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Somehow we don't think a broom handle to the ceiling is going to fix this one. One of Madonna's Upper West Side neighbors filed a lawsuit yesterday, charging her of subjecting the building to "pounding noise and vibration" when she uses her apartment as a dance studio.

Last week's season premiere of Saturday Night Live may have had America's Most Overhyped Sexpot Megan Fox as host, but this week's second episode ended up being the true Ladies Night, with divas in full force. Host Ryan Reynolds did that thing you do when your spouse is an even bigger star than you and brought along his wife (and soon-to-be Broadway actress) Scarlett Johansson, who reprised her role as a local saleswoman pitching "Chandeliers!" for dad Fred Armisen's Long Island business, that has now apparently expanded to porcelain fountains.

Last night, Madonna made another visit to the Late Show With David Letterman. After making a grand entrance on the shoulders of Rangers players (who read the Top Ten list) and parrying questions about her marriage while cracking jokes about the Bush administration, she also deflected her relationship with A-Rod skillfully: The Material Girl pointed out that Letterman nearly got arrested for his last comments about A-Rod, referring to the comedian's remarks about Sarah Palin's daughter. And then Letterman took Madonna to have her allegedly first slice of NYC pizza.

What's an aging pop star to do when banished from her Wiltshire estate? Madonna has purchased a new place on the Upper East Side, as we know, and has now ordered the architects to replicate her Ashcombe country home feel room by room. Since she thinks it's bad karma to snag any of the possessions from her House of Divorce, she is having her people find replicas around New York instead, because that's what people with money choose to do with it. She's come a long way from her 234 East Fourth Street digs—originally “the architects were under the impression she wanted the place modernised. But Madonna said if she wanted some hipster apartment she never would have bought this place on the staid Upper East Side." The Mirror also notes that her Madgesty has been talking to friends about bringing some chickens in to the new abode, to make her kids feel more at home, of course. [via Curbed]

The new accusations against A-Rod in the upcoming biography on him—that he used steroids while on the Yankees and tipped off pitches to opposing players—are now being looked into by Major League Baseball. Officials had already met with A-Rod to ask questions soon after his initial admissions of using illegal steroids while with Texas Rangers. A sports law expert told the Times, “The last thing (Commissioner Bud Selig) wants is for someone else, like the federal government or Congress, to try and intercede and take this matter out of his hands.”

Madonna was spotted back on her feet yesterday after tumbling from a horse on Saturday. While her publicist blamed paparazzi for startling the pop singer—who was "leaping over hurdles" at the time—a photographer who was there disagrees. The Daily News spoke with Thomas Hinton who said he was taking photographs of Madonna on her horse but left because he didn't have a good spot, but then he got a tip that she was injured, "I arrived more than 10 minutes after she fell, and I was shooting from the street. I don't know what [her publicist] is talking about." Maybe Madonna's publicist is covering up the Material Girl's riding skills? Hinton also told Newsday if a photographer had startled the horse, the police would be on the case, "As far as I'm concerned, the only photographer present when the accident happened was Steven Klein," the fashion photographer and friend of Madona whose horse farm is where the accident took place. Anyway, Madonna, who was suffered bruising from the fall, seems to be doing fine, asking the media who approached her, "Are you the guys that spooked my horse?" and saying she was feeling "better."

Madonna's publicist is saying that the pop singer was tossed from a horse because paparazzi jumped out of the bushes and startled the 50-year-old Material Girl and her horse. The Post reports that she "was leaping over hurdles on a brown steed" at friend Steven Klein's Bridgehampton horse farm" (the Post also has photos). She suffered minor injuries and bruises but will need other tests and observation; according to the Daily News, she is "recovering at friend Gwyneth Paltrow's Amagansett estate." In 2005, Madonna broke her collarbone after falling from a horse on her British estate, an experience she called the "most painful" of her life (it may have also led to the demise of her marriage with Guy Ritchie). But in 2006, Madonna was featured in W magazine in a photo spread by Klein called "Madonna Rides Again."

Not too many people are buying $40 million homes with grottos these days, but Madonna's never been a conformist. The NY Post reports that her Madgesty has just purchased a four-story, Georgian-style townhouse on East 81st Street, complete with 13 bedrooms, 14 bathrooms, 2-car garage, 3,000-square-foot garden, 9 fireplaces, an elevator and a wine cellar with a grotto. If you need some jealousy-inducing visuals, Curbed has photos. She'll be doing extensive renovations before moving in, however, and in the meantime is looking for an English-style manor in Westchester or on Long Island. A source tells the Post that, "She's trying to recreate London in New York City." Recently the Material Girl tried to acquire a new 4-year-old but was told she had to live in Malawi for 18 months in order to do so. She already owns land there, possibly for a future school, and has asked a family home be built there as well. Related: Watch the Angelina vs. Madonna baby-off from SNL earlier this month.

