Larry King ready to divorce seventh wife

Brits may not recognise the name Larry King, unless they are avid fans of American chat shows, but the talking point here is just how many wives he has got through.

News today suggests that he is ready to divorce his seventh wife (and in fact has filed for divorce eight times).

In fact, with his seventh wife Shawn Southwick he’s done rather well as (celebrity) marriages go — managing 13 years and having two sons with her.

However, it all sounds pretty acrimonious now, with reports that King is petitioning a judge not to award 50-year-old Southwick spousal support or transfer of property to her.

He’s also seeking joint custody of the kids, while his wife wants sole custody.

The guy is getting on a bit, though, and as Southwick was only 28 years his junior, perhaps he’s looking for a younger model to take him into his octogenarian years.

Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren divorce ‘imminent’

You don’t have to look far in celebrity world to find the next divorce statistic, and you’d probably be assured of a dead cert where Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren are concerned.

Woods may have returned to golf, but the notable absence of his wife must’ve sent the alarm bells into overdrive.

US news show Entertainment Tonight has reported that Nordegren is close to filing for divorce.

“For weeks now there have been rumours that Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren might reconcile and save their marriage,” reported correspondent Kevin Frazier.

“It was believed by going to sex rehab that Tiger had done just enough to keep his family together. But sources have told me that the marriage is indeed over.”

Via

Celebrity Watch: Katie and Peter, Jennifer Aniston/Bradley Cooper

Katie and Peter

Rumours surrounding Katie Price and Peter Andre continue regarding what led the couple to split.

One thing seems certain: the newspapers won’t leave this alone, even suggesting that they have an intimate knowledge of the couple’s sex life.

Jennifer Aniston/Bradley Cooper

Reports suggest that Bradley Cooper is very flattered to have been romantically linked to Jennifer Aniston, even though the rumours are completely untrue.

“My mom loves it, but, unfortunately, it’s not true,” Cooper said.

UK TV Watch: 1st-7th May 2009

Welcome to the Family Relationships Magazine weekly roundup of family/relationships TV highlights for the coming week.

Please be aware that these are generally programmes about families and relationships, and are not necessarily suitable for all-age/family viewing.

Friday 1st May

If spying on celebrity couples is your thing, and you’re not sick of them yet, then Katie & Peter: Stateside (ITV2, 10pm) is for you. This week, Katie meets her new horse which has just come out of quarantine after being flown over to America.

Alternatively, there’s sure to be some cringeworthy material in Celebrity Wife Swap (10.05pm, E4) as eighties pop star Sinitta trades places with Sandra, the wife of actor Bruce Jones.

Saturday 2nd May

Take on the Takeaway (11.30am, BBC1) sees Ken Hom trying to convince a busy couple that it is possible to cook quick and healthy food instead of relying on the local Chinese takeaway.

Family quizzes your thing? Try the new series of All Star Mr & Mrs (6.20pm ITV1) which sees Boyzone’s Keith Duffy and his wife Lisa, Brigitte Nielsen and Mattia, and Peter Shilton and Sue battle it out to see who knows the most about their other half.

Tuesday 5th May

The second part of the fourth series of Born to be Different (9pm, Channel 4) follows six disabled children who have features in the series since birth. This time, we see them aged nine. Each child has their own particular battle to fight; some face major operations, some require constant support and medication; and for one it’s a battle just to stay alive.

More celebrity following in Claire Richards: My Big Fat Wedding (9pm, BBC3). The former Steps singer sets out to shed some pounds from her size 20 frame in time for her wedding, a task which sees her face off with the paparazzi.

Wednesday 6th May

The World’s Strictest Parents (8pm, BBC3) continues as teenagers Lizzie Pol and Stefan Alvarez travel to Ghana to live with a middle-class Christian couple who prioritise chores and ban the pair from romantic relationships.

Thursday 7th May

A new four-part documentary series, Keep it in the Family (9pm, BBC2), follows the family of Gary Don, who has dedicated his career to the family auction house and has persuaded his 28-year-old son Jamie to pick up the mantle.

