Madonna and her filmmaker husband Guy Ritchie are planning to renew their wedding vows in a Kabbalah ceremony next month, according to London reports.

Despite claims the couple’s marriage is on the rocks, Madonna and Ritchie will host a Shabbat Nachamu event to show family and friends they are still very much a couple.

A source tells The Sun newspaper. “It’s a very important dinner for them – they want everyone to know they are still in love.”

The special ceremony will reportedly take place at the celebrity couple’s British country estate, with two rabbis flying in from New York to officiate.

The event will coincide with the celebration of the pop star’s 50th birthday, according to the publication. Madonna turns 50 on August 16th.

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British actor Toby Kebbell was pleasantly surprised by director Guy Ritchie’s kindhearted personality when they teamed up to shoot new movie Rocknrolla – because he expected the filmmaker to be egotistical and hot-tempered.

Kebbell, who stars alongside Gerard Butler, Thandie Newton and Jeremy Piven in the upcoming action movie, was terrified about working under Ritchie’s guidance because of what he’d heard about the star and his wife Madonna in the tabloids.

But he admits Ritchie was nothing like what he expected.

He says, “I’m not a big one for reading up on the lives of others in magazines, but you sometimes form an idea and I have to say when I turned up in London, I really didn’t expect to become friends with Guy Ritchie. But I did; he’s a really funny, great personality, but no ego. It was never about, ‘Just because I say so.’ He was incredibly open to other ideas as long as they were right for the film. And very even-tempered, you know – he never spoke a bad or a harsh word to anybody. I really like that.”

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Guy Ritchie plans to concentrate on his career – and has vowed to be “very busy” over the next five years.

The Snatch director, who is reportedly experiencing marriage difficulties with wife Madonna, signed on to write and direct a new movie about fictional detective Sherlock Holmes last month.

And that is one of many projects the director has in the pipeline.

He tells British newspaper the Daily Express, “It’s my intention to be very busy over the next five years. (And) I think we probably have five or six projects that we’re pretty sure we’re going to make. I kind of fancy myself at making films quite quickly.”

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Madonna’s brother has expressed his belief that she will try to save her marriage to Guy Ritchie.

Christopher Ciccone said she is “not the kind of person to walk away” while being interviewed on Good Morning America.

Reports have claimed the Madonna/Ritchie marriage is on the rocks and that divorce is likely.

Madonna’s spokesperson has denied the divorce rumors and now her brother has spoken of his belief of their commitment to each other.

“I believe that she will do what’s best for her family and her kids, and I think that she’ll do her best to maintain the marriage and keep it going,” Ciccone said.

He also said he thinks it is “highly unlikely” that Madonna is behind the break-up of baseball player Alex Rodriguez and his wife Cynthia.

“I doubt this is actually an affair… I’m sure she had nothing to do with the break-up of their marriage. It seemed absurd to me, truly, I don’t believe it.”

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So what do you think…do you think Madonna and Guy are done?  Personally – I think they’re done.
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Madonna and Guy Ritchie have attempted to dispel rumors their marriage is in trouble – by stepping out in New York with their children to attend Kabbalah services.

The couple has been under intense media scrutiny amid rumors they are on the verge of a divorce.

But the pair – accompanied by children Lourdes, 11; Rocco, seven; and David, two – put on a show of unity after arriving together at the Kabbalah Center in New York City on Saturday.

During the ceremony, the singer sat with the kids on the women’s side of the aisle, apart from her filmmaker husband, a custom in the religion’s worship tradition.

Earlier this week, Madonna’s publicist Liz Rosenberg issued a statement denying the pair is filing for a legal separation.

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