Hugh Grant may have a new ladylove. The actor, 48, showed up to an Evian Taste of Polo event in Watermill, N.Y., on Aug. 31 with clothing designer Catherine Fulmer, 27. “She was with Hugh the entire weekend,” an insider tells Life & Style. “But he was only there for five minutes. He ordered some girls some drinks and then left — with Catherine.”

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Hugh Grant has sparked rumors he is dating a former model 21 years his junior after the pair was photographed enjoying a romantic day out in New York’s Hamptons.

The Love Actually star was seen frolicking on a beach with 27-year-old fashion designer Catherine Fuller earlier this week.

They were later snapped attending a polo tournament together.

A spokesperson for Grant, who turns 48 next week, admits the pair are spending time together, but refuses to confirm whether they are a couple, saying, “They just met at a party.”

Grant split from longtime love Elizabeth Hurley in 2000 and recently dated socialite Jemima Khan.

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Elizabeth Hurley is convinced she would be a mother of five if she had continued her romance with Hugh Grant - because the pair met when they were just 21.

Hurley, 43, and Grant, 47, dated for 13 years before parting ways in 2000 - but the pair remain close friends and confidants to this day. And their pals even joke they would now be parents to an enormous brood if they hadn’t chosen to end their relationship.

Hurley tells the July issue of Harper’s Bazaar magazine, “Sometimes Hugh and I can get morbid and say we could have had five children by now because we were together since we were 21. There was never a time when either of us wanted it.”

But the Bedazzled star, who has been married to Indian businessman Arun Nayar for a year, insists she would like to see Grant finally settled down.

She adds: “Women flock to Hugh. He’s like Austin Powers. Everyone worships him.”

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Hugh Grant is in negotiations to take the lead in the romantic comedy Lost For Words alongside Chinese actor Zhang Ziyi.

The venture would see Grant reunited with Richard Curtis and Working Title producers Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, a collaboration which has been responsible for hit movies such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill and Love Actually.

The movie would see Zhang Ziyi’s director character approach Grant to star in a Chinese film.

It is thought that the plot would involve Grant falling for the translator on set, before realizing he is actually in love with Ziyi’s character, a situation the translator then exploits.

Susanne Bier is to direct the movie, already having credits such as things We Lost in the Fire and After the Wedding to her name.

Elsewhere, Grant recently paid an emotional tribute to his late mother at a charity dinner.

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Hugh Grant and his ex-girlfriend Elizabeth Hurley have won $116,000 in damages for invasion of privacy, after they were photographed on holiday in a private resort in the Maldives.

Grant, model Hurley and her businessman husband Arun Nayar filed suit against photo agencies Big Pictures Limited and Eliot Press SARL last year, when snaps of the trio on vacation were published in a number of British newspapers.

Laura Tyler, the lawyer representing Grant, Hurley and Nayar, appeared at London’s High Court on Thursday morning, when she told Mr Justice Eady that the pictures had been taken covertly and without her clients’ knowledge. She also argued that the claimants had chosen the resort because it offered them complete privacy and seclusion.

She told the court: “It has been most upsetting for the claimants to have their privacy invaded by these defendants.”

The photos were later printed in the News of the World and The Mail on Sunday newspapers, as well as a number of celebrity magazines.

In addition to the cash for damages, the claimants will receive some money towards their legal costs from the two photo agencies, and agency bosses apologised for any distress their actions may have caused.

Further contributions will also be made by the News of the World’s publisher News Group Newspapers, and Associated Newspapers, which prints The Mail on Sunday.

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When Hugh Grant was dating Jemima Khan she struggled to accept his closeness to old flame Elizabeth Hurley and even, reportedly, banned him from seeing her.

But now single again, Hugh is clearly intent on making up for lost time - so much so that he has joined Elizabeth and her new husband Arun Nayar on a family holiday in the Seychelles.

Clearly unconcerned about playing the gooseberry, Hugh, who split from Jemima earlier this year, happily looked after Elizabeth’s fiveyearold son Damian as she spent time with Arun.

These pictures show Elizabeth and Hugh, 47, are still very much at ease with one another.

At one point she happily perched on a beachside table next to Hugh’s sunbed as they enjoyed a chat.

And later, 42-year-old Elizabeth, who has been reading the novel Innocent Traitor by Alison Weir, doted on Hugh as she rubbed cream on his forehead after he caught too much sun on the beach.

Elizabeth’s choice of holiday reading may have been influenced by a link she shares with the book’s illfated heroine, Lady Jane Grey, who once lived at Sudeley Castle, where Elizabeth married in March.

Hugh is said to get along very well with textiles entrepreneur Arun, 42.

So when the couple invited him to join them on their holiday he was only too happy to accept.

“Hugh was completely relaxed joining Elizabeth on her family holiday-and it was clear from the way they were interacting that they are still very close,” an onlooker said.

“Liz was with Arun and Damian for most of the time, but at intervals she got up to go and check on Hugh.

“At one stage she seemed concerned he had got burnt and rubbed some of her high-protection sun cream into Hugh’s face for him.

“It was a great set-up because Hugh was able to look after Damian when Elizabeth and Arun wanted to spend some time together. The resort was absolutely stunning and they were all having a great time.”

Friends say that Hugh and former Estee Lauder model Elizabeth talk almost every day, and the actor is a regular visitor to Elizabeth and Arun’s home in the Cotswolds.

But when Hugh was dating Jemima, 33, he was forced to turn down an invitation to Elizabeth’s wedding because his then girlfriend didn’t get along with the bride.

Jemima was said to have disliked their closeness and was infuriated on one occasion when Elizabeth licked Hugh’s finger during a dinner party.

A friend said: “Elizabeth and Hugh have always been close so it was very hard for him when Jemima didn’t get on with her. It ultimately meant he got to see a lot less of her and that was hard for both of them.

“Now that Hugh is single, he’s been seeing a lot more of Elizabeth and her family which he loves doing.”

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