GABRIELLE UNION - A BEAUTIFUL UNION FOR LUDACRIS?

Sexy actress GABRIELLE UNION has a new hip-hop honey in the shape of birthday boy LUDACRIS. The rapper, who recently turned 30, and the Bad Boys II star have been dating for the last two months, according to friends. The new romance is Union's first serious fling since she split from husband Chris Howard in 2005. Union, 34, was the rapper's special guest at his recent birthday party, which he held at Cafe Martorano at the Rio hotel in Las Vegas on 7 September (07). A source who attended the exclusive party tells In Touch Weekly magazine, "They were openly affectionate."