Another breakup for John Mayer

John Mayer and Minka Kelly have quietly called it quits after a brief romance. The musician, 30, and the 27-year-old Friday Night Lights actress split over a month ago, but are "still friends," sources say. Despite their split, the two have remained close: Kelly showed her support for Mayer at his December concert in L.A. and accompanied him to the after-party at Parc where they got cozy in a booth together. The two were also spotted days later having breakfast in L.A. and also drinks at The Sunset Marquis Hotel in West Hollywood. According to a pal of Kelly's, "Minka told a couple friends that she and John had broken up but she really didn't want to tell anyone." The couple became involved earlier this fall. They were spotted dining together several times in Austin, Texas, in early October and again later that month in California. They also met up with Chris Ivery and Ellen Pompeo at a Knicks game in New York in November. The split, however, may not last for long. When Mayer dated Jessica Simpson, the couple broke up and reunited numerous times before finally calling it quits for good. A rep for Mayer had no comment. Kelly's rep couldn't be reached for comment.

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Pam goes forward with divorce

Pamela Anderson had divorce papers personally served to Rick Salomon on Dec. 28. The papers were served two weeks after Anderson first filed for divorce from Salomon, a decision she rescinded just a few hours later with a blog post that they were "working things out." Seen alone on New Year's Eve, Anderson recently blogged on her site: "2007 was an interesting year for me. What's the definition of insanity? This is the year I do everything I wanted to do – my way... I'm going to be proud of every single day – and make sure I do not veer from the path." Anderson, 40, stated in her divorce request that she and Salomon were married from Oct. 6 to Dec. 13. The actress has two sons (Brandon, 11, and Dylan, 9) from her previous marriage with rocker Tommy Lee. Salomon, the father of two daughters from a previous marriage, is best known for producing and starring in a 2003 sex tape with Paris Hilton.

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Sean and Robin Wright Penn split

Sean Penn and wife Robin Wright Penn are divorcing, their rep, Mara Buxbaum, confirms. No other details were immediately available. The couple, who've been married 11 years, have two children together, Hopper Jack, 14, and Dylan Frances, 16. Penn, 47, and Wright, 41, began dating in the early '90s and married in 1996. They also have starred together in several films, including 1998's Hurlyburly and 1997's She's So Lovely, directed by Nick Cassavetes. "Marriage ain't easy, but it's great most of the time," Penn told Entertainment Weekly in 1997. "I love Robin. I've always loved her." In the same article, Cassavetes was asked about working with the couple. "The beginning and the end of every day is how Sean and Robin are getting along," he said. "If they have a bad morning, Sean's broken up about it." Penn's most recent film, Into the Wild, which he directed, is drawing awards buzz, with four SAG Award nominations and two Golden Globe nods.

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Brendan Fraser splits from wife

Brendan Fraser announced Wednesday that he and his wife of nine-years, Afton, are ending their marriage. "They continue to maintain a close and caring friendship," a publicist for the 39-year-old Canadian-born actor said in a statement. The couple wed in 1998 and have three children.

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Pam files for divorce

Pamela Anderson filed for divorce from Rick Salomon after two months of marriage last week, but a reconciliation may already be in the works. Anderson, 40, filed for divorce Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court, citing irreconcilable differences. The actress says she and Salomon separated the day before, on Thursday. She is seeking to have Salomon pay spousal support and attorney's fees. But two days later, she was spotted shopping with Salomon, and on Monday she posted this brief note on her website: "P.S. We're working things out." The former Baywatch star married Salomon, 39, at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas on Oct. 6 – during an hour-and-a-half break between two magic shows Anderson was performing. Her rep had no comment on the filing, and Anderson doesn't mention it in detail on her site. Her postscript message followed a posting Monday saying she had turned down a lucrative offer to appear in another Las Vegas show so she could spend more time with her children in Malibu. "I've never made decisions based on money – and I'd hate to start now," she writes. "I'm going to work on my dream now – and stay Home--!!!" The marriage was the third for both. Anderson was previously married to Tommy Lee and Kid Rock. Salomon's ex-wives are Elizabeth Daily and Shannen Doherty. What about Anderson's poor kids? She might want to start factoring their well-being into her decisions.

