Celebrity | Uma Thurman Uma Thurman, Fiancé Split Somehow, Cindy Adams ties breakup with Arpad Busson to Bernie Madoff By Evann Gastaldo Posted Dec 8, 2009 10:00 AM CST Copied Uma Thurman, left, accompanied by her fiance Arpad Busson arrives for the dinner birthday party of former president of South Africa Nelson Mandela in central London, Wednesday June 25, 2008. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) The engagement is off between Uma Thurman and hedge fund manager Arpad Busson. Thurman, once-divorced and mother to two children by Ethan Hawke, announced her engagement to the financier—who has two children himself with Elle MacPherson—in the summer of 2008. Cindy Adams theorizes the breakup could have somehow been sparked by Busson losing a bundle in the Bernie Madoff scheme, she writes in the New York Post. Read These Next Americans have thoughts on aging. Essayist quit drinking at age 71, writes that it's never too late. Indictment: Pitchers struck deal with bettors on what to throw. Administration orders states to halt full SNAP payments. Report an error