On Channel 4 at 9pm, Madeleine Was Here looks at how parents Kate and Gerry are dealing with the lack of knowledge about their daughter’s whereabouts, two years on from her disappearance.

Real-life wedding preps, under the camera of course, in Don’t Tell the Bride (8pm, BBC3).

Guy Ritchie hits at out Madonna’s half-naked photo shoot

Ritchie is worried that Madonna’s latest pictures may embarrass their children.

Guy Ritchie is reported to have told Madonna that he thinks her recent intimate photo shoot will embarrass their three kids.

The 50-year-old singer has been shown posing with model Jesus Luz. Ritchie is said to be “shocked”, saying that their kids could get a hard time at school.

According to a source close to the separated couple “Madonna had a total meltdown about it, not only because she’s strict on what kind of media and external influences the children should be exposed to but because she hates Guy commenting on what she does as an artist.”

Interestingly, though, Ritchie is also concerned that the children aren’t better prepared for the real world because of Madonna’s strict rules that don’t allow them to watch TV.

Ritchie doesn’t want Lourdes, Rocco and David to grow up in a “bubble”, according to the source. Letting them watch TV would then allow Ritchie to discuss and help them understand what they see.

What do you think? Is Ritchie right to be upset?

(Via ABS CBN)

Tori Spelling gets behind The Potty Dance

Actress mum Tori Spelling has put her name behind a new campaign to encourage parents and kids to easier, more fun potty training.

This year, some six million parents in the US will begin potty training their toddlers, and while this is exciting it can also be quite intimidating.

To celebrate her almost two-year-old son Liam’s potty training debut, and help families across the country say farewell to diapers, Tori has teamed up with Pull-Ups training pants to groove to the Potty Dance – the new toddler dance craze introduced by the Pull-Ups brand – to help motivate her son to success.

“Liam is growing up so fast, including his growing interest in the potty,” said Spelling. “While as a mom it’s bittersweet to watch my little boy grow up, we want to applaud this big moment with an activity he’s already crazy for – dancing. I’ve partnered with the Pull-Ups brand to kick-off Liam’s potty training with a celebration I know he will love, and an activity I know will keep me positive, the Potty Dance.”

Watch the video and get the moves over at DoThePottyDance.com

Salma Hayek comes to rescue of African mum, breastfeeds her baby

Would any mum do the same in supermodel Salma Hayek’s position?

On a recent tour of Sierra Leone, Salma Hayek came to the aid of an African mother who was unable to provide breast milk for her own baby.

As Salma has only recently weaned her own baby Valentina, she still had a lot of milk and so was able to provide for the other woman’s baby.

Talking to reporters, she said, “The baby was perfectly healthy, but the mother did not have any milk. It was amazing because he was really looking at me and he’s very little. My baby is one year so she can suck a lot harder.”

As a one-off this doesn’t sound particularly controversial. There was a need, and Salma Hayek was able to help out. We’re not talking “The Hand That Rocks the Cradle” here.

What do you think?

(Via No1 Magazine)

Celeb Watch: Madonna and Ritchie to divorce

After months of speculation, it has been confirmed that Madonna and Guy Ritchie are to divorce.

Their seven-and-a-half marriage came under media scrutiny when it was alleged that Madonna was having an affair with New York Yankees baseball player Alex Rodriguez. The couple has asked that the media respect their privacy at this time.

No other official details are available.

Celeb Watch: Christina Aguilera, Nicole Richie, Cheryl and Ashley Cole

Christina Aguilera and Nicole Richie are both enticing a number of high-profile publications who want the right to print the first photos of their babies. Marie Claire reports:

A bidding war has erupted between OK! and People magazine for the first pictures of Christina’s son Max Liron, and the asking price has already reached $1.5 million.

Nicole Richie and Joel Madden have already signed a deal with People magazine, where they will get $1 million for the photo debut of daughter Harlow Winter Kate.

I wonder at the lives of the rich and famous, yet the bidding war is only active because the magazines know that large sections of the general public want to see the photos. No doubt they’ll be leaked onto the Internet anyway. So much for the privacy of kids with famous parents.