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Selma Blair single again

Selma Blair is back on the market. "I'm single." So when did she split with boyfriend Matthew Felker? "Oh, it was a while ago," the star explained at the L.A. opening of the new Kiki De Montparnasse lingerie store. "While I was in Budapest [filming Hellboy 2]." Blair, 35, and the model-actor (best known as Britney Spears's kissing partner in the "Toxic" video) met through mutual friends. They and had been dating steadily since her divorce from Ahmet Zappa last November. "I've just been reconnecting with my friends," Blair says of life post-boyfriend. Before catching up with Ashley Olsen (who was also on hand for the launch), Blair was game to pose with some of the store's more provocative wares – namely leather whips and gold-plated handcuffs. Surrounded by lace slips and garter belts, the actress said her newly single status doesn't lessen her love of lingerie. "I have a lot of it, but mostly for myself," she said. "It just makes you feel beautiful." And that, incidentally, is also what she's looking for in a man. "I want someone who makes me feel good," she said, adding with a sly smile, "if you know what I mean."

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Leo's back on the market, ladies

Leonardo Dicaprio is reportedly looking for a new model after splitting from his post-Gisele Bundchen babe, Bar Rafaeli. On Friday night at Sweet Paradise in NYC, Dicaprio was with Josh Hartnett checking out the arm candy at the afterparty for the new skateboarding film Nothing But the Truth. And, in an odd twist, Rafaeli's new squeeze is surfer Kelly Slater, who dated Bundchen after she and the Titanic star broke up. Slater got into some trouble over the weekend in Israel when he and Rafaeli exited a hotel in a Tel Aviv suburb before dawn to find photographers waiting for them. He was arrested after fighting with local paparazzi. A police spokesperson told the AP that in an effort to prevent the photogs from taking pictures, Slater pushed them. A brawl broke out, and Slater was taken in for questioning and later released.

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Leo's back on the market, ladies

Leonardo Dicaprio is reportedly looking for a new model after splitting from his post-Gisele Bundchen babe, Bar Rafaeli. On Friday night at Sweet Paradise in NYC, Dicaprio was with Josh Hartnett checking out the arm candy at the afterparty for the new skateboarding film Nothing But the Truth. And, in an odd twist, Rafaeli's new squeeze is surfer Kelly Slater, who dated Bundchen after she and the Titanic star broke up. Slater got into some trouble over the weekend in Israel when he and Rafaeli exited a hotel in a Tel Aviv suburb before dawn to find photographers waiting for them. He was arrested after fighting with local paparazzi. A police spokesperson told the AP that in an effort to prevent the photogs from taking pictures, Slater pushed them. A brawl broke out, and Slater was taken in for questioning and later released.

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Dylan McDermott and wife split

Dylan McDermott and his wife of nearly 12 years, actress Shiva Rose, have separated, his rep confirms. McDermott, 45, and Rose, 38, have been married since 1995 and have two daughters, Collette and Charlotte. McDermott is back on the small screen in the new ABC drama Big Shots. Rose recently starred in the romantic comedy David and Layla.

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Heath and Michelle: behind the split

Sources close to Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams aren't surprised about the couple's split. "They have been broken up, on and off, since Matilda was born, and tried in many ways to make it work for her sake," says a source close to Ledger. "Matilda will remain their first priority." The day the news of the breakup surfaced, Ledger brought his mini-me to NYC's Children's Museum of Manhattan, and on September 3, Williams and her daughter were spotted at a cafe in Brooklyn. The past year or so has been filled with ups and downs, says a source, as the duo spent "a few months apart and barely spoke." "You'll see them together again," a Ledger source says of the committed parents. "It won't mean they're back on, but they'll be spending time with Matilda."
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Office star and husband separate

The Office actress Jenna Fischer and her writer/director husband, James Gunn, have separated after more than six years of marriage. "We have chosen to separate. We are sorry for any pain this causes family and friends," the couple said in a statement. "The enthusiasm we have expressed for each other's lives, spirits and career is real - we have been each other's cheerleader and friend during the past six years and continue to be so now and in the future." In a note on a MySpace page, the couple thank fans for their support, and say of the split, "You might be tempted to make one of us 'feel better' by putting the other one down in a post. Please don't - we still have the utmost respect for one another, and we'd have to delete you."

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Another breakup for Lance

Lance Armstrong and designer Tory Burch (who bears a striking resemblance to Sheryl Crow, wouldn't you say?) have called it quits on their relationship. "It was a distance thing," said an Armstrong insider. (He's based on Austin; she's in NYC.) But a Burch source disagreed: "Tory would have moved to Texas for him if he popped the question. But he didn't want to commit." Armstrong's rep had no comment.

