Splits and splices

Who got together and who split up in 2007?


Burlesque superstar Dita von Teese filed for divorce from her fright-goth husband Marilyn Manson, claiming she couldn't deal with his 'demons'. It's unclear whether she was referring to his 'issues' or his legions of Kabuki-faced fans

Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz announced their break-up, perhaps solely to avoid the coining of a clumsy composite - Justiaz? Timbercam? - to rival Brangelina

Kylie Minogue and French actor Olivier Martinez announced their break-up shortly after her successful treatment for breast cancer. Martinez was hastily rebranded from 'Kylie's rock' to 'love rat'

Russian zillionaire and Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich and his wife Irina were divorced after 11 years of marriage. She got the kids and a smattering of luxury estates; he got to keep Andriy Shevchenko

Chantelle and Preston announced their separation after 10 months of marriage, doing little to quell the suspicion that the whole episode was a fever-dream hatched in a particularly torrid Heat magazine editorial meeting

Britney Spears and Kevin Federline's divorce was finalised in court, and it's been onwards and upwards for Britney ever since. Sorry? Yes, we have spent the last few months down a big hole, actually. Why do you ask?

Kate Moss finally kicked Pete Doherty out of her north London home after two years of random strumming and unintelligible muttering, an ever-changing panoply of headgear, and wearyingly incessant cases of the midnight munchies

Salman Rushdie and model and TV presenter Padma Lakshmi announced the end of their three-year marriage - a month after the announcement of Rushdie's knighthood. No Lady she, as Shakespeare didn't quite say

Former Arsenal striker Thierry Henry's estranged English wife, model Claire Merry, was granted a quickie divorce amid rumours that she could end up with two-fifths of his estimated £25m fortune. Va va voom

Actors Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams split three years after meeting on the set of Brokeback Mountain, in which they played, um, a couple with insurmountable relationship problems

Actors Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Philippe's divorce was finalised in court. Ryan Philippe later revealed that he felt 'suicidal', which may or may not have had anything to do with the fact that Reese Witherspoon quickly moved on with the help of Jake Gyllenhaal


Actor Alan Cumming and illustrator Grant Shaffer were joined in civil partnership. It was Cumming's second marriage. The first was to a woman, so, with apologies to Joni Mitchell, he's looked at love from both sides now

Amy Winehouse married Blake Fielder-Civil in Miami at the beginning of the year. And it's been sunshine and roses for them ever since. Hasn't it?

Mel B, aka Scary Spice, married second husband, music producer Stephen Belafonte in Las Vegas, though they got together while she was pregnant with Angel Iris, whom she gave birth to in April, and whose father, after numerous paternity wrangles, was confirmed as Eddie Murphy. Do try to keep up at the back

It was a Wag summer in excelsis as Chelsea's John Terry married Toni Poole. The following day (deep breath), Liverpool's Steven Gerrard tied the knot with Alex Curran, and Manchester United captain Gary Neville and team-mate Michael Carrick made honest women of Emma Hadfield and Lisa Roughead, respectively. The Cristal flowed, the Cavalli shimmered, and it was like Footballers' Wives had never been decommissioned

Not to be outdone, the godfather of the Playboy Premiership, Rod Stewart, wed for the third time - this time to Penny Lancaster on the Italian Riviera

He left his heart in San Francisco, and shipping isn't what it used to be, which may be why it took Tony Bennett 20 years to get round to making longtime girlfriend Susan Crow his third wife, in New York

Steve Martin attempted to prove he was still a wild and crazy guy by sporting an Inspector Clouseau moustache for his wedding to New Yorker writer Anne Stringfield, forthcoming role in another Pink Panther movie notwithstanding

Pamela Anderson married Paris Hilton's ex, Rick Salomon. It's Pam's third marriage, after previous successes with Tommy Lee and Kid Rock, and Salomon is Hilton's co-star in the legendary sex tape One Night in Paris, so the omens look almost indecently propitious

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