Welcome to the first Newsflash in 2012! Happy New Year everyone! 

•  Madonna was in a minor car accident in Gstaad, Switzerland today but she is safe and fine. Madonna is spending holidays there with her family, but is said to be leaving soon for Paris. 

•  In the summer of 1996, John F. Kennedy Jr. asked the Material Girl to dress up as his mother for the cover of his magazine, George, but Madonna declined, insisting she would “never do [Jackie O] justice,” according to a new book. Here's a letter that Madonna sent as the reply:

“My eyebrows aren’t thick enough, for one,” she offered. “When you want me to portray Eva Braun or Pamela Harriman, I might say yes!” (newyorkpost) 

•  KYLIE MINOGUE has HUGE plans for 2012 – including a dream duet with her pal MADONNA. This year will be big for Kyles when she celebrates 25 years in the music biz and plans are afoot for a big ITV special celebrating her career. Apparently the plans include more than one duet. My source tells me: “There will be lots of duets. The plan so far is for a duet with her sister DANNII, NICK CAVE, JASON DONOVAN and a finale featuring a duet with MADONNA.” The ladies have worn T-shirts with each other’s names on in the past – so they clearly think they’re both tops! (mirror.co.uk)