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.”

While flapper style is often channelled by Tinseltown ladies on the red carpet few have perfected the look as perfectly as Drew Barrymore. Her recently platinum crop softly waved in the manner favoured by actresses of early Hollywood, her alabaster skin perfectly set off by scarlet lips, and effortlessly stunning in a nude Alberta Ferretti gown, Drew was the poster girl for Twenties glamour.

The 34-year-old actress’ opulent new look was in honour of the New York unveiling of her latest film, Grey Gardens. She stars as eccentric Little Edie Beale in the true riches-to-rags story of a mother and daughter who were relatives of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

After reading the script Drew passionately desire to be part of the project.

“I would have done anything for this part,” she says. In preparation to play the reclusive character, Drew didn’t talk on a mobile phone, watch TV or read or listen to anything Little Edie hadn’t seen or heard.

“I went into a total monastery and didn’t speak to any friends for three months,” she explains.

Joining Drew at the film’s Big Apple presentation this week was her on-off boyfriend Justin Long and co-star Jessica Lange. The 59-year-old actress plays Drew’s mother – Big Edie Beale - in the drama.

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 .