A $500 million settlement would dwarf the current record holders of celebrity divorce: Michael Jordan ponied up $168 million following his 2006 divorce with wife Juanita; Neil Diamond forked over $150 million after his 1994 split with Marcia Murphey; while Steven Spielberg shelled out $100 million following his 1989 divorce from Amy Irving.

Among Gibson’s estimated assets: More than $600 million grossed by “The Passion of the Christ” alone, $100-plus million in real estate investments worldwide (he bought an island in Fiji for $15 million in 2004), and $75 million for film and TV projects for which Gibson executive produced.

As for film residuals, Gibson, also 53, “would be accountable to pay half for the rest of his days,” Soodik says. “If he gets a residual check for “Lethal Weapon” or “Braveheart,” half of that check is hers.”But don’t expect the ex-couple to enter a painful, protracted battle in the courts.

“This divorce will probably reach a settlement in a matter of months,” Soodik says. “It likely won’t be messy since there’s enough money to go around.”

A wedding anniversary is a time for love and celebration. But not for Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan , who will be working on their second wedding anniversary on April 20.

According to reports, the couple had planned a quiet day with a small get-together with parents Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan . But little did they know that their Mani Sir (read Mani Ratnam ) had other plans chalked out for the day.

Ratnam, reportedly, was in no mood to slacken the ongoing shooting schedule of his Ravana in the south and had planned a shoot for April 20 for both Ash and Abhi. As the schedule can’t be delayed, the husband-wife duo cordially agreed to work on their second wedding anniversary.

So there’s going to be no celebration, no family get-together for Ash and Abhi as they mark two years of their life has husband and wife. However, the big consolation is that they would be together on the special day.

‘Ravana’ is a modern-day adaptation of epic ‘Ramayana’. This bilingual movie, to be made in Hindi and Tamil, has south star Vikram playing one of the leads.

Recently, Abhi-Ash also signed Ritesh Sidhwani ’s spy-thriller ‘Crooked’ to be made on the lines of ‘The Bourne Identity’. The movie is set to roll soon and also features Boman Irani , Gul Panag and Jimmy Shergill .

Kings Eleven Punjab announced nine sponsors for season 2 of the Indian Premier League, relaunch of their brand and Ultimate Fan Hunt who will go to South Africa with the team. Preity Zinta and Mohit Burman, co owners of Kings Eleven Punjab, Yuvraj Singh captain and sponsors were present at the function in full support of the team which is in South Africa for their pre IPL coaching camp. Emirates, the Dubai based global airline is the team’s Title sponsor.

Other sponsors include Gulf Oil as official team partner, Nimbooz Official Beverage Sponsor, Netlinkblue Official Team Sponsor, Royal Challenge Official Games for Royal Challenge Partner, Springbok International Official sponsor, Reebok Official Apparel Partner, Dabur Glucose D Official Team Sponsor and Orbit as Official Chewing Gum Sponsor.

Preity Zinta, Chairperson Kings Eleven Punjab said, ‘We welcome Emirates to our family as the Title Sponsor. With our nine partners, we are recharged and now looking forward to a long and fruitful association and a great season up ahead. All our sponsors are dynamic and share our passion i.e. to promote the game of Cricket. With their support and a talented playing team, Kings Eleven Punjab is as ready as a team and an organization to win the season 2 championship.’