Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis. Photo: Bob Charlotte / PR Photos
By April Littleton
UsMagazine.com has news that Johnny Depp has finally broken his silence about the end of his 14-year relationship with Vanessa Paradis. In the July 4 issue of Rolling Stone, Depp said, “The last couple of years have been a bit bumpy. At times, certainly unpleasant, but that’s the nature of breakups, I guess, especially when there’s kiddies involved.” The ex-couple never married and are parents to Lily-Rose, 14 and Jack, 11. Recently, Depp has been dating 27-year-old actress Amber Heard.
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Katy Perry and Russell Brand. Photo: Gangster#1/Flynetpictures.com
By April Littleton
According to UsMagazine.com, Katy Perry told Vogue in an interview how her ex-husband, Russell Brand brought up his plans for divorce, “He’s a smart man, and I was in love with him when I married him. Let’s just say I haven’t heard from him since he texted me saying he was divorcing me December 31, 2011.” The “Wide Awake” singer, 28 and Brand, 38 married in October 2010 after meeting at the 2009 MTV VMAs. Since their breakup, Perry has had an on-again, off-again relationship with John Mayer.
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Rich, famous and in love… the characteristics we assume every celebrity couple embodies through their glamorous photos of romantic Caribbean getaways and riveting red carpet PDA. However, the image of every celebrity couple is different from how it’s portrayed in the media.
Through their interracial relationships displayed in the media, celebrity couples show us there’s more than meets the eye. Our fixation on Hollywood may be over-the-top, but whoever said we couldn’t take away a solid lesson from it? We learn to accept love in all shapes, sizes and colors, especially in the case of these couples:
Denise Richards and Charlie Sheen. Photo: Lee Roth / RothStock / PR Photos
By Kerri Sheehan
Last week Denise Richards dubbed Charlie Sheen the “greatest ex,” after he arranged for his jet to fly her home in time for Mother’s Day. This week Richards is giving more insight as to how the two keep their relationship friendly. According to People, Richards revealed that she feels, “One can feel one way and one can feel another way, and there’s lots of feelings and emotions there, but at the end of the day we want our daughters to benefit by us getting along. For myself, I don’t want to have an unhealthy relationship with him … life’s too short for that and we actually enjoy hanging out and being with the kids, and it’s much easier.”
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Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards. Photo: Tom Walck / PR Photos
By Meghan Fitzgerald
UsMagazine.comreports that 42-year old actress Denise Richards was in NYC filming the new ABC series Twisted on Mother’s Day. Ex-husband Charlie Sheen let her fly his jet home the next day back to L.A. Richards tweeted a Instagram picture of herself looking out the window and wrote, “Greatest ex @charliesheen.” The caption of the picture was, “My mom’s day gift flying me home on his plane so I can take the kids to school.”
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After her breakup with boyfriend of two years, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Regina King was seen having some fun in the sun. The 42-year-old actress took a trip to Cancun, Mexico, according to UsMagazine. She stayed at the Villa del Palmar Resort & Spa with a group of girlfriends to clear her mind of the recent heartbreak.
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Finding your destiny. Photo: AntonioGuillem / Bigstock.com
By Susan Russo
The other day a friend asked me, “What am I going to do? I can’t live without him in my life. How do I go on? He was my life.” When faced with being alone after your relationship ends, it literally feels as if you don’t know who you are, where you are and how you got there.
Your life was so intertwined with your partner’s life that it seems that the two of you became one. No wonder people tend to use the cliché, “A part of me is missing.”
Singer Chris Brown celebrated his 24th birthday with a big bash in Hollywood this past weekend. According to UsMagazine.com, his on-again, off-again girlfriend Rihanna was in New York City for her Diamonds tour, unable to attend. During the celebration, he was accompanied by several friends — including, notably, ex-girlfriend Karrueche Tran, whom he dated for a year before getting back together with Rihanna.
