The short lived union between “Private Practice” star Kate Walsh and her estranged husband Alex Young just got a little messier. Young filed for divorce first, saying that the pair had separated on Nov. 22, just before Thanksgiving. Now, Walsh has filed her own petition stating that they separated two weeks earlier than that. You know a divorce is getting ugly when the two parties quibble over the exact date they broke up.

Kate Walsh’s marriage was facing cancellation even sooner than we thought.

Two weeks after her husband filed for divorce, the Private Practice star has submitted her own paperwork asking for a permanent split from 20th Century Fox exec Alex Young.

Both parties cite irreconcilable differences as the reason their 15-month union wound down so soon, but while Young’s filing listed their date of separation as Nov. 22, Walsh’s counterfiling has the break coming five days earlier.

Not in question is the fact that the duo tied the knot Sept. 1, 2007, in front of more than 100 guests, including a number of Walsh’s former Grey’s Anatomy costars.

[From E!Online]

It seems a little silly for both of them to be filing their own petitions, especially since they were only married for 15 months. Meanwhile, Star is reporting that Kate Walsh is enjoying her newly single status and feels like a “weight” has been lifted from her. Yeah, because being married for 15 months is such a huge burden.

Getting dumped was the best thing that ever happened to Kate Walsh! Less than two weeks after her husband, Alex Young, filed for divorce, Kate couldn’t be happier.

“She feels like a major weight has been lifted from her back,” a source tells Star. Instead of moping around in her fuzzy pajamas, the Private Practice star has spent time buying flowers, redecorating, planning a vacation and generally acting like a fabulous single woman.

“Kate never wanted to get married,” a source reveals. “She just felt she had to because she turned 40 and her family was pressuring her.”

After a whirlwind seven-month courtship, Kate, 41, married 20th Century Fox exec Alex Young, 38, in September 2007. But their romance quickly soured.

Kate regretted the marriage, but she smiled for the cameras. “Alex was too controlling,” the source adds. “He wanted her to be a perfect little Martha Stewart wife, but she’s not like that. After a few months, she started thinking, ‘What have I gotten myself into?’”

[From Star Magazine print version, Jan. 5, 2009]

Maybe Kate should have asked herself that before she married Young. Seven months is nowhere near enough time to get to know someone well enough to decide to spend your life with them! It seems like both Kate and Alex are regretting their choice – but hopefully they can move on and not drag things out.

Kate Walsh and Alex Young are shown in happier times on 6/21/08. Credit: WENN

Star Magazine claims to have an “insider” who has told them that there are legal papers that dictate the contact Nicole Kidman can have with Connor and Isabella, her children with Tom Cruise. It’s been speculated that the reason Kidman is rarely seen with her older kids isn’t because she’s not a loving mother, but because she’s been pushed out of their lives by Cruise and his Scientology minions.

In the Jan. 5 issue of Star — on sale Dec. 24 — we report that Tom had special papers drawn up shortly after his split from Nicole that carefully spelled out all the details of his wife’s visitation rights, according to an insider who’s familiar with the documents.

The highly confidential agreement — kept under lock and key at the office of one of Tom’s lawyers — limits the time Nicole sees the kids, how much exposure she can have with them and when overnight visits are allowed, says the insider. “She doesn’t go anywhere with those kids without Tom’s say-so.”

Although Tom’s rep denies it, it’s not just Nicole’s physical interactions with the teenagers that are monitored. All her calls to Tom’s house are documented, and no correspondence occurs between them without Tom’s knowledge — and that includes e-mails, reveals the insider.

[From Star Magazine]

Star isn’t the most reality based tabloid on the newstands, but similar rumors about custody of the Cruise children have been floating around since the couple split in 2001. You wonder what kind of dirt Tom has on Nicole that would prompt her to agree to that kind of arrangement. The Scientology cult regularly collects sensitive and damning information on its members as part of the indoctrination process.

