3.31.2009
My response to NYPOSTS andrea Peyser
What on gods green earth did Andrea have for breakfast this morning?My guess is , she bit her lip with her own fangs! My other question is , how does she type with claws? One thing I know for sure is, Madonna is not the problem. The Andrea Pysers of the world are. They are mindless, agiest and sexiest, and try to spread their vile thoughts in print. NYPOST should be ashamed for having hired such a phony. Shes not woman. What woman would put down a successful and strong and passionate female performer such as Madonna. Shes not human. What person, would tell you that once your 50 years old you're not allowed to live? There could only be one conclusion to this article, it was written by the devil himself! And in the words of the devil: The people of the world are not safe, as long as the devil reports for the nypost, this crisis of evil rage grows unchecked.
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Madonna Confirms Adoption Attempt
After nearly a week of silence—but photo ops, passport stamps and statements from Malawi officials aplenty Madonna has finally confirmed her reason for touching down in the African nation.
It's to adopt 4-year-old Chifundo "Mercy" James.
"Madonna is committed to maintaining an ongoing relationship with David's Malawian roots," rep Liz Rosenberg said in a statement this morning.
The 50-year-old star and her three children, 12-year-old Lourdes, 8-year-old Rocco and 3-year-old David (who was welcomed into the then-Ritchie home back in 2006 but whose adoption was completed only last year), arrived in Malawi on Sunday to help serve as the welcome wagon for their would-be sibling.
On Monday morning, Madonna attended her first court hearing in the adoption process, but after the hourlong, closed-door session, the judge adjourned the case pending a second hearing this Friday (when, it's quite possible, another delay may arise).
While several Malawi welfare officials stepped up late last week and over the weekend confirming—and, in some cases, condemning— that the Material Mama would be expanding her single-parent brood, today's statement marks Madonna's camp's first acknowledgment of the endeavor.
It should be called FAKE NEWS, now FOX NEWS
I can't believe what some one would get away with calling their article professional journalism, when there are so many inaccuracies and undermining attacks launched out at madonna by a familiar name, Roger Friedman. FOX news should really be called FAKE news, because thats what they write about. They make it up as they go along. I can't begin to list all the lies and unverified statements that have been written up in just this one article. So if someone has time, please look at this article and have youself a good laugh. FOX news, has sunk to a new low, yet again. link to article.
3.30.2009
Chris Ciccone releases a Paperback version of his book
Thank to Venny for this news.
This book was released in March 09
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Madonna premieres her Christain Audigier fashion line in Malawi!
thanks to KUBSTER at ICON for this info;
Madonna visited the Child Care center set up by her charity
http://buzzbeyotch.com/2009/03/30/madonna-in-malawi-checks-out-her-child-care-center/
Madonna and her three children are in Malawi and today they made a visit to the Mphandula child care center set up by one of her charities. Madonna's adoption of David from Malawi was finalized last year.
The center, which provides primary schooling and other child care to about 4,000 children, has nicely cut lawns, swings and slides, and newly painted classrooms.
This was the first time she had seen the day care center finished. On her last visit in 2007, construction had just started. When she was asked by reporter what she thought on the progress made, Madonna gave the thumbs up showing her approval.
In one room, Madonna gave tried basket-weaving along with a few local woman and David was given a cow-skin guitar as a gift.
Her latest adoption hearing for 4 year old Mercy James has been delayed until Friday, as she has been getting flack for trying to fast-track the adoption of another child using her money and status.-- source
Video of Madonna in Malawi going to court
Madonna arrived in court today, the judge has adjourned for a ruling on Friday, Madonna hopes to bring Mercy back with her to nyc.
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/index.php?cl=12729639
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I Am Because We Are - Book Reception Party (Brooklyn, NY)
RECEPTION PARTY:
APRIL 2ND. 6PM-9PM
I Am Because We Are
Photographs by Kristen Ashburn
Foreword by Madonna
Preview the film at
www.iambecauseweare.com
Exhibition: March 27-April 27, 2009
The powerHouse Arena
37 Main Street, Brooklyn
For more information please call (718) 666-3049
For more information about the book visit: www.iambecausewearebook.com
APRIL 2ND. 6PM-9PM
I Am Because We Are
Photographs by Kristen Ashburn
Foreword by Madonna
Preview the film at
www.iambecauseweare.com
Exhibition: March 27-April 27, 2009
The powerHouse Arena
37 Main Street, Brooklyn
For more information please call (718) 666-3049
For more information about the book visit: www.iambecausewearebook.com
3.29.2009
Madonna meets with her Chief Advisor in Chkhota Village
Madonna visits Chkhota Village in Malawi where she has bought land to build part of her Raising Malawi School for girls on Sunday (March 29).
