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Jul 8
'08
Halle Berry and Gabriel Aubry go to a Stevie Wonder concert


Halle Berry, 41, and her boyfriend, French Canadian model Gabriel Aubry, 32, made their first public outing together since the birth of their daughter, Nahla, nearly four months ago. The two attended a Stevie Wonder concert at the Hollywood Bowl in LA last night. The public has yet to catch a glimpse of Nahla, with neither the paparazzi or a magazine securing any photos of the infant.

Two months ago there was speculation that Berry and Aubry were engaged after Berry attended an event wearing a ring on her left ring finger. Berry’s rep said it was just jewelry the actress purchased for herself and that she is not engaged. Berry has said that she will never marry again after two bad experiences.

Berry was recently in Hawaii shooting an ad for her new fragrance with Coty. It will feature her wearing a sheer peach-colored dress over a bikini.

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Jun 3
'08
Halle Berry says being a mother is the most beautiful time of her life


Star Magazine has an original interview with new mom Halle Berry, and the way the Oscar-winning actress talks about motherhood you can tell she’s cherishing every moment with her newborn daughter. Halle had Nahla Ariela two months ago and has yet to command millions for a photo spread with the newborn or even release a picture