Madonna is fighting a lower court's decision that she cannot adopt Chifundo "Mercy" James?

Malawi's highest court began deliberating on Madonna's bid to adopt a 3-year-old girl from the southern African country, as a dispute erupted over whether a man trying to stop the proceedings is the girl's father.

Madonna (born Madonna Louise Ciccone on August 16, 1958) is an American recording artist, dancer, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan and raised in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Madonna moved to New York City in 1977, for a career in modern dance. After performing as member of the pop musical groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her self-titled debut album in 1983, and then produced three consecutive number-one studio albums on the Billboard 200 in the 1980s and four more since year 2000.

Madonna was not at Monday's closed-door hearing at the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal, and a ruling may not be announced for several days.

The 50-year-old pop star is fighting a lower court's decision that she cannot adopt Chifundo "Mercy" James because she had not been screened over time by Malawi authorities. The court said the rules were bent when Madonna adopted her son David from Malawi last year.

Madonna's Malawian lawyer Alan Chinula said he was "hopeful" the appeal would succeed, and argued the lower court had relied on outdated law to block the girl's adoption.

Madonna found the girl in 2006 at Kondanani Children's Village, an orphanage in the southern town of Bvumbwe just south of the commercial capital of Blantyre. It was the same year she adopted David, whom she found at another orphanage in the central Mchinji district.

On Sunday, a man told The Associated Press he was the girl's father, and has sought help from the Malawi Law Society to stop the adoption.

James Kambewa, a 24-year-old a security guard, acknowledged he has never seen the child, who according to court documents was placed in the orphanage when her 14-year-old mother died a few weeks after giving birth to her.

But Kambewa said he now wanted to claim custody of Chifundo.

"I may be poor, but I think I have what it takes to raise a daughter," he said. "I will fight the adoption."

The brother of the girl's mother told the AP the family does not know Kambewa.

"How can he claim he is the father when he hasn't been around all this time?" said Peter Baneti, who explained that the girl was put in the orphanage because there was no one to breast-feed the baby.

Baneti said he had agreed to the adoption on behalf of the family, and that Kambewa was "just an opportunist."

Madonna spokeswoman Liz Rosenberg said in an e-mail message she doesn't know if Kambewa is the father.

"All I know is that Mercy has been in an orphanage since the day she was born," Rosenberg said.

Kambewa, in an interview to be aired Monday on CBS' "The Early Show," said he has only seen the girl "in newspapers and TV — not face to face." But he told CBS the girl "is a Malawian — so (I) need her to grow as a Malawian as well with our culture."

On the show, Kambewa wore a necklace bearing the girl's name.

Madonna has founded a charity, Raising Malawi, that helps feed, educate and provide medical care for some of Malawi's more than 1 million orphans, half of whom have lost parents to AIDS.

Madonna is fighting a lower court's decision that she cannot adopt Chifundo "Mercy" James?

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Spearswould be accompanying mini magic show?

Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is a Grammy Award-winning American pop singer and entertainer.

Raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears first appeared on national television in 1992 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The New Mickey Mouse Club from 1993 to 1994. In 1997, Spears signed a recording contract with Jive, releasing her debut album ...Baby One More Time in 1999. The album established her as a pop icon and "bona fide pop phenomenon", credited for influencing the revival of teen pop in the late 1990s.Spears released her sixth studio album Circus on her 27th birthday in December 2008.

Sort of like a wayward career, Britney Spears is going to disappear into thin air—and then magically reappear, to her fans' ecstatic delight.

"Right away, she got into the boxes and into the magic contraptions to learn the stuff, and she's so excited about this tour and all the elements that are in it," illusionist-comedian Ed Alonzo, "the Misfit of Magic" (and former Saved by the Bell diner owner) who will be doing a number with Spears on her Circus tour, tells E! News.

The pop star will serve as Alonzo's assistant in the bit.

"We're going to be doing the classics of magic but a little high-tech," he said. "We'll be doing a little dissection, transposition, a vanish, an appearance—and if I do a trick, she doesn't just hold the props, she's actually getting inside the big boxes or I am slicing her up."

Sounds a bit risky, which is perhaps why Team Spears decided to leave the tricks to a professional.

I "made [the tricks] really easy for her...but there are some complicated things that she is doing that you would think a contortionist would have to do, or a trained magician's assistant," Alonzo said. "But because...she's a dancer, it really makes sense to put her in the magic, and it works and she's really, really good at it."

