Yahoo! has just released its list of the Top Searches of 2006, and Suri Cruise, the daughter of Tom Crusie and Katie Holmes, born April 18, 2006, edged out Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, daughter of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, born May 27, as the most popular celebrity baby name that was searched for on Yahoo! during the past year.

Sean Preston Federline, eldest son of Britney Spears and Kevin Federline came in at number 3, while his newborn little brother, Jayden James (formerly, and falsely, known as Sutton Pierce) came in right behind at number 4. Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale’s son Kingston James rounded out the top five.

In the bottom half of the table, Madonna’s adopted African baby, David Banda, was the sixth most popular search term. Gwyneth Paltrow’s and Chris Martin’s baby Moses was number seven, and Brooke Shield’s son Grier was number eight.

Coming in at a disappointing number nine was Donald and Melania Trump’s young royal, Barron William Trump, while Anna Nicole Smith’s daughter, Dannielynn Hope, joined the high flying celebrity babies at number ten.

Donald ain’t gonna be happy with that. I can see him buying his own search engine and paying some people to click on it endlessly in order to win in 2007. I’m not sure, but MSN’s Windows Live Search should be up for sale pretty soon.

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Another dry day in the celebrity maternity ward, unless you’re blogging about the “celebrity” birth involving the wife of the second assistant grip on The Governator. (Actually, from what I’ve heard, the second assistant grip may be more worthy of news coverage than the movie itself, which was described on About.com as “essentially a B-movie driven by an absurd plot and punctuated by campy, simplistic dialogue dumbed down for the multiplex hordes”. Sounds like a political ad from the recent campaign.) But I digress.

So it’s a slow day for celebrity babies. What am I going to write about?

I keep my newsfeeds in MyYahoo!, because I’m not that technical, and like Shwarzenegger’s new movie, MyYahoo! is dumbed down for the masses. Here are some highlights, direct from my very own newsfeed, which I will share with you now because I don’t have anything about celebrity babies to write about today, and I don’t want to disappoint.

Madonna and the adoption: Leave her alone. Who thinks that for a single second, little David would choose to grow up in an orphanage in Malawi over a pampered life in London. Everyone who’s giving her a hard time should grow up.

Anna Nicole Smith and the paternity suit: According to Contact Music the attorney for Smith’s ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead claimed that the California courts have jurisdiction in the dispute because “before moving to the Bahamas this year, the former Playboy Playmate lived, worked and had a sexual relationship in California.” Thanks for sharing that bit — we would never have guessed.

Sofia Coppola: the director is expecting a daughter this winter, and she and her French husband are nesting in a new apartment in Paris to make sure the little bundle of joy is born a European. Cute. But I thought that since Daddy is French, it would have just required a couple of forms, wherever the baby was born.

Gwyneth Paltrow: the actress will be singing, or at least humming, in her new Estee Lauder TV commercial. (And I thought I had nothing exciting to write about!).

Lohan 2: Can you stand it? Ali Lohan, younger sister of the party animal herself, is releasing her debut album on November 21. StarPulse News Blog describes it as “a holiday-themed record that celebrates her love of the Christmas season.” Pass the barf bag.

Britney and Federline: Brit is off to Miami, to continue working on her next album, while Kevin is slumming around the U.S. under the guise of touring for his album “Playing with Fire.” He packed the house in Chicago, by giving away the tickets for free. Has anyone seen the baby? What was his name again? When is the state going to step in and take custody of the kids?

Dylan: On Broadway? C’mon Bob, there’s such a thing as straying too far from your roots! The musical bombed after less than 30 shows, so most of us will never get to see it. Critics apparently dug the music (and why not?) — it was the cooked up, slapped on top, storyline that didn’t work. What a surprise.

And last but not least — Reese Witherspoon has filed for divorce from Ryan Phillippe, who claims he didn’t do any of the lowlife things she has accused him of. Indeed. And Charlie Sheen is really just misunderstood. Not to mention Keith Urban. And did I mention K-Fed? Did I need to?
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The Sun newspaper in England is reporting this morning that Madonna plans to ask her British pal, actor Rupert Everett, to be godfather to her sort-of adopted son David. Setting aside the international furor over David’s bungled adoption, which has caused Madonna to schedule an Oprah appearance to explain everything, the choice of Everett is misguided.

