The tour will see The Pussycat Dolls open for Spears - who recently released her 8th studio album, Circus.
Spears kicks off her first show March 3 in New Orleans and is also slated to perform to shows in London next June.
It is her first world tour since 2004's Onyx Hotel Tour.
The dates are as follows:
Tue, 03/03/09
New Orleans Arena
New Orleans, LA
Thu, 03/05/09
Philips Arena
Atlanta, GA
Sat, 03/07/09
]]>The tour will see The Pussycat Dolls open for Spears - who recently released her 8th studio album, Circus.
Spears kicks off her first show March 3 in New Orleans and is also slated to perform to shows in London next June.
It is her first world tour since 2004's Onyx Hotel Tour.
The dates are as follows:
Tue, 03/03/09
New Orleans Arena
New Orleans, LA
Thu, 03/05/09
Philips Arena
Atlanta, GA
Sat, 03/07/09
American Airlines Arena
Miami, FL
Sun, 03/08/09
St Pete Times Forum
Tampa, FL
Wed, 03/11/09
Nassau Coliseum
Uniondale, NY
Fri, 03/13/09
Prudential Center
Newark, NJ
Mon, 03/16/09
TD Banknorth Garden
Boston, MA
Tue, 03/24/09
Verizon Center
Washington, DC
Thu, 03/26/09
Mohegan Sun Arena
Uncasville, CT
Fri, 03/27/09
Mellon Arena
Pittsburgh, PA
Tue, 03/31/09
American Airlines Center
Dallas, TX
Fri, 04/03/09
Target Center
Minneapolis, MN
Thu, 04/09/09
Tacoma Dome
Tacoma, WA
Sat, 04/11/09
ARCO Arena
Sacramento, CA
Sun, 04/12/09
HP Pavilion At San Jose
San Jose, CA
Tue, 04/14/09
EnergySolutions Arena
Salt Lake City, UT
Thu, 04/16/09
STAPLES Center
Los Angeles, CA
Sun, 04/19/09
Honda Center
Anaheim, CA
Fri, 04/24/09
JOBING.COM ARENA
Glendale, AZ
Tue, 04/28/09
Allstate Arena
Rosemont, IL
The singer - who shot to fame in 2002 after winning British TV talent show Pop Idol - says he almost became an actor.
He tells Britain's Heat magazine, "I almost gave up. Particularly after I started acting – I thought, 'I'll do this instead!'"
"I think I did really well [coping with fame] – because I didn't have a breakdown!
]]>The singer - who shot to fame in 2002 after winning British TV talent show Pop Idol - says he almost became an actor.
He tells Britain's Heat magazine, "I almost gave up. Particularly after I started acting – I thought, 'I'll do this instead!'"
"I think I did really well [coping with fame] – because I didn't have a breakdown!
"I'm really proud of the way I've acted and kept it together, because there were moments when I stopped enjoying it.
"Now, I'm loving it again. I've got a new manager and a new band. It's like falling back in love with someone.
"I've been seeing a therapist over the last three years, which has helped me a lot. I think therapy's the best thing ever."
]]>The pair are eying up properties on the Upper East Side and on the East End of New York, reports Page Six.
A real estate source says, "Madanna and Alex are discreetly looking at properties between Fifth and Park avenues, from just above 60th Street through the 80s.
"She personally came to look at one house a couple of months ago, and Alex has been looking recently.
]]>The pair are eying up properties on the Upper East Side and on the East End of New York, reports Page Six.
A real estate source says, "Madanna and Alex are discreetly looking at properties between Fifth and Park avenues, from just above 60th Street through the 80s.
"She personally came to look at one house a couple of months ago, and Alex has been looking recently.
"We're talking about private, double-width mansions in the vicinity of $30 million to $60 million.
"They are also interested in buy a house with a garage that you can drive into for additional privacy - although those are rare and hard to come by."
Madonna, 50, divorced husband Guy Ritchie in November this year.
Rodriguez - also known as A-Rod - divorced his wife, Cynthia, in July. He is still trying to sell their former marital home - a 4,600-square-foot pad at Trump Park Avenue. He has been forced to drop the price to $10 million, down from the original $14 million.
]]>The Rehab hitmaker, 25, gave Louis the gift - from highbrow London department Selfridges - to say thank you for looking after her goddaughter Dionne, who visited the ITV1 show's Wembley studios.
