Ugh, I don’t know what to think of this mess. Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth may be officially OVER, except that they aren’t announcing anything officially. I guess it’s not Liam’s style to have his publicist make an announcement – maybe Liam’s public statement is the fact that he’s in Australia right now without Miley. Meanwhile, Miley won’t shut up, but she just hasn’t issued any specific statement about whether she and Liam have really broken off their engagement. Maybe it was always going to end like this – maybe it was always going to be a mess. She’s only 20 years old. That’s a pretty sloppy age for most young women (I was sloppy when I was 18-21). Anyway, Page Six’s “sources” are throwing down the split gauntlet this morning – it’s up to Miley to deny this story at this point:

Miley Cyrus has split with her fiancé, “Hunger Games” star Liam Hemsworth, multiple sources tell Page Six. Hemsworth has jetted off to his native Australia because, we are told, “He needed to get away from Los Angeles and spend some time with his brother and friends.”

One source said, “Miley and Liam are done; it’s over. She likes to party really hard and can be pretty wild. It became a problem for him.”

Another source added, “They have broken up before, and are broken up again now. There was drama because she suspected he had a wandering eye. And she recently tweeted a denial that he cheated.

“While Miley has insisted they are still together, right now they are very, very much apart,” the insider said.

Hemsworth, 23, has been spotted Down Under with his “Thor” star brother, Chris Hemsworth, sister-in-law Elsa Pataky and niece India Rose.

Meanwhile, days ago, former “Hannah Montana” star Cyrus was photographed outside an LA recording studio without her engagement ring. She’s been trying for a big career comeback with her fourth album, working with collaborators including Dr. Luke and Pharrell Williams.

Amid rumors of a split, Cyrus tweeted on March 6, “I am so sick of La. And sick of the lies that come with it. I didn’t call off my wedding. Taking a break from social media. #draining.” She also wrote that her new album will “shut everyone up.”

Cyrus and Hemsworth became engaged last May when he presented her with a 3.5-carat diamond ring. But recently rumors have swirled that they’re going through a rough patch. Another source added, “Miley is a fiery character, and they do fight, but she is crazy about Liam. She isn’t ready to accept it might be over for good.” Reps for Cyrus and Hemsworth didn’t get back to us last night.

[From Page Six]

I wonder if Page Six has sources in both the Team Liam camp and the Team Miley camp? How else do you explain that wildly different theories about why they (probably) broke up? Or maybe they broke up because of different things – for Liam, he couldn’t handle Miley’s partying and “wild” ways (or her hair?), and Miley couldn’t handle Liam’s wandering eye (and dong). Do we have to assign teams with this breakup? Can’t we just say that it was always going to be a mess and they both made mistakes within the relationship and it’s probably a good thing they never married?

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.

Considering the obsessive amount of attention given to Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart’s relationship for four long years, I continue to find it bizarre that there’s so little legit-media coverage of the fact that Rob and Kristen really do seem to be over at this point. I mean, Hollywood Life is doing breaking news coverage of everything Twihard-related (“Breaking: Kristen Stewart sneezed! Does this mean she’s allergic to Sparkles?!”), but where is People Magazine on the subject? Where is Us Weekly? Where is TMZ? And where are Kristen Stewart’s publicist’s strategic leaks? That’s what convinces me more and more that there’s no going back to Twilight – Kristen’s publicist can’t even be bothered to send out happy, smiley “Kristen’s thinking about Rob all the time, she can’t wait to visit him!” stories.

Anyway, in the absence of legitimate news, the lower-tier tabloids are trying to pick up the slack. By In Touch’s count, Kristen and Rob haven’t seen each other in 50 DAYS. And their sources are saying Rob is totally over it:

Absence makes the heart grow fonder and nothing could be more true for Kristen Stewart. Her on/off beau of three years, Robert Pattinson, has been 8,000 miles away in Australia shooting his movie The Rover and sources tell In Touch he’s reflecting on his relationship with Kristen as they spend time apart.

“Rob doesn’t want her to visit,” a friend of the troubled couple tells the new issue of In Touch. “He felt like they needed space. He wants a break.”

