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Michelle Williams Not Ready to Work, Enjoys Time With Her Cowgirl

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The unforeseen heartache which surrounded Michelle Williams following the accidental death of Oscar-winning actor Heath Ledger — the one-year anniversary was on January 22nd – left the actress devastated and alone to raise their 3-year-old daughter Matilda Rose; The intense media craze that documented the single mom’s every move left a simply “burnt out” Michelle in need of a break from the spotlight.

“I’m coming back to my wits little by little. But ultimately, I am not yet ready to work. I’ve actually really been enjoying not working. I guess everybody enjoys that.”

Unable to “work through” it all, Michelle — having not made a movie since last May — instead has focused all her energy on raising Matilda, who despite her mother’s wishes for her to become a doctor, enjoys imagining herself as a real cowgirl. The city streets of Brooklyn may be a hard place for Matilda to imagine herself roping cattle, but Michelle would never consider trading their metropolitan lifestyle. Admitting she feels very “detached” from Hollywood, the actress says she “wouldn’t raise Matilda there.” She explains,

“For all the obvious reasons — being the daughter of…Being an actor’s daughter. It’s a town about one thing and I want her to have options.”

For now, Michelle says she is slowly picking up the pieces of her life as she contemplates her career, trading her celebrity status for “cooking, baking, cleaning, and sewing” with Matilda. With the pressure of movie roles constantly knocking at the door, the young mom is confident that her decision to concentrate on her daughter will leave her with no regrets. “As a young actress, you feel this intense pressure to work. Everybody says, ‘The time is now,’” she says. “But I can be 28 and take a year off. Hopefully there’ll still be something there to go back to.”

Her return to the screen, however, is not far off as Michelle fears that her life will eventually “end as a pile of dishes,” although admits that “the working mother thing is kind of a fallacy — it’s hard to do both things well.”

Source: Telegraph

Madonna Donates David's Duds to Malawian Orphanage

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Long after adopting her son David Banda from the African nation of Malawi, songstress Madonna is still focusing her efforts on helping the hundreds of children left behind; For the mom of three, donating her youngest boy’s boxes of clothes seemed the perfect solution.

A sure sign that 3-year-old David is thriving with his family, a source tells PEOPLE that the wardrobe Madonna initially bought for her son was packed away with the toddler having outgrown his outfits. “These are clothes David can no longer use; they say he is quite a big boy now so he cannot use most of the clothes Madonna bought him immediately after he was adopted,” the source reveals.

Shipping the boxes of dapper duds to David’s orphanage, Home of Hope — appropriately labeled ‘From David Ritchie to friends at Home of Hope’ — left the 500 orphans with quite a surprise! “The children were excited to see the clothes,” says the source. In addition to David’s clothes, books, and toys, the proud mama also included a few autographed copies of her own children’s book,  The English Roses.

While the director of the orphanage has not confirmed that the packages are from Madonna and David — “we have lots of friends across the globe who send us stuff from time to time” — the 50-year-old singer has dedicated her resources to assisting six Malawi orphanages through her charity Raising Malawi.

Source: PEOPLE