Renee, hubby split
2005-09-16 07:19
New York - Bridget Jones is untying the knot.
Renee Zellweger, who played the lovelorn Brit in Bridget Jones's Diary, and country music star Kenny Chesney will have their four-month-old marriage annulled, Chesney's publicist, Holly Gleason, and Zellweger's Los Angeles-based publicist Nanci Ryder, confirmed to The Associated Press on Thursday.
People magazine first reported the break-up, which brings to an end a whirlwind romance that began shortly before a surprise wedding in May.
The 36-year-old actress and Chesney, 37, wed in a small ceremony on the Caribbean island of St John in the US Virgin Islands. It was the first marriage for both.
Photos of the couple barefoot on the beach were widely distributed.
They first met at the Concert of Hope tsunami relief benefit on January 15, where Chesney was singing and Zellweger was answering telephones, the syndicated television news magazine The Insider had reported.
Zellweger won a best supporting actress Oscar for Cold Mountain. She was nominated for Oscars for her work in Chicago and Bridget Jones's Diary.
Chesney was named Country Music Association entertainer of the year in November, while his When the Sun Goes Down was named album of the year. His hits include Me and You and She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy.
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- AP