Madonna with Jesus and the kids at the Kabbalah centere - 15-16/05/09

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MADONNA DUMPS YANKEES FOR METS

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MADONNA is so over Alex Rodriguez she's even dumped the Yankees and is now rooting for the Mets. Madge took her kids, Lourdes, Rocco and David, to see the Mets play at Citi Field on Mother's Day, and just to rub salt in A-Rod's wounds, brought new flame Jesus Luz. The group sat in Jerry Seinfeld's seats with Anderson Cooper, whom they'd partied with Saturday night at the Monkey Bar. There, Madonna was clucked over by Clive Davis, Nikki Haskell, Thom Browne and flamboyant furrier Dennis Basso, who turned to Davis and said, "Even I'd [bleep] Madonna!"

Madonna, Jesus and the kids at the Kabbalah centere - 09/05/09

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M, Jesus, Oseary, Klein and the kids at the Kabbalah centere - 02/05/09

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M, Jesus and the kids at the Kabbalah centere - 25/04/09

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M, the kids and Jesus at the Kabbalah centere - 18/04/09

Carlos picking up Lourdes from the centere:


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Madonna's son 'an AFL fan'

News.com.au

MADONNA'S adopted son has an Aussie accent and is an AFL convert, thanks to his former Australian nanny.

Angela Jacobsen, originally from Melbourne, worked until recently as the carer for David Banda, the boy Madonna adopted from Malawi in 2006.

Ms Jacobsen has told New Idea magazine, on sale from Monday, that David speaks with an Australian accent.

She says she encouraged David's interest in AFL, even teaching him the Hawthorn club song.

"A friend sent David a Hawthorn shirt. Then when (older brother) Rocco saw it, he wanted one, so the club sent a box of goodies out to them,'' she told the magazine.

"I taught David the club song and he would get on the phone to my brother Brad and say: 'Go the Hawks.'''

Ms Jacobsen, 29, said she was made redundant recently because Madonna needed a French-speaking nanny to care for David, as all her children go to French school.

Working for the pop queen was filled with perks, and Jacobsen said she was treated like family.

"Everyone has this image that working for Madonna is a 24/7 Draconian experience.

"But I got weekends off when a weekend nanny replaced me.

"I'd jump on a plane, bus or train and see more of wherever we were in the world.''

Jacobsen said she would love to keep in touch with David but doesn't think she'll be allowed to.

She said she may follow in Madonna's footsteps and adopt a child.

"I'd love to adopt a child like him from Malawi.'

Lourdes holding Mercy's hand - first current photo

The Sun

The Queen of Pop was pictured with Mercy for the first time yesterday as authorities began finalising the adoption arrangements.

Four-year-old Mercy held the hand of new sister Lourdes, 12, as she enjoyed her first family outing.

They were surrounded by a posse of minders, but Mercy — wearing a blue dress — was seen laughing and smiling as she joined her new family.

Madonna spent over an hour in Malawi’s High Court on Monday, when she told Judge Esme Chombo she would be “a deeply loving mother” to Mercy, whose Malawian name is Chifundo.

In adoption papers seen by The Sun, Madonna says: “To deny Chifundo the opportunity to be adopted by me could expose her to hardship and emotional trauma which is otherwise avoidable.”

The judge will give an official ruling on Friday — but Madonna, 50, has already been told that her application will succeed.

The pop queen is due to fly to Britain on Saturday — and has told staff at her London home to “prepare for the arrival of my new little girl”.

Madonna celebrated Monday’s successful meeting by throwing a dinner party at her luxury lodge.

A charity worker who attended the bash said Madge was drinking wine and hugging her staff — while her adopted son David held Mercy’s hand and ran around excitedly telling guests: “This is my new sister.”

The source said: “Madonna looked incredibly proud and happy, and David was so funny — he couldn’t leave Mercy alone and pulled her around all the guests.”

Eight-year-old brother Rocco — Madonna’s son with ex-hubby GUY RITCHIE — has also been helping to welcome Mercy into the family by playing with her in the gardens of the lodge.

A senior Malawian official yesterday confirmed that Madonna had been told Mercy was hers.

The official told The Sun: “This is all very confidential, and Judge Chombo must still make her ruling — but that ruling will be in favour of Madonna.

“Madonna is a very good mother and ambassador for Malawi. She has improved the lives of thousands of orphans.”

The approval comes after The Sun told how Madonna had recruited two of Malawi’s leading politicians to help secure her second adoption.

Madonna’s adoption of David from Malawi caused a storm, and some human rights groups accused her of using her vast wealth to “bulldoze” the authorities into agreeing to her requests.

