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<title>Ruling on Madonna adoption bid is postponed</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Madonna won't know until next week whether a Malawian boy she found in an orphanage in 2006 will become a permanent member of her family, her lawyer said Wednesday. 

Lawyer Alan Chinula had expected the judge to rule on the adoption Wednesday but said the hearing was delayed after a Malawian human rights group presented arguments on &quot;shortcomings&quot; in the southern African nation's adoption laws. 

Chinula said the group was not challenging the adoption and he expected it to be approved next week. 

The pop star and her husband, film director Guy Ritchie, were not present at Thursday's hearing in the Malawian capital. They have been caring for the boy, David Banda, in London. He turns 3 in November.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 17:53:00 +0300</pubDate>
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<title>T-Pain is the leader with five nominations for BET Awards</title>
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<description><![CDATA[T-Pain's status as urban music's most frequent collaborator helped him nab a leading five BET Award nominations, informs AP reports. 
Kanye West and Keyshia Cole received three nominations, while Mary J. Blige, Alicia Keys and newcomer Flo Rida received a pair each. The awards were to be announced later Thursday.&nbsp;

&quot;T-Pain is everywhere,&quot; BET Executive Vice President Stephen Hill told The Associated Press. &quot;He's got five nominations, none of them for his own work.&quot; 

&quot;He's had a great year; he's introduced a new element,&quot; Hill said, referring to T-Pain's vocoder-assisted vocals that have been replicated by other artists such as Snoop Dogg.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 17:42:00 +0300</pubDate>
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<title>Jennifer Lopez's sister Lynda is expecting a child</title>
<link>http://music.moldova.org/stiri/eng/119322/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Jennifer Lopez is going to be an auntie in the same year as she became a first-time mother - her sister Lynda is expecting a child. 

According to AP reports, the 34-year-old news anchor showed off a baby bump for the first time at a Christian Dior party in New York on Monday, on&nbsp;12 May this years 2008, which she attended with her boyfriend Adam Goldfried and her superstar sister. 

And a representative reveals, &ldquo;I can confirm she&rsquo;s expecting.&rdquo; 

Jennifer Lopez gave birth to twins Max and Emme in February.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 12:27:00 +0300</pubDate>
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<title>Coldplay have praised Radiohead for pioneering new styles of album releases</title>
<link>http://music.moldova.org/stiri/eng/119320/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Coldplay have praised Radiohead for pioneering new styles of album releases, but insist they won&rsquo;t follow in their footsteps by giving away albums on the internet or short announcement releases, informs The Sun magazine. 

The band&rsquo;s frontman, Chris Martin, says he enjoys being signed to a major record label, but compared it to &ldquo;living in your grandparents&rsquo; house&rdquo; and said it&rsquo;s inevitable the band will one day leave EMI.&nbsp;

Coldplay member&nbsp;says, &ldquo;Being on a major label at the moment is like living in your grandparents&rsquo; house. 

&ldquo;Everyone knows they need to move out, and they will eventually, but we kind of like our grandmother.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 12:17:00 +0300</pubDate>
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<title>Jessica Simpson still denying reports about split from Tony Romo</title>
<link>http://music.moldova.org/stiri/eng/119317/</link>
<description><![CDATA[According to Daily News, Jessica Simpson&rsquo;s reps are still denying reports the former Newly Weds star has split from beau Tony Romo. 

&ldquo;Not true, not true,&rdquo; Simpson&rsquo;s rep tells E! Online. &ldquo;I spoke to Jess yesterday and the day before. They are still together.&rdquo; 

And in fact, to prove they&rsquo;re still together, Romo will be Jessica&rsquo;s date at her sister Ashlee&rsquo;s wedding to Pete Wentz this weekend.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 11:28:00 +0300</pubDate>
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<title>Elton John to be the surprise performing at Nelson Mandela’s birthday concert</title>
<link>http://music.moldova.org/stiri/eng/119316/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Elton John has been lined-up to perform at Nelson Mandela&rsquo;s 90th birthday concert in London on June 27, according to US reports. 
The &lsquo;Rocket Man&rsquo; singer is set to be the surprise guest at the former South African president&rsquo;s celebrations this summer. 

A source said: &ldquo;Elton is a British legend and we are thrilled to have him join an already exceptional line-up. He didn&rsquo;t want to be mentioned on the press release or on any announcements as he wanted to be a total surprise. He also doesn&rsquo;t want to his priorities to clash with his own Aids Foundation charity. &quot;

&ldquo;We don&rsquo;t know why he&rsquo;s being so silly as of course it won&rsquo;t.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 11:21:00 +0300</pubDate>
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<title>Madonna plans new project this time school for girls</title>
<link>http://music.moldova.org/stiri/eng/119315/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Madonna is planning to build a &ldquo;multi-million dollar&rdquo; school for girls in Malawi, relates The Sun magazine. 