A source tells British newspaper The Sun, "It came nicely wrapped up. Best of all was the handwritten note.
]]>The Rehab hitmaker, 25, gave Louis the gift - from highbrow London department Selfridges - to say thank you for looking after her goddaughter Dionne, who visited the ITV1 show's Wembley studios.
A source tells British newspaper The Sun, "It came nicely wrapped up. Best of all was the handwritten note.
"I very much doubt that Amy wrote it herself as at the end of note there was just a scrawling signature in completely different writing.
"Louis was stunned."
]]>The super-producer - who has previously worked with Amy Winehouse, Lily Allen and Christina Aguilera - will work alongside John, 61, on what will be his 30th album, Fox News reports.
The record will appear on the Universal/Republic label run by Universal Music's Monte Lippman and the pair will reportedly begin working in the studio in the new year.
Meanwhile, Ronson, 31, has once again teamed up with Winehouse.
]]>The super-producer - who has previously worked with Amy Winehouse, Lily Allen and Christina Aguilera - will work alongside John, 61, on what will be his 30th album, Fox News reports.
The record will appear on the Universal/Republic label run by Universal Music's Monte Lippman and the pair will reportedly begin working in the studio in the new year.
Meanwhile, Ronson, 31, has once again teamed up with Winehouse.
The pair are said to be working on a cover of Lesley Gore's 1964 hit You Don't Own Me for a Quincy Jones tribute album.
Mark has also been linked to Slash's forthcoming solo record, and recently completed The Rumble Strips' second album at his New York studio, due out next spring.
]]>The actor - who starred as Clark "Mouth" Devereaux in the 1985 comedy film - insists there will be no Goonies 2, despite recent reports suggesting otherwise.
He says, "There is no Goonies 2.
"I'm sorry but it's just not going to happen. It seems every 6 months the rumor mill gets started up again and people run around both excited and angry, and eventually I have to respond.
"I would have loved to do this movie under the direction of Richard Donner again but it is just not meant to be."
]]>The actor - who starred as Clark "Mouth" Devereaux in the 1985 comedy film - insists there will be no Goonies 2, despite recent reports suggesting otherwise.
He says, "There is no Goonies 2.
"I'm sorry but it's just not going to happen. It seems every 6 months the rumor mill gets started up again and people run around both excited and angry, and eventually I have to respond.
"I would have loved to do this movie under the direction of Richard Donner again but it is just not meant to be."
]]>The socialite - who released her debut album, Paris, in 2006 - has completed her as-yet-untitled second album, and says it sounds "like Kylie Minogue."
She says, "I wrote all the songs, it's very dance, like Kylie Minogue."
But after parting ways with Warner Bros. Records Paris - who recently split from her Good Charlotte rocker beau Benj Madden - has no way of getting the album out there.
She adds, "I'm figuring it out right now.
]]>The socialite - who released her debut album, Paris, in 2006 - has completed her as-yet-untitled second album, and says it sounds "like Kylie Minogue."
She says, "I wrote all the songs, it's very dance, like Kylie Minogue."
But after parting ways with Warner Bros. Records Paris - who recently split from her Good Charlotte rocker beau Benj Madden - has no way of getting the album out there.
She adds, "I'm figuring it out right now.
"I'm not sure which label I'm doing it with."
]]>The star, 47, is up against Sam Rockwell, Josh Brolin, Michael Cera and Brendan Gleeson in the Comedy or Musical category for his role as dentist Bertram Pincus in the 2008 movie Ghost Town.
]]>The star, 47, is up against Sam Rockwell, Josh Brolin, Michael Cera and Brendan Gleeson in the Comedy or Musical category for his role as dentist Bertram Pincus in the 2008 movie Ghost Town.
It is the first time Gervais - who has accumulated a multitude of awards and honors throughout his career, including seven BAFTA Awards; four British Comedy Awards; three Golden Globe Awards; two Emmy Awards and the 2006 Rose d'Or - has been nominated for his role in a movie.
Results are announced on 14th December 2008.
Ghost Town, which also stars Greg Kinnear and Téa Leoni, has remained within the top ten UK Box Office for over six weeks - and it's well worth seeing if you haven't already.
]]>The film - which is adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald - follows a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards. It stars Pitt as Benjamin Button and Cate Blanchett as Daisy.
But Fincher's imperious ways have done nothing to help the picture, according to the New York Post.
]]>The film - which is adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald - follows a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards. It stars Pitt as Benjamin Button and Cate Blanchett as Daisy.
But Fincher's imperious ways have done nothing to help the picture, according to the New York Post.
Reports an insider, "We are working our asses off trying to get Oscar nominations, and [David] is so abusive that it's crushing.
"Whatever we do, it's not enough.
"If we never hear the name David Fincher again, it will be too soon."
A rep for the film's studio said Fincher was in Britain and couldn't be reached.
]]>Christopher Ciccone - who earlier this year released a tell-all book, Life With My Sister Madonna, about the Material Girl - will follow-up the controversial tome by directing his first flick, Twist.
According to New York Post gossip column Page Six, the picture is a gory teen thriller about a serial killer running wild through a coastal California town.
]]>Christopher Ciccone - who earlier this year released a tell-all book, Life With My Sister Madonna, about the Material Girl - will follow-up the controversial tome by directing his first flick, Twist.
According to New York Post gossip column Page Six, the picture is a gory teen thriller about a serial killer running wild through a coastal California town.
Producer Nathan Folks revealed, "We have not seen a script this twisted since American Psycho and Wild Things."
]]>The singer - who shot to fame in 2006 after winning Britain's The X Factor - says little has changed in her life - and her family keep her grounded.
She explains, "It's what keeps me grounded. I make sure I have plenty of time chilling out, doing normal things. You know, having lie-ins, catching up on EastEnders."
The singer, 23, also rubbished reports Simon Cowell plans to buy her a mansion in Los Angeles.
]]>The singer - who shot to fame in 2006 after winning Britain's The X Factor - says little has changed in her life - and her family keep her grounded.
She explains, "It's what keeps me grounded. I make sure I have plenty of time chilling out, doing normal things. You know, having lie-ins, catching up on EastEnders."
The singer, 23, also rubbished reports Simon Cowell plans to buy her a mansion in Los Angeles.
She adds, "That was hilarious. People kept asking me about the house. I was like: 'What house?' At least I could say to Simon: 'So where's this house then?"'
]]>Doherty - who has dated supermodel Kate Moss - reportedly turned up at a gig by Carl's band Dirty Pretty Things in Paris this week and stood by the stage door until his pal finished.
A source reveals, "Carl thinks it might work, but he needs to be 100 per cent sure Pete won't let him down again before he signs up.
]]>Doherty - who has dated supermodel Kate Moss - reportedly turned up at a gig by Carl's band Dirty Pretty Things in Paris this week and stood by the stage door until his pal finished.
A source reveals, "Carl thinks it might work, but he needs to be 100 per cent sure Pete won't let him down again before he signs up.
]]>Girls Aloud star Cole is determined to find Cowell - who recently split from long term love Terri Seymour - a new girlfriend, and is reportedly trying to set the millionaire up with one of her friends.
A source tells Britain's News of The World newspaper, "Cheryl has made it her mission to tease Simon. It's a big joke on set and she's been ribbing him about finding a new girl.
]]>Girls Aloud star Cole is determined to find Cowell - who recently split from long term love Terri Seymour - a new girlfriend, and is reportedly trying to set the millionaire up with one of her friends.
A source tells Britain's News of The World newspaper, "Cheryl has made it her mission to tease Simon. It's a big joke on set and she's been ribbing him about finding a new girl.
"Cheryl's been playing lots of pranks — someone even left a blow-up doll in his dressing room, but we're not sure it was her.
"He's taking it all as good fun though."
]]>The deal will see the couple - who have recently been forced to deny rumors their marriage is in trouble - make two more TV series, and will earn them £1 million ($2m) each.
According to Britain's News of The World newspaper, Price and Andre will star in the 12-part series Katie & Peter: Stateside in April and will then film another fly-on-the-wall series, which air at the end of next year.
]]>The deal will see the couple - who have recently been forced to deny rumors their marriage is in trouble - make two more TV series, and will earn them £1 million ($2m) each.
According to Britain's News of The World newspaper, Price and Andre will star in the 12-part series Katie & Peter: Stateside in April and will then film another fly-on-the-wall series, which air at the end of next year.
A source tells the publication, "Katie and Pete are not to everyone's taste but they make fantastic car crash TV.
