SHOCKER! Madonna courts controversy

Life is a mystery. Madonna not so much.

Everyone was expecting some sort of controversy as she launched her “Sticky and Sweet” tour in Wales last week. It was just a matter of finding out what it would be.

This time, she chose politics — including John McCain’s picture in a montage of Adolf Hitler and Robert Mugabe, then including Barack Obama’s picture in a montage with Gandhi and John Lennon.

Sure, it got Madge some headlines, but that’s not going to last until Oct. 4 when the tour hits America and the other current gripe with her is that the massive tour has a huge carbon footprint. Well, yeah.

Madonna’s gonna need some fresher controversies so we thought we’d help out – and not just because the new single “Beat Goes On” is too good to go unnoticed.

She should try:
– Gay marriage support: Whether her marriage to Guy Ritchie is on the rocks or not, they sound like they need a break. Maybe they could put things on hold as a “protest” for gay marriage, vowing not to retie the knot until all people who want to marry can.
– Michael Phelps affair: That would give her the cover to have a quick, torrid, paparazzi-covered affair with the Olympic hero. Of course, she may have to wait in line. Maybe John Mayer can pencil her in.
– Britney reunion: With the MTV Video Music Awards set for next week, isn’t it time she and Britney Spears, um, buried the hatchet again?

Donnie Klang gets Diddy push

Donnie Klang’s rocket ride to stardom has come so fast, he hasn’t had the time to let it sink in yet.

A little more than a year ago, Klang was working in a warehouse and going to business school, thinking seriously about abandoning his dreams of being a singer after two failed “American Idol” auditions and years of struggling with little to show for it.

He auditioned for Sean Combs‘ MTV reality show, “Making the Band 4,” on a lark and was shocked on live television last August when he wasn’t selected to become part of the group assembled, Day26, but instead received a recording contract as a solo artist with Diddy’s Bad Boy Records.

On Tuesday, only a year and a week after his selection, Klang’s debut, “Just a Rolling Stone,” will hit stores and, with Combs’ backing, has a legitimate shot at No. 1.

“In case this is your first time here, we make bands here,” Combs told the audience during the season premiere of “Making the Band 4,” which features Klang, Day26 and Danity Kane. “They make albums and those albums go to No. 1. Donnie, his album hasn’t come out yet, but it comes out Sept. 2. Hopefully, you guys will make it – what? – No. 1, my favorite number.”