I wrote last month about Everett’s idea for a celebrity sperm bank, which I felt was a terrible idea, as did one other person who commented on my post. With Everett being at the center of a such a firestorm of controversy over celebrity sperm banks, can he be trusted as the godfather of a boy who is now one of the biggest celebrity babies of all time? I don’t think so.

As I mentioned in my post about Everett’s idea, it showed a complete lack of understanding about what it means to be a celebrity baby. A celebrity baby is not just sperm and eggs. A celebrity baby is an event. A celebrity baby is a wacky name. A celebrity baby is a registry at Petit Tresor, (even if it didn’t work too well for Britney Spears).

Madonna needs to rethink this one. I’m sure her buddy Everett is a nice person deep down, but when it comes to celebrity babies, he is seriously misguided. And the role of godfather to little David Banda is just too important, and too high-profile, to be left to an amateur. It’s really a job for Brad Pitt or Tom Cruise.

 

 

 

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Posted on October 24th 2006 and posted to Brad Pitt,Britney Spears,CELEBRITY BABIES,CELEBRITY BABY NAMES,Madonna,Rupert Everett,Tom Cruise | Comments(0)

Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper is reporting that Madonna’s entourage, with baby David in tow, arrived in London from Johannesburg yesterday. The team, including a nanny, bodyguards, and assorted gophers, whisked the boy off to Madonna’s Marble Arch residence in a silver Mercedes, followed by a flood of paparazzi.

But the story of Madonna’s adoption of 13 month-old David Banda from Malawi is far from over. Supposedly, Madonna and husband Guy Ritchie have only been granted 18 months of temporary custody. With the legal battlelines being drawn, and the political posturing already underway, this is sure to be one heck of an adoption fight. In the end, however, I can’t see how any court in the world will want to remove young David from the lap of luxury in London back to his totally poverty-stricken village in Malawi, where plumbing is nonexistent, disease is rampant, and half his family has died already.

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Posted on October 17th 2006 and posted to CELEBRITY BABIES,CELEBRITY BABY NAMES,Madonna | Comments(0)

Pop star Madonna’s attempt to adopt 13 month-old baby David Banda from Malawi may be hitting a new roadblock. Newsfeed Researcher is reporting that Eye of the Child, Malawi’s leading child’s rights group, is seeking an injunction to block the adoption proceedings by Madonna and her husband, Guy Ritchie. 

Wow. This one is really starting to blow up in Madonna’s face. I think her intentions are good, but I think this will turn into a nightmare for her. As child advocacy groups start chiming in with their opposition, I get the feeling there is some kind of backlash going on here, against rich American celebrities (Angelina) trying to “help” in impoverished countries. Perhaps some people in these countries find this bandaid approach to poverty to be patronizing or even a form of exploitation. I read somewhere the other day that Namibia, where Jolie gave birth to Shiloh, is worse off following the spectacle created by Brad and Angelina’s visit. Now maybe Madonna is the one catching the brunt of this backlash.

What’s your opinion? Should Madonna be allowed to adopt David Banda and remove him from Malawi?

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Posted on October 15th 2006 and posted to Angelina Jolie,Brad Pitt,CELEBRITY BABIES,CELEBRITY BABY NAMES,Madonna | Comments(1)

Update October 13, 2006. 8:30 A.M. EST

According to ContactMusic.com, Madonna and husband Guy Ritchie have left Malawi without their newly-adopted son David. According to the story, 13-month old David’s passport application has not yet been finalized. No indication that the adoption is off, but a firestorm of criticism from around the world has surrounded this adoption. I don’t remember the same controversy surrounding Angelina’s adoptions. Is this getting personal?

October 12, 2006

Sky News is reporting this morning that Madonna has adopted a baby boy named David from the African country of Malawi. David is about 13 months old. Details are sketchy, but we’ll keep you posted!

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