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Tiger Woods and Lindsey Vonn. Photo: AAR/FAMEFLYNET PICTURES
By Andrea Surujnauth
Thomas Vonn showed a sense of humor towards his ex-wife’s relationship with pro-golfer Tiger Woods in a tweet on Saturday, April 13th. Woods got into a bit of trouble when a television viewer called in on a violation in Wood’s play on Friday. He was then penalized to strokes. After the incident Woods tweeted, “”I didn’t know I had taken an incorrect drop prior to signing my scorecard. Subsequently, I met with the Masters Committee Saturday morning.” Thomas Vonn took to Twitter to respond to the incident as well. UsMagazine.comreported that Vonn tweeted, “No problem Masters tournament happy to call in and help. You always have to keep an eye on those cheaters ;)” Thomas and Lindsey Vonn had been married for four years before they decided to call it quits in November 2011. The two finalized their divorce in January 2013, two months before Lindsey and Woods went public with their relationship.
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Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise. Photo: FameFlynet.com
By Andrea Surujnauth
Tom Cruise finally speaks out about his 2012 divorce from actress, Katie Holmes. After a 5 year marriage, Holmes filed for divorce 5 days before Cruise’s 50th birthday. “I didn’t expect it,” he confesses to German TV Network ProSieben. According to UsMagazine.com, Cruise admits “To be 50 and to have experiences and to think you have a grip on everything, and then it hits you — this is it, what life can do to you. Life is a tragicomedy. You need to have a sense of humor.” Holmes, who now resides in New York with the couple’s daughter Suri, is moving on with her life as well. She is in a new broadway play an also has a fashion line. Director and friend of the couple, Adam Shankman, says “They are incredibly happy. I’ve just been emailing with [Tom]. He’s coming back. He’s shooting [All You Need Is Kill] in London and seems as happy as a clam. I know he sees his daughter.”
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Harry Styles and Taylor Swift. Photo: FameFlynetUK/FAMEFLYNET PICTURES
By Andrea Surujnauth
According to UsMagazine.com, Taylor Swift seems to be impersonating her ex-boyfriend, Harry Styles, in her new music video for her track “22”. She was seen dressed up in a green beanie and baggy white shirt, identical to her ex-sweetheart during the video shoot on February 12th. UsMagazine.com also mentions that the song “22” starts off with the lyrics “It feels like a perfect night to dress up like hipsters and make fun of our exes.” She is also seen eating an ice cream in a “Harry Styles outfit” for another portion of her video. As if that was not a big enough burn, Swift will also be recreating the lift scene from Dirty Dancing that her and Styles were photographed doing together at a party in NYC. These ex-lovebirds broke up in early January after only a few months of dating and from the looks of things, it did not end well.
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Brandi Glanville and LeAnn Rimes have not been on good terms for a while now. Glanville’s ex-husband Eddie Cibrian had an affair with Rimes while the two were still married. This led to their split in 2010. Since then, Rimes and Glanville have been publicly feuding. Glanville and Cibrian have two kids together Jake, 5, and Mason, 9. These kids have been the center of most arguments between Rimes and Glanville. In one incident, Rimes called the children “my boys” on Twitter, which cause Glanville to become extremely upset. Now it seems that Glanville is tired of the fighting with the country music star. According to UsMagazine.com she told Access Hollywood,“This is my final chapter. This is me closing to door on our public fight. I want it out of the media. I’ll just deal with it as best I can with them.” She went on to say, “I don’t think we’ll be friends, but I hope we can coexist peacefully. Once she has a child of her own, I think she will understand boundaries and what’s respectful to do and how to handle things a little better.”
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Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber. Photo: Zeus/Donny/Flynetpictures.com
By Jessica Conigliaro
Only a month after they called it quits, Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez have been seen together. UsMagazine.com reports that Gomez spending the night at his house in L.A. It is unknown if they will be getting back together or have even rekindled the romance in any way; however, the two celebrities can’t seem to stay away from each other.
How do you know whether to get back with your ex-partner or not?
Why are you hanging on to old letters and photos from your exes? Photo: Preto Perola / Bigstock.com
By Jane Greer, Ph.D for Galtime.com
Even though star Bradley Cooper stood conspicuously solo in pictures taken at the Golden Globes, there are still plenty of images floating around of him with his now- ex girlfriend Zoe Saldana.
Celebrities have to deal with this all the time — published pictures of them with former loves. The images are out there, on magazine covers and blogs, impossible to erase completely, even after they have moved on. But what happens if you aren’t in the public eye?
The Manti Te’o girlfriend hoax story has been constantly in the news since Deadspin released the first article reporting the entire relationship was bologna. Te’o’s ex-girlfriend Alexandra del Pilar is a Junior at a Notre Dame sister school who says nothing but kind words about Te’o. According to People, she states that he is kind and gentle, and loved Lennay Kekua. When Te’o called Pilar to tell the truth about the h0ax, she couldn’t believe it. She still believes that he had nothing to do with the ‘catfishing’ scenario and genuinely loved Kekua.
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Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence. Photo: Andrew Evans / PR Photos
By Kimberly James
In the blockbuster film, Silver Linings Playbook, Pat Solatano, played by Bradley Cooper, seeks the counsel of a psychiatrist. After disclosing details about his dysfunctional relationship with his ex-wife, Dr. Patel offers Pat sage advice: “True love is about letting her go and seeing if she returns.”
When you still have strong emotions for an ex, it is very easy to romanticize about the past. Good memories become great and bad memories become better. The problems that you had suddenly minimize and every argument, fight or issue can be rationalized away. If you are looking at a previous relationship with rose colored glasses, you may not have unplugged your heart strings. When you are still holding on to love gone wrong, you can begin to think an unhealthy relationship was the best thing that has ever happened to you.
If you are pining over your ex, take a few notes from Silver Linings Playbook to determine if there’s something there or if it’s time to move on:
Olivier Martinez and Halle Berry. Photo: Kevin Terrell / PR Photos
By Courtney Allen
The New Year is here, and even the biggest celebs in Hollywood know what that means: it’s time to pull out the glorious pen and paper. There is no better time like the present than to leave the daunting past behind in the tabloids, whether it is love drama with exes, juicy scandals or shocking infidelity. 2012 may have proved to be rocky for these celebrity couples, but the upcoming year just may be looking up if they write their New Year’s Resolution list with these things in mind:
Ben Gibbard and Zooey Deschanel. Photo: Teach/Flynetpictures.com
By Jennifer Ross
The wait is finally over. One year after filing for a divorce, Zooey Deschanel and Ben Gibbard are no longer married, according to People. The court documents filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court date the marriage officially over on Dec. 12. Also written in the divorce documents, the reason for the marriage dissolution is, “Unhappy and irreconcilable differences have arisen between the parties, which have caused the irremediable breakdown of their marriage. There is no possibility that counseling … or mediation could save the marriage.” The couple was married in Sept. 2009. Since the official separation in Oct. 2011, neither Deschanel, 32, nor Gibbard, 36, have ever given details about the breakup. However, later on, the New Girl TV star claimed they are amicable with each other. “We’re friendly. It’s all fine.”
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Tiger Woods is back to his partying ways. On Dec. 1, the pro-golfer danced all night long at California’s Westlake Village Inn right after his 14th Annual World Challenge Golf Tournament. An eyewitness reports to UsMagazine.com that Woods, 36, was surrounded by gorgeous women for most of his time on the dance floor. “Tiger was dressed in jeans and a beige sweater…At one point he was surrounded by a group of six women on the club’s dance floor!” To further get into the partying mood, Woods requests the DJ to play, ‘Tonight I’m F—ing You’ by Enrique Iglesias. This set the mood just right as the ladies loved his persuasive music choice. As Woods enjoys his single life, ex-wife Elin Nordegren is busy creating her dream home on the coast in North Palm Beach, FL.