Meanwhile, Cheryl Cole is being urged by her family and friends to leave husband Ashley, after claims from at least two women that he had affairs with them:

The latest claim comes from glamour model, Brook Healy, who is alleged to have been approached by Cole in December 2006 at London’s Funky Buddha club – just five months after the Coles’ marriage – and later slept with the footballer.

The Girls Aloud star [Cheryl] stated: “I was furious… but I’m determined to be strong. Ashley’s a wonderful husband and we’re in love. I won’t let this woman destroy our marriage.”

Celeb Watch: Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie, Mel Gibson, Mel B

According to reports, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are seeking to adopt a girl from Africa:

The couple already has a brood of four – adopted Maddox, six, from Cambodia; four-year-old Pax from Vietnam; two-year-old Zahara from Ethiopia, and their only biological child, Shiloh, one.

But the Mr. + Mrs. Smith co-stars have already expressed their desire to expand their young family, and Jolie’s brother James Haven reveals they are set to return to Africa to look for a little sister for their four kids.

He says, “They are creating one big family and will keep adopting as long as they are able to.

Mel Gibson’s son Christian has checked into a rehabilitation centre for drink and drug problems, according to reports:

Edward was admitted to the Cri-Help centre in North Hollywood back in September 2007.

Now the Enquirer claims that Christian also checked in just before Christmas.

Mad Max star Gibson, who was himself ordered to enroll in an alcohol abuse program after his DUI arrest and anti-semitic rant back in July 2006, is footing the bill.

He has been paying $5,500 a month for each twin in a bid to help them recover.

Spice Girl Mel B is planning to renew her marriage vows at a star-studded “second wedding”, after marrying Stephen Belafonte in private last June.

A source said: “Mel has made up with her mother Andrea and wants to get all her family and friends together and have a huge celebrity wedding in April – and she has even asked her fellow band members to be bridesmaids.

“She wants all of her and Stephen’s family to be at this wedding to make amends for them not being able to be present last time.”

Celeb Watch: Gwyneth Paltrow, Eddie Murphy, Britney Spears

Marie Claire speculates that Gwneth Paltrow may be pregnant:

The New York Daily News is reporting that Paltrow was taken to the hospital by husband Chris Martin because she is pregnant with her third child. A source revealed to the paper that Paltrow spent time in the maternity wing of the hospital, and added, “They looked very serious. She looked upset. They went right past everyone and into the elevator. It seemed like they were expected.”

Eddie Murphy has split from his wife, Tracey Edmonds, after just two weeks of marriage, reports Marie Claire:

The reason for the break-up? According to sources in America, the honeymoon was “marred by screaming matches and arguments all week”.

In fact, even on the wedding day there were warning signs that all was not right. “Eddie started yelling at Tracey in front of people,” one guests told People magazine. “He did it on a few occasions and it was very embarrassing.”

Troubled star Britney Spears is also rumoured to be pregnant, as she was allegedly seen buying a home pregnancy test:

…the singer and her new boyfriend, 35-year-old paparazzo Adnan Ghalib, were photographed in a drug store in LA shopping for home pregnancy tests.

However, given the photographs were released by Ghalib’s own picture agency, some are already crying foul and believe the snaps might just be a juicy little earner for the couple and a crafty joke at the media’s expense.

Or at Britney’s expense. Hasn’t she been through enough recently?

Lily Allen suffers a miscarriage

Sad news for the singer Lily Allen and her boyfriend Ed Simons. A spokesperson for Lily’s publicists confirmed “that Lily Allen has suffered a miscarriage… and we ask that her privacy be respected at this difficult time.”

The miscarriage reportedly occurred after returning from a holiday in the Maldives.

According to statistics, one in five pregnancies end in miscarriage, which accounts for nearly a quarter of a million each year. It proves to be a very tough time for a large number of couples, but the truth is that – in time – you can move on from the pain. Many women enjoy healthy pregnancies after miscarriage, so while it’s tragic at the time, it certainly doesn’t rule out starting a family.

Our thoughts are with Lily and Ed at this time, and I do hope the media give them space to come to terms with this.

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