It's Just Like High School

(Newser) - Maybe Gwyneth Paltrow was just trying to help, but the star has received a tongue-lashing from pal Madonna for publicly discussing Madge’s split with Guy Ritchie, the National Enquirer reports. “If you want to help me and be supportive of me, then keep your mouth SHUT!” the Material Girl told a stunned Gwyneth. Paltrow had told reporters she was “helping Madonna through her divorce.” More »

(Newser) - Madonna may have found a new way to stick it to soon-to-be ex Guy Ritchie, the UK  Sun reports. The Material Girl plans to become a major-film director—just like Ritchie. Her brother says she will move to New York from London with the kids to pursue her new goal. Madonna directed one low-budget film this year, Filth and Wisdom , and liked it so much she wants to try her hand on a grander scale. More »

(Newser) - Though Madonna denies romance with Alex Rodriguez, she recently introduced the slugger to pals at a dinner party, reports the Daily Mirror . The intimate gathering in New York annoyed Guy Ritchie, since it included some of their mutual friends. The party “showed a great deal of disrespect to him so soon after the announcement of their break-up,” a source said. More »

(Newser) - Guy Ritchie has been happily reunited with his sons David and Rocco but they've been accompanied by a dozen demands from Madonna, the Daily Mail reports. The singer issued a strict set of rules for the boys' visit, ordering Ritchie not to speak to them about the split, not to introduce them to any female friends, to feed them a macrobiotic diet—and to make sure any water they drink is blessed by Kabbalah leaders. More »

(Newser) - Madonna has invited Alex Rodriguez to join her on her next trip to Malawi, where she's building a "kabbalah-enlightened" school, reports the Daily News . The Yankee slugger attended the aging superstar's concert in LA last week and is also considering tagging along when her tour heads to Brazil, Chile, and Argentina next month.  More »

(Newser) - Sounds like Alex Rodriguez is caught between a rock star and a familiar place. The Yankees’ third baseman still loves ex-wife Cynthia, reports the New York Post’s Page Six, but he’s “in awe of Madonna,” says a baseball insider. He’s reportedly asking Cynthia, his “true love and best friend,” to wait out his “obsession.” She'll have to do so alone, though: Madge doesn’t want the Rodriguezes spending any time together. More »