"The new show will follow them living and working in the US. Then they’ll be back with another eight-part reality show later in the year.
"Katie's nothing if not canny when it comes to cash and has secured a superb pay deal. It'll be a happy Christmas in that household.
"This new show has huge potential in the States. If Jordan cracks it over there then the sky’s the limit. Americans love an entrepreneur."
]]>Blake Fielder-Civil - who recently served a jail sentence for assault and attempting to pervert the course of justice - has confessed that he got the Rehab singer hooked on heroin, crack cocaine and self-harm.
And he has vowed to end their marriage to stop her killing herself.
]]>Blake Fielder-Civil - who recently served a jail sentence for assault and attempting to pervert the course of justice - has confessed that he got the Rehab singer hooked on heroin, crack cocaine and self-harm.
And he has vowed to end their marriage to stop her killing herself.
In an interview with Britain's News of The World he said, "I dragged Amy into it and without me there is no doubt that she would never have gone down that road. I ruined something beautiful.
"Now I have to let her go to save her life. I am not abandoning her. I am doing this out of love.
"I have had to live with that for the past year that I have been in prison and I have got so much remorse.
"I feel like killing myself. I feel like f***** dying.
"I made the biggest mistake of my life by taking heroin in front of Amy.
"I introduced her to heroin, crack cocaine and self-harming. I feel more than guilty.
"I was old enough to know better. Heroin and crack took hold of me and f***** me up.
"It made me not look out for the woman that I love more than anyone else in the world.
"The first time Amy took crack she asked me, 'Can I try a bit of that'.
"Crack is the nastiest drug. It makes you paranoid, unreasonable, edgy and totally suspicious of everyone.
"And you can get hooked on it straight away. But I was weak and an addict and I let Amy take some.
"I didn’t stop it from happening. For that I take full responsibility. It became something we did as well as heroin.
"And then our lives fell apart."
Blake continued, "I was there when Amy suffered her first seizure. I still break down thinking about it. We had been taking drugs all day long — heroin and crack.
"We started early and finished late. We didn't really think to stop. We both pushed things too much. I wanted to just disappear on drugs and not remember a thing. And while I was getting out of my head, I wasn't thinking that I was taking somebody with me.
"Then my wife, who I love with all my heart and soul, just started shaking violently in front of me.
"I started crying and I lay her down in the recovery position.
"I cleared her airways to make sure she wasn’t choking.
"But her jaw was closed tight.
"I tried to stop her from biting her tongue when she was on the floor.
"It was heartbreaking, seeing someone you love more than yourself, someone you would die for, someone you would kill for on the floor shaking.
"I will go to my grave with that picture of Amy asking me, 'Who are you? Who are you?'
"She didn't know who I was. I told Amy, 'I'm your husband'.
"I knew f***ing then that I had ruined something beautiful. It was all my fault. It was the worst thing that has ever happened to me in my life."
]]>The actor - who plays George Bush in new movie W. - says he was approached to follow in Arnold Schwarzenegger's robotic footsteps in new movie Terminator: Salvation which stars Christian Bale as freedom fighter John Conner.
He reveals, "I talked to Christian for a couple hours about it.
"I really liked the script though I hear that's not what they filmed in the end. The one I read was very interesting and dark.
"Ultimately though I didn't think it felt right for me."
]]>The actor - who plays George Bush in new movie W. - says he was approached to follow in Arnold Schwarzenegger's robotic footsteps in new movie Terminator: Salvation which stars Christian Bale as freedom fighter John Conner.
He reveals, "I talked to Christian for a couple hours about it.
"I really liked the script though I hear that's not what they filmed in the end. The one I read was very interesting and dark.
"Ultimately though I didn't think it felt right for me."
]]>The actor - who plays an alien in sci-fi remake The Day the Earth Stood Still - says pretending to be an extraterrestrial is nothing new to him.
He explains, "I often used to escape into another world as a kid.
"I built spaceships. It was that whole idea of getting out of my own circumstances, a fascination with distant planets, unknown mysteries, going wherever the imagination could go.
"I loved Star Wars, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Blade Runner."
]]>The actor - who plays an alien in sci-fi remake The Day the Earth Stood Still - says pretending to be an extraterrestrial is nothing new to him.
He explains, "I often used to escape into another world as a kid.
"I built spaceships. It was that whole idea of getting out of my own circumstances, a fascination with distant planets, unknown mysteries, going wherever the imagination could go.
