Hugh Grant
- Profession: Actor
- Place/Date of Birth: Hammersmith, London, 09 September 2020
- Assiociated with: Jemima Khan, Liz Hurley
The actor was at an auction at Elton John’s annual White Tie and Tiara ball, the lot gave the highest bidder the chance to invite 10 friends to the dinner party, hosted by Elton and his partner David Furnish.
The Four Weddings and a Funeral actor agreed to up the ante to ?200,000, if a rival bidder promised to pay his ?190,000 offer too.
The star-studded evening raised ?930,000 for Elton’s Aids Foundation charity from the auction alone - which included a Bentley Continental bought by another mystery businessman for ?320,000.
Chocolate boy - 25/02/03 - Courtesy of Heat Magazine
Hugh Grant’s middle name is Mungo, but that’s not the only embarrassing thing to emerge out of his background. Hugh admits, "Our family name for hot chocolate is choccy moo moo," (Note: this comes form a man who says, "I beg your parsnips?")
Hugh’s blue tales - 18/02/03
Make sure you tell Hugh Grant when he has to deliver an after dinner speech - as you might end up with rude football jokes instead.
Hugh attended a dinner held by FIFA football officials at a Hampton Court banquet, but only realised that he was expected to make a speech halfway through the proceedings. He apparently retreated to the bathroom to have a think, but said - ’I could only think of three football stories, each one more revolting than the last,’ but alcohol convinced him it would be ok to tell a joke.
But the joke’s punchline ’Show us your hairy bush’ - was met with a stony silence from the 2000-strong audience. Wrong move then Hugh!
Salty snack - 21/01/03 Courtesy of Heat Magazine
Hugh Grant claimed on an American TV show that he gave Sandra Bullock some sperm-smeared clotted cream. "I bought her back two pots - one was normal and the other contained sperm. I asked her to taste the difference," he says. "She loved it!" Yuk.
Who’s Hugh - 10/01/03
For the first time Hugh Grant has made it into the latest edition of Who’s Who the directory of the UK’s leading figures.
He has been chosen above his former partner Elizabeth Hurley, who is not listed, his entry reveals that his middle names are John and Mungo.
Anita Dobson
Dean Gaffney
Sylvie Guillem
Faces in Fashion
Sir Paul Smith
Valentino: Valentino Garavani
Musicians
Brain May, Queen
Brian May
Brian May
Writers & Artists
Lucian Freud
Michael Winner
News & Features
Big Brother 8
Celeb Rehab
Keeping up with the WAGs...
Profiles: Film
Angelina Jolie
Keira Knightley
Tom Cruise
Profiles: Music
Britney Spears
Kylie Minogue
Madonna
Profiles: Fashion
Kate Moss
Naomi Campbell
Victoria Beckham
In 1995, Hugh became the scandal of the year by hiring a prostitute, Divine Brown, to perform certain acts in the privacy of his automobile. His girlfriend, Liz Hurley was not amused and although she stuck by him through the scandal they finally called it quits in 2000 after 13 years together. The Divine Brown incident could well have been the making of Hugh Grant though, after this mishap he was cast in many more films and became a British icon here and in the States.
Although many of his films at this time were dubious to say the least, their ratings were bouyed by his popularity and in 1999 he made a real comeback. Notting Hill was a return to form for Grant, made by the same team that first shot to fame with Four Weddings...it confirmed his status and saw his star on the rise again. Following up his success with About A boy and Bridget Jone’s Diary which saw him departing from his usual role as bumbling English fool and made him a whole new type of heartthrob.
He has also starred in Love Actually as the Prime Minister, which saw much speculation as to whether Brits would actually prefer Grant as the leader of their country. Hugh remains a bachelor, despite rumours of a fling with co-star Sandra Bullock, and remains very close friends with Liz Hurley with whom he owns Simian Productions.
(Updated April 04)
August 2007