- Has reportedly donated her estranged husband Eric Benet's clothes to homeless Los Angeles residents. (August 27, 2004)
- Admits having a crush on Matt Damon after the actor for the first time on The Tonight Show in America, just after his big break in GOOD WILL HUNTING. (July 23, 2004)
- Vows to never wed again after the breakdown of her two marriages plus a series of disastrous romances. (July 17, 2004)
- A man accused of stalking Berry has been ordered to stay at least 100 yards away from her and two of her associates. (June 8, 2004)
- In court document, her estranged husband Eric Benet asked her be ordered to pay him spousal support and that she foot the bill for their divorce.
- Wins a restraining order against a Louisiana man, a former Navy Seal who is stalking her and believes he's her fiance. (May 28, 2004)
- Said CATWOMAN helped her cope with her husband Eric Benet's cheating ways because the character helped her escape her messy private life. (May 26, 2004)
- Has filed for divorce from her husband, R&B singer Eric Benét. (April 28, 2004)
- Has unexpectedly pulled out of forthcoming HBO TV drama LACKAWANNA BLUES. (March 31, 2004)
- Animal rights activists have praised for publicly stating she would never consider adopting a Bengal tiger. (February 7, 2004)
- Is fine after colliding with a piece of set equipment while filming a running scene for CATWOMAN. (January 29, 2004)
- Was taken to hospital on the weekend after being hurt on the Vancouver set of her latest movie, CATWOMAN. (January 27, 2004)
- Is seeking therapy to help her get over a series of disastrous relationships. (January 16, 2004)
- Has reportedly been dumped for another woman by her British television presenter beau Steve Jones. (December 30, 2003)
- Berry, who last summer bought a Beverly Hills mansion with now-estranged husband Eric Benét, has settled a $2 million legal battle with the previous homeowners; she alleged they kept her in the dark about $1 million in needed maintenance on the property before Berry purchased the plot to build a new mansion. (December 2, 2003)
- Said she felt good looking bad for her role in GOTHIKA. (November 22, 2003)
- Halle Berry and Penelope Cruz refused to strip alongside naked extras for a raunchy scene in new movie GOTHIKA, after changing their minds at the last minute. (November 20, 2003)
- Is over the broken arm she suffered while filming GOTHIKA and is recovering from the pain of recently separating from husband Eric Benet, saying she remains positive about the possibility of future romance. (November 17, 2003)
- Revlon Inc. says Berry will continue her contract to appear as a spokeswoman for the company. (November 13, 2003)
- James Bond producers had been planning to spinoff Berry's sexy spy character from last year's 007 adventure, DIE ANOTHER DAY, but now the project has reportedly been scrapped by MGM, the studio that distributes all the Bond films. (October 29, 2003)
- Is fuming after movie bosses axed her plans to make a film based on Jinx, the character she played in James Bond movie DIE ANOTHER DAY. (October 28, 2003)
- Has hit back at critics who believe her Oscar-winning status should have stopped her from appearing on the cover of the latest issue of men's magazine FHM. (October 13, 2003)
- Representatives for Berry's estranged husband Eric Benet are scrambling to deny reports the actress ditched the singer because she caught him cheating on her again. (October 10, 2003)
- Berry said on Wednesday she has separated from her husband of nearly three years, singer Eric Benet, citing ongoing marital difficulties. (October 2, 2003)
- Named women who always dress stylishly on big promotional nights out by America's People magazine. (September 15, 2003)
- Berry attended the Comic Convention Fair with other stars from her new movie GOTHIKA, but still sported a cast on her injured right arm -- Berry broke her arm two months ago while filming the movie but still has the limb encased in a plastic cast for extra support. (July 22, 2003)
- Was one of the most powerful celebrity according to 2003 Forbes Top 100 Celebrity List (#29)
- Is among Hollywood's Walk of Fame Class of 2004, as announced Friday. (June 21, 2003)
- Made it into the top 30 of Forbes magazine's Celebrity 100, lining up on Hollywood's most important annual rich list for the first time. (June 19, 2003)
