Paul McCartney will be receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Brit Awards tonight. The former Beatle will be performing “Live and Let Die” during the ceremony and dedicating the performance to his deceased wife Linda. Some say the dedication is a deliberate move to snub his most recent former wife, Heather Mills.

Paul McCartney will send a stinging message to Heather Mills tonight when he dedicates his lifetime achievement award at the Brits to his first wife Linda.

In a clear snub to his estranged wife, Mail Online can reveal McCartney will perform as the grand finale of the biggest event in the music calendar the track Live And Let Die – as a tribute to his late wife who died of breast cancer ten years ago next month.

The track was written in considerably happier times in 1973 when he was living with Linda and their young children James, Stella and Mary at the family estate in Peasmarsh in Sussex.

Linda and Sir Paul wrote the track together. They were even Oscar-nominated as a duo for the song which was the soundtrack for the James Bond film of the same name.

…Speaking during backstage rehearsals for the Brits at Earl’s Court, Sir Paul told the Mail: ‘”‘Live And Let Die’ is the song that reminds me of Linda. ‘Hey Jude’ reminds me of John.”

[From The Daily Mail]

Paul made some waves earlier in the week when he didn’t show at divorce court on the very day a settlement agreement with Heather Mills was supposed to be worked out. Turns out that McCartney wasn’t blowing off court– he had previously notified Mills’ lawyer that he was rehearsing that day for the Brit Awards performance.

Sir Paul, who spent the past week battling it out in the High Court with Miss Mills over his estimated £825 million fortune, will also sing Hey Jude in dedication to his dear departed bandmate John Lennon who died in December 1980.

As the Mail revealed earlier in the week, Sir Paul stood up Heather in the High Court on Monday. She turned up thinking they were going to sign a historic £55 million divorce deal.

But Sir Paul did not show without warning. It has now emerged that he was at Earl’s Court at the time, rehearsing his Live and Let Die Brits finale as a tribute to Linda.

The Brit Awards are the UK equivalent to the Grammys. Also scheduled to perform are Amy Winehouse’s “Back to Black” producer Mark Ronson, Rihanna, Kylie Minogue, Mika, X-Factor winner Leona Lewis, and the Kaiser Chiefs.

Picture note by Celebitchy: Paul McCartney is shown outside of court on Valentine’s Day, thanks to PRPhotos.

We were all too ready to believe the Daily Mail’s story that Heather Mills had sauntered away from Friday’s court hearing with a cool $108 million settlement. She didn’t exactly have a poker face on as left the courtroom in one of her bizarre velvet power suits, opting for sandal-like open-toed shoes for the second day in a row. $108 million is a sweet settlement for just four years of marriage, and you would believe that McCartney would throw it at the harpy just to get this business over with. He’s said to be worth about $1.6 billion dollars, so $108 million is just 6.75% if my math is right. It’s a shit load of money to pay to a woman who has been smearing your name in the press, but it’s still way less then half your net worth. When you’re talking numbers that large though it’s not like either party is going to suffer.

Like a lot of the stories that originate in the British press that Heather Mills bitches about constantly, that one was false, though. Paul’s lawyer announced today outside of court that no settlement has been reached and that it is now up to the judge to decide how much Heather gets for fucking Sir Paul for a short period of time before making his life miserable. It is expected to take several weeks for the judge to work out.

It’s not like we’re going to know how much she gets to keep throwing parties and jet setting around for the rest of her life, the amount will not be made public unless Mills contests it or decides to tell us. We’ll have to make due with whatever number the British press wants to make up, just like in the past.

It is expected that Heather Mils will leave England once she gets her cash. Her father said she is considering France or the US, and the unreliable Daily Mail reported that she wanted to move to the Czech Republic or Poland. A lot of Brits are saying “Don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out,” while residents of the countries named where she may move are crossing their fingers that she picks somewhere else to go.

It appears the nasty divorce settlement proceedings between Heather Mills and Paul McCartney are finally over. After two years of petty squabbling, the two have finally reached a settlement, according to several reputable news outlets. Heather will get $40 million in a lump sum up front, and an additional $5 million a year until the couple’s daughter Beatrice turns 18 in 14 years.

