Kate Beckinsale's elegant start to the new year in sophisticated Harper's Bazaar Arabia shoot

Flawless and fabulous: Kate Beckinsale's elegant start to the new year in sophisticated Harper's Bazaar Arabia shoot

By Kirsty Mccormack

Last updated at 5:46 PM on 26th December 2011

She's already appeared on the cover of two other magazines this month so it was only a matter of time before she did a third.

Kate Beckinsale looks sensational on the front of the January 2012 issue of Harper's Bazaar Arabia which is on sale at the beginning on next month.

Draped in designer clothes, the shoot is grown up and sophisticated as the 38-year-old actress shows off her natural beauty.

Flawless: Kate Beckinsale wears a Ralph Lauren dress on the cover of the January 2012 issue of Harper's Bazaar Arabia

Grecian goddess: The 38-year-old was photographed by John Russo

Wearing a dress from the Spring/Summer 2012 Ralph Lauren collection, Kate looks flawless on the cover of the monthly magazine.
With her brunette hair tied back in a loose style, the mother-of-one can be seen clutching at the pale blue dress as she stares into the camera.
In another image, photographer John Russo shoots the actress in a white Grecian-style dress that drapes the floor.

Natural beauty: Beckinsale wore her brunette hair tied up in a loose style as she posed for the camera

Just gazing: The Underworld star looked glowing as she stared out of a window for one of the shots

The full photo shoot can be seen in the January 2012 issue of Harper's Bazaar Arabia on sale January 1

Beckinsale is stood by a fireplace filled with candles that is overlooked by a large mirror on the wall.

Rather than look at the camera, in another shot she can be seen gazing at the floor.

Another image sees her posing on a sofa in front of several vases filled with flowers.

In this photograph, Beckinsale wears a green pink and white strapless gown that ties at the side of her chest in a large knot.

The Underworld star obviously oozes confidence in front of the camera and recently revealed that she would consider going naked in a future film.

'I'm not averse to doing a nude scene, but it would have to be something I felt I could really argue in front of my daughter, and so far that hasn't happened,' she told Redbook magazine.

Beckinsale currently has two films in post-production: Underworld: Awakening and Total Recall.

Both movies are directed by her husband Len Wiseman whom she married back in 2004.

The full feature is in the new issue of Harper's Bazaar Arabia, on sale on January 2.

Green with envy: Women everywhere are no doubt enviable of Beckinsale's natural beauty and slim figure

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Kate Beckinsale shows off her endlessly long legs in hotpants and boots on sexy cover

Flaunt it! Kate Beckinsale shows off her endlessly long legs in hotpants and boots on sexy cover

By Sarah Bull

Last updated at 3:48 PM on 17th December 2011

She's widely considered to be one of the sexiest actresses in the world.

And Kate Beckinsale proved exactly how she has earned herself that reputation as she showed off her incredible figure on the cover of Flaunt magazine.

The 38-year-old actress dons a tiny pair of hotpants and sexy knee-high boots for the cover, displaying her endlessly long legs in the alluring outfit.

Flaunting it! Kate Beckinsale shows off her incredible figure in a pair of tiny hotpants and boots on the cover of Flaunt magazine

Kate teamed the shorts with a furry jacket and tousled brown hair for the shot.

Meanwhile, in the publication, Kate says that while some of her bigger budget movies, such as Van Helsing with Hugh Jackman, have performed less than successfully at the box offices, she doesn't regret signing up for them.

She said: 'Basically, the really big movies that I have done that suck, have, for me, turned out at various crisis points in my life where I think, "S**t, I need to make sure I can take care of my kid."

Movie flop: Kate said in the interview she doesn't regret starring in big money movies such as Van Helsing because they paid the bills

'As simple as that. You know, it’s a weird thing that your hobby, the thing you feel great about, is also the thing that makes you go, "Okay, well, I have to be able to pay a mortgage bill."

'It shouldn’t be the case. The bottom line is that will happen sometimes.'

Mother-of-one Kate can next be seen starring alongside Colin Farrell and Jessica Biel in a remake of the hit nineties action movie Total Recall.