"Some of it's pretty scary, but she gets right in there with no reservations," he added.

Alonzo wouldn't divulge which Spears tunes would be accompanying his mini magic show, but—news flash—he did assure us that the overall show will feature "the best music of Britney that people have loved over the years and, of course, brand-new favorites from the new album."

And, like us, Alonzo has only seen Spears in warm-up clothes and sneakers during rehearsals, although she has been testing out different pairs of heels here and there.

The three-ring circus-inspired set is "exactly what you would see in a big giant Vegas production show, but it's going to be on the road," he said, and anywhere from 75 to 100 crew members and performers are usually around at any given time.

"It's going to be an amazing concert for people to watch," he said. "It's like watching a big Cirque du Soleil high-tech circus, but with a really focused star in the middle of all of this."

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Spears is ranked as the eighth best-selling female recording artist in the United States with 32 million sold albums certified by the Recording Industry Association of America and one of the world's best-selling music artists having sold an estimated 85 million records worldwide. Spears also holds the title to multiple Guinness World Records.

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Britney Spears : Britney Spears Visit Canceled: Jamie Lynn Spears Tosses Casey Out of the House??

Britney Spears : Britney Spears Visit Canceled: Jamie Lynn Spears Tosses Casey Out of the House??

Jamie Lynn Marie Spears (born April 4, 1991) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for getting pregnant out of wedlock,which is a sin in Catholicism, and starring in the Nickelodeon television series Zoey 101 and is the sister of Britney Spears.

At last check Jamie Lynn Spears and Casey Aldridge were brand new at being a mommy and daddy to their new little baby. But mom Lynne wants Jamie Lynn to pack up daughter Maddie Briann and head west to visit big sis Britney Spears. According to a new report, Lynne Spears tried to talk Jamie Lynn into going to Los Angeles with her to visit troubled big sister Britney, but Jamie Lynn does not want to leave Casey alone.
"She just doesn't trust him," an insider told the National Enquirer in an article published this week. According to the report Jamie Lynn Spears threw her fiancé Casey Aldridge out of their home - after she discovered he's been calling other girls on his cell phone.
It's the latest in a series of battles between the teens since the birth of their daughter, Maddie Briann, on June 19, the report claims. "Jamie Lynn and Casey had one of their biggest fights yet," revealed an insider. "She was so upset, she kicked him out of the house." He has returned, the insider dished to the magazine.
According to the report, the confrontation occurred soon after the couple moved back into their new 5-acre home in Liberty, Miss., after spending three weeks at Lynne Spears' gated mansion in Serenity in Kentwood, La. The report claims that She has complained to Casey's mom, Joyce, about her son's bad behavior. While Joyce is supportive of Jamie Lynn, there's not much she can do, says the insider.

Britney Spears : Britney Spears Visit Canceled: Jamie Lynn Spears Tosses Casey Out of the House??

Britney Spears : A custody settlement between Britney Spears and Kevin Federline has been finalized??

Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American singer, dancer, actress, and occasional songwriter. Born in McComb, Mississippi and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears first appeared on national television as a contestant on the Star Search program in 1992 and went on to star on the television series The New Mickey Mouse Club from 1993-1994. After a brief membership with the pop musical group Innosense, Spears signed a recording contract with Jive Records, releasing her debut album …Baby One More Time in 1999 which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.The success of the album propelled Spears into stardom, establishing her as a pop icon and "bona fide pop phenomenon", credited for influencing the revival of teen pop in the late 1990s.

Britney Spears : A custody settlement between Britney Spears and Kevin Federline has been finalized

A custody settlement between Britney Spears and Kevin Federline has been finalized, including a $5,000-per-month child-support increase for the pop singer's ex-husband.

Attorneys delivered the terms of the agreement to a Los Angeles Superior Court office Friday afternoon. According to the documents, Spears' payments to Federline go from $15,000 to $20,000 per month, retroactive to July 15.

Federline's attorney, Mark Vincent Kaplan, also gets a single payment of $250,000 as a part of the agreement.

Last week, the parties said they had reached an agreement that would grant the 26-year-old pop singer more time with her children, including additional overnight visits.

Britney Spears : A custody settlement between Britney Spears and Kevin Federline has been finalized

Shania Twain : Why she & husband split??

