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2:50 AM ET, October 19, 2008

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Hannah Fletcher / Times of London:
Madonna ‘to pay Guy Ritchie £60m in divorce package’  —  Guy Ritchie is set to receive £60 million in property and cash in an early divorce settlement with Madonna, it was reported last night.  —  The deal comes just two days after the film director and the pop star announced that they were splitting up after eight years.
PopEater:
Madonna and Guy Take the Gloves Off  —  Well, that didn't take long.  A week ago, Madonna and Guy Ritchie were “happily married” - at least according to their reps. Now that the news of their impending divorce is out, things are getting ugly.  First Madonna dedicated a song …
Discussion: Daily Mail
Anita Singh / Telegraph:
Madonna is being ‘beastly’, says Guy Ritchie's father
Discussion: New York Post and The Sun
TMZ.com:
Actress' Companion Shot In Hollywood  —  A good friend of Bonnie Somerville was shot in the back at a Hollywood party last night.  —  Somerville (the girl who played Ross' GF Mona on “Friends") was leaving a T-Mobile party on Sunset Blvd. just after 2 AM with her friend when …
Hellomagazine.com:
Katie opens on Broadway with ‘very provocative’ performance  —  The curtain officially rose on Katie Holmes' Broadway career this week as the Mad Money actress stepped onto the stage for the first public performance of post-WWII drama All My Sons.  —  Tom Cruise's wife, who was presented …
TMZ.com:
“Soul Train” Host Popped - Boogie Beatdown  —  TMZ has learned Don Cornelius of “Soul Train” fame was arrested last night on felony domestic violence.  —  It went down on Mulholland Drive in L.A. in the early evening.  Someone called from Cornelius' home and LAPD responded to a “domestic dispute.”
Ros Reines / NEWS.com.au:
Miranda Kerr rejects rumours of split with Orlando Bloom  —  BABELICIOUS David Jones fashion plate Miranda Kerr has hit back at rumours that her relationship with actor Orlando Bloom is in trouble.  —  The Victoria's Secret supermodel, who flew into Melbourne on Thursday night for yesterday's Caulfield Cup …
Discussion: Faded Youth Blog
Just Jared:
Sadie Sandler is Sunset Sweet  —  Adam Sandler carries his daughter Sadie, 2, down Sunset Blvd. in Beverly Hills on Saturday.  The 42-year-old funny man and his wife Jackie are expecting their second child later this year.  —  “My wife gets it very bad.  She vomits a lot,” he told Jay Leno of Jackie's morning sickness.
Discussion: OH NO!!
Barbara Jones / Daily Mail:
'Madonna's adopted son would be better off in Malawi' says his biological father … The real father of Madonna's adopted son David feels bitterly disappointed that she is getting a divorce - and yesterday he declared: ‘I am still a poor farmer with nothing to offer, but maybe he would be better off back with us.’
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Scoop
New York Times:
Behind McCain, Outsider in Capital Wanting Back In  —  Cindy McCain was new to Washington and not yet 30 when she arrived at a luncheon for Congressional spouses to discover a problem with her name tag.  —  It read “Carol McCain.”  That was the well-liked wife John McCain had left to marry Cindy …
G is for Gossip / Bauer-Griffin:
Miley's Boyfriend: Justin Gaston Gone Wild!  —  You know what they say about birds of a feather...  They sh*t in their own kitchen.  Again... and again...  ...and again.  At least, that seems to be the case when the Cyrus circle is involved.  —  IOHO, these pictures are simply proof …
Discussion: OH NO!! and Pink is the New Blog
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Watch Britney Spears' Gossip Girl Mash-Up Music Video  —  Britney Spears's latest hit “Womanizer” will be featured in a brand new Gossip Girl promo that will focus on resident bad boy Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick).  (Watch above).  —  The promo spot will begin running on-air on The CW beginning Monday …
Discussion: POPSUGAR, OH NO!! and Jezebel
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‘SNL’ Hiding the Script from Palin?!  —  Political blogs are buzzing about Sarah Palin appearing on “Saturday Night Live” tonight.  It looks like Gov. Palin might have a difficult time in front of the live audience and hot lights — and she has yet to see a script!
 
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