The 50-year-old entertainer is reportedly in Malawi to adopt her second child, Mercy James. 
Madge is pictured below with Eric Borgstein, the Chief Advisor of Pediatric Care for her Raising Malawi Charity. She also takes a look at a map of the land which she purchased.
source: JUSTJARED.com
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Concerns over the land, will be handled by Raising Malawi
Madonna landed in the African nation of Malawi on Sunday – but not without controversy. The singer, 50, was accompanied by her daughter Lourdes, 12, and sons Rocco, 8, and David, 3, whom she adopted from Malawi last year. And she and Lourdes visited Chinkhota Village, where Madonna has purchased a large tract of land to construct a girls' school there, which sources say is modeled on the Leadership Academy for Girls that Oprah Winfrey built in South Africa.
Although the village chief thanked the singer for her "generosity," some residents were less enthusiastic amid fears that they would lose their ancestral lands and crop fields.
"We are told to leave our gardens after this year's harvest; we are told our houses are to be pulled down – but nobody is talking about compensation," said Esinati Nkhoma, a local mother of four. "Where will we move to?"
A senior government official said issues of compensation for the land are being handled by Raising Malawi, the charity established by Madonna.
When a journalist asked Madonna whether she was worried about the land concerns, she shouted back, "No!" Later, Madonna and Lourdes were heard asking villagers "Muli bwanji?," which translates to "How are you?" in Malawi's native tongue, Chichewa.
On Monday morning the star is scheduled to appear before a high court judge to process her second adoption. When a bystander asked, "Are you adopting another kid from Malawi?" she replied, "I don't know."
But courts records show she plans to adopt 3-year-old Mercy James, whose single teenage mother died at age 18.
source: people.com
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LILONGWE - US pop star Madonna has arrived in impoverished Malawi, airport officials say, to file documents allowing her to adopt a second Malawian child, this time a three-year-old girl.
A private jet carrying the pop star and her entourage landed at Lilongwe's Kamuzu international airport shortly before 2pm on Sunday (2300 AEDT).
The plane landed on a runway reserved for cargo planes, far from waiting journalists and photographers. The singer left the airport in a convoy of four vehicles.
Madonna is due in court on Tuesday to file adoption papers for three-year-old Mercy James from an orphanage in southern Malawi, a court official said. The singer had spotted her during her first visit to Malawi, in 2006. She adopted a Malawian child, David Banda, that year.
His biological father, Yohane Banda, told AFP on Sunday he would be allowed to see his son for the first time in three years.
"I have been told by officials of Raising Malawi (a charity established by the singer after the adoption) that I will see my son. I am excited about it," Banda, 34, said in a telephone interview.
He said he last saw David in 2006, when he also met Madonna at the high court where she was filing documents for the adoption.
The pop singer was accused of fast-tracking the process because Malawi does not have inter-country adoption legislation.
Madonna was quoted in local reports as saying she wanted David "to stay connected to his Malawi culture... to keep him closely connected to his cultural heritage".
Her lawyer, Alan Chinula, will be filing adoption papers for Mercy James on Monday in Lilongwe high court.
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Madonna, in Malawi, refuses to talk about adoption
LILONGWE, Malawi (AP) — Madonna toured an impoverished village Sunday in Malawi, the central African nation where officials said she was expected to begin proceedings this week to adopt a young girl.
Madonna, casually dressed with a white fedora, walked through the village of Chinkhota holding the hand of her 12-year-old daughter, Lourdes. Dozens of reporters looked on.
The 50-year-old pop star refused to answer questions about reports that she was in Malawi to adopt a four-year-old girl. She said it was "amazing" to be back in the country where she runs a charity organization and from where she adopted her son David last year.
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Air traffic controllers: Madonna arrives in Malawi
LILONGWE, Malawi (AP) — Madonna, the original Material Girl, landed in a decidedly un-material nation Sunday, flying into the capital of Malawi where she was expected to begin proceedings this week to adopt a young girl.
Air traffic controllers at the airport in the capital of Lilongwe confirmed that her plane landed Sunday, speaking on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to discuss the matter with reporters.
This would be the second child the 50-year-old pop star has adopted from the impoverished African country. The adoption for her Malawian-born son David, 3, was finalized last year.
