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Angry Judge to YouTube Divorcée: YouLose

Jul 22, 2008 4:29 AM CDT

Angry Judge to YouTube Divorcée: YouLose

Judge blasts 'callous' video

(Newser) - The Broadway mogul's wife who lambasted her estranged husband in a couple of hugely popular YouTube videos didn't find the court quite so responsive: a Manhattan judge, citing the video, granted Shubert Organization president Philip Smith a divorce on the grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. A pre-nuptial agreement was...

How to Revive
a Zombie Marriage

GLOSSIES

Jul 14, 2008 1:28 PM CDT

How to Revive a Zombie Marriage

Time appears to heal all

(Newser) - If Romeo and Juliet hadn't died young, even those obsessed lovers would have coasted into what Details dubs a "zombie marriage"—that inevitable phase when jobs and kids take precedence over romance, and couples just go through the motions. It ends, as often as not, in divorce, but...

In Divorce, McCain Lost Both Reagans

Jul 11, 2008 12:02 PM CDT

In Divorce, McCain Lost Both Reagans

Philandering, quick 2nd marriage especially angered Nancy

(Newser) - If Nancy Reagan’s endorsement of John McCain seemed a little muted—"Obviously this is the nominee of the party,” was all she would say—it’s probably because she’s still angry at the way McCain's first marriage ended, the LA Times reports. The couples were great...

Georgia Dad Charged in Daughter's 'Honor Killing'

Jul 9, 2008 6:25 AM CDT

Georgia Dad Charged in Daughter's 'Honor Killing'

Pakistani-born man denies strangling daughter who wanted divorce

(Newser) - A Pakistani-born Georgia man appeared in court yesterday accused of strangling his daughter with a bungee cord after she filed for divorce, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The man's wife told police that he had argued with his 25-year-old daughter over her plans to end her arranged marriage. The father maintains...

Can't Buy Me Love, but Divorce Could Cost $100K

Jul 6, 2008 3:30 PM CDT

Can't Buy Me Love, but Divorce Could Cost $100K

Paperwork's cheap, but hiring lawyers, dividing real estate, finding therapy adds up

(Newser) - In the current financial climate, getting unhitched has become all the more ruinous, Divorce360.com reports. Selling your home, hiring attorneys, shelling out for therapy, and finding temporary housing add up to a burly bottom line, with one attorney estimating that divorce "can run anywhere from $1,820 (uncontested)...

How to Avoid Mr. Wrong

OPINION

Jul 6, 2008 2:25 PM CDT

How to Avoid Mr. Wrong

As wacky breakups abound, Dowd goes in search of rules of engagement

(Newser) - Celebrity couples aren't always models of marital stability, but as Christie Brinkley, A-Rod, and Madonna join forces to hold the planet hostage, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd goes off in search of those telltale signs of who to avoid ending up at the altar with. She finds her answers...

A-Rod Keeping Madonna Company

Jul 2, 2008 9:17 AM CDT

A-Rod Keeping Madonna Company

Mag reports late-night visits; Material Girl's rep says nothing doing

(Newser) - With her marriage to Guy Ritchie reportedly on the rocks, Madonna is entertaining nighttime visits from hunky Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez, US Weekly reports. A-Rod has dropped by the singer’s New York apartment several times and left “as late as midnight,” a source said, but the Material...

Madonna, Ritchie in Crisis Talks

Jul 1, 2008 10:01 AM CDT

Madonna, Ritchie in Crisis Talks

With each other, but also their accountants

(Newser) - Guy Ritchie followed Madonna to New York yesterday to save his marriage—and also huddle with the family accountant in case his attempts fail. Ritchie could land $100 million of his wife’s $800 million fortune so “the lawyers will want to go through the assets with a fine-tooth...

Marriage on the Rocks? Maybe It's Your Birth Order

Jun 30, 2008 5:00 PM CDT

Marriage on the Rocks? Maybe It's Your Birth Order

Nuptial bliss could hinge on family tree

(Newser) - Whether a marriage reaches its gold anniversary or ends up in divorce court could depend on the spouses' birth order, reports Divorce360.com.“There is strong connection between birth order and divorce rates,” says one counselor. “The most successful marriages are those where the oldest sister of...

YouTube Divorcee Hubby Goes to Court

Jun 28, 2008 8:38 AM CDT

YouTube Divorcee Hubby Goes to Court

NY Theater mogul 'mortified' to see 'whole life' on Web

(Newser) - "I felt absolutely awful, I was humiliated, I was embarrassed, I was hurt," the husband of YouTube sensation Patricia Walsh-Smith said yesterday in a New York divorce court. "I felt violated in every sense of the word." Philip Smith was telling his side of the story—...

