Happy Anniversary Madonna!

As many of you know Madonna holds a very special place in my heart. She's more than an entertainer to many of us - she's an inspiration. We just want to congratulate Madonna on 25 years of fabulousness - music, fashion, motherhood and more. We can't wait to see what she has in store for us in the future.



It may seem like only yesterday but 25 years ago on April 24, 1982, Sire Records honcho Seymour Stein released a single called "EVERYBODY" on Warner Bros. Records by an unknown singer from Rochester, Michigan by the name of Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone. To say the world would never be the same is an understatement. The song went on to become a huge dancefloor hit and was heard all over the radio in the Summer of 1982. That little girl from Michigan would go on to become one of the most famous entertainers and cultural icons in history - selling close to 200 million records and remaining a star of enormous magnitude and influence for the next 25 years. She's just getting started. Long Live the Queen and Happy Anniversary to Madonna.

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Paris Gets a Little Crazy

There must be something in the water in L.A, because celebrities are going nuts faster than your average insurgent can throw goats, and that´s actually pretty fast. She went out to a hot night spot to catch up with her sister and look hot for the cameras, but when she was leaving she started chanting Lindsay Lohan´s nickname “Firecrotch” over and over to herself.

A horrified onlooker says: "But as Paris was about to leave, she started saying ˜firecrotch´ to herself - but loudly - so everyone around her could hear. And she wasn´t saying it to anybody - she was all by herself. She was practically chanting it!"

Sounds like there might be some need for psychotropics in the Hilton camp. Or possibly Paris has figured out that crazy gets plenty of attention. Or possibly she just had one of those involuntary vocalization moments, where your mouth just starts talking and you don´t even realize it. Sometimes that happens, and sometimes you end up in a straitjacket. That´s just life.

Mads & Lourdes Do Malawi

The press might be up in arms about Madonna’s visit to Malwai but the villagers of Gumulira were happy to see Mads and Lourdes today and sang them a few welcoming songs (no word if a rendition of Holiday was performed). Mother and daughter had a look around the maize fields which the UN is helping the Malwain farmers with. They gave Madge a taste but it looks like it didn’t go down too well (probably the 1st time in years she had to eat carbs).

Jennifer Aniston Gets Glaad Awards

Beauty, Jennifer Aniston received the Vanguard Award for her contributions to increased visibility and understanding of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community at the 18th GLAAD media awards reports Melbourne Herald.
The annual awards, held at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, recognize and honor mainstream media that fairly and accurately represents the LGBT community and the issues that affect their lives.

Meanwhile, Angelina Jolie is still struggling with Team Aniston reports Fox News.

Jennifer Aniston took the time to send books, games and a congratulatory card to ex-husband Brad Pitt, Angie and their new son, Pax, Life&Style magazine reports.

But Jolie reportedly sent the card to the trash can.

"Angie didn't approve of it at all," a source told the mag.

Brad wasn’t too happy with his girlfriend’s hostile reaction, especially since Jolie’s ex-husband Billy Bob Thornton recently revealed that he still chats with the brunette beauty on a regular basis.

Britney Spears Ready to Quit POP Music

Britney Spears says she is ready to ''quit'' pop music.The singer, who checked into Malibu's Promises rehab center in February, jokingly revealed her new album has proven so stressful she is considering a new career.

When Britney was asked when fans could hear her new LP, she smiled and replied: "I think I might be quitting!"

The "Toxic" singer, who is set to work with top producer Timbaland on her music comeback, was seen at the Millennium Dance Studio in North Hollywood undergoing a grueling two-hour dance rehearsal yesterday (April 11, 2007).

Meanwhile, Britney's ex-lover Justin Timberlake has been phoning her to offer a shoulder to cry on.

Justin, who dated Britney for four years before they split in 2002, was so concerned about Britney checking into rehab he contacted her.

He said: "I called her because I am worried about her. She is a great woman. I'm rooting for her. It seems like she is getting everything under control now."

Is Madonna About to Adopt in Malawi Again?

April 14, 2007 — Madonna is heading to Malawi once again this weekend to visit some charities she has set up there, but there are some reports that she is planning to adopt another Malawian child.

When Madonna first visited Malawi last year and adopted a one-year-old boy, a firestorm followed.

Critics claimed that she was only allowed to bypass the country's strict adoption laws because she was a celebrity. The boy's father claimed he was misinformed about the process.

Now, the Material Girl is returning to the country and so is the controversy. The Sun of London and other tabloids are reporting that she's looking to adopt again. Her publicist, however, denies it — although she denied it last time as well.

"I definitely think that Madonna would adopt again," Us Weekly senior editor Bradly Jacobs said. "She said she wanted to adopt a little Malawian girl next time. She wanted to even out her family since she already has one girl and two boys."