And though it’s been 50 days and counting since the couple were last united, a source on the set of The Rover tells In Touch, “Rob is really enjoying himself.”

Seeming to have no trouble keeping his mind off his relationship, Rob was spotted at a tavern near his shooting location on Feb. 24, chowing down on garlic bread and chatting up the locals.

“He was relaxed and friendly,” the eyewitness recalls to In Touch. “He even complimented one waitress on her hairstyle.”

But stateside, Kristen can’t help but worry that she’s losing Rob for good. Still recovering from her scandalous fling with her Snow White and the Huntsman director Rupert Sanders, which caused Rob to break up with her last summer, friends of the couple say her insecurities are driving him away once again.

“She was calling and texting him constantly — if he didn’t respond she would fly off the handle,” the friend dishes to In Touch. “So he just stopped responding.”

[From In Touch Weekly]

Ha. It’s almost like she WANTED him to be the bad guy and just dump her, right? Of course that was her plan all along. I’ve always had a theory about their reunion after she cheated on him – and no, this conspiracy theory doesn’t involve “staying together for the publicity machine.” I always thought he really loved her, and I think Kristen always believed he would do anything for her. When she cheated, I took that as her immature way of looking for a way out, even if she didn’t want to acknowledge it at the time. I mean, if she had the maturity and the balls to understand and verbalize her own needs, she would have just dumped him and then pursued whatever she needed. Anyway, she cheated on Rob and the power dynamics of their relationship changed a little bit. But even though Kristen begged Rob to get back together, I don’t think her heart was in it. And I think she’s been holding it against him ever since he took her back – like, she looks at him and thinks, “Where’s your f—king spine, dude? I don’t want to be with a man who would take me back after what I did.” And now she wants him to be the bad guy and dump her, because she’s too immature to pull the trigger on the breakup herself. #TwihardTherapy

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.

In the some-odd three years I’ve been in love with English supermodel David Gandy, he’s had an assortment of girlfriends. I tend to think he’s probably a serial monogamist – he likes having a girlfriend, an “official”, and he’s fine with letting people know when he has a girlfriend, he’s fine with walking red carpets with the girlfriend, and he’s even okay with his girlfriends talking about him in the press. But I think Gandy struggles with the next steps – like, moving in together 100%, or getting engaged, etc. Gandy’s #1 priority is himself, his career, squeezing out everything he can get from his modeling days. I guess he figures he’ll “settle down” once his crazy ride is over.

Anyway, after breaking up with Mollie King one year ago, Gandy did the single guy thing for a while, allegedly hooking up with a handful of somewhat high-profile women (Lily Cole?), and then last fall he began dating a fellow model named Sara Ann Macklin. They stepped out together in London several times, and I welcomed her to the fold because I didn’t know David Gandy dates brunettes. Well, David just confirmed that the relationship is over!

David Gandy, the ubiquitous model, has topped the lists of desirable men in innumerable women’s magazines over the years, but this weekend he admits that he is off Sara Ann Macklin’s.

One year after he started dating his fellow model, he says the relationship is over. “The decision was mutual,” Gandy, 33, tells Mandrake at an auction to raise money for Comic Relief at the Royal Opera House. “We tried, but just couldn’t make it work. We are still friends, though.”

Gandy was spotted with Laura Whitmore, a 27-year-old Irish television presenter that he had once dated, at the charity event. He says, however, that they were just “catching up” and he is now officially a singleton again.

[From The Telegraph]

This seems to be his M.O. – he doesn’t make it longer than a year with a girl, and the ladies are usually beautiful/pretty and some kind of model or attractive woman in the media or entertainment industry. My guess is that Gandy will date around without an official girlfriend for a few months and then he’ll find someone new. Rinse and repeat. That is, until he meets me, of course. He’ll want to marry me, obviously.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Pack it in you guys. True love is canceled! Every cute couple in Hollywood is breaking up. Yesterday it was Michelle Williams and Jason Segel, and now Us Weekly provides us with the double whammy – Rachel McAdams and Michael Sheen are over too. BOO. Rachel and Michael have been together since the Toronto Film Festival in 2010 – that was when they were first seen together, looking couple-y, although they had worked together on Midnight In Paris months earlier. And now they’re over!