A Malawian welfare official and another person involved in the adoption proceedings say the girl Madonna is hoping to adopt is about 4 years old and her unmarried mother died soon after she was born. The girl's father is believed to be alive but no other details were available. They spoke on condition of anonymity because the case is considered sensitive.
Madonna and the girl's uncle are expected to appear in court on Monday to sign adoption papers.
A U.S. government official confirmed that an adoption bid by Madonna, an American, was under way. The luxury lodge where Madonna normally stays in Malawi has been fully booked and visitors are being turned away.
Madonna faced harsh criticism for years over David's adoption. Children's advocacy groups accused her of wielding her wealth and influence to circumvent Malawian law requiring an 18- to 24-month assessment period before adoption.
Austin Msowoya, legal researcher with Malawi's Law Commission, played down concerns that a second adoption by Madonna would violate any laws.
He said the best interests of the child needed to be taken into account — whether that was staying in an orphanage in Malawi or getting "an education with Madonna."
"When you look at these two options, then perhaps it becomes in the best interests of the child to allow the adoption if the parents and the guardians consent to it," he told Associated Press Television News on Saturday.
But Save the Children UK said the recently divorced superstar risked sending the wrong message by going through with the second adoption.
"International adoption can actually exacerbate the problem it hopes to solve," spokesman Dominic Nutt said. "The very existence of orphanages encourages poor parents to abandon children in the hope that they will have a better life."
Nutt said he was not suggesting that Madonna was doing anything wrong — but he said the whole process of international adoptions was often flawed and sometimes linked to criminal activity.
He said, barring exceptional circumstances, children should be kept in the care of their extended families or within their communities.
Madonna's spokeswoman Liz Rosenberg in New York, who has not commented on the adoption reports, told The Associated Press the star would not respond to comments from Save the Children.
In a recent interview in Malawi's leading daily The Nation, the singer said she was considering another adoption but would only do it if she had "the support of the Malawian people and government."
If the adoption goes through, Madonna would become a single mother of four. She also has an 8-year-old son, Rocco, with former husband and British film director Guy Ritchie and a 12-year-old daughter, Lourdes, from a previous relationship.
She and Ritchie, who were married in 2000, obtained a preliminary divorce decree in November 2008.
Madonna first traveled to Malawi in 2006 while doing charity work and filming a documentary on the devastating poverty and AIDS crisis there. She is also establishing a school for girls there.
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Five staff walk out on 'too demanding' boss Madonna
Five of Madonna's trusted aides have quit - claiming she is too demanding.
The two nannies, two personal assistants and a chauffeur cited long working hours when they handed in their resignations.
Their decision is a bitter blow to the Queen of Pop as she prepares to fly to southern Africa today in a bid to adopt a second Malawian orphan.Angela Jacobson and a French nanny called Elodie look after the singer's three children - Lourdes, 12, Rocco, eight, and adopted three-year-old David.
PAs Denise Lambertson and New York-based Johanna Edholm have played vital roles in managing 50-year-old Madge's business interests.
And Alistair Mitchell was her driver for seven years.
A source said: "Madonna's relied on the nannies to care for her kids whenever she is working.
"Angela was with her for two years and was particularly close to David. He and Rocco are devastated she is leaving.
"And Elodie, who's been with Madonna for about 15 months, was also close to the children.
"But all Madonna's employees work incredibly long hours."
Madonna showed Aussie Angela the door last week as soon as she said she wanted to resign.
Angry Angela had earlier said on Facebook: "Not putting up with this s*** any more. Sick of always being the one who compromises."
Pa Denise is due to go tomorrow after two years with the megastar.
Johanna threw in the towel after claiming she lost a boyfriend because of the diva's demands.
And Alistair now drives Madge's ex-hubby Guy Ritchie.
Madonna begged him to come back - but he said no.
The singer has now taken on French nanny Audrey Wrightson as parttime cover.
Madge is currently in the middle of a world tour.
She has also spent months negotiating to adopt three-year-old Malawian Mercy James as a sister for David, who's been with her since 2006.
She hopes the new adoption will be finalised next week.
The punishing schedule means she is heavily dependant on her staff, who have to be available round the clock.
A source said: "Bank holidays are normal working days and there's no special allowance for Christmas.
"Her attitude is she is a superstar and is expected to work, so why shouldn't her staff."
Madonna expects her closest aides to travel the world.
An insider said: "They don't really have a life of their own."
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Madonna Calls Time Out
Madonna has split from Jesus Luz following a fairly big fight over her lack of commitment, a report claims.
According to The Mirror, the 50-year-old irritated her Brazilian boyfriend by refusing to meet his family on May 10, which is Mother's Day in his home country.
