Halle 'Sexier Now Than I Used to Be'

Olivier Martinez popped the question, says jewelry rep; sources disagree

(NEWSER) - Yesterday, it appeared that Halle Berry—who once said she would "never, never get married again" —was, well, getting married again. People got confirmation of Berry's supposed engagement to French actor Olivier Martinez, her boyfriend of more than a year, from the jewelry designer; a rep said Martinez gave Berry a diamond-and-emerald engagement ring. But today, sources tell TMZ the ring is not an engagement ring and the couple is not engaged, although marriage "could be in the cards" someday. More»

Rihanna, according to 'Esquire'

(NEWSER) - Rihanna takes the "Sexiest Woman Alive" crown from Minka Kelly in the new issue of Esquire . But, of course, the most interesting quote from her interview has to do not with sexiness, but Chris Brown. Though she resented her ex for a while, that anger "was taking up too much of my time," she says. "It was too much anger," and now she's moved on and is "really excited to see the breakthrough he's had in his career." Brown is still serving probation for attacking Rihanna in 2009, the AP notes. More»

Bananas and ketchup ... yum?

(NEWSER) - More proof celebrities are just like us: They get weird pregnancy food cravings, too. The Sun reports that Beyonce is already hankering for some pretty weird combinations, which, perhaps too predictably, include pickles. "She's snacking on Oreo biscuits and gherkins," says a source. Also, "Bounty ice creams with hot chili sauce and she loves dipping bananas in ketchup." In B's honor, The Frisky runs down 13 more weird preggo-celeb cravings:

• Britney Spears: The once-troubled pop star wanted to eat … dirt?
• Halle Berry: She drank pepperoncini juice.

...Minka Kelly, says Esquire

(NEWSER) - Minka Kelly is Esquire ’s Sexiest Woman Alive for 2010. The Friday Night Lights star and girlfriend to New York Yankee Derek Jeter discusses her life before acting with the magazine ("My mom lived a fast life. It was all about what we could do to have fun with nothing. She—for most of my life, she was a dancer. An exotic dancer. She was a stripper.”) and, of course, poses for lots of steamy photos. To see them, click here . More»

Berry opens up about drama-free split, love of motherhood

(NEWSER) - Though she hasn't done an interview in three years, Halle Berry graces the cover, and pages, of Vogue's September issue because "what that means for a woman of color and what that means in the fashion world, what that means to pop culture, there was no way I could say, 'No I'm not going to be on the biggest issue of the year.'" More from the interview:

• She loves being naked: "If the world wouldn’t persecute me, I’d take nude pictures every day of the week."
• She also loves daughter Nahla: "Best thing that ever happened to me."