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Are Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall the new James Packer and Mariah Carey?
Let us all pray to the gossip gods that this one is true, because it is probably the best romance rumour of the year ... even better than James Packer and Mariah Carey.
Word out of London claims that Rupert Murdoch has a very glamorous, very famous and very blonde new woman in his life ... JERRY HALL!
Has Rupert found a new love in Jerry?Credit: Fairfax Media (digitally altered image)
Mobile phones went into meltdown when PS started calling up some of Rupert's nearest and dearest in an attempt to shed any light on the tittle-tattle this week.
Responses ranged from loud squeals of "faaaaaaaaaaaaaaabulous" to a rather droll "f--- me, if she thought Mick Jagger was a handful, she's in for a surprise".
Rupert Murdoch – are those "come hither" eyes?
The rumour first appeared on the London-based showbiz website Popbitch, which while not at the top of the list when it comes to venerable media outlets, has a reputation for getting things correct. Well mostly.
It published an item under the rather unkind headline: Gruesome Twosome.
"There are some horrible, horrible rumours doing the rounds that Rupert Murdoch's new squeeze is... Jerry Hall," it tantalisingly claimed, without any further detail, while Murdoch's office has been completely silent on the matter.
Though they probably make quite a good pairing, especially with Hall's previous experience with older men – Mick was 13 years her senior, while Rupert is 24 years older.
Jerry Hall reportedly said it was getting harder to find a man.
She also has a soft spot for men with an Australian accent, having dated Perth millionaire Warwick Hemsley.
Rupert, having split from his third wife Wendi Deng two years ago, couldn't ask for a better date to take to Oscars. And who knows, they may even fall in love.
However, it was only last month that Hall herself said she had trouble finding a man as she heads towards her 60th birthday next year.
She told London's Mirror: "I don't get propositioned by anybody as much as I used to ... Actually I don't think you'd need to get married, it's the company that would be nice."
And when it comes to companies, they don't get much more impressive than Rupert's right?