"I loved Star Wars, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Blade Runner."
]]>The former Friends actress - who was previously married to actor Brad Pitt - reportedly declined John's offer because she doesn't want to damage their relationship, which they recently rekindled following a split in August.
A source said, "Jennifer said no when John asked her. She told John that everything is so perfect between them right now, they shouldn't ruin the focus of their relationship.
]]>The former Friends actress - who was previously married to actor Brad Pitt - reportedly declined John's offer because she doesn't want to damage their relationship, which they recently rekindled following a split in August.
A source said, "Jennifer said no when John asked her. She told John that everything is so perfect between them right now, they shouldn't ruin the focus of their relationship.
"A wedding would be so stressful and Jennifer just wants to enjoy this phase, falling madly in love and getting a thrill if the other one texts when they are apart.
"John told Jennifer she is the girl for him and he is sure of it. He is willing to do anything she wants as long as they are together. He is like a different guy.
"John was over the moon when Jennifer took him back last month and he never wants them to be apart again. He really wants to settle down with her. He wants children, marriage - the whole thing at some point."
]]>The singer - who is currently dating Gym Class Heroes frontman Travis McCoy - recently revealed that her smash hit single I Kissed a Girl was inspired by actress Scarlett Johansson.
But the star insists she is most-attracted to The Other Boleyn Girl star Portman.
She says, "Scarlett Johansson is a beautiful woman as everybody in the world probably agrees and the I Kissed a Girl song is inspired by all beautiful women and the power they release in their beauty.
]]>The singer - who is currently dating Gym Class Heroes frontman Travis McCoy - recently revealed that her smash hit single I Kissed a Girl was inspired by actress Scarlett Johansson.
But the star insists she is most-attracted to The Other Boleyn Girl star Portman.
She says, "Scarlett Johansson is a beautiful woman as everybody in the world probably agrees and the I Kissed a Girl song is inspired by all beautiful women and the power they release in their beauty.
"So I was just using her in an interview as an example and then it turned into this big headline. I was like 'Well, I really like Natalie Portman too."
]]>The So What singer says she always gets so nervous before her albums come out - so she ignores record producers' opinions and gets her dad to listen to her efforts to boost her confidence.
She reveals, "I still get scared about releasing records. My dad is always really cute he puts on the headphones and he shouts 'Honey I love this one, it's really good.'
"Even though I'm standing right next to him. But it always makes me feel better if he likes it. He makes me feel less nervous.
]]>The So What singer says she always gets so nervous before her albums come out - so she ignores record producers' opinions and gets her dad to listen to her efforts to boost her confidence.
She reveals, "I still get scared about releasing records. My dad is always really cute he puts on the headphones and he shouts 'Honey I love this one, it's really good.'
"Even though I'm standing right next to him. But it always makes me feel better if he likes it. He makes me feel less nervous.
"He doesn't preach to me how I could make it better. He just likes it."
]]>The British actor says he is proud of the innovative ways he disposes of the bad guys in his Transporter movies and believes they have helped change film fights forever.
He says, "The days of the old punch to the jaw to knock the baddie out are gone.
"We take great pride in choreographing interesting and exciting ways to put the bad guy on the floor. It could be wrapping something around him or a drill in the knee.
]]>The British actor says he is proud of the innovative ways he disposes of the bad guys in his Transporter movies and believes they have helped change film fights forever.
He says, "The days of the old punch to the jaw to knock the baddie out are gone.
"We take great pride in choreographing interesting and exciting ways to put the bad guy on the floor. It could be wrapping something around him or a drill in the knee.
"Basically it's about making use of the environment the characters are in and trying to do something different each time."
]]>The Bleeding Love hitmaker - who shot to fame after winning Britain's The X Factor in 2006 - is keen to become an actress like the former Destiny's Child star.
She says, "Beyonce is great, so lovely and down to earth and talented.
"She's definitely inspiring. I might go into acting like her if the right thing comes along, like a small movie part."
]]>The Bleeding Love hitmaker - who shot to fame after winning Britain's The X Factor in 2006 - is keen to become an actress like the former Destiny's Child star.
She says, "Beyonce is great, so lovely and down to earth and talented.
"She's definitely inspiring. I might go into acting like her if the right thing comes along, like a small movie part."
