Madonna Has Africa Charity Hype, Never Been to Dark Continent

You may has suspected somewhere way deep down inside that Madonna had a fraudulent bone or two in her body. Now Time notes that she is plumping for a charity in Malawi despite never even having visited the continent.

Madonna is not the only one to come up with a frisking. Gwyneth Paltrow declares "I am an African," appearances to the contrary notwithstanding, and gets a publicity bump. Brangelina has a baby in Namibia.

They call it tinseltown, but it's more like the "herd of independent minds!"