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Liv Tyler & Husband Split

Liv Tyler & Husband Split

Originally posted 05/08/2008 04:00PM

Liv Tyler and her husband, British rocker Royston Langdon, have decided to separate, her rep confirms to PEOPLE.

"Liv Tyler and Royston Langdon have confirmed their separation. They remain good friends and devoted parents to their son Milo and are requesting that their family's privacy be respected at this time."

Tyler, 30, and Langdon, 36, wed in 2003 in a private ceremony at a villa in the Caribbean. Their son Milo was born in December 2004.

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Russell Simmons Responds to Kimora's Divorce Filing | Kimora Lee Simmons, Russell Simmons

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Russell Simmons Responds to Kimora's Divorce Filing

Originally posted 05/07/2008 05:10PM

Russell Simmons has filed a response to his estranged wife Kimora Lee's divorce petition in a Los Angeles court Tuesday, according to documents obtained by PEOPLE.

The hip-hop mogul, whose legal papers cite irreconcilable differences, is seeking joint physical and legal custody of his and Lee's daughters, Ming, 8, and Aoki, 5. The couple married in 1998.

In her divorce filing in March, Lee, 33, requested that Simmons, 50, get "reasonable child visitation ... to be accompanied at all times by the children's nanny and security personnel."

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Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Boyfriend Scott Sartiano Split | Jamie-Lynn Sigler

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Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Boyfriend Scott Sartiano Split

Originally posted 04/23/2008 05:20PM

It's over for Sopranos star Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Scott Sartiano, her boyfriend of two years, a source confirms to PEOPLE.

"They are currently split up as they're living on different coasts and their lives are taking a different direction," the source says. "They are still really close and you never know what is going to happen in the future."

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Star Jones Files for Divorce from Al Reynolds | Al Reynolds, Star Jones

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Star Jones Files for Divorce from Al Reynolds

Originally posted 04/23/2008 12:20PM

Star Jones has filed for divorce from husband Al Reynolds, the former View co-host has announced.

In a statement to Entertainment Tonight, Jones, 46, says: "Several years ago I made an error in judgment by inviting the media into the most intimate area of my life. A month ago I filed for divorce. The dissolution of a marriage is a difficult time in anyone's life that requires privacy with one's thoughts."

The statement concludes as follows: "I have committed myself to handling this situation with dignity and grace and look forward to emerging from this period as a stronger and wiser woman."

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Titanic's Billy Zane Splits From Fiancée | Billy Zane

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Titanic's Billy Zane Splits From Fiancée

Originally posted 04/23/2008 08:30AM

Titanic actor Billy Zane has split from his fiancée, PEOPLE has confirmed.

Zane, 42, and British actress Kelly Brook, 28, parted ways last month, according to a report in the U.K.'s Sun. (Reporters became suspicious after she appeared at a TV award show last Sunday without her engagement ring.)

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Kanye West's Fiancée 'Sad' Over Breakup

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Kanye West's Fiancée 'Sad' Over Breakup

Originally posted 04/21/2008 04:50PM

Rapper Kanye West and his fiancée of a year and a half, designer Alexis Phifer have broken off their engagement, Phifer confirms to PEOPLE exclusively.

"It's always sad when things like this end, and we remain friends,” Phifer tells PEOPLE. "I wish him the best in his future and all of his endeavors. He's one of the most talented people I've ever met."

Phifer was spotted on the red carpet sans her engagement ring at an "Evenings in Vogue" event on Thursday night in New York, where her clothing line, Ghita, was featured.

"They'd been having problems," a pal of West's says. "Kanye is really focused on his show; he's putting everything into the show right now. Alexis is a nice girl, but Kanye has been going through a rough time. They hit a rough patch and for now they've split."

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Broadway Divorce Becomes YouTube Drama

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Broadway Divorce Becomes YouTube Drama

Originally posted 04/16/2008 11:30AM

Heather Mills, move over. An actress in the middle of a nasty breakup with her Broadway mogul husband is not only taking her case to court but to the entire audience of YouTube in what is considered a first.

In her six-minute video (which as of Wednesday morning had received more than 287,000 hits), British actress and playwright Tricia Walsh-Smith lashes out at husband Phil Smith, president of the Shubert Organization, the largest theater owner on Broadway – and the man who now wants her out of his life.

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Mary-Louise Parker, Fiancé Break Off Engagement | Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Mary-Louise Parker

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Mary-Louise Parker, Fiancé Break Off Engagement

Originally posted 04/08/2008 09:00PM

Mary-Louise Parker and her Weeds co-star Jeffrey Dean Morgan have broken off their engagement, PEOPLE confirms.

Parker, 43, who plays a pot-dealing mom on the Showtime series, and Morgan, 41, who plays her deceased husband (and Denny on Grey's Anatomy), were engaged earlier this year after a two-year on-again, off-again relationship.

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Carrie Reveals Text-Message Split from Chace | Carrie Underwood, Chace Crawford

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Carrie Underwood Reveals Text-Message Split from Chace

Originally posted 04/07/2008 12:50PM

When Carrie Underwood and Chace Crawford split up, the couple called it quits digital style, says the country star.

"It was completely mutual," Underwood told Extra at the taping of Idol Gives Back. "We broke up over text so ... it's like 'peace out.' "

According to Underwood, the breakup wasn't a tearful confrontation, but a realization that the romance just wasn't meant to be between her and the Gossip Girl hunk. "It just didn't work," she said. "We both knew it didn't work and [had] no hard feelings at all whatsoever."

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Chace Crawford Is 'Doing Okay' After Breakup, Says Sis | Chace Crawford

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Chace Crawford Is 'Doing Okay' After Breakup, Says Sis

Originally posted 04/03/2008 07:30AM

It's been a rough few weeks for Gossip Girl's Chace Crawford, who split with Carrie Underwood and had to endure online speculation about his sexuality.

"He's doing okay through this whole ordeal," his sister Candice told PEOPLE Wednesday. "He was upset about the breakup. It's always hard when you lose a relationship."

Still, his little sis added, don't expect to see Crawford and the American Idol champ moping around for long. "Chace will get through it," she said. "We love Carrie, too. They're dolls and they'll both do well."

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