Brad to Courtney: I Miss Jen

'Hi, I'm Madonna, may I take your donut order?'

(NEWSER) - It hasn’t always been glossy magazine covers and red carpet appearances for Tinseltown’s VIPs. Perez Hilton offers up 30 celebs and the decidedly less glamorous jobs they took before becoming famous:

• Alexander Skarsgard: The True Blood vamp once served in the Swedish military.
• James Franco: Among the renaissance man’s many jobs? A stint at McDonald’s.
• Madonna: The Material Girl hawked donut holes at Dunkin' Donuts.
• Tina Fey: The funnywoman worked at the front desk of a YMCA.
• Steven Spielberg: Who says unpaid internships aren’t good for you? Spielberg had one at Universal Studios before he became a household name.

From Brad and Jen to Madonna and Guy, these made headlines

(NEWSER) - For better or for worse, this decade will always be remembered as the one in which that homewrecker Angelina Jolie broke up Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston’s marriage. The Daily Beast comments on that, and nine other high-profile divorces of the '00s. More»

Plus, Matthew McConaughey is expecting again, and more

(NEWSER) - Baby No. 2 is on the way for Matthew McConaughey and girlfriend Camila Alves, Us reports. “Yeah, we pulled off the greatest miracle in the world one more time, Camila and I are expecting our second child, bringing more life into the world, making more to live for,” McConaughey wrote on his website yesterday. Elsewhere: More»

'Misguided' Material Mom should use international adoption as a 'last resort'

(NEWSER) - By adopting Mercy James, Madonna has actually endangered other Malawian orphans, writes Anna Feuchtwang in the Daily Mail. “Corrupt adoption agencies and child traffickers, newly alerted to the ease with which Malawian laws can be circumvented, are even now planning to target the country,” writes Feuchtwang, chief executive of a charity that helps families stay together, citing examples of orphans sold into “forced labor or prostitution.” More»

Orphan could jet to New York as early as this week

(NEWSER) - Mercy James is living the high life starting today. As Madonna’s lawyer prepares the adoption paperwork, the 4-year-old orphan will move into the singer’s luxury lodge in Malawi to be cared for by a nanny and nurse flown in from the US, the Mirror reports. She could leave for New York this week to meet her new sister and brothers. More»