Power-dressed in a black-velvet three-piece pantsuit with a crimson blouse, the former model and social activist couldn’t hide her joy as she walked from London’s High Court yesterday, smiling broadly at everyone.

As part of the deal, Mills agreed to never speak publicly or write in detail about the breakdown of the marriage, according to the Daily Mail. The accord came after Mills and McCartney had gone nose to nose in court for five days last week.

Mills will have main custody of Beatrice, but McCartney, whose fortune is estimated at $1.2 billion, will have equal visitation rights. Beatrice’s 65-year-old dad also agreed to set up a $2 million trust fund that she can access when she turns 18, according to the Daily Mail. Mills plans to live with Beatrice in Britain and either Poland or the Czech Republic, where she hopes to buy a home.

A source told the Daily Mail a verbal agreement was reached just before lunch. “They have a settlement,” a source said. “They have agreed on all points. Nothing much has changed this week. There was a deal at the beginning, but it was a complex one. There have been a few tweaks to the agreements, but those have been mostly changes Heather wanted made.” A hearing, perhaps the final one, is scheduled for Monday.

[From the Daily News]

Now Heather can fade away into obscurity, just like she’s been threatening. Most of us hoped it was a promise instead of a threat. Unfortunately Poland and the Czech Republic are not Antarctica/Outer Space like the rest of the world was hoping, but it’s better than nothing. Poor Beatrice having to grow up with such a loon for a mother. Heather wore a bizarre velvet pinstriped suit to court on Friday. It had big lapels and a horrible red shirt underneath. It was very 1993 of her. I’m fairly certain Sir Paul agreed to the settlement just so he wouldn’t have to look at that ensemble anymore. And that “face” of Heather’s doesn’t help. I don’t think face is even the right word. Something more like, “run over cheese pizza” is a more accurate description for the combination of features stuck onto the front of Heather Mills’ head. On the off chance Ms Mills doesn’t fade away into obscurity as threatened, I’m sure she’ll be bitching and moaning with that hideously malformed mouth of hers in the next week or two.

Pics of Heather Mills and Paul McCartney arriving at court yesterday. Images thanks to PR Photos.

I am so jealous of the lucky few who are privy to the details and daily histrionics in the Heather Mills-Paul McCartney divorce. It’s already being called “The Divorce of the Century.” Unfortunately, the proceedings are closed to the public– but somehow, news about what’s happening behind those closed doors seems to find its way to the media. Lucky for us!

The latest feud between the estranged couple concerns the education of their four-year-old daughter, Beatrice. Reportedly, Paul feels that Bea should attend public school, just like his older children did when they were young.

He wants her education to be like that of his three other children Stella, Mary and James.

Private education, in his estimation, “messes up” children and he hopes Beatrice would gain from being grounded by the experience of state schooling.

Sir Paul has told friends how his other children had “certainly turned out all right”.

Stella is a successful fashion designer with stores in such places as London’s New Bond Street. Mary is similarly successful as a fashion photographer and James is working in the music industry.

[From The Daily Mail]

However, Heather Mills, in typical, money-grubbing fashion, insists that the pre-schooler should attend a high-end private school. She claims that Bea’s life is at risk in a public school and she needs 24-hour security.

Meanwhile, the Sun is claiming that Paul has once again offered Mills a lump sum of cash to call off the spectacle and get a quiet divorce. He previously offered Mills £10 million to get lost, which she turned down. It’s reported that Mills won’t settle for anything less than £100 million.

ANGRY Sir Paul McCartney told his lawyer to offer Heather Mills £30million to “get her off my back”, it was claimed yesterday.

The order came as he was walking to lunch with £500-an-hour legal eagle Fiona Shackleton.

He was overheard by stunned Mike Pritchard, leaving London’s Royal Courts of Justice at the same time.

Mike, 59, from Cardiff, said: “I had been at another case. I was about a yard behind them.

“He was very irate and told his lawyer, ‘Offer her £30million — get her off my back’.

[From The Sun]

Maybe Paul should hold onto his millions, though, because News of the World is reporting that Mills spent the last six months of their marriage having a torrid affair. British film editor Tim Steel supplied some pretty explicit details about his time with Heather in an exclusive interview, saying that Heather showed him affectionate text messages Paul had sent her, just before hopping into bed with him.

“I didn’t mind—I suppose I was flattered that Heather still wanted to have sex with me despite being pursued by this musical demi-god,” says Tim, breaking his silence on an affair that will stun the nation.

“Heather was insatiable between the sheets and she liked to call me her four-times-a-night guy. Our record was six.”

“Most of the time it was multiple orgasms. Heather has a very unusual erogenous zone—her stump. I used to massage one particular sensitive area of it and give her an orgasm!

“But it was strange lying in bed talking about Paul McCartney. I would be with her when he called or texted her. She’d even show me the texts!”

Leeds-born Tim’s shocking account of their affair will deal a heavy blow to 65-year-old Macca’s pride—and put a time-bomb under Mucca’s bid to squeeze an £80million pay-off out of the pop legend.

[From News of the World]

First of all–gross! Second of all, as much as I would love to believe this story, because I loathe Heather Mills, this is News of the World. If this guy really was sleeping with Mills, wouldn’t Paul’s lawyer be all over this?

Hopefully, Heather is exposed for the gold-digger she is, and doesn’t get a dime. Either way, this divorce is generating enough tawdry gossip to last a lifetime.

Picture note by Celebitchy: Heather Mills and Paul McCartney are shown outside their divorce proceedings yesterday, thanks to PRPhotos.

I just love the way Heather Mills can’t understand why everyone else in the whole entire world hates her so much. She comes across as so self-righteous, arrogant, and insufferable that I’m surprised even she can stand to be around herself. Heather’s been representing herself in her divorce proceedings this week – yeah that’s right, that’s why we call her self-righteous and arrogant. Can you imagine the kind of ego a person would need to have to represent herself in a trial with tens of million dollars at stake – and she has no legal training? And though she doesn’t understand why, she is aware that people generally loathe her? You’d think that would be the one time to put your ego aside and say, “Hey, even though I know I’m the most amazing creature to walk to earth, other people haven’t seemed to figure it out. People don’t respond well to me. Perhaps that means a judge won’t either. Maybe I should leave this to a professional.” But Heather Mills is never impeded by logic. And woe for her – she’ll probably leave the country when this is all done, at least according to her father.

“I think she’ll go abroad and then just slowly fade away into obscurity,” said Mark Mills in an interview quoted by the Press Association news agency.

Ms Mills’ father said he thought she would move to France or the US with the couple’s four-year-old daughter Beatrice after the court case ended.

“She won’t stay in this country. She knows everybody hates her and she does not care,” he said.

“I think she’s very low at the moment and would leap at the chance to get away from it all and take her daughter Bea with her.”

[From the BBC]

If she knows everyone hates her and does not care, then why in the world is she constantly going on television in an attempt to improve her public image? Can you imagine how much more calm and peaceful the world would be if Heather Mills really did fade into obscurity? Though from all reports that’s highly unlikely, seeing as how her only goal in life was to be famous. And the closest she’s gotten is infamous. I’ve never quite understood the Mills’ self-pity. Not only does Heather have quite a bit of it – this is a woman who in a televised interview threatened to kill herself since people didn’t like her – her whole family is constantly joining in the pity party too. Not that I’d expect her family to bash her, but when the add to the “Poor Heather, what a rough life” routine, it just makes you want to smack the lot of them. Let’s hope the the notion of Heather fading away into obscurity is not just a plea for sympathy but rather a call to action.

Images of Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills arriving at their divorce hearing yesterday. Pics thanks to PR Photos.

Sometimes, I tell myself, “Self, you should really stop picking on Heather Mills. I mean, at this point it’s like shooting fish in a barrel.” But then Heather does something else ridiculous, and I just can’t help myself. During day two of the McCartney-Mills divorce trial, Heather showed up in court with an entourage, including her sister, another friend, her makeup artist and her personal trainer. Heather is representing herself in the divorce and so far, she is behaving like a buffoon. Wait–I’m going to try to be nice and say that maybe she didn’t realize most lawyers don’t take breaks to workout or have their makeup done in the middle of a trial.

Vain Heather arrived at court yesterday — flanked by a posse of sidekicks, including her personal trainer and MAKE-UP artist.

