Celebs Who Broke Up and Remained Friends

Don't believe you and your ex can ever be friends again? If stressed out, ultra-public celebrity couples can do it, pretty much anyone can.

While gURL's all for dropping the people in your life who drag you down — especially if your ex really sucked — sometimes it's nice to keep a friendship with a person you were once so close and intimate with.

Should you hookup with your ex? Quiz it to find out!

Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz

Together: The couple had been linked since the fall of 2006, and were married for two-and-a-half years.

Reason for Splitting Up: Ashley wrote "irreconcilable differences" on the divorce papers.

Now

The two have been seen hanging out together in Los Angeles with their son, Bronx. And Pete made a public statement, saying, "Ashlee's been my best friend for five years. She's the mother of my child...I have nothing but love and respect for her."

Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron

Together: The two met in 2005 while filming High School Musical, and became a romantic item about two years later. They broke up around December 2010.

Reason for Splitting Up: Vanessa told Shape their crazy work schedules were to blame: "Long-distance relationships are hard no matter what...When you don't have face-to-face time, it's just different. Having an iPhone helped, but it just wasn't the same."

Now

V-Hud has nothing but nice things to say about her ex. "We grew up together," she explains. "It was nice to have someone to share all of those experiences with...It was a good thing. The relationship kept me grounded, and because I was with someone who knew me so well, I didn't need to try to be someone I'm not." Apparently, Zac also visited her (as a friend) on set while she was filming Journey 2: The Mysterious Island.

Avril Lavigne and Deryck Whibley

Together: Between dating and marriage, they lasted six-and-a-half years.

Reason for Splitting Up: Rumors spread that Avril dumped Deryck and told him she was leaving him, but it's on the books as "irreconcilable differences."

Now

Avril and Deryck have been spotted hanging out together at parties. Shortly after their divorce, Avril told the press, "I am grateful for our time together, and I am grateful and blessed for our remaining friendship. I admire Deryck and have a great amount of respect for him. He is the most amazing person I know, and I love him with all my heart."

Demi Moore and Bruce Willis

Together: Demi met and married actor Bruce Willis in 1987, had three daughters together, and divorced in 2000.

Reason for Splitting Up: The couple gave no public reason, but Bruce did tell reporters, "I felt I had failed as a father and a husband by not being able to make it work."

Now

Demi and Bruce are basically the role models for making a seemingly 'dysfunctional' family work. Bruce has even said, "It's hard for people to understand, but we go on holidays together...We still raise our kids together -- we still have that bond." He's even a fan of Ashton Kutcher, "I'm thrilled that Ashton turned out to be such a great guy."

Miley Cyrus and Nick Jonas

Together: Two years

Reason for Splitting Up: Miley told Seventeen, "For two years he was basically my 24/7. But it was really hard to keep it from people. We were arguing a lot, and it really wasn't fun."

Now

After they split in 2008, Miley and Nick recorded breakup ballad "Before the Storm." Miley then wrote "7 Things," a song all about hating/loving your ex, and (years later) recently tweeted at Nick, "I always look at you during 7 things You've been with me thru it all Sometimes you grow out of a song but that one means the same."

Selena Gomez and Nick Jonas

Together: A couple of months (and not long after Miley and Nick called it quits)

Reason for Splitting Up: The two were very hush-hush, but sources say it was because of their "busy schedules."

Now

Apparently Nick makes for a great ex. Selena says she and him still hang out: "I try to be a good person and a good friend to people...That's something that's very important to me. Nick is a very good friend. He's a lovely guy, we're good friends and I enjoy his company!"

Blake Lively and Penn Badgley

Together: Three years

Reason for Splitting Up: Since the two are such private people, even friends don't entirely know. Said one pal at the time, "It didn't seem like anything was off at all and no one said anything."

Now

Since they're still starring in Gossip Girl together, Blake and Penn totally seem to make it work. They laugh, hang out, and even hug on set.

Adam Lambert and Drake LaBry

Together: About a year

Reason for Splitting Up: Back when it happened, a source told Us Weekly, "Adam is crazy busy right now...They both felt this moment is too important for Adam to focus on anything else but getting this album out and having it be a huge hit."

Now

Adam swears he and Drake are still buds. "People run into differences. We're still very good friends."

Ashley Tisdale and Jared Murillo

Together: Two years

Reason for Splitting Up: A friend said that they "just grew apart, but are remaining friends."