The argument apparently resulted in the singer deciding to call time on her relationship with 22-year-old Luz.
"It was a huge wakeup call for Madonna that Jesus really isn't the man for her," a source told the newspaper. "Things were moving too fast and they were practically living in each other's pockets.(. she only asked him to live with her and he thought they were committed.What WAS he thinking!!))
According to reports it was a huge wake up call for Madonna.. no doubt. waking up to the reality that his mom is fifteen years younger than she is MIGHT be an eye opener.
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Madonna is civil with guy
Abandon hope all ye who were waiting for Madonna and Guy Ritchie to slug it out in Manhattan Supreme Court. The transatlantic couple had to have their British divorce deal registered in New York. So a public hearing was scheduled here for this month. Madonna's lawyer, Eleanor Alter, and Guy's guy,Peter Bronstein, have now toldJudge Deborah Kaplan it won't be necessary. This past week, Kaplan blessed the deal. She also decreed that any future custody matters will be sealed because, unlike the parents, sons Rocco and David didn't chose to be celebrities.
Guy and Geri, do stop desperately seeking Madonna
NOW hold on a second, Guy Ritchie. There's trading down and there's trading down. And divorcing Madonna only to be spotted with Geri Halliwell -- even if she was only hanging out at your pub -- smacks of settling for hamburger when you used to eat steak.
There should be a very clear celebrity caste system to keep Guy away from women who have called their childrenBluebell Madonna, especially in his tender post-divorce state. In the past few years Old Ginger Spice has done Kabbalah, fake lesbianism, got herself some Madonna biceps (and lost them) and has been making some "spiritual" Earth Mother noises. One Guy Ritchie, slightly used, would be just the perfect addition to her Material Girlshrine. You know she'd kill to be in one of his crap films. Geri was at the premiere of The Boat That Rocked this week. But if the rumours are anything to go by it's been more like The Hand That Rocked the Cradle.
Of course, Madonna herself will find all this hilarious, and she'd love it if Geri and Guy did get together. For one thing it would show that Guy is not really over her, but in a pathetic, rather than a romantic way (like if Pete Dohertyhad rebounded with Marianne Faithfull and the two of them started going to rock festivals). For another thing it would make her dalliances with Latino toy boys look a bit less regressive. If there is one thing naffer than Madonna Junior, it's Jesus. Of course, in our hearts we know it could never work. Geri and Guy would both have the same problem. They're both still hankering after Madonna.
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3 new madonna demos have been released
BOX SET
BY Stephen Sondheim
Track Listing DISC 1: 1. America - (with Chita Rivera/Marilyn Cooper) 2. Tonight - (with Larry Kert/Carol Lawrence) 3. Gee, Officer Krupke - (featuring Tony Mordante/David Winters/Eddie Roll/Grover Dale/Hank Brunjes) 4. Everything's Coming Up Roses - (featuring Ethel Merman) 5. Comedy Tonight - (with Company, featuring Zero Mostel) 6. Everybody Ought To Have a Maid - (with Christopher Durrang/Michael Rupert/Stephen Collins) 7. There's Something About a War - (previously unreleased) 8. Don't Laugh - (previously unreleased) 9. Anyone Can Whistle - (featuring Lee Remick) 10. Parade In Town, A - (with Ensemble, featuring Angela Lansbury) 11. Hero is Coming, A 12. This Week, Americans 13. Perhaps - (previously unreleased, featuring Stan Stanley) 14. Everybody Loves Leona - (previously unreleased, featuring Rose Marie Jun) 15. Boy From..., The - (featuring Linda Lavin) 16. (If You Can Find Me) I'm Here - (featuring Anthony Perkins) 17. Arts and Crafts - (featuring Anthony Perkins) 18. I Remember Sky - (featuring Charmian Carr) 19. When? - (featuring Charmian Carr/Anthony Perkins) 20. Take Me To the World - (featuring Charmian Carr/Anthony Perkins) DISC 2: 1. Another Hundred People - (featuring Pamela Myers) 2. Ladies Who Lunch, The - (featuring Elaine Stritch) 3. Being Alive - (featuring Dean Jones) 4. Happily