Wedding Bells Set To Ring For English Beautyby Michele Cheplic | More from this Blogger 01 Aug 2006 02:30 PM Elizabeth Hurley, the gorgeous (in my opinion) model turned actress, who has starred in such movies as 1999's Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me and 2000's Bedazzled is planning a trip down the aisle. Hurley tells the Italian version of Vanity Fair that she will soon wed her boyfriend of three years, Indian businessman Arun Nayar. "I can't reveal the date, but it's very close," the 41-year-old Hurley tells the magazine. "And we are also thinking of having a child." Personally, I couldn't be happier for her. Like many others I had no clue who Elizabeth Hurley was until I saw the countless number of pictures of her wearing that low-cut black Versace dress (remember it was held together with large gold safety pins) at the London premiere of then boyfriend Hugh Grant's 1994 movie, Four Weddings and a Funeral. That one event gained her considerable media coverage and shortly thereafter she was awarded a contract with top cosmetic house Estee Lauder. Hurley and Grant remained a couple for more than a decade and I was sure they would eventually tie the knot. Until, of course, Grant was arrested in 1995 for an encounter with a Hollywood prostitute. I thought that would be a deal breaker, but the couple remained together for a while after the arrest. They pair broke up in 2000 and two years later she gave birth to a son Damian Charles, now 4, with film producer Steve Bing. But, even the blessing of being pregnant was tainted when Bing denied he impregnated Hurley (tests later determined that Bing was indeed the boy's biological father). "I can't boast about being a single mother because it is a choice I would never have made spontaneously: I'm not that type of woman," Hurley tells Italian Vanity Fair. "I found myself in this situation, to my surprise and despite myself, and I tried to face the situation," she continues. "But it was hard. ... In any case, I wouldn't change a single thing of what happened. My life with Damian has been splendid. He is the perfect child." So now she is going to marry someone she says she truly loves-Nayar-whom she met shortly after her son was born. According to PEOPLE Magazine the couple made one of their first public outings in April 2003 at a charity ball at New York City, where an observer told PEOPLE, "(Arun) was happy and smiling. It was obvious that they were very much together." Hurley added at the time, "I love my life. I couldn't be happier." I for one think her newfound happiness is long overdue. Learn more about Michele Cheplic  Michele Cheplic was born and raised in Hilo, Hawaii, but now lives in Wisconsin. Michele graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in Journalism. Relevantpopular culture tags User Comments  Libby Pelham |
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