Forbes List Of Costliest Divorces Provides Handy Guideline For Next Generation Of Discarded Hollywood Starter Wives
As far as major milestones on the great playing board of the Celebrity Game of Life go, nothing quite matches the divorce in terms of pure, spectator deathsport value. Forbes, always at the ready with some variation of a list of famous people and their mindboggling fortunes, now presents the Most Expensive Celebrity Divorces. A drumroll, please, as we reveal the top ten:
#10. Mick Jagger & Jerry Hall Estimated settlement: $15 to $25 million #9. Lionel & Diane Richie Estimated settlement: $20 million #8. Michael & Diandra Douglas Estimated settlement: $45 million #7. James Cameron & Linda Hamilton Estimated settlement: $50 million #6. Paul McCartney & Heather Mills Settlement pending: Possibly more than $60 million
#5. Kevin Costner & Cindy Silva Estimated settlement: $80 million #4. Harrison Ford & Melissa Mathison Estimated settlement: $85 million #3. Steven Spielberg & Amy Irving Estimated settlement: $100 million #2. Neil Diamond & Marcia Murphey Estimated settlement: $150 million #1. Michael & Juanita Jordan Settlement pending: Possibly more than $150 million
Hollywood is, not surprisingly, respectably represented, with two superdirectors, three aging leading men, and one father of a calorically challenged reality TV sidekick all sitting within just a few impressive ranks from each other, right alongside the trade-in prices for upgrading to their newer, sleeker wife models. So what can we learn from this list? For starters, that there's nothing like a nine-figure settlement to really hammer home the importance of not skimping on the lawyer who'll draft your prenuptial agreement.