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Faye Wong announces divorce
Singer Faye Wong announced on Friday that she had divorced her second husband, former actor-turned-businessman, Li Yapeng, ending eight years of marriage.
Fans reposted her Sina Weibo announcement more than 100,000 times in the first hour. The post read: “Our destiny as husband and wife ends here. I’m well. You take care, too.” The 44-year-old pop diva also attached a smiling emoticon*.
Miley Cyrus video sets
viewing record
Miley Cyrus remained firmly in the U.S. show business spotlight in the past week as her steamy* new video set a viewing record on Vevo.com.
“Wrecking Ball,” featuring the erstwhile* Disney teen idol swinging topless on a wrecking* ball, drew 19.3 million views in its first 24 hours online, Vevo announced via Twitter.
Cyrus, 20, has an album due out in October and provoked a national stir last month at the MTV Video Music Awards when she performed a raunchy duet with pop singer Robin Thicke.
Davuluri new Miss America
Moments after winning the 2014 Miss America crown, Nina Davuluri described how delighted she was that the nearly century-old pageant* sees beauty and talent of all kinds.
The 24-year-old Miss New York is the first contestant of Indian heritage to become Miss America. Her talent routine was a Bollywood fusion* dance.
The native of Syracuse, New York, wants to be a doctor and is applying to medical school with the help of a US$50,000 scholarship she won as part of the pageant title.
John Legend weds girlfriend
After an engagement of nearly two years, John Legend has married his fiancee, supermodel Chrissy Teigen.
According to Us Weekly, the couple was wed on Saturday at an intimate ceremony in Lake Como, a popular tourist retreat in northern Italy.
Legend and Teigen were joined by a slew* of celebrity guests at the wedding, including Kanye West and Brooklyn Decker. Legend, 34, and Teigen, 27, became engaged during a vacation in the Maldives in December 2011 after a four-year dating period.
(SD-Agencies)
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