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Richard Gere dating Spanish socialite Alejandra Silva

By Marilyn Malara
Richard Gere arrives on the red carpet before the screening of the film "Time out of Mind" at the 9th annual Rome International Film Festival in Rome on October 19, 2014. He has reportedly been dating Alejandra Silva for a llittle over a year. Photo by David Silpa/UPI
1 of 3 | Richard Gere arrives on the red carpet before the screening of the film "Time out of Mind" at the 9th annual Rome International Film Festival in Rome on October 19, 2014. He has reportedly been dating Alejandra Silva for a llittle over a year. Photo by David Silpa/UPI | License Photo

WASHINGTON, June 24 (UPI) -- Richard Gere and new girlfriend, Spanish socialite Alejandra Silva, have gone public with their relationship after what sources say has been a year.

Gere, 65, and Silva, 32, arrived together at the 61st Annual Taormina Film Festival in Sicily last week, marking their first public appearance as a couple, People reports. The Franny actor was honored with an award at the event.

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Afterward, the duo were spotted enjoying themselves on a yacht off the coast of Acitrezza, Italy, Monday.

Sources say a friend of Silva's told Spain's ABC network that she and Gere have been dating for about a year, but have kept their relationship secret from the press.

"They've been together for about a year but have been very private about it. Alejandra lives between Manhattan and Madrid and Richard has already been to see her a few times," they reportedly told the network.

"They've managed to keep it hidden from the press but all their friends know."

Gere and ex-wife Carey Lowell, 54, split in 2013 after an 11-year marriage; they have one son together. Silva is also divorced from her ex-husband Govind Friedland, and also has one son.

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