As if it wasn't bad enough that the only black kid on the new 90210 is adopted – because "those people" don't get into Beverly Hills otherwise – they then went and made him really, really good at lacrosse! Who's writing this show, Barack Obama's racist grandmother, the notorious elitist?
"It took exactly one day after the publication of Angelina Jolie’s new babies' pictures for rumors about Jolie wanting another child to begin. Supposedly her next one will be adopted. From China."
THAT WAS STILL GOING ON? "Madonna is now the official permanent guardian of son David Banda, whom she adopted from Malawi, a judge there ruled Wednesday."
• Best "Afternoon Aural" in a long time. [Queerty]
• Heather Mills will be a contestant on next season's Celebrity Apprentice. Because a $50 million divorce settlement can't buy a person the common sense to not be on a reality show. [DListed]
• When in Rome, film commercials you'd be embarrassed to film in America. [PS]
• "There was a definite shift in my life when I decided to [dye my hair red]." Amy Adams, an actress, actually said that. [INO]
• Ashton Kutcher says he is not opposed to adopting a child. We certainly hope adoption agencies are opposed to letting Ashton Kutcher adopt a child. [ICYDK]
• Teeny-tiny girls in high heels! Thanks, Beyonce, you maniac. [Yeeeah]
• Mickey Rourke has a posse. [CityRag]
IT'S ABOUT TIME "Authorities in Malawi are set to grant full adoption rights of an African boy to US pop star Madonna, a high court official indicated Friday, citing a leaked document. The official … said the court in Lilongwe would hear a full review on May 15 of an 18-month interim custody order granted in 2006 for Madonna to adopt David Banda. The court had also received recommendations from the ministry of women and child development to make the adoption permanent."
• Because Rihanna ruined it last night, here's "Jungle Love" without interruption.
• Miley Cyrus goes without a seatbelt in a scene in her new movie. For shame! [DListed]
• Gwyneth says she'll break the mold and adopt American. [PS]
• Faith Hill and Tim McGraw are still a-rootin' and a-tootin'. [INO]
• Sienna Miller finally got her license. Sorry, LA. [ICYDK]
• That stripper's doing more movie reviews. Enjoy, and don't listen to a goddamn thing she says. [HT]
• Those feet. [Yeeeah]
• "Army Buried Study Faulting Iraq Planning" [NYT]
Madonna is reportedly preparing to adopt yet another Malawian child, this time a 13-month-old named Mercy.
The singer is reported to have been given permission to take the little girl as a sister to David Banda, who she adopted from the country last year.
Madonna met 10 girls at the Kondanani Orphan Care Centre at Blantyre last October before deciding and, according to sources, "had her heart set" on another girl, Grace, until the child's extended family objected.
Officials are scheduled to meet with Madonna to assess whether her adoption will be made permanent
Now the star has been told she can adopt Mercy instead, and will file papers next February before taking her home two months later.
African officials went on to note that Grace is, in one way, very lucky: She is much too young to be able to remember the day her family relegated her to life in an orphanage in one of the world's least developed countries. Thanks, Aunt Jealous!
• "I'm headed eastbound leading your hair space." Brilliant, really. [BWE]
• Are they finally getting stars on Dancing With the Stars? (I mean, come on, Clyde Drexler?)
• Jessica Simpson can breathe through her nose. Now to get her to think through her brain. [HT]
• Oddly, Sharon Stone's adopted children look like they could be her real children. Where's her Asian one? [ICYDK]
• Why does he bark like a dog if he kills dogs? Is he self-loathing? [Yeeeah]
• For real fun, take acid and watch Inland Empire in a room of mirrors and demon figurines. [CityRag]
• I know who bored me. [DS]
From the New York Daily News:
Ricky Martin wants kids - and lots of them. The single 35-year-old says he'd like to adopt a child "from each continent" to "create … a family of many colors" - but he doesn't want any special treatment just because he's a celeb. "I want to do it right," he says. "I don't want any problems or misunderstandings. … Some think [that] as celebrities, we can manipulate the system to have a quicker adoption."
I've got a strong feeling that that adopted rainbow coalition will be raised in an amazingly loving household, courtesy of their father and their omnipresent "Uncle" Dave.
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