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Rupert Everett has defended Madonna’s decision to adopt a Malawian baby.

The “~Hung Up’ star was forced to battle an onslaught of criticism when she adopted her son David Banda last October.

However, Everett, who starred alongside Madonna in the 2000 romantic comedy The Next Big Thing, insisted that the 48-year-old pop star was condemned unfairly, saying: “I think (Madonna’s) been given a really rough deal about it. I think it’s outrageous how she has been treated.

“Adopting a kid is adopting a kid. It’s great. There’s no question that it’s better for him to be growing up in Madonna’s family than in a Malawian orphanage.”

Earlier today it emerged that Madonna and her husband Guy Ritchie will face a five-day parenting assessment from Malawian adoption officials.

source : digitalspy

Pop superstar Madonna has been devoting time between motherhood, music and movies to a new documentary about Malawi. The Material Girl singer adopted son David Banda from the African country in October 2006, and was so inspired by her visit to the country she immediately started filming a short movie about the problems people face there.

Her spokeswoman Liz Rosenberg tells The Scoop, “She’s been working on it for a year. Very intense. And profoundly sad – not for the faint of heart. She did an amazing job, I must say.” As well as the documentary, Rosenberg confirms Madonna has also been working on new tracks with Justin Timberlake, whose London concert she recently tried to attend incognito before being mobbed by fans.

source : contactmusic

Madonna, Justin Timberlake, Timbaland and Keisha Buchanan (Sugababes) arrive at a West London studio (July 11 2007)

Madonna going to the gym in London (July 10 2007)

Madonna is included on the Best Benefit Performances list. She came in at #8. See which performance made the list here

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Madonna with her PR in London (July 09 2007)

Speaking prior to Saturday’s climate-change awareness concert, Gogol Bordello star Eugene Hutz spoke about his role in Madonna’s movie directorial debut as a character called A.K., who is apparently based on his own personality.

Hutz said: “I think [Madonna] was fantastic. She’s such a dynamic force. You can always measure a director by how specific he is or she is, and she was very specific.

“She had very energetic visions but at the same time there was a lot of room for me to do my own thing,” he told Billboard.

“It was super fun and perfectly respectable, and it ended up being quite a collaborative project,” explained Hutz about the movie, which is expected to debut at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.

Filth & Wisdom lasts 45 minutes and also stars Richard E. Grant and Stephen Graham. It is unclear if Madonna actually appears on-camera.

Gogol Bordello’s new album, Super Taranta!, is released tomorrow.

source : yahoo

Kasabian frontman Tom Meighan was so thrilled with Madonna’s sexy show at Saturday’s Live Earth concert he wants to marry the singer.

The British rocker admits he got “overexcited” during the 48-year-old’s set at the London show, where she came out in a spandex cat suit and gyrated with a speaker during the song Hung Up.

Meighan, 26, says, “Ooh, Madonna’s thighs! She reminds me of my old dance teacher, who I used to have a crush on. Who didn’t have a huge crush on Madonna when they were a kid? “I’d marry her. If she came for me, I really would.”

source : pr-inside

Madonna was the queen of Live Earth.

She followed rock greats the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters and even Spinal Tap at Wembley and lifted the crowd to another level. In skin-tight gear she demanded: “If you want to save the planet, let me see you jump.”?

And the crowd followed Her Madgesty’s lead and went wild.

The day’s message may have been all about saving energy but the audience threw every last drop of theirs into the night’s finale.

source : the sun

Madonna leaving the gym in London (July 06 2007)