Jennifer Lopez

It’s a done deal.

We’re happy to report that Madonna‘s adoption of David Banda is finally official. A Malawi judge has approved the paperwork and the Material Girl and Guy Ritchie can now call the boy their own, for keeps. It’s about time, since Madge and Guy have been taking care of David since October of 2006, and after all the ups and downs they have dealt with.

“We are very happy with what the judge has ruled,” Madonna’s lawyer, Alan Chinula, said outside the courthouse (neither Madge nor Guy were present). ”Finally the court has granted Madonna full adoption rights of the boy…It’s all over, thank God.

“It is a positive and beautiful judgment that will have an impact on Malawi’s adoption laws.”

Let us all say “Mazel Tov!”

She’s so old school!

Ashlee Simpson is taking her new husband’s name. Ash will now known professionally as Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, and privately as plain old Ashlee Wentz.

“I think that that’s something that a woman should do when they’re marrying a man,” the newlywed told People.com. “It’s a tradition that I think is a great tradition.”

Pete is psyched, though he says he left the decision up to his beloved. “These decisions with Ashlee and her name are all completely up to Ashlee,” the Fall Out Boy rocker said. “I want her to do these kinds of things the way she wants to do them.”

Still, he plans on flaunting his wife’s devotion. “Oh man, I was like upgrade me! You know what I’m saying? The Wentz family, our Christmas card just got upgraded!” he says. “It feels insane. It feels unreal.”

Now if we just knew if they are abiding by the tradition of getting married before getting pregnant…

P.S. I must be feelin’ the love today — I’m all about the smooching pictures. 

Jessica Simpson‘s new country single, “Come On Over,” has been released on the Web. Listen to it here and let us know what you think.

Personally, I like country music in general. There’s much more storytelling in the twangy tunes than in pop music, and I happen to think this suits Jess a lot better. Press play.

I’ve always been a huge fan of Will Smith. Back in the day, my one dream was to dance with him — like he does in the “Miami” video — all sexy to salsa music. Nowadays, I admire him for different reasons (though I still like looking at him). Despite his huge success, Will has managed to keep his feet on the ground without getting too big a head. His marriage to Jada Pinkett-Smith is one of Hollywood’s strongest, 10 years and counting, and he has raised three pretty well-adjusted children.

So, what’s his secret?

“What I found is divorce just can’t be an option,” Will told Ellen DeGeneres on her show Tuesday. “It’s really that simple. And I think that’s the problem with L.A. – there are so many options. So a huge part of the success for [Jada] and I is that we just removed the other options.”

Instead of running at the first sight of a glitch, these two actually try and make it work. “We’re like ‘listen, we’re going to be together one way or the other so we might as well try to be happy,’” he said. 

It’s shocking, really, but in a good way. I’ve always said that the one celebrity split that would crush me would be Will and Jada. Luckily, it doesn’t look like I’ll have to worry about that.

Mariah Carey was on hand to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at a Japanese professional baseball game between the Yomiuri Giants and Rakuten Golden Eagles in Tokyo last night — and this is what she wore.

I almost can’t stand it. If I wasn’t laughing at how ridiculous she is I might throw up.