The ex-model, dubbed Mucca over her porn past, also brought her sister Fiona, a female pal, a minder, a chauffeur — and a lone solicitor to advise on legal protocol as she represents herself in court.

Heather, pleading her own case after she was dumped by her lawyers, aims to wring up to £100million out of former Beatle Macca, who is said to have an £825million fortune.

[From The Sun]

100 million? She must be smoking Amy Winehouse’s old stash. Court witnesses say that Mills started her case by showing lovey-dovey photos of Paul and her together, to establish that she was the singer’s “rock,” and therefore deserved a cut of his fortune. Rock? Maybe….the rock tied around Paul’s NECK. But she didn’t stop there: Mills also likened herself to Princess Diana in open court.

It is understood she also screened a video likening herself to Princess Diana — claiming she was hounded by paparazzi and needed 24-hour security to avoid the same fate.

Oh, if only. That may be true, she is hounded by paparazzi– but what does it have to do with her demand for 100 million? She brought that on herself by acting like an insufferable bitch.

Paul, for his part, seemed “relaxed” and smiled as he entered the courtroom with his lawyer. And no, he didn’t have a makeup artist, personal trainer, spiritual adviser or anyone else with him. However, when Heather saw her ex, she immediately bolted for the bathroom– the first of four bathroom breaks she took during the court session. No word on whether the makeup artist went with her.

Picture note by Celebitchy: Heather Mills and Sir Paul McCartney are shown outside of court on Monday, thanks to Splash News.

That Heather Mills– she’s just so talented! Not only does she lend her considerable charm, grace and credibility to such organizations as Vegetarians International Voice for Animals (VIVA), but now she is also starting what I’m sure will be a brilliant career as a lawyer. Mills dropped her legal counsel in her divorce war against Paul McCartney, and is not only representing herself in a hearing against her estranged husband next week, but also plans on suing her former firm for giving her ‘bad legal advice.’ This is the same firm used by Princess Diana in her divorce from Prince Charles.

Heather Mills is set to sue her former divorce lawyers for bad advice - even though she already owes them £2million in fees.

The latest legal action comes as Ms Mills prepares to go face-to-face with her estranged husband Sir Paul McCartney for a dramatic five-day divorce hearing that will decide how much she receives from his estimated £825 million fortune.

Ms. Mills, 40, will represent herself at the High Court hearing, which begins on Monday, having split from her divorce lawyers Mishcon de Reya. Insolvency lawyers at Mishcons are now pursuing Ms. Mills for almost 20 months of unpaid bills and are expected to launch a legal action in the next two weeks.

A source close to Ms. Mills told the Evening Standard: “There is a possibility of Heather Mills counter-suing. Whatever she owes Mishcons - whether it’s £1 million or £2 million - one would have expected her to get something for it and one fails to see what they [Mishcons] got her. There has been no divorce settlement and no outcome over all this time so draw your own conclusion as to the service she received from Mishcons.”

[From From This is London UK]

I like the way Heather thinks. There’s been no divorce settlement, and no agreement by Paul’s lawyers over her extravagant and delusional demands, so surely its her lawyer’s fault, not hers! Her ex-law firm has fought back against Heather’s claim they poorly advised her, saying that she never followed their suggestions in the first place.

Sources said the firm will defend the advice it gave Ms Mills and suggested lawyers were frustrated that she often refused to take the legal advice given.

The slur will raise eyebrows as Ms Mills was being represented by Anthony Julius, the Mishcon litigator who also handled Princess Diana’s divorce from Prince Charles and whose wife died from cancer in October.

Mishcons has now put the matter into the hands of its head of insolvency.

A source at Mishcons said today: “We expect a claim to go in against Ms Mills in the next few weeks.”

The former spouses are scheduled to face off in court next week, and sources say that neither side has come anywhere close to agreeing on a settlement. Early in the separation, Paul reportedly offered Heather £15 million, which she refused. I’m wiling to be that amount looks pretty good to her now.

Heather Mills has done a fabulous job of becoming one of the most loathed women in the world. Really, for someone who’s tried so hard to be liked – and seems utterly astonished that she’s so loathed – Heather really couldn’t have done a better job of being hated if she were trying. She threw herself a lavish birthday party, but chose only to invite some of her neighbors, obviously offending the others. And considering they have to put up with living near Heather Mills, the least they should get is a nice gift bag.