Stylish: The 38-year-old actress looked chic as she stepped out in Beverly Hills earlier this week

She said of the film: 'I do think it’s a shame that it’s hard for directors to get an original idea that wasn’t a comic or wasn’t a remake or wasn’t a game or something.

'I think it’s very frustrating for directors in general and actors. You’re constantly finding yourself having to defend doing a remake when you didn’t really want to make one in the first place.'

The full interview with Kate appears in the current issue of Flaunt magazine.


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Kate Beckinsale sets hearts racing in little lace dress at Spirit Award nominations

By Daily Mail Reporter

Last updated at 10:56 PM on 29th November 2011

Kate Beckinsale earned herself a best dressed nod as she arrived to announced the Independent Spirit Award nominations in Hollywood today.

The 38-year-old actress, who has a daughter Lily, 12, with ex Michael Sheen, cut a stylish figure as she posed in a thigh-skimming lace dress and nude heels.

She joined actor Anthony Mackie and organiser Sean McManus at The London hotel for the early morning event.

Leggy lady: Kate Beckinsale attended the Independent Spirit Award nominations in Hollywood today

The British actress, who is married to director Len Wiseman, will next star in Underworld Awakening the latest installment of her big budget action franchise, but today took time out to lend her support to independent film.

Beckinsale revealed that silent movie The Artist and the doomsday drama Take Shelter were both up for five nominations each, including best picture.

Also in the running for best picture were the cancer tale 50/50, the action thriller Drive and the family dramas Beginners and The Descendants.

And the nominees are: The brunette was joined on stage by actor Anthony Mackie

A black-and-white throwback to early Hollywood, The Artist also earned a lead-actor nomination for Jean Dujardin as a silent film star whose career crumbles as the sound era takes over in the late 1920s.

The film grabbed directing and screenplay nominations for Michel Hazanavicius, along with a cinematography slot for Guillaume Schiffman.

Take Shelter star Michael Shannon earned a lead-actor nomination as a family man who comes unhinged amid visions of a coming apocalyptic storm.

Co-star Jessica Chastain was nominated for supporting actress, while Take Shelter also received nominations for director Jeff Nichols and a prize for emerging producers for Sophia Lin.

In good spirits: The pair posed up together on the red carpet before taking to the podium

Other lead-actor contenders were Ryan Gosling for Drive, Demian Bichir for the immigrant drama A Better Life and Woody Harrelson for the police story Rampart.

The lead-actress field included Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe in My Week with Marilyn.

Also nominated were Lauren Ambrose for the single-mom story Think of Me, Rachael Harris for the road-trip comedy Natural Selection, Adepero Oduye for the teen drama Pariah and Elizabeth Olsen as an escapee from a cult in Martha Marcy May Marlene.

Blonde ambition: Michelle Williams has been nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for her role in My Week With Marilyn

Snubbed: The Descendants received numerous nominations but George Clooney was overlooked

Independent Spirit Awards - Key nominations

Best Feature
50/50 - Producers: Evan Goldberg, Ben Karlin, Seth Rogen
Beginners - Producers: Miranda de Pencier, Lars Knudsen, Leslie Urdang, Dean Vanech, Jay Van Hoy
Drive - Producers: Michel Litvak, John Palermo, Marc Platt, Gigi Pritzker, Adam Siegel
Take Shelter - Producers: Tyler Davidson, Sophia Lin
The Artist - Producer: Thomas Langmann
The Descendants - Producers: Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor

Best Director
Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
Mike Mills - Beginners
Jeff Nichols - Take Shelter
Alexander Payne - The Descendants
Nicolas Winding Refn - Drive

Best Screenplay
Joseph Cedar - Footnote
Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
Tom McCarthy - Win Win
Mike Mills - Beginners
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash - The Descendants

Best Female Lead
Lauren Ambrose - Think of Me
Rachael Harris - Natural Selection
Adepero Oduye - Pariah
Elizabeth Olsen - Martha Marcy May Marlene
Michelle Williams - My Week with Marilyn

Best Male Lead
Demián Bichir - A Better Life
Jean Dujardin - The Artist
Ryan Gosling - Drive
Woody Harrelson - Rampart
Michael Shannon - Take Shelter

Best Supporting Female
Jessica Chastain - Take Shelter
Anjelica Huston - 50/50
Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs
Harmony Santana - Gun Hill Road
Shailene Woodley - The Descendants

Best Supporting Male
Albert Brooks - Drive
John Hawkes - Martha Marcy May Marlene
Christopher Plummer - Beginners
John C. Reilly - Cedar Rapids
Corey Stoll - Midnight in Paris

Presented by the cinema group Film Independent, the Spirit Awards will be handed out the day before the Academy Awards, at an afternoon ceremony on Feb. 25. The show will air later that night on IFC.