The prospect of actual written documents that are this detailed and controlling add a new aspect to the story. Both Tom and Nicole were absent from the premiere of Seven Pounds, the first film their son Connor appears in. Tom was out promoting his movie and some people gave him a pass for that, but Nicole didn’t seem to have a reason to stay away. If contact between Nicole and her children is as controlled as Star claims, Nicole could have been told that since Cruise wouldn’t be there to play doting father, she couldn’t show up and look better than him. It’s all about appearance with Cruise and he makes damn sure he’s never out-parented by Kidman in the eyes of the public.

Katie Holmes must know that this is her future too if things don’t last forever with Tom. She bore the blood heir to the throne so she doesn’t stand a chance of being there for Suri as she grows up if her marriage were to end.

Tom Cruise is shown at the Valkyrie premiere on 12/18/08. Credit: SAC/Fame Pictures. Nicole Kidman is shown at a photocall for Australia on 12/2/08. Credit: WENN

Kate Walsh and Alex Young in happier days. Photo credit: WENN.

Last week, we told you that “Private Practice” star Kate Walsh’s 15-month marriage is over. It was just as sudden as the marriage itself, and many were wondering if perhaps the couple rushed into things. Now, new reports are surfacing that the reason for the abrupt ending could be the off screen chemistry between Kate and her TV co-star, David Sutcliffe.

As they held each other at Katherine Heigl’s 30th birthday party, no one could have though anything was wrong between Kate Walsh and her husband of just 14 months. “They were dancing up a storm, having a really good time together,” one partygoer tells Star. “There were no signs that there was any trouble in paradise.”

Yet, just a week after Katherine’s Nov. 15 bash, Kate and hubby Alex Young called it quits, according to divorce papers he filed in Los Angeles. So what went wrong in such a short time?

Friends say one of the main reasons is Kate’s growing closeness with David Sutcliffe, the divorced hunk who plays her love interest on her Grey’s Anatomy spin-off.

As Kate’s character and David’s character have grown closer, so have the actors. “Kate really likes David, and knowing that didn’t help Alex’s fragile ego,” a friend of the actress said. “Kate and David had a real connection playing lovers on the show, and she didn’t seem to have that with her own husband.”

Kate’s determination to keep her struggling show alive meant spending more time at the “office,” regularly working 16-hour days on the show. Much of her time was spent with David, 39, who just became a regular on the show.

“Kate was too busy working – she hardly even saw Alex anymore,” says the source. “She looked forward to being on the set and really liked where the show’s storyline was taking her. But then, who wouldn’t with a co-star like David?”

A second source adds, “She’s one of those people who needs constant male attention.” And he gave it to her. “She spent a lot of time in her trailer with David.”

[From Star print version, Dec. 29, 2008]

Sounds like that show is just as dramatic behind the scenes as it is on screen! I’ve never seen it, but based on photos of this David guy, he is pretty hunky. Still, it was only a few months ago that Kate was gushing about her new husband and how happy they were. But I guess if you are spending 16 hours a day with someone it’s pretty hard to remember your husband waiting for you at home. It’s a wonder anyone stays married in Hollywood, really. Beautiful people who spend all their time with other beautiful people doing love scenes – it’s really a recipe for cheating if you think about it.

Kate Walsh is shown leaving a hair salon in Los Angeles earlier this month. Her co-star, David Sutcliffe, is shown at a Habitat for Humanity benefit in October. Photo credit: WENN.

Today a judge ordered that Jodie Sweetin cannot be alone with her 8-month-old daughter Zoie. Sweetin abruptly left her husband Cody Herpin in November, taking Zoie with her. Cody filed for an emergency hearing in family court, saying he was worried Jodie had fallen off the wagon and might be using drugs or alcohol again, which resulted in the decision.

Full House alum Jodie Sweetin is not allowed to see her 8-month-old daughter without supervision, an Orange County, Calif., judge ruled during an emergency custody hearing Wednesday. The ruling came after Sweetin’s estranged husband Cody Herpin accused her of being an unfit mother — and allegedly that she once drove intoxicated with their daughter Zoie in the car, TMZ.com reports.

