It seems like every time there’s a big story that Guy and Madonna are having trouble, they go out to dinner together and invite the paparazzi. It’s not a bad strategy and tends to quell the rumors for a while. Last night these two were seen out to dinner in New York. Guy had flown to NY from London to be with his wife of seven years, Madonna, on the heels of rumors that not only have they each visited divorce attorneys but that Madonna, 49, is carrying on an affair with married 32 year-old NY Yankees baseball player, Alex Rodriguez.

Madonna’s rep said that Guy and Madonna aren’t having trouble, that there are no plans for a divorce and that Guy just came to NY to be with Madonna and their kids. The two came in holding hands, spent an hour having dinner, and left holding hands:

Diners at New York City’s ‘Cesca, an Italian eatery on the Upper West Side, got a surprise Tuesday night when Madonna and husband Guy Ritchie walked in, holding hands.

They looked “like a normal couple that just wanted to have a nice dinner out,” says an onlooker. “They looked very unassuming. Not like they were looking for attention…

“Everyone was whispering and saying, ‘Wow, that was Madonna. She is supposed to be separating from her husband. I can’t believe she is here,’” the observer adds.

But Madonna and Ritchie didn’t flinch. The couple, who’ve been plagued by breakup rumors, continued with their cozy, hour-long dinner before leaving – also hand-in-hand.

“Madonna’s husband Guy arrived in New York last night to be with his wife and family (not in a last-ditch attempt to save his marriage which does not need saving),” the singer’s rep Liz Rosenberg told PEOPLE Tuesday. “There are no plans for Madonna and Guy to divorce.”

[From People.com]

Does that mean that Madonna and Guy are doing fine and that Madonna is not getting some on the side from A-Rod? That’s what they want us to think. If they keep hanging out and acting like everything is normal then we can only assume it is. These two may be in the process of weathering yet another storm in their marriage - one that seems to have more merit than multiple other tabloid stories that they’re having trouble. They do look miserable but that doesn’t mean they’re not giving it another try. Please let those stories about Guy ditching Kabbalah be true, though. I don’t see a red bracelet on his wrist.

Seven and a half years and many breakup rumors later and superstar Madonna and her hapless film director husband, Guy Ritchie, 39, are still together. Madonna has admitted problems with her marriage in the past, saying that it isn’t easy to stay with the same person and that “Your soulmate is the person that pushes all your buttons.” Maybe she prefers to keep her buttons covered with a thin layer of grisly muscle, because the 49 year-old cult member is said to be staying apart from her husband most of the time.

Madonna and Guy took a three day trip to romantic Milan, Italy last week without their three children. The Sun reports that they stayed in separate rooms, though, and that both of them were busy working on other projects:

The couple left the kids with a nanny and jetted to Milan, Italy, at the end of last week.

But while they were there Guy, 39, spent his time working on a new commercial with Hollywood star George Clooney.

And Madonna, 49, visited fashion designers to arrange costumes for her forthcoming tour.

The state of the couple’s marriage has been questioned since The Sun revealed in March that they were living in separate beds.

A source close to the couple said of the Milan trip: “They had completely separate rooms, schedules, everything.

“It is all very well organized but it’s not a marriage the way most people understand it.

“They have this attitude like ‘we’re not really a couple but we’re friends and we love each other and raise our kids’.
Frantic

“But the truth is they p*** each other off, don’t agree on anything, don’t see each other or live ‘together’ as they did.

“They are like ships passing in the night.”

After three days in Milan — home to the famous La Scala opera house — Madonna jetted over to New York to rejoin kids Lourdes, ten, Rocco, six, and adopted two-year-old David.

[From The Sun]

If money wasn’t an object it seems like you would just get a huge suite that took up an entire floor instead of opting for a separate room from your spouse. Unless of course you didn’t want to deal with your spouse. At least they stayed in the same hotel, that’s something.

Earlier this month there was a story that Madonna had paid a “secret” visit to one of Britain’s most notorious and hard-hitting divorce lawyers. Her rep said that wasn’t true and that “Madonna has not met with any lawyers nor are there any plans for a divorce.”

The Sun, not the most reliable of sources, claims that Madonna and Guy sleep in separate rooms when they’re at home, too.