The star has donated huge sums of money to help look after orphans in the African nation, where 14 per cent of adults are infected with HIV, the virus that causes Aids.

David, now three, yesterday met his biological dad Yohane Banda for the first time since he left for Madonna’s privileged showbiz world when he was adopted in 2006.

Farmer Yohane, 34 — immaculately dressed in blue suit and white shirt — wept with joy at the emotional reunion. He said: “I knew one day my dreams would be answered.”

Yohane, who had been forced to leave his baby son at an orphanage after the tot’s mum died, added: “At first I didn’t recognise him as he’s grown so much.

“David sat with me and spent time squeezing and playing with my nose.

“It was the proudest day of my life, to sit here again with my son. Now I want him to meet his half-brother and sister and show him the village in which we all live.”

Under the deal which allowed David’s adoption, Madonna has a duty to take him back “regularly” to Malawi so he can see his dad and keep in touch with his roots. And yesterday Madge apologised to other orphans at his former home — because David could not understand them.

At the moment David speaks only English, and was baffled when kids at the Home of Hope orphanage in Mchinji asked him “Muli cwanji?” — meaning “How are you?”

Madonna told orphanage staff she is employing a tutor to teach the whole family the basics of the local Chichewa language.

She added: “Next time I come here we won’t need a guy here to translate for us.”

Madonna confirms her adoption push in Malawi

Yahoo!

MCHINJI, Malawi – Madonna said Tuesday that she was following standard procedures in her adoption of a Malawian girl, her first response to accusations that she is using her fame to speed the process.

The pop superstar also took her 3-year-old adopted son, David, to visit the orphanage in Mchinji, a village near the Zambian border, where he once lived.

The orphanage's director Lucy Chipeta said she brought David, Madonna, her 12-year-old daughter Lourdes and 8-year-old son Rocco to see the room and crib that David had used.

"It was an emotional moment," Chipeta told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. "I am happy she brought her other children to see his roots."

Madonna took the children to the orphanage with a security detail including uniformed Malawian police officers and plain-clothed guards from a private security firm. The entourage used two Toyota Land Cruisers to block a horde of journalists and more than 200 curious children.

There were scuffles with the journalists, including cameramen and TV crews, as they tried to enter the brick-walled orphanage.

Madonna brought David on Monday to meet his biological father for the first time since he left Malawi in 2006.

"Madonna is committed to maintaining an ongoing relationship with David's Malawian roots," said Liz Rosenberg in an e-mail to The Associated Press.

She also confirmed Madonna is trying to adopt a girl named Chifundo "Mercy" James who is about 4 years old.

"Madonna is currently awaiting a judge's ruling regarding the adoption of Mercy James. She is following all standard procedures that are required," Rosenberg wrote.

M and the kids meeting Mercy

"Sources at Lilongwe's luxury Kumbali lodge, where Madonna is staying, yesterday told of the touching scenes as the singer's children Lourdes, twelve, Rocco, eight, and David, three, met their new sister for the first time.

After the children sat down for a special meal together Rocco - Madonna's son by her ex-husband Brit film director Guy Ritchie, 40 - pulled his younger brother and sister Lourdes outside to play football in the lodge's luscious gardens.

But he then turned to gently take his prospective new sister Mercy by the hand - persuading her to come and play outside with them too.

The source yesterday said: "Mercy is a beautiful little girl, with eyes like saucers and a smile that could melt butter.

"She's spent the last few days in the lodge with one of Madonna's nannies, running around in circles and endlessly stroking the owner's cat.

"But, when Madonna arrived on Sunday night, Mercy started laughing and clapping her hands.

"It was very emotional for Madonna too - who hasn't seen Mercy since she was a two-year-old.

"Madonna sat with her for hours and was very attentive. She seemed so proud to be sat holding this Malawian little girl."

The source added that David - who has returned to his homeland for the first time in two years - was presented with a special strawberry cheesecake by staff at the lodge.

And Mercy tucked into a bowl of 'Supergate' - a local rice dish.

David was also reunited with his peasant father Yohane Banda, 34 - after the farmer made repeated appeals over the past two years to see his son again.

Yohane yesterday told how his "very special boy" didn't even recognise him when they were introduced - with the tot asking: "Who are you?"

He added: "My son didn't recognise me and asked me who I was.

"I understand, as he was a barely a year old when he left - too young to remember these things.

"And, truthfully, I didn't recognise him either as he has grown so much.

David sat with me and spent time squeezing and playing with my nose."

"It was the proudest day of my life, to sit here again with my son. Now I want him to meet his new half brother and sister and show him the village in which we all live."

