McCartney Blasts Ex ... in Song

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 for McCartney that Heather Mills emptied a water jug over her head in court. More»

Preliminary divorce for McCartney-Mills becomes final in six weeks

(NEWSER) - Paul McCartney is 6 weeks from being officially single again, the AP reports. The same judge who awarded Heather Mills $47.5 million and called her a "less than impressive witness" today granted a preliminary divorce for McCartney, 65, and Mills, 40, that will become final in 6 weeks and a day—if no one objects. More»

She goes on the offensive against McCartney and his romances

(NEWSER) - Heather Mills went back on the attack today, turning a televised sitdown on a European morning news program into a bitter rant about her "David versus Goliath" divorce from Paul McCartney and the former Beatle's current romances, the Sun reports. She also copped to dousing his attorney with water in court to "cleanse and baptize" her. More»

Mills-McCartney low on list

(NEWSER) - The $46.8 million settlement Paul McCartney has to shell out to divorce Heather Mills only ranks seventh on the Mirror's list of celebrity divorces:

1. Michael and Juanita Jordan, 2007, $168 million: She filed for divorce once before, in 2002.
2. Neil Diamond and Marcia Murphey, 1994, $150 million: He amicably said she was "worth every penny."
3. Steven Spielberg and Amy Irving, 1989, $100 million: She walked away with half his fortune; he walked with an Indiana Jones star.

Now at Christie's; may fetch $11K

(NEWSER) - Looks like the stars were aligned for Ringo. A 1960 letter written by Paul McCartney sought a drummer for the Beatles two years before Starr joined the Fab Four. The note was discovered folded into a book at a Liverpool yard sale, the AP reports. It was a response to an ad placed by a drummer looking for a band. In the missive, McCartney offered the drummer—whose identity remains unknown—an audition. More»