Ever After - (previously unreleased) 5. Waiting For the Girls Upstairs - (featuring Daisy Prince/George Hearn/Howard McGillin/Jim Walton/Lee Remick/Liz Callaway/Mandy Patinkin/Barbara Cook) 6. Broadway Baby - (featuring Elaine Stritch) 7. Losing My Mind - (featuring Barbara Cook) 8. I'm Still Here - (featuring Carol Burnett) 9. Can That Boy Fox Trot! - (previously unreleased) 10. Miller's Son, The - (featuring D. Jamin-Bartlett) 11. Liaisons - (featuring Hermione Gingold) 12. Send In the Clowns - (featuring Glynis Johns) 13. Night Waltz (Love Takes Time) - (with Company) 14. Silly People 15. Not Quite Night - (previously unreleased) 16. Welcome To Kanagawa - (featuring Ernest Harrada/Leslie Watanabe/Patrick Kinser-Lau/Tim Fujii/Mako/Gedde Watanabe) 17. Pretty Lady - (featuring Mark Hsu Syers/Patrick Kinser-Lau/Tim Fujii) 18. Prayers - (previously unreleased) 19. There is No Other Way - (previously unreleased) DISC 3: 1. Ballad of Sweeney Todd, The - (featuring Len Cariou) 2. Green Finch and Linnet Bird - (featuring Sarah Rice) 3. Little Priest, A - (featuring Len Cariou/Angela Lansbury) 4. Worst Pies In London, The - (featuring Michael Cerveris/Patti LuPone) 5. Not a Day Goes By - (featuring Jim Walton/Ann Morrison) 6. Old Friends - (featuring Jim Walton/Lonny Price/Ann Morrison) 7. Finishing the Hat - (featuring Mandy Patinkin) 8. Agony 9. Finale: Children Will Listen - (featuring Bernadette Peters) 10. Have To Give Her Someone - (previously unreleased, featuring Maureen Moore/Kim Crosby/George Lee Andrews) 11. Interesting Questions - (previously unreleased, featuring Maureen Moore/Kim Crosby/George Lee Andrews) 12. Second Midnight - (previously unreleased, featuring John Cameron Mitchell/Maureen Moore/Kim Crosby/George Lee Andrews) 13. Everybody's Got the Right - (featuring William Parry/Jonathon Hadany/Debra Monk/Eddie Korbich/Greg Germann/Lee Wilkof/Annie Golden/Terrence Mann/Victor Garber) 14. Ballad of Booth, The - (featuring Marcus Olson/Patrick Cassidy/Victor Garber) 15. Happiness - (featuring Jere Shea/Marin Mazzie) 16. I Wish I Could Forget You - (featuring Jere Shea/Donna Murphy) 17. Bounce - (featuring Howard McGillin/Richard Kind) 18. Isn't He Something! - (featuring Jane Powell) 19. Invocation and Instructions To the Audience - (featuring Nathan Lane/Roger Bart) DISC 4: 1. I Must Be Dreaming - (previously unreleased, featuring Cy Walter/Stan Freeman) 2. Two of You, The - (previously unreleased) 3. Class - (previously unreleased, featuring Jack Cassidy) 4. Love's a Bond - (previously unreleased, featuring Arte Johnson) 5. In the Movies - (previously unreleased) 6. I'm All For You - (previously unreleased) 7. They Asked Me Why I Believe In You - (previously unreleased) 8. Incidental Music: Cue#3/Cue #4/Cue #7/Cue #13 - (previously unreleased) 9. Truly Content 10. No, Mary Ann 11. Incidental Music: Cue #3/Cue #4 - (previously unreleased) 12. Theme From Stavisky 13. Auto Show 14. Arlette By Night 15. Operetta 16. Theme (European Version) - (previously unreleased) 17. I Never Do Anything Twice (The Madame's Song) - (previously unreleased, featuring Dina Regine) 18. Theme - (featuring Claude Bolling/Jean-Pierre Rampal) 19. Sooner or Later - (previously unreleased, featuring Madonna) 20. Live Alone and Like It - (featuring Mel Torme) 21. What Can You Lose? - (previously unreleased, featuring Madonna/Mandy Patinkin) 22. Back In Business - (previously unreleased, featuring Cheryl Bentyne/Janis Siegel/Lorraine Feather) 23. More (End Credits) - (previously unreleased, featuring Madonna) 24. Water Under the Bridge - (featuring Liza Minnelli/Billy Stritch)
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3.28.2009
Guy trying to make madonna jealous
Guy Ritchie is dating socialite Petrina Khashoggi, the glamorous daughter of former Tory MP Jonathan Aitken.
The 40-year-old – who was divorced from Madonna earlier this year – has been quietly stepping out with the leggy blonde for the past five weeks.
According to sources close to Miss Khashoggi, a former model who is trying to launch a TV career, the 29-year-old is 'smitten' with the film director and has visited his London home several times.
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Lola wears a Madonna Tshirt!