&ldquo;A task force of four prominent Malawians has already been formed to head the project which will be on the scale of what Oprah Winfrey has in South Africa. It is a multi-million dollar project and we will get the real costs in the next two weeks,&rdquo; said the pop superstar&rsquo;s lawyer. 

This isn&rsquo;t the Material Girl singer&rsquo;s first act of philanthropy in Malawi. Madonna, who celebrates her 50th birthday later this year, is currently awaiting approval from the government in Malawi to adopt her 2-year-old son David Banda. 

According to AP, it is expected that on Thursday the adoption will become official.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 10:57:00 +0300</pubDate>
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<title>Find out how Mercado was voted off American Idol and who is next</title>
<link>http://music.moldova.org/stiri/eng/119312/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Syesha Mercado was voted off &quot;American Idol&quot; Wednesday night, paving the way for the expected showdown between David Archuleta and David Cook, relates The Associated Press. 

The two remaining male singers have been favored for the endgame for nearly two months now. They've consistently gained the warmest reviews from the judges and neither has strayed into the endangered bottom three even once. 

By contrast, Mercado couldn't even impress puffball judge Paula Abdul in this week's competition. After her version of &quot;Hit Me Up,&quot; the always-supportive judge speaking to Daily News said, &quot;I don't know if it's going to be good enough to get into the finals.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 10:39:00 +0300</pubDate>
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<title>Mariah Carey planning a family with Nick Cannon?</title>
<link>http://music.moldova.org/stiri/eng/119066/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Mariah Carey and new husband Nick Cannon have fueled rumors they&rsquo;re set to start a family &mdash; after reports surfaced the couple are planning a nursery, relates Daily News. 

According to the New York Daily News newspaper, Carey&rsquo;s assistant called Los Angeles&rsquo; exclusive Petit Tresor baby boutique to talk about preparing for a new addition. 

A source said that the assistant asked the store if they could send fabric samples and if its designers could work with the theme of butterflies. They&rsquo;re now sending the diva pictures of the nursery they just finished for Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony&rsquo;s twins.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 18:02:00 +0300</pubDate>
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<title>A bronze sculpture of Amy Winehouse is set to go on show in London</title>
<link>http://music.moldova.org/stiri/eng/119064/</link>
<description><![CDATA[A bronze sculpture of Amy Winehouse is set to go on show in London, relates The Sun magazine. 

The sculpture, entitled Excess, shows the troubled singer sporting her trademark beehive hairstyle, sitting with a smashed champagne bottle. 

The Back to Black singer&rsquo;s petite body is covered with what appear to be tiny pills and she is holding a glass outstretched. 

A pool of liquid lies beneath the star&rsquo;s feet in the work by Guy Portelli, a sculptor from Tonbridge, Kent, South East England. 

