NEW YORK: The wedding of Israeli billionaire Vivi Nevo to Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi has been postponed, reported the New York Post's gossip column, Page Six, on Sunday.

The two were engaged last February, and the Post said that they had been planning to wed "sometime in 2009".

A source told the tabloid, which ran the story under the headline, "Fancy wedding must wait", that Mr Nevo had been scouting for a special location, and had been visiting islands off the coast of Italy for the event.

Zhang is currently in China promoting her movie, Sophie's Revenge, which premieres there next month.

A friend of the couple told the Post that though they had been considering getting married next month, the couple had decided to find another date because of their busy schedules.

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