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12:25 PM ET, October 15, 2008

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New York Post:
SPLITSVILLE AT LAST FOR MADONNA  —  ‘KABBALAH’ BID TO SAVE MARRIAGE FAILS  —  Madonna and Guy Ritchie are finally, officially, pulling the plug on their troubled eight-year marriage, The Post has learned.  —  The sparring stars are expected to announce they are divorcing today, a source said.
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Daily Mail:
Haunted Madonna ‘prepares for £150m divorce from Guy’ … Madonna looked tired and stressed as she arrived back at her New York apartment last night - as friends claimed she and Guy Ritchie are to divorce.  —  After months of speculation, the couple are expected to end …
TMZ.com:
Madge and Guy — Officially Splitsville  —  Madonna and Guy Ritchie are divorcing, their rep has confirmed.  —  The joint statement from Madge and Guy's reps emphasizes the couple haven't agreed to any kind of settlement.  We're told by sources in London and NYC the matter will most likely …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy, Dlisted, Scandalist and Jezebel
Access Hollywood:
Madonna's Rep: Divorce From Guy Ritchie Confirmed  —  Madonna,Celebrities,Divorces,News, Music  —  Madonna and Guy Ritchie are divorcing, a rep for the singer confirmed to Access Hollywood.  —  The couple will divorce after almost eight years of marriage.
Peter G / Us Weekly:
Reports: Madonna and Guy Ritchie to Announce Divorce Imminently  —  Madonna and Guy Ritchie are about to announce they're divorcing, British newspapers report.  —  Citing unnamed sources, The Sun reports the couple want a divorce finalized by Christmas.  —  Madonna, 50, and Ritchie, 40 …
Discussion: Washington Post and Lifeline Live
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
It's Official: Madonna and Guy Ritchie Divorcing
BBC:
Madonna and Ritchie confirm split
Discussion: Pink is the New Blog
Hellomagazine.com:
Madonna and Guy about to announce ‘split’ reports UK paper
Discussion: Associated Press
Associated Press:
Reports: Madonna and Ritchie to announce divorce
Discussion: Digital Spy
CNN:
Madonna-Ritchie divorce confirmed
Discussion: Gabby Babble
Caris Davis / People.com:
Janet Jackson's Mystery Illness Revealed - Migraines!  —  Janet Jackson onstage in Vancouver Sept. 10  —  After much speculation, the cause of Janet Jackson's mystery illness - which caused her to cancel a string of tour dates - has been revealed.  —  The 42-year-old was suffering …
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Natalie Finn / E! Online:
Janet Jackson Ready to Rock After Battling Vertigo  —  Janet Jackson is ready to get this show on the road.  For real.  Supposedly.  —  According to her manager, the veteran pop star will be returning to her Rock Witchu tour Wednesday night at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. …
Liz / Perez Hilton:
Janet's Mystery Illness Revealed! Resumes Tour Tonight
Discussion: Wizbang Pop!
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Janet Jackson's Mystery Illness Diagnosed
Discussion: dailystab.com
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Lauren Conrad on Heidi Montag Reunion: “Yes, It's True!”  —  Lauren Conrad and Heidi Montag are friends again!  —  The Hills stars made up at STK in Los Angeles Tuesday evening.  —  Conrad was in the restaurant celebrating her runway show at Los Angeles fashion week with family and close friends.
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Ulrica Wihlborg / People.com:
Brad Paisley & Kimberly Williams-Paisley Expecting - Again!  —  Country star Brad Paisley and According to Jim actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley are expecting their second child, the couple confirms to PEOPLE exclusively.  —  “We're having so much fun with our little boy Huck …
Courtney Rubin / People.com:
Christina Aguilera: 'We'll Definitely Have More Kids'  —  Her first child, son Max, is just 9 months old, but Christina Aguilera is already thinking about baby No. 2.  —  “Absolutely, we'll definitely have more kids,” she told PEOPLE at the Africa Rising concert in London Tuesday.  How many?
Telegraph:
Gay men prefer Prince Harry to William, poll shows  —  Gay men would rather date Prince Harry than his brother William, according to a poll.  —  More than a third those questioned expressed a desire for a romance with Harry while William received 23 per cent of the vote.
Discussion: Queerty and Jezebel
People.com:
Britney Spears to Tour in 2009  —  Baby, one more time!  —  Britney Spears will hit the road for a string of tour dates next spring, the trade journal Billboard reports.  —  The 2009 shows will be her major tour since 2004 - and her subsequent downward spiral.
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Heatworld.com:
Divorce update: we've just spoken to Madge's publicist  —  Breaking news alert!  Following on from the news that Madge and Guy will be announcing their plans to divorce imminently, heatworld has just spoken to Madge's publicist.  And oh dear - it's not looking good.
Discussion: X17 Online and Perez Hilton
Metro.co.uk:
Michelle nervous about motherhood  —  Pregnant star Michelle Monaghan has confessed she's nervous about being a mum for the first time.  —  “Of course I'm nervous at the prospect of all of it, but excited too,” says the star of upcoming Shia LaBeouf movie Eagle Eye.
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Blog
Starpulse:
Nick Cannon Struggled As Another Man Made Love To Mariah Carey In Video  —  Rapper/actor Nick Cannon struggled to direct his wife Mariah Carey's new video because she had to roll around in bed with another man.  —  Cannon admits he had no idea how hard it would be to watch his partner pretend …
Discussion: Webster's Is My Bitch
 
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