Clumsy pigeons, angry transvestites and inept lovers all figure in Sharon Oreck's career as a video music producer for Madonna, Prince, Chris Isaak and other pop icons.
In her new book, "Video Slut," she dishes the behind-the-scenes secrets of MTV's most popular videos, including:
* Madonna was almost attacked by a 1,600-pound lion on the set of "Like a Virgin" because she was menstruating. The beast sniffed around her midsection for 10 minutes until he was "enticed away with a choice hunk of unrefrigerated horse meat."

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