IS that film star Kate Beckinsale wearing an outfit that looks like a sugary pink fondant cake? Corset is.

The Underworld actress, 51, wore a quirky mini dress featuring a puff ball skirt at Variety magazine's 2024 Power Of Women awards ceremony in Los Angeles.

Also attending the event which promotes "impactful women in entertainment" were movie stars Kate Winslet and Jane Fonda.

Variety chief exec Michelle Sobrino Stearns said: "We are honoured to celebrate outstanding women who continue to defy barriers and push the industry forward."

Earlier this year, the star revealed that she was left 'vomiting blood' during a recent terrifying health scare.

Kate made the admission while hitting back at a cruel troll, who'd left a nasty comment beneath her latest Instagram post.

The beauty looked incredible as she posed in the mirror, wearing just a pink top with hamster prints and knickers.

Tying her brunette locks into a hairnet, she also twerked at her reflection in the video while elevating her height with giant leather platform boots

Kate told her pal behind the camera how she was dedicating the post to fans who get upset over her "not doing age appropriate things".

Quoting the Kanye West song, Runaway, she wrote in her caption: "Let's have a toast for the d****e bags. Let's have a toast for the a******s. Let's have a toast for the scumbags."

But when one commented: "Go do some squats @katebeckinsale I think ur ass ran away," she furiously clapped back.

Kate replied: "No, actually, I watched my stepfather die quite shockingly, my mother has stage 4 cancer, and I lost a lot of weight from stress and grief, quite quickly and then I was in hospital for six weeks because the grief had burned a hole in my oesophagus which made me vomit copious amounts of blood, and I found eating very hard and I just worked very very hard on a movie that was actually quite triggering because it also involved the theme of the death of my father so I'm not really concerned about what you think about my ass."

The Hollywood star, who has three films in post-production currently - Canary Black, The Patient and Stolen Girl - added: "I'm not really concerned about what you think about my a**.

"Maybe you should worry about your own f****** a**. I suggest shoving something up it- like a large pineapple or a brick."

Thankfully, Kate seems to be in better health now, following a stay in hospital earlier this year.