]]>According to British newspaper The Sun, Winehouse was rushed to a London clinic after collapsing with a "seizure" while drinking with pals.
Doctors performed a battery of tests – and were yesterday continuing to monitor her.
A source says, "Amy is on a drug replacement program and has had bad reactions to her medication before. Doctors want to sort out why this happening."
]]>According to British newspaper The Sun, Winehouse was rushed to a London clinic after collapsing with a "seizure" while drinking with pals.
Doctors performed a battery of tests – and were yesterday continuing to monitor her.
A source says, "Amy is on a drug replacement program and has had bad reactions to her medication before. Doctors want to sort out why this happening."
Amy's hospitalization meant the 25-year-old had to miss her husband Blake Fielder-Civil's court appearance.
While she was being looked after yesterday Fielder-Civil, 26, lost an appeal against his 27-month sentence set in July.
He said, "I'm disappointed but not surprised," outside the Court of Appeal in London.
Blake - who was jailed for GBH and perverting justice - was moved from London's Pentonville prison to a drug rehabilitation center in Surrey on November 5.
]]>The band - famed for the hits Clocks and Violet Hill - are said to be planning their final album together - due for release in 2009 - and will perform a series of farewell gigs.
Chris tells Britain's News of The World, "I'm 31 now—and I don’t think that bands should keep going past 33, so we’re trying to pack in as much as possible. We'll go for it until the end of next year."
]]>The band - famed for the hits Clocks and Violet Hill - are said to be planning their final album together - due for release in 2009 - and will perform a series of farewell gigs.
Chris tells Britain's News of The World, "I'm 31 now—and I don’t think that bands should keep going past 33, so we’re trying to pack in as much as possible. We'll go for it until the end of next year."
A source added, "Chris isn't the sort of guy who wants the comfort of being in a band. He's very proud of what Coldplay have done, but he wants to go out when they're on top.
"He's become bigger than the band so he knows he's going to have a huge career on his own. A solo career is something he's always wanted to do."
]]>The fiery cook has been married to Tana for 12 years and has has described her as "the only woman who can turn me on . . . Tana is my wife, my lover and the person I want in my bed and in my arms every night."
But Gordon has been having a secret affair with blonde Sarah Symonds - which began seven years ago.
According to the News of The World, Gordon met with Sarah 4 days ago for over an hour at a posh London hotel.
]]>The fiery cook has been married to Tana for 12 years and has has described her as "the only woman who can turn me on . . . Tana is my wife, my lover and the person I want in my bed and in my arms every night."
But Gordon has been having a secret affair with blonde Sarah Symonds - which began seven years ago.
According to the News of The World, Gordon met with Sarah 4 days ago for over an hour at a posh London hotel.
He and Symonds first met in 2001 at London’s Chinawhite nightclub, just a few months after she had revealed her affair with top Tory and author Jeffrey Archer.
A source says, "He'd taken Tana and their kids to visit their friends David and Victoria Beckham.
"But during that trip he contacted Sarah and promised he'd get back in touch properly when he was back in LA on his own without his family.
"He was true to his word, and called Sarah again about three months later when he was in LA filming Hell's Kitchen on his own, and they rekindled their affair.
"Gordon twice brought Sarah to the Hell’s Kitchen set in LA where she was one of the audience.
"For the last year, Gordon has been trying to help Sarah get her book published in the UK, even offering to introduce her to his own publishers and publicist."
]]>The pair - who announced in October they would be splitting after almost 8 years of marriage - will officially end their tenure as husband and wife in a London court today.
]]>The pair - who announced in October they would be splitting after almost 8 years of marriage - will officially end their tenure as husband and wife in a London court today.
A source tells Britain's The Evening Standard, "It will be all over by the end of the month. I am sure it will be announced by then. The priority for him has always been the children. Ritchie has not wanted her money. He has done exactly what Billie Piper did when she divorced Chris Evans. She walked away without any of his money, much to her credit. Guy Ritchie has done the same."
A second source said: "Ritchie could have taken her to the cleaners. He is a very honorable man to have walked away."
Guy will receive none of his estranged wife $700 million fortune. Although Ritchie, himself believed to be worth $60 million, was entitled under English divorce law to as much as half her wealth.
The film director blurted out "Thank God" to a friend when told of the quickie hearing in London.
He said, "It dragged on much too long. It was never ever about money – never about her bloody art collection. I just wanted to settle it and move on.
