Downey Jr. upset with Guy Ritchie for making him wear platforms

May 1st, 2009 LONDON - Pop star Madonna has shot down reports that she'll be leaving her young sons with ex-husband Guy Ritchie as she tours Europe this summer. It was reported that Madonna will hand the filmmaker the custody of Rocco, eight, and her three-year-old adopted son David, for three months so she can concentrate on her gigs, reported contactmusic.com.

May 1st, 2009 LONDON - British director Guy Ritchie is turning his back on directing gangster films. He's reportedly working on a musical movie.

April 27th, 2009 LONDON - Pop star Madonna's ex-husband Guy Ritchie has bought a house about 200 yards from the singer's London mansion. Movie maker Guy paid millions for the four-storey house to be near his sons when Madonna brings them to Britain, reports thesun.co.uk.

April 9th, 2009 LONDON - It seems that the relationship between the Guy Ritchie and Madonna has warmed after he stepped in to support her following the failed adoption bid. The pop queen - known to pals as Em - apparently broke down during a call to their son Rocco, who was with Ritchie last week.

April 9th, 2009 LONDON - British filmmaker Guy Ritchie has been comforting ex-wife Madonna after her attempt to adopt a baby from Malawi failed. Thesun.co.uk reports that the two had got divorced in January and the singer cited his 'unreasonable behaviour' behind their break up.

April 4th, 2009 LONDON - British director Guy Ritchie has voiced his sadness over ex-wife Madonna's failed Malawian adoption bid, and insisted that the singer is a "great mum". A judge at Malawi's High Court in Lilongwe had rejected the 50-year-old beauty's application to adopt Mercy James, a four-year-old girl, ruling that the child should remain in her home country, reports The Telegraph.

March 31st, 2009 LONDON - Guy Ritchie has confessed that he loves being single, and it certainly seemed so after the director was constantly in demand by 20-something girls at a bash. The 40-year-old, who officially ended his eight-year-marriage with Madonna in January, said that he would not trade his freedom for anything else in the world.

March 31st, 2009 LONDON - British film director Guy Ritchie, who got divorced from his pop star wife Madonna recently, says he is having a great time. 'I'm single again - and I wouldn't have it any other way.

March 28th, 2009 LONDON - Pop star Madonna's ex-husband filmmaker Guy Ritchie is dating a woman who is 13 years younger than him. Ritchie and Petrina Khashoggi, the love child of disgraced British politician Jonathan Aitken and Soraya Khashoggi, have been dating for a few weeks now but are not making the relationship public, thesun.co.uk reports.

March 9th, 2009 LONDON - Rumours are rife that pop diva Madonna's ex-husband Guy Ritchie and Jemima Khan are seeing each other. Thesun.co.uk reports that the pair have been seeing a lot more of each other in recent weeks as Jemima has proved the perfect shoulder to cry on for Ritchie since his split with Madonna.

March 5th, 2009 LONDON - British director Guy Ritchie is moving on from his split with pop star Madonna by partying all night and buying a new home. Ritchie made the peace sign for photographers as he left the pub he owns here at 4 a.m.

February 28th, 2009 LONDON - British director Guy Ritchie used to make jibes at his ex-wife Madonna before their divorce by calling her 'It'. 'Guy would say, 'Oh, It's (Madonna) in a bad mood today',' thesun.co.uk quoted a source as saying.

February 17th, 2009 LONDON - British director Guy Ritchie was angry when he was asked to re-shoot almost five weeks worth of scenes for his Sherlock Holmes movie. According to thesun.co.uk, Warner Bros executives were not happy with the first cut and slammed one scene as 'ridiculously unrealistic'.

February 1st, 2009 LONDON - Pop superstar Madonna and ex-husband British director Guy Ritchie attended a Kabbalah service together with their children. According to thesun.co.uk, Madonna attended the service with her 12-year-old daughter Lourdes and three-year-old adopted son David Banda.

December 31st, 2008 LONDON - British director Guy Ritchie offered a homeless man a role in his new 'Sherlock Holmes' movie. According to thesun.co.uk, the 56-year-old Raymond Emmanuel was spotted by a talent scout in Manchester.