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Judge Chombo to examine Madonna adoption case
Malawi High Court has allocated Judge Justice Esmie Chombo to preside over the second adoption by the US pop star Madonna in the country from Monday.
Madonna is expected to jet at Kamuzu International Airport in the capital, Lilongwe on Sunday around 2pm in readiness for the hearing of the adoption of Chifundo James.
According to court documents sourced by Nyasa Times, Chifundo was under the custody of Mrs Antje Saakje Chikhwaza after her mother, Mwandida Maunde died on 5 February, 2006 at Kavinthiwe Village, Traditional Authority Chikowi, Zomba.
Chifundo was born on 22 January, 2006.
The consent to allow adoption, according to papers logged at the court is Peter Bennett.
High Court officials in Lilongwe have also been put on alert on the expectation of an army of journalists on Monday with Madonna's appearance to have her adoption case examined.
"We are certain that Madonna, she's coming here on Monday, probably around eight-thirty in the morning," High Court watchman Charles Boli said.
"Actually it's about the adoption case, and no media coverage, the reporters will not be allowed inside, only the parties involved will be allowed to go inside the court."
The four year girl who would be a sister to David Banda whose earlier adoption sparked controversy as she battled accusations that she used her celebrity status to circumvent Malawian adoptions laws, is being kept at the luxury Kumbali Lodge.
Madonna will spend time with Chifundo on Sunday at the Lodge and is hoping to fly out with her to US if the court gives her a lee way on Monday.
According to British tabloid, The Sun, Lucy Chekechiwa, 61, Chifundo's grandmother described Madonna's interest in her granddaughter as "stealing".
"Why doesn't this singer pick other children? It is stealing. I want to go to court, I won't let her go," the paper quoted her.
Mrs Chekechiwa, according to the paper, claimed it had been agreed the child would go to her when she reaches the age of six.
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madonna outtakes on Facebook
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Uk Charity looking for some pr
Save the Children spokesman Dominic Nutt, wants to get some PR for his charity by commenting on Madonnas personal life.
You do get into the headlines when you mention her name so good job Dominic. But your points are rather pointless, Madonna doesnt look for your advice. Shes done pretty good for herself.
You do get into the headlines when you mention her name so good job Dominic. But your points are rather pointless, Madonna doesnt look for your advice. Shes done pretty good for herself.
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Madonnas attorney confirms Arrival on Sat in Malawi
Madonna's lawyer has confirmed the singer will file adoption papers in a Malawi court next week amid reports the toddler she tried to adopt last year has been moved from an orphanage to await collection by the star.
The singer will arrive in the African nation on Saturday to begin her quest to bring a second Malawian child into her family. She finalized the adoption of her son David Banda last year, after two years of legal wrangling.
She will then file official documents to begin the adoption process in a courthouse in the capital city of Lilongwe on Monday, according to her attorney Alan Chinula.
Chinula says, "We are expected to be in court on Monday to file papers for a possible adoption."
Meanwhile, 4-year-old Mercy James was reportedly removed from her orphanage near Blantyre, Malawi, earlier this week and subsequently placed under a nanny's care at Kumbali Lodge, outside Lilongwe, where the singer has stayed on previous visits.
A source tells Britain's Daily Mail, "Mercy has been handed over to Madonna's people, who are already at the lodge, and is being cared for by a nanny.
"They are waiting for Madonna to arrive so mother and daughter can be united and then Madonna is expected to take Mercy with her when she leaves."
Madonna was alleged to have signed paperwork to adopt Mercy last year, but the reports never came to fruition, despite the little girl's grandfather telling a U.S. tabloid, "It breaks our hearts to know she will leave us, but adoption is best for her."
Madonna is already mom to adopted David Banda, 3, Rocco, 8, from her marriage to Guy Ritchie and Lourdes, 12, whose father is Carlos Leonsource
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3.27.2009
Liz smith comes in defense of Madonna
“I love children, especially when they cry, for then somebody takes them away,” said Nancy Mitford, the famous British writer.I was agog reading that Madonna’s divorce from Guy Ritchie and her subsequent “flings” with Alex Rodriguez and Jesus Luz have become impediments to her adopting a second impoverished child in Malawi.
The government there seems to frown on Madonna’s change of status and her “lifestyle.” She was wed to director Ritchie when her adoption of little David Banda happened.
Maybe Malawi should get over itself! Africa — rife with civil unrest, corruption, genocide, disease and the rape and mutilation of children — is having a problem with Madonna’s morals!?
