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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I think he’s so hot.

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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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Hugh Grant is desperate to work with Cameron Diaz and Meg Ryan – as they’re two of the few leading ladies he hasn’t yet starred alongside. The Notting Hill hunk has shared the big screen with a string of Hollywood beauties including Julia Roberts, Sandra Bullock and Julianne Moore, but admits there are still outstanding women he wants to appear with. He says, “I sometimes think I’ve worked with all the film actresses there are out there, but there are still a couple whom I’d like to work with if I could. “I’ve always loved Meg Ryan. And I very much admire Cameron Diaz. I’d love to work with either of them.”

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Hugh Grant has been arrested and questioned by police after a photographer accused the actor of attacking him with a tub of baked beans.

Photographer Ian Whittaker told the Daily Star that he and Grant, 46, clashed near the home of the “Four Weddings and a Funeral” star.

Whittaker said Grant abused and kicked him on Tuesday before lobbing the beans. The paper printed photos of Grant with a plastic tub of food raised over his head.

Grant’s lawyers Schillings said an incident had taken place and was now under investigation.

A police spokeswoman, when asked about the incident, said a 46-year-old man had been arrested on Wednesday evening and questioned at a London police station after an allegation of assault in west London.

He was bailed to return in May.

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Gee, ya don’t say.  I guy who finds fake titties sexy?  How weird!  He’s also got a thing for prostitutes, but we don’t have to go there.

Hugh Grant has confessed to having an unusual fetish – for plastic surgery. The star, who split with his girlfriend of three years Jemima Khan last Friday, is undecided about his opinion on going under the knife, but he has developed a liking for some people’s enhancements.

He says, “I’m ambivalent about it, although I feel sorry for a lot of these Beverly Hills wives who’ve had so much done that they look a little scary these days. On the other hand, I’ve seen some plastic surgery that I’ve found rather strangely sexually attractive.”

Wow, that’s a really HIDEOUS necklace.  I don’t even get it.

But anyway….are you going to see this movie?  I think it totally looks cute.