Zhang Ziyi "enraged" by paparazzi photos

[Amerigo Vespucci]

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-01/07/content_10616001.htm

BEIJING, Jan. 7 -- Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi has expressed her resentment over a series of paparazzi photos that show intimate scenes of her and her fiance.

"When she found out about the photos online, she was enraged," an assistant of Zhang surnamed Zhi told the Western China Metropolis Daily on Monday.

A group of 81 photos first emerged during the past weekend on the English-language Website X17online.com, and were spread like wildfire among Chinese Websites thereafter. Some sites even encountered server failure due to an overwhelming number of hits, according to a report on Sina.com.cn.

The photos show scantily-clad Zhang Ziyi and Vivi Nevo sunbathing on a beach. Zhang can be seen topless in several photos. The couple obviously were unaware of the paparazzi and were shown in the photos caressing each other. Sources say the beach was the private property of Zhang's millionaire fiance Nevo.

[blondeatlast]

1. News Flash: Ms. Ziyi--now lots more people know who you are.

Stardom has some unattractive side-effects, she's experienced one of them.

Damn, now, where'd I put that violin?

[NewJeffCT]

3. I know

I feel so sorry for her & her billionaire fiance, having somebody take their pics while they were on his exclusive private beach...

[NewJeffCT]

2. the pics are at the link in my thread from yesterday...

Supposedly, one blog in China had comments coming in at the rate of 10 per second... most were critical of Zhang

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=8387141&mesg_id=8387141