JD boss denies 30m-yuan breakup fee

    Jingdong, a major Chinese online retailer*, has issued a statement via its microblog denying reports that its founder Liu Qiangdong paid 30 million yuan (US$4.88 million) to his girlfriend Zhang Zetian, after the couple’s breakup.

    The move came after Liu deleted a post indicating his affection for Zhang after Zhang deleted all posts from her mircoblog, sparking speculation* that the couple had broken up.

    Diaz, Madden marry

    Hollywood star Cameron Diaz and rocker Benji Madden got married in their Los Angeles, the United States, home on January 5, People magazine reported.

    Diaz, 42, and Madden, 35, had been dating since May and got engaged shortly before Christmas, People reported.

    “We couldn’t be happier to begin our new journey together surrounded by our closest family and friends,” the couple told the magazine.

    Cumberbatch will soon be a father

    British actor Benedict Cumberbatch and his fiancee Sophie Hunter are expecting their first child, a representative for Cumberbatch said on January 7.

    “They are both over the moon,” the actor’s representative Karon Maskill said in a statement.

    The actor and Hunter met in 2009 while shooting the thriller “Burlesque Fairytales,” however, they were only confirmed as a couple after they were photographed together at the French Open in April.

    Bomer to star in ‘Monty Clift’

    Matt Bomer, who starred in HBO’s critically acclaimed telefilm “The Normal Heart,” will return to the premium* cable network as the star of biopic “Monty Clift.”

    HBO is developing the film about the “A Place in the Sun” and “From Here to Eternity” actor, hiring “Love Is Strange” writers Ira Sachs and Mauricio Zacharias to rewrite the script by Christopher Lovick.

    The story centers on the complicated life of Clift (Bomer), who finds himself deeply involved with a young Elizabeth Taylor following the filming of “A Place in the Sun.”(SD-Agencies)