For the sake of their children, divorcing spouses Madonna and Guy Ritchie will spend Christmas together in England as a family, the U.K.’s Daily Mail reports.
“Madonna and Guy want the best for the kids and so she has decided to come over to the U.K. so they can be with their father,” a source explains. “The plan is for them to be together on Christmas Day at [the couple’s estate] Ashcombe House. Madonna arrives in England on Dec. 23 and is planning to stay for Christmas.” (Madonna’s rep told People the report of their family Christmas plans isn’t true.)
“Madonna is aware that she has come out worse than Guy as far as coverage of the divorce is concerned and she didn’t want headlines about them rowing over the kids and Christmas,” the source adds. “She has decided to be the bigger person and bring the kids home to Guy.”
The “RockNRolla” director is said to be “planning on having a traditional turkey dinner — although all the food will be organic, at Madonna’s insistence.” Even so, “she will, however, be eating a different meal as she will only eat fish. She will also be working out on Christmas Day.”
We’re not sure how this source got access to Madonna’s entire daily itinerary, but spending a holiday with Madge doesn’t sound like a very merry prospect. We’d rather get coal in our stockings than go to the gym on Christmas.
Backup Drive
Jennifer Aniston was scouting out backup boyfriends during her split from John Mayer, Page Six claims. Wait, wasn’t that a “Friends” plotline?
According to the column, the actress wanted to make sure she had some arm candy as she made the rounds to promote her new flick “Marley and Me.” Not coincidentally, the flick opens on Christmas — the same day her ex-husband’s “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” debuts.
“She didn’t want to face the glare of being unattached while Brad Pitt toted Angelina Jolie around” at his own publicity appearances, a source explains. (That would be his new squeeze and baby mama, for those of you who have just returned from a seven-year meditation retreat in Tibet.)
The “Marley and Me” star “did not want to be single when her movie opened,” a source reveals. “A friend of her agent was calling around asking for young men whom they could set her up with.”
However, the issue became moot when Jen reconnected with John. Which means we can’t help but wonder: Was their romance rekindled by affection, or negotiation?
Wild Shenae-nigans?
Shenae Grimes has been under fire in the media for being extremely skinny. But now a new tabloid speculation is swirling around the breakout “90210” star.
According to Star, Shenae’s having a little too much fun — so much so that “she’s been showing up late for filming and is forgetting her lines,” per a source. “People on set are complaining that she’s more trouble than she’s worth.”
The 19-year-old actress’ parents are allegedly worried and urging her to seek help.
Sounds a bit like wishful thinking on the part of Star. After all, with Lindsay domesticated and Britney medicated, the tabloids are desperate to anoint a new starlet as Tinseltown’s top train wreck.
No Silent Night
Disappointing news for those who were looking forward to a short respite from the sound of Rachael Ray’s voice: The perky TV host will not be getting surgery on her vocal cords as scheduled.
Previously, the chatterbox cook had announced that she was having a benign cyst removed and would be unable to talk while she recovered.
But “during the course of normal pre-op care, Rachael started an intensive new vocal therapy and it is now the opinion of her doctor that surgery may not be necessary,” a rep explains to People.
The “30 Minute Meals” star, her rep adds, “is very grateful that it won’t be a silent Christmas and thanks everyone for their prayers and well wishes.”
We, however, were looking forward to Rachael giving us the gift of silence. Can we get a second opinion?
Kitty Raymond is an entertainment writer and astrologer. She welcomes feedback at [email protected].