A doctor who took the stand also claimed that Sweetin, 26 — a former meth addict and alcoholic who lives with her parents — had relapsed but has been in touch with her sponsor and is attending AA meetings. The doctor said she does not believe the baby is at risk at the moment.

Sweetin will now not be allowed to be with the child unless one of her parents is present, the judge said. A judge ordered both Sweetin and Herpin to submit to drug tests before the next hearing. The couple announced their split in November after a year together. She is seeking joint legal and physical custody of Zoie.

[From Us Weekly]

People says that the main concern was that Jodie was drinking again, but they’re also worried about meth.

“It’s primarily alcohol [abuse] but there’s also concern regarding methamphetamines,” Robert Benavente, the lawyer for her ex Cody Herpin, tells PEOPLE.

Sweetin’s lawyer strongly denies the claims. “Jodie absolutely has not relapsed into using meth,” Wilma Presley tells PEOPLE. “She merely confessed to having several glasses of wine over dinner recently and felt guilty about that. She is currently in a 12-step program and is working hard on her sobriety. She wants to be clean and sober from everything.”

[From People]

Obviously a few glasses of wine can be a problem for anyone with an addictive personality, and it’s a slippery slope. While Jodie did take Zoie with her when she left Cody, she’s been living with her parents so having them around probably won’t be hard. This sounds like it’s going to be one dramatic divorce case. It’s unlikely Cody is going for Jodie’s money, since their home is in foreclosure and she’s stated that all of their bills are past due. Hopefully that was a one-time slip for Jodie and she’ll be able to pass the drug test and move on to better things.

Here’s Jodie at the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Los Angeles Gala on October 30th. Images thanks to WENN.

Madonna must be really pissed. On Monday, her rep, Liz Rosenberg, issued a statement to the Associated Press that Madge and Guy Ritchie reached a financial settlement in the range of $76 million to $92 million. But now Madonna and Guy have issued a statement saying that’s “misleading and inaccurate.”

The statement reads:

“We have tried to maintain a dignified silence regarding the details of our divorce for the last few months whilst accepting the obvious media interest.

“A misleading and inaccurate statement, specifically in relation to the sums of money involved, was wrongly issued to AP this week.

“The financial details of the settlement will remain private, save to say that both of us are happy with our agreement.

“Our primary concern, like any co-parents, is the care and well being of our children.”

[From People]

It seems to me that Madge and Guy just don’t like that the information got out there. The $76 million to $92 million amount Liz Rosenberg named is so broad that they could technically call it inaccurate. Rosenberg has been Madonna’s rep for a long time and is generally a pretty quiet one. Most of her responses are variations of “no comment,” and “untrue.” I was truly surprised she ever announced anything. So I’m disinclined to believe she put out a statement that’s a lie.

I’m guessing it’s more likely that there was some miscommunication or Madonna and Guy changed their minds and didn’t want the information out there. They couldn’t tell the press, “Never mind, we wish we hadn’t said anything so pretend you don’t know.” All they could do is say it’s “inaccurate.” But I love the line about being good parents. It has absolutely nothing to do with the rest of the statement. Excellent diversion.

Here’s Madonna along with Lourdes and Rocco in their Rio de Janeiro hotel on Saturday. According to Bauer-Griffin, “Upon arrival Madonna mandates a lockdown of the hotel with maximum security to not allow any new guest to enter the premises.” What a kind and thoughtful lady. Images thanks to Bauer-Griffin.

There have been all sorts of rumors floating around about the kind of settlement Guy Rithie would get from Madonna. At several points it sounded like he was walking away with hardly a thing – probably just glad to get away from Madge. But in the end he scored a decent settlement of $76 million to $90 million. That’s including the value of one of their homes that Guy will get to keep, along with their pub.

Madonna has settled her divorce with ex-husband Guy Ritchie by also parting with at least 50 million pounds ($76 million), the singer’s spokeswoman said Monday. Liz Rosenberg told The Associated Press the settlement was in the range of 50 million to 60 million pounds ($76 million to $92 million) as part of their divorce agreement, a figure she said included the value of the couple’s country home, Ashcombe House in western England, which Ritchie will keep.

Rosenberg said the couple’s west London pub — the Punchbowl — would also remain with Ritchie. A representative for the British filmmaker declined comment. The couple were reportedly worth some $525 million, the vast majority of which belonged to Madonna. Ritchie had an estimated $35 million fortune.

“I’d assume it’s one of the largest payouts ever in a divorce settlement,” Rosenberg said. U.K.-based entertainment lawyer Ambi Sitham said it made sense for Madonna to divest herself of her British property. “She’s got no interest in remaining here,” Sitham said. “She’s relocating and moving back to New York. It’s money she’s already paid out — what is she going to do, try to sell the houses in a flagging market?”

Rosenberg said that while the financial component of the settlement had been worked out, custodial arrangements for the couple’s children have yet to be finalized.

[From the Associated Press]

I was trying to figure out if $76 million would be worth it for me. It’s an unfathomable amount of money for most of us, and I’d bet the majority of people would be able to deal with a lot of crap for that. But something tells me most of us would also willingly pay $76 million not to be around Madonna after about a month.

Unfortunately I would bet that a significant amount of legal wrangling is still to be had. I doubt Madonna will be willing to give Guy much of what he wants in terms of their sons. However with the news that they’re spending Christmas together as a family, it seems like Madge has finally learned to put someone else ahead of herself – in this case, two someones. Hopefully she can do the same for their custody arrangement, so that the boys’ schooling won’t be interrupted and they’ll still have plenty of time with their father.

Here’s Guy Ritchie leaving his Punch Bowl pub in London last Wednesday, looking much happier than usual. Images thanks to WENN. Header photo from 2005. Image thanks to Fame.

People were kind of shocked that singer Shania Twain, 43, was seen at the airport earlier this month with the husband of the mistress who is said to have broken up her marriage of 15 years. Shania and her husband Mutt Lange lived a quiet life in a compound in Switzerland, where Mutt is said to have cheated on Shania with his married estate manager. Shania and her husband were good friends with the other woman and her family, and Shania trusted the woman and felt understandably betrayed by both parties.

Shania may have set up photo opportunities with new boyfriend
It looks like Shania is finding solace in the arms of the hot husband of her ex’s new girlfriend. Both In Touch and The National Enquirer have photos of the pair out together in Key West, Florida, where they’re seen having lunch, laughing as they take a stroll and even parachuting together. There aren’t many paparazzi in Key West and considering the quality and variety of the photos of Shania out with her new man, I would say it’s safe to assume she’s more than happy to share her new relationship with the world and of course her cheating ex.

The National Enquirer confronted Shania’s estranged husband with the news that she’s now with Swiss businessman Frederic Theibaud, the husband of his mistress, Marie-Anne Thiebaud. He said it was the first he’s heard of it, but he gives them his blessing:

When we broke the news to Mutt that Shania was dating his love rival, he seemed to give the extraordinary “wife swapping” arrangement a green light!

“I had no idea at all! Seriously, I am out of the loop and I just didn’t know,” Mutt told The Enquirer on December 8 – four days after Shania and Frederic, 38, were first photographed together.

When asked if he was “upset” Shania was stepping out with Frederic, Mutt replied: “Not at all. He’s a great guy. I have no idea that is even the case. They are very good friends anyway…

“I wouldn’t mind if it was the case they were dating, not at all.”

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, December 22, 2008]

Mutt went on to backtrack a little and deny he’s in a relationship with Marie-Anne, saying “The whole story was just a story as we are just friend in the same way Shania and Fred are.” I bet they are.

Good for Shania for moving on and rubbing it in her ex’s face. I hope her new boyfriend is decent to her. If they’re just playing an elaborate hoax on the media and their cheating spouses I wouldn’t be surprised if it ends up turning into something more.