- Berry and her husband Eric Benet have filed a $2 million countersuit against the former owners of their home from whom they received a lawsuit last week for fraud and negligent representation -- The countersuit claims the former owners of the home failed to disclose the abode was in need of $1 million in repairs. (June 17, 2003)
- Berry and her husband Eric Benet are being sued for fraud and negligent representation by a couple who sold them their home, but the actress' lawyer Marty Singer insists the frivolous suit has come about to preempt a legal attack by the couple, who claim alleged undisclosed defects in the property are causing costs to spiral. (June 16, 2003)
- Shooting on new movie GOTHIKA resumed yesterday without its star Halle Berry - Berry broke her arm on the Montreal, Canada, set of the psychological thriller while filming a physically demanding scene for a major plot point last week and bosses at studio Warner Bros. are still not sure when she'll be back. (May 20, 2003)
- Berry was left terrified on the set of her new movie GOTHIKA when an intruder tried to barge his way into her luxury rented house - Berry was reportedly lying half-naked on a table during a massage session when a trespasser came banging on the back door of her temporary home in Montreal, Canada; when approached by Berry and her masseuse, the potential intruder ran away, but the actress was so shaken up she left her mansion and moved into the same hotel. (May 13, 2003)
- Berry is on People magazine's annual list of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World for the seventh time. (May 1, 2003)
- Halle Berry, Jennifer Aniston and Meg Ryan are caught in the midst of a scandal involving a policeman, Kelly Chrisman, accused of selling their secrets to tabloids - A Los Angeles police officer has allegedly been using the department computers to look up confidential information on an array of celebrities and then selling it to newspapers. (April 12, 2003)
- Berry is set to give her fans a real thrill by stripping off once more on-screen through her new film GOTHIKA, where she plays a psychiatrist who wakes up one day in a psycho ward, charged with a murder she has no memory of committing. (April 9, 2003)
- Berry has sparked outrage among animal rights activists after she was photographed wearing a fur coat -- The People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals (PETA) blasted the actress for her furry sense of fashion and insist they've long had an eye on what she chooses to wear. (March 29, 2003)
- Berry's planned outfit for the Academy Awards is so dazzling, her stylist promises it will even be inspiration to the troops fighting in the Middle East - Despite the withdrawal of the red carpet from the Hollywood ceremony on Sunday in recognition of the American-led war with Iraq, Berry still plans to turn heads when she puts in an appearance to present the Best Actor award. (March 22, 2003)
- Berry is ready to play Gotham's favorite sex kitten in Warner Bros.' long-planned CATWOMAN movie -- The flick, which will be helmed by French filmmaker Pitof, will find the felonious feline transitioning from supporting villain to star in what's being billed as a dark, stylistic noir ŕ la the first two installments of gloommeister Tim Burton's Batman franchise. (March 15, 2003)
- Berry is going to militant lengths to cure her sex-addicted husband Eric Benet -- she's removed all other women from his life; Benet's female assistant is now seeking alternative employment, and Berry has taken to chauffeuring her husband to and from the gym, whilst also insisting they only eat at gay restaurants. (March 8, 2003)
- Her eyes are the most sought-after celebrity body part, according to an annual survey conducted by the Beverly Hills Institute For Aesthetic And Reconstructive Surgery in Los Angeles. (February 6, 2003)
- Her dad has died of a heart attack in Cleveland, Ohio, before the pair had the chance to end their feud - the actress never forgave alcoholic Jerome for beating her mum Judith and sister Heidi in drunken rages and walking out on the family when Halle was four. (January 31, 2003)
- Berry is to renew her wedding vows in a desperate attempt to save her marriage -- the actress almost split from husband Eric Benet because he cheated on her with model Julia Riley; however, the couple are determined to work on their relationship and save their troubled marriage. (December 17, 2002)
