From correspondents in California, United States, 06:00 AM IST

Hollywood siren Uma Thurman has called off her engagement to wealthy Swiss businessman Arpad Busson, People magazine reported Tuesday.

The report quoted a friend of the couple as saying that they split last November. The couple began dating in the summer of 2007 and announced the engagement a year later. The magazine said that Busson was 'beside himself' that they weren't able to work things out.

In September, Thurman, 39, admitted she wasn't planning to marry Busson anytime soon. 'I'm happily engaged but we haven't set a wedding up,' she told W magazine. 'I'm not in a rush to do anything. One day we'll do it, when we're ready.'

(Staff Writer, © IANS)