The actress confirmed she and Ashton were splitting on Thursday – shortly after it was alleged he had cheated on her with another woman – and she is said to be planning to claim part of his personal fortune, even though they signed a prenuptial agreement before their 2005 wedding.

At the time of their wedding Demi, 49, was said to have assets of $150 million, and a further $75 million from her divorce settlement with second husband Bruce Willis. Ashton, 33, was at the beginning of his career, and not personally wealthy, though he is now thought to command around $600,000 an episode for starring in ‘Two and Half Men’ and earn up to £4 million a year from various investments.

A source close to Demi said: “With a pre-nuptial agreement, Ashton should be sitting pretty.

“These agreements are designed to protect one’s earnings during the marriage as well as one’s pre-nuptial assets.
“But Demi is furious, raging in fact â?? you only have to look at every photo you see of her to see the toll Ashton’s cheating has taken on her.

“She wants to punish him financially because of the way he has broken her heart. She is talking about going after a share of what he has earned since their marriage on the grounds that she contributed to much of what he has achieved.

“She is going to give him a bitter fight and, whether or not she wins, it will be an expensive lesson for him.”
Demi and Ashton’s marriage was rocked when 23-year-old Sara Leal claimed the actor had sex with her at a San Diego hotel room in September. The couple are thought to have tried therapy sessions in an attempt to save their marriage, but Demi finally decided she couldn’t forgive Ashton.

The source added: “She was a wreck. She believes strongly in marriage and she really didn’t want to spend her middle years alone. But in the end, she just couldn’t see any way of making things work.”

Demi Moore is ending her marriage to fellow actor Ashton Kutcher, she told The Associated Press on Thursday. Moore, 49, and Kutcher, 33, were wed in September 2005.

The couple’s relationship became tabloid fodder in recent months as rumors swirled about Kutcher’s alleged infidelity.

“It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that I have decided to end my six-year marriage to Ashton. As a woman, a mother and a wife there are certain values and vows that I hold sacred, and it is in this spirit that I have chosen to move forward with my life. This is a trying time for me and my family, and so I would ask for the same compassion and privacy that you would give to anyone going through a similar situation,” she said in her statement to the AP.

The pair frequently used Twitter to communicate with each other as millions of fans followed along.

“I will forever cherish the time I spent with Demi,” Kutcher tweeted Thursday. “Marriage is one of the most difficult things in the world and unfortunately sometimes they fail.”

Moore said in 2007 that her relationship with the star of “That `70s Show” and “Punk’d” – who is 15 years younger than Moore – “caught us both by surprise.”

“If somebody would have said, `OK, here is the prediction: You’re going to meet a man 25 years old and he’s going to see being with you and having your three kids as a bonus,’ I would have said, `Keep dreaming,’” Moore said in a 2007 interview with Vanity Fair. “I think it caught us both by surprise, and particularly him.”

Kutcher became a stepfather to Moore’s three daughters – Rumer, Scout and Tallulah Belle – from her 13-year marriage to actor Bruce Willis. Moore and Willis divorced in 2000 but remained friendly. Moore and Kutcher were photographed socializing with Willis, and the couple attended Willis’ wedding to model-actress Emma Heming in 2009.

Moore and Kutcher created the DNA Foundation, also known as the Demi and Ashton Foundation, in 2010 to combat the organized sexual exploitation of girls around the globe. They later lent their support to the United Nations’ efforts to fight human trafficking, a scourge the international organization estimates affects about 2.5 million people worldwide.

Moore can be seen on screen in the recent films “Margin Call” and “Another Happy Day.” Kutcher replaced Charlie Sheen on TV’s “Two and a Half Men” as is part of the ensemble film “New Year’s Eve,” set for release next month.

Kutcher’s publicist did not immediately respond to an e-mail and phone call seeking comment. No divorce papers had been filed in Los Angeles Superior Court as of Thursday afternoon.

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Breathe a sigh of relief: You may never be the victim of Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore’s oversharing again.

The Twitter-obsessed duo is threatening to sign off of the global networking site if a proposed reality show comes to fruition. According to Variety, Twitter.com is linking with TV producers Reveille and Brillstein Entertainment for an “unscripted show that would be putting ordinary people on the trail of celebrities in a revolutionary competitive format.”

Responded Kutcher: “Wow, I hope this isn’t true. I really don’t like being sold out. May have to take a twitter hiatus.”

Demi, who posted photos of herself with a missing front tooth over the weekend (below r.), echoed her young hubby: “I hope this isn’t true – if it is, our Twitter time may come to a quick and sad end!”

The couple’s rationale for potentially withholding their 140-character-or-less gems of wisdom? “How about … I don’t want to be stalked!!!” Kutcher tweeted.

Twitter founders acknowledged a “simple agreement” with both networks and production companies in a blog post Tuesday, but denied any “official Twitter show.” However, they did add that “Twitter’s open approach might have the power to transform television.”

You mean the photos Ashton posted of Demi ironing in her underwear weren’t transformative enough?

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The A-list was out in full force at Bloomberg/Vanity Fair’s post-Correspondents Dinner reception. “Mad Men” star Jon Hamm offered to buy us a free drink, while Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore took a break from Twittering.

Kutcher, who beat most of his CNN tablemates at dinner with constant updates, paused to befriend the late Tim Russert’s son, Luke (a lapsed Twitterer, who hasn’t posted since March).

