Peather Breakup

(Newser) - Paul McCartney takes a stab at ex-wife Heather Mills in a song off his upcoming album, Electric Arguments. “The last thing you do was to try and betray me … I’ll never forget it …” one tune goes, according to the tabloid Sun . “Oh woman betrayed you / I couldn’t resist you / When I made you.” The telling last line: “And you have money / And no manners.” More »

(Newser) - Heather Mills certainly has plenty of money after her divorce with Paul McCartney, and she’s spending $1 million of it to buy soy hamburgers, hot dogs, and other vegan meat replacements for one of the Bronx’s poorest neighborhoods, the AP reports. Mills is a vegan animal rights campaigner and says she wants to make sure the poor “have as many nutritional advantages as anyone else.” More »

(Newser) - A gag order can't stop enterprising Heather Mills: She’s working on a "novel” about a model whose marriage to the world's most famous rock star sours, the Daily Mail reports. Paul McCartney’s ex-wife is asking for a nearly $2 million advance. "It doesn't take a genius to realize what is really behind this book," a source says. More »

(Newser) - Heather Mills’ publicist quit this week over an alleged tell-all book, the New York Post reports. Michele Elyzabeth, who once posted videos online defending Mills, grew exasperated when Mills accused her of writing an insider's account. “I told her I was sick of her outbursts,” says Elyzabeth, “I said, ‘You have a couple of dollars now and think you are somebody?’” More »

(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 »

(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 »

(Newser) - Heather Mills gave Paul McCartney an ultimatum in the early stages of their relationship—marry me or it's over—says a former friend in a British TV show airing tonight. Heather's buddy also talks about their time together as high-priced prostitutes, reports the Daily Mail . "Heather knows how to play people, she's very clever," she says. "They're besotted, like enchanted, you know—like she throws fairy dust all over them." More »

(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 »

(Newser) - Heather Mills was an “inconsistent and inaccurate” witness in her divorce hearings with Paul McCartney, the case judge said today. He described the ex-Beatle’s ex as “less than candid” and “less than impressive,” but tempered his critique by noting that Mills is a “kindly individual” who showed “steely, yet courteous determination”  in representing herself in court, the Daily Telegraph reports. More »

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

(Newser) - A UK court today ordered Paul McCartney to pay Heather Mills $48.7 million to settle their protracted divorce case, in which the former model represented herself after firing her lawyers. "It was an incredible result to secure mine and my daughter's future and that of all the charities that I obviously plan on helping," Mills said on the courthouse steps, adding that “Paul was offering a lot less,” the Daily Mail reports. More »

(Newser) - Paul McCartney and Heather Mills again failed to strike a divorce agreement today, and the judge hearing their case will announce a decision in a few weeks, opening up the possibility that the action will be heard in open court. If either side contests the judge's ruling, the case will move to the Court of Appeal, which Sir Paul wants to avoid but his ex says she is ready for. More »

(Newser) - Maybe all you need is love, but when that fails, $108 million isn’t bad either. That’s how much Heather Mills will get from her ex-Beatle ex-hubby Paul McCartney in a divorce settlement both have agreed to, the Daily Mail reports. But Mills will have to sign a confidentiality agreement, vowing not to speak publicly or write about the bitter breakup. No other Brit papers have confirmed the deal. More »

(Newser) - Divorce proceedings between Paul McCartney and Heather Mills will continue into next week, the BBC reports, amid media speculation that a confidentiality pact is holding up what is likely to be a record financial settlement. The private hearing in a London court was scheduled to end today but will extend at least through Monday. More »

(Newser) - Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills returned to court today for the latest round of proceedings in what may be the most expensive divorce settlement in British history. Mills has dismissed her lawyers and will represent herself, leaving open the possibility that she'll be permitted to cross-examine her ex about his assets, the London Times reports. More »

(Newser) - When paparazzi caught Paul McCartney smooching millionaire heiress Nancy Shevell last weekend in the Hamptons, Heather Mills told the press her soon-to-be-ex-husband could do whatever he wanted. But in a private call, she let the former Beatle have it, a friend told the Mirror. "Heather demanded to know what the hell he was up to," the pal said.