Private Practice star Kate Walsh, 41, won’t be having a happily ever after with his husband of just 15 months. Alex Young, 37, filed for divorce from Walsh on November 22, listing “irreconcilable differences.” People has a revealing quote that Walsh gave shortly after they married that shows that they may not have been ready to rush down the aisle:

According to court papers obtained by PEOPLE, Young, 37, petitioned for a divorce, citing irreconcilable differences in his Nov. 22 filing.

“The couple remain on friendly terms and sincerely hope the media will respect their privacy during this difficult time,” the pair said in a statement Thursday.

The Private Practice star, 41, wed Young – a production co-president at 20th Century Fox – on Sept. 1, 2007, in the town of Ojai, just north of Los Angeles, after becoming engaged in May.

In October 2007, Walsh, then a newlywed, talked openly about their whirlwind relationship, telling Ellen DeGeneres on her show, “There was this kind of funny moment, after we were like we’re married and all of the hoopla was over and we were like, ‘What do we do now?’ ”

“We’re married,” she said at the time. “Alright, I guess we just live and love and learn from each other.”

[From People]

That’s got to be hard to deal with right before the holidays. There is not a lot of gossip about Walsh and while I remember hearing that she may have been having trouble in her marriage it’s not something the tabloids mentioned much. In the November 24 issue of The National Enquirer there was a story that she was trying for a baby with Young and that “Kate’s vowed to friends that she’ll have a baby in 2009… so she and Alex are working overtime to make their dream come true.” Maybe Walsh will have that chance again with someone she’s more compatible with.

Kate Walsh and Alex Young are shown on 5/21/07 at the premiere of Knocked Up. Credit: PRPhotos

Pink has said she is a firm believer in karma, and to prove it her favorite tattoo is the one that reads “What comes around goes around.”

Pink’s favorite tattoo was created by an artist friend in Philadelphia and reads “What goes around comes around.” As she explains it, “It’s my only truth that never changes. I believe in karma. I believe that it comes around in both ways. I’ve watched really good people have really hard times and then all of a sudden something beautiful happens. I’ve seen instant karma and I’ve seen karma that I think takes lifetimes and I’ve felt a lot of it.”

[From Inked Magazine]

Pink is gloriously inked. She has Kanji characters, which she’s checked, double checked and triple checked to make sure the meanings were correct, that read “good luck and happiness”, “strength”, “the will to live” and “mother”. She also wears a tribute tattoo to her beloved bulldog, Elvis, who accidently drowned in a swimming pool. The only tattoos it sounds like Pink regrets are the pink bows she has on the back of her thighs, which she says she got while she was drunk. I think they sound kind of cute, but “cute” just isn’t Pink’s style.

This is evident in her new cd, intentionally ironically named Funhouse. The album was inspired by the breakdown of her marriage to motorcross racer Carey Hart, so it’s full of anger, sadness, regret and a very strong will.

Pink’s hurt resonates throughout Funhouse, but her lyrics weren’t intended to slam Hart. “When I’m writing the songs it’s just where I’m at. What I’m doing, what I’m reading, what I’m thinking about. This one was different for me. I’ve not been here before in this way… These songs are like wounds… It was too easy to write. There is no edit button. Maybe there should be, but there isn’t with me.”

It’s hard not to look for traces of Hart in every track on Funhouse, such as “Mean” which Pink says is about how relationships change. “Every relationship, whether it ends or not, does that. How did we get so mean? How did I just say that to you? Let’s sit down and come to the love table and be friends again.” Elsewhere on Funhouse she digs deeper into where things went wrong and suggests that perhaps Hart wasn’t there for her enough when she needed him to be. “I don’t know that anyone will be able to give me what I think I need. And, I think I’m a much better friend than anything else,” Pink explains.