Rachel McAdams is back on the market. The actress has ended her real-life romance with Midnight in Paris costar Michael Sheen, a source confirms to Us Weekly. McAdams, 34, and Sheen, 44, took their romance public in October 2010 after meeting on the naturally romantic set of Woody Allen’s film.

“Michael and I didn’t get together while we were filming Midnight in Paris, which I feel strongly about not doing when I’m working. We became quite good friends, which I think is a great way to start,” McAdams told The Sunday Telegraph’s Stella magazine in January 2012. “I felt very blessed to have made a Woody Allen film in Paris together.”

The Vow actress also shared that her most important relationship is good communication. “You need to trust each other and be able to talk to each other and be best friends.”

During her relationship with the British actor, McAdams remained steadfastly devoted to making it work. “Michael and I never spend more than three weeks apart — we rack up a lot of air miles — but you have to be quite adaptable in this business whether you are in a relationship or not,” she told Stella.

The Canadian star’s last serious relationship prior to Sheen was with her Notebook costar Ryan Gosling. The two began dating in 2005 and were briefly engaged, but called it off in 2007. Sheen had an eight-year relationship with actress Kate Beckinsale from 1995 until 2003; the two share daughter Lily, 14.

[From Us Weekly]

Here’s my take/opinion: Michael has an almost pathological resistance to marriage (Kate Beckinsale always said he flat-out refused to marry her), and Rachel is the kind of woman who wants a relationship to follow a traditional course – romance, dating, then marriage. My take is that Rachel got sick of waiting for the ring and she realized he was never going to propose, so she ended things. Maybe that’s not what happened… but it’s my take.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Michelle Williams and Jason Segel are no more! Sad. They had been dating for a year – almost exactly. Jason was/is tight with Michelle’s BFF Busy Phillips, and Busy introduced them last year during the awards season, when Michelle was up for an Oscar for My Week With Marilyn. Once they got together, they seemed incredibly tight, with Jason coming to Brooklyn often to see Michelle and spend time with Matilda, and Michelle and Mattie going to LA to spend time with Jason. There were even widespread reports of an engagement, and I genuinely thought it would happen for them. Alas…

Michelle Williams and Jason Segel are back on the market. The Oz the Great and Powerful actress, 32, and the How I Met Your Mother star, 33, quietly ended their romance earlier this month, sources tell Us Weekly.

Though the two seemed happy together as recently as January, when they were photographed on vacation in Cancun with Williams’ BFF Busy Philipps, an insider tells Us that their romance couldn’t survive the long distance. (Williams lives in New York with daughter Matilda, 7, while Segel is based in Los Angeles, where his CBS sitcom is filmed.)

Us Weekly broke the news of the couple’s undercover romance in March 2012. In June, a source told Us that Williams and Segel were “totally in love. Jason is obsessed with Michelle.” He had also taken a liking to his girlfriend’s daughter (with her late ex, Heath Ledger). “He’s been doing all sorts of ‘dad stuff’ with her, like drawing and playing music,” the insider said.

The stars kept a relatively low profile throughout their relationship, rarely acknowledging the romance in public. Segel spoke vaguely about Williams last April, telling Extra, “I think we would just very much like to be happy. That’s all I’m going to say about it.”

[From Us Weekly]

Yeah, one of the biggest reasons why I though Michelle and Jason would last the test of time is because she seemed okay with Jason spending a lot of time with Matilda, and he seemed to enjoy the idea of being Matilda’s step-dad. I would love to know what really happened, because I’m not sure if I’m buying the whole “different cities” excuse.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.

Sad news, y’all. Kelly Brook, the British “glamour model” and my current ideal body, is single. She had been dating Thom Evans (a Scottish rugby player) for two years, and news of their split happened on Friday. It was initially reported that Kelly and Thom might have ended things because of Kelly’s closeness to an ex – unfortunately the ex was not Jason Statham. She reportedly had been getting close to her ex, Danny Cipriani. But Kelly denied that part of that story while confirming her breakup, writing on Twitter: “Thom and I mutually agreed to go our separate ways some time ago. It had absolutely nothing to do with a third party.”