- Berry has developed an obsession with Denzel Washington, which pals fear may well serve as a final crushing blow to her already-fragile marriage -- the actress is even pleading with the Training Day star to do a movie with her; a source says Halle would love to do a remake of PILLOW TALK with Denzel. (December 14, 2002)
- Berry 's philandering husband cheated on her before and after their wedding - and even called his girlfriend hours before tying the knot, says former model Julia Riley who claims she's had an ongoing sexual relationship with the man for the past seven years. (December 2, 2002)
- Berry is taking a three month break, away from the spotlight to help her husband Eric Benet sort out his alleged sex addiction problems. (November 22, 2002)
- Berry thought she was dying when she was first diagnosed as a diabetic because she had no idea what the disease was -- the actress passed out on the set of TV show LIVING DOLLS after her blood sugar levels spun out of control. (November 21, 2002)
- In DIE ANOTHER DAY Berry outshines the dashing British spy that even Pierce Brosnan himself, who appears for the fourth time as James Bond, is singing the 34 year-old's praises. (November 20, 2002)
- Berry feels great sympathy for convicted shoplifter and fellow actress Winona Ryder and has even sent her letters of support -- because she's been through a similar public trial herself after in February 2000, she sped off after she ran a red light and crashed her rental car into another driver on Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, leaving the driver of the damaged vehicle with a broken wrist. (November 16, 2002)
- Berry and Denzel Washington are in the frame to take the lead roles in a remake of hit eighties British comedy EDUCATING RITA. (November 16, 2002)
- As the dazzling but deadly U.S. secret agent Jinx in DIE ANOTHER DAY, opening Nov. 22, Berry represents a quantum leap forward in the evolution of the British superspy's sexy sidekicks. (November 14, 2002)
- Confirming months of tabloid rumors, Berry says she and her husband of one year, musician Eric Benet, are undergoing marriage counseling after a rocky period that began about the time she took home her Oscar last March. (November 13, 2002)
- Berry made such a big splash playing Jinx in the upcoming 007 adventure, DIE ANOTHER DAY, that the filmmakers now want to give the butt-kicking Bond babe her own movie franchise. (November 12, 2002)
- Berry said it was sometimes hard to keep up with Pierce Brosnan in the new James Bond movie DIE ANOTHER DAY - she said one especially tough scene required the pair to run alongside a moving plane. (November 5, 2002)
- Berry has launched a blistering attack on the British, claiming they are racist -- the actress claims that Brits look down on her because of her cross cultural roots. (November 2, 2002)
- Berry and Julia Roberts are among those crowned "The Best Dressed" celebrities in 2002 by People Magazine
- It is said that her musician husband, Eric Benet, is a sex addict.
- Cosmetics and beauty house Revlon has lashed out at claims they're in the middle of a rift with Oscar-winning beauty Halle Berry.
- Suffered an inflamed eye in an accident on the set of the latest James Bond film.
- Has shot a full-frontal nude scene for a steamy sex scene in her latest James Bond flick.
- In high school, she was chosen queen of the prom but was accused of stuffing the ballot box. The uproar was handled with a frustrating transparent solution: Halle was forced to share the title-with a W.A.S.P (white, Anglo-Saxon Protestant) blonde.
- Was so depressed after her 1997 divorce she was on the brink of committing suicide. Berry, who was also going to take the lives of her two dogs, was sitting in her car inhaling the deadly exhaust fumes when the thought of her mother made her see sense.
- Turned down the role of Annie and Stephen Baldwin turned down the role of Jack in the 1994 SPEED. The blockbuster film catapulted Sandra Bullock as a major film actress, and greatly improved upon Keanu Reeve's box office appeal.
- In between takes of LOSING ISAIAH (1995), a make-up girl accidentally scratched Berry's corneas while applying eye drops, resulting in much pain and missed work for her.
- Playing as Storm, she was supposed to wear opaque white lenses for the scenes of X-MEN (2000) where she uses her weather-control powers. However, she found the lenses unbearable, so her eye effects had to be done entirely through CGI.
