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Thursday, December 04, 2008
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People in the news
Published: Thursday, October 16, 2008
Madonna, Ritchie split upLONDON - After countless denials of domestic trouble, Madonna and Guy Ritchie announced Wednesday they are divorcing after nearly eight years of marriage.The couple's announcement brings to an end a showbiz union that spanned the Atlantic and dominated the gossip columns.In recent years, reports began to accumulate that they were on the rocks. Over the summer, Madonna was linked - unfairly, she said - to the breakup of New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez and his ex-wife Cynthia.The couple issued a brief statement by their representatives Wednesday, asking for respect from the press for their family's sake.
The couple married in December 2000 at Skibo Castle, in the Scottish Highlands. They have two children: Rocco, 8, and David Banda, 3, who was adopted from Malawi in 2006.Book award finalists namedNEW YORK - Talk about second chances: Peter Matthiessen, 81, below, received a National Book Award nomination Wednesday for "Shadow Country," an 890-page revision of a trilogy of novels he released in the 1990s.Others in the fiction category included Marilynne Robinson for "Home," a companion novel to her Pulitzer Prize-winning "Gilead"; Aleksandar Hemon for "The Lazarus Project"; and debut authors Salvatore Scibona ("The End") and Rachel Kushner ("Telex From Cuba").Winners, each of whom receive $10,000, will be announced Nov. 19 at a ceremony hosted by author-performance artist Eric Bogosian.Jackson returns to tourNEW YORK - Janet Jackson is returning to her "Rock Witchu" tour and - finally - revealing the mystery illness that led her to cancel a string of concerts.Following two weeks of scrapped shows, Jackson was scheduled to resume her tour Wednesday night at the Verizon Center in Washington after a bout of migraine-associated vertigo. She is being treated for the illness, which is characterized by dizziness, imbalance and other symptoms.Jackson, 42, will announce new dates for concerts she postponed in Montreal; Boston; Philadelphia; Greensboro, N.C.; Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; and Uncasville, Conn.Moore, Cox unspool debutsLOS ANGELES - When women make movies, Hollywood pays attention, as scores of A-listers turned out to see Demi Moore, below, Courteney Cox and screenwriter Kirsten "Kiwi" Smith make their directorial debuts.Jennifer Aniston, Lucy Liu, Sheryl Crow, Kirsten Dunst, Sacha Baron Cohen, Ashton Kutcher and David Arquette were among the stars who gathered at the Directors Guild headquarters Tuesday for Glamour magazine's annual Reel Moments event, where Moore, Cox and Smith each showed a short film based on stories by Glamour readers.Odds & EndsA hospital spokeswoman says "Desperate Housewives" actor Gale Harold, below, is in critical condition following a motorcycle accident. Publicist Nancy Seltzer said Wednesday that Harold fractured his shoulder, and "Housewives" creator and executive producer Marc Cherry said he apparently has swelling on the brain but was expected to recover.The London Film Festival, an underdog among global movie showcases, opened Wednesday with the world premiere of "Frost/Nixon," a film about a British contender taking on an American heavyweight.Neal Hefti, a Big Band trumpeter, arranger and composer of themes for the movie "The Odd Couple" and the "Batman" television series, has died. He was 85.
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