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Seinfeld Helps Madge with Secret A-Rod Reunion

Oct 31, 2008 10:08 AM CDT

Seinfeld Helps Madge with Secret A-Rod Reunion

Kabbalah 'friends' take separate copters to funnyman's Hamptons manse

(Newser) - Less than a week after she split with her husband, Madonna arranged for a clandestine meeting with her Kabbalah "soul mate," Yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez. They each flew from Manhattan to East Hampton in separate helicopters where Jerry Seinfeld and his wife picked them up and squired them...

Madge Asks Ritchie to Settle in Weepy Late-Night Call

Oct 30, 2008 11:00 AM CDT

Madge Asks Ritchie to Settle in Weepy Late-Night Call

Despite ultimatum from Kabbalah chiefs, Ritchie says divorce is up to lawyers

(Newser) - Under pressure from Kabbalah bosses, Madonna called soon-to-be-ex Guy Ritchie late Tuesday in an emotional plea to settle their divorce amicably, after which she sobbed to her staff, the Daily Mail reports. Insiders, who described the call as a “sign of desperation” on Madonna’s part, said she tried...

Contract Told
Guy What
to Say, Do

Oct 29, 2008 2:11 PM CDT

Contract Told Guy What to Say, Do

To get him in line, Madge would say, 'Contract, Guy, contract'

(Newser) - After a 2006 marriage-counseling session, Madonna pinned up a contract instructing Guy Ritchie to “enrich his wife's emotional and spiritual well-being” and defining what words he could use during fights, sources tell the Sun. If Ritchie shouted, fell behind on Kabbalah reading, or used “sex as a stick...

Kabbalah Bosses Want
Quick, Quiet Divorce

Oct 28, 2008 12:49 PM CDT

Kabbalah Bosses Want Quick, Quiet Divorce

Madonna given 24 hours to come up with a plan to end nasty skirmishes with Ritchie

(Newser) - Madonna's split from Guy Ritchie is getting messier by the day, and Kabbalah leaders don't want the couple's dirt tarnishing the sect's image. Madge's spiritual guide has given her 24 hours to come up with a mediation plan, the Daily Mail reports. Rabbi Yehuda Berg “would like to put...

Brinkley Ex Stops
Payments to Mistress

Oct 27, 2008 11:22 AM CDT

Brinkley Ex Stops Payments to Mistress

Cook claims Bianchi broke confidentiality; her reps threaten suit over sex tapes

(Newser) - It appears Peter Cook’s ex-lover may not get the last third of her settlement, the New York Post reports, and her lawyers are to blame. Diana Bianchi, the teen whose affair with Cook led to his divorce from Christie Brinkley, signed a deal promising $300,000 as long as...

Madge
Scheduled
the Sex

Oct 27, 2008 9:10 AM CDT

Madge Scheduled the Sex

Intimacy with Guy planned around gym routine, Kabbalah meetings

(Newser) - In a divorce battle that just keeps getting nastier, sources now say that Madonna scheduled sex with husband Guy Ritchie into her planner weeks in advance, wedged in between 4-hour workouts and Kabbalah meetings. “Guy of course felt this a tremendous turn-off,” the source told the Daily Mail....

Madge's Fear:
Guy Married
for Money

Oct 23, 2008 11:21 AM CDT

Madge's Fear: Guy Married for Money

Sources say Madonna was jealous of Ritchie's hot, younger ex-love

(Newser) - Madonna always suspected Guy Ritchie married for money and was jealous of his sexy, younger ex, sources tell the Sun. Ritchie dumped model Tania Strecker months before marrying the Material Girl in 2000. “Madonna took Guy from Tania, but never really trusted him,” a source said. “She’...

Paul's Money Can't Buy Heather Love

Oct 23, 2008 10:47 AM CDT

Paul's Money Can't Buy Heather Love

But with $16M spree in 7 months, she must have everything else

(Newser) - Snapping up everything from swanky real estate to savory soy dogs, Heather Mills has blown more than a third of her $40 million divorce settlement with Paul McCartney since March, The Sun reports. She spent some $13.7 million on property and donated $1 million in vegetarian food to homeless...

Redstone to Divorce (Again)

Oct 22, 2008 2:41 PM CDT

Redstone to Divorce (Again)

Couple of 5 years splits 'amicably' as Viacom, CBS chief tackles $1.6B debt

(Newser) - Media magnate Sumner Redstone is calling it quits with his wife of 5 years, the Los Angeles Times reports, even as the Viacom and CBS chairman tries to maneuver his family company through a debt crisis. Though the 85-year-old cited irreconcilable differences in ending his marriage to Paula Fortunato, the...

Madonna's 'KGB'
Tactics Irk Guy

Oct 21, 2008 1:36 PM CDT

Madonna's 'KGB' Tactics Irk Guy

Hubby fumed that Madonna spying on him

(Newser) - "This is a divorce, not the Cold War," Guy Ritchie fumed at Madonna, accusing her of stealth stalking tactics like "something concocted by the KGB." His pop star wife, a “control freak,” knew in advance that Ritchie was meeting family to discuss how to...

Paltrow Lends Ear, Support
to Material Divorcee-to-Be

Oct 21, 2008 10:46 AM CDT

Paltrow Lends Ear, Support to Material Divorcee-to-Be

'I'm just here' for Madonna, Gwen says

(Newser) - Madonna's marriage may be over, but at least she can lean on pal Gwyneth Paltrow. At a London premiere yesterday, Paltrow called Madge a “dear friend,” Us Magazine reports. “I’m supporting her in all (the) ways that I can,” she said said of the singer,...

Madge Eyes A-Rod
as Baby Daddy

Oct 20, 2008 11:11 AM CDT

Madge Eyes A-Rod as Baby Daddy

The 50-year-old pop star reportedly wants to be preggers again

(Newser) - Madonna wants to have another baby—and Yankees star Alex Rodriguez may be asked to step up to the plate, the Daily Mail reports. The 50-year-old singer, still hashing out her divorce with Guy Ritchie, thinks A-Rod is “physically a great specimen” and “would be the ideal man”...

No Settlement Yet:
Madge's Publicist

Oct 19, 2008 5:50 PM CDT

No Settlement Yet: Madge's Publicist

Denies media reports of $60M deal

(Newser) - Madonna's divorce settlement with estranged husband Guy Ritchie has yet to be finalized, the singer's publicist said today. In a brief email sent to the AP, Liz Rosenberg wrote, "I will not be commenting on the various reports regarding the divorce or of the settlement, which has not been...

Things Get Nasty in Splitsville

Oct 19, 2008 10:59 AM CDT

Things Get Nasty in Splitsville

Madonna claims Guy called her a granny; he says she sleeps wrapped in plastic

(Newser) - With the ink barely dry on their $60 million divorce settlement, Madonna and Guy Ritchie appear desperate for the world to know just how much they hate each other. Madge tells the Telegraph that Ritchie demoralized her with verbal abuse, saying she looks “like a granny” on stage. Ritchie,...

Here's to My 'Emotionally Retarded' Soon-to-Be-Ex

Oct 17, 2008 11:34 AM CDT

Here's to My 'Emotionally Retarded' Soon-to-Be-Ex

Madonna rips Ritchie during Boston concert

(Newser) - It won’t be a pretty breakup for the $521 million couple. The latest indication was Madonna bellowing out a dedication—Miles Away, inspired by her time with Guy Ritchie—for the “emotionally retarded” during a Boston concert Wednesday. The pop star, who has solicited London's top divorce lawyer,...

She Couldn't Deal
With Guy's Failure

OPINION

Oct 16, 2008 12:15 PM CDT

She Couldn't Deal With Guy's Failure

Hubby covering up his roots was one thing, but Madonna was never one for defeat

(Newser) - Their marriage was drenched in artifice, and ultimately doomed. “The last thing I thought I would do is marry some laddish shooting pub-going nature lover,” Madonna once said. But wed Guy Ritchie—and the posh British lifestyle he affected—she did, biographer Andrew Morton writes in the Daily...

Duchovny Marriage Finished

Oct 16, 2008 3:32 AM CDT

Duchovny Marriage Finished

Couple separated months ago; Billy BobThornton linked to split

(Newser) - Actors David Duchovny and Téa Leoni have separated after 11 years of marriage, People reports. Duchovny, who recently completed sex addiction rehab, and the Ghost Town star split months ago—but had been keeping it quiet for the sake of their children, according to the couple's statement. The split...

Madonna and Guy: It's Over

Oct 15, 2008 3:33 AM CDT

Madonna and Guy: It's Over

Source: Feuding couple 'can't bear to live with the pretense anymore'

(Newser) - Madonna and Guy Ritchie's marriage is damaged beyond repair and the couple plan to divorce before Christmas, a source tells the Sun. The decision to call time on the eight-year marriage follows an escalating series of arguments over the pair's competing careers, Madonna's wish to adopt another child, and Ritchie's...

Murray 'Devastated' by Divorce

Oct 8, 2008 12:01 PM CDT

Murray 'Devastated' by Divorce

Actor was 'just dead, just broken' since May

(Newser) - His divorce from his wife of 11 years and her accusations of abuse and addiction “were devastating…the worst thing that ever happened to me in my entire life," says Bill Murray. "I was just dead, just broken," a teary Murray told the AP of the...

McCartney Blasts Ex ... in Song

Oct 3, 2008 10:55 AM CDT

McCartney Blasts Ex ... in Song

(Newser) - Paul McCartney takes a stab at ex-wife Heather Mills in a song off his upcoming album, Electric Arguments. “The last thing you do was to try and betray me … I’ll never forget it …” one tune goes, according to the tabloid Sun. “Oh woman betrayed...