Hugh Grant was walking down a street in New York City last night and chit-chatting with some TMZ dudes.  Someone asked the actor what he’s been up to lately and he replied with a laugh, “wanking off on the Internet.”  It all seemed like a friendly exchange, until he got a bit of advice on the best location to hail a cab.

One of the paps had the unmitigated gall to tell Hugh that he might have better luck finding a taxi if he went in the opposite direction of where he was headed, at which point Hugh thanked him and then kicked a cameraman in the nuggets. 

It’s really weird video that you can see here.  I’m hugely impressed by the pap seen right at the end of the video who is so close to Grant and isn’t wearing a cup.

Now, it’s all speculation, but I’ve always thought that Hugh Grant was in the closet.  Maybe he didn’t want to be caught on film with his, uh, dinner companion.

Hugh Grant may be off the market once again. After splitting from heiress Jemima Khan in February, it appears Grant had a recent change of heart. The two were spotted together at the Ritz in Paris.

Said a source: “The time they spent apart made Hugh realize just what he was missing without Jemima.”

Rumor has it that Grant may have even proposed to Ms. Khan, although neither of them will comment on that point.

You know, in looking through pictures of the couple, it occurred to me that Jemima Khan is what you’d get if you bred Elizabeth Hurley with Sandra Bullock and then beat the child with an ugly stick. I’m just saying.

AP LONDON - Hugh Grant has been arrested for allegedly throwing a container of baked beans at a photographer, London police said.

There are magical fruit jokes to be made but those are juvenile and insulting to our reader’s intelligence. So I’ll just say this: I’d love it if Hugh threw any canned good at my dome. Then I could take the next few years off.

Hugh Grant is very Lost in Translation at the Tokyo premiere of Music and Lyrics. Meanwhile, Lindsay’s lending her support and considerable star power to the new Charlotte Ronson store out there. Um, how do you say “butch” in Japanese?

Hugh Grant needs a new girlfriend. From AP: