Claws will be out for cougar Kate

KATE Beckinsale and Madonna are both transgressing one of the last great female taboos – stepping out with a much younger man. Kate, 43, was seen winching Matt Rife, 21, while serial offender Madonna, 58, has Kevin Sampaio, 31, as her latest squeeze. Kate, pictured, declares defiantly: ‘Age is just a number.’ Amen – that’s no less true just because it’s a hackneyed old cliché.