– Has signed up Alicia Keys for COMPOSITION OF BLACK AND WHITE, a film she will produced. (July 1, 2005)
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– Cameron Diaz, Lindsay Lohan, Halle Berry and Reese Witherspoon are joining forces with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) to act against aggressive paparazzi. (June 14, 2005)
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– Is reportedly back in the arms of BARBERSHOP star Michael Ealy after admitting she's changed her mind about marriage. (June 11, 2005)
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– When she was still an aspiring superstar, she promised to fulfill longtime Playboy picture editor Marilyn Grabowski's dream to bare all for the men's magazine. (June 3, 2005)
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– As she makes plans for motherhood, Berry is considering having a baby by artificial insemination because she doesn't have a regular boyfriend at the moment. (May 10, 2005)
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– Donated two of her designer gowns to her former high school to be auctioned during its annual prom fashion show. (April 29, 2005)
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– Hosted 12th Annual Revlon Run/Walk for Women. (April 1, 2005)
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– Says she will return to the X-MEN franchise for a third movie if her role as Storm is more prominent than it was in the first sequel. (March 31, 2005)
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– Says she is interrogated by her adopted daughter India whenever she is linked with a mysterious man in the media. (2005)
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– A winner of the highest and the lowest. She won The Best Actress Oscar for MONSTER'S BALL in 2002 and the Razzies Worst Performance for her CATWOMAN in 2005. Omigosh, oh my god, she said.
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– Won a three-year restraining order against a Northern California man she says sent a series of threatening letters to her home. (February 28, 2005)
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– Berry is the first African-American who wins Best Actress Oscar.
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– Has finalized her divorce settlement with singer Eric Benet and she gets to keep her big Malibu, Calif., beachfront house. (January 10, 2005)
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– Has been tapped to star in the movie PERFECT STRANGER, from Revolution Studios. (November 23, 2004)
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– Is thankful she suffers from diabetes and credits the disease with her success, saying it gave her the strength and toughness she needed for her life.
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– Has been struggling with diabetes ever since she collapsed on stage at the age of 19 and fell into a potentially deadly coma.
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– Has reportedly donated her estranged husband Eric Benet's clothes to homeless Los Angeles residents. (August 27, 2004)
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– 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)
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– Vows to never wed again after the breakdown of her two marriages plus a series of disastrous romances. (July 17, 2004)
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– 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)
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– 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.
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– 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)
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– 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)
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– Filed for divorce from her husband, R&B singer Eric Ben?t. (April 28, 2004)
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– Unexpectedly pulled out of forthcoming HBO TV drama LACKAWANNA BLUES. (March 31, 2004)
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– Animal rights activists praised her for publicly stating she would never consider adopting a Bengal tiger. (February 7, 2004)
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– Was taken to hospital after being hurt on the Vancouver set of CATWOMAN. (January 27, 2004)
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– Has reportedly been dumped for another woman by her British television presenter beau Steve Jones. (December 30, 2003)
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– Said she felt good looking bad for her role in GOTHIKA. (November 22, 2003)
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– 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)
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– Broken her arm while filming GOTHIKA. (November 17, 2003)
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– 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)
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– 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)
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– Named women who always dress stylishly on big promotional nights out by America's People magazine. (September 15, 2003)
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– 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)
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– Was one of the most powerful celebrity according to 2003 Forbes Top 100 Celebrity List (#29)
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– Is among Hollywood's Walk of Fame Class of 2004, as announced Friday. (June 21, 2003)
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– 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)
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– 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)
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– Berry is on People magazine's annual list of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World for the seventh time. (May 1, 2003)
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– 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)
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– 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)
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– 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)
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– 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)
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– 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)
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– 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)
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– 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)
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– 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)
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– 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)
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– 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)
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– Among those crowned ?The Best Dressed? celebrities in 2002 by People Magazine
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– It is said that her musician husband, Eric Benet, is a sex addict.
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– Suffered an inflamed eye in an accident on the set of DIE ANOTEHR DIE.
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– Shot a full-frontal nude scene for a steamy sex scene in DIE ANOTHER DIE
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– 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.
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– 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.
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– 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.
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– 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.
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– 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.
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– 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).
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– Berry called Bond?s Jinx ?the female Bond, adding the character is a knife-thrower -- not your typical Bond bombshell. (November 16, 2002)
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– Nominated for Best Female Performance at MTV Movie Awards for DIE ANOTHER DAY (2003)
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– Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role at BAFTA Awards for MONSTER'S BALL (2003)
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– Nominated for Best Female Performance at MTV Movie Awards for MONSTER'S BALL (2002)
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– Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama at Golden Globe Awards for MONSTER'S BALL (2002)
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– Nominated for Best On-Screen Team at MTV Movie Awards for X-MEN (2001) - shared with Hugh Jackman, James Marsden, Anna Paquin
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– Nominated for Outstanding Made for Television Movie at Emmy Awards for INTRODUCING DOROTHY DANDRIDGE (2000)
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– Nominated for Most Desirable Female at MTV Movie Awards for THE FLINTSTONES (1995)
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– Nominated for Best Breakthrough Performance at MTV Movie Awards for BOOMERANG (1993)
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