Renee, Kenny Chesney get married

CRUZ BAY, US Virgin Islands: Oscarwinning actress Renee Zellweger and country music star Kenny Chesney were married Monday in a small ceremony on the Caribbean island of St John in the US Virgin Islands. The ceremony took place in front of close friends and family. It was the first marriage for both. The bride wore a dress designed by Carolina Herrera.

Chesney, 37, grew up in east Tennessee and now lives on the island of St John, while Zellweger, who turned 36 two weeks ago, is from Katy, Texas. The couple 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’ reported. Zellweger won a best supporting actress Oscar for ‘Cold Mountain’. She was nominated for Oscars for her work in ‘Chicago’ and ‘Bridget Jones’ Diary’. Chesney currently has two albums on Billboard’s top 10 country albums chart, and his single ‘Anything But Mine’ is No. 6 on the magazine’s hot country songs list. — AFP