Mar 16

Publisher Stops Book
Crown Publishing pulled the plug on a reportedly “explosive” tell-all being written by Madonn’s former nanny, Melissa Dumas, the author’s agent revealed. Madonna’s lawyers had reportedly pressured the publisher to drop “Live to Tell: My Life as Madonna’s Nanny.” The book was reportedly expected to expose details of Madonna’s marriage to film director Guy Ritchie, her alleged ironfisted household rules and the controversial adoption of her Malawian son.”I deeply regret that Crown decided not to move forward in publishing the nanny’s book,” agent Sharlene Martin said in a statement. Madonna’s rep Liz Rosenberg declined to comment on the proposed book or reports that Madonna’s lawyers exerted pressure to quash the book. The ex-nanny “had very little already on paper, it was very much a work in progress” when Crown pulled the plug, says a source. Crown may have had second thoughts because the book was likely to take longer to complete than originally expected, especially the process of legal challenges, publishing insiders said.

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Mar 16

Jolie Arrives In Vietnam
Angelina Jolie arrived in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam where she plans to adopt a 3-year-old boy. Airport security officials told a photographer working for The Associated Press that Jolie was whisked into a car with dark windows and driven away.Jolie was expected to attend an adoption ceremony with Vietnamese officials in Ho Chi Minh City, according to adoption officials, speaking on condition of anonymity. After she receives the child, Jolie will meet with U.S. consular officials, who must review the adoption before a passport can be issued for the boy. “If all goes according to plan, Jolie could bring the child home by the weekend,” officials said. The boy has been living at the Tam Binh orphanage on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City since he was abandoned at a hospital as an infant, according to adoption officials. Shortly after he arrived at the orphanage, the Tam Binh staff tried unsuccessfully to locate the boy’s birth parents. “The boy is healthy, friendly and a little bit shy,” they said. “He gets along well with other children and loves to play soccer.” Jolie filed adoption papers as a single parent, because she and her partner, Brad Pitt, are not married. The couple met the boy when they made a surprise visit to the Tam Binh orphanage in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam at Thanksgiving.

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