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NEWS ABOUT: Halle Berry

Halle Berry stories: 7 news summaries

 Hollywood's Most 
 Profitable Actresses 

Naomi Watts delivers big hits for relatively little pay

(Newser) - Straitened studio heads unwilling to give $10 million to divas and hope for a hit should call Naomi Watts' agent right now. The Australian star of Mulholland Drive and The Ring is the most bankable actress in Hollywood, Forbes calculates. Her films earned an average of $44 for every dollar... More »

COMMENTARY

 Halle 'Sexier 
 Now Than I 
 Used to Be' 

Esquire's sexiest woman alive ruminates on the honor

(Newser) - After 20-plus years in Hollywood, Esquire picked 2008—the year of her first baby and, incidentally, not the year she played a bikini-clad Bond girl—to dub Halle Berry the sexiest woman alive. “I'll take it,” writes the 42-year-old actress in an acceptance speech that shares a thing... More »

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 Celluloid's Sexiest
 Swimsuits 

Cinema's iconic swimsuits revealed in time for National Bikini Month

(Newser) - Break out the coconut oil, it’s National Bikini Month. From Alba to Andress, Entertainment Weekly offers a cinematic retrospective of Hollywood’s splashiest swimsuits.
  1. Halle Berry, Die Another Day
  2. Ursula Andress, Dr. No
  3. Jessica Alba, Into the Blue
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Celeb Babies Bundles of Joy, $$

$6M for first snaps of J.Lo's kids shows mags will buy; readers not so much

(Newser) - Having a baby is hard, but these days it’s a well-compensated job if you’re a celebrity, Advertising Age reports. People is supposedly ready to pay Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez $4-$6 million for exclusive domestic rights to pictures of their impending twins—a possible record amount—and reportedly... More »

Witherspoon Rises to Top of Salary List

America's latest sweetheart commands up to $20M per movie

(Newser) - Rendition was a dud, but Reese Witherspoon's peachy $15 million to $20 million fee per movie puts her atop this year’s highest-paid actress list. But she and other leading ladies—such as runner-up Angeline Jolie—often accept lower payoffs to keep their schedules packed, the Hollywood Reporter observes. More »

Del Toro's Good; Berry's on Fire

Tearjerker garners mixed reviews

(Newser) - Things We Lost in the Fire, the weepie opening today and starring Halle Berry as a newly bereaved widow and Benicio Del Toro as her heroin-addicted comforter, draws mixed reviews. Most agree with the Chicago Tribune that it's "consistently well acted," awarding special praise to Del Toro. But... More »

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100 Biggest Celebrities

New Forbes list is full of ‘biggest-ever’s

(Newser) - Forbes’ new list of the 100 most powerful celebrities is packed with broken records, including the highest-grossing athlete (Tiger Woods: $100M in the past year), the highest-grossing concert tour (The Rolling Stones: over $400M in sales) and the highest-paid film role (Johnny Depp: $92M for Pirates II). But the ubiquitous... More »

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