Movie Director... Madonna's To Be List

Madonna is turning her hand to directing - following in her husband's footsteps.

She told Kirsty Wark in a BBC interview: 'From my perspective, you can say very little from a political point of view as an actress.'
'The visionary in a film is the filmmaker so if I want to make an impact with a film, then I should direct one, not act in one.'
Asked whether she was going to direct, the Queen of Pop replied: 'I'd like to, yeah.'

She added that she had a specific idea in mind but would not reveal details because 'I don't wanna jinx myself'.

Madonna said of her husband, who shot to fame at the helm of the gangster film Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels: 'We've had discussions about it and he's encouraged me to direct.'
In the interview, to be screened on BBC4 on Sunday, the star denied that her marriage is in trouble, saying: 'Well, I think every married couple is rowing.'

'People have been speculating about my marriage since my marriage began and....I'm not gonna lie and say that we don't fight but I think that's how it goes.'

In another news on Madonna, Malawian government ministers praised Madonna for adopting a child from the impoverished African nation.
The officials also attacked criticism of the star for adopting 13-month-old David Banda from an orphanage during a recent visit to the country.

Speaking during a visit to a primary school in Edinburgh, education minister Anna Kachikho said: 'What Madonna has done is great. There are a lot of street children in Malawi, street children people are not caring for. They stand on a street, they ask, they beg.'
'Here is Madonna who has picked a son from a Malawian father who has lost a wife and nobody takes care of, and she says 'I would like to educate and bring home that child'.'

The minister angrily condemned those who have criticised the singer. She said: 'I'm against whatever people are saying against Madonna, if there is credit to give we should credit Madonna because she is saving the life of this young David. Why condemn Madonna?'

The country's minister for Foreign Affairs Joyce Banda, said that of the country's 1.2 million orphans, 15% were living in child-headed houses.

She insisted David's father consented to the adoption and listed the other things the star was doing to help children in the country.

Any yet another Madonna's news, Malawi's High Court said Monday it will rule in one week's time whether a coalition of Malawian human rights and child advocacy groups should help decide whether pop star Madonna is fit to adopt a motherless Malawian toddler.

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