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Uma Thurman has split from her lover Andre Balazs.
The break-up comes just days after rumours surfaced the couple, who have been dating on and off for three years, were planning to marry during the US summer.
Uma, 36, and Andre, 50, were said to be planning to marry on a secluded West Indies island, with friends insisting "they can't keep it a secret much longer".
Uma's ex-husband, actor Ethan Hawke, was even said to have given his blessing and planned to attend the intimate Caribbean ceremony.
Ethan said: "They are a good match. Sometimes I think he makes Uma much happier than I did."
Last March, Uma appeared at the Oscars without Andre, fuelling speculation the relationship had ended. Uma's publicist confirmed the split a few days later.
However, the pair were reunited last October and embarked on a series of romantic trips around Europe and the US.
Andre, who was previously married to model Katherine Ford, owns some of the world's premier hotels, including New York's Mercer and the Chateau Marmont and the Standard, in Los Angeles.
Uma was married to Ethan for six years, before the couple split in 2003. They have two children, eight-year-old daughter Maya Ray and five-year-old son Levon Roan.
The Kill Bill star is currently filming The Accidental Husband, in which she plays a radio DJ who gets into trouble after advising people on their love lives.
- BANG! SHOWBIZ
