Halle Berry
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'We Are Holding Everyone Else to a Higher Standard': Halle Berry on Shifting Hollywood's Sexism—and Starting Early With Her Son
When it comes to combating sexism, Halle Berry believes it starts at home and should start young. Accordingly, the Oscar-winning actress and first-time director of the upcoming Bruised, debuting this week at the Sundance Film Festival, is already challenging problematic beliefs and rhetoric as they arise with her young son, Maceo Martinez (from her marriage…
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'Natalie Represented Actual Black Women': Halle Berry Pens Moving Tribute to BAPS Co-star Natalie Desselle Reid
Just days before the unexpected death of actress Natalie Desselle Reid, Halle Berry shared a video of her and her B.A.P.S. co-star strolling shoulder-to-shoulder Rodeo Drive in Los Angeles. The pair were filming a bit for the 1997 cult classic, gold teeth gleaming and giggling into the camera. “Let’s find Tiffany,” Berry captioned the throwback…
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Beloved B*A*P*S Co-Star Natalie Desselle-Reid Dead at 53 [Updated]
Natalie Desselle-Reid, most known for co-starring in the beloved Robert Townsend-helmed comedy B*A*P*S (which stood for Black American Princess), has died at the age of 53. An official cause of death has not yet been disclosed. “Just absolutely decimated by this news…Actress Natalie Desselle, a bright shining star passed away this morning,” actress Holly Robinson-Peete…
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Wesley Snipes Denies Claim That He 'Tried to Strangle' Blade: Trinity Director, Says It 'Never Happened'
Wesley Snipes is setting a rumored record straight. The 58-year-old actor has denied the claim that he tried to strangle Blade: Trinity director David Goyer. “Let me tell you one thing. If I had tried to strangle David Goyer, you probably wouldn’t be talking to me now,” Snipes told The Guardian in a recent interview,…
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Halle Berry Expresses Disappointment in the Best Actress Oscar Category and Its Continued Lack of Diversity
In 2002, Halle Berry became the first Black woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress, thanks to her work in the film Monster’s Ball. In the speech, she thanked Dorothy Dandridge, Lena Horne and Diahann Carroll for paving the way for her, and said she hoped that “every nameless, faceless woman of color”…
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Whose Storm Is This?
Storm is my favorite character from the X-Men lore. So, I never tolerate any disrespect of the baddest bitch in comics land. Cue this shit—a visual character profile of Storm quickly circulated the internet, in promotion of the upcoming Role-Playing Game (RPG), Marvel Future Fight. What in the colorstruck clusterfuck?! As writer-editor @ConStar24 aptly tweeted,…
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From Viola Davis to Carole Baskin of Tiger King Fame, Everyone Has Thoughts About Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's 'WAP'
This weekend was a big one for Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion. The new dynamic duo in town released their sexy rap song “WAP” at midnight on Friday, which came complete with a steamy, JaQuel Knight-choreographed music video. As of Monday, the visual—which features splits, tigers and cameos from Normani, Mulatto and more—has racked…
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Halle Berry Apologizes for Considering Playing Transgender Man for Film Role
Halle Berry issued a statement of apology on Monday after backlash for discussing her intentions to play a transgender man for a film she was pitched. She revealed she was considering the role during an Instagram Live session with hairstylist Christin Brown over the weekend. “As a cisgender woman, I now understand that I should…
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'I Had to Shave It Off': Halle Berry's Daughter Learned About Hair Maintenance the Hard Way With a Quarantine Cut
I remember well the age I was when I demanded to take over the maintenance of my own hair. I was 8 and a soon-to-be latchkey kid (with minor supervision from our landlords upstairs), and felt it was high time that I graduate into doing my own hair since my TV journalist mother rarely had…
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Black Actresses Discuss Importance of Representation and Diversity in New Interview
Award-winning actresses Angela Bassett, Viola Davis, Halle Berry, Taraji P. Henson, Lynn Whitfield, Kimberly Elise and Mary J. Blige sat down with The New York Times’ T Magazine to discuss the importance of representation in media, as well as some of the issues they’ve come across during their time in the spotlight. The actresses came…