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From estranged to really strange


Heather Mills McCartney
 (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)
From Wire Reports The Spokesman-Review

The deteriorating relationship between Paul McCartney and estranged wife Heather Mills McCartney keeps getting more curious.

The latest: A security guard at Paul’s London home called police when one of Heather’s bodyguards climbed a wall to let her in after finding that the locks had been changed.

Officers spoke to Heather and left, said her spokesman, Phil Hall. She then entered the house with the couple’s 2-year-old daughter, Beatrice, and stayed the night, he added.

“She said it was hilarious. It was just a complete mix-up,” Hall said.

It comes in the midst of what the British media is describing as acrimonious divorce proceedings between the former Beatle and his second wife.

Hall did allow that Paul had frozen the couple’s joint bank account and sent Heather a letter complaining about three bottles of cleaning liquid that were taken from his home to her office.

It would serve him right

Christie Brinkley has taken a preliminary step in divorcing her philandering hubby, though she may be wavering on going through with a permanent split.

The supermodel has filed a “summons with notice” against Peter Cook, laying the foundation for divorce proceedings, but hasn’t given the court the green light to deliver the paperwork, Cook’s lawyer says.

Cook, a 47-year-old architect who had an affair with his 19-year-old assistant, has publicly apologized to Brinkley in the hopes of repairing their marriage.

Chip off the old Rock?

Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock got married again – this time in Rock’s hometown Detroit.

Anderson, 39, and Rock, 35 (aka Bob Ritchie), unofficially wed aboard a yacht in St. Tropez on July 29, and later visited a judge to make it legal. Anderson had said further ceremonies also were planned in Malibu and Nashville.

Meanwhile, the former “Baywatch” babe has been fueling rumors that she’s pregnant. Asked by radio host Ryan Seacrest whether she and Rock planned a family, Anderson replied: “There might be one in there now.”

The diaper years

Elsewhere on the baby beat:

Brooke Burke, the host of CBS’ “Rock Star: Supernova,” is expecting a baby with former “Baywatch” star David Charvet. She has two daughters, ages 6 and 4, with husband Garth Fisher, the “Extreme Makeover” celebrity plastic surgeon, whom she hasn’t yet divorced.

•The winning couple from Fox’s “Skating With Celebrities” – actress Kristy Swanson and Olympic skater Lloyd Eisler – are expecting a baby on Valentine’s Day. It’s her first; he has two sons, ages 2 years and 8 months, with his estranged wife.

Fred Savage, former child star of ABC’s “The Wonder Years,” is the proud new father of a 6-pound, 13-ounce baby boy.

The birthday bunch

Comedian-director David Steinberg is 64. Actor Sam Elliott is 62. Actress Melanie Griffith is 49. Actress Amanda Bearse (“Married…With Children”) is 48. Rapper Kurtis Blow is 47. Singer Aimee Mann is 46. Singer Whitney Houston is 43. Actor Pat Petersen (“Knots Landing”) is 40. Actress Gillian Anderson (“The X-Files”) is 38. Actor Eric Bana (“The Hulk,” “Troy”) is 38.