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Heath press-shy following split

Heath Ledger was looking somber at the Venice film fest today following his split from longtime girlfriend Michelle Williams. At a news conference Tuesday afternoon promoting his new film I'm Not There, an witness described the actor as very quiet while fielding questions from reporters. "He kept his head down a lot and I think he was hoping not to be asked too much," said the onlooker. "He had his hat tipped a little low and didn't really make eye contact with anyone. You could tell he didn't want to be there." The press were only allowed to ask questions about the movie, and didn't question the actor about his recent breakup. "Heath clearly had a lot going on in his head," said the source. "Sometimes he was just staring off to the side, clearly in his own world."

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Heath and Michelle split

Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams have called it quits on their three-year relationship. A source close to the couple says the actors "quietly and amicably split a few weeks ago... The relationship had been rocky recently. They tried very hard to make it work but finally decided to separate. They just grew apart." The couple, who live in Brooklyn and have a nearly two-year-old daughter, met on the set of Brokeback Mountain in 2005. "They have a beautiful daughter and they are both committed to being great parents," said the source. Reps for the pair could not be reached.

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House stars end engagement

House stars Jennifer Morrison and Jesse Spencer have called off their engagement. "After much consideration, we have decided not to get married," the couple said in a joint statement. "We are still very close, and we look forward to continuing to work together on House." Spencer and Morrison became engaged over Christmas at the Eiffel Tower. I guess that means they broke up?

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Christina Applegate's divorce final

The ink is finally dry on Christina Applegate's divorce from actor Jonathon Scaech, according to papers filed yesterday in LA Superior Court. Schaech cited irreconcilable differences. The couple's decision to split in December 2005 was mutual, says a rep. The pair have had a relatively amicable divorce, without bickering over property and finances. Applegate will keep both their LA homes and the Lexus; Scaech keeps the Mercedes Benz and requested custody of their cement Buddha.
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Anne Heche's ugly divorce battle

The bitter divorce between Anne Heche and Coley Laffoon continues to worsen, with furniture now at the center of the battle. In papers filed in LA Superior Court, Laffoon alleges that Heche took a number of items from the couple's former home while he was away, including the master bed and yoga-room rugs, and that he "discovered that [Heche] had gone into my closet and ripped the buttons off of 19 of my shirts and removed some of my pants." The former videographer has requested that the court order Heche to return the property and prohibit her from removing anything else. Heche denies the claims, insisting the items she took were hers before they were married. "All of the furniture, furnishings, artwork, etc. that was acquired during marriage and paid for with funds earned during the marriage remains," the actress says in court documents.
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Diddy's baby mama moves out

Seven months after welcoming twins with Sean "Diddy" Combs, his longtime girlfriend Kim Porter has reportedly moved out of his apartment - for good. "Kim is in Louisiana filming a movie right now, and when it's done she's moving to LA," says an insider. "She is focusing on her career as a model and actress and raising her children. They are the best of friends, but they just can't be together right now." Porter has already bought a Beverly Hills home for her and her four children, 3 of whom call Combs dad. Rumors of problems between the pair began circulating earlier this year when shortly after the birth of his twins, Combs was seen out partying every night with Sienna Miller.

Jennifer single again?

Jennifer Aniston has reportedly ended her brief fling with British model Paul Sculfor. Over the weekend, Sculfor left for a two-week trip to London, and sources say when the pair said goodbye, it was for good. "There was no drama," says an Aniston insider. "They had a couple of dinners and hung out - it was never more than that." There are no hard feelings, says the source: "Jen and Paul were friends and remain friends. They will probably go out to dinner again sometime."

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Reese and Jake call it quits

Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal's brief romance is reportedly over. "They just recently broke up," says a source close to Witherspoon. "It's totally and completely over. Reese was the one who had to do it. She just got out of a divorce and was so concerned with her family, she just didn't have the time for him and he really demanded that. They're still friends. Things are fine, but it was a clean break - [with] no chance of getting back together." Reps for Gyllenhaal and Witherspoon have not commented. The pair first hooked up while doing reshoots for the film Rendition. "Jake went and reintroduced himself to Reese," says an insider. "Things slowly progressed, but it was never something she thought would happen from the start. She just kind of developed this little crush over time."

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