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Schwarzenegger visit came on a bad day

NEW DELHI

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s dream of visiting the Taj Mahal has been dashed.

The former California governor traveled to the Indian city of Agra on Friday, the one day each week the monument is closed to tourists because of Muslim prayers at a nearby mosque.

His tour guide, Nitin Singh, said the movie star was disappointed and had to view the Taj Mahal from a nearby road.

Schwarzenegger took pictures with his cellphone and posed for photos with the Taj as the backdrop.

He is in India for an environmental conference.

He told a TV channel he would consider acting in Bollywood if offered an interesting script with a good director.

“I’ll be back,” he told the cheering studio audience.

Madonna launching video on billboards

LOS ANGELES

Clear Channel is giving Madonna all its luvin’.

The radio giant announced plans Friday to premiere the 53-year-old pop star’s new single “Give Me All Your Luvin”’ and its music video across Clear Channel radio stations, electronic billboards and online venues. Clear Channel, which owns 850 stations nationwide, estimated the promotional campaign would reach more than 150 million people around the world.

Friday morning, “Give Me All Your Luvin”’ premiered simultaneously across 95 radio stations and on more than 1,600 digital billboards in the United States, France, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Singapore, Belgium, Finland and the United Kingdom, as well as on demand at iHeartRadio.com, Clear Channel’s customized online radio service.

Vindicator wire services