Now

The Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure star has never said a nasty word about Jared. It seems like Ashley is more into a quiet, laid-back type of relationship, as she's stated, "I always have to be dressed up all the time for my work so when I'm home I just like to be in sweats and comfortable."

Courtney Cox and David Arquette

Together: Married eleven years.

Reason for Splitting Up: There are lots of rumors, but it seems like Courtney dumped David. He's called himself a failure, and she told Howard Stern that he was obsessed with sex: "Whenever I would need consoling from David...he could not literally put his arm around me for one second without completely getting a boner." Yikes.

Now

The Scream 4 stars say they're still "best friends". David swears, "Tabloids make it like there's some kind of scandal going on. But there's no scandal."

Lindsay Lohan and Sam Ronson

Together: On-again-off-again for about a year.

Reason for Splitting Up: In a word: drama.

Now

The gURLs continue to make headlines with their Twitter wars, but they occasionally go out to dinner and play nice — for now.

Photoshop Fails: Celebrities Airbrushed On Magazine Covers & Advertisements

What's wrong with this picture? No idea? Ok, we'll tell you. That's Gabourey Sidibe, an Elle cover gURL -- and Photoshop's latest victim. Do you notice how drastically her gorgeous chocolate brown skin was lightened on the mag's cover? Gross!

While we're definitely making progress by putting a bigger gURL on a top fashion mag, these next few Photoshop fails prove that magazine editors still have a long way to go to see celebrities the way we want to see them -- the way they really are! These gURLS are really just like the rest of us -- normal, flawed and beautiful! Katy Perry, Audrina Patridge, and Ashley Greene are the most recent casualties, but check out loads more!

Ashley Greene

Just what was wrong with her neck, Teen Vogue? Maybe they were covering up Joe Jonas' hickey marks? That's the only good reason that we could think of...

Audrina Patridge

Apparently, Audrina's raw body was too bony, orange, and wrinkled to make it as is into her Bongo ads.

Katy Perry

What isn't wrong with Katy, according to Rolling Stone? They shaved weight off her legs, arms, added a hand, took out a sock, smoothed out wrinkles on her face and tummy, and (seriously) lifted her boobs.

America Ferrera

Recognize curvy gURL America 20 pounds and 3 shades lighter? Nope, we barely do either.

Crystal Renn

Speaking of curvy gURLs, gorgeous model Crystal looks nothing like herself in this Passion for Fashion ad campaign. Photographer Nicolas Routzen defended his retouching of the photo saying it was normal by fashion standards -- but isn't normal supposed to be, like, you know, not super skinny?!

Sienna Miller

It may not be visible to the naked eye, but trust us when we tell you that here, for Vogue's September 2007 issue, the gorgeous Sienna's face from one photo was Photoshopped onto her body from another photo. Why? Because Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour didn't like Sienna's "toothy" grin in the original pic. Uh, okay...

Sarah Jessica Parker

SJP is gorgeous -- even those veiny, aged hands of hers. See any trace of her age in this recent Marie Claire cover? Yeah. Didn't think so.

Emma Watson

What better way to lose weight than by chopping off your leg, uh, right? We're pretty sure that's what the Photoshoppers behind Emma's Burberry ad were thinking.

Kelly Clarkson

We get that Self magazine is about being healthy and all, but shouldn't healthy body image be a part of that message too? Apparently not, considering Kelly's bod was slimmed to almost half her real size on this recent cover.

Kim Kardashian

Perfect complexion? Maybe. But "perfect" body? Not so much. After the original photos from Kim's Complex shoot hit the internet, she responded on her blog by saying, "So what..I have a little cellulite!" Don't we all!

Blake Lively

We love that Blake's got a big bust and totally rocks it -- it takes confidence to show that much cleavage. So why did Vogue make her boobs look smaller? Beats us.

Ali Larter

Long legs are one thing, but long thighs? Ali's are clearly lengthened in this awkward-looking cover of Lucky.

Taylor Swift

Oops is an understatement. gURLs, we present you with what Taylor would look like after three lip injections, two face lifts and a nose job -- or just a really poor Photoshop job. You choose.

Christina Aguilera

Aw, what a cute little pup! Not so cute? That really creepy Alien-like finger on Christina's right hand.

Heidi Klum

Nope, not even Heidi is as hot as she seems. What's worse -- her ghostly white complexion or that unnaturally flat (and physically impossible) rib cage?

