But something was clearly bugging Madonna.
She snapped at Life Of Pi director Ang Lee when he introduced himself and tried to initiate a conversation. ‘I’m not interested,’ she was heard to respond.

The famously polite Lee, who a couple of nights later would pick up his second best director Oscar for filming a book many deemed unfilmable, valiantly tried again. But Madonna turned her back and ignored him.

‘It was incredible — she stormed around as if a black cloud was following her and then she was gone.
Everyone wants to know what bug got up her a***,’ a British film executive who attended the soiree told me.

Another guest who observed Madonna at the event said he was surprised at her behaviour.

‘She was just rude to most people she came into contact with. She really behaved like a b**** that night,’ he told me.