| It looks as if Madonna is following in Oprah's | | | | divorce was "not easy, I'm not going to lie," but |
| footsteps, as the perennial pop star plans on opening | | | | appears to be throwing herself into her work to |
| a school in Malawi. Madge first became interested in | | | | cope. Madonna told the AP that she will be travelling |
| the poverty-stricken African nation, where one million | | | | to Malawi at the end of March with David, her |
| children are orphaned by AIDS, a few years ago and | | | | 8-year-old son Rocco and 12-year-old daughter |
| subsequently adopted one of those orphans, her | | | | Lourdes because she is "very involved in a lot of |
| three-year-old son David. Madonna plans on opening | | | | things that are going on there" and wants David to |
| her own girls school in Malawi in the near future and | | | | "understand where he came from, and what his life |
| tells the harrowing history of Malawi in her | | | | could have been like." Madonna hopes that I Am |
| documentary, I Am Because We Are. The Sundance | | | | Because We Are will increase the public's awareness |
| Channel hosted the film's television debut (its | | | | of the crisis in Malawi, saying, "The more people, the |
| audience was previously limited to isolated theater | | | | bigger the impact." Madge doesn't appear to be |
| screenings) December 1, also World AIDS Day. | | | | having any trouble gathering a crowd, if ticket sales |
| Directed by Nathan Rissman, not Madge's soon-to-be | | | | for her recent tour are any proof. Check out for |
| ex-husband director Guy Ritchie, I Am Because We | | | | Madonna tickets. |
| Are was written, produced and narrated by Madonna. | | | | Madonna just wrapped up the U.S. leg of her Sticky |
| The documentary relies on poignant imagery to | | | | & Sweet Tour the Wednesday before |
| convey Madonna's message about Malawi, although | | | | Thanksgiving at Miami's Dolphin Stadium. Madge's U.S. |
| experts like Archbishop Desmond Tutu and President | | | | jaunt sold about 550,000 tickets over the course of |
| Bill Clinton make appearances. | | | | 28 shows and grossed $91.5 million according to Live |
| In a phone interview with the Associated Press, | | | | Nation, which signed Madonna to a massive 360 |
| Madonna said she had "many goals" for her | | | | contract. If you count the Material Girl's European |
| documentary: "I did get to a point where I thought, | | | | shows that preceded her American itinerary, the |
| 'I'm being overambitious, I'm trying to say too much, | | | | Sticky & Sweet Tour grossed $207.5 million in |
| I'll never accomplish it.' But I feel proud of the fact I | | | | ticket sales. Madonna played two shows in Mexico |
| did get to make all my points." One such point is that | | | | City Thanksgiving weekend and will continue to play |
| there is a solution to the problem plaguing Malawi, and | | | | in Latin and South America, finishing her tour in Sao |
| the Material Girl tells her audience, "If all you can do is | | | | Paolo, Brazil December 18-21. The Sticky & |
| live life in YOUR world in a way that shows you are | | | | Sweet Tour, which is in support of Madonna's most |
| responsible for the people around you, that's a | | | | recent album, Hard Candy, will take in an estimated |
| course of action. People can be of service in large | | | | $282 million, rendering it the top grossing tour ever |
| ways and small." | | | | by both a female artist and a solo artist. To see the |
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| eight years. She told the Associated Press the | | | | |