I’ve long believed that Kate Beckinsale is a very beautiful woman. She has that pulled-together prettiness that’s appealing to me. Like, Kate tries. She likes clothes, she likes makeup, she likes getting her hair done and getting manis with her daughter, and you can tell that she takes pride in how she pulls herself together. But Kate is 42 years old now. Which means it’s time for her douchebag husband to trade her in for a newer model, apparently. Kate’s husband Len Wiseman has been seen all over LA without his wedding ring… and in the company of a 24-year-old chica named CJ Franco. You can see some photos of them here.
Kate Beckinsale’s husband has been hitting the town like a very single guy over the last month … a single guy out with a very young model. 42-year-old Len Wiseman has been spotted out — sans wedding ring — with 24-year-old CJ Franco. They were out Tuesday night at The Nice Guy, partied until 2 AM and left together.
It’s the third time we’ve seen Len out with CJ, as 42-year-old Kate is ensconced in Prague shooting “Underworld 5.”
Kate and Len married in 2004, but it sure seems the marriage has come to a screeching halt. We reached out to Kate’s people but mum’s the word.
An 11-year marriage is pretty great for Hollywood. It’s interesting as well because Beckinsale has said in the past that one of the reasons why her relationship with Michael Sheen didn’t work out was because he was (and is?) anti-marriage. Kate wanted to marry him, especially after they had their daughter together, but I think his anti-marriage stance is one of the big reasons why they ended. And so she went for Len, who seemed like he was basically the first guy who proposed after the Sheen thing ended. Anyway… it sucks. While I’m not a huge Kate Beckinsale fan-girl, I do think she’s really pretty and she seems like a cool person. It sucks that her husband is openly cavorting with some 20-something. Ugh, douche cliché.
Update: A “source” tells People Magazine that Len and Kate have been separated “for several months.” Dude’s still a cliche.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
Well he would be a fool if true, Beckinsale is a beauty. – Even if it was expensive to acquire, she’s got it.
There is no question that Beckinsale is very attractive, and she is usually one of the best dressed at most award shows, however, she and Len Wiseman got together while he was still married. He reportedly left his wife for her. How you get them, is how you lose them.
Theirs is really no different than any other celebrity relationship that started out under shady circumstances. I think most people tend to give Beckinsale a pass because she comes off as a genuinely nice person in interviews and seems to carry herself well. But, I am sure Wiseman’s ex wife may have a different opinion of both Beckinsale and her former hubby.
Eew he’s butt and the 20something is just a pathetic, sad, stereotypical ego boost
Oh wow, bringing back “butt” huh? Nice work!
She is stunning and I agree that this is just so sadly cliché.
=] and Tallyho
It’s fun to say even though I’m pretty sure I use it wrong 🙂
His jump off reminds me of Rachel Uchitel or whatever her name is, from Tiger Woods’ saga.
YES!! I was struggling, she reminded me of someone and I couldn’t jog the memory. He’s a moron. She’s always been gorgeous, any work she’s had done has been very tasteful, and she has always seemed like such a nice person.
Isn’t he the director of the Underworld franchise? Shouldn’t he be at work too??
She looks a lot like Minka Kelly, I think.
I thought a less-pretty Jessica Alba. Great body, but the face is meh. Though not my type, he is actually pretty handsome and looks really good for 42.
The article said he left his wife for Kate? I did not know that. If true, that puts a different light on their relationship and marriage.
“for every hot woman, there’s a man tired of banging her”
It hurts but it is true.
Kate hasn’t worn her wedding ring for months so it was pretty obvious they have been over a long time.
But yes Kate is stunning and one of the best dressed celebs..
I actually thought they’ve been separated/divorced for several years, but never announced it. She is gorgeous.
Girl does NOT look 42. And I’ve always thought she could do way better than him.
I know, right? Her skin is dewy and unreal.
No matter how well I take care of my skin or eat well, my skin never looks that smooth and hydrated. I want to try IPL or something else that could remove the dead layers of skin on top, but I don’t want to do something as harsh as a peel.
