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Madonna, Guy One Step Closer to Divorce

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LONDON (Nov. 21) -- Madonna and Guy Ritchie were granted a preliminary decree of divorce Friday.

Neither appeared at the brief court session in which "Ciccone M L v Ritchie G S" was one of 17 cases given a preliminary decree. After six weeks and a day, the divorce can become final.

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The decree said the divorce was granted on the basis of Ritchie's "unreasonable behavior," but did not elaborate.

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The American pop star married the British film director eight years ago.

British news media reported, without identifying the sources of their information, that the celebrity couple had reached a settlement that would see the pop superstar keep the majority of her estimated 300 million pound ($445 million) fortune.

Reports in the Evening Standard and the Times of London said the couple had also reached a deal regarding their two children: Rocco, 8, and David Banda, 3, who was adopted from Malawi in 2006.

The newspapers said the two boys will split their time between Britain and the United States, while Lourdes — Madonna's 12-year-old daughter from a previous relationship with personal trainer Carlos Leon — will live with her mother in America.

Requests for comment from representatives for the couple were not returned.

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An agreement on terms would avert an expensive courtroom battle like the one between former Beatle Paul McCartney and model Heather Mills. Mills has said the media coverage of the rancorous divorce had pushed her to the brink of suicide; McCartney compared the process to going through hell.

Madonna and Ritchie, director of "Snatch" and "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels," married in December 2000 at Skibo Castle in the Scottish Highlands.

Madonna and Ritchie announced last month they were divorcing. They own homes in London, Los Angeles and New York, and a 1,200-acre (480 hectare) retreat in England.

2008-11-21 07:32:42

Dan Steinberg, AP

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BeccaLyn13

05:40 PMDec 05 2008

Madonna has to realize that she is old enough to be a grandma and is no longer 25. She has always been selfish. I thought that now that she has had children, she would finally settle down. She found a good man and yet, none of this made her a better person. She has to hook onto younger performers to get notoriety. She has to see that she is not getting any younger and no amount of money is going to take the years off her age.

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Starr15PAK

07:28 PMNov 22 2008

Should have taken the money and let her keep A-Rod the Baseball Loser.

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SteveTrueheart

04:00 PMNov 21 2008

Check the back of her hands. Looks like my grandmother's did at age 75! Her "coochie" matches this look ... tired, old, and wrinkled! Washed up hag! "Like a virgin" ... yeah, right. More used and abused than a old, Maytag washer!

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GilesDyer

02:57 PMNov 21 2008

It is always a shame when relationships have to come to an end. I expect the person claiming MaDonna is a frog is just jealous they can`t become a prince, like MaDonna became a metaphoric, honorary princess, of sorts, thru hard work, taletnt, skill, etc. Madonna`s image long preceeded her, and will go on long after she is gone, but the person herself will come and go, as we all do. There is some negative about her, and all of us, but their is also some positive, too. I wish Ritchey well without her, and I wish MaDonna well, too. MaDonna may need to retire, for the sake of her personal life, but if she does, fans will actually miss her, which doesn`t really happen all that often in show biz, there is always some imitator to fill the old niche, but what would she do in retirement? Nothing? That doesn`t feel right for a boy/men, or a girl/woman. And I`m glad MaDonna Louise is coming back home to America. Britain will miss her.

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SMoutainqueen

02:24 PMNov 21 2008

madonna looks like an old frog with bad skin

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