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Yep, we’ve all seen this one coming. It’s the kind of ugly battle we sort of wince while we cross our fingers and hope for the amicable best but yet, it never happens in these high profile cases, does it? The custody battle between Guy Ritchie and Madonna and their three children has officially started. And since Madonna is touring on her Sweet N Sticky Tour, while Guy Ritchie is directing ‘Sherlock Holmes’ in London, and the kids are actually in NEW YORK, I am not sure how either of them plans to be very successful here in proving what stellar parents they are. Yes, the mini Madonna-lets are Lourdes who is 12, Rocco who is 8, and their adopted son together David who is 3. Lourdes is Maddona’s child by another father, so she may escape the heat here. Though, given that Madonna and her hectic schedule have already been granted custody of Lourdes, Guy’s fight to gain sole custody of Rocco and David may not go well. Guy wants them raised in London, and Madonna has taken up full-time residence in New York when she is not touring. So what to do with the kids? Well, since they see more of their nannies than anyone else, this is where the ugliness is starting. And my bet is that some sweet nannies are going to be paid handsomely to talk very sweet and not so sticky about their employer Madonna. But the first stage will be to grill them sufficiently, and find some dirt. Guy then is hoping to pair said dirt with the fact that Madonna’s time is more devoted to her career than her kids, and given that he’s had the luxury of sitting on his behind for a few years, that may bode well in is favour. But since the family courts rarely if ever separate siblings, and Madonna already has Lourdes, well….I think this will be another point for Madonna, and zilcho for Mr. Ritchie. But that’s not to say it can’t get ugly in the meantime. Because we all know it will.

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Yep. Another day, another trip to the ER for Amy Winehouse. Maybe if she stopped putting cocaine in her cotton candy she’d have better health, just a thought. Amy Winehouse has landed in the hospital yet again for recurring issues with her failing lungs. Saturday she was rushed to the ER after a Thursday home visit by the doctors regarding her existing lung condition. While the doctor was at her house for the Thursday visit, he noted that her lung condition that landed her in the hospital last year, had deteriorated and he wanted her to have more tests done. So, instead of hopping on that bandwagon immediately, Amy gave it a couple days to you know, maybe ignore the problems and hope they went away, but by Saturday she was forced to head to the London Clinic to get some tests done. Since she has already been treated for deteriorating lung disease, this can’t be a good thing. Her previous hospitalization and treatment for a condition that is like emphysema was only last June. If just a few months later she’s already back in the hospital over it, it could be a signal that her body is finally shutting down on her. Nobody has confirmed whether her June treatment was even officially emphysema. I wonder why, but her dad and her doctors are very sketchy on releasing official word as to what her actual condition is. Do you think it’s because they don’t want to tarnish the career of such a budding star? Uh ,no, look at her. She’s tarnishing that just fine on her own. But her condition is most definitely a lung condition of the deteriorating variety. And why should anyone be surprised, her entire life revolves around one deterioriating element after another. When you have a diet of crack and….well, crack….it would be a shock to learn that her white blood cells and immune system even bother putting up a fight anymore. Ahh, poor Amy Winehouse. So many of her fans are so desperately hoping that she gets her act together. However, her body may make that decision for her if she doesn’t start taking care of herself.

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Here Amy Winehouse is seen out and about stumbling through yet another of her infamous bar crawls on a night where she found herself in the same sort of troubles she always finds herself in. Yep, these are typical here. Amy spent her night fighting with her security guards, punching this that and the other person, and looking as dirty and wasted as usual. Ah yes, just another day in the life of Amy Winehouse, huh? It’s almost better actually that she uses physical force to communicate her needs more often than not, because by the sounds of it, whenever she opens her mouth, something stupid falls out of it. The most recent example of this was when she compared her con hubby Blake Fielder-Civil with Nelson Mandela. Amy recently appeared as a performer at Nelson Mandela’s birthday bash, and it was at this event where she opened her mouth and insert her foot. Nelson Mandela himself wasn’t even sure who Amy was at the time of the event, and had to be filled in by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. And we all know that Amy has an unusual obsession with her cracked out husband, and she expressed this obsession, alongside her excitement at being able to perform for Nelson by opening her show by saying:

You know, Nelson Mandela and my husband have a great deal in common–both of them have spent a great deal of time in prison.

Sounds like dear Amy needs an edumacation on what kind of ordeal Nelson actually went through, one that pales in comparison to a coke addicts incarceration. But to make a faux pas even worse, when the crowd was singing ‘Free Nelson Mandela’ at the end of her performance, she was actually singing ‘Free Blakey my Fella.’. Phew boy, well, all you can really do in this situation is sigh, and hope to heaven that not many people heard. Or, just shake your head at it all, because really, Amy has given us very little alternatives when it comes to figuring out how to deal with her.