*runs to google instead of working*
Secret Beauty tip –
Presoak a scotch brite and gently trace on face to remove dead cells. Been doing it for years and I always get compliments
Look up laser burn, its brutal. If the machine isnt set properly or the doctor doesnt know what s/hes doing itll burn deep layers of your skin and youll never know (cause its cold laser) until your skin starts sagging like crazy in the following months. There are women affected by it on plastic surgery forums, like realself. Its irreversible.
Yeah, she’s ageless. I don’t think she’s a good actress but she’s undeniably beautiful.
+1
I don’t think I’ve seen her in anything and I don’t know who she is. Who is she? She’s all kind of generic, in my eyes.
i think since she moved to America, she’s picked terrible films whereby the CGI/action was more important than the acting.
Her early work in the UK showed someone with acting chops, but it was never going to make her a movie star, a status she seems to prefer hence the terrible films she makes.
@Pinky-I know what you mean by “generic”–there’s nothing particularly unusual or distinct about her and her features kind of just blend together–yet I still find her so gorgeous and her hair is incredible..
Her dad was really attractive too actually. He was big in UK sitcoms in the 70’s before dying at a tragically young age.
She did a few small indies a while back and was pretty good in them, but I agree her bigger films aren’t very good. I wonder if she should try a TV series instead.
Ooo, she’d be great on tv!
@klein, I loved Richard, yay for Godber, you nerk!
She was cute in “Shooting Fish” many years ago, but no, not a great actress.
I’ve also heard she’s wickedly funny.
She gives good talk-show…very funny, self-deprecating, tells a good story with just enough gossipy details mixed in, and not afraid to break out a few swear words when needed for effect. I’ve laughed out loud when watching her do interviews.
I used to like her a lot and thought she was quite lovely, until I read an interview in which she bragged about peeing in a director’s coffee because she was ticked off at him. I lost ALL respect for her after that.
Well, he does have resting douche face.
Interesting latter-day Amy Winehouse look his girlfriend is working in one of those DM photos.
Yeah. The jump-off does look kind of fragile and tragic in those photos.
I loveeeee Kate Beckinsale. She is beautiful! Not exotic but all her features work so well together to get that face! Ive always thought she was underrated. I forget the name (im am asshole) but one of my favorite movies is an indie where her ex is crazy! Great movie.
Well, supposedly he also ditched his first wife after he met Kate, while she jettisoned Sheen. I’m sorry this is happening to her, but given how they got together, I’m also not too surprised.
I always thought that she and Sheen were over before she hooked up with Wiseman but if true, karma is a b!tch.
I’m pretty sure there was some overlap between Sheen and Wiseman. She met him when he was directing her and Sheen in a movie together. Awk-ward! I think she said in an interview once that because he never married her she never felt that she had to be committed to him.
I always thought she and Michael were on and off or completely off when she hooked up with Len, because he’s defended her and I think he even mentioned how not wanting to get married play a part in that break up. They’ve definitely maintained a civil and seemingly friendly relationship after they split. However, Len definitely ditched his wife for Kate.
Sheen and her were done by the time she met Len. She was, in fact, hooking up with her Underworld co-star, Scott Speedman and Len and her weren’t involved until after that movie wrapped (he directed Underworld 1). Rumor has it he was such a jealous jerk that he made sure that Scott wasn’t in any of the Underworld sequels because Len didn’t want Kate acting with her ex even though the character of Michael Corvin is critical to the Underworld plot.
Ah, well that explains why they killed him (if I recalled correctly) in the last Underworld movie. I still have yet to figure out why I like those movies.
Oh, so that’s why Scott Speedman wasn’t in the sequels! I only watched the first one to see how he would do in that, and then lost interest when he wasn’t featured later. (Not that I think he’s a great actor or anything, but, you know, Ben Covington…)
Scott Speedman was very prominent in Underworld Evolution (#2 movie). I had heard he did not want to make any more Underworld movies because he didn’t think they were any good.
By the time they got to Underworld #4 (if anyone remembers, #3 was a random prequel) is it any real surprise Speedman wouldn’t have wanted to be in it?
