“Sticky & Sweet” Madonna’s world tour kicks off at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium on Saturday, includes 49 dates and is due to wrap up in Sao Paulo on December 18.

The two-hour show will be broken into four sections: 1920’s “gangsta pimp,” old-school New York club, gyspy (described as a “VIP trip to ‘La Isla Bonita’ infused by the spirit of Romanian folk music”) and far-eastern inspired rave.

Each performance will include Madonna’s hits that span nearly 30 years in pop music including the latest album “Hard Candy,” while the singer models more costumes.

She’ll open the show wearing Givenchy’s Riccardo Tisci who contributed several outfits. Tom Ford is responsible for the band’s suits; Miu Miu and Stella McCartney for shoes; Moschino for the sunglasses and other pieces are coming from Yves Saint Laurent, Roberto Cavalli and Jeremy Scott.

The first set of costumes is both gangsta style and Art Deco, next the ’80s-inspired pieces with vintage Keith Haring prints, gypsy costumes from Givenchy, and ending with a futuristic rave with a Japanese touch.

On stage, she will be joined by 16 dancers and a 12-piece band and Britney Spears will be making a virtual appearance on the tour.

The Recording Industry Association of America has described her as the best-selling female rock artist of the 20th century and the second top-selling female artist in the United States.

Guinness World Records list her as the world’s most successful female recording artist of all time and she has sold around 200 million albums.

“Windows, Not Walls.” is the slogan of the Microsoft’s biggest campaign in history in which Jerry Seinfeld will be the pitchman for the software giant.

Microsoft is about to pay Seinfeld $10 million to appear alongside company founder Bill Gates in the new commercial for Windows Vista. The ad campaign is especially meant to blow Apple’s successful “Mac vs. PC” TV spots that star popular “Mac Guy”, played by actor Justin Long.

Microsoft is also considering Chris Rock and Will Ferrell as additional pitchmen for the $300 million image campaign.

Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale welcomed Zuma Nesta Rock Rossdale to their family Thursday, 12:46 p.m. PT, at Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Zuma is the second son of the couple, Stefani, 38, and Rossdale, joining 2-year-old brother Kingston, borne in May 2006  

“Mother, baby and family are all happy and healthy,” a rep for the couple said in an official statement.

Gavin declared to Us that he and Stefani didn’t know the baby’s gender. “It’s just gonna be insane when it comes because then we will find what it is,” he said. “And then we get to name the baby! It’s gonna be such chaos … amazing chaos!

Stefani was spotted checking into Cedars, Tuesday morning and later in the afternoon Gavin was running through the maternity ward, looking for his wife’s birthing suite.

“Run, daddy, run!” shouted a super excited Kingston, who was leading his father along.

Metallica’s new album “Death Magnetic” will be launched with two shows in Europe.

On September 12, at the new 17,000-capacity O2 World arena in Berlin, the global release date for “Death Magnetic” (tickets priced at 10 euros ($14) and on September 15, at the London O2 arena (tickets priced at 5 pounds ($9).

The sale will be open only to registered members of the group’s fan club and Mission Metallica sites.

Proceeds from both shows go to local charities.

The singer is the face of a new beer made by Dallas’s Stampede Brewing Co- Stampede Light Plus that includes vitamins to support an active lifestyle.

She’ll appear in store ads for the beer and will take a 15 percent stake in the brewer. “Yes, I work out and take care of myself, but I also like a cold beer once in a while,” Simpson said.  “As an entrepreneur, I am always looking for ways to diversify my portfolio with good ideas and good people,” she added.

The singer has teamed with Australian designer Bruno Schiavi to create an intimates collection.

Pleasure Principle collection (named after Janet’s hit song in 1987) features Chantilly lace and satin and rich colors like burgundy, silver, peach and classic black and white.

Janet’s line will hit mass retailers in the USA in November can be pre-ordered at jupicorp.com.

Inspire is Christina’s new designed fragrance, said to be sexy, bold, feminine and fun, just like the star. The …will hit Macy’s department stores nationwide this September.

“Ricky is elated to begin this new chapter in his life as a parent and will be spending the remainder of the year out of the public spotlight in order to spend time with his children,” the statement read.

Over the years, the singer’s sexuality has been the subject of much speculation. In 2005 in a interview with BarbaraWalters, When asked about gay rumours martin said: ‘I think that sexuality is something that each individual should deal with in their own way… and that’s all I have to say about that.

‘Thanks for giving me the opportunity to express the rumours… but, however, for some reason, I just don’t feel like it.’

Martin established the Ricky Martin Foundation, fighting for children’s rights and travelled around the world as Goodwill Ambassador to UNICEF (United Nations’ Children’s Fund).

A fan overheard U2 front man Bono listening to tracks in his holiday home in the south of France, recorded it on his mobile phone and posted four tracks on video-sharing website YouTube.

The previously unheard songs had now been removed from the website for copyright reasons but continued to circulate via email.

Six months since she gave birth to twins Lopez, 39, is training for her first triathlon with Self magazine editor-in-chief Lucy Danziger, following a workout designed by trainer Gunnar Peterson,

The triathlon, which will take place Sept. 14 in Malibu and Lopez, declared she’s not just doing for personal or health reasons; she’s raising money for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
Named by Self as one of the magazine’s 10 most inspiring women of 2008 – and the health magazine’s September cover model – Lopez says that the only downside to the training, is the time away from her children, Max and Emme.

As a solution, her husband Marc Anthony set up a spot in their home where Lopez can work out with a computerized biking program.

“Get it done, Lopez! Get it done,”