KATE BECKINSALE TALKS TO WOMANS HEALTH

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Kate Beckinsale graces the July/August cover of Women’s Health (on newsstands June 26) and opens up about kicking Jessica Biel’s butt in her upcoming action film, Total Recall (in theaters August 3), and transforming her body by trading her intense gym workouts for a yoga-based routine.

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 Kate Beckinsale

Kate on her fight scene with Jessica Biel in her upcoming film Total Recall…

“It’s not like a naked, porno, mud-wrestling-in-a-bar sort of fight—it’s a real fight.”

Kate on the differences between fighting a man and a woman…

“I did find that fighting a woman was very different from when I’ve fought men. There was a lot of ‘I didn’t hurt you, did I? Ooh, I’m sorry about that! No, it was my fault!’”

Kate on not knowing how to run when starting to film 2003’s Underworld…

“I could run if a bear were chasing me, but I ran like a girl with my arms like this [flails arms]. The day they asked me to try a few punches, it was dismal. All I could see what despair in the stunt coordinator’s face.”

Kate on switching from intense gym workouts to yoga-based routines…

“I’d gotten particularly sick of being photographed outside a gym doing a squat with a medicine ball.”

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Kate on being famous for her ability to kick butt on screen…

“It’s slightly strange being predominantly known for something that’s not necessarily my sensibility, but I’ve never had a plan.”

Kate on recalling her first experience at a gym with her trainer, who had once beenArnoldSchwarzengger’s workout partner…

“It was a full-on boys’ gym: ‘How much can you press? Go harder!’ That kind of thing. They use to have a garbage can between the machines so people could throw up into it and then continue working out. That just seems far too gruesome. I didn’t want to be in shape that much.”

Kate on admitting that growing up, she avoided gym class whenever possible…

“I wasn’t particularly athletic. No one ever thought, ‘I must have Kate on my team.’”

Kate on explaining that she never went to the gym when she was younger…

“To me, you only went to the gym if you were really weird and obsessive. No one I knew inLondon at the time ever did it.”

Kate on the progression of her life and career…

“It all just unfolds and I think, Well, that’s who I am now.”

Photo By: Sara de Boer/Retna

THE VICTORIA'S SECRET LOOK AT MTV AWARDS

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Get The Look Of  Elizabeth Banks And Kate Beckinsale

At The

2012 MTV Movie Awards

Makeup by Fiona Stiles And Molly Stern for Victoria’s Secret Beauty

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 Elizabeth Banks

The Hunger Games star Elizabeth Banks looked sexy from head to toe at the 2012 MTV Movie Awards.

Celebrity Makeup Artist Fiona Stiles gave Elizabeth a strong eye and neutral lip using VS Makeup products. For her hair, she went with a top knot which was done by Jenny Cho.

After Fiona prepped Elizabeth’s skin with VS Pro FX Face Primer SPF 20, she applied foundation and concealer from the VS Pro Camouflage FX Concealer Palette. She then took the VS Pro Radiant Fix Face Illuminator and patted it on to the bridge of her nose and along her cheekbones. She set the face with the VS Minerals Pressed face Powder in Light and applied Beauty Rush Radiant Blush in Fresh Love to her cheeks.

For the eyes, Fiona used two different colors to achieve a smoky eye; a shimmery grey on the bottom from the VS Makeup Eye Shadow Quad in Satisfied and a purple on the top lid from the VS Makeup Eye Shadow Quad Ravishing. It gave a little bit of a twist to a smoky eye.

She lined the inside of the eye with Beauty Rush Precision Liner in Hot Slate and then smudged the grey liner into the lower lashes, blending it down into the skin. Fiona then took the grey shadow and swept it over the liner, effectively setting the liner and making the color stronger. For the top of the lid she smudged the grey liner along the top lashes, and applied a dusting of the plum shadow over the lid. She used the shimmery pink in the quad to add a little highlight to the inner corners of her eyes, and the lilac color to blend the purple up and out. After the eyes were complete, Fiona used a brown brow pencil to strengthen and slightly elongate Elizabeth's brows and added VS Makeup Extra Lengthening Mascara in Blackest Black.

Fiona used her finger to pat on VS Makeup Perfect Lipstick in Wish so that it was less a lipstick and more of a stain. There was a beautiful color to Elizabeth’s lips without the sheen of a lipstick or a gloss. It makes the look feel a little cooler and less done.

Elizabeth wore an Elie Saab jumpsuit, and accepted the award for Best On-Screen Transformation for her role in The Hunger Games.

Kate Beckinsale

Actress Kate Beckinsale was fashionably chic at the 2012 MTV Movie Awards also.

Celebrity Makeup Artist Molly Stern kept Kate’s makeup classic with a brown smokey eye and a pop of pink lip shine for a glittery pout using VS Makeup products.