Heather Mills snubbed her neighbors when she celebrated her 40th birthday bash last night - so they blasted out Beatles hits as her guests arrived. Heather’s friends were greeted by the sounds of Hey Jude echoing from the house opposite her East Sussex mansion. The ex-wife of Beatle legend Paul McCartney invited some neighbors to the bash, but left others off the guest list.

Claire Patterson, 24, who lives in a bungalow opposite the Mills estate, said: “I’m a Macca fan not a Mucca fan. I can’t believe we didn’t get an invite, but the neighbors opposite did. It’s so rude. When we have a party, we invite everyone. Anyone is welcome. But it seems we weren’t wanted.”

Her mum Gloria, 47, a big Beatles fan, threw a little party of her own and cranked up the volume on her stereo as it blasted out the band’s greatest hits. Gloria said: “We’re fine out here. And anyone is welcome to our party.”

[From the Mirror]

Heaven forbid Heather be nice to regular folks - people might actually start to like her! Just looking at Heather Mills’ face makes me want to throw eggs at her house. I can’t imagine trying to resist that urge while actually being within throwing range of her estate… or her face. It’d be a constant exercise in torment. Now her neighbors at least have a legitimate (in my book) excuse to egg the place. I can’t imagine how excruciating it would be to live within yelling distance of that woman.

The upside to this story is that Paul McCartney made another attempt to make nice with Mills, though I have no idea why he’d bother. Oh, for his daughter. But I can’t imagine any reason beyond that. Maybe to get closer so that he could throw eggs at her too?

Sir Paul McCartney has attempted to mend the rift between himself and estranged wife Heather Mills - by splashing out on thousands of dollars’ worth of gifts for her 40th birthday. Mills, who celebrated her birthday on Saturday, was left shocked after the ex-Beatles’ driver delivered presents including a $4,000 (£2,000) Cartier watch, a $10,000 (£5,000) gift card from luxury British department store Harvey Nichols, and goody bags with products from La Prairie skincare, Kanebo Cosmetics and Charles Worthington haircare.

The presents were accompanied by drawings made by the couple’s four-year-old daughter Beatrice, including a framed picture of the three of them as a family. A hand-written card attached to the gifts read, “Have an amazing day, despite what’s happened. Hope we can be friends. P x.”

[From PR Inside]

I’m guessing the skincare, haircare, and cosmetics weren’t so much a gift as they were a gentle hint from Sir Paul. Heather Mills has always been pretty… severe looking. Motherhood didn’t soften her, and aging certainly won’t help. Though having such a severe personality obviously doesn’t do anything good to her face. Happy birthday Heather!

Picture note by Jaybird: Header of Heather Mills and that angry mouth of hers on November 21st. I think the paparazzi purposely tries to get the most unflattering pictures of her possible. Images thanks to WENN.

The Daily Mail is reporting that Heather Mills may not be quite as 100% evil like we thought. There’s a chance she is only 97% evil – and apparently three percent either way can make a big difference. The Mail is reporting that Sir Paul McCartney has a variety of moderately serious heart ailments. He was diagnosed with a heart murmur two years ago and was put on Warfarin, a blood thinner. Warfarin has a really long list of medications you can’t take with it, and you can’t drink. But Sir Paul refused to quit, and needed to have a coronary angioplasty in September – though it’s not clear if that was the result of his refusal to quit drinking while on the Warfarin. Heather Mills’ people are claiming that many of the couples’ fights were due to her insistence that he stop drinking and take better care of himself. However the Daily Mail points out that the emergence of McCartney’s heart murmur coincided with the breakdown of his relationship, and intimates that the relationship problems caused the murmur, and not the other way around.

It is alleged that despite being told by doctors that alcohol consumption does not mix well with the anti-coagulant drug, he refused to stop drinking. That refusal is said to have led to a number of rows with his now-estranged wife. It emerged last week that Sir Paul had coronary angioplasty operation to increase blood flow to his heart in September.