TORONTO (AP) -- Shania Twain and husband-producer Robert "Mutt" Lange are splitting up after 14 years of marriage. The 42-year-old Canadian country superstar and 59-year-old Lange married in 1993 and have a 6-year-old son named Eja. Her publicist provided no further details Thursday about the couple's breakup.
Lange and Twain, best known for her hits "Man! I Feel Like A Woman!" and "You're Still the One," recently opened a hiking trail on their property in New Zealand, fulfilling a pact designed to allay fears that wealthy foreigners were snapping up and sealing off the country's prime real estate.
Lange produced three of Twain's albums: 1995's "The Woman in Me," 1997's "Come on Over" and 2002's "Up!"

Who is Shania Twain?

Shania Twain, IPA: (born Eilleen Regina Edwards; August 28, 1965) is a Canadian singer and songwriter in the country and pop music genres. Her third album Come on Over is the biggest-selling album of all time by a female musician, and the best-selling album in the history of country music.She is the only female musician to have three albums certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America, and is also the best selling artist in Canada, with all three of her studio albums being certified double diamond by the Canadian Recording Industry Association. Twain has achieved both critical and financial success, having received five Grammy awards, 27 BMI Songwriter awards,and sold over 65 million albums worldwide to date including 48 million in the US alone.

JLO - Pregnancy Picture

JLO - Pregnancy Picture
Jennifer Lynn Lopez was born in the South Bronx to Guadalupe Rodriguez and David Lopez . Lopez was the middle child of three musically talented sisters. Both of J.Lo’s parents were born in Ponce, Puerto Rico.

Jennifer knew from a young age that she would be a superstar one day. Lopez has always had a love for music but she was also intrigued by the film industry.

Jennifer Lopez got her “in” in the entertainment industry when she was offered a job as a fly girl on Fox’s hit comedy “In Living Color” in 1990.

Jennifer Lopez’s professional life has always been spectacular but she hasn’t had the same luck in the love department. Lopez has been in and out of failed relationships before finding love with Marc Anthony. Lopez and Anthony married on June 5, 2004, less than a week after his divorce from Dayanara Torres.

Jennifer Lopez has currently got the media in a frenzy speculating whether she is pregnant or not. She has not confirmed her pregnancy yet, but her baby bump continues to grow.
Did you know…

• As of 2007, Jennifer is the richest Hispanic in Hollywood according to Forbes Magazine.
• Jennifer is well-known for dating actor Ben Affleck, earning the nickname "Bennifer."
• Jennifer picked up her popular nickname "JLO" after a fan had made it up and called her it.
• Jennifer is nicknamed 'The Supernova' by her friends.
• Jennifer attended Baruch College in New York.
• Jennifer's nicknames are "J. Lo", "La Lopez", and "Jenny".
• Jennifer became the first Latina actress to be paid $1 million for a movie role.
• Jennifer attended an all-girls catholic highschool.
• Lopez's first marriage was to Cuban-born Ojani Noa on February 22, 1997.
• Jennifer Lopez dated P.Diddy in 1999 and their relationship came to an end when she was involved in a club shooting scandal

They Got Twin - Jennifer Lopez gave birth Twin

According to People magazine, Jennifer Lopez gave birth early Friday (February 22) to twins, making the pop star and actress a first-time mom.

The babies — a girl and a boy, delivered in that order — were born on Long Island, New York, and weighed in at 5 pounds and 7 ounces, and 6 pounds, respectively. The newborns are husband Marc Anthony's third and fourth children.

Lopez's pregnancy was once a closely guarded, yet poorly kept, secret that provided ample ammunition for rampant online media speculation — that is, until Lopez confirmed her pregnancy back in November, during a concert in Miami. It was the last stop on the couple's joint U.S. tour, and the last of a sold-out three-night stand.

"Marc and I are expecting a baby," she told the crowd at the packed American Airlines Arena. "We didn't want to say anything before because we didn't want to take away from the tour. This is a special time in our lives. And we waited until the last show to tell you." She then added that the couple would now "go away for a while."

According to reports, Lopez's public pregnancy announcement caught her husband off-guard. When the pop star broke the news, she turned to her husband and said, "I hope you don't mind." Anthony reportedly shrugged his shoulders, caressed Lopez's belly and leaned over to kiss it, saying, "No, I don't mind at all. ... I didn't know she was going to talk."

Earlier this month, her father, David Lopez, spilled the beans about the singer expecting twins during an appearance on Spanish-language station TeleFutura's "Escandalo TV."

"Jennifer and Marc are delighted, thrilled and over the moon," Lopez's manager Simon Fields told People. Lopez, 39, and Anthony, 38, were married in 2004.