Those pictures…she looks older than Kate, 24 my butt. Ugh, I don’t know him, nor do I care to, but I’m so disgusted by men who date these kind of women…the insane plastic surgery, attention types.
In all of those photos of him coming out of nightclubs late at night with his 24-year-old girlfriend, he just looks like a 42-year-old man having a midlife crisis.
I know. I mean the younger woman thing is pretty typical, but going to a club at 42 yrs old? I’d rather have teeth extracted
Totally. And do we describe the jump off as blonde? She’s got brown hair with a bit of highlights …. Kate is much better looking. But I suppose you can “impress” a 24 yo looking for job opps much more easier than a peer.
And of course she is a model. Not a nurse or librarian.
But also, she is 24. That is middle aged in model years. So it fits, doesn’t it? They are basically both middle aged people going to clubs.
You nailed it Jayna.
I always thought she split with Sheen for this guy? Anyway, great description of her prettiness, I agree she is beautiful and always looks put together.
That’s a shame if they’ve split.
I also think she is gorgeous. I read yesterday that while filming Underground, her and Michael Sheen (her ex and father of her child) were the actors and Len the director. Rumor has it Kate and Len cheated on their respective partners, Len left his first wife for Kate and Kate left Michael Sheen.
No. People are rewriting history. Huge Underworld fan here. Kate recommended Michael Sheen for the role to Len Wisemen, who directed Underworld 1. Sheen and Kate were already broken up.
On the movie set, Kate was hooking up with Scott Speedman, her co-star during filming. That was a fling, it ended with filming, then she got together with Len. Len in return, made sure his girlfriend later wife Kate never worked with Speedman again in any of the sequels. Basically he had Scott blackballed to avoid Kate and Speedman reuniting. Little paranoid there, uh? Len is a jerk all around.
Scott Speedman is sexy…let’s get some pics of that guy up in here.
@kitten Scott Speedman is WAY better looking than Len.
To get back at her douche ex, she should make Scott Speedman her rebound.
Except that Len Wiseman also directed Underworld: Evolution (the second Underworld film), which starred both Beckinsale and Speedman.
@Allen Smithers My correction. Len got Scott Speedman blackballed after that god-awful Underworld 2. Rumors in the tabloid press at the time stated that Wiseman HATED having to direct his wife in love scenes with Speedman since they were ex lovers and was a jealous jerk during the filiming. Speedman’s character was cut out of the following sequels, Awakenings and the prequel thing. Michael Corvin is talked about, but not seen. Either way, in this Underworld fan’s book, Wiseman ruined the movies with that move. Michael and Selena were the reason I liked the movies.
Huh, I wasn’t aware they were hooking up! That’s a little surprising given the camaraderie the three of them had in the commentary for the first film – they even mentioned hanging out together for holidays! But it would make sense if that’s part of why they were comfortable writing him out in the later films, especially if Speedman was opposed to doing more in the first place. Shame, shame. I have a soft spot for those films.
Does the Hollywood marriage vow include “until death do us part or I can do better?” If Kate’s husband thinks he can do better, he is utterly deluded. But then again, there is no accounting for taste.
I believe the man’s vows in the Hollywood ceremony is “until death do us part or my wife turns forty”!
Hold up guys. According to Lainey, Kate and Len have been separated since early in the year … so he really isn’t doing any thing wrong. — besides being an utter cliche in going for someone half his age ….but just because they didn’t announce their separation to the press doesn’t mean he is cheating on her.
That makes sense, it seemed unlikely that he’d be out so openly with another piece if they hadn’t already split. He doesn’t seem that clueless.
I was going to say the same thing. I read on another site that they’ve been separated for a while, and she has been photographed at numerous events since last spring while not wearing her wedding ring.
Oh ok..I didn’t realize that. Still a bit cringe worthy but not as asshole-y as originally thought.
Lainey reported this yesterday and give examples (via photo) of how far back Kate is shown not wearing her wedding ring. I believe it goes as far back as January.