A source told a U.S. newspaper: “This was a major source of problems between him and Heather Mills. He was receiving electrical shocks over the two years on his chest to help with his heart and was under strict instructions to stop drinking completely, which he didn’t do. It’s not a threatening condition, he just needs to take better care of himself.”

It was even claimed yesterday that Miss Mills postponed a hip operation in April 2006 for her husband to have heart treatment. The source told the New York Post: “He was abusing his body. She (Mills) focused on him first.”

[From the Daily Mail]

McCartney’s people aren’t agreeing with the claims and have said they think the stories were planted by Heather or her publicist. Considering everything we know about her, I have a hard time believing Heather Mills did much of anything selflessly for someone else, including her husband. I can imagine her berating and lecturing him, but that’s not exactly the most effective way to get a person to take better care of himself. If anything, it just makes them want to drink more.

It’s been a little while since we’ve slammed on Heather Mills. And it’s really not fair to let Britney hog all the crazy, much as she might like to. Heather Mills is one of those crazies that you can’t help but root against, and feel a little bit of smug satisfaction when nothing goes her way. And given the way the crazy, sanctimonious, delusional Brit behaves, I’m often left feeling pretty satisfied. Though she’s turned down multiple large settlement offers from estranged, soon-to-be ex-husband Paul McCartney, Mills may soon find herself in the poorhouse. She “mutually” parted ways with her legal team last month, after she went on a round of television shows bashing McCartney and saying she wanted to kill herself due to the way everyone treats her. She’d racked up a $4 million legal bill with her former divorce lawyers Mishcon de Reya. Heather had agreed to pay $200,000 a month towards the bill once she got her settlement, but now the legal team is in the process of writing a writ to make her pay up immediately. They’re afraid that her outlandish spending and stubborn/delusional personality will leave her with little or no settlement from Sir Paul, and that she may burn through whatever she does get on designer clothes and security guards.

But here, perhaps, is the nub of it all. For while Heather may have celebrated the festivities at her large £3.25 million country mansion, she is all too aware that the rug is coming close to being pulled from under her, while her soon-to-be ex-husband still has his £850 million fortune firmly in hand.

A writ from her former divorce lawyers Mishcon de Reya for an unpaid bill of £2 million is the tip of the iceberg. There is, say sources, an ever-growing overdraft of £1 million at the exclusive Coutts bank. She has weekly outgoings of more than £5,000, with next to no money coming in. Friends say the only way she can pay the legal bills is by selling the nine-bedroom house in East Sussex — paid for by her ex-husband so he could be close to their daughter.

What’s more, she is beginning to realize that instead of the £50 million figure it was first estimated she could get from Paul’s fortune, she will now be lucky to get £10 million. And at the rate she is spending, that will not last more than a couple of years.

[From the Daily Mail]

Apparently Heather thought that her appearance on “Dancing with the Stars” would make everyone fall in love with her, and she was counting on a financial windfall. I’m not sure how someone with such an extreme personality disorder has gotten as far in life as Heather Mills has. While she clearly has narcissistic personality disorder, I can’t help but wonder if she has her own special brand of delusional personality disorder. I know it’s not an official mental illness, but I’m pretty sure they should make it one.

Meanwhile, Heather’s plans for making money of her own have also backfired. Anticipating a rash of offers after her appearance on Dancing With The Stars, America’s version of Strictly Come Dancing, she set up five companies. But four of the businesses (I Do Care, You Care Worldwide, Raspberry Fields Productions and Beauty and the Baby) are dormant, and the fifth, Dissoi Logoi Productions, is about to be struck off the Companies House register.

“She thought she would get all these amazing deals after being on Dancing With The Stars,” said her friend. “She thought she would be invited onto Oprah and would be filling in for Larry King (the TV interviewer). She set up all these companies in the belief that she would be hugely popular. But it all came to nothing. While people might have admired her dancing, as a personality, she is not a ratings winner.”

[From the Daily Mail]

What will it take for Heather Mills to realize that she’s the psycho, not everyone else? Something tells me that losing her home will just further enhance her victimhood. Heather is now representing herself during her complex legal trial. If anything could assure her that she’d end up with a stack of old newspapers and some chicken eggs for a settlement, it’s Crazy representing herself. If things go as hoped, pretty soon we’ll see her auctioning that leg on eBay.