LILONGWE, Malawi (AP) — A Malawi judge has approved Madonna’s adoption of a Malawian boy she met in an orphanage in 2006. The 49-year-old pop star wasn’t in court for Wednesday’s ruling. Madonna and her husband, Guy Ritchie, have been caring for the boy, David Banda, in London. David turns 3 in November. David’s mother died when he was a month old. His father has said he believed he could not care for him alone, and that placing him in an orphanage was the best way to ensure David’s survival. The father has said he didn’t object to the adoption. Critics have said Madonna used her celebrity status to circumvent Malawian adoption laws — allegations she denies. Malawian law is fuzzy on foreign adoptions. Regulations only stipulate that prospective parents undergo an 18- to 24-month assessment period in Malawi, a rule that was bent when Madonna was allowed to take David to London. Speaking to reporters last week at the Cannes Film Festival, Madonna said the criticism hurt. “It was a big struggle, and I didn’t understand it,” she said. “But in the end I rationalized that, when a woman has a child and goes through natural childbirth, she suffers an enormous amount.” Madonna and Ritchie have a son, Rocco, 7, and Madonna has a daughter, Lourdes, 11. Madonna met David while establishing charity projects in Malawi. She is funding her own and six other orphanages in the country. Her Raising Malawi organization also announced that the singer is funding a multimillion-dollar academy for disadvantaged children in Malawi. “I Am Because We Are,” a new documentary that Madonna produced and narrated, shows poverty and disease devastating the lives of Malawi’s children, and urges people to volunteer
Today is one of the best days ever! My wishes don’t get answered very often, but Paul Rudd came out of hiding under his special rock. Now I can have special times with the Paul Rudd screensaver. If you don’t love Paul Rudd, how dare you. I really mean it, HOW DARE YOU! You can thank me later for this little piece of heaven.
Wow, 6 kids since Mr. & Mrs. Smith. Brad Pitt really was serious when he said that he wanted enough kids for a soccer team. Jennifer Aniston was smart hauling ass away from him! That could have been her producing Brad’s baby army. Perhaps the people that write about J.A.’s misery since the creation of Brangelina have it all backwards, she knew what Bradley had in store in the baby department. Gosh, my vagina hurts thinking about just one child but isn’t Angie’s dress just a beautiful shade of green?
The album’s title track comes from Waits’ acclaimed 1985 album Rain Dogs. Johansson also selected cuts from Alice, Swordfishtrombones, Big Time, Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards, Real Gone, Small Change and Bone Machine. Johansson spent five weeks in spring 2007 recording ANYWHERE I LAY MY HEAD at Dockside Studios in Maurice, Lousiana, in the heart of Cajun country.
When I first heard this song, I didn’t like it. After listening to “Falling Down” live, her and the song are starting to grow on me. However, I won’t be typing my fingers to iTunes to buy it any time soon.
Seth Rogen will begin shooting a new comedy movie with Adam Sandler & Leslie Mann. Paul Rudd better get a part in this yet untitled movie or I will cry. Entertainment Weekly
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