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Gabriel Aubry and Halle Berry. Photo: Bob Charlotte / PR Photos
By Jennifer Ross
There are more legal documents in Halle Berry’s life these days. After a brutal Thanksgiving Day fight that ended with Berry’s ex Gabriel Aubry being arrested, Aubry claims that it was Berry’s fiancé Olivier Martinez who started the fight, according to People. Written in Aubry’s application for a restraining order against Martinez, Aubry claims that “Mr. Martinez jumped me on the side of my body… continued to punch me at least two or three times, kicked me in the ribs with his knee or foot, and took my head in his hands and slammed it to the concrete driveway.” Aubry also alleges that Martinez yelled, “When you see the judge, you’re going to tell him you’re going to Paris, or I’m going to kill you.” Because of the fight, Aubry has a restraining order against him to stay away from Berry, Martinez and his daughter Nahla. All this stemmed from a court battle between Berry and Aubry over Nahla. Berry hoped to move to France with Martinez and Nahla, but a judge ruled against Berry. With regards to Aubry’s injuries, he states, “I ended up suffering a fractured rib, multiple bruises on my face and my forehead, an area under my left eye, and three areas in my mouth required stitches.”
How do you keep your ex and current partner from butting heads?
Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez. Photo: Marco Sagliocco / PR Photos; Andrew Evans / PR Photos
By Jennifer Ross
It’s a game of on-again off-again for these two confused love birds. Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber just can’t seem to decide whether to call it quits or stay together these days. After breaking up on Oct. 31, Bieber has continued to reach out to Gomez, 20. On Friday, Nov. 16, the two had a sushi date that was followed by a horrible fight. Eventually, the couple made up sometime after Bieber had a great night at the American Music Awards. Bieber, 18, and Gomez have also been spotted together in Encino, CA on Nov. 19. The issue between them is Bieber’s inability to stop looking at other girls. “Justin has a wandering eye,” a source reported to UsMagazine.com. Also, Bieber wants to date other girls and possible hold on to Gomez. “He isn’t sold on the possibility that this is forever but isn’t sold on that it’s not.”
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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Photo: Juan Rico/Fame Pictures
By Nic Baird
The rich and famous get tattoos for the same reasons as everyone else: They’re about self-expression and an unchanging reminder in a changing life. A celebrity’s brand is their image, and that’s often something to consider when deciding between Mike Tyson’s tribal face design or Drew Barrymore’s navel butterfly. While we common folk might get a little attention for a bold new tat, it doesn’t compare to the celebrity news created by famous new ink. Here are some of the reasons celebs get tattoos. For the most part, they’re not that different from anyone else!
Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber. Photo: Andrew Evans / PR Photos
By Jennifer Ross
Even though her breakup with ex Justin Bieber is still fresh, Selena Gomez is out on the red carpet, looking fabulously single. At Glamour’s 22nd Annual Women of the Year Awards in New York City, Gomez looked “bubbly and upbeat,” sources reported to UsMagazine.com. “She looked genuinely happy…not like she was sad or bummed out at all.” Dressed in all white by Giambattista Valli, with a deep v-neck up top, this singer was especially excited when she won her Woman of the Year award and gave a hopeful speech to the audience. “I just want to share with all the girls out there — you have a voice, you have a chance. Just do what you love.”
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When Daphne Wayans got divorced, she didn’t let her broken marriage keep her from finding happiness — or stop her from making a name for herself. The ex of comic Keenen Ivory Wayans will be on the upcoming season of ‘Hollywood Exes’ with an agenda to present herself not as an ex-wife but as a woman. “I’ve been avoiding being in the public eye for a very long time,” Wayans says. “I stopped looking at how I couldn’t do it and started looking at how I could. I’m not very interested in necessarily being famous, but I’m interested in the good that comes out of it.” …On the edge of your seat? Click here for more.
