Kate Beckinsale Showed Up to Leonardo DiCaprio’s Birthday Wearing an Unsubtle Reference to Their Steamy ‘Aviator’ Scene

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’s 49th birthday bash in Beverly Hills over the weekend.On November 11, stepped out in a black minidress positively dripping in oversized gems, including a string of crystals across her chest and an enormous radiant gem modeled after a sapphire hanging from waist.

Of course, she wore real diamonds, too, including a pair of statement earrings. But she and stylist Gorge VillalPando didn’t stop accessorizing there, topping off the party dress with a pair of towering platform peep-toe heels, sheer tights, Lucite bangles, a black rhinestone-trimmed clutch, and a black blow placed atop a high ponytail.It's a lot of look, to be sure, but the fit the occasion.

At first glance it seemed like Beckinsale might have been paying homage to the heart-shaped blue-diamond Heart of the Ocean necklace from the 1997 blockbuster Titanic—another movie in which DiCaprio and an expensive piece of jewelry play starring roles.

But a much more likely theory is that Beckinsale is referencing the square sapphire necklace DiCaprio’s character, Howard Hughes, gives her character, Ava Gardner, in the 2004 film The Aviator.