Madonna herself has left the door open to future adoptions.

"I wouldn't rule it out," she said in a recent interview. "I would like it to not be as complicated in the future, but I would just like to experience David for a while and see how that works out first."

Madonna is just one of many celebrities who have been adopting children abroad to expand families or shine a light on issues like third-world poverty.

"In a sense, Madonna is following a trend, a 15-year trend towards increasing numbers of international adoption," said Thomas Atwood, president of the National Council for Adoption. "She is at the beginning of a trend with respect to adoptions from Africa."

But while other stars have had their adoptions celebrated, Madonna had to go on an international media tour to justify hers.

"She's always been a lightning rod of controversy; she's always been criticized," Jacobs said. "Angelina has adopted all these kids. It's been easy. Madonna goes and adopts one and suddenly there's an uproar."

Some adoption advocates are on her side. They hope the attention — good or bad — may help change the restrictive Malawi adoption laws.

"What we have in Malawi is a sign on the door that says: prospective adoptive parents need not apply. If Madonna's celebrity can help remove that sign, more children will have families through adoption," Atwood said.

Madonna flies to Malawi Sunday with David, who she adopted in Malawi, and her two other children, Lourdes and Rocco.

No fairy-tale wedding for Prince William

LONDON - Many saw her as Britain's future queen, but it looks like Kate Middleton's royal romance will not have a fairy-tale ending.

Middleton and Prince William have ended their four-year relationship, a decision that surprised palace-watchers and disappointed monarchists hoping for a glamorous royal wedding to rival that of
Prince Charles and Princess Diana.

For many Britons, however, the split provided more evidence that the royals are as human as anyone else.

"I think they're just like any other couple," said Minet Marshall, a 36-year-old London office worker. "They're young, and before you meet the right person you have to kiss a lot of frogs."

The Sun newspaper reported the breakup Saturday in a front-page story, saying the couple had reached an "amicable agreement" to separate.

William's Clarence House office refused to comment, saying it did not discuss the prince's private life, but royal sources did not deny the report, tacitly acknowledging it was true.

The news took many royal-watchers by surprise. It was widely thought the couple would soon announce their engagement; one bookmaker was so certain of a royal wedding it stopped taking bets on it earlier this year. The retail chain Woolworths had commissioned mugs, plates and other Wills-and-Kate memorabilia, despite the absence of a formal engagement.

Behind the scenes, a different story unfolded. The Sun said the split was caused by the "extraordinary pressures" on the couple and by William's career in the army. The second in line to the throne graduated from Sandhurst military academy in December and is undergoing further training at an army base in rural England, while Middleton lives in London.

Even though William was photographed at nightclubs in the company of several young women in recent weeks, there was little speculation that the relationship was on the rocks.

The prince, 24, and Middleton, 25, met as students at St. Andrew's University in Scotland in 2001 and had been dating since 2003.

Once their relationship became public with a joint photo on a Swiss skiing holiday in 2004, Middleton was a media darling. The brunette fashion buyer was photographed attending public events, going to work, even getting a parking ticket — a level of attention that evoked the romance of William's father, Prince Charles, and then-Lady Diana Spencer a quarter-century ago.

"William, after what happened to his father, cannot get it wrong," The Sun's royal reporter Duncan Larcombe told AP Television News. "He cannot marry the wrong woman, and I suppose, in a funny kind of way, it's better that we're here today talking about his girlfriend leaving, splitting up with her, than us talking about a royal divorce."

Charles and Diana married at St. Paul's Cathedral in 1981, in a televised ceremony watched by millions around the world. They had two sons, William and Harry, but divorced in 1996 after admissions of adultery on both sides. Diana died in a car crash in Paris in August 1997.

William was determined Middleton would not suffer the same media hounding his mother had endured, appealing through his office for the media to leave her alone.

Last month, Middleton lodged a complaint of media harassment with Britain's media watchdog, the Press Complaints Commission. She settled the claim earlier this month following an apology and admission of error by the Daily Mirror newspaper.

"It would put pressure on any relationship, that sort of attention," said Ingrid Seward, editor of Majesty magazine. But she said the media was not to blame for the split.

Seward said the couple's relationship had simply reached an impasse.

"They can't go forward because William is in the army and he's dedicated the next few years of his life to that, so he's not in a position to get married," she said.

"They had lived together when they were at university, so in a way their relationship has become more difficult. They have seen a lot less of each other and are under a huge amount of pressure."

Some held out hope for a happy ending.

"Let's not rule out a reconciliation when he realizes what he has lost," said Judy Wade, veteran royal correspondent for Hello! magazine.

Others were glad to see the end of the affair.

"He deserves better," said 13-year-old Jessica Davis. "I think Prince William should marry me."