They’ve probably been over for a while since her ring hasn’t been on for several months, so even if he’s cavorting around with a girl young enough to be his daughter it’s technically okay. Am I the only one who remembers though how Len’s first wife called him out for having an affair with Kate while they were still married and Kate was with Michael though? I think she and Michael were kind of on and off though towards the end because of the marriage thing, because Michael definitely defended her and said she didn’t go behind his back…but Len was definitely with his wife. Anyway, point is they got together in an incredibly messy way so I’m not necessarily surprised that they split in a messy way.
He’s giving me the ‘Dane Cook’ douche vibe
Yes, totally. Yuck.
How trite.
KB got married because she wanted the power of being a Hollywood wife. She very pretty but she’s not a good actress. So she secured herself a husband that would garentee her steady employment.
They’ve probably been separated for sometime now and like any douche in Hollywood with power and is of a certain he dates a chick trying to replace his wife so he can get her parts in movies.
What power? She did not marry Spielberg. I have no idea who her husband is?
I will never hear a word said against this woman. She is the daughter of the most beloved Richard Beckinsale, who devastated a good proportion of the UK when he died so young. That is all I am saying on the subject. Bye.
She’s supposed to be quite nice, even if her romantic life has been messy at times.
Glad to hear it. I really am going this time.
i’m always struck by how strongly she resembles her father.
Amen to that @Jellybean
Hope the narrative of a long separation is in fact true, otherwise this is pretty crappy behavior on his part. I have liked her since Cold Creek(?/Comfort?) Farm. She is a stunning woman. But Underworld 5??? Hope they have changed up the catsuit for her.
Cold Comfort Farm!! Yes!! Such a great adaptation of the book, and she was delightful in it especially. But it starred a treasure trove of talented actors like Steven Fry, Ian McKellen, Rufus Sewell, Joanna Lumley, etc. I think she’s a talented actress and it’s a shame she went all Hollywood, especially after gems like Emma (with Mark Strong, yummmm) and CCF.
I must’ve been a British theater goer in a past life!! 🙂
Cold Comfort Farm is still one of my favourite films. Rufus Sewell is AWESOME in it. And I will always have a soft spot for Beckinsale because of it — even though I think she’s sold herself (or Hollywood has sold her) short over the years.
That’s so depressing to me because I’ve always thought she’s one of the most beautiful women out there. She’s also incredibly smart and well- read. I heard an interview with her once and she was articulate and informed and witty. He’s a loser if this is true.
it would be embarrassing if she was’t smart or well read considering she studied French and Russian Literature at Oxford [she never completed, but studied 3/4years]
Maybe she’s the one that wanted out. Just because he’s the first one seen with a woman doesn’t mean they haven’t been split for a while, it seems, or that she met someone and is keeping it on the down low as far as the public, kind of like Gwyneth Paltrow. Maybe he’s acting out because of the split.
we really don’t know. But being with a 24-year-old partying at late night clubs still puts him in a midlife crisis..
I would be inclined to reserve judgement if the girl wasn’t like the trashiest looking creature ever. I mean, no married dude could get papped repeatedly with that girl and not know how it looks. Like, why does a 42 yr old married guy go clubbing? Nah. So they’re really over already and this is his way of signalling the nail in the coffin?
Kate got a lot of crap for leaving Michael Sheen for this guy, but given Sheen’s subsequent love em and leave em record I can’t help but cut her some slack. She should have stayed in Britain and done Downton Abbey or something, her Hollywood trajectory went from cute twee British movies to really crappy B movies, it’s kind of unusual. I did like the more horror style ones she did (like Vacancy I think?) and think she just made too many turkeys along the way.
Anyway she’s still very pretty, I’m sure she can find someone better than this douche nozzle.
i agree wholeheartedly, with both your assessment of her career and his obvious douche nozzleness. I think she could get back her pazazz career wise in the UK if she moved back, starred in a series or other low profile quality projects, but it won’t happen. Always seemed like she wanted fame more than a stellar career. Pearl Harbor anyone? yikes….