Said an eyewitness, “Demi and Ashton spent ages chatting with Luke, but they weren’t the only ones. He was like the ‘It’ boy. Even Mayor Bloomberg wanted to meet him.”

Rashida Jones was busy “trying to organize” her cadre of funny friends, who had all gone missing, including Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Amy Poehler.

Claire Danes left fiancé Hugh Dancy’s side to giggle about Obama’s speech with Julia Louis-Dreyfus. We also caught Kerry Washington gossiping with Natalie Portman about their dining partners. “Did you see Bradley Cooper’s face?” chuckled Washington. “He had no clue what was going on!”

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ASHTON Kutcher (above) is a prankster, but he doesn’t always get it when the joke’s on him. Buzzfeed.com co-founder Jonah Peretti recently posted an audio clip in which he pretended to be an overzealous fan upset when Kutcher, an avid Twitterer, didn’t respond to a Twitter message from Peretti. But when Kutcher heard the audio, he took it seriously, and even called to apologize. In the two-minute voicemail, Kutcher said, “I want to ask for your forgiveness because I don’t like having ill will.”

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For now, Ashton Kutcher is the king of Twitter. But there is a new challenger – Oprah.

Kutcher triumphed over CNN in their much ballyhooed race to be the first to reach a million followers on the microblogging Web site. Kutcher surpassed that benchmark in the early morning hours Friday, narrowly edging out the breaking news feed from the Time Warner Inc.-owned network.

Speaking in a live webcast early Friday, Kutcher took the tone of a revolutionary.

“We have shown the world that the new wave is here,” Kutcher said on ustream.tv shortly after passing the million mark. “It is present and it is ready to explode. You guys are all of it because I can’t follow me.”

Kutcher had long trailed CNN, but he staged a rally in recent days that captured the attention of the Web. The million mark race was taken by many as a symbol of huge upswing of Twitter’s popularity.

In recent months, the site has increased exponentially in visitors. The search engine Yahoo said Friday that searches for Twitter over the past four months increased more than 5,559 percent over the same time last year.

The site allows users to type “tweets” of 140 characters or less on their computers or cell phones, which others “follow” on Twitter like a stock ticker.

Kutcher, who’s an avid user of the site along with wife Demi Moore, said Twitter is democratizing media and removing filters between celebrities and fans, big media companies and their customers.

“We can and will create our media,” said Kutcher, who celebrated his victory with champagne and by posting the tweet: “Victory is ours!”

The 31-year-old Kutcher had claimed he would “ding-dong-ditch” CNN founder Ted Turner if he won, and pledged to make good on his promise after winning. Sean “Diddy” Combs was among the celebrity “Twitteratti” who supported his run.

CNN’s Larry King posted a video earlier in the week, playfully threatening Kutcher: “CNN will bury you!” Kutcher was to appear on King’s program Friday evening.

King was far from the only person sucked into Twitter by the million-mark showdown. Among the many new users to join was Oprah Winfrey, whose entry caused ripples across Twitter.

She gained more than 130,000 followers in less than a day, suggesting Winfrey – so successful in television, magazines, books and other media – would thrive on yet another platform.

Kutcher, CNN and Winfrey pledged to mark the occasion by purchasing mosquito bed nets to combat malaria. Kutcher donated $100,000 to the Malaria No More Fund, the charity said Friday.

Winfrey hosted a Twitter special on her show Friday with Kutcher as a guest, connected through the Internet communications service Skype. She also sent her first tweet.

“I’m still not sure I get it,” Winfrey said before tentatively typing “ASHTON IS NEXT” into a laptop, announcing the actor’s appearance.

“OK, here goes,” she said, pressing a key.

It didn’t go, actually. Winfrey’s representatives said she hit the wrong key. Her next attempt, also all in capital letters, went through: “HI TWITTERS. THANK YOU FOR A WARM WELCOME. FEELING REALLY 21st CENTURY.”

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Ashton Kutcher is standing up for Michael Phelps after photos surfaced of the Olympian smoking marijuana.

“God forbid he hit a bong,” Kutcher Twittered about the incident on Monday. “Go ask your 20-year-old kid what they did last weekend.

“I’m not saying it was a smart move. But he doesn’t need to be publicly outed for it,” Kutcher went on.

The photo wound up in a British tabloid Sunday. Kutcher said, “Whoever put the pic out is an a**!”

Of Phelps – who was arrested for DUI in 2004 – Kutcher wrote: “He’s a good kid.”

While Kutcher said he hasn’t smoked pot “in quite some time … I’m not immune to a lapse in good judgment from time to time.”

On Sunday, Phelps released a statement, apologizing for his “regrettable” behavior. The photo was taken during a November house party while Phelps was visiting the University of South Carolina.

“I’m 23 years old and despite the successes I’ve had in the pool, I acted in a youthful and inappropriate way, not in a manner people have come to expect from me,” he said. “For this, I am sorry. I promise my fans and the public it will not happen again.”

It remains to be seen whether the scandal will cost Phelps his slew of lucrative endorsement deals.

Luxury Swiss watchmaker Omega called Phelps’ actions a private matter and a “non-issue,” while Speedo said Phelps still remains a “valued member of the Speedo team.”

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