So Kelly Brook is single. And she flew to America a few days ago too! I’m including some new shots below of Kelly in Miami on Friday. Kelly also posted a photo of her body in that green bikini on Instagram, and you can click on it in the gallery to see the closeup – the quality of the photo is so good, you can tell when she last had a bikini wax. Which is kind of tacky, but I still love her.

I keep saying this, and I know I have no right to make it happen, but I’m just going to repeat it on and on: I want George Clooney to find his way to Kelly. I think they would be AMAZING together. Obviously, he likes girls who don’t have a lot going on, and while Kelly will always get work because of how she looks in a bikini, it’s not like she’s breaking any glass ceilings. Plus, Clooney likes brunettes with nice boobs. And Kelly seems like a sweetheart. Seriously, why aren’t they already together?!

Photos courtesy of WENN, Kelly’s Instagram, Pacific Coast News.

I always forget that Sharon Stone is a “cougar”. Why is it that she doesn’t get slammed for it the same way as Jennifer Lopez or Madonna or Demi “Topper” Moore? Is it because Sharon Stone isn’t throwing it in our faces, trying to convince us that her young lover is keeping her relevant? Is it because Sharon actually seems relatively comfortable in her age, so it’s not like she’s using younger dong as some kind of aging elixir? Or is it because she’s Sharon Stone and she’s awesome/crazy and we’ll always have other stuff to pick apart with Sharon beyond her relationships? All of the above?

Anyway, Sharon was dating 27-year-old Martin Mica for the better part of a year (I thought longer, but apparently not). Life & Style claims they broke up over the holidays and the reason is… well, it’s NOT ABOUT AGE. Sorry. I felt like emphasizing that.

Hollywood’s hottest cougar, Sharon Stone, 54, is back on the prowl!

A source close to the actress exclusively confirms to Life & Style, on newsstands now, that she has split with her decades-younger man, Martin Mica, 27, after eight months of dating.

“She called it off just after the holidays,” the pal tells Life & Style. “It wasn’t so much the age difference. They didn’t share the same interests. Her passions are philanthropy, politics, activism — he wasn’t into any of that.”

Lack of similar interests wasn’t their only problem. The pal adds, “Sharon is so busy. She has three sons and that keeps her hands full and still travels a lot for work.”

[From Life & Style]

Sharon always maintained what I think of the Cardinal Rule of Cougaring: always make sure your boy-toy is pretty. He must be pretty enough to withstand cougar criticism. Don’t believe me? Wouldn’t we feel so differently about Jennifer Lopez and Casper Smart if Casper was, you know, conventionally handsome? He wouldn’t need to be a young George Clooney/Michael Fassbender/Idris Elba or something, but just not so… harsh in the face department? If J.Lo was dating someone younger AND hot, I think more of us would be like “you go, gurl!” Sharon understands this. She’ll date ‘em young, but they have to be pretty. I suspect she will maintain this rule when the next young thang comes along.

Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.

Jennifer Aniston has been homewrecked yet again! Only this time she’s been hair-wrecked. The Enquirer claims this week that Aniston has been abandoned by her longtime hair guru Chris McMillan! Chris and Jen have been besties for two decades – when she travels on promotional rounds, Chris comes with her for her mandatory blowouts. When she and Brad split up, she moved into Chris’s house for several months. He’s been her constant, the longest relationship she’s ever had with a non-family-member man. And now Chris has become He Who Is Uncool. Chris was stolen!!! Chris dumped Jennifer for… Kim Kardashian?!?!

Jennifer Aniston’s longtime stylist and close pal Chris McMillan has trimmed his quality time with her to become BFFs with Kim Kardashian because he feels the raven-haired beauty is not only nicer but a bigger star too.

