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"A representative for Madonna has shot down claims that the singer asked volunteers at the Toronto International Film Festival to not look at her.  A recent report alleged that the 53-year-old requested that volunteers at the film festival &amp;quot;turn their faces to a wall&amp;quot; so that they would not look at her as she headed to a press conference for her directorial debut W.E.. However, Madonna&amp;#039;s publicist Liz Rosenberg has denied these claims, saying that the singer actually thanked the volunteers for their work.  &amp;quot;Neither Madonna nor her security ever gave instructions for the volunteers to turn away from Madonna,&amp;quot; Rosenberg wrote in an email to ABC News. &amp;quot;In fact she was so impressed with the volunteers that she publicly thanked them from the stage for their hard work before the premiere of her film last night, which earned a standing ovation.&amp;quot; The publicist went on to say that she is &amp;quot;still trying to figure out who and why anyone would ask the volunteers to turn away from Madonna.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;She has never and would never ask anyone to do that ever,&amp;quot; Rosenberg said. Madonna recently denied reports that Lady GaGa is &amp;quot;obsessed&amp;quot; with her.  The singer insisted earlier this month that her new film was not an easy undertaking, saying that she found every aspect of her directorial debut to be a challenge. W.E is due to be released on December 9 in the US. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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