In a decision likely to significantly affect the long-running dispute over James Brown’s estate, a judge in South Carolina has ruled that Tommie Rae Hynie Brown is the widow of the singer, known as the Godfather of Soul.

(RNS) Pope Francis on Friday (Jan. 23) warned the Vatican’s top marriage judges that they should not “lock the salvation of persons within the straits of legalism” and indicated he wants the church to no longer charge for the sometimes … more

Mandy Moore and husband Ryan Adams are calling it quits after almost six years of marriage, People confirms. “Mandy Moore and Ryan Adams have mutually decided to end their marriage,” a rep for Moore told the magazine in a statement. … more

Patrick Dempsey’s wife, Jillian Fink, has filed for divorce after 15 years of marriage. “It is with careful consideration and mutual respect that we have decided to end our marriage,” the couple said in a statement, People reported. “Our primary … more