Elton John to adopt a baby boy?

October 6th, 2009 LONDON - The father of the 15-month-old Ukranian boy whom Sir Elton John wants to adopt has said the singer must also take him along to London with his son. Thirty-one-year old former drug addict and murderer Sergey insisted that he did not mind the singer becoming his son Lev's guardian.

October 5th, 2009 The father of the Ukrainian boy SIR ELTON JOHN dreamed of adopting wants the singer to take the tot to Britain - so he can come along too. John and his partner David Furnish wanted to take 15-month-old Lev back to England after meeting him during a visit to an orphanage in Makeeva, Ukraine last month (Sep09).

October 5th, 2009 LONDON - The alcoholic mother of the 15-month-old Ukranian child Sir Elton John wants to adopt has said that she will not give up her son to the singer for money. "I will not give my baby to Elton John for any money," the Sun quoted Marina, the mother of the child, as saying.

October 4th, 2009 LONDON - After being banned from adopting a 14-month-old tot by the Ukrainian government, Sir Elton John and partner are considering adopting a boy in Africa. The musician's civil partner, David Furnish, disclosed at the launch of Stephen Calloway's book Gosling: Classic Design for Contemporary Interiors, at the Ritz: "We were in Africa for the [Sir Elton John] Aids Foundation and met a boy, and immediately thought about adopting him," "When we found out he had a maternal grandmother, and brother and sister, we realised it wouldn't be the right thing to take him away from the family he had there," he said.

October 3rd, 2009 SIR ELTON JOHN is continuing his search for an orphan to adopt with his partner DAVID FURNISH. The Rocket Man singer, who wed Furnish in a civil partnership in 2005, was devastated after his dreams of playing parent to Lev, a toddler he met in a Ukrainian orphanage, were dashed by a local law forbidding gay couples from adopting.

September 18th, 2009 LONDON - Sir Elton John may still be hopeful of adopting the HIV positive Ukranian kid, whom he said he wishes to take home with partner David Furnish. Ukraine's family, youth and sports minister, Yuri Pavlenko, who had earlier dismissed any possibility of the musician adopting 14-month-old Lev, has apparently changed his stand.

September 15th, 2009 LONDON - Sir Elton John cannot adopt the 14-month-old Ukranian boy he wishes to adopt, the Family, Youth and Sports Minister of Ukraine has said. Yuriy Pavlenko has mentioned that the legendary singer cannot take home Lev with his partner David Furnish, as same-sex unions do not have legal status in the country.

September 14th, 2009 SIR ELTON JOHN's adoption dream is over - officials in Ukraine have refused to lift a ban on gay couples fostering children. John and his partner David Furnish revealed they wanted to take 14-month-old Lev back to England after meeting him during a visit to an orphanage in Makeeva, Ukraine on Saturday (12Sep09).

September 14th, 2009 LONDON - Elton john may need to overcome legal hurdles before he gets to adopt the Ukranian child he recently said he wishes to take home. According to the national laws of the country, the 'Candle in the Wind' hitmaker and his partner David Furnish are too old to adopt 14-month-old Lev, as the law does not allow parents 45 years older than the child to adopt.

September 13th, 2009 LONDON - Sir Elton John is planning to adopt a child from Ukraine with partner David Furnish. The singer revealed that a 14-month-old boy called Lev has apparently "stolen his heart." The child had performed at an orphanage in Ukraine while the 'Candle In The Wind' hitmaker was on a visit.

September 13th, 2009 SIR ELTON JOHN is set to follow in the footsteps of ANGELINA JOLIE and MADONNA - he wants to adopt a baby boy. Sir Elton, 62, has long considered adoption, but always rejected the idea because of his age and touring lifestyle.

September 10th, 2009 Katherine Heigl is set to adopt a Korean baby. The Grey’s Anatomy actress took leave from the show for the adoption process that started nearly six months ago, with husband Josh Kelley.

September 10th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Grey's Anatomy star Katherine Heigl and her singer husband Josh Kelley are said to be ready to adopt a baby girl. The pair, who had earlier not spoken about starting a family, has now decided to adopt a girl from Korea, the same way Heigl's sister did.

July 27th, 2009 LONDON - Singer Elton John was forced to cancel a concert in New York after his musical partner for the show Billy Joel showed flu-like symptoms. Doctors reportedly ordered Joel to rest after he showed signs of an influenza bout, the Daily Star reports.

June 7th, 2009 LONDON - After a failed attempt to adopt a baby girl from Malawi recently, pop diva Madonna is now eying to adopt a child from Lesotho, landlocked country surrounded by South Africa. The 50-year-old singer, who is in the process of appealing a court ruling that she cannot adopt four-year-old Mercy James from Malawi, is said to be considering giving a child from the impoverished African kingdom a home as she is desperate to become a mother again, reports dailymail.co.uk.