Posted on 27 Dec 08
… that is, just for the holidays. After Madonna and ex-husband Guy Ritchie announced their divorce and was granted a legal divorce on November 21, this is the first time their family has spent the weekends together.
At the Kabbalah Center in London this morning, the ‘Sherlock Holmes’ director Guy Ritchie and the pop star Madonna were spotted together with their three kids, Lourdes, Rocco and David Banda. Some sources say that Guy have stayed over at Madonna’s place the night before to spend some quality time with the kids. This is because Madge and Guy Ritchie haven’t finalized their custody arrangements for their children.
Check out the pictures of Madonna and Guy Ritchie out for Kabbalah in London below…
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Posted on 22 Dec 08
Guy Ritchie, who has just had a public divorce with Madonna, has been reportedly out and about enjoying his freedom with someone new – the millionaire Jemima Khan. According to reports, the two attended a London dinner party earlier this month at the home of PR Matthew Freud and again this weekend at Freud’s home for a Christmas party.
The 33-year-old Khan is a socialite daughter of Lady Annabel Goldsmith and the late financier Sir James Goldsmith. She married Pakistani cricket player Imran Khan in 1995 and had two sons. After the couple divorced in 2004, Khan was romantically involved with actor Hugh Grant.
However, a close to the director says the news that Ritchie is indeed having a relationship with Khan is not true. The insider says, “It’s not romantic, they are both with the same PR company and the two times they have been together recently were at work events. They have always gotten along well and have known each other for years. Could they date in the future? I don’t know. In the past they have only seen each other when they have been in relationships, so the thought of being romantic or dating has never had the opportunity to arise. Perhaps it will now, but there has been nothing yet.”
Check out Guy Ritchie on the set of his newest film, Sherlock Holmes…
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Posted on 18 Dec 08
Madonna and Guy Ritchie both broke their silence about their divorce after almost all media outlets reported the financial details of their settlement. The settlement amount, which was reported as $76 to $92 million, apparently was overexaggerated even though it came from Madonna’s rep Liz Rosenberg when she told the Associated Press.
A joint statement was released Wednesday that says, “A misleading and inaccurate statement, specifically in relation to the sums of money involved, was wrongly issued to AP this week. The financial details of the settlement will remain private, save to say that both of us are happy with our agreement.”
Why Madonna’s side suddenly retracted their statements? No one can possible know.
Check out Madonna in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil last week preparing for her tour.
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Posted on 15 Dec 08
Madonna is paying her ex-husband Guy Ritchie between $76 and $92 million, according to the 50-year-old singer’s spokeswoman Liz Rosenberg.
Rosenberg tells Associated Press that the figure includes the value of their home in Western England and the couple’s London pub, “The Punchbowl”. “I’d assume it’s one of the largest payouts ever in a divorce settlement,” Rosenberg adds to the AP.
Although the financial details have been settled, the custodial arrangements for their children has yet to be completed.
Madonna filed for divorce citing “unreasonable behavior” and was granted a quick divorce on November 21 at the High Court of London. This financial deal will probably outrank the highly-publicized $60 million that Sir Paul McCartney paid his ex-wife Heather Mills. The Madonna-Ritchie divorce will rank fourth on the list of highest divorce payouts, just after Neil Diamond and Michael Jordan’s $150 million payout and Steven Spielberg’s $100 million divorce settlement.
…and I thought Guy Ritchie didn’t want a cent from Madonna. Lucky guy.
Meanwhile, Madonna doesn’t seem to be minding that her purse will be a little lighter as she took her kids – Lourdes, 12, Rocco, eight, and David, three, for a ride around Buenos Aires’ famous Tigre Delta rivers in Argentina. Check out the photos below…
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Posted on 01 Dec 08
You’d think it was planned, but Madonna and A-Rod came to Mexico last weekend separately and with different reasons: the 50-year-old singer was in town to perform as part of her “Sticky & Sweet” tour, while 33-year-old Alex Rodriguez was invited to inaugurate the sports center by Mexico’s richest man, Carlos Slim. A-rod then taught a bunch of kids for two hours on the new sports complex.
Although the two were exactly in the same country during the weekend, no confirmation has been made from both A-rod and Madonna’s side that the two met up. For the last weeks, Madonna and A-rod has made headlines as the Yankee star has been seen at Madonna’s Miami Concert and reportedly spent Thanksgiving after A-Rod has fulfilled his family obligations – all of which happened just a few days after the finalization of Madonna and Guy Ritchie’s divorce. A-Rod and his wife divorced in September, months after he made tabloid headlines for a rumored, but denied, affair with Madonna.
The Yankee third baseman had only a few words to say when asked what he thought about being in the same city at the same time as his rumored girl, saying “it was very good”. A-Rod, however, had more to say about teaching kids how to bat, saying in Spanish, “It’s a pleasure to talk about baseball, to talk about the importance of keeping children off the streets, out of drugs and out of all the bad things that there are in this life.”
Enjoy pictures of A-Rod teaching the locals of Mexico how to bat, while Madonna giving out some steam at her concert…
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