Kimora Lee Simmons

And if you didn't think the ones we just showed you were bad, wait 'till we tell you that Kimora's body in this ad isn't even hers. Nope. Photoshoppers literally put her face on someone else's body -- similar outfit and everything -- to make her look her thinnest. How's that for pathetic?

Spotlight On: Celebrity Pups

We're rounding up the 25 celebrity gURLs with pups that we so want to put in our purses. Some are a bit too big, unless we're toting a duffle bag, but hey, they'd all fit right under our desks at the office today. First up is clearly Rihanna's malti-poo DJ. It doesn't get much cuter!

Blake Lively

Gossip Girl Blake Lively takes maltipoo Penny wherever she goes. On set, in her purse, on the Upper East Side -- this dog has it made.

Jessica Biel

Nothin' like a pretty gurl with a big, fierce dog. Jessica Biel's pit bull Tina would make the perfect best friend.

Mischa Barton

We don't see too much of Mischa Barton on the big screen these days, but we'd like to see a whole lot more of her pup, Charlie.

Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus doesn't need a mate -- she's got super sexy Liam Hemsworth to play that role -- but she does have a German shepherd puppy named Mate to keep her warm when Liam's filming far away on location. Phew.

Kelly Osbourne

Kelly Osbourne's little friend Sid was a gift from her parents on her 25th birthday. He was only the size of a dollar bill when she first got him! Swoon...

Ashley Tisdale

Maui and Blondie, Ashley Tisdale's two very cute pups, like to be held a lot... or maybe Ashley just can't bear to stop cuddling them. Who can blame her?

Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey's got two great men in her life: husband Nick Cannon and her Jack Russell terrier named Jack, who Nick got her for their one year anniversary. Here's hoping to many more anniversary gifts pups over the years.

Ellen Page

Ellen Page named her Chihuahua-terrier mix after one of her favorite singers, Patti Smith, when one of her friends found Patti on the street in LA. Ellen never thought she'd own such a small dog, but we think they look good together!

Anna Paquin

Instead of just being friends with a half dog/half human like Sam on True Blood, in real life Anna Paquin has two dogs. And as her tee proclaims in this pic, she's proud to have rescued them.

Lindsay Lohan

Lindsay Lohan is happier than we've ever seen her! Maltese Chloe must be the culprit. Maybe instead of an ankle bracelet, she should have police-mandated puppy time. Just sayin'.

Cassie Scerbo

Make It or Break It star Cassie Scerbo named her pup Gucci when she got him with her boyfriend. It seems in Cassie's eyes, her dogs and her handbags are of equal value.

Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman and her Yorkie Charlie go everywhere together. We can't decide who we're more jealous of: him or her.

Selena Gomez

Here's Selena Gomez and her mutt Willie. Not pictured are her other furry friends, Wallace, Chip, Fina and Chazz. Wonder if she can keep them all straight...

Miranda Kerr

Who's cuter: Miranda Kerr's Yorkie named Charlie or her fiancé named Orlando Bloom?

Hilary Duff

Hilary Duff's Border Collie named Remy fits in with her perfect little family.

Jessica Szohr

"It's elementary my dear, Watson." That's what Jessica Szohr is probably saying to her Shih Tzu named Watson here.

Gwen Stefani

Gwen Stefani has multiple pooches for multiple outfits. That's the way to do it, gURL.

Emmy Rossum

Emmy Rossum holds her pup Cinnamon close in the crowded airport. Wonder what beau Adam Duritz would have to say about it...

Anne Hathaway

Wouldn't exactly peg Anne Hathaway as having a big lab like Esmeralda, but they do look very happy together.

Ashley Greene

Ashley Greene takes a break from life in Forks to walk her dog, Marlow. Wonder if his bite is as bad as hers...

Jessica Alba

Jessica Alba has two pugs, Sid and Nancy, but she's got her hands full in this pic with just Sid. Do you think they bicker like Sid and Nancy or she just thought they looked like an old married couple?

Julianne Hough

Call her self-involved, but Julianne Hough's adorable Cavalier King Charles is named Lexie after her own middle name, Alexandra. She says that she's a priss, just like her. Is that enough of a reason to have a Lexie Jr. running around?

Taylor Momsen

Taylor Momsen's dog is named Petal, but she calls her Metal to "give her some edge." Maybe her dog will start a rock band, too!

Evan Rachel Wood

We know it's Bring Your DOG to Work Day, but knowing edgy and envelope-pushing Evan Rachel Wood, she'd bring her kitty cat instead. No worries -- we're friends to all kinds of animals.