Fling or Ring? Jennifer and Brad

AKA: Jen, 'Rachel'

Years racked up: 35

Known for?: Achieving global superstardom with her five famous pals in the ubiquitous repeat-com Friends, marrying Mr Pitt and looking like being the only Central Perk-er to transfer her popularity into an A-list movie career.

Is involved in a love thing with...

Who? Brad Pitt

AKA: The Sexiest Man in the World (according to countless polls)

Years racked up: 41

Known for?: Being a rhombus-jawed actor who shot to movie hunk-dom after his sizzling turn in Thelma and Louise, dating a string of high-profile laydeez like Gwynnie and Juliette Lewis, and failing to elevate this year's clunker epic Troy to anything other than dizzying mediocrity.

Romance rocketed when: In true Hollywood style, these two were set-up by their agents in 1998. Love soon blossomed and the previously commitment-phobic Brad tied the knot with Jennifer on July 29th, 2000.

Make or break: Previously considered one of Hollywood's golden we're-so-in-love-but-we-don't-shout-about-it couples, Brad set tongues wagging back in the summer when he said, "There is so much pressure from day one to be with someone forever - and I'm not sure that it really is in our nature to be with something for the rest of our lives." Er, clever one, Braddy-boy. No sooner had they cleared that mess up, then Jen cancelled Brad's 41st birthday celebrations in London and was then snapped without her wedding ring...

Soppy speak: A couple of years ago, Jen was relaxedly joking about her marriage, saying: "Everybody always asks if we're happy. Give me a break. We're married two years. In Hollywood years, that's forever." And as early as last month, Brad was sobbing away merrily on American telly, bawling, "I'm going to say it - kids, family, I am thinking family." But ever since their publicist Steven Huvane has chipped in with his weary 'divorce denial' ("There is no split. Those stories are totally false."), seasoned celeb-watchers reckon it doesn't look good, as the Publicist Denial is typically just one notch away from an official IT'S DIVORCE announcement.

Biz Bitch says: Say it ain't so! Jen's not wearing her ring, Brad's been linked to force of nature Angelina Jolie (No Man Can Tame Her!), and there still isn't the patter of tiny Aniston-Pitt feet...we're very concerned. Let's hope all the hearsay is as crap as, er, Hear'Say, and that Jen and Brad are currently snogging away in their mansion and laughing at all the rumours. Or something.