I seem to remember that there were loads of rumours a year or two ago to the effect that Madonna's marriage to husband Guy Ritchie was on the rocks. I think they surrounded that whole David Banda adoption debacle. Anyway, the latest ones have come about because the pair have not been seen together for weeks and the gossips are saying that they are leading separate lives.
US spokeswoman Liz Rosenberg has issued a fulsome denial, however, as follows: "I am delighted to confirm that Mr and Mrs Guy Ritchie remain happily married. Though they were in different countries recently - Madonna in the US doing promotion for her upcoming album Hard Candy and Guy finishing up post-production on his new film RocknRolla as well as completing a Nike commercial and working on several scripts in England - the family are joyfully back together at home in London. All is well and wonderful in the Ritchie household."