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Madonna is seen here in what was probably one of her last public events with her now estranged husband, Guy Ritchie. The two appeared together at the Punchbowl Pub in Mayfair to celebrate Guy’s 40th birthday. And unbeknownst to us, this appearance together was just that, an appearance, as by this time, they had already decided they were done for good and were just ‘making face’ for the public. Now, as we know, the couple have filed for divorce and are fighting their way through what might be one of Hollywood’s ugliest divorce battles. It’s gotten so ugly that the two are throwing out public and heinous accusations about the other. Madonna is saying that he cheated on her, Guy is saying that she’s spying on him, and he’s also accused her of acting out in rage. Yet despite the one ugly accusation after another, the two have at least remembered that there are children involved, and it sounds like Madonna is being proactive, as far as one of Guy’s accusations is concerned. Should it ever get to an ugly custody suit, which it well may, Madonna is working to ensure that she is not seen as the raging spy bull that Guy is painting her out to be. Instead, she is seeking anger management help through her Kabbalah religion in order to soothe her emotions and give herself some peace throughout the entire processes. She is seeking counselling through the Kabbalah center in New York City to help her cope with her anger towards Guy and his cold treatment towards her during their marriage. This may be the sanest thing we have heard come out of this ugly divorce situation, which proves yet again that of the two, Madonna is clearly the one with a solid head on her shoulders and is taking proactive steps in the right direction.

For those of you that are Jessica Biel fans, and really, who isn’t, you will be thrilled to see what she is stuffing in your Christmas stocking for the December issue of UK’s Marie Claire. Jessica Biel covers Marie Claire this holiday season and also provides a smoking photo spread and some candid one on one dishing with Marie Claire editing teams. If you have wanted to know Jessica a little bit more, get the juice here first with our inside look at Jessica’s Marie Claire interview. Jessica spoke to Marie Clair on what it was like to be such a paparazzi target, and on how she feels about working on TV and in film. When it comes to being a media target, she says it has taken a few years to get used to it, but even now she finds it a little ridiculous. She says she loves all kinds of fun music such as the old school stuff and things like Whitesnake even. Who woulda thought Jessica was a Whitesnake fan? But she does follow the trends, even with music and she says its not just because she likes it, but because she wants to know what people are talking about. And, when it comes to the differences between working on television or for the big screen, Jessica says that with TV it’s much more organized and this made her a little uptight. When working on film, the overall feel is much more improvisational and relaxed. She was thrilled then when she got the part for ‘The Illusionist’ and enjoyed it immensely. And yes, Jessica even dished with Marie Claire about her looks, and the ever present notion of keeping them youthful as long as possible. With any Tinseltown beauty, aging is one of her biggest fears, she worries over the littlest aches and pains and changes that come with aging. But if you think that this beauty is ever going under the knife to keep that pretty smile smooth and fresh, think again.

‘I’m really afraid of blades on my face. That freaks me out beyond belief. I would way rather have wrinkles than some slice up going on’

And even though she is somewhat of a high profile these days, she says she’s Zen about it because you have to be, otherwise one would go crazy. And if you are wondering how she spends her personal time? Yes, she definitely makes time for that. She even goes back and forth about marriage and children, but thinks of it in an organic sense. If it’s right at the right time in her life, it will happen. Right now though, these issues seem a little foreign to her. If these juicy details didn’t quench your thirst for all that is Jessica Biel, you will have to check out the rest of her goods in December’s UK Marie Claire!

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Anne Hathaway is seen here greeting her public outside the Ed Sullivan Theater on Tuesday night after she taped an episode for the ‘Late Show with David Letterman’. Anne is currently in New York on the promotion circuit for her new movie ‘Rachel Getting Married’. And from the sounds of it, the success of her movie is not the only thing putting a smile on this pretty fashionista’s face, as Anne, and the rest of the world, has just received news that her former ex Raffaello Follieri has received four and a half years in prison for charges on cheating and fraud against investors for millions of dollars. Her ex had claimed that he had Vatican connections and this was enabling him to purchase Roman Catholic Church property at bargain basement prices. The number of charges against Anne’s ex were numerous, and at the time, there were even rumors that Anne had something to do with his arrest, and landing him back on US soil for the arrest. It seemed a little too coincidental that his arrest and their breakup happened almost simultaneously. Nonetheless, he was charged and sentenced and had a few words left to say to the public before he was carted off to the clink:

I dishonoured my family name and embarrassed the church I love. I’ll never be able to wash away that stain, and I will have to live with it the rest of my life. I just hope someday those who have been hurt by my actions can forgive me.

And, given that he sounds a little reticent and guilty over the matter, and that the charges against him were huge and numerous, it sounds like a plea may have been copped because I think many were surprised that he only ended up with four and a half years. I mean, claiming that you are the Vatican’s chief financial officer must have some repercussions. Money that he laundered was not used for charity purposes as was his original defense, and it has come to light that he spent it on personal expenses, flowers, cosmetics, clothes, expensive wine and meals, yacht rentals, a $37,000 a month condo, vacations, and presents for both his parents and Anne. Yet despite all this, he only gets 4 ½ years. Though Anne may be smiling over revenge, she must be a little bitter about that outcome. Hopefully though for her sake, this will all be behind her in a New York minute.

Darla Khazei, PacificCoastNews.com

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