Maybe it works for them and they don’t need to get a divorce to be apart.

Madonna and Guy are shown at the I am, Because premiere at Cannes on 5/21/08, thanks to WENN.

Charlie Sheen and Brooke Mueller may present a united front against his mentally challenged harpy of an ex wife, Denise Richards, but the National Enquirer claims to have insider information that the cracks have already started to appear in their marriage. Charlie calls his marriage to Brooke, his third, his “first real marriage.” His partner may have changed, but the negative dynamic he fosters in his relationships probably hasn’t.

According to the Enquirer, Charlie and Brooke fought most of the time on their honeymoon in Costa Rica and decided to cut the vacation short by five days. They supposedly locked heads over whether to start a family, and Charlie was so focused on his bitterness toward Denise that he was unable to relax and enjoy his honeymoon. It sounds like their relationship isn’t all that different from Charlie’s last marriage.

It was the honeymoon from hell for newlyweds Charlie Sheen and Brooke Mueller! The couple squabbled nonstop over starting a family and cut their two-week holiday at an exotic Costa Rican resort short, sources say…

“They bickered and argued and ended up coming home five days earlier than planned.” [says an insider]…

The two began butting heads over starting a family even before the plane touched down.

“Brooke wants kids and Charlie doesn’t,” the insider said. “As far as he’s concerned, the joys of parenting have been tinged with misery…

“And when they weren’t battling over the baby issue during their honeymoon, Charlie was complaining about Denise, instead of concentrating on Brooke.”

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, June 30, 2008]

The Enquirer says they contacted Charlie’s rep, who said they didn’t come home early from their vacation and that everything is fine between the couple. It wouldn’t be surprising if they were fighting given Charlie’s history. Although Brooke suffered a miscarriage right before the wedding, according to the Enquirer, Charlie was said to have been supportive but firm that he didn’t want to give it another chance with Brooke. You can’t blame him given all the crap he’s still going through with Denise, but that’s a huge issue for a new couple to argue about and if they don’t work it out there’s probably not a lot of hope for them.

Charlie and Denise Brooke are shown on their honeymoon on 6/2/08, thanks to Splash News.

There have been reports for several months that things aren’t going well in the relationship between Jamie Lynn Spears and boyfriend/soon-to-be baby daddy Casey Aldridge. And why should they be going well? They’re 17 and 19 years old – few relationships work out well at that age. Unfortunately for their relationship, the two are expecting a baby together, and got engaged a few months ago. According to Star (so take it with a grain of salt) Jamie Lynn has called off the wedding.

Jamie Lynn Spear’s baby joy turns to tears because her wedding to Casey Aldridge is off! In the new issue of Star, on newsstands now, we break the exclusive news that the pregnant teenager has called off her wedding. Ever since the Zoey 101 made the shocking announcement that she’s pregnant, her mom, Lynne Spears, has been pushing her to marry baby daddy Casey.

And while it seems like the teen mom-to-be has been trying her best to do the right thing, insiders tell Star that the tension between the two young parents-to-be has become so intense that it’s doubtful they will ever tie the knot.

“Jamie Lynn and Casey have been fighting non-stop about everything, from what to name the baby to what to eat for dinner,” a source tells Star. “And now she’s called off their wedding plans.”

[From Star]

The magazine also claims that Jamie Lynn has moved out of the home she bought and back into her mom’s home in Kentwood, Louisiana. They also say both mom Lynne and dad Jamie have left Los Angeles and are at home with Jamie Lynn, helping her out. Both parents – who are divorced – have spent an inordinate amount of time with Britney in L.A. recently – even on Jamie Lynn’s birthday.

It’s good that they’re both by their youngest daughter’s side right now. Star says the family is busy decorating the nursery in Lynne’s home. They say that Casey is, “in and out,” – implying that the couple are still together, but no longer engaged. Given their ages and the situation they’re in, it sounds like not planning a wedding is the best thing for right now. A baby at the age of 17 is a big enough challenge – negotiating the ins and outs of marriage can wait.

I believe that the bigger the celebrity ego, the more second careers they try to have. And if they keep trying new careers instead of working on just doing one thing right… well that’s what I like to call the Lindsay Lohan formula. No one would really call Lohan a good actress anymore. She was great in Mean Girls and a few other films back in the day. But everything since Herbie Fully Loaded has pretty much sucked – the pinnacle of suckitude of course being I Know Who Killed Me.

Instead of working on becoming a non-sucking actress (yes I mean that the way it sounded) Lohan decided to get her ass to the music studio, with varying results, depending on your opinion. Now that that’s done with, Lohan has moved on to the number one favorite celebrity second career: fashion designer, or more accurately known as product endorser. Lohan has put out a line of leggings, which will range from $40 to $140.

LINDSAY LOHAN’s leggings are getting closer to store shelves! ET has learned that the starlet’s new line, named “6126″ after MARILYN MONROE’s birthdate, has been picked up at L.A.’s posh Fred Segal boutique and online retailer www.revolveclothing.com and will start shipping around August 30th, “6126″ LLC partner KRISTI KAYLOR says.

Last month, Lindsay caused a frenzy in Beverly Hills when she and two models posed for publicity shots wearing the pieces. So far, the “6126″ collection includes “footless tights” made from “Supima cotton and Modal ribbed knits” along with other fabrics spruced up with zippers, foil prints, yarn dyes and sexy metallic and screen prints.

Cashmere leg warmers and something called an “ankle glove,” a modified warmer that covers the ankle, are also part of the line, which will start at $40 and go up to $140.

[From Entertainment Tonight]

Well thank goodness. I had this extra $140 sititng here, and I was trying to figure out the best way to completely blow my money on something generally unnecessary and ridiculously overpriced. And $140 for leggings seems to be just about the stupidest thing I could possibly do – so I’m going with that.

In other LiLo news, she and Samantha Ronson haven’t broken up. The pair had a fight at a sushi restaurant the other night, prompting mass blog panic that the two were headed for splitsville.

Forget those break-up rumors. On Monday, Sam Ronson visited Lindsay Lohan on the Los Angeles set of her new comedy Labor Pains.

Blogs had speculated that the pair were on the rocks after they got into a fight Saturday at Glendale, California, sushi hot spot Katsuya. (A witness tells Usmagazine.com that Lohan, 21, stormed out of the restaurant in tears. Ronson, 30, was overheard saying “it was just a joke.”)

But on the Pains set, the two were photographed hugging and laughing.

[From Us Weekly]

Here’s Lindsay having dinner with Samantha Ronson and Lily Allen at Il Sole in Los Angeles last night. Images thanks to WENN.

Engaged celebs Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson haven’t set a date for their wedding yet, but that may be a good thing. The National Enquirer is reporting that there may be trouble in pretty young paradise for the pair due to Ryan’s jealousy over Scarlett’s co-stars. Hey, with Clooney back on the market and now possibly Ryan, my week is looking up!

Jealousy threatens to wreck the upcoming marriage of gorgeous Scarlett Johansson, warn pals.

“Her fiance Ryan Reynolds is so jealous, he almost drove Scarlett away,” a friend told The Enquirer. “Now that she is marrying him, she told him in no uncertain terms to quite being jealous - after all, he’s the one who is shattering many men’s dreams of getting sexy Scarlett down the aisle. But it drives him crazy when other guys flirt with her.”

[From The National Enquirer, pint version, June 9, 2008]

Somewhere, Alanis Morissette is cackling with glee. Anyway, Ryan Reynolds supposedly gets paranoid because of the good looking men Scarlett works with, such as Orlando Bloom and Ethan Hawke.

The 23-year-old “Lost in Translation” actress just finished working on a movie with hot actors Orlando Bloom and Ethan Hawke in New York City - and sources say Ryan, 31, was terrified she was going to fall for one of the hunks.

“In early April Scarlett had flown to Boston, where Ryan was filming. She wanted to spend a romantic weekend, but they had a blow up.”

Ryan’s representative denies that there was a blowup and that there are problems in the relationship.

But an eyewitness to the public spat told The Enquirer: “Ryan was clearly being a baby. Scarlett kept grabbing his arm and saying ‘Ry, come on….Ry, stop.’ But he kept yanking his arm away.”

While both of these actors are beyond hot, I just don’t like them together. Somehow, it always made Ryan Reynolds seem less shallow when he was dating someone like Alanis. Now that he’s with Scarlett, he seems just like any other famous actor who bases relationships on the hotness and fame level of his potential mate. But it looks like Ryan may be insecure about himself just like the rest of us- jealousy is a classic symptom of that.

Picture note by Celebitchy: Ryan Reynolds is shown at the premiere party for Fireflies In The Garden at the Berlin Film Festival on 2/10/08. I just looked for photos that showed him moderately annoyed-looking. Thanks to WENN.

This week’s In Touch has a story that reveals the lengths that Mariah Carey’s new husband Nick Cannon, 27, will go to please her. The pampered singer has her husband wait for her attentively outside the bathroom, carry her bags, and generally cater to her every need.

In Touch quotes a psychiatrist who theorizes that considering Mariah’s failed marriage to Tommy Mottola, in which she felt controlled by the older music executive, she’s probably looking for someone she feels safe with and superior to:

Newlyweds Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon were enjoying a romantic dinner at Gyu-Kaku in LA when suddenly, the pop diva felt the urge to use the restroom. “She told Nick to escort her to the bathroom,” a witness at the restaurant on May 12 tells In Touch. “He walked here there, then waited outside the door. It was like he was on her security team.”

Insiders say that since the two married in the Bahamas on April 30, Nick seems more like Mariah’s employee than her spouse. “She treats Nick like an assistant,” says a friend of Mariah’s. “He’s not treated like her equal or her husband.” Nick also seems to be at Mariah’s beck and call. “He’s very attentive to her,” his pal… Kevin Frazier tells In Touch.

[From In Touch, print edition, June 2, 2008]

Nick seems to enjoy his protective and some say subservient role to Mariah and there are plenty of other husbands and boyfriends who love pampering their mates. If she doesn’t take him for granted and he doesn’t mind doing things for her, they may have an arrangement that works for them.

I have a husband who likes to bring me coffee, do the dishes, and treat me well. He’s not a pushover though, and he does these things because we love and care for each other, not because he’s expected to. I bring him his coffee too. As long as Nick is doing it out of the kindness of his heart and doesn’t play the chump role it could work out in his very new, very green relationship with Mariah. It’s a hard tightrope to walk, though, when you’re with a woman who’s used to having her every whim met with the best luxury items money can buy.

Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon are shown in the header image leaving Gyu-Kaku restaurant on 5/12/08. Nick Cannon is shown out shopping at Rite Aid on 5/13/08. Some sites noted that he was looking at laxatives, but all he brought home were some “Hot Tomales” candy.
He’s also shown buying Hello Kitty merchandise that same day. Thanks to WENN.

30 year-old Liv Tyler has been married to British musician Royston Langdon, formerly of the group Spacehog and now in Arckid, for five years. They have son Milo, nearly three and half, and live a relatively low-key life in NY together. All may not be well in their relationship, however. US Weekly reports that Liv was overheard on the phone talking to a lawyer about a potential divorce. She is also said to have been looking for a townhouse without her husband.

Liv Tyler [was] overheard… talking on the phone with a lawyer and seeking advice on getting a divorce without surrendering much of her money. “In the conversation, she complained about her husband being a ‘leech’ on her assets, and said she got married too young,” says the source. (The duo began dating when she was just 21.) Tyler - who said in 2004, “I don’t believe in divorce” - admitted to Hot Stuff in February that she had no plans for Valentine’s Day and even forgot about the holiday…

On April 9, the actress… was seen hunting for townhouses in nYC’s West village - without Langdon, who was playing with their son in a nearby park.

[From US Weekly, print edition, May 12, 2008]

I almost bought US’ claim that Tyler was looking for a townhouse on her own, but if her husband was playing with their son in a park right near where she was, it sounds like he just was taking over daddy duties and letting her have the first look.

If it’s true that she was on the phone complaining about her husband, maybe she was just talking to a friend and it was misconstrued by someone who overheard.

Tyler is about to play the heroine in The Incredible Hulk with Edward Norton, which is out on June 13. Once she start making more public appearances look out for more gossip about the state of her marriage.

Liv Tyler is shown at the Iron Man afterparty on 4/28/08, and out with her family for her 30th birthday on 7/1/07, thanks to WENN.

