Not a couple, but still friends: LeBlanc files for divorce

Los Angeles – Matt LeBlanc has filed for divorce from his wife, citing irreconcilable differences, but his publicist says the two remain “friends.”

The former “Friends” TV star filed papers Thursday in Superior Court to dissolve his three-year marriage to his wife, Melissa LeBlanc, according to documents obtained by Entertainment Tonight. The couple separated Jan. 1.

“The dissolution is amicable. They remain devoted parents and friends,” LeBlanc’s publicist, Joe Libonati, said.

They are seeking joint custody of their 2-year-old daughter, Marina. Melissa LeBlanc has two children from a previous marriage.

The pair married in a celebrity-studded wedding in Hawaii in 2003 that was attended by several of LeBlanc’s “Friends” co-stars.

Stern curses nonloyal fans (who aren’t listening anyway)

New York – Howard Stern is angry more fans haven’t followed him to satellite radio.

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, the 52-year-old shock jock lashes out at those of his fan base who haven’t made the transition to Sirius Satellite Radio. In January, Stern moved his popular and bawdy morning show to the subscription satellite radio provider.

“I was just at my psychiatrist and I said, ‘I just got great news: We hit the 4 million mark. And I’m angry. It should be 20 million,'” Stern says in the magazine, on newsstands Monday.

“It’s insulting to me that everyone hasn’t come with me. I take it personally,” he says.

“I want to say to my audience … ‘You haven’t come with me yet? How dare you? We’re up to wild, crazy stuff, the show has never sounded better. You cheap bastard!'”

In February, CBS Radio, formerly known as Infinity Broadcasting, filed a lawsuit against Stern for improperly using airtime to promote his new show on Sirius.

Stern has claimed the lawsuit is without merit.

Yanni avoids battery charge in dispute with girlfriend

Manalapan, Fla. – Musician Yanni won’t be charged with domestic battery in an alleged dispute with his girlfriend, authorities said Friday.

The Greek-born pianist, whose real name is John Yanni Christopher, was arrested March 3 at his beachfront home in Manalapan.

His girlfriend, Silvia Barthes, 33, told police Yanni grabbed her and shook her, then threw her on a bed and jumped on her, according to a police report.

Barthes had a bloody lip but told officers she thought she might have hit herself when Yanni shook her, the report stated.

Yanni, 51, claimed Barthes kicked him during the scuffle.

“Essentially, it came down to a ‘he said, she said,'” Mike Edmondson, a spokesman for the state attorney in Palm Beach County, said Friday. “The alleged event took place behind closed doors without any independent witnesses or evidence to support the charge.”

‘Gawker Stalker’ Web site may feel wrath of Clooney

Los Angeles – George Clooney is known as a prankster, but his plan to undermine a Web site that posts celebrity sightings is no joke, his publicist said Friday.

Clooney has suggested swamping Gawker.com’s “Gawker Stalker” feature with false notes about stars’ whereabouts, spokesman Stan Rosenfield said.

In an e-mail Rosenfield recently distributed on Clooney’s behalf to other high-powered publicists, the actor calls for publicity firms and their clients to join the effort against the site that some have called a threat to celebrities.

“There is a simple way to render these guys useless,” Clooney said in the message. “Flood their Web site with bogus sightings. Get your clients to get 10 friends to text in fake sightings of any number of stars.

“A couple hundred conflicting sightings and this Web site is worthless. No need to try to create new laws to restrict free speech. Just make them useless. That’s the fun of it. And then sit back and enjoy the ride,” Clooney writes, signing the note, “Thanks, George.”