Another piece, Celebrity 1, a print by art student Charlotte Suckling, shows the 24-year-old Grammy Award winner with a cigarette hanging out of her mouth.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 17:58:00 +0300</pubDate>
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<title>'Goosebumps' headed to the big screen</title>
<link>http://movie.moldova.org/stiri/eng/119545/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Columbia Pictures says it has acquired from Scholastic Media the right to adapt R.L. Stine's Goosebumps book series into Hollywood movies.The first film will be produced by Deborah Forte and Neal H. Moritz, it was announced Thursday by Doug Belgrad and Matt Tolmach, presidents of Columbia Pictures.The Goosebumps books have been published in more than 32 languages and have sold more than 300 million copies worldwide. The series was adapted by Scholastic Entertainment for television for the Fox Kids Network and aired in more than 100 countries.New Goosebumps HorrorLand books Stine hit stores last month and Scholastic Interactive is set to unveil a Goosebumps videogame this fall, Columbia said.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 06:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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<title>Rob Corddry to star in big-screen comedy</title>
<link>http://movie.moldova.org/stiri/eng/119527/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Rob Corddry, a popular supporting player in U.S. television and film, reportedly snagged his first lead role in the Ben Stiller-produced comedy Project A.Stiller and Stuart Cornfeld are producing the flick through their Red Hour production company.No director is attached to the project about a guy trained by the U.S. government as a Cold War experiment to be the world's biggest jerk, The Hollywood Reporter said.Ben and Stuart gave it to me to read years ago, and it's always been the first thing I ask my agents and managers about, Corddry told the trade paper.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 06:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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<title>Big Bird to star in planetarium film</title>
<link>http://movie.moldova.org/stiri/eng/119517/</link>
<description><![CDATA[An educational film featuring Sesame Street characters Big Bird and Elmo is set to debut in several planetariums in the United States and China.The Sesame Workshop -- the non-profit educational organization behind the children's television show Sesame Street -- along with the Beijing Planetarium, the Adler Planetarium in Chicago and the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, N.J., have announced they are collaborating on a China-U.S. cooperative project to produce and distribute a planetarium show and educational outreach materials for children ages 4 to 6 and their families, teachers and caregivers.One World, One Sky: Big Bird's Adventure will follow Big Bird, Elmo and their friend from China Hu Hu Zhu on an exploration of the sky.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 05:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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<title>Pellicano guilty in wiretapping case</title>
<link>http://movie.moldova.org/stiri/eng/119511/</link>
<description><![CDATA[A Los Angeles jury has found former private investigator Anthony Pellicano guilty of 76 federal charges, including illegal wiretapping and racketeering.The jury announced its verdict Thursday after deliberating for nine days, The New York Times reported.The Hollywood private investigator's four co-defendants were also convicted of a variety of charges.We are extremely pleased and gratified, lead prosecutor Daniel A. Saunders told the Times as he left the courthouse.Pellicano represented himself in his trial on charges including bribing police, wire fraud and wiretapping to get information on celebrities Pellicano investigated such as actors Sylvester Stallone, Keith Carradine and Garry Shandling, and developer Robert Maguire.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 04:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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<title>Shania Twain and husband split</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A spokesman for Shania Twain has confirmed the country music star and her husband are breaking up.Shania Twain and husband, music producer Robert 'Mutt' Lange, are separating after 14 years of marriage, Twain's representative Jason Owen said in a statement issued to People magazine.This is a private matter and there will be no further comment at this time.Twain and Lange married just six months after they met. They are the parents of a 6-year-old son, Eja D'Angelo, People.com said.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 01:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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<title>Asian antiquities expert dies in custody</title>
<link>http://movie.moldova.org/stiri/eng/119478/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Roxanna Brown, a renowned Asian antiquities expert linked to possible illegal trafficking in Southeast Asian art, has died in federal custody in Seattle.There was no official cause of death listed, though her brother said he thought she may have suffered a heart attack, the Seattle Times reported Thursday.Brown, 62, director of the Southeast Asian Ceramics Museum at Bangkok University in Thailand, was arrested last week in Seattle, where she was scheduled to speak at the University of Washington.Brown, who lived in Bangkok, was indicted in Los Angeles on a single count of wire fraud for allegedly allowing her electronic signature to be used on appraisal forms of items donated to museums.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 01:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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<title>Rihanna's 'Bow' tops U.S. record chart</title>
<link>http://movie.moldova.org/stiri/eng/119473/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Rihanna's song Take a Bow is No. 1 on the U.S. record chart, Billboard.com reported Thursday.Coming in at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 is Leona Lewis' Bleeding Love, followed by Lil Wayne's Lollipop featuring Static Major at No. 3, Jordin Sparks' No Air featuring Chris Brown at No. 4, and Usher's Love in this Club featuring Young Jeezy at No. 5.Rounding out the top tier are Ray J & Yung Berg's Sexy Can I at No. 6, Madonna's 4 Minutes featuring Justin Timberlake at No. 7, Mariah Carey's Touch My Body at No. 8,  Natasha Bedingfield's Pocket Full of Sunshine at No. 9 and Danity Kane's Damaged at No. 10.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 00:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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<title>Parton peeved over Stern stunt</title>
<link>http://movie.moldova.org/stiri/eng/119472/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Dolly Parton says she was shocked that U.S. radio shock jock Howard Stern cobbled together soundbites to make it seem like she was making offensive remarks.  The country music star said on her Web site she had never been so shocked, hurt and humiliated as she was by Stern's stunt, which made it appear as though Parton was making raunchy and racist remarks. The Los Angeles Times said Stern has similarly re-edited quotes from celebrities like William Shatner and Oprah Winfrey as a joke.In a blue million years, I would never have such vulgar things come out of my mouth. They have done editing or some sort of trickery to make this horrible, horrible thing.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 00:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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<title>'Indiana' sends Spielberg back to Cannes</title>
<link>http://movie.moldova.org/stiri/eng/119463/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Steven Spielberg is to return to France's Cannes Film Festival after a 26-year absence for the premiere of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.We created Indiana Jones but it belongs to the world and now we're the custodians, Spielberg said in a statement. "Our job really is to serve up a huge helping not only of whatIndiana Jones means to audiences who grew up with it but to introduce the character to those who haven't. This new film is for the fans."This is the first time Spielberg has returned to the festival since 1982 when he  premiered E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, Paramount Pictures said.  The fourth installment in the Indiana Jones franchise is to premiere at Cannes May 18. It will open worldwide May 22.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 00:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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<title>Spears, Gibson vacationing together</title>
<link>http://movie.moldova.org/stiri/eng/119462/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Britney Spears and her father plan to spend time with Mel Gibson and his wife at the Gibsons' home in Costa Rica, a source told People magazine. They're just going away for a few days to relax, the insider said, adding that the group is expected to return home to California early next week.Spears and Gibson were spotted having dinner in Studio City in March. The pop star, actor and their families also met several times after she was hospitalized in February, a different source told People at the time. Mel and his wife Robin clearly saw a woman in crisis and wanted to extend themselves in any way possible, the source said. There are no expectations, there is no agenda. It's simply an act of human kindness -- one neighbor reaching out to the other.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 00:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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