Los Angeles, June 24 (IANS): Hollywood actor Richard Gere was spotted being affectionate with his rumoured girlfriend Alejandra Silva on a beach in Taormina, Sicily.

The duo attended the Shiseido and Vanity Fair Gala Dinner together on June 17, and were also photographed looking affectionate at the beach on the Italian island on June 20, reports usmagazine.com.

Gere was in Taormina to accept an award at the annual film fest, which brought stars including Patricia Arquette, Ellen Pompeo, and Rupert Everette to Sicily.

Prior to stepping out with Spanish socialite Silva, the "Pretty Woman" actor was most recently linked with model Padma Lakshmi. He began seeing the "Top Chef" host in the spring of 2014.

However, they split later that same year.

The "Arbitrage" star has also been married twice, to model Cindy Crawford in the 1990s and to actress Carey Lowell in 2002. He and Lowell, who share a teenage son, Homer, have been separated since 2013.