“Jen is stewing,” disclosed an insider. “Of all of the men in her life, Chris has been the one constant. He stood by Jen through her marriage and breakup to Brad Pitt and all of her love-life ups and downs. Jen expected he’d always be loyal. Now she’s furious – at both Chris and Kim – for the betrayal.”

After Kim posted some photos of Chris in December, “Jen was fuming because she and Chris used to watch ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ together and mock the family… Jen sent a message to Kim to back off, but Kim isn’t scared of her. And the plan actually backfired – Chris was furious at Jen about it.”

According to the insider, Chris feels that Jen turned her back on her longtime friends after hooking up with Justin Theroux and things only got worse when the couple got engaged in August.

“Chris feels edged out by Justin, who he says makes Jen’s old friends uncomfortable by talking down to them,” noted the insider. While Jen and Chris remain cordial and have no plans to discontinue their partnership (the haircare line Living Proof), the friendship has been damaged.

“Chris is raving about how fun-loving and sweet Kim is… he says she’s a real breath of fresh air after having to constantly hear about Jen’s body insecurities and relationship traumas. Chris now likes hanging out with Kim much more than Jen.”

[From The Enquirer, print edition]

You know what I think the worst part is? It’s not that Jennifer, The Forever Dumped, got dumped again. The worst part is the idea that Kim Kardashian is more fun than Jennifer. That Jennifer is a neurotic mess who whines about her life all day and all night. Oh well… at least Chris and Jennifer still get to be in business together – they’re doing that MIT “Living Proof” thing together, and I’m sure it will be a lucrative partnership. You know what this kind of reminds me of? When Jessica Simpson and her BFF/hairstylist Ken Paves broke up – it happened under similar circumstances too! Paves dumped Jessica for Eva Longoria. And Jess and Jen both dated Mayer… conspiracy?!

Photos courtesy of Living Proof.

I’ve been surprised by how many stories People Magazine has run about Britney Spears and Jason Trawick’s breakup. There were four stories in People just last week. The first couple of reports framed the split in terms of normal couple problems, like habituation and too much time apart. Then the last two seemed to place the blame squarely on Britney, claiming she was jealous, insecure and “treats him like a friend, not a romantic partner.”

People’s stories were in contrast to Radar Online’s accounts, which claimed that Britney’s father and Jason, her two co-conservators (Jason has since resigned as Britney’s conservator) conspired for Jason to break up with Britney, and that they sugar-coated the version he told her, so much so that Britney wasn’t sure their relationship was even over. I mentioned that the timing was suspect to me, particularly since Britney had just left X Factor after the season wrapped, and was on the verge of signing a big contract, reportedly worth over $100 million, for a residency at a venue in Vegas.

US Weekly had a story I wanted to mention which jibes with Radar’s version and seems to sum it all up for me. They claim that Jason was behind the big new gig for Britney, that he planned to ditch her “for months” and that he waited until he had a nice cut of her would-be earnings to end the relationship. That’s so cold. Here’s their report:

Britney was blindsided! Though the singer, 31, said in a statement January 11 that she and fiance of one year Jason Trawick had “mutually agreed” to end their engagement, sources insist Britney Spears never saw it coming. “He had been planning to break up with her for months,” says an insider. Trawick, who also comanaged Spears’ career, “was using her. He made a big deal for her to get a residence spot at Caesars in Las Vegas, then finally had enough money to end it.” He also cut ties as her coconservator, resigning just hours after split news broke. Adding to Spears’ angst? Her exit from The X Factor, announced less than 24 hours earlier. Though Spears says leaving was her decision, she was, in fact fired, as US first reported in December. Still, the embattled singer is trying to move past the drama. “She has her kids and a lot of work coming up,” says a pal. “And she’s going to be set up on dates with cute guys soon!’

[From US Weekly, print edition, January 28, 2013]

Doesn’t Britney have anyone in her life who isn’t using her? As usual, I came away from this story just feeling sorry for her. Plus she’s going to be “set up on dates with cute guys.” I expect a photo op soon.

Incidentally, as Britney’s co-manager, Jason probably made around 5-10% of her contract with Ceasars. (If it’s gone through, we haven’t heard about that yet.) That’s 5 to 10 million dollars. Not a bad payoff for a two year relationship. The creep.

