Madonna and Guy: It's Over

Sources predict an amicable separation

(NEWSER) - Madonna has asked Guy Ritche, her husband of 7 years, for a divorce, the Mirror reports. After a troubled year for their marriage and consultation with divorce lawyers, Madge decided to make it final, friends of the couple said last night. “It was quite painless but very sad. He's off to the country to get a bit of peace and quiet." More»

From Brad and Jen to Madonna and Guy, these made headlines

(NEWSER) - For better or for worse, this decade will always be remembered as the one in which that homewrecker Angelina Jolie broke up Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston’s marriage. The Daily Beast comments on that, and nine other high-profile divorces of the '00s. More»

Ritchie's father happy with divorce

(NEWSER) - There’s at least one person truly happy about the Madonna-Guy Ritchie divorce: Guy’s dad. John Ritchie told In Touch magazine he’s glad Madonna has “lots of boyfriends” to keep her from pulling her ex-hubby back into her clutches, Perez Hilton reports. The protective parent added, “The worst thing would be if they reconciled.” More»

(NEWSER) - Guy Ritchie should have known what he was getting into when he married Madonna, writes Liz Smith in the New York Post. “She was the most famous woman in the world. Did he think that would change?” But Ritchie doesn’t need our pity. As for reports that he gets none of her fortune, "please!” The director will snag about $70 million, says Smith. "Once you taste the really high life, you hold on if you can." More»

Mag reports late-night visits; Material Girl's rep says nothing doing

(NEWSER) - With her marriage to Guy Ritchie reportedly on the rocks, Madonna is entertaining nighttime visits from hunky Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez, US Weekly reports. A-Rod has dropped by the singer’s New York apartment several times and left “as late as midnight,” a source said, but the Material Girl's rep yesterday strongly denied either a pending divorce or any dalliances. More»