We doubt anyone really feels sorry for rich and talented Alex Rodriguez amid his steroid usage confessional week, but, just in case, Radar has some photographs of the slugger partying in the Bahamas right before the steroid news broke. The player was seen with some lovely ladies and an eyewitness tells Radar, "The girls said they had come down with A-Rod from the U.S. They were dancing in front of him and even kissing each other to entertain him. He seemed to like the brunette more. But they all left the club together." Lately, A-Rod has been seeking comfort with his ex-wife Cynthia (well, their 4-year-old daughter is also sick) and Madonna isn't happy about that!

The highlights of last night's Golden Globes ceremony were not Kate Winslet's double win or the triumph of HBO's John Adams miniseries or that Jeremy Piven didn't win again for Entourage. The multiple wins for Slumdog Millionaire—and shout-outs to Mumbai—were sweet, as was Steven Spielberg's plea for not only making movies for the mainstream (also, Martin Scorsese gets so emotional!), but let's face it, the British comedians took the cake for the best moments.

            

Earlier this month we learned that after more than four decades in the East Village, kitsch mecca Love Saves the Day will close. Yesterday we dropped by and, with owner Richie Herson's approval, took some photos of the eclectic boutique—an activity that's ordinarily forbidden. By the way, it's a great time to stop by and pick up some Christmas gifts while paying your respects; the store has slashed prices 30%-50%.

East Village kitsch mecca Love Saves the Day (MySpace) will close next month after more than four decades in the neighborhood, Vanishing New York reports. Originally opened in 1966 on 77 7th Street, the day glo-painted shop moved down the block to its current location at Second Avenue and 7th Street in 1983, just in time for a cameo in Desperately Seeking Susan, in which it's immortalized as the boutique where Madonna traded in her leather pyramid jacket for rhinestone studded boots.

The British newspaper the Evening Standard reports that Madonna and Guy Ritchie have reached an agreement in their divorce proceedings. The couple will share custody of sons Rocco and David (they had apparently been arguing over whether the kids would be raised in New York or London). And Ritchie is not getting any of Madonna's estimated $450 million fortune, which he could have attempted since they did not have a pre-nup. A source said, "It will be all over by the end of the month. I am sure it will be announced by then. The priority for him has always been the children. Ritchie has not wanted her money." Madonna was out on the town last night, at the Gucci UNICEF dinner; she looked happy (picture), perhaps because rumored boyfriend A-Rod snubbed Kate Hudson in Miami.

What is a nasty celebrity divorce without weeping? In the realm of the Madonna-Guy Ritchie divorce, Us Magazine says that Ritchie was "crying over" seeing photos of 8-year-old son Rocco in a Yankees t-shirt. Because a Yankees t-shirt signifies slugger Alex Rodriguez, one of Madonna's many rumored current paramours. Of course, it doesn't help that there are more rumors about A-Rod buying real estate closer to Madonna's Central Park West triplex, reportedly scoping out an $80 million four-bedroom apartment at 15 Central Park West. Anyway, Us Magazine has other crazy details about the divorce, like how Madonna would say, "I should have married someone like me: strong, hot-blooded, intelligent, ambitious, spiritual," and "Guy called her old, fat, ugly and wrinkled and said that she was stupid and couldn't sing."

Madonna is gearing up for her divorce with British director Guy Ritchie by accusing him of abuse, according to the tabloids. London's Daily Mail says that Ritchie told the Material Girl she "looked like a granny" and was "past it" when she turned 50. More rumors: She worked out so much that the couple didn't have sex for 18 months andwhen they did, Ritchie would tell friends it was like "cuddling up to a piece of gristle"; she was strict about the food in the household; and Madonna was thinking about "going public" with A-Rod after her world tour ends. A source said, "Alex is bewitched by her. she is a very intoxicating woman and it seems she has offered him a pathway to happiness and enlightenment through Kabbalah. He thinks she is phenomenal, but his friends aren't sure they have much in common."

Or at least we can guess was taking shots at her estranged husband: The NY Post reports that at her Sticky & Sweet tour concert in Boston the other night, she prefaced her song "Miles Away" by saying, "This song is for the emotionally retarded. Maybe you know some people who fall into that category. God knows I do." A source also says that there were tensions over the Material Girl's Kabbalah faith, "Guy's initial support and interest in kabbalah turned to annoyance and hatred. Guy doesn't believe kabbalah is on par with Christianity." British tabloid The Sun suggests their marriage started to crumble a few years ago when Madonna fell off a horse and Ritchie responded by saying, "Come on darling, you’re a tough bird. You’ll be back on the horse in no time."

After months--if not years--of rumors, British tabloid The Sun claims Madonna and Guy Ritchie are getting divorced. Apparently the couple will release a statement about the split because they "can’t bear to live with the pretence any longer." The source says, "Madonna wanted a highly stage-managed separation, with their split being announced when it when it was convenient for her" -- she's currently on tour-- but apparently the fighting has been too bad for that! The Sun suggests that Madonna has "rekindled a close relationship" with Carlos Leon, who fathered daughter Lourdes, but our question is whether the Material Girl's next stop is A-Rod.

items about the Yankees slugger. First, apparently Alex Rodriguez had dinner with Madonna at Dos Caminos with some male friends (the two, rumored to have some sort of relationship, arrived separately and left separately). Second, he was seen at Bar Pitti on Sixth Avenue, having lunch with a "sexy brunette" -- and he used a "use[d] a $100 bill as a napkin." Well, that's what happen when your yearly salary is as much as the entire Marlins payroll.