M in Malawi - photos and video - 30/03/09

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Madonna with her kids at a school she financed, 50km from Malawi’s capital Lilongwe (March 30 2009).

M and the kids do Kabbala - one day before jetting to Malawi - 28/03/09

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The day before she's set to jet off to Malawi to adopt a young girl, Madonna was spotted visiting the Kabbalah Centre in Midtown Manhattan on Saturday (March 28).


Offering up a smile when wished good luck with her adoption bid, the Material Girl was accompanied on the Kabbalah outing by her three children, David Banda, Lourdes 'Lola' Leon and Rocco Ritchie.



Lourdes is sporting A M shirt for Comic relief.

Quick Updates!

* The custody agreement, which is allowing Rocco and David permanently live with M in the US, was rubber-stamped in NY court yesterday.

* Made in Brazil reports: "Jesus Luz landed in Rio de Janeiro last night after spending almost two months in New York. He spoke with gossip magazine Quem at the airport, and laughed at the rumors that he would be actually dating Steven Klein as opposed to Madonna. According to Quem, the model said that he has kept in touch with his family and friends contrary to what tabloids have published, and that he was already expecting that people would try to cash in on his recent rise to fame. He also said that he did not book the next Versace campaign as published. When asked about his trips to the Kabbalah Center in spite of his evangelical upbringing, Jesus said that he had always been interested in the kabbalah, and had even bought books about it prior to meeting Madonna. Jesus will be spending a month in the country, waiting for his work visa to be approved as recommended by Ford Models in New York. I am certain the paparazzi will be keeping a very close eye on him."

* M was with Guy Oseary, Lourdes and a lot of bodyguards at Spears' show last night.

* M was seen sneaking into the Jumeirah Essex House.

M, the kids and Jesus do Kabbalah - 07/03/09

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M, the kids and Jesus at the Kabbalah centere - 06/03/09

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Madonna, the kids and Jesus walk

...out together of the NY Kabbalah centere this Saturday:





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Madonna & Jesus: The Red String Diaries

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It appears Madonna is making good on reports that she’s gotten her 22-year-old Brazilian pal, Jesus Luz, hooked on Kabbalah.

The hottie model was spotted attending services with Madge Saturday morning at the Kabbalah Center on Robertson Boulevard in Los Angeles.

I’m told he got along quite well with Madonna’s kids. “He was playing around more with Rocco than paying attention to Madonna,” a source reports.

The Madonna-Jesus Hollywood tour started on Thursday night at Cecconi’s in West Hollywood, where they appeared quite close and cuddly but not exactly romantic.

While Luz was nowhere to be found when a solo Madonna hit the Vanity Fair party on Sunday night, they were later seen (as I first reported) locking lips at her second annual VIP-only Oscar soiree she hosted with Demi Moore and Guy Oseary.

“They weren’t making out, but just a kissing a little bit,” a source explained.

Then on Monday, the two were back at the center, says another source, to mark “the new moon in Pisces."

Sources down in Brazil still insist there’s nothing more than a friendship going on between the two. “I’m sure Madonna is laughing about it,” another source said. “It’s not like they’ve ever confirmed they were dating.”

Madonna's camp also says this is no steamy love affair. "Clichéd as it sounds, they're really just friends," her rep tells me. "I know it doesn't make for a juicy story, but it's the truth."

The two met through photographer Steven Klein when Luz was featured in a photo spread Klein shot of Madonna for W magazine in Rio de Janeiro.

Prior to landing on the West Coast, Madonna and Luz also attended Kabbalah services in New York City.

Jesus gets closer... to the light!

Jesus Luz was seen arriving yesterday, February 14^th, to the Manhattan's Kabbalah centere with M's young assistant, about an hour or so before Madonna herself showed up with her 3 kids.

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Madonna, Ritchie ask NY courts for custody order

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NEW YORK (AP) - Madonna and film director Guy Ritchie have petitioned to make the British custody order concerning their two children legally binding in New York.
The petition in Manhattan's state Supreme Court says both consent to making the British custody order official here for 8-year-old Rocco and 3-year-old David.
The pop star and the British director married in Scotland on Dec. 22, 2000, and divorced Jan. 7, 2009.

Court papers say they have joint legal custody, with Madonna having primary physical custody and Ritchie having specified visitation rights.
The custody agreement also states which French language schools the kids will attend, requires Ritchie to have a computer system that allows Internet dialogue, and requires that both parents assure the children's Jewish religious education.

M, Guy Ritchie and the kids at the K center - 07.02.09

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