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Alex Rodriguez Lands First Film Role

Alex Rodriguez will make his big screen debut in the comedy Friends With Benefits.

Friends With Benefits stars Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis as they come out of disastrous relationships. It also stars Woody Harrelson, Patricia Clarkson, Richard Jenkins, Jenna Elfman, Emma Stone and Andy Samberg.

The Yankees slugger will shoot his scenes on his off days.

~Papi Chulo~

A-Rod Covers Details

Alex Rodriguez appears on the cover of April's Details ...

A-Rod tries to set the record straight on his recent encounter with public scandals (steroids, divorce and Madonna) ...

As far as Madonna ...

Alex Rodriguez: "Well, we're friends ... I have a lot of respect for her. She's very smart and she's passionate about everything she does. If there ever was any situation, she's a great ear to have, you know?"

And his recent scandals ...

Alex Rodriguez: "We live in a world right now where everyone's keeping score. And it doesn't stop when the games end ... They've crossed over. And you have the Internet stuff, and all these phones ... It's very intense."

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In the News :: Alex Rodriguez Admits to Steroid Use

New York Yankees star player Alex Rodriguez addressed the allegations of steroid use ... In an interview on ESPN Monday, A-Rod admitted to using steroids when he was with the Texas Rangers from 2001 to 2003 ...

Rodriguez says that his steroid use ended six years ago ...

"We take him at his word that he was," the Yankees said. "Although we are disappointed in the mistake he spoke to today, we realize that Alex, like all of us, is a human being not immune to fault."

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Alex Rodriguez :: One Week Later ...

What a week filled with controversy for A-Rod ...

It all started with news of New York Yankees' star player Alex Rodriguez separating from his wife ... Then a Us Weekly cover story stated that Madonna is dumping her husband Guy Ritchie so she can be with Rodriguez ...

Liz Rosenberg (Madonna's Publicist): "Madonna's husband Guy arrived in New York last night to be with his wife and family (not in a last-ditch attempt to save his marriage which does not need saving). There are no plans for Madonna and Guy to divorce. Madonna and Alex have the same manager, Guy Oseary. They have met. They know each other, and Madonna took her kids to a Yankees game last week. There's really not anything to comment on beyond that."

Us Weekly recounts Rodriguez's late-night visits to Madonna's NYC apartment ... and makes insinuations on Madonna's recent appearance at a Yankees game ...

Liz Rosenberg: "It's nothing new that people are airing tons of dirty laundry Madonna's way lately—much of it untrue ... By the way, rumors of Madonna and Lil' Wayne are quite exaggerated as well."

If that wasn't salacious enough ... reports began circulating that Rodriguez's wife Cynthia has been seeing rocker Lenny Kravitz ... Kravitz issued his own statement that he is nothing more than friends with Cynthia ...

Lenny Kravitz: "There is absolutely no affair between Cynthia Rodriguez and myself. This is unequivocally 100 percent not true. I opened my home to her as a friend and I find it extremely hurtful that I am now being referred to as an adulterer."

Now it appears the couple is officially headed to divorce court ...

Cynthia Rodriguez's petition reads ... "The marriage of the parties is irretrievably broken because of the husband's extramarital affairs and other marital misconduct" ...

As it goes ... A-Rod "emotionally abandoned his wife and children" ...

Cynthia Rodriguez filed the petition in Miami ...

~Papi Chulo~

A-Rod Drops Yankees and $72 Million

In a move that ends four uneven seasons with the Yankees ... Alex Rodriguez opted out of his contract with the New York Yankees ... With that move ... A-Rod forfeited $72 million he was owed over the final three seasons of his mammoth $252 million ... 10-year deal ... which he signed before the 2001 season ...

The New York Yankees ... which failed to make the World Series in all of Rodriguez's seasons ... has said it would not try to negotiate a new deal with A-Rod if he opted out of his current contract ...

Hank Steinbrenner (son of Yankees owner George Steinbrenner): "No chance. Not if it's made official (filing letters on opting out)."

The Yankees were preparing to offer A-Rod a four or five-year extension to his current contract ... estimated to be worth between $25 and $30 million annually ... and had hoped to meet with A-Rod to present the offer ...

George Steinbrenner: "It's clear he didn't want to be a Yankee. He doesn't understand the privilege of being a Yankee on a team where the owners are willing to pay $200 million to put a winning product on the field."

~Papi Chulo~