The singer Madonna celebrated its 50 anniversary in this Saturday night with friends in the nightclub Volstead, West End in London. From boots, a dress of black and a bracelet of Cabala in the midst of many other jewelry, she was sympathetic with the paparazzi and smiling next to husband Guy Ritchie. During the day, the pop diva was with the children and came to a long session of the centre of cabala. It was a birthday without outrageously on the eve of the start of world tour in the next day 23 in Wales.

One of the gifts she received from her husband was that he withdrew from their reservations about the adoption of a child of the second African country Malawi, a girl of three years James Mercy. Madonna wanted to adopt it for months, but was opposed Ricthie and this difference was responsible for several fights of the couple. The singer has a daughter, Lourdes Maria, from previous relationships, a boy Rocco, with Ritchie and the boy David Banda, also from Malawi, adopted in 2006.

Born into a middle-class family with Italian and French descent, Madonna arrives for 50 years owner of a fortune exceeding $ 800 million, with 11 career discs have sold more than 200 million copies, 22 films, including "Evita" , A role that earned him the Golden Globe.

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She thinks that has much to celebrate for being rich, famous and married with three children.

Getting to 50 is a milestone for anyone. Everyone talks about it, but for me it is just another excuse for a birthday party. I feel stronger now than 20 years ago, but I think the physical form is linked to consciousness, so if the mind is strong, the body will be - she said in an interview of the day.

The image of marital happiness was scratched in recent months with insistent press of celebrities on an alleged affair with the American football player Alex Rodriguez. Both deny, but Alex started studying the Cabala, of which Madonna is fervent fan, and his wife, Cynthia, asked for a divorce. The door of the apartment of Madonna in Central Park West, New York, fought for sites of gossip that Alex was frequent visits to Madonna at night, interrupted only when the holder Ritchie arrived in New York.

Another facet of Madonna is the cinema. It does not explode any box office champion of the top 22 films, but did highlight of roles in movies such as "Evita," "Dick Tracy" and "Destination unusual", the latter directed by her husband. This year, she led the Berlin festival in his debut as a director: the short "Filth and wisdom" on the quest for stardom by a character lived by Eugene Hutz, leader of the band Gogol Bordello. She also launched the documentary "I am because we are" on the situation of children in the African nation of Malawi, directed by Nathan Rissman, production, text and narration it.