From the outside looking in, I suppose Madonna’s recent love conquests seem a bit – lurid. That said, I have yet to see one paparazzi picture of Madonna in disarray, out of control or engaging in a “public display of affection” with her assumed lovers. What I’ve seen is Madonna bringing little David out of a kabbala service. Wicked woman! Burn her at the stake!
I say – let Madonna and other rich celebrities adopt as many poor children as they want. She is, for instance, pouring millions into Malawi. And if you’ve seen her documentary on that blighted spot, you know they need all the help they can get. Her motives? Madonna’s motives? I don’t really care if she — or anybody else who is doing “a good deed in a naughty world” — is sincere or not. Sincerity won’t buy food or medicine. So, in that spirit of healthy cynicism, let’s have even more phonies who are intent on helping the world! The rest of us can sit around, cluck, tsk, point and complain.
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Melbourne's nanny Angela Jacobsen tells of life with Madonna
A MELBOURNE nanny has told how the strain of working 24 hours a day, seven days a week for Madonna drove her to the brink.
A week after she was sacked, Angela Jacobsen arrived home yesterday with nothing but kind words for the pop star.
But her Facebook website told a different story.
"Not putting up (with) this s--- any more," a furious Jacobsen wrote last month.
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"Never have, never will. Standing up for my rights regardless of consequence. Sick of always being the one who compromises."
The next day she wrote: "You know the score!!! No one messes with my party."
A month earlier, as she prepared for a weekend off, Ms Jacobsen vowed to "make the most of my 48 f---ing hours" of freedom.
Ms Jacobsen was dismissed on the spot last week after she gave notice to Madonna that she intended to resign.
The party-loving 29-year-old played down her differences with the Material Girl.
"I think every job has tough moments but (they were) nothing out of the ordinary," she said. "I have had a fantastic time. This is amicable, there is no hard feelings on either side."
Ms Jacobsen, who played 24-hour nursemaid to Madonna's adopted African son David Banda, was witness to the pop star's bitter split with her husband Guy Ritchie last year.
Madonna was flying back to Malawi this weekend hoping to finally adopt the little girl she has longed for. Her determination to adopt orphan Mercy James, 4, was said to have been a major cause of conflict between her and Ritchie.
While Ms Jacobsen's website postings paint Madonna in an unflattering light, they also reveal the jet-set lifestyle of a pop star's nanny.
She spent Christmas at a UK country estate, New Year at a resort in the Maldives, then flew to Los Angeles in February, visiting Disneyland and other theme parks.
The nanny's website made an apparent reference to one of David's milestones.
"Took my little man to his first swimming class without me in the water today!" she said on January 13.
On March 19 she made the revelation that she would be leaving New York for good, saying it "was sudden and unexpected".
"Highly qualified & experienced nanny seeking work!" she said. "Who wants me?! I'll survive, they breed them tough in Australiasource
BBC News report: Confirms Adoption of Mercy
Pop star Madonna is to travel to Malawi in a bid to adopt a baby girl called Mercy James, officials have said.
The Reuters news agency was told that the child has "no father and mother, they both died", and an assessment was completed on Thursday.
The 50-year-old is expected to arrive at the weekend and attend a procedural hearing at the High Court on Monday.
The 14-month-old baby will be a sister to David Banda, the first child Madonna adopted from the African country.
The official adoption of the little boy was confirmed last year.
She brought the child back to the UK from an orphanage in the country in 2006.
'Role model'
An official at the Malawian department of women and child welfare told the BBC's Raphael Tenthani that the pop star had already filed adoption papers and her case could be heard as early as next week.
The official later told the Reuters news agency: "We expect her over the weekend or earlier than that... but without a doubt she is coming before the end of this month."
Madonna's spokeswoman in New York, Liz Rosenberg, would not comment.
Her lawyer in Malawi, Alan Chinula, also declined to comment.
However, a US government official speaking under condition of anonymity told Reuters news agency that an adoption bid was under way.
Writing in response to e-mailed questions from Nation readers last week, Madonna said: "Many people - especially our Malawian friends - say that David should have a Malawian brother or sister.
"It's something I have been considering."
Critics accused the Malawian government of sidestepping laws banning foreign adoptions in order to allow the celebrity to take 13-month-old David home with her.
After the adoption was legalised, Madonna said the difficulties had arisen because "this adoption essentially was the beginning of the creation of adoption laws in Malawi".
She hoped it would make it easier for others to adopt from the country and explained: "I am the template or the role model, so to speak, for future adoptions."
The star also has two biological children - Rocco, her son with former husband Guy Ritchie, and Lourdes, whose father is Carlos Leon.