The Spirit Awards nominations are one of the first key honours on the long road to the Oscars, which often are dominated by big Hollywood films but generally include many nominees from the independent film world.

Last season's top winner at the Spirit Awards, Black Swan, also was a hit with Academy voters, earning a best-picture nomination there and winning the best-actress Oscar for Natalie Portman.

Notably absent from the Spirit Awards lineup was Academy Award winner George Clooney, considered a strong prospect for a best-actor nomination at the Oscars for The Descendants.

Like Crazy, the top winner at last January's Sundance Film Festival, was completely overlooked, receiving no nominations.

The stars of Woody Allen's romantic fantasy Midnight in Paris - among them Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams and Oscar winners Marion Cotillard and Kathy Bates - missed out, too. But their relatively unknown co-star, Corey Stoll, picked up a supporting-actor nomination for his scene-stealing role as Ernest Hemingway.

Clooney's young co-star Shailene Woodley, who plays his daughter in The Descendants, earned a supporting-actress slot.

Nominees in the supporting categories included Christopher Plummer for Beginners, Oscar winner Anjelica Huston for 50/50, Albert Brooks for Drive and John Hawkes for Martha Marcy May Marlene, who won the supporting-actor prize at last season's Spirit Awards for Winter's Bone.

Along with Hazanavicius and Nichols, directing nominees were Mike Mills for Beginners, Alexander Payne for The Descendants and Nicolas Winding Refn for Drive.

Spirit Awards nominees were chosen by panels of film professionals. Members of Film Independent, who include filmmakers and movie fans, are eligible to vote on the winners.

Eligible films must have production budgets of no more than $20 million and meet independent-cinema criteria that include uniqueness of vision and original, provocative subject matter.


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Kate Beckinsale back in leather returns as Selene in stunning new shoot

The vamp(ire) is back: Kate Beckinsale celebrates her return to the big screen as Selene in stunning new shoot

By Andrea Magrath

Last updated at 12:11 PM on 24th November 2011


She's been off the big screen for over a year now, but Kate Beckinsale is about to be back with a vengeance.

The English beauty, 38, has four new films in the pipeline, the first of which is Underworld: Awakening.

'I've been away for a whole year,' she told Flaunt magazine in a new interview and smouldering photoshoot to promote the film. 'It's been great. I didn't find anything I wanted to do enough to take me away from my kid.'

Yummy mummy: Kate Beckinsale shows off her enviable figure in a smouldering new photo shoot for Flaunt magazine

Her husband, director Len Wiseman, was able to convince her to slip back into the leather catsuit to reprise her role as vampire warrior Selene in the Underworld franchise.

In a stunning black and white shoot, Beckinsale reclines on a lion's head rug in a bejewelled swimsuit, and dons hotpants and a pair of knee-high boots.

She has teamed up with her husband again for the action film, but reveals to the magazine that after they've clocked off for the day, it is all fun and games at home.

English rose: The 38-year-old actress reveals she is really just a kid at heart, constantly pranking her husband Len Wiseman

A self-confessed prankster, Kate says: 'Poor Len. He puts up with a lot. That poor guy does not come home without somebody dropping off the top of a wardrobe at this head.

'When he goes to sleep, there was a whole period of time when I was gluing beards to his face, and moustaches, and bullet holes in his head. I love that kind of stuff.'

After Underworld the actress will also be seen in Contraband, opposite Mark Wahlberg, and the Total Recall remake.

