ngagements, weddings, babies and break ups headline celebrity news this issue. Liza Minnelli and husband/producer David Gest have separated. The two wed just 16 months ago in an elaborate New York ceremony. Ed Norton and Salma Hayek have reportedly ended their romance, and singer/actress Brandy split with her music producer husband Robert Smith. They have a one-year-old daughter.

  Sharon Stone and husband Phil Bronstein filed for divorce after five years. Bronstein is requesting joint legal and physical custody of their three-year-old adopted son Roan.

  After their recent TV interview, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez

seemed set to wed  any day. That was until the story of his Vancouver strip club visit made the news. Stay tuned. Kevin Costner, 48, and longtime girlfriend 29-year-old Christine Baumgartner say they'll marry in Aspen, Colorado next summer. Adam Sandler wed longtime girlfriend Jackie Titone at a Malibu estate owned by Dick Clark. Guests included Chris Rock, Dustin Hoffman, Rob Schneider, Winona Ryder, Ray Romano and Sandler's beloved pet bulldog, Meatball. Justin Timberlake and sweetheart Cameron Diaz secretly dated for two months before deciding to admit they're an item. Lara Flynn Boyle is nowhere in sight around Jack Nicholson. The 66-year-old superstar is now seeing Amanda Peet (The Whole Nine Yards).

  Canadian Sex and the City star Kim Cattrall is reportedly dating action man Bruce Willis. The two met at a party in July.

  Kate Winslet (Titanic) is expecting her second baby. She and new husband, director Sam Mendes (Road to Perdition) say the child is due in the new year. Kate Hudson, 24 and her husband, musician Chris Robinson, 36 are happily awaiting the birth of their first baby early next year. It will be the first grandchild for Hudson's mother, Goldie Hawn and stepfather Kurt Russell.

  In the on-again, off-again department, the Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock union is now over. Meanwhile, 39-year-old Sandra Bullock has split with 22-year-old boytoy Ryan Gosling. Rocker Lenny Kravitz escorted Nicole Kidman to a party thrown by rapper/producer Sean "P. Diddy" Combs in the Big Apple. The two were also seen together at the trendy Manhattan watering hole, Bungalow 8.

  Lots of celebrity house woes. Halle Berry filed a lawsuit against the former owner of the house she bought in Beverly Hills. The actress says after she and husband Eric Benet shelled out two million U.S., they discovered the place requires over $1 million in repairs. Russell Crowe and expectant wife Danielle Spencer got so tired of fans gawking at their lavish apartment in Sydney, Australia at all hours, they bought a new flat to escape the masses.

  Director Tim Burton got the green light to helm the remake of the 1972 classic Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Word has it Johnny Depp is the frontrunner to play the title role. Fans of The Producers will be happy to hear a big-screen version of the Broadway musical is in the works with Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick reprising their stage roles.

See you next time!