Film director Ritchie and Madonna's divorce was finalised in November.
Malawi does not as a rule approve adoptions for single or divorced people, but the official at the country's welfare department said that each case was considered on merit.
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Raising Malawi Charity Auction Starts April 2nd
Madonna - Raising Malawi
April 2-12.
Unique items and experiences will be up for auction to benefit Raising Malawi, the charity founded by Madonna. The auction coincides with the release of "I Am Because We Are", the companion to the documentary film by Madonna and Nathan Rissman.
www.ebay.com/raisingmalawi
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3.26.2009
Watch FILM: "I Am Because We Are" on Youtube channel
Madonna's 'I Am Because We Are' Web Premiere
We are happy to announce that Madonna's "I Am Because We Are" documentary premieres on Youtube and Hulu today.Directed by Nathan Rissman and narrated by Madonna, "I Am Because We Are" depicts a journey in the second poorest country in the world, Malawi.
In a country of 12 million people, so many children without parents has caused irreparable damage. The film attempts to explore what is going on in the heads and hearts of these orphans, and what the future holds for them. Suffering from AIDS, infections and malnutrition, most of the children in Malawi are in need for food, medical care, but also for proper education and guidance.
More than just a story about Malawi, 'I Am Because We Are' provides the audience with keys to help changing the situation but also spreads hope for a better world.
Visit the "I Am Because We Are" Youtube channel today to watch the full documentary.
"I Am Because We Are" is also available for online streaming from Hulu (location restrictions may apply).
For more info on the documentary, please visit www.iambecauseweare.com
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Guy Oseary answers Fans questions on ICON
Q&A With Guy Oseary - Guy's Answers
Iconers, Guy would like to thank you all for the great questions you've submitted as part of his first Q&A session. He took the time to answer the 10 most asked ones. Just read on to learn more about Madonna's upcoming summer tour and projects!1) Would you consider an Asian leg for Madonna's next tour?
Madonna loves Asia and definitely would love to go back.
2) What are the plans, if any, for a Sticky & Sweet Tour DVD/CD Release? Will it include a tour documentary?
We plan on having the DVD/CD come out in the fall, hopefully in November. Nathan Rissman shot hours and hours of b-roll. We will edit it down and definitely include highlights in the DVD.
3) Now that Madonna has decided to extend her "Sticky and Sweet" tour, is there any chance for her to release a 4th single off her 'Hard Candy' album?
I don't see that happening.
4) Could you tell us more about the new Greatest Hits to be released by Warner Bros? Will it include unreleased tracks? Is there a release date available?
We are trying to get two new tracks on the album. But not sure if they should be "never before heard" gems, or simply start from scratch. She is thinking about doing something dance and up tempo, so stay tuned....
5) Will this summer's show be the exact same as last year's? Will Madonna make some changes to the set list, costumes?
Mostly it will be the same, with an added surprise song to the show. Again, stay tuned.
7) What is your best memory with Madonna?
My best memory? Too many to mention. I've been with Madonna for over half my life. My favorite moments are when we are alone, taking a walk through the countryside together or having dinner together. I do have fond memories of when I first became friends with Madonna. I was such a kid who knew so little , yet she took my hand and showed me the world. It's been an amazing ride.
8) Do you know what Madonna thinks of her fan club and all of her devoted fans there?
She loves her fans. Honestly everything she does she considers her fans. I can give you an example from tour -
When she did the L.A. Dodger Stadium show the whole front of the stage broke the night before the show. We almost cancelled. When I said "don't worry, everything will be fine no one will care", she responded "no my fans will care, they notice everything!" She doesn't want to do anything less than amazing for her fans. But at the same time, she didn't want to let down her fans by canceling the show, so at 9 pm the night before, she said the show must go on. All these decisions are always made with the fans in mind. She has seen many of Iconers showing up at each show and she really appreciates it - you know who you are!
9) Will Madonna release some unreleased songs or demos from her past albums at some point?
At some point, would love to do something amazing with the remixes and demos. Thanks to you guys for many of your suggestions on this, they are all being considered.
10) Why wasn't Australia included in the tour itinerary and will she visit Australia anytime soon?
Madonna really needs to go to Australia!! Its a must...and I'm going to do everything I can to make sure we get there next time Madonna tours. Unfortunately it didn't work out for this tour. She appreciates her Aussie fans coming to many of the shows. Israel never missed one show in Europe or South America and he waved his Australian flag at every single show. We are long over due for a trip down under and apologize for that, it will happen.
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