There are some photographs a really skinny-looking Madonna leaving the Kabbalah Centre in Midtown. The Daily News calls her a "funereal girl...gone from glamorous to cadaverous" while British tabloid The Sun thinks she looks plain odd, wondering if a vacuum sucked "out most of her face." The Material Girl is turning 50 next month, and the Sun also reported that she and Guy Ritchie will renew their vows in England around that time. Her Sticky & Sweet Tour starts August 23 in Cardiff, Wales--she'll make her way to North America with five shows at Giants Stadium and Madison Square Garden in October.

The Post learns that Alex Rodriguez and Cynthia Rodriguez are looking to avoid a public "slugfest" in their divorce proceedings. The source said, "They're going to try and arrive at a settlement so they don't have a very public dispute." Wait, does that mean we won't get any more "details" about A-Rod visiting Madonna to learn about Kabbalah or C-Rod's supposed relationship with Lenny Kravitz? Did they learn something from the Christie Brinkley-Peter Cook divorce trial? In other A-Rod news, he's working with the William Morris Agency to rehabilitate his image and, ostensibly, make even more money.

Alex Rodriguez was spotted at the 40/40 Club not with a purported gal pal but Shaquille O'Neal! Rodriguez and O'Neal are both superstar athletes who are used to the glare of the spotlight--and they happen to share the same divorce lawyer, Ira Elegant (though it's unclear how Shaq's divorce is progressing, since he was seen with his estranged wife recently). A-Rod was hosting a party at the club, and TMZ says the DJ played Madonna and that security "swept the crapper of people, even pulling one guy from a stall" before A-Rod used the bathroom.

Cynthia Rodriguez finally broke her silence and decided to present her case to gossip columnist Cindy Adams, who writes, " Cynthia Rodriguez loves her man. Cynthia Rodriguez has no malice...Ask again, you mean she's saying she really still loves her womanizing husband and what comes back is, Cynthia Rodriguez is 'not out to mutilate him.'"

The breakup of Alex Rodriguez and Cynthia Rodrigeuz's marriage took another nasty turn after she filed for divorce yesterday. The Yankee third baseman's friends told the Daily News that C-Rod spent $100,000 during her trip to Paris. This comes as one of Cynthia Rodriguez's divorce lawyers called A-Rod's much-rumored affair with Madonna "an affair of the heart."

Cynthia Rodriguez filed for divorce from Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez today in Miami. According to the papers, she claims A-Rod "emotionally abandoned" her and that the marriage is "irretrievably broken" due to his "extra-marital affairs and other marital misconduct." She is looking for primary custody of their two daughters, child support to "maintain the existing lifestyle of the children," and their $12 million home in Coral Gables, Florida, plus paying attorney's fees. Notably, she is also seeking "equitable distribution" of assets acquired during their marriage--how much of A-Rod's $275 million Yankees contract that includes will be up to the lawyers.

Alex Rodriguez's ex-trainer tells the Post that the superstar athlete is totally besotted--or something else--by Madonna, "Alex, God bless him, is lost...I think he got pulled in by the dark side, if you can say that nicely. He's totally brainwashed."

Maybe Cynthia Rodriguez did need a break. The Post spotted the long-suffering wife of Yankees All-Star Alex Rodriguez in the City of Light "beaming with smiles" and looking good, "wearing black, open-toed, high-heeled shoes, tight-fitting blue jeans and a gray hooded top." However, she was not wearing her engagement or anniversary rings.

Cynthia Rodriguez might be the most suffering Yankee baseball wife these days (well, this side of Debbie Clemens). According to the Daily News, C-Rod told her friends Madonna is "using Kabbalah to brainwash Yankee star Alex Rodriguez into believing they are 'soulmates'."

First, there was talk that Madonna had engaged a divorce lawyer. Then there were rumors Madonna's potential split with Guy Ritchie was due to an affair with Yankee superstar Alex Rodriguez. Now, things have gotten really crazy with suggestions that A-Rod's wife Cynthia has left him for...Lenny Kravitz!

The OK! Magazine article which points a judging finger at Madonna and A-Rod's "friendship" is now in print and online (well, partially) for all of those suspect of the pals.

Could Yankee and lover of "well-toned, muscular" women, A-Rod, be the cause of the alleged marital problems between Madonna and Guy Ritchie? Radar reports that the issue of OK! Magazine hitting newsstands tomorrow claims the two are having an affair. The pair did go to the same gym last year and share a manager, after all; further proof in the article, Radar assumes, will be given through various "close friends."