Halle Berry seems to be enjoying her pregnancy, being seen out and about and FABULOUS at various red carpet events. Every pregnant woman on Earth must hate her. With a passion. Where are her cankles?

But it seems while we might be envying Halle’s pregnancy gorgeousness, we don’t need to envy her at other times.

“It is true that I am three times the girl I usually am. I have to say there are some really wonderful things that come along with that,” she said Saturday night in accepting an award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. “This is the first red carpet that I’ve really walked down where I didn’t have to think about holding in my stomach – because I can’t.”

Berry, 41, expecting her first child with boyfriend Gabriel Aubry, told the black-tie crowd of 1,700 at the festival’s awards gala that she also can now finally enjoy a big dinner.

“It’s the first time I’ve been to an awards show where they served a meal and I actually ate it – the whole thing,” she said. “I was eating off everybody else’s plate and that felt very liberating and good.”

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I can imagine nothing worse than having to wear a tight dress, suck in my belly, then skip a meal of delicious food. Which is probably why I have a big fat ass and don’t look like Halle Berry. Although, the dress would be truly fabulous - remember Halle’s 2002 Oscar dress? - and you could always request a doggie bag for your dinner. They should just give all the actresses their meals in take out cartons.

Halle this week shared her theory on why Catwoman sucked - the villan was lame. The villan, in case you were one of the many people who missed this at your local cinema, was played by Sharon Stone, who was the head of a cosmetics company who created an anti-aging cream that turned your face to stone without continued use. She was foiled by her own face cream when her face turned to marble. Who would have thought this wouldn’t be a success?

She (Halle) insists she couldn’t have predicted the film would flop.

She says, “It was definitely different from any other (movie) I had seen. I thought that we needed a better villain, but I was outnumbered in that area.

“You just never know how people are going to respond. I thought that Monster’s Ball was going to end my career. And look what happened. You just never know.”

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Why would you have ever signed onto Monster’s Ball if you thought it would end your career? Catwoman made Halle a cool $14 million according to IMDB, but what was her motivation for acing a role she thought would end her Hollywood lifestyle?

Halle was great at cracking that whip though. I saw her swinging it around on Oprah and it was hot. Perhaps the whip was another plot flaw though - who has ever seen a cat crack a whip? Wouldn’t you need thumbs?

Halle is due to give birth in March, and she also has a few movie projects on the boil, including Tulia, in which she plays a lawyer. Production has been delayed because of her pregnancy.

Picture note by Celebitchy: Halle Berry is shown at the 19th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival on 1/5/08, thanks to WENN.