I agree, she could totally get a great role in a quality t.v. drama over here (not so sure about the U.S. now that t.v. is where it’s at for actors) and re-build her reputation. I mean, British t.v. pretty much gave Gillian Anderson’s career a second lease of life, and she’s not even British! You are right though, her priorities thus far don’t seem to place quality over desire to be famous. Maybe with age will come wisdom and as she sits on the set of Underworld 5 she will think “Hmm, wonder if I could get a better role back in Blighty?” I don’t judge her so much for Pearl Harbour, there were a lot of famous actors in that turkey, it was a big budget epic and I can totally see why she probably thought it would make her career. But for the endless vampiric b-movies, yes, I do wonder what she it thinking.
@Mrs Darcy:
Actually Gillian Anderson is part-Brit, and was raised there for a part of her childhood 🙂
So true. She is Downtown Abbey material. Her career went no where.
pity! i guess we wont Have another Underworld Movie, since that is all they ever do… also Um Sorry But that dude looks like a douchecanoe… Like he wears a LOT of ed Hardy and affliction Formal Shirts still
yes!! you speak truth, he has always reeked of slimeball though, and seems like porn director is the logical next step considering his fashion/arm candy ..oh and I’m stealing ‘douchcanoe’, ok?…thanks for that, its a keeper!!
The article says she’s filming Underworld 5.
I like the Underworld movies and I’m hoping Scott Speedman will be in this one. I’m a sucker for all things vampire.
Get it? Sucker. Badum tish. I’ll see myself out.
Scott is not listed on IMDB for the movie. 🙁
I saw these photos yesterday. The 24 year old looks like a knock off of his wife.
I don’t know much about her personal life but she is stunning.
How does anyone cheat on HER?!
So what? They’ve obviously split and he’s moved on. Not everybody likes to do a Garner/Affleck excruciatingly drawn out pap drama. Most people just get on with it. As they should.
LOL
First of all, people don’t cheat on their spouses, simply because they aren’t beautiful enough. I really don’t like hearing things like “Why would he cheat on her??? She’s so beautiful!!!” Dumb.
For all we now, they could be separated.
I agree. Most of the time on this board, we are against women being reduced to their looks. Yet that’s exactly what people are doing in these comments.
Sure, Kate is beautiful. But so what? She could be a really difficult person to live with. I’m not saying she IS a difficult person, just that she could be, despite her beauty. In any case, if looks are your only criterion, there are tons of beautiful people in Hollywood.
Plus, why is everyone so sure that he dumped her? Yes, the pics with the young chick are tacky and mid-life crisis-y, but assuming they’ve been separated for a while, which seems likely, he’s not doing anything wrong. Kate could have been the one to dump him, or they could have just grown apart. We really don’t know.
Very well said.
I get a bit creeped out when the girl is in her early 20’s and there is a massive age difference between her and the guy. 30 and up, do what you want . It just screams I want someone young, hot and immature. My ex is 31 dating someone who just turned 22 and I find that a bit much, especially since she still lives at home. But, he clearly has shown me how immature he is. Some men will always be a cliche. Len has shown he is one of them.
Lolll lives at home??? Like, what do you have in common at that point??? Going to the bar…?
I think she is a nerd into anime. So yeah….
If his face is that punchable in photos, I can only imagine what effect he has in person. Then again, it seems they may have come by their relationship in an effed up way. You get what you play for.
I think this is the girl I saw him falling all over at Sunset Marquis in October..I had no idea who he was but he was making an ass of himself so someone pointed out who he was..if it’s the same girl she is Trash with a capital T
She’s pretty, but I tend to think she looks a bit too orange at times. I guess I prefer it when British people stay pale. (Or if you’re going to try for a tan, do it the way Elizabeth Hurley does — she never looks overly done in the skin department).
Credit to this couple for not making a whole media circus around the dissolution of their marriage. They have no kids together and are just acting like adults and professionals. I wish more celebrity couples (*cough* Afflecks) would take a queue from this couple.
Does anyone care about these two though? I think the Garner-Affleck thing would have been a circus regardless. Well, the nanny didn’t help matters either.
News Flash: Woman whose husband left wife for her is shocked *shocked* that he finds pretty young thing more desirable after 11 year marriage.
I thought I heard that. What do you expect from someone who cheated on his wife with you. Nothing good.
