That Madonna will not be staying over with Guy and the kiddies at Christmas as previously reported... A source told The Sun: "Guy is desperate to see the children on Christmas Day and was OK with them all spending the day at Ashcombe. He was even willing to have Madonna there and try to be civilised for the sake of the children. But having her stay over was just too much. He couldn't bear the thought of her padding round the kitchen next morning like old times - there are too many sad memories"... of being married... That Madonna's latest single, Miles Away (the profound one about her and Guy drifting apart), has debuted the charts at number 39. A source said: "This is a massive blow for Madge. Only reaching 39 in the charts is disastrous for her. Madonna is completely obsessed by her career. She has a ridiculous level of ambition and will be furious Miles Away has flopped. Apart from her kids, there's nothing else she lives for. Madonna is worried the divorce has damaged her career"... That Jeremy Piven, most known for his role in Entourage (in which he plays himself) has pulled out of a David Mamet Broadway play due to "exhaustion"... A source told the New York Post: "Piven missed Tuesday night's performance - as well as yesterday's matinee and evening performances - of Speed-the-Plow, much to the anger of ticket holders... Daily Variety reported that Piven said he was suffering from a 'high level of mercury,' leading Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet, who wrote the showbiz satire, to remark tartly, 'My understanding is that he is leaving show business to pursue a career as a thermometer'"... That William H. Macey has taken over the role... That Jonathan Ross has posted the following on his Twitter blog: "Smoking a cigar and watching Sex and the City season 6. Suspension is fun... Wondering what record I should play on first radio show. Maybe - 'You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone'"... That Jonathan Ross enjoyed Sex and The City season 6?!... That it went to pot after Sarah Jessica Parker became one of the producers and started injecting overly animated affectedness into Carrie... That one of David Copperfield's assistants has been hospitalised after an trick involving "an industrial fan" went horribly wrong... A source said: "(The assistant) was accidentally pulled into the vortex of the moving fan blades, causing injury to his arm and face. The surgery was several hours wherein the doctors could insert pins and bolts. There was a puncture on his face requiring eight or nine stitches"... That, of Coldplay's Viva LaVida album, Slipknot's Corey Taylor said to Alex Zane: "That is one of the most self-celebratory pieces of **** I’ve ever f**king heard in my entire f**king life. Go suck a f**king ****. Are you watching Martin? Suck it. Go eat a bag of ****. I f**king hate that album. It's music to wipe your ass to"... That Sir Cliff Richard said: "There is a family plot where my father and mother are buried but I have been assured that when I do pass on a lot of my fans will want to pay homage to me and visit my grave, so that family plot might not be suitable. Perhaps I should think of a last resting place that is more accessible to people. I'm not thinking of being dead or buried, although I will have to make some arrangements about a grave eventually. Mind you, I have no fear of death at all, although I keep fit to keep death at bay. I want to play tennis on my 100th birthday and I'm not joking"... That Courtney Cox signed a letter to her daughter's teacher "from Courtney and Cock" after her computers spell check changed the name Coco...
