Reuters: McCartney Mills showdown 18 March

As part of the deal Mills was awarded a lump sum of 16.5 million pounds and assets worth 7.8 million pounds. McCartney and Mills' split was fought out under a remorseless media spotlight with McCartney pitted against the outspoken Mills. Lurid tales of Mills colourful past appeared in British newspapers. Mills hit back, saying she was driven to the brink of suicide because the media branded her a "whore" and "gold-digger."

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Mills is believed by some legal experts to be asking for a payout equivalent to 100 million dollars and that he may be prepared to offer only about half that sum in what has become the most high-profile showbusiness marriage split since Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman went their separate ways.

Forty-three years after the Beatles gave a series of concerts at the Olympia in Paris, Paul McCartney is back to play at the prestigious concert hall. Four decades after playing Paris's legendary L'Olympia concert hall with the Beatles, Paul McCartney returns to the venue Monday saying "it's still exciting." Commenting on his decision to quit the EMI label for Starbucks' Hear Music, McCartney said that as the music industry changed through Internet use and downloads, "I started to think that the record companies don't know how to deal with it (the change)." Extract from press conference prior to McCartney's concert.

The latest celebrity news including Paul McCartney and estranged wife Heather Mills facing off in one of showbiz's bitterest and biggest divorce battles, plus a big night for Amy Winehouse and praise for Madonna. John Russell reports.

The latest celebrity news including Paul McCartney and estranged wife Heather Mills facing off in one of showbiz's bitterest and biggest divorce battles, plus a big night for Amy Winehouse and praise for Madonna. John Russell reports.

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The latest celebrity news including a judgment date for Paul McCartney and Heather Mills, plus Neverland Ranch headed to the auction block, the latest on Madonna's new album and Amy Winehouse catches a break.

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