Archive for July, 2009

Another day..another divorce. Amy Winehouse and her hubby Blake Fielder-Civil were yesterday granted a quickie divorce.

Amy Winehouse has been on the island of St Lucia in the Caribbean for about 8 months, but was spotted teary eyed back in the UK yesterday as she flew in and arrived with divorce on her mind. The divorce is essentially blamed on “adultery” and when Winehouse was asked in a divorce document whether or not she admitted adultery, she simple answered “Yes”. She supposedly admitted adultery back in April 2008, and since then the couple have not lived together. Winehouse is believed to have penciled a song entitled ‘Ultimate Betrayal’ – how apt!

They married in Miami in Florida back in 2007 but Fielder-Civil was jailed following alleged assault on a landlord which obviously didn’t help matters. The figure of £2m has been mentioned – at least she won’t be spending it on illegal substances then!!!

Mike

Post a Comment

Peaches Geldof has divorced her husband Max Drummy, after their whirlwind romance lasted all of 6 months. Reports claim that Peaches feels the divorce has helped her get closer to her dad, Bob Geldof,

The marriage itself was a publicity stunt for the couple who wanted to raise their profiles in the public eye, but after 6 months they decided to call it a day. Estranged hubby Max confirmed it was simply a PR exercise.

The couple released a joint statement about the split, quoting:

“After much soul-searching we have made the mutual decision to end our marriage and have agreed to go our separate ways.

“Our parting is amicable and both of us still respect and care about each other immensely. There were no other people involved in this decision and we both look forward to a future as good friends.”

Peaches said soon after the wedding that she didn’t expect it to last forever. The couple a reported to have only been dating for about a month before they got hitched.

Mike

Post a Comment

Sorry Katie and Peter…you’re not such big names in the world of divorce actually. In today’s world of celebrity divorce settlements, some of the battles over the years have been quite staggering.

Even Paul McCartney’s divorce of Heather Mills is dwarfed in comparison to some of the names that top a list quoted in the Telegraph’s online newspaper back in 2008. This big divorce and think Jordan (not Katie Price but Michael Jordan), Steven Spielberg, Michael Douglas, Mick Jagger, and Donald Trump, whose wife Ivana managed to wrestle a cool $25m dollars back in the early 1990s.

The list provided by the Telegraph (March 17th, 2008) lists the following cases. The source of the information is from Forbes Magazine:

£75.5 million – Michael Jordan versus Juanita Jordan

£75.5 million – Neil Diamond versus Marcia Murphy

£50 million – Steven Spielberg versus Amy Irving

£41 million – Kevin Costner versus Sindy Silva

£30 million – Kenny Rogers versus wife Marriane

£25 million – James Cameron versus Linda Hamilton

£24.3 million – Sir Paul McCartney versus Lady McCartney

£23 million – Michael Douglas versus first wife Diandra

£15 million – Ted Danson versus Casey Coates

£7.5 to £12.5 million – Mick Jagger versus Jerry Hall

Mel Gibson is set to become one of the big names supposedly about to top the list. If you can think of any other divorces that aren’t included in this blog post please let me know!!!

Mike

Post a Comment

Roger Federer yesterday became the ‘best player of all time’ in an epic 5 set encounter with American Andy Roddick in the Wimbledon final. It was the ultimate accolade for a man already level with ‘Pistol’ Pete Sampras, a true great of the modern game whose record in the 90s and earlier 21st century was the best in the game.

Federer has now beaten Roddick in 3 Wimbledon finals but this by far should be the icing on the cake. Federer has also won praise for his greatness as a person, a man, a husband and soon to be father. This blog concentrates on divorce but Federer has a wife who is 100% behind his commitment to the sport of tennis. Federer was worried that his wife Miroslava ‘Mirka’ would go into labour during the final and was arm-in-arm with her at last nights Wimbledon Winners Party. BBC coverage yesterday afternoon suggested that Federer’s pre-match tennis warm up partner kept a mobile phone in his sock in case of any emergency calls about ‘Mirka’ going into labour.

Despite the 15 majors he now has to his name, and being one of only 6 players to win all 4 grand slams, Federer plans to continue playing for years to come with the support of his wife, and plans to be on the circuit long enough to play in front of his new born as he picks up even more acclaim and further honours in the future.

No Divorce here then!!!

Mike

Post a Comment

Katie Price (aka Jordan) has hired Paul McCartney’s divorce lawyer for her divorce from Peter Andre. Fiona Shackleton acted as the main legal representative during Macca’s split from Heather Mills. Reports suggest that Peter Andre has also hired a divorce lawyer and is ready to cite ‘unreasonable behaviour’ as the main reason behind the split.

A source in the story claimed:

“It’s sad, but she’s (Price) given up the fight”

Recent stories of Price living up to this reputation have hit the headlines and websites have posted numrous pictures of Katie Price enjoying the single life again and showing little sign of sadness at the split, whereas Andre has lived a more sombre last month prefering to keep himself to himself with a private trip to see his family.

Price has since admitted feeling “shit and ugly”. Maybe the stress of her pending divorce is getting to her. Pictures post split show she’s partying to try and get over the split which will further infuriate Peter.

Mike

Post a Comment