Some of the hints about Hart aren’t so subtle. In “So What,” the album’s first single, Pink calls Hart a “tool” and sings “I just lost my husband/I don’t know where he went” and later adds “You weren’t there/You never were.” In the video, she takes a chainsaw to a tree that their initials are carved into. But in a Pink twist, Hart shows up at the end of the video. “The whole world is like, oh she’s a f’ing hypocrite, talking sh*t and I thought it was amicable. And it is, but that’s what I do. I talk sh*t. I talked sh*t to him for six years. I’m not going to stop now.”

[From Inked Magazine]

Pink says that even though her music might suggest differently, she is still very much in love with Carey Hart and things between them aren’t resolved. The album was a way of dealing with something she didn’t want to happen, but for whatever reason had to happen. When I first heard “So What” I was surprised that there would be such public animosity coming from her about him. From what I saw of Hart on The Surreal Life he seems like a genuinely decent person and I just didn’t picture him as the “tool” type. When I saw the video to the song, and him in it, hugging her, playing it up with her, I realized, this was just an outlet for her, a way to find her way through losing her husband that she honestly wishes would have turned out differently. And he understands it, and it was moving to me. I’ve never put energy into wishing and hoping celebrity couples reconcile, but I’m breaking my rule on this one.

“Full House” actress, former meth addict, and new mother Jodie Sweetin abruptly left her husband Cody Herpin in November, taking their daughter with her. He publicly pleaded with her to come back, saying that he was worried for the safety of daughter Zoie. He also claimed that Jodie took almost all of their money when she hightailed it – and that he had absolutely no clue why she left. While Herpin still seems totally clueless, Jodie filed court papers that gave an idea as to the couple’s troubles – including the fact that their home is in foreclosure.

“Our house is in foreclosure, our water has been shut off twice. Currently, all of our other utilities are overdue,” the actress says in papers filed Nov. 19 in an Orange County, Calif., court, describing the 16-month union as “rocky.” Herpin, a driver and transportation coordinator in the film industry, stopped working after they got married, Sweetin alleges. “[He] kept finding one excuse after another for his failure to even attempt to find employment,” she says.

Sweetin, 26, claims the couple were kept afloat financially with Full House residuals and help from their parents. The actress filed for legal separation from Herpin, 31, last month. The latest documents are a request for a court order allowing her to retrieve her belongings, as well as clothing and toys for their 7-month-old daughter, Zoie, in the event Herpin “prevents [her] from peacefully taking these items.” Sweetin claims she worries Herpin “will become very emotional and possibly erratic.”

Reached for comment, Herpin tells PEOPLE that Sweetin has returned home four times since the above filing, but “she won’t talk to me,” he says, and his emails to her have gone unanswered. “I still have no idea what this is about. None of this makes sense.”

As for his lack of employment, “I was the stay-at-home dad, my job was taking care of Zoie,” due to Sweetin’s busy schedule, Herpin says. He is seeking sole legal and physical custody of the couple’s daughter and spousal support from Sweetin.

[From People]

Jodie also claims there was an “angry incident” the day before she left Cody in which he told her she couldn’t take Zoie if she left him, and if she tried he would call the police. According to her, he then grabbed the baby off the floor, but cooled down and went for a walk. It must have been more dramatic than it comes off in the simple retelling, because right after that Sweetin took the baby and dog and moved in with her parents. She also said in court papers, “‘I would never deprive [Herpin] of seeing our daughter … However, I believe he is going to try to prevent me from seeing [her].’” So it sounds like she’s afraid Cody will kidnap Zoie or something.

Cody still claims he’s utterly clueless about any problems in their marriage, but clearly there was at least a good deal of financial stress put on a fairly young couple. A home in foreclosure is a big deal, and I doubt anyone going through it would be happy and their relationship wouldn’t be affected. It sounds like the fight was the straw that broke the camel’s back and Jodie was already wanting to leave.

Here’s Jodie at the Lint Roller Party for the Best Friends Animal Society in Hollywood on November 13th. Images thanks to WENN. Header of Jodie and Cody together at the “Swing Vote” premiere in July. Image thanks to Bauer-Griffin.