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December 2008
- Madonna Will Pay Ex $76M
  
  Associated Press | Dec 15, 08 2:16 PM CST
  
  (AP) - Madonna has settled her divorce with Guy Ritchie for at least $76 million, the singer's rep said today. "I'd assume it's one of the largest payouts ever in a divorce settlement," Liz Rosenberg told the AP. The settlement could total as much as $92 million, including the value of the couple's home in western England. Ritchie will also hang on to a pub the couple owns in London. She added while the financial component of the settlement had been worked out, custodial arrangements for the couple's children have yet to be finalized. More »
- Madonna, Guy to Spend Christmas Together
  
  Daily Mail (UK) | Dec 14, 08 2:17 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Feuding exes Madonna and Guy Ritchie have called a truce for Christmas, the Mail reports. The divorcing couple, still locked in a custody battle over their two sons, will spend the holiday together at Ritchie’s British estate. Rocco, 8, and David 3, have been with their mom while she’s on tour in South America. More »
- Pop Culture Casualties of 2008
  
  Los Angeles Times | Dec 9, 08 7:28 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - A Led Zeppelin world tour? Sorry, that was a whole lotta hype. Madonna and Guy Ritchie's love story? Ditto. As the curtain comes down on 2008, the Los Angeles Times bids farewell to this year’s departed cultural phenomena. Joaquin Phoenix’s movie career: He walked the line as Johnny Cash; now he’s walking away from Hollywood to pursue music. More »
- Madonna Wants $7.5M From UK Paper Over Wedding Pics
  
  Guardian (UK) | Dec 8, 08 3:15 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Madonna wants $7.5 million in damages from a British newspaper that admitted to violating copyright and privacy laws in publishing photos from her wedding to Guy Ritchie, the Guardian reports today. Her lawyer says the photos were stolen, and the damages reflect their worth. “Their true commercial value today is indicated by the very modest sum we … paid for them,” a spokesman said of the Mail on Sunday ’s $7,500 outlay. More »
- A-Rod: 'We're Friends—That's It'
  
  People | Dec 5, 08 9:45 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Alex Rodriguez says he isn't dating Madonna and insists, apparently with a straight face, “We’re friends—that’s it,” People reports. The Yankee third baseman digs the pop icon's philanthropy and, when pressed, said he has attended only two of Madonna’s concerts and “I have never been on a plane with her.” More »
- Madge, A-Rod Want Love Shack
  
  New York Post | Dec 2, 08 11:37 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Madonna and Alex Rodriguez are looking to shack up together in a high-end Manhattan mansion, the New York Post reports. A real estate source revealed the pop star and her slugger beau are scouting the Upper East Side for “private, double-width mansions in the vicinity of $30 million to $60 million,” while another source referenced the Hamptons as a possible love-nest location. More »
- Madge, A-Rod Coincidentally Hit Mexico at Same Time
  
  Associated Press | Dec 1, 08 7:00 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - After their much-discussed Thanksgiving was over, Madonna and Alex Rodriguez both ended up in Mexico City yesterday, the AP reports. While Madonna performed in two sold-out concerts, A-Rod ran a baseball clinic for impoverished children. It was not clear if they met, but when asked about being there at the same time as the singer, the slugger simply said it was “very good.” More »
November 2008
- Madge and A-Rod Jet to Miami
  
  New York Post | Nov 26, 08 7:34 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Madonna and beau Alex Rodriguez jetted off to Miami together in a private plane, the New York Post reports. The pair arrived early yesterday morning in advance of the singer’s performance tonight—and for A-Rod to spend Thanksgiving with his family, contrary to previous reports. After landing, the lovebirds checked for paparazzi before driving off in the slugger's Mercedes Maybach, to no avail—the paps snapped a few shots. More »
- Don't Feel Bad for $70M-Richer Ritchie
  
  New York Post | Nov 25, 08 7:46 AM CST
  
  (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 »
- Guess Where A-Rod's Spending Thanksgiving?
  
  New York Post | Nov 25, 08 6:03 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Alex Rodriguez will be spending the holiday with family—just not his own, the New York Post reports. The Yankee slugger’s wife told a friend, “My soul-less, soon-to-be ex-husband is abandoning his kids on Thanksgiving to be with Madonna.” Cynthia went on to describe the singer in “not so nice terms.” A-Rod will host dinner at his Manhattan apartment for Madonna, her children, and her manager. More »
- Work Eases Madge's Tough Times
  
  Associated Press | Nov 24, 08 3:10 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Madonna is saddened by her impending divorce, but work motivates her to soldier on, she tells the AP. Though her split with husband Guy Ritchie weighs heavily on her, touring and promoting a new movie “provides a distraction that keeps me going,” the star said. She recently made a documentary, I Am Because We Are , about AIDS orphans in Malawi. More »
- A-Rod a 'Kabbalah School Dropout'
  
  MSNBC | Nov 24, 08 10:08 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The very thing that brought Madonna and beau Alex Rodriguez together, Kabbalah, may be coming between them now, MSNBC reports. A source says the Yankee slugger is backing out of private classes with spiritual leader Eitan Yardeni, and hasn’t even finished the introduction course. Madonna dragged A-Rod into Kabbalah, the source claims, “But he’s bored. He’s basically a Kabbalah school dropout.” More »
- Guy Spurns Cash, Wants Kids
  
  New York Daily News | Nov 20, 08 1:56 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Guy Ritchie will eschew a fight for the Material Girl's material assets, and instead focus on joint custody of their two sons, the New York Daily News reports, citing a settlement in the works. At issue is where the couple’s children, Rocco and David, will live; Madonna would relocate them to New York. Ritchie could have sued for half of her estimated $450 million. More »
- Madonna to Gwyneth: Shut Up!
  
  National Enquirer | Nov 13, 08 1:37 PM CST
  
  (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 »
- Madonna Wants to Direct— Just Like Estranged Hubby
  
  Sun (UK) | Nov 11, 08 8:15 PM CST
  
  (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 »
- Madonna Shows Off A-Rod to Friends at Dinner
  
  Daily Mirror (UK) | Nov 11, 08 2:53 PM CST
  
  (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 »
- Madge Demands 'Kabbalah Water' for Boys During Ritchie Visit
  
  Daily Mail (UK) | Nov 11, 08 10:55 AM CST
  
  (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 »
- Checklist for Malawi Trip: Passport, Ticket, A-Rod
  
  New York Daily News | Nov 10, 08 9:31 AM CST
  
  (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 »
- Madge or Ex? A-Rod Can't Decide
  
  New York Post | Nov 9, 08 8:00 AM CST
  
  (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 »
October 2008
- Seinfeld Helps Madge with Secret A-Rod Reunion
  
  New York Post | Oct 31, 08 10:08 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Less than a week after she split with her husband, Madonna arranged for a clandestine meeting with her Kabbalah "soul mate," Yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez. They each flew from Manhattan to East Hampton in separate helicopters where Jerry Seinfeld and his wife picked them up and squired them to the Seinfelds' waterfront mansion, spies tell the New York Post . The Oct. 21st rendezvous lasted only four hours before the newly single A-Rod and Madge left again the way they came. More »