Juiciest Celebrity Splits

These buzzed-about breakups give new meaning to the term Hollywood ending

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Jennifer Aniston & Brad Pitt

They became Mr. and Mrs. Pfft! amid rumors that he was dallying with Angelina Jolie. Five years later, tabloids are still studying the triangle-and the gossip has outlasted the marriage.

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Meg Ryan & Dennis Quaid

Ending her marriage in the wake of a romance with Russell Crowe, this former America’s Sweetheart has said she learned "what it feels like to be the Scarlet Woman."

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Laura Dern & Billy Bob Thornton

"I left our home to work on a movie, and while I was away my boyfriend got married," Dern has said. Thornton’s surprise wife? A vial-of-blood-wearing Angelina Jolie. (See also: Jennifer & Brad Pitt.)

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Nicole Kidman & Tom Cruise

Kidman-who’s said she was surprised when Cruise called it quits-miscarried a month after the couple revealed their split. Why did they part? Cruise has said, "Nic knows exactly why."

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Heather Mills & Paul McCartney

Money can’t buy you love, but roughly $50 million can settle a Beatle’s divorce. During their two-year battle, she called him abusive. He promised, "All will be revealed." We’re still waiting.

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Kim Basinger & Alec Baldwin

They took their custody dispute back to court when Baldwin called their daughter a "little pig" in a voice mail. He claimed he was "driven to the edge by parental alienation."

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Heather Locklear & Richie Sambora

They’re on friendly terms now, but their marriage ended with a plot twist worthy of Melrose Place: Shortly after Locklear filed for divorce, Sambora started dating her close friend Denise Richards.

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Ellen DeGeneres & Anne Heche

The day after they went bust, an addled Heche showed up at a stranger’s house claiming to be God. DeGeneres’s take: "Anne broke my heart into a million pieces."

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Christie Brinkley & David Cook

Model husband? Uh, no. Cook seduced his 18-year-old assistant and allegedly had a $3,000-a-day Internet porn habit. Of Brinkley, he’s said, "This is a bitter, vindictive, angry woman." Gee, wonder why.

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Shania Twain and Robert "Mutt" Lange

Mutt was a dog when he hooked up with Twain’s friend and assistant, pushing the singer into what she’s called a "dark slump." Now she’s dating the assistant’s ex. Sounds like a country song. *FOR A SLIDESHOW OF THE TOP 50 CHEATERS OF ALL TIME, CLICK HERE.*