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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 in a 79-year-old Catholic priest, Father Pat Connor, who's been giving a "Whom Not to Marry" seminar for 40 years. Avoid swapping rings with: More»

Sean and Robin Wright Penn call off divorce petition, hit rock concert

(NEWSER) - Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn have apparently decided their differences are reconcilable after all, E! Online reports. The on-again, off-again celebrity couple have canceled a divorce petition filed last December and were spotted together at an Eddie Vedder concert earlier this week. Sean got on stage with his buddy and dedicated a song to his wife of 11 years. 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»

He found letters she wrote to her 1940s lover

(NEWSER) - If you think divorce is a tragic way to end an 18-day marriage , how about divorce as an end to a 77-year marriage? An Italian couple—he 99, she 96—are calling it quits after the husband discovered that his wife had an affair ... in the 1940s. The Telegraph reports that just before Christmas, "Antonio C" stumbled upon letters in a drawer that "Rosa C" wrote to her lover. She admitted to the affair, but her pleas that he reconsider apparently fell on deaf ears. The two, who have five kids, a dozen grandchildren, and one great-grandchild, are set to become the world's oldest divorcees. (In other divorce news, click to find out which celeb just lost half his fortune in his divorce .) 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.