Award-winning multi-platinum artist Madonna won’t be allowed to adopt another child from Malawi. This was decided by the Malawi’s High Court on Friday. The pop star was bidding to adopt four-year old Mercy James.

Ken Manda, the court registrar, revealed that the decision to reject was due to Madonna not being a resident of the country. Malawi government was criticized before when Madonna was allowed to adopt 13-month old David Banda in 2006  because she was given special treatment. This time, however, the pop star’s request was denied.

Judge Esimie Chombo stated in her decision that allowing celebrity adoptions could lead to child trafficking.

“Anyone could come to Malawi and quickly arrange for an adoption that might have grave consequences on the very children that the law seeks to protect,” she said.
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After 15 years of high-quality medical drama, NBC Network’s “ER” ended with a two-hour finale which properly closed the series that’s been avidly followed by fans from all ages.

“ER” amassed 122 Emmy Award nominations since it started in September 1994 and launched the careers of some of its cast members – including Oscar-winning actor George Clooney and Noah Wyle.

Other former cast members making an appearance in the final season were Laura Innes, Alex Kingston, Sherry Stringfield and Eriq La Salle.

At the peak of the show’s popularity, it averaged 32 million people per episode – a feat that’s hard to match in this age due to presence of internet and digital recorders. At that time, each 30 second ad costs $500,000. During the last season, each 30-second ad costs less than $150,000.
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Actress Katherine Heigl revealed on Friday that she’s not sure whether her character in top-rating drama “Grey’s Anatomy” stays on due to plot secrecy that’s being implemented by series creator and writer Shonda Rhimes.

The ABC medical drama just marked its 100th episode and a studio party took place to celebrate the milestone.

“I was assuming that at one point and I got a lot of shrugged shoulders and shakes of the head, so I don’t know if that’s a yes or a no. No one will tell me and I don’t know how this is going to go,” Heigl was quoted as saying, referring to her character Dr. Izzie Stevens.

“I don’t know if I live or die. I don’t know how Izzie fares,” she said.
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A plea deal over a felony weapons charge filed against him resulted to a 366-day jail sentence for rapper T.I. He will serve his sentence at a Georgia prison.

“Today I would like to say thank-you to some, and apologize to all,” the rapper was quoted as saying.

“Everything I learned was through trial and error. I’ve learned lessons in my life to put in my music so people won’t make the same mistakes as I,” he added.

The rapper, whose real name is Clifford Harris, Jr., is expected to start his jail term by May 19 but he could start earlier if he will voluntarily turn himself in within the next month.

Judge Charles Pannell Jr. of Northern Georgia District lauded the 28-year old rapper for complying with the plea deal. As a result, T.I. will get 305 days credit that he already spent in house detention.
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Fifty-year old award-winning artist Madonna is reportedly set to adopt another child from Malawi. This development was confirmed by the country’s officials. However, there’s a possibility that the request may be denied due to Madonna’s current single parent status.

The popstar filed the adoption papers last Thursday, according to a Malawi welfare department official. Madonna will personally visit the African country this weekend to personally process the documents and the Malawian court will decide on the case as early as Monday next week.

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