Katherine Heigl Juggles Motherhood
Posted on Oct 18, 2009 @ 04:01PM - 3 comments
A month into her new role as a mom, Katherine Heigl seemed understandably a bit overwhelmed as she struggled to get baby Naleigh, her car seat and several stuffed animals out of her SUV.
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The Grey's Anatomy star and her singer-songwriter husband Josh Kelley adopted Naleigh, whom they described as a "special needs baby" from Korea in September.
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Heigl was recently named by Forbes magazine as the second highest-earning woman on primetime TV.
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Proud Papa Josh Kelley Sings About His And Katherine Heigl's New Daughter
Posted on Sep 19, 2009 @ 04:09PM - 11 comments
At a concert Friday night at Miami University, Josh Kelley couldn't contain his happiness over becoming a new dad. He and his Grey's Anatomy star wife Katherine Heigl adopted a baby last week and Josh wanted everyone in his audience to know about it.
RadarOnline.com was the first with the news of the adoption.
"We've adopted a baby from Korea, me and my girl, and she's awesome, dude. The girl is the bomb!" Josh told the crowd.
Josh also debuted a song he wrote himself which he said was inspired by his daughter.. "Just to see you in mommy's arms is all I need," Josh sang.
Heigl and Kelley named their daughter Nancy Leigh and nicknamed her Naleigh.
Elton John Wants To Adopt – Says Orphan Has “Stolen My Heart”
Posted on Sep 13, 2009 @ 12:49PM - 38 comments
Elton John may be following in the footsteps of Angelina Jolie and adopting an orphan from a war-torn country.
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The singer and his partner David Furnish visited a Ukrainian orphanage September 12, and one little boy named Levi may be soon becoming part of their family, “David has always wanted to adopt a child and I always said ‘no’ because I am 62 and I think because of the traveling I do and the life I have maybe it wouldn’t be fair for the child,” Elton told reporters accompanying him on his mission for his Elton John AIDS Foundation.
“But I have seen Levi today. I would love to adopt him. I don’t know how we do that but he has stolen my heart. And he has stolen David’s heart and it would be wonderful if we can have a home. I’ve changed my mind today.”
Elton’s appearance at the orphanage, where he performed for the kids, came on the same day that Jolie visited the world’s worst refugee camp in Kenya where she tried to comfort starving children and their mothers.
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Levi Johnston: Sarah Palin Masterminded Baby Cover-Up Scheme
Posted on Sep 02, 2009 @ 12:50PM - 22 comments
Sarah Palin, in gearing up for the publicity and limelight as Sen. John McCain's running mate, wanted to cover up daughter Bristol's pregnancy last year, the father of Palin's grandson Tripp, Levi Johnston, wrote in an upcoming Vanity Fair article.
"Sarah told me she had a great idea: we would keep it a secret—nobody would know that Bristol was pregnant," Johnston wrote.
Johnston wrote that Palin wanted to dupe the public into believing that she and Todd had adopted the child to cool the heat stemming from the pregnancy of her unmarried 17-year-old daughter.
"She told me that once Bristol had the baby she and Todd would adopt him," he said. "That way, she said, Bristol and I didn’t have to worry about anything. Sarah kept mentioning this plan. She was nagging—she wouldn’t give up. She would say, 'So, are you gonna let me adopt him?'"
Levi wrote that the decision was ultimately made by the young parents of infant Tripp, who was born in Dec. 2008.
"We both kept telling her we were definitely not going to let her adopt the baby," he said.
Madonna and Guy Reunite Over Mercy
Posted on Jun 30, 2009 @ 12:24PM - Add a comment
They may have just gone through a public and often acrimonious divorce but Madonna and Guy Ritchie are learning to bury the hatchet- at least when the kids are involved. On Friday the director spent time with the singer and her new adopted daughter Mercy.
“He has nicknamed her Koala, as she has this habit of clinging to people and not wanting to let go,” a friend of Ritchie told the Daily Mail.
BREAKING NEWS: Madonna Allowed To Adopt Malawi Tot, Court Says
Posted on Jun 12, 2009 @ 01:30PM - Add a comment
The highest court in Malawi Friday approved Madonna's request to adopt Chifundo "Mercy" James, a 3-year-old orphan.
The three-judge panel, headed by Malawi's Chief Justice, Lovemore Munlo, said that the lower courts initial ruling was out of sync with the times, and that the entertainer's philanthropic history toward the African nation should have been taken into account.
As expected, the singer born Madonna Louise Ciccone was thrilled with the news.
REPORT: Judge Will Reject Madonna's Adoption Appeal
Posted on May 04, 2009 @ 09:08AM - Add a comment
Madonna's appeal over a decision barring her from adopting Mercy James, a 4-year-old girl, is going to be rejected, a Malawi Supreme Court official told The Mirror Monday.
Malawi's highest-ranking judge, Lovemore Munlo, will head a review panel that is going to dismiss the appeal, the source told the Web site.
Madonna's Adoption Appeal Monday; Orphan's Dad Wants To Keep Girl
Posted on May 03, 2009 @ 09:11PM - Add a comment
On the same day that a Malawian court will hear Madonna's appeal involving her rejected adoption of a 4-year-old Mercy James, a man believed to be the girl's father says he wants to raise her in her native land.
"I want to take care of her, and I'm capable of taking care of my baby," James Kambewa tells CBS's The Early Show in an interview set to air Monday, the same day the court will hear the pop singer's appeal of the failed adoption.
"Mercy, she is a Malawian, so [I] need her to grow as a Malawian ... with our culture," Kambewa said.
Ruling on Madonna Adoption Appeal Expected Next Week
Posted on May 01, 2009 @ 11:48AM - Add a comment
Malawis top judge will rule if Madonna will get to adopt Mercy James next week as rumors circulate that the Material Mom has already jetted into the African country for Monday’s crunch hearing.
Chief Justice Lovemore Munlo and two other judges will decide Mercy’s fate at a closed-doors hearing on Monday, May 4.
And although Madonna does not have to be present, RadarOnline.com can reveal it’s understood that she will appear before the judges to make a final emotional plea to adopt the 4-year-old orphan.
Malawi Court Sets Date For Madonna Adoption Appeal
Posted on Apr 20, 2009 @ 07:29AM - Add a comment
Madonna will have her day in court: May 4, to be exact.
Three judges from the country's Supreme Court of Appeals will preside over the private proceedings, officials said, adding the singer does not have to be present. It is unknown whether she will attend at this time.
The singer, hoping to adopt 4-year-old Chifundo "Mercy" James, is appealing a judge's rejection of her adoption request earlier this month. The judge said, in her ruling, that the singer had not met proper residency standards required for prospective adoptive parents.
Amy Winehouse Adopting St. Lucia Child?
Posted on Apr 19, 2009 @ 10:53AM - Add a comment
Have the pioneering adoption efforts of Madonna and Angelina Jolie touched even the likes of Amy Winehouse?
Perhaps, as one British newspaper suspects the embattled singer intends to adopt a child from her never-ending vacation spot, St. Lucia in the Caribbean Islands.
The rumor comes on the heels of the news that Winehouse's equally troubled husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, is fathering another woman's baby.
"Amy's gutted about Blake becoming a dad and moving on so quickly. She has always wanted to be a mother," a source tells the Daily Mail.
Reps for the singer said, "Amy was taking about adopting in the context of looking after children on the island, perhaps through some kind of music and education-based project."
Winehouse, pictured above on her second stint on the island, returned to St. Lucia at the end of March. Her first and infamous holiday totaled 33 days of sun, sand and long nights at her resort restaurant and private bungalow.
