Madonna’s Malawian daughter forgets native language

October 28th, 2009 more images more imagesMADONNA's adopted children are quickly forgetting their native language as they adjust to life with the superstar, according to an orphanage official. The Material Girl added to her brood by adopting little David Banda and Mercy James from the Home of Hope orphanage in Mchinji, Malawi.

October 28th, 2009 more images more imagesLONDON - Madonna's four-year-old adopted Malawian daughter Mercy James has become "a real white girl" as she has completely forgotten her native tongue in just four months after her custody was granted to the pop diva. Mercy's adopted brother David Banda, four, is no better when it comes to speaking Chichewa, says Lucy Chipeta of the Mchinji orphanage, where he lived until 2007.

October 16th, 2009 MADONNA threw a surprise party for her daughter LOURDES in New York this week (beg12Oct09) to celebrate her first birthday as a teenager. The youngster turned 13 on Wednesday (14Oct09) and the pop superstar marked the landmark day by gathering family and friends for a lavish bash in Manhattan.

September 25th, 2009 Actor VINCE VAUGHN refrains from greeting fans in their native language whenever he travels to non-English speaking countries, because he never understands their responses. The Wedding Crashers star admits he no longer goes out of his way to say hello to movie fans whenever he travels to countries like China, because he is always embarrassed when locals answer back using more complicated vocabulary.

September 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Brit filmmaker Guy Ritchie has revealed that he often forgets the movies he has made. Ritchie, 41, has directed a number of pictures, including gangster movies 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' and 'Snatch'.

September 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Queen of Pop Madonna's daughter Lourdes is said to have made an appearance in the video for her mother's new single 'Celebration'. Lourdes, 12, was given a dancing role, and she could be seen showing off some breakdancing moves towards the end of the four-minute video, reports the Telegraph.

August 1st, 2009 LONDON - Madonna's daughter Lourdes will reportedly star in the singer's video for new single "Celebration". The 12-year-old will allegedly make the cameo in the promo shot in Milan by director Jonas Akerlund earlier this year.

June 28th, 2009 LONDON - Just a little more than two weeks after being granted the right to take home Mercy James, Madonna has come under fire for ignoring 12 needy orphans so that she could adopt two Malawian kids she really wanted. Apparently, the 50-year-old - now mum to David Banda, three, and four-year-old Mercy James - was asked to chose from a dozen children who had been chosen for her by the Malawian government.

June 21st, 2009 LONDON - Pop diva Madonna has got her new daughter Mercy converted to Kabbalah as soon as she arrived in London. The singer flew the four-year-old Malawian orphan from the African country's capital Lilongwe to London to start a new life but rushed her to a Kabbalah centre first, as soon as her private jet landed, reports contactmusic.com.

June 16th, 2009 LONDON - Pop diva Madonna phones her newly adopted daughter Mercy James every night. The singer is doting on her new daughter and speaks to her every day, reports dailymail.co.uk.

June 12th, 2009 LONDON - Pop diva Madonna has been permitted to adopt Malawian kid Mercy James, with the country's high court praising her efforts to improve the lives of local children. The 50-year-old was devastated in March when her bid to add Mercy to her growing brood was rejected on the grounds that prospective parents have to be resident in the country for 18 to 24 months prior to an adoption, reports thesun.co.uk..

May 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Madonna celebrated the first anniversary of adopting son David by throwing a racing-themed party. The Queen of Pop finalised the adoption of the Malawian three-year-old on May 29, 2008.

May 6th, 2009 LONDON - Madonna may have jeopardised her chances of adopting a second Malawian child after sporting a "slut look" at an event, sparking speculation about her morality. The Queen of Pop, who has been trying to adopt four-year-old Mercy James, turned up at the red carpet in a navy blue wench-inspired mini, kinky thigh-high PVC boots, and jewelled black fingerless gloves.

May 5th, 2009 LONDON - Madonna's lawyers are confident that the singer would succeed in her appeal against a ruling that crushed her dreams of adopting Malawian tot Mercy James. Yesterday, the African country's highest court heard arguments from the singer's legal team over her bid to adopt the four-year-old from an orphanage in the village of Bvumbwe, The Telegraph reported.

May 5th, 2009 LONDON - Pop diva Madonna's lawyer has branded as an opportunist the man who claims to be the father of the girl the singer wants to adopt. The 'Frozen' hitmaker's appeal against a ban on adopting three-year-old Mercy James was also postponed after James Kambewa, supposed to be her biological father, tried to restake his claim on her and the singer's lawyers have slammed him, reports the Mirror online.