Michael Jackson is holed up in a remote stone cottage in the Irish countryside recording his comeback CD, the London Evening Standard reports. Jackson reportedly is working with Black Eyed Peas member Will.I.Am, a.k.a. William James Adams Jr., on the album at a recording studio in Grouse Lodge, near Mullingar, Westmeath.
Is this an adoption race or what? Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt reportedly are adopting an Indian baby, according to the Globe supermarket tabloid. Jolie already has two adopted children: Maddox, 5, from Cambodia, and 22-month-old Zahara, from Ethiopia. She gave birth to daughter Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt in May. If the Globe report is true, Jolie’s brood would top Madonna’s group of three children.
A former president of Argentina told a Dominican newspaper his son and Latin music superstar Shakira have discussed marriage. Former President Fernando de la Rua told Listin Diario the sexy Colombian singer and his son, Antonio, have talked about marriage and raising a family, but “they prefer to wait. Kids today would rather live as a couple, they don’t believe that marriage is necessary to be happy.” The couple have been dating for five years.
Princess Mary and her husband, Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, are to become parents for a second time. A statement from Amalienborg Palace announced the native of Australia is due next May. The couple have a son, Prince Christian, who turned 1 on Aug. 9. Must be something in the royal waters: Princess Letizia of Spain and the Netherlands’ Princess Maxima also are expectant mothers.
Nicole Kidman reportedly gave her husband, Keith Urban, an ultimatum: Go to rehab or find a divorce attorney. The hunky country singer admitted to Kidman he had fallen off the wagon while she was in Europe working on a film. Tipped off by friends that Urban was hitting the Nashville bar scene, Kidman confronted him, Life & Style magazine reported. “He got defensive and accused her of spying on him,” a spy told the mag. Eventually, Urban fessed up. “Keith can’t stand the thought of life without Nicole,” a family friend said. “That’s his motivation to kick this thing for good.”
Sara Evans and her estranged husband, Craig Schleske, have called an end to the mud-slinging, tmz.com reports. But the couple’s former nanny, Alison Clinton, is still waiting for an apology after the country singer claimed in divorce papers that the nanny had an affair with Schleske. Clinton’s pals have a website, pleaseapologizesaraevans.com, to help clear Clinton, who was Evans’ personal assistant and co-president of her fan club. Evans was a matron of honor at Clinton’s July wedding to Chris Lee.
Speaking of divorce battles, the New York Post’s Liz Smith recently asked Christie Brinkley how she was doing after her well-chronicled marital woes with philandering hubby Peter Cook. “Liz, it’s amazing what good things can happen to you if you only keep your mouth shut!”
Courtney Love admitted her biggest regret was not marrying actor Edward Norton. Love told the Sunday Times of London that Norton helped her deal with the death of her husband, Kurt Cobain, in the late 1990s. “I’m working on my man-karma right now,” Love said. “I’ve either had the very good guys or the very bad. I should have married Edward. I left him for a bad man who stole all my money.”
Sandra Bullock, accepting an award at Monday’s Hollywood Film Festival, gave her hubby, Jesse James, quite a compliment. “I’d like to thank my boyfriend, whom I happen to be married to. You inspire me with the good loving you give me every day – and especially last night!”
