of the present day YORK -- Two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank will file for divorce from her actor husband.


of the present day YORK -- Two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank will file for divorce from her actor husband, tribe magazine reports.

"Hilary Swank and Chad Lowe have jointly decided to divorce," an attorney for the bond Jeffrey A. Bernstein, told the magazine in a story placeed on its Web site Friday. "They continue to be friends and have the most respect for one another."

Bernstein declined to elaborate onward the reason for the split or specify when court papers will be filed.

A spokesman at Innovative Artists, the agency that shows Lowe, said there was no exposition from the actor. A call to Swank's manager, Troy Nankin, was not answered Friday.

Swank, 31 and Lowe, 38 who have no children, announced they were separating in January after eight years of marriage. At the time, the coupling appeared to retain some possibility of good of reuniting.

"Hilary and Chad have decided to separate, if it be not that they are hopeful they'll be able to commit to memory through this tough time," Nankin then said in a statement.



Swank famously forgot to thank a tearful Lowe while accepting her best actress Oscar in 2000 for "Boy Don't Cry" Last year, Swank won again for "Million Dollar Baby" -- this time, thanking Lowe.

She will nearest star in "The Black Dahlia," Brian De Palma's adaptation of James Ellroy's novel.

Lowe, who is the brother of actor fleece Lowe, won an Emmy Award for his portrayal of AIDS patient Jesse McKenna onward the TV series "Life Goe On" in 1993

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