Drew Barrymore and Justin Long at Mr. Chows on 2/22/08
33 year-old twice-divorced Drew Barrymore has been dating her co-star in the upcoming film He’s Just Not That Into You, Justin Long, 29, for about eight or nine months. The two went public with their relationship in January and have since not been shy about stepping out together or talking to the press about their relationship. They’ve been photographed kissing on the red carpet, and Drew said in the March issue of Vogue that her “cheeks hurt” from how happy she was with Justin.

Drew might just wish she held her relationship a little closer to her blushing chest when she hears this latest news - her boyfriend Justin was seen making out with another woman at a bar. It’s sounds as if it could be a true story, but you have to consider the source and assume that it’s possibly hearsay or fabrication:

During a boys’ night out at Bar Lubitsch in West Hollywood on April 16, “Justin arrived at 12:45 a.m. and he and his four guy friends seemed really drunk,” an onlooking at the club tells In Touch. “Then, all of a sudden, Justin started dirty dancing and making out with a girl.” A Bar Lubitsch employee confirms, “He seemed to be having a great time.”

Justin clearly wasn’t acting like a guy in a committed relationship. “He did not seem embarassed about kissing that girl,” says the onlooker, who adds, “Drew is much prettier.” At the end of the night, Justin and the mystery brunette, who appeared to be in her 20s, left separately.

[From In Touch, print edition, May 5, 2008]

If this is true, I feel badly for Drew. It doesn’t matter how drunk you are - there’s no excuse for making out with someone else especially in public! At least Justin didn’t leave with the girl, and maybe he got in a fight with Drew or something and was blowing off steam with his friends. Hopefully he told her the truth about what happened and made it up to her. These two are really cute together and they seem to genuinely be in love. You want them to weather what was probably the first storm in their relationship and last. Drew doesn’t have the best track record with relationships to say the least, but she seems to have found a decent guy in Justin and I hope he didn’t blow it.

Update: Drew and Justin are going strong, and were seen out together several times this weekend.

Photos thanks to Splash.

Star magazine is claiming that Katie Holmes wants a trial separation of sorts from Tom Cruise. And really, could you blame the poor dear? By Star’s account, Katie has finally had it with Tom and his maniacally controlling ways. I’m guessing her shopping budget just isn’t enough to compensate for being married to a crazy person anymore. Star is still claiming that Katie is in final negotiations to star in All My Sons on Broadway, and wants to move to Manhattan as part of a trial separation. Tom has told her it’s fine if she goes – but he’s coming with her.

Star also says that part of the reason Katie wants a separation is that she and Tom have been locked in a power struggle over how to raise Suri. Tom wants to make all the rules –which doesn’t sound like any big surprise.

… According to our sources, Katie, who was offered a role on Broadway, is trying to break away from her controlled life under the watchful eyes of her husband and move to Manhattan in what will be a sort of trial separation.

“She desperately needs to be on her own for a while, but there’s no way Tom is going to let her take Suri away,” an insider tells Star. “There’s no way he’ll allow it. He just doesn’t want Katie — or Suri — out of his sight for long. He told her that if she goes to New York, fine, but he goes with her.”

[From Star]

As much as I’d love this to be true, it sounds like complete B.S. Celebitchy pointed out that the tabloids are always quick to write a “marriage in trouble” story whenever a couple so much as takes a vacation apart. Star is one of the worst offenders. The Daily News noted today that although Tom and Katie are staying in different states right now, everything seems to be fine with the couple.

Tom Cruise and wife Katie Holmes have been living apart, we hear, but not because of any marital discord. Sources say the renovation at their L.A. manse has given Holmes and daughter Suri an excuse to visit the couple’s Telluride villa. Cruise, who has to stay in town for work, is said to be decamped to his luxe quarters at the Church of Scientology’s Celebrity Centre.

[From Rush & Molloy]

So the more reliable parties are saying everything is fine and dandy in TomKat land. I had my hopes up, but really, thinking wifebot Katie Holmes would grow a pair and leave Tom Cruise is probably too much to hope for.

Here’s Katie Holmes leaving Joan’s on Third after lunch on March 16th. Images thanks to WENN.