Madonna and Guy Ritchie

Following in the footsteps of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, Madonna and husband Guy Ritchie are planning to go orphan shopping in Africa:

The couple are set to fly to Malawi, in southeast Africa, to meet the president Bingu Wa Mutharika and finalize legal details with adoption lawyers.The pair already have two children -- a son together, 6-year-old Rocco, and Madonna's daughter, 10-year-old Lourdes, from a previous relationship.

An insider tells the British newspaper The People, "Originally Madonna and Guy planned to adopt only one child. But when they were told that might mean breaking up a family unit they immediately said they would take siblings or twins if that was the right thing to do. They want the children to be as young as possible but are prepared to take kids up to the age of 4. And they are also willing to consider a child with special needs arising from being abandoned in an orphanage."

What's up with this Hollywood trend of adopting orphans from poor African countries? I miss the old fashioned way of making babies: dinner, date, and a visit from ol' Uncle Roofie. The only way these orphans could become more trendy is if they all had Louis Vuitton stamped across their foreheads.

[WENN]