No shields from Brooke’s baby
Brooke Shields says postpartum depression is more prevalent than anyone wants to admit and that it’s time for lawmakers to pass legislation to help new mothers.
“There is an entire population of women suffering,” the actress told George Stephanopoulos in an interview broadcast Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.” “And it’s time, I believe, for Congress to step in and prevent that, and actually save lives and save potential tragedy,” she said.
Shields made headlines last year when she acknowledged taking antidepressants after her first child was born – and Tom Cruise publicly criticized her. She told Stephanopoulos that she experienced acute postpartum depression after the birth of her first daughter.
“I had gone through numerous attempts to have a baby, and then I finally did have this perfect, beautiful, healthy baby, and it all but destroyed me,” she said.
Serbian singer a European idol
Marija Serifovic was given a hero’s welcome by some 30,000 fans when she returned to Serbia after winning the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest in Finland. “Ave, Marija,” read one of the banners in the crowd around city hall in the Serbian capital of Belgrade Sunday.
“I won for Serbia, I won for all of you!” the 22-year-old singer said after landing at Belgrade airport, delighting much of the Balkan country, which has been craving recognition after years of pariah status brought about by Serbia’s role in the 1990s Balkan wars. Serifovic won the annual extravaganza with a heart-wrenching ballad “Molitva (The Prayer).”
Trump spreads spores – again
Donald Trump has become a grandfather 14 months after he became a dad all over again.
Kai Madison was born to Donald Trump Jr. and his wife, Vanessa, both 29, on Saturday in New York. Kai will get to grow up alongside her uncle Barron, born to grandpa Trump and his third wife, Melania, in 2006.
Rowling hopes money’s magic
“Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling has pledged a major contribution to a $3 million reward for the safe return of a British girl who has gone missing in Portugal. Rowling’s pledge, which she asked to be kept secret, is the single largest contribution to a reward fund started by the tabloid News of the World.
Madeleine McCann, 4, disappeared on May 2 after her parents left her, and her brother and sister, both aged 2, alone while they went to a restaurant at their vacation resort.
Bono is a fan of Germany
U2 frontman Bono urged Germany on Monday to use next month’s Group of Eight meeting as a platform to push for more aid for Africa. Bono addresses the press after speaking with Kurt Beck, the leader of Germany’s Social Democrats, which make up half of Chancellor Angela Merkel‘s governing coalition.
“We know that we have your support and that Germany will keep its promises,” the singer/activist said.
The birthday bunch
Counterculture icon Wavy Gravy is 71. Actress-singer Lainie Kazan is 67. Actor Chazz Palminteri is 56. Singer Prince Be of PM Dawn is 37. Actor David Charvet (“Melrose Place”) is 35. Rock musician Ahmet Zappa is 33. Actor David Krumholtz (“Numb3rs”) is 29. Actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler (“The Sopranos”) is 26.