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What a tangled web we weave when first we talk about Madonna's men.

While the Queen of Pop, fresh off a happy and photo op-ready reunion with hubby Guy Ritchie, already took pains to disavow anything more than a platonic relationship between herself and Yankee star Alex Rodriguez, a blast from Madge's past is joining in the denial act, this time concerning a rumored relationship with Rodriguez's suddenly estranged wife.

"There is absolutely no affair between Cynthia Rodriguez and myself," Lenny Kravitz said in a statement today. "This is unequivocally 100 percent not true."

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This should finally get people to shut up...right?

Determined to further squelch the incessant rumors that their marriage is on the skids, Madonna and her filmmaker hubby, Guy Ritchie, were seen stepping out Tuesday night—hand in hand, of course—for a photo op dinner at 'Cesca, an Italian restaurant in the Big Apple.

What do you think? Is everything peachy-keen here, or does the "4 Minutes" singer have only about that much time left in this marriage?

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Well, Madonna has always been a lightning A-Rod rod for controversy. And her marriage is no exception.

Once again, the Queen of Pop's rep is putting the kibosh on reports of trouble in faux-accented paradise, including an Us Weekly cover story that suggests the Material Mom is looking to bench Guy Ritchie so she can play ball with New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez.

"Madonna's husband Guy arrived in New York last night to be with his wife and family (not in a last-ditch attempt to save his marriage which does not need saving)," said Madonna's longtime publicist, Liz Rosenberg. "There are no plans for Madonna and Guy to divorce."

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What's a Guy to do when Madonna is making headlines for her trips to the lawyer's office rather than the recording studio?

Hop the next flight, of course.

A source tells E! News that Guy Ritchie touched down in New York Monday so he can spend as much time with his wife and their brood as possible before she heads out on her next world tour.

"He has been planning for a long time to spend all of July in New York," the source said. "It's not a last-ditch effort to save the marriage."

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Police suspect that this bridge to Madonna's past didn't burn all by itself.

Authorities are investigating the possiblity of arson in a Friday-night blaze that heavily damaged a Detroit-area home where the pop icon spent some of her formative years.

According to fire officials, the two-story brick house sustained major fire and smoke damage throughout. The current owners were not at home, and no injuries were reported. A passerby who spotted flames inside called the fire department at about 8 p.m.

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We're a little surprised Madge took David (and Lourdes and Rocco, not pictured) to a Yankees game on Sunday. After all, it's such an American pastime—especially given the seemingly endless Euro 2008 soccer games they could be watching on ESPN this week.

What's up next on the agenda—apple pie? And does this mean she's finally ready to drop the faux accent?

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Madonna and child are finally, officially, together.

A Malawi judge has at long last officially approved the singer and Guy Ritchie's adoption of David Banda more than a year and a half after the duo picked up the boy at an orphanage in the south African nation.

Neither Mr. or Mrs. Ritchie was present in court—or the country—for the final ruling, which did see the government staffer who monitored the duo's interaction with the boy present for the sign-off.

"We are very happy with what the judge has ruled," Madonna's lawyer, Alan Chinula, said outside the courthouse. "Finally the court has granted Madonna full adoption rights of the boy...It's all over, thank God.

"It is a positive and beautiful judgment that will have an impact on Malawi's adoption laws."

While the parental action kicked off a global controversy back in late 2006, the process ended quite quietly in Lilongwe High Court Wednesday, when the final hearing for the adoption ruling took place without much fanfare.

Originally scheduled to take place last month, the official court OK has been delayed several times, both due to conflicts with the Material Mama's promotional schedule and to allow time for the judge to once more humor a humanitarian group that has long, and loudly, argued that Madonna's adoption violates current adoption law and opens the door for less well-intentioned foreigners to adopt from the nation.

The Ritchies have been caring for David, who turns 3 in November, in their London home since October 2006.