- Best Actress win at the 2002 Oscars, she became the first Academy Award-winner to be a Bond Girl, although only just - she won the award while shooting the movie (DIE ANOTHER DAY (2002)) (Kim BAsinger (NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN (1983)) won her Oscar for L.A. CONFIDENTIAL (1997) long after she had been a Bond Girl).
- Berry called Bond's Jinx "the female Bond, adding the character is a knife-thrower -- not your typical Bond bombshell. (November 16, 2002)
- Nominated for Best Female Performance at MTV Movie Awards for DIE ANOTHER DAY (2003)
- Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role at BAFTA Awards for MONSTER'S BALL (2003)
- Nominated for Best Female Performance at MTV Movie Awards for MONSTER'S BALL (2002)
- Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama at Golden Globe Awards for MONSTER'S BALL (2002)
- Nominated for Best On-Screen Team at MTV Movie Awards for X-MEN (2001) - shared with Hugh Jackman, James Marsden, Anna Paquin
- Nominated for Outstanding Made for Television Movie at Emmy Awards for INTRODUCING DOROTHY DANDRIDGE (2000)
- Nominated for Most Desirable Female at MTV Movie Awards for THE FLINTSTONES (1995)
- Nominated for Best Breakthrough Performance at MTV Movie Awards for BOOMERANG (1993)
- Nominated for Most Desirable Female at MTV Movie Awards for BOOMERANG (1993)
Quotes- "People honestly seem to believe that I ran into Ron at Elton John's Oscar party and insisted Revlon give me a raise! It's not true."
- "I'm so proud to be an actor, I can't tell you,"
- "One of the greatest results is the fact I'm getting some really great parts." And really great money? I feel more opportunities are starting to happen. And I'm just reveling in it."
- "I was going to sit in the car and asphyxiate myself. As I sat there sort of waiting for it to happen, and something was telling me on the right side of my brain, 'Girl, don't do it.' I thought, 'What is my mother going to think if she finds me dead in this car?' I couldn't do that to her. So I got out."
- "I play the feminine James Bond. She's the next step in the evolution of women in the Bond movies. She's more modern -- more intelligent -- and not the classic villain."
- "I was still using men and my mate to identify who I was. And when that was gone, then I was nothing."
- "I was like the Energizer bunny, and I needed to slow down." [lessons learned after her car accident]
Awards- Teen Choice Awards: Movie Actress - Drama/Adventure, GOTHIKA (2004)
- BET Awards: Best Actress (2004)
- ShoWest Award: Female Star of the Year (2004)
- Image Awards: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, DIE ANOTHER DAY (2003)
- NAACP Image Award: best supporting actress, DIE ANOTHER DAY. (2003)
- Academy Awards: Best Actress MONSTER'S BALL (2002)
- Berlin International Film Festival: Best Actress, MONSTER'S BALL (2002)
- Black Reel Awards: Theatrical - Best Actress, MONSTER'S BALL (2002)
- Image Awards: Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture, SWORDFISH (2002)
- Screen Actors Guild Award: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, MONSTER'S BALL (2002)
- Women in Film Crystal Awards: Crystal Award (2002)
- National Board of Review: Best Actress, MONSTER'S BALL (2001)
- Black Reel Awards: Network/Cable - Best Actress, INTRODUCING DOROTHY DANDRIDGE (2000)
- Emmy Awards: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie, INTRODUCING DOROTHY DANDRIDGE (2000)
- Image Awards: Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie/Miniseries/Dramatic Special for Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (2000)
- Image Awards: Special Award - Entertainer of the Year (2000)
- Screen Actors Guild Award: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries, DOROTHY DANDRIDGE (2000)
- Golden Globe Awards: Best Actress in a Leading Role--Mini-Series or Television Movie, INTRODUCING DOROTHY DANDRIGE (1999)
- Acapulco Black Film Festival: Career Achievement Award (1997)
- Blockbuster Entertainment Awards: Favorite Actress - Adventure/Drama, EXECUTIVE DECISION (1997)
- Image Awards: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Television Movie or Mini-Series, QUEEN (1995)
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