Celebrity Chatter: McCartney's Bride-To-Be Has Ring Returned

While Sir Paul McCartney and his fiancee, Heather Mills, get ready for their big wedding (which is no longer at a secret location thanks to the castle's owner), Mills' engagement ring is back on her finger safe and sound.

The ring was lost about a month ago during a tour stop in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

You may remember the diamond and sapphire ring from press photos. McCartney had Mills show it off for reporters when they met the press after announcing their engagement in July.

A hotel security guard found the ring just last Wednesday in some bushes at the Turnberry Isle Resort and Club in Aventura, Fla., just below the room where the couple reportedly had stayed during their visit, according to Hollywood.com.

McCartney bought the sapphire and diamond engagement ring in India.

A British tabloid reported that the ring was tossed out the window during a fight between McCartney and Mills, but that has never been confirmed.

Meanwhile, McCartney, 59, and Mills, 34, are preparing for their wedding set for Tuesday at Castle Leslie in Glaslough, Ireland.

The sapphire and diamond ring will be joined by a wedding band during a ceremony at St. Salvator's Church within the Castle Leslie estate.

Ghost Stories

Speaking of castles, model Claudia Schiffer's new mansion in England may be haunted.

Schiffer and husband, Matthew Vaughn, were married in May, then bought the estate in Stanningfield, Suffolk, England, where they had their reception.

The house was built in 1575 by Sir Robert Rookwood, whose son, Ambrose, was hanged for his role in providing gunpowder and horses for the attempt to blow up Parliament in 1605.

Britain's Ghost Club, which was founded in 1862, wrote to the couple suggesting that the mansion is home to a ghost.

Schiffer and her husband bought the country estate for $7 million.

On the Ghost Club's Web site, "Britain's oldest psychical research organisation is wondering if among the many pictures taken of the (wedding) event any spooky "extras" turn up."

"Intruders of a ghostly variety have long been said to haunt Coldham Hall having been captured on film as far back as the 1920s. A photographer named Harry Jarman 'caused quite a sensation' after taking a picture of a ghost nun in the 1920s, according to his daughter, Miss Mona Jarman, who was interviewed by Paul Chapman of the Bury Free Press in May 1979.

"Father was mystified" she recalled. "The picture showed the figure of a nun, it was most uncanny."

The group was especially concerned about two cursed portraits which hung in Coldham Hall.

"These were described as 'very ancient' and showed a Mother Superior and an ordinary nun, and emphasized to the couple that the portraits should never be taken down, according to the Ghost Club.

"A curse goes with the portraits," they suggested. "The couple is very lucky to own such a property," a spokesman for the Ghost Club said.

At Odds Over 'Ya-Ya'

The movie "Ya-Ya Sisterhood" is receiving mixed reviews, but what's really at issue is a battle of the sexes.

Female reviewers love the film, however it appears that most male reviewers are giving thumbs down to the flick.

Renee Graham of the Boston Globe said: "It's contrived and predictable, but its performances are so well tuned that the film comes off winningly." She gave the movie three stars, according to Movies.com.

While Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times said: "There is not a character in the movie with a shred of plausibility, not an event that is believable, not a confrontation that is not staged, not a moment that is not false."

He gave the movie 1 1/2 stars.

A reader of my review of the "Divine Secrets Of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood," sent me his thoughts in an e-mail titled: "Review From A Different Angle," and then a link to a review that appeared on CNN. " 'Ya-Ya' A Pandering Cliche," written by Paul Tatara, couldn't be further from my review.

My e-mailer suggested that I wrote the review with only women in mind.

There's a quote that my grandmother always said about differences of opinion. The same thing, I believe, applies to movie reviews.

"That's why there's chocolate and vanilla."

As for "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood," I stand by my review. In case you were wondering, I awarded the movie 3 1/2 stars.

In other "Ya-Ya" news, some national and local celebrities were asked to create some hats like the ones that appear in the movie.

Now Warner Bros. is auctioning the hats off with the proceeds going to Big Brothers-Big Sisters.

Hats from celebrities such as Marlo Thomas, Naomi Judd, and Ricki Lake are being auctioned off on e-Bay.

Want to bid on a hat? Click here.

Michelle Solomon's gossip column, Celebrity Chatter, appears each Monday. Got a question about a celebrity? E-mail us (please include your first name, city and state) and we'll find you the answer. Michelle Solomon@Celebrity Chatter.