Hiatus: Beckinsale has five films in the pipeline, after taking a year-long break because she says 'I didn't find anything I wanted to do enough to take me away from my kid'

Despite starring in the big-budget latter, which is also directed by Wiseman, Kate gives a surprisingly frank estimation of the influx of remakes in cinemas right now.

'I do think it's a shame that it's hard for directors to get an original idea that wasn't a comic or a remake or wasn't a game or something,' she says. 'I think it's very frustrating for directors in general and actors.

'You're constantly finding yourself having to defend doing a remake when you didn't really want to do one in the first place. If it was up to you, you would be doing your own original sci-fi.'

She certainly didn't mind making another Underworld film though, even if she was in kept in the dark about plans despite being married to the director.

Speaking to Total Film recently, she said: 'I genuinely thought there wouldn’t be another one.

'I’m so obedient and gullible and they said it’s always going to be a trilogy, so when people would ask me if I’m doing another I would always say, "No, there’s not going to be another."

'Plus, I was concerned about how a fourth one for me could be interesting, how it could be different – and the storyline they’ve come up with was really interesting to me.'

for the full feature, buy the December issue of US Flaunt magazine, or visit www.flaunt.com

Back in leather: Underworld: Awakening will hit cinemas in January

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Bikini girl Kate Beckinsale is ready for her close up

Bikini girl Kate Beckinsale is ready for her close up as she smooches poolside with husband Len Wiseman

By Chris Johnson

Last updated at 7:51 PM on 12th October 2011


English actress Kate Beckinsale is fast approaching 40.

But as these pictures show, the Pearl Harbor star has the body that could make a woman half her age turn green with envy.

Showing her best side: Actress Kate Beckinsale relaxes in a black bikini on a sun lounger in Mexico with husband Len Wiseman yesterday

Up close and personal: The couple, who married in 2004, couldn't keep their hands off each other

Kate, 38, put her stunning figure on show in a black bikini while lapping up the sunshine in Mexico with her husband Len Wiseman.

Lucky Len was treated to an impromptu poolside performance from Kate as she stood up to fix her long brunette locks into a tight bun.

And he was apparently quite enamoured by the view as he happily took snaps of his wife on his phone.

Killer figure: The 38-year-old put on a show for her other half as she stood up to fasten her hair into a bun

Snap happy: Len appeared to be enjoying the view and took pictures of his wife on his mobile phone

Strike a pose: The Underworld star points at Wiseman as he lounges on the sunbed in his swim shorts

The couple, who met on the set of Underworld, then enjoyed smooching together on the sun loungers.

Kate climbed on top of Len, showering him with kisses, as he willingly reciprocated with a hands-on approach.

Beckinsale relocated to Los Angeles in 2003 with Wiseman, before marrying him the following year.

Easy, tiger: Kate crawls back on to her lounger to continue her relaxation after stretching her legs

Tip top shape: Kate leads a healthy lifestyle to keep her figure. She doesn't drink alcohol and has also given up smoking

Topping up her tan: The English actress relocated to Los Angeles back in 2003 - but is enjoying a break from Hollywood on her Mexican holiday

She maintains a healthy lifestyle, having quit smoking and she doesn't drink alcohol either.
Next year the screen beauty will be seen in Underworld: Awakening, the fourth film in the franchise.

She is also starring in Contraband and Total Recall - with both set for release next year too.

It will mark her comeback to the silver screen following her 2009 flick Everybody's Fine.

Whiling the day away: The Pearl Harbor star teamed her bikini look with a pair of shades

Massage please: Kate gets some attention from Wiseman

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Kate Beckinsale strips down for futuristic nude scene in the new trailer for fourth Underworld film

Sneak peek: Kate Beckinsale strips down for futuristic nude scene in the new trailer for fourth Underworld film

By Daily Mail Reporter

Last updated at 10:12 AM on 19th August 2011


She may be nearing her 40th birthday but Kate Beckinsale clearly had no qualms about stripping down for a scene for the new Underworld film.

A new trailer shows the lying down naked in a futuristic setting in Underworld: Awakenings.

The actress reprises her role as vampire Selene in the fourth instalment of the sci-fi franchise.

Stripped down: Kate Beckinsale is seen lying naked in a futuristic human facility in the new trailer for the fourth Underworld film, Awakening

The fourth film is produced by her husband Len Wiseman, who directed the first two Underworld films.

It begins with Selene breaking free after being held in a coma-like state for 12 years.

Selene escapes imprisonment to find herself in a world where humans have discovered the existence of vampires and Lycans (half werewolf, half human) are are conducting a war against both species in order to eradicate them.

Back underneath: The star reprises her role as Selene a vampire in the alternative Underworld universe

Hell for leather: Kate sports her trademark catsuit after breaking free from captivity

Much of the trailer shows Kate in her trademark leather catsuit and bright blue contact lenses in full on action mode as she embarks on the 'new war'.
She engages in hand to hand combat against her attackers, performs a few supernatural acrobatic stunts, flees from explosions and faces up against a rather ferocious looking monster.
The film sees a return for Kate after five years away from the franchise - she did not feature in the third Underworld film, a prequel to the first two movies.

Striking: Kate's hair is short and she wears bright blue contact lenses for the movie, which is produced by her husband Len Wiseman

Spectacular: Kate is seen walking through wasteland by a waterfall, fighting off attackers and facing monsters in the trailer

Waging a war: The new movie features Selene fighting back against her human attackers

And the actress recently revealed she was unsure about taking part in a fourth instalment.

'Initially, it was conceived as a trilogy, and the third one was always going to be a prequel where I wasn’t born,' she recently told Collider.com.
'Like everybody, I and Len [Wiseman] and most people who are sensible, have a slight allergy to the number four coming after a movie title because it usually means it’s s***.

Svelte: The star showed off her enviable figure in her character's trademark leather catsuit

'But lately, there have been some movies that have actually taken it somewhere else. I guess we’re in a very different climate now.'

But the star isn't sure she can fit into that clinging catsuit for another movie.

'I don’t know how long it’s seemly to rush about in that outfit,' she told the website. 'They’d have to do it quite quickly. Otherwise, it would be sad.'

Playing with fire: The actress gets involved in some action including fights, supernatural acrobatics and facing off against a fearsome beast

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Leggy Kate Beckinsale is a knockout in short black dress at Comic-Con

Still great at 38: Leggy Kate Beckinsale is a knockout in short black dress as she prepares to celebrate birthday

By Daily Mail Reporter

Last updated at 10:54 PM on 23rd July 2011

She's fast heading towards the big 4-0.

But there's no denying Kate Beckinsale is still quite the knockout.

The actress, who turns 38 on Tuesday, delighted her fans last night as she put her incredibly long legs on display in a short black dress at the Comic-Con fan convention.

Leggy lovely: Kate Beckinsale slipped into a sexy LBD teamed with a pair of killer heels as she appeared at the Comic-Con fan convention in San Diego last night

The British star was joined by her husband Les Wiseman, the director of her new film - a reboot of the 1990 hit Total Recall starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

She as at the event to promote the movie, which also stars Jessica Biel and Colin Farrell.

Farrell also took to the stage for a panel discussion about the movie in which he play Doug Quaid, the same role originated by Arnie in the original.

Happy couple: She attended with husband Les Wiseman, who directs her new film, a reboot of Total Recall

Co-stars: Kate posed with Jessica Biel on the red carpet, who also stars in the movie

Farrell's description of his character's arc echoes what the actor has experienced in his own life: 'I loved the idea of a man journeying from being a man in a deep, deep slumber to consciousness,' he said.

He described his character's battle in the film as one between the intellectual and the emotional.

Director Wiseman said that while his version is totally different from the first film, it also draws from the original source material: Philip K. Dick's story 'We Can Remember It For You Wholesale.'

Besides Farrell, the film stars Bryan Cranston, Bill Nighy and John Cho. It is set for release next summer.

Comic-Con continues until Sunday at the San Diego Convention Centre.

Stage appearance: After posing for photographs the British star then made her way to take part in a panel discussion

Time to talk: Colin Farrell, stars as Doug Quaid, the same role originated by Arnie in the original

Cast call: Beckinsale and Wiseman with Biel, Farrell and fellow co-stars Bryan Cranston, and John Cho

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