's publicist, Liz Rosenberg said yesterday, she and her brother are no longer close.

Why is that????

"Christopher's drug and alcohol addiction is to blame," says our very reliable source. "There came a point where his alcohol and drug abuse got out of control and she's had to cut him off. M has offered to pay for rehab and doctors, but he just won't go. The last two years, his addiction has gotten really bad."

Sources tell us that Madonna is certain that her brother is writing this "tell-all" because he needs money.

Says our insider, "Christopher can't get work. He can't function. He's been evicted from his Miami apartment. He's broke. They took away his car. M's even offered to get him a job if he goes to rehab, but he still won't go. She's never give somenoe more chances than Christopher Ciccone."

And, what also concerns Madonna, we're, told is that "Christopher is fabricating lies" and that people will believe him.

Does anyone other than gay internet users refer to her as "Madge"?

Actually, "Madge" started with the British press. I'm not sure if they were gay or not.

Dare this old fart admit to missing the simplicity of the old ads (and shows)?

Does anyone know the name of the book?