I live in LA and at 42, Kate is more beautiful than the majority of the generic 20-somethings here. That said, you know the old saying…show me a beautiful woman and I’ll show you a man who’s tired of f&#ing her. He’s a Hollywood director. They’re only add faithful as their options.
+100
On the plus side, Kate is hot even though she is middle-aged. Girl can nail down a boytoy fast probably!
What kind of idiot cheats on Kate Beckinsale. Look at her.
Seeing the photos of him out and about with the younger woman, I had two prominent thoughts: She looks cheap and overdone, like one of those try-hard self-proclaimed “models” who carpet Instagram with cleavage and duck-face photos, not nearly as beautiful as his wife; and he looks like a greasy, skeavy and strangely smug idiot in the midst of a mid-life crisis, quite pleased with himself for his tawdry twenty-something conquest. It’s a little embarrassing for him, really.
It’s not surprising. Kate Beckinsale is hot but she IS 42 years old. Men like younger women – this has been going around since the beginning of time. It’s no shocker. The desire does not change.
No, it’s not surprising, but it is gross. I’m not convinced that he left Kate for this younger chick at all, so I’m not down with the “you lose him the way you got him” comments (in regards to him leaving his first wife for Kate Beckinsale). I think they probably split a while ago, since they haven’t been photographed together in a while, and I guess she hasn’t been wearing her ring in a few months, either (according to what I read, at least; I’ve not personally been on a Beckinsale “ring watch”). This is probably another marriage that has fallen victim to a midlife crisis, and while he didn’t leave his wife for this chick specifically, perhaps he left her because he wanted to mess around with trashy younger women in general. Or maybe he didn’t “leave his wife” at all, but they left one another mutually over a variety of issues because marriages are difficult and complex for everyone, and lots of people get divorced without adultery drama. Who knows? I just wonder why we see a guy betraying his wife and destroying his marriage rather than a guy recently separated just enjoying his freedom? In any case, the fact that she’s a trashy 24-year-old who looks like she needs a bath in penicillin, and he looks like a creepy middle-aged cretin banging women too young for him are observations that hold up regardless of the circumstances surrounding his marriage. Whether it’s typical or not, it’s still rather pathetic for him.
I have one advice for him, Charlie Sheen.
Wasn’t he married when they got involved? I think I remember something like that.
She is a beautiful woman and a good actress. I am surprise she is not more A list like Winslet, who god help me I cannot stand.
That seems pretty darn public. Either he is the biggest dick head in the world or they are separated / already divorced and the press doesn’t know.
Personally, I can’t bear her or Thandie Newton. Not great actresses but get seem to get more than their fair share of chances as a result of Oxbridge connections and simpering. And she doesn’t look like her father, her half-sister Samantha does.
People and Us Weekly both say they have been split for months.Everybody doesn’t release a statement when they split.
Seriously, how is this guy still making movies? His work is just awful.
Isn’t he also involved in Sleepy Hollow?
He is. (The show is a guilty pleasure of mine.) His credits include co-creating the show and writing and producing episodes.
Fox also just bought a “Private Police Force Drama” from him.
Jennifer Garner, Gwen Stefani, Kate, etc. etc., no matter how beautiful, as soon as these women start needing botox, their egotistical, superficial, vapid husbands go for younger. Hollywood “marriages”, like all superficial foundations they deteriorate with age.
Kate is stunning. He has made a terrible mistake.
Wiseman = fool.
New chica not even half of Beckinsale …
They aren’t together anymore.
Just another typical midlife crisis. I wonder if Kate will stay in HW now or return to England. I always thought she made a mistake by moving to HW. She focused so much on her looks (btw, she is gorgeous) that she always gave an impression of trying too hard, being overdressed for every event, never hair out of place etc. Not that I’m being critical but I wonder if it was his influence.
I googled CJ Franco and she looks NOTHING like Kate Beckinsale and I would be peeved I were Kate with this woman being compared to me. Not that she’s not good-looking – obviously, she is a model, but to say she looks like Kate is wrong and offensive. She does not. This woman is of Hispanic origin, has a very long face, long nose. She has long dark hair so I guess that equates to looking like Kate Beckinsale. Geesh.