News of the World reports Madonna’s husband Guy Ritchie has secretly commissioned Banksy to create a portrait of the Material Girl for her 50th birthday next Saturday, but it could end up costing the director nearly a million dollars. “Guy’s been feeling the pressure to get this right,” an insider told Rav Singh. “He knows one of her passions is art and came up with the Banksy plan. He reckons Madonna will be blown away by the masterpiece which he hopes will arrive by next weekend.”
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