Seriously? OMG! WTF?

Madonna is learning to speak her adopted son’s native language. The ‘Hung Up’ singer and her director husband Guy Ritchie have been taking lessons in Chichewa, which is spoken in the African country of Malawi where baby David Banda was born. A source said: "Madonna and Guy use the few words they have learned – Mummy, Daddy, hello, my love and some others – every day. "Madonna knows a Chichewa lullaby called ‘Gona Mana’ and has been working on a guitar piece to go along with it." The source added: "David is a very smart little chap who idolises his brother Rocco."

ISE

How much do you want to bet she releases an album all in Chichean next? 

Queen of pop Madonna is reportedly planning her first stint as a film director. Madge is hoping to follow in the footsteps of her director husband with a new film called ‘Blade To The Heart’. The film will tell the real life story of boxing rivals Emile Griffith and Benny ‘Kid’ Paret; Paret died in 1962 after a fight with Griffith. Madge’s company Maverick Entertainment is reportedly behind the film and it’s thought that she will step behind the camera and direct the feature length film.

Entertainment Wise 

I just hope it is better than Swept Away, but that is not saying much since that was one of the worst movies ever.

Madonna’s adoption of an African boy has erupted in controversy yet again. The Material Girl reportedly wants to get little David Banda circumcised, which is both the tradition of the Kabbalah faith she follows and an American custom. But the Malawian tot’s birth father apparently objects. “This goes against the Christian religion and is not something we would ever consider in Africa,” Yohanne Banda said, reports the London Sun. “We don’t ever get circumcised here. I would urge her to think again.”

Scoop

Now I wonder if Madonna made Guy get circumcised when they got married?

Human rights organizations will help decide whether Madonna is fit to adopt a Malawian toddler, a judge ruled Wednesday. Judge Andrew Nyirenda ruled in favor of a coalition of 67 Malawian human rights and child advocacy groups who want to be party to the assessment of the 48-year-old pop singer’s fitness as a mother. On Oct. 12, Nyirenda granted Madonna and her husband, filmmaker Guy Ritchie, an interim order allowing them to take initial custody of 14-month-old David Banda. The couple were allowed to take David to their London home. Malawi regulations stipulate that prospective parents undergo an 18-to 24-month assessment period in the country. The rights groups, saying they were concerned the government had cut legal corners to fast-track the adoption, said regulations must be followed to protect children. "I must stress that all along we have not been against the adoption but we only wanted Malawi’s adoption laws clarified and followed to the letter," said Justin Dzonzi, a lawyer and chairman of the Human Rights Consultative Commission. "Today’s ruling gives us the opportunity to clear (up) some gray areas surrounding adoption laws in Malawi." Nyirenda said in his written order that he saw no reason to refuse the rights groups’ application. "I believe the applicants mean well and this court will certainly benefit from the applicants’ researched opinions," he said. The organizations will now be part of the government’s first assessment of Madonna and Ritchie, expected next May. In a country ravaged by AIDS, an estimated 2 million children have lost one or both parents and hundreds are adopted by foreigners every year. Madonna’s adoption bid coincided with her larger project to help Malawian orphans. The human rights groups have argued that Malawi needs to ensure the adoption process cannot be exploited by pedophiles or child traffickers.

AP 

Sounds like she might lose David if they tried this hard to make the decision whether or not she could adopt him?

It may not be true after all that all publicity is good publicity. Take Madonna. Her hellacious month of bad press concerning the adoption, legal or otherwise, of a Malawian child has turned out to be a buzz kill for book sales. "The English Roses: Too Good to Be True" has been an out-and-out bust so far. Madonna’s latest children’s book, released on Oct. 24, has sold just 9,000 copies, according to Nielsen Bookscan. By contrast, the first "English Roses" book has sold 350,000 copies since its release in 1993. But most of those were sold soon after publication. It’s not like Madonna didn’t do anything for this new book. She did interviews with Oprah, Regis, "Dateline," etc. But by the time she did them, the adoption scandal was in full force. Despite some positive feedback, Madonna has mostly been criticized for prying a 1-year-old away from his father. Rarely in pop culture history has a plan so exploded in a celebrity’s face. It probably didn’t help that this column pointed out that Madonna’s children’s books bear a warning that all proceeds go to Philip Berg’s Kabbalah organization. Of course, the irony there is that the proceeds, according to publisher Callaway Editions, go to Madonna, and then she writes the check to Kabbalah. “We have no idea what she does with the money,” says a Callaway source.

Fox411 

Would you buy a book by Madonna for your child?

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