"I didn't raise any objections at any stage until she insisted the children lived permanently in New York."
Guy, 40 - who will keep the couple's $20million country estate - celebrated last night with a quiet pint on the set of his new film Sherlock Holmes.
A source said, "He didn't make a big song and dance about it but he raised his glass to the fact that it is all finally settled.
"He has never been interested in Madonna's cash. In fact, he turned down a multi-million dollar offer from her because he just wanted to get it sorted swiftly. The only sticking point was the children."
Under the agreement, Guy will have access to the couple's three children – Lourdes, 12, Rocco, seven, and two-year-old David, who was adopted from Africa.
Lourdes will live with Madonna in New York, while Rocco and David will divide their time equally between the US and London.
A source said, "Madonna wanted the whole family to live with her permanently in New York – but Guy wasn't having any of that.
"This whole thing could have been sorted much more quickly if Madonna hadn't been so stubborn. In the end, she backed down as she realized it just wasn't on and she was being unrealistic."
Also Under the terms of the settlement: the couple's four family houses in Marylebone, London, will be sold and the money split equally.
The properties are a $14million family townhouse, the $12million house next door and two mews cottages worth $4million each.
Madonna, 50, gets an $16million house in Beverly Hills and two New York apartments.
]]>The actor, 32, was forced to wear a variety of madcap costumes for his role as a convict-turned-childminder in new movie Role Models, only to discover some of his ridiculous guises will never be seen.
He explains, "At one point I was dressed in a Minotaur costume. It was horrible.
]]>The actor, 32, was forced to wear a variety of madcap costumes for his role as a convict-turned-childminder in new movie Role Models, only to discover some of his ridiculous guises will never be seen.
He explains, "At one point I was dressed in a Minotaur costume. It was horrible.
"I was like 'Guys, is this funny, because it sucks?'. They're like 'oh, it's funny. It's funny.' Then we had a scene where I wear a chipmunk outfit and it's not even in the movie.
"So, I'm naked, Chipmunk Charlie, Minotaur and a guy from KISS. I'm just a glorified clown in this movie."
]]>The socialite and the Good Charlotte rocker had been dating for nine months.
The pair ended ended their relationship on November 17, according to Star magazine.
A source tells the publication, "Paris was fed up with Benji always telling her what to do and bossing her around.
"She couldn't take his overbearing ways anymore. It was stressing her out. He can be very aggressive and he was just too much trouble.
]]>The socialite and the Good Charlotte rocker had been dating for nine months.
The pair ended ended their relationship on November 17, according to Star magazine.
A source tells the publication, "Paris was fed up with Benji always telling her what to do and bossing her around.
"She couldn't take his overbearing ways anymore. It was stressing her out. He can be very aggressive and he was just too much trouble.
"She felt she couldn't cut loose and party. He doesn't drink and doesn't think she should either. She felt too fenced in."
Confirming the split Hilton's rep, Alanna McCarthy, said Wednesday that the two "remain very good friends," although she wouldn't elaborate further.
]]>The British comedian, 33, says he is excited about the prospect of starring alongside Johnny Depp in the hit movie franchise - and has been practicing for the role "every day".
He says, "That would be really exciting if that does happen. I hope it does. There has been some talk about it but I think it's in its very early days.
"But I'm practicing by dressing as a pirate every day - just in case."
]]>The British comedian, 33, says he is excited about the prospect of starring alongside Johnny Depp in the hit movie franchise - and has been practicing for the role "every day".
He says, "That would be really exciting if that does happen. I hope it does. There has been some talk about it but I think it's in its very early days.
"But I'm practicing by dressing as a pirate every day - just in case."
]]>Producers are said to be working on a follow-up to 2008's Sex and The City: The Movie - and one of the girls could be getting killed off.
A source says, "There is no doubt that a sequel will happen but the producers are very aware that something dramatic has to happen in order to keep the fans captivated.
]]>Producers are said to be working on a follow-up to 2008's Sex and The City: The Movie - and one of the girls could be getting killed off.
A source says, "There is no doubt that a sequel will happen but the producers are very aware that something dramatic has to happen in order to keep the fans captivated.
"There is a very strong possibility that one of the main characters will be killed off but it's not clear who yet. Obviously it's unlikely to be Carrie but any of the others could meet their end. Scripts are already being worked on with various scenarios."
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