Madonna to Divorce Ritchie

Jun 27, 2008 11:40 AM CDT

Madonna to Divorce Ritchie

Sources predict an amicable separation

(Newser) - Madonna has asked Guy Ritche, her husband of 7 years, for a divorce, the Mirror reports. After a troubled year for their marriage and consultation with divorce lawyers, Madge decided to make it final, friends of the couple said last night. “It was quite painless but very sad. He's...

Madonna Seeks Counsel
of Sir Paul's Divorce Lawyer

Jun 26, 2008 7:08 PM CDT

Madonna Seeks Counsel of Sir Paul's Divorce Lawyer

Fiona Shackleton got McCartney off cheap in recent settlement with Mills

(Newser) - Madonna is set to enlist the services of the lawyer who handled Paul McCartney’s divorce settlement, the Times of London reports. The pop star, 49, is reportedly exploring a split from director Guy Ritchie, 39. "Steel magnolia” Fiona Shackleton gained notoriety when she secured such a favorable result...

Madonna Divorce Rumors in Air

Jun 24, 2008 12:02 PM CDT

Madonna Divorce Rumors in Air

Ritchie and Material Girl discuss calling it quits as romance fades

(Newser) - Madonna and Guy Ritchie are so unhappy they’re discussing divorce, the Daily Mirror reports. The two rarely go out in public together anymore, and they live essentially separate lives in their London mansion. Both admit that any romance between them has long ended and insist there are no hard...

Divorced Berlusconi
Challenges Communion Ban

Jun 23, 2008 2:29 AM CDT

Divorced Berlusconi Challenges Communion Ban

He confronts startled bishop at mass

(Newser) - Beleaguered Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi caused a scene in a church over the weekend, loudly demanding from a startled bishop in the middle of mass: "When are you going to change this rule that stops me taking communion?" Berlusconi, like other divorced Catholics who remarry, is banned from...

Gays, Like Everyone, Find Marriage a Mixed Blessing

Jun 15, 2008 6:50 AM CDT

Gays, Like Everyone, Find Marriage a Mixed Blessing

Massachusetts' lessons for California couples

(Newser) - It’s been four years since Massachusetts legalized gay marriage, and there are winners, losers—and everything in between, the New York Times reports. In what one gay married man calls “a mixed bag,” it appears that gays are more likely to rush into marriage, more likely to...

Nev. Guv Texted
'Other Woman'... 867 Times

Jun 11, 2008 11:20 AM CDT

Nev. Guv Texted 'Other Woman'... 867 Times

Gibbons sent 867 messages in 6 weeks, denies affair

(Newser) - Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons swears he’s just friends with Kathy Karrasch. Very friendly: during one six-week span last year, Gibbons and Karrasch exchanged 867 texts from his state-owned cell phone, according to the Reno Gazette-Journal. Gibbons is mired in a messy divorce, and his soon-to-be-ex-wife says it’s all...

Governor's Messy Divorce Enthralls Nev.

Jun 10, 2008 12:35 PM CDT

Governor's Messy Divorce Enthralls Nev.

Gossip flies while GOP worries about November fallout

(Newser) - For a state that boasts Sin City as its main attraction, Nevada is utterly transfixed with Gov. Jim Gibbon’s marital woes. Ever since he filed for divorce last month, Gibbons has been followed around like a starlet, with pictures of him with various alleged “other women” routinely cropping...

Healing Shania Thanks Fans

Jun 6, 2008 11:15 AM CDT

Healing Shania Thanks Fans

'Overwhelming support' helped singer through rough time after split

(Newser) - Shania Twain, nursing a broken heart after a split from her husband of 14 years, has posted a heartfelt message thanking her fans for their support on her website. The Canadian country singer promises to return stronger than ever. Twain's marriage fell apart after her husband had an affair with...

LiLo's Mom a Leech: Ex

Jun 3, 2008 10:11 AM CDT

LiLo's Mom a Leech: Ex

Michael Lohan accuses ex-wife Dina Lohan of drinking and using kids as 'bankable commodity'

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan’s mom Dina must appear in Family Court this morning or face “immediate arrest and imprisonment," the New York Daily News reports. Ex-con and ex-hubby Michael has reopened their divorce case, citing the E! reality star’s drunkenness in front of their children and her failure...

The YouTube Divorcée Spills in Person

Glossies

Jun 2, 2008 2:28 PM CDT

The YouTube Divorcée Spills in Person

Spurned wife got revenge online, but the last act isn't written yet

(Newser) - Now that 4 million people know intimate details of her marital problems—at least her side of the story—New York magazine sends Phoebe Eaton to size up the YouTube divorcée in person. Tricia Walsh-Smith, flamboyant actress, sometime playwright, and wife of a theater operator 25 years her senior,...