Molly prepped Kate's skin with a soothing mist and serum. She then primed Kate's skin with VS Pro FX Face Primer SPF 20 and applied some VS Makeup Tinted Moisturizer SPF 15 in Golden Medium to even out the tone.

Next, Molly warmed her cheeks with a cream blush and for a warm finish; she dusted VS Makeup Baked Mineral Bronzing Powder in Glowing.

For Kate's eyes, Molly based the lid with VS Hypergloss Eye Shimmer in Golden Lights and contoured the crease a with a softened 60's approach using the crease shade of VS Eye Shadow Quad in Eye Contact. She then dusted VS Silky Eye Shadow in Provocateur over the center of the lid.

Molly lined the base of the lash line with VS Makeup Brilliant Liquid Liner in Black and coated her lashes with VS Voluptuous Mascara in Black.

For Kate's lips I used the VS Lip Liner in Ginger Spice and then lightened the lip with the lipstick side of the VS Sheer Color Duo Tete a Tete and a pop of VS Brilliant Lip Shine in Undress on the center of the lip for a glittery pout.

Actress Kate Beckinsale rocked a Dolce & Gabbana dress, and took the stage with Jessica Biel to announce the winner for Best Cast to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.

VS Makeup is available now exclusively at Victoria’s Secret Stores and VictoriasSecret.com.

'UNDERWORLD AWAKENING' WORLD PREMIERE

Kate Beckinsale

Sandrine Holt

Mans Marlind With Bjorn Stein

Theo James

Carmen Electra

Kat Graham

Michael Ealy

Alexa Vega

Omar Miller

Len Wiseman With Kate Beckinsale

The World Premiere of 'Underworld Awakening' was held at the world famed Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California.


Photos By: RD / Orchon / Retna Digital

2012 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT NOMINATIONS

Kate Beckinsale

Anthony Mackie

The 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards Nominations were held at The London West Hollywood Hotel in West Hollywood, California today. They will be presented Feb. 25, 2012 in Santa Monica, California.




The 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards Nominations Are:




Best Feature: 50/50; Beginners; Drive; Take Shelter; The Artist; The Descendants.


Director: Mike Mills, Beginners; Nicholas Winding Refn, Drive; Jeff Nichols, Take Shelter; Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist; Alexander Payne, The Descendants.


International film: A Separation (Iran); Melancholia (Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany); Shame (United Kingdom); The Kid With a Bike (Belgium, France, Italy); Tyrannosaur (United Kingdom).


Male Lead: Demian Bichir, A Better Life; Jean Dujardin, The Artist; Ryan Gosling, Drive; Woody Harrelson, Rampart; Michael Shannon, Take Shelter.


Female Lead: Lauren Ambrose, Think of Me; Rachel Harris, Natural Selection; Adepero Oduye, Pariah; Elizabeth Olsen, Martha Marcy May Marlene; Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn.


Supporting male: Albert Brooks, Drive; John Hawkes, Martha Marcy May Marlene; Christopher Plummer, Beginners; John C. Reilly, Cedar Rapids; Corey Stoll, Midnight in Paris.


Supporting female: Jessica Chastain, Take Shelter; Anjelica Huston, 50/50; Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs; Harmony Santana, Gun Hill Road; Shailene Woodley, The Descendants.


Documentary: An African Selection; Bill Cunningham New York; The Interrupters; The Redemption of General Butt Naked; We Were Here.


Screenplay: Joseph Cedar, Footnote; Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist; Tom McCarthy, Win Win; Mike Mills, Beginners; Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, The Descendants.


First Screenplay: Mike Cahill and Brit Marling, Another Earth; J.C. Chandor, Margin Call; Patrick Dewitt, Terri; Phil Johnston, Cedar Rapids; Will Reiser, 50/50.


Cinematography: Joel Hodge, Bellflower; Benjamin Kasulke, The Off Hours; Darius Khondji, Midnight in Paris; Guillaume Schiffman, The Artist; Jeffrey Waldron, The Dynamiter.


John Cassavetes Award (films made for under $500,000): Bellflower; Circumstance; Hello Lonesome; Pariah; The Dynamiter.


Best First Feature: Another Earth; In The Family; Margin Call; Martha Marcy May Marlene; Natural Selection.


Robert Altman Award for best ensemble cast: Margin Call


Photos By: RD / Orchon / Retna Digital

ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY FOR KATE BECKINSALE

Kate Beckinsale With Hubby Len Wisman And Lilly

Kate Beckinsale along with husband Len Wisman and daughter - Lilly Sheen Kate Beckinsale back from a Mexico vacation go shopping in Brentwood, California. Lilly has her mothers good looks, maybe another star in the family.

Photo By: RD / Poersch / Retna Digital