Maria Shriver

Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife, Maria Shriver, have separated, with Shriver moving out of their Brentwood mansion while the two determine the next step in their 25-year marriage. Shriver has been residing apart from the actor-turned-politician for the last few weeks. The former first couple confirmed the separation in a joint statement released Monday after questions from The Times. "This has been a time of great personal and professional transition for each of us," the statement read.

Maria Shriver filed for divorce Friday, moving to end her 25-year marriage to Arnold Schwarzenegger just weeks after the former governor publicly acknowledged fathering a child with a member of their household staff. Shriver cited "irreconcilable differences" and requested joint custody of their two minor children. The formal filing was met with little surprise: In May, the two announced they were separating, with Shriver moving out of the family's Brentwood mansion. That news was followed by the bombshell that the former movie star had fathered a child with a former employee who had worked for the family for most of Schwarzenegger and Shriver's marriage.

Maria Shriver filed for divorce Friday, moving to end her 25-year marriage to Arnold Schwarzenegger just weeks after the former governor publicly acknowledged fathering a child with a member of their household staff. Shriver cited "irreconcilable differences" and requested joint custody of their two minor children. The formal filing was met with little surprise: In May, the two announced they were separating, with Shriver moving out of the family's Brentwood mansion. That news was followed by the bombshell that the former movie star had fathered a child with a former employee who had worked for the family for most of Schwarzenegger and Shriver's marriage.

Re "Terminated? Not likely," May 18 The end of the road for former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger? Not likely. He will probably go down in the history books with the likes of Bill Clinton, Tiger Woods and Kobe Bryant. Just look at former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer; he got caught in a prostitution ring, and now he has his own show on CNN. The American public can sometimes be too tolerant of sex scandals, immediately placing celebrities on a pedestal where they don't belong. Instead of expecting Schwarzenegger to apologize to Californians, we should ignore his future endeavors in film, politics, green energy or whatever.

Tonight on NBC, Maria Shriver offers viewers insight into a heroic comeback from a sudden career setback. Not Roy Horn's -- hers. The first lady of California, who made her name as a correspondent for NBC News, returns to prime-time television with "Siegfried & Roy: The Miracle," a one-hour special in which she interviews the Las Vegas entertainers about Horn's recovery from a horrific onstage tiger attack last year.

Maria Shriver has long sought to protect her privacy as California's First Lady, but today she brought thousands to tears with an extraordinary evocation of her grief two months after the death of her mother, Eunice Kennedy Shriver. During a luncheon session at the Women's Conference she is chairing in Long Beach, Shriver told attendees that she stood before them "with a broken heart." She said she has told people that she is holding up well, but "the real truth is that I'm not fine.

California first lady Maria Shriver was seated as a juror in a product liability trial that got underway Tuesday in Los Angeles federal court. Shriver was one of seven jurors selected to decide the case against the Keller Corp., a Florida company that manufactured extension ladders. The plaintiff, Leon B. Hudson, 57, of Riverside, says he suffered permanent arm and back injuries when a ladder he was descending collapsed as a result of a defective locking device.

First, Maria Shriver was seen as the spoiler -- the one person with the power to veto a run for governor by her husband, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and she was expected to use it. Then, when Schwarzenegger surprised the political world and announced he was running after all, Shriver turned into the public backer.

Arnold the bodybuilder, the actor, the governor and now ... the fashion plate? The nipped, tucked, Mystic-tanned and designer-dressed of the navel-gazing state have spoken: They have elected a governor in their fleckless image. Arnold Schwarzenegger is a voracious consumer of fashion, from his quartet of chunky rings to his collection of monster-sized watches. And he could well be the first civil servant to have pledged to rescue a state from financial ruin while wearing Prada.

Maria Shriver, the Democratic wife of Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, will return to her roots later this month when she attends the Democratic National Convention in Boston. Spokeswoman Terri Carbaugh said Shriver, a member of the Kennedy family, plans a low-key visit primarily to attend family gatherings and watch her uncle, Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy, deliver a prime-time speech to delegates on the second night of the convention.

Days after acknowledging that he fathered a child outside of marriage, former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Thursday that he is putting his Hollywood comeback on hold to devote time to his personal life, according to a statement released by his entertainment advisors. "At the request of Arnold Schwarzenegger, we asked Creative Artists Agency to inform all his motion picture projects currently underway or being negotiated to stop planning until further notice," Patrick Knapp, entertainment counsel to Schwarzenegger, said in a statement.

There is sexual infidelity and there is sexual harassment. The two behaviors are not the same. The first is an abuse of trust, the second an abuse of power. Arnold Schwarzenegger has admitted to both. When he first ran for governor of California in the 2003 campaign to recall Gov. Gray Davis, Schwarzenegger was dogged by allegations of sexual harassment — of having groped more than a dozen women over the years who did not want his attention and who were humiliated and angered. During the campaign, he vaguely admitted to "behaving badly" and said that if there were people out there whom he had offended, he was sorry.

The news that Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver have split could not help but bring back memories of the reporting 7 1/2 years ago in this newspaper about Schwarzenegger's aggressive, loutish behavior toward women. No reason has been stated for the breakup between the former governor and California's former first lady. And maybe no cause will ever be revealed, though the stature of the two media-political heavyweights guarantees that there will be plenty of reporting and speculation.

The partnership of Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger was a collision of two worlds, an unlikely but watchable match. Twenty five years ago, when they married, Shriver was a child of American Democratic political royalty — pedigreed, pampered and with a professional ambition unusual for the women of her clan. Schwarzenegger was a fading strongman and minor movie actor with immigrant dreams as outlandishly big as his biceps. Schwarzenegger, 63, would go on to world domination — of the cinematic sort, as a top international box office star — and then the California governor's office.

A roundup of entertainment headlines for Tuesday. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver have separated after 25 years of marriage. ( Los Angeles Times ) Celebrity feud o' the week: Marg Helgenberger versus Justin Bieber, Round 2: The Bieber fires back. ( Los Angeles Times ) Whitney Houston is back in rehab for drugs and alcohol. ( Los Angeles Times ) Steven Tyler tried his darnedest to pick up on "Parks & Recreation's" Aubrey Plaza on "The Tonight Show" on Monday night.

Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger justified his 11th-hour sentence reduction for the son of a fellow Sacramento politician, saying that "of course you help a friend" and that he felt good about the decision. Schwarzenegger came under heavy fire for the move, which took place hours before he left office in January. In May, former Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez's son Esteban accepted a plea deal in the death of Luis Santos, a 22-year-old college student. Schwarzenegger decided to reduce the sentence from 16 years to seven years, infuriating prosecutors as well as the victim's family members, who were not notified beforehand.