According to Closer magazine, Madge is due to visit the country soon to see the orphanage near the Malawian capital Lilongwe that she donated £1.5 million to build.
"I’ve been told Madonna’s orphanage is near completion and she will come to open it with David and her other children," Yohane Banda said.
"I can’t wait to hold him in my arms again. I want to see if he recognises me - and if he still looks like me despite all the British food he’s eating!"
The 33-year-old potato farmer put baby David, who is now 18 months old, into an orphanage when his wife died. He says he is very keen that David grows up remembering his African roots.
"Madonna promised to bring David home so that he does not forget his ancestors," he said.
An official from Madonna’s Raising Malawi charity has confirmed that the singer plans to travel to Africa shortly: "Madonna, Guy and their children have kept certain dates in March and April free for an encore visit to Malawi."
The pop superstar adopted David in a storm of controversy when it was claimed that she received special treatment from the Malawian authorities. The accusations apparently left the 48-year-old "shaken and hurt".
Madonna to reveal all? - Mar 12 2007
Madonna is set to have a raunchy encounter with a sexy doctor for her part in Nip/Tuck, according to the Sun.
Apparently, the 48-year-old will bare all in the hit US show about sex-mad plastic surgeons.
"Everybody ends up taking their clothes off and usually having sex with Julian McMahon’s character Dr Christian Troy," a source told the paper. "She knew that when she agreed to do the show in the first place."
Stripping off should hardly worry the singer though. "Madonna has the body of a woman half her age," the source pointed out.
Apparently Nip/Tuck’s creator Ryan Murphy is keen to reunited Madge with her A League Of Their Own co-star Rosie O’Donnell.
Rosie proved a popular addition to the Nip/Tuck cast when she appeared as Dawn Budge, a multi-millionaire lottery winner - who, true to the format, had a sex scene with Julian McMahon.
Madonna’s not the only big name set to make a cameo appearance on the show - Nicole Kidman is also due to guest star, according to The Sun.
Madge wants to be Jesus - Feb 16 2007
Madonna may be the Queen Of Pop, but now she wants to be the Queen Of Philanthropy.
Speaking in an interview on Sirius Radio, the 48-year-old says: "I want to be like Gandhi and Martin Luther Kind and John Lennon - but I want to stay alive. For me, we all need to be Jesus in our time."
The singer was chatting about the Son Of God to explain her recent concert stunt, which featured a much-criticised crucifixion scene. She insists that it was only done to prove a point, not to be controversial.
On a slightly different note, Madge also opened up about her longtime connection with gay fans.
"Gay men are perfect men for girls who are tough," she said. "They’re not threatened by strong women and they’re usually very in touch with their feelings and pay attention to details. I’ve always had an affinity with gay men."
The interview can be heard again on Saturday - it’s the second big announcement Sirius Satellite Radio have had this week. On Wednesday, the radio’s shock jock Howard Stern announced he was engaged.
Madonna named top style icon - Feb 13 2007
Queen of Pop Madonna was crowned top style icon at the Elle Style Awards.
But unfortunately the Material Girl was not able to attend the star-studded event to collect her honour in person.
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The following year Madonna broke away from Kamins and recorded Holiday which went straight in to the American top 20 and was a hit across Europe. She cemented her raunchy image with Like A Virgin, her first US number one, and Material Girl with it’s iconic video. By this time Madonna was becoming one of the most emulated and best loved artists in the world and she became even more popular thanks to her part in Live Aid and a high profile marriage to Sean Penn.
The pop diva followed up her success with several singles from the True Blue album and turned her hand to acting for the first time in the poorly received A Certain Sacrifice and of course, Desperately Seeking Susan. Her first real flop was alongside her husband in the laughable Shanghai Surprise. Her failure’s in the film department didn’t stop David Mamet from casting her in a Broadway production of Speed the Plow - by this time talent or no, Madonna’s was name that guaranteed attention.
1989 saw the singer court controversy with the video for Like A Prayer, featuring a black Jesus, which outraged and shocked the Catholic church and caused Pepsi to cancel a sponsorship deal. But far from ruining her career, this stunt saw her become the icon that we know today. The 1990s were the pinnacle of Madonna’s success, her divorce from Sean Penn pushing her further in to the lime light, beginning with a part in Dick Tracy opposite Warren Beatty and a fantastic soundtrack album alongside featuring hit song Vogue. Documentary film Truth or Dare and her Blonde Ambition tour (with that pointy bra) followed with further controversy.
In 1992 she signed a multi million pound deal with Time Warner guaranteeing the release of music, films and books through her own record label, Maverick. She made the most of the deal with picture book Sex, which caused another controversy but rocketed up the bestsellers charts nonetheless. Erotica was her first album for years though not to generate a US number one. People thought that perhaps Madonna had gone too far with her need to shock, and perhaps she had realised it too as her next album was far mellower and a part in Evita in 1996 made her bankable again.
Later that year she fell pregnant with Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon, daughter of her personal trainer. But far from slowing her work, having a child only seemed to spur Madonna on, she released the runaway success, Ray of Light which produced hit after hit and recorded Beautiful Stranger for the second Austin Powers movie. she also starred alongside Rupert Everett in romantic comedy The Next Best Thing.
It was around this time that Madonna met British director Guy Ritchie - the man who would change her life. They had son Rocco in 2000 and they married in 2002 after Madonna moved permanently to England, took to wearing flat caps and drinking tea. The title track of her album Music gave her a transatlantic number one hit. Collaborations with Ritchie, especially their film Swept Away, have generally been unsuccessful but Madonna’s music career continues to go from strength to strength, her latest album American Life has been a worldwide hit and she has even found time to pen a children’s book, The English Roses. Now, an honorary Brit and devout follower of Kaballah, Madonna lives with her family in Marylebone and Wiltshire. She also owns a ?4 million Spanish-style villa in Beverly Hills, a house in Miami and a duplex overlooking Central Park in New York.
(Updated April 04)
October 2007