Amber Heard Files for Divorce From Johnny Depp 3 Days After His Mother Dies
Ouch.
Love Is Dead: Helena Bonham Carter and Tim Burton Are Splitting Up
We've said it before once or twice, but this time we mean it: Love. Is. Fucking. Dead. After 13 years of unwedded bliss and admirable mutual eccentricity, Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter have split up. A rep for the couple tells People magazine the two "separated amicably earlier this year." This isn't about us,…
Woman Divorced Husband After He Communicated Solely via Post-It Notes
While most couples (especially in Hollywood) file for divorce citing "irreconcilable differences," some others give far more interesting reasons for why their love failed.
Silda Spitzer Got $7.5 Million and a Confidentiality Agreement
Silda and Eliott Spitzer have officially gone their separate ways, but newly leaked documents reveal that Silda left the relationship with a $7.5 million lump sum, an additional $240,000 a year until she remarries or dies and a strict order not to talk to the press about the relationship.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn Finally Gets Dumped by His Wife
It appears that Dominique Strauss-Kahn's wife has had enough of standing by her man—it's being reported that she tossed DSK out of their apartment in Paris about a month ago and they are now living separately. Anne Sinclair, who is a journalist and wealthy heiress, has been married to DSK for 20 years. It's possible…
Santorum Says Separation of Church and State Makes Him 'Want to Throw Up'
Our beloved constant companion Rick Santorum took to ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos this morning to expound offensively a number of topics, but perhaps his most shining moment was when he took very relevant political force John F. Kennedy to task for his 1960 remarks on the separation of church and state.…
Stressed Baby Monkeys Grow Into Anxious Adults
Scientists sure do love their stressed-out baby animals. Yesterday we learned about the dangers of marrying a stressed zebra finch — and today a study reveals that baby monkeys who endure scary separations from their moms can feel the ill effects throughout life.
Christina Aguilera And Husband Separate
Another celebrity breakup: Christina Aguilera and Jordan Bratman reportedly separated several months ago. "It became clear they were more like friends than husband and wife," says a source. They were married for five years and have a two-year-old son, Max.
Marital Success And/Or Relief Achieved Through Separation
Apparently, couples who separate — but don't divorce — are a common modern phenomenon.Omaha Sage Warren Buffett, Jann Wemmer, and Willem de Kooning all fall into this "It's Complicated" category.. [NYT]
O Writer Claims That Beneath Every Marriage Runs The "Chyron Of Divorce"
The eminently reasonable Hanna Rosin, whom you might remember as the journalist guinea pig who agreed to stay within 15 feet of her husband for 24 hours, is dismayed by an O: Oprah Magazine article called "Divorce Dreams" by New York Times scribe Ellen Tien. And Rosin is piqued for good reason: Tien says some…
Divorce Is Not For Democrats
In today's Wall Street Journal, a reader named L.H. from Ohio writes to columnist Sue Shellenbarger:
Shellenbarger responds that the so-called "blue" states have lower divorce rates than "red" ones for a variety of reasons, including education levels that inspire the affianced to think long and hard about all the…
