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Top 15 entertainment events in 2011

By Zhang Rui: 0 Comment(s)Print E-mail China.org.cn, January 2, 2012

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13, A good year to wed

So, let's get married before the end of the world! Many familiar faces from the entertainment world tied the knot in 2011, including Sonija Kwok, Gigi Leung, Sun Li and Deng Chao, Coco Lee, Xie Na and Zhang Jie, Stefanie Sun, Karen Mok, Selina Jen and Barbie Hsu, to name a few.

Selina Jen may get most and best wishes. The member of Taiwan pop group S.H.E. wedded her lawyer fiancé Richard Chang on October 31, 2011, which coincided with her 30th birthday. Selina is still recovering from the serious burns she suffered in an accident last year on the set of the TV series "I Have a Date with Spring."

But the most high-profile and lavish wedding ceremony, which dominated headlines for many days, was Barbie Hsu's. This famous Taiwan actress, best-known for her role as Shan Cai in the Taiwanese drama "Meteor Garden", wedded Chinese catering millionaire Wang Xiaofei. The ceremony was held in Sanya on March 22, 2011.

But the wedding was anything but straightforward. Barbie Hsu and Wang Xiaofei decided on whirlwind wedding after a brief courtship. Before news of the wedding broke, there was no hint that Wang Xiaofei had ended his relationship with his ex-girlfriend, actress Zhang Yuqi. According to tabloid reports, another Taiwan actress Ady Ang also secretly loved Wang and introduced him to Barbie. Rumor has it that, after all those shenanigans, Ady and Barbie are no longer best friends. Reporters flocked to Sanya but were frustrated to find that they were refused entry to the wedding. However, groomsman Zhang Chaoyang, the CEO of Chinese portal site Sohu.com, took a photo of the wedding and uploaded to his microblog, an action which prompted Barbie Hsu to threaten him with legal proceedings. While Barbie Hsu announced she would donate all proceeds made from the wedding to charity, her mother-in-law claimed that the wedding was sponsored and fully funded. However, the drama continued when the "sponsor" said in his blog that he was unaware of this fact....

Anyway, best wishes to all those newly-wed couples.