Britney is shown in the header in a file photo with Jason. Other photos are of Britney out on 1-19-13. Oh no, brown boots! Credit: FameFlynet and WENN.com

We’ve been wondering what’s next for Britney Spears’ career now that she’s not returning to The X Factor next season. Britney may be richer than ever, bitch, because she’s about to sign a $100 million plus contract for a residency in Vegas, one that would earn her more than even the reigning queen of Vegas, Celine Dion. Does that seem fair? Celine Dion has some serious pipes, and Britney, well, she’s a lip syncer. According to TMZ, at least three large venues in Vegas are currently in a bidding war to try an earn the rights to Britney. They claim that Ceasar’s palace is interested, as well as “two other properties.” As part of her contract, Britney would both perform and make appearances at events for the casino.

This actually sounds like a great career move for Britney. She’s done two successful tours since her breakdown, and although she isn’t the dancer she used to be (due in part to a knee injury) she’s shown that she can still perform. This would be as lucrative as a big tour without all the stress of traveling. I can see it happening. I mean I don’t think Britney is as together as she used to be, but she’s more with it than she was, and she’s shown that she can work.

In related Britney news, People Magazine has run three separate stories in the past week on her split with Jason Trawick. You can assume this is the version of the breakup that Britney’s people want out there, and it’s all about normal couple stuff rather than the “Jason got tired of his ward and Britney has no idea what is happening” version that Radar was running. The weird thing in these People reports is that they contradict each other. There’s a story on Saturday that Britney wanted more kids and that Jason didn’t, and that’s followed up by a story yesterday that Jason did want kids. It’s like Britney’s team didn’t coordinate their stories, or they put out the first one without consulting Jason. Here are some excerpts:

January 12 article: Britney wanted more kids and she wanted Jason home more
“Britney had a lot of issues with Jason doing his own thing – in business and seeing his friends,” another source says. “In her perfect world he would have been home with her twenty-four/seven, so that was a point of contention; something they were always working on.”

Another source of tension? Kids. “Britney wants to grow her family,” says a source close to the couple. “Jason loves her boys but he is not in a place to have his own.”

January 15 article: they fell out of love and had normal couple problems
“Britney spent Christmas in L.A. with [sons] Preston and Jayden. Jason was around for parts of the holiday, but it was very obvious that they were not really together anymore,” the source says.

“They were not affectionate and instead just seemed to keep things going for the boys’ sake. Britney looked a bit gloomy and tense over the holidays.”

“They love each other, but like any relationship, and especially this one, there were some major challenges and hurdles and constant work that needed to be done. At the end of the day, it just wasn’t working, and things were’t going to change, so it was time to let go.”

January 16: Jason loves Britney’s boys and he is open to having his own
“Jason adores [Britney's] kids; he loves them,” a source tells PEOPLE. “He was like their ‘other dad,’ so he’s not just going to walk away from their lives. He’ll be involved as much as makes sense.”

As for Spears’s two boys, Preston, 7, and Jayden, 6, the source says they “are doing great and [their father] Kevin [Federline] is actually a huge help and is a wonderful person in their lives.”

Despite reports that the former X Factor judge’s desire to have more kids was a reason for the split, the insider says, “Jason is genuinely open to kids of his own.”

But the source adds, “There were so many issues in their relationship that Jason really wanted those worked out before they could ever move forward with a wedding or more kids together.”

[From three stories on People]

I believe that they were a real couple and that they had normal couple problems like anyone else, but these articles are leaving out the fact that Jason had legal control over nearly everything about Britney, and that she still struggles with mental health issues. I do think she’s improved now, but I don’t know if she’ll be able to have a full committed relationship until she’s in control of her daily life and business decisions. It doesn’t seem like that’s ever going to happen for her and she’s already 31 years old. Still, she’s making a ton of money for a lot of different people.

Here are some file photos of Britney and Jason. They were a cute couple!

“Love” sweatshirt photos of Britney are from 1-14-13. Other photos are file photos. Credit: FameFlynet