Kate Beckinsale awarded libel damages

Actress Kate Beckinsale accepted £20,000 (€23,000) libel damages today over a newspaper claim that she was going to miss out on her dream role as “sexy heroine Barbarella”.

The 35-year-old star of films like 'Pearl Harbor', 'Underworld' and 'Van Helsing' was not at London’s High Court for the settlement of her action against Express Newspapers.