McDermott Files to End 12-Year Marriage

Seeks joint custody of twins after 2 years of marriage

(NEWSER) - It's not exactly today's most shocking story: A week after his naked hotel antics, Charlie Sheen has filed for divorce from his estranged third wife, Brooke Mueller, citing irreconcilable differences, ABC News reports. The pair married in 2008; Sheen is seeking joint custody of their 1-year-old twin boys. Sheen and Mueller were separated on Christmas Day 2009, the actor noted in documentation, after he pulled a knife on her. Click here for more. More»

CNN host, maybe-ex Shawn spotted at son's baseball game

(NEWSER) - Larry King has already filed for divorce , but he's having second thoughts, his lawyer tells People . "There's a 50-50 chance this divorce is not happening," says Dennis Wasser. " It's not clear to me which way he's going to turn on this issue." The CNN host and Shawn Southwick King attended their son's baseball game together yesterday and were spotted strolling arm-in-arm. More»

Looks like she'll lose her countess title after all

(NEWSER) - Will real housewife of New York City LuAnn de Lesseps remain a countess and a housewife? It seemed so yesterday, when a source told the New York Post her French aristocrat hubby was looking to get back into her good graces after splitting with his Ethiopian princess girlfriend. But not so, says Count Alex de Lesseps: “I am not trying to get back with the countess in any way, as your spies suggested.” More»

Insiders say the two feuded over starting a family

(NEWSER) - Let the speculation begin over what killed Katy Perry and Russell Brand's marriage . Brand insiders tell the Daily Mail that it was all about family: He wanted her to leave work behind to focus on raising kids, but she wasn't ready. "This wasn’t one of those occasions when Russell was mucking about; he wanted to settle down and have a family," says the source. But "I don’t think that’s what Katy wants." More»

Pop singer worried about upsetting religious parents

(NEWSER) - Looks like religion actually did play a role in the Katy Perry-Russell Brand divorce filing yesterday—but more in the timing of it. Details are trickling out on the long-rumored celebrity breakup:

• Perry wanted Brand to file the divorce papers so as not to upset her religious parents, sources tell TMZ . Perry was raised with the belief that divorce is a no-no.