Angelina ready to adopt again?
Such is the public interest in the lifestyles of the rich and famous, SportingBet have decided to offer two markets which reflect the wacky world of celebrity. They are running a book on the currently fashionable trend of adopting babies as well as who they think will next end up on the wrong side of the law and be arrested. Angelina Jolie started the current trend of celebrity adoption when she gave homes to children from Cambodia and Ethiopia and as ever Madonna was quick to follow fashion causing a stir when she adopted a one-year-old boy in Malawi. At the time the Queen of pop said she was in Africa with her hubby, film-maker Guy Ritchie, to help fight poverty and the problem of HIV and AIDS. So the fact that she received a lot of attention for the adoption which coincided with the release of a new album was just a happy by-product of the event....Jolie is 1/4 favourite to go down the adoption route again with hubby Brad Pitt, while Madonna is 4/1. Talking of happy by-products, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have recently given birth to their first child, Suri Cruise, but they are still priced up at 20/1 to add to their clan as Tom adheres to the 'I have a big family therefore rumours about my sexuality are obviously untrue' adage. Michael Jackson gets a mention at 16/1 but quite honestly if Jackson were to approach any adoption agency thee days you'd expect him to be told 'Beat it'. The Thriller singer also features in the arrests market where at 16/1 he is well behind favourite Britney Spears. The former scantily clad teen idol hasn't had a great 2007 - she lost her children, her pop career and her looks - and SportingBet go 6/4 that she'll also lose her freedom. Fellow bad-girl Paris Hilton is available at 8/1 and while she recently claimed she could never go back inside after a period of incarceration for drink-driving you get the impression that if she is going to get publicity then this It girl will do anything. After all she should have been jailed recently for her woeful attempt at a pop career... LATEST BETTING Who will adopt next? Angelina and Brad 1/4; Madonna 4/1; Michael Jackson 16/1; Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes 20/1 (all SportingBet) Next to be arrested? Britney 6/4; Paris Hilton 8/1; Nicole Richie 8/1; OJ Simpson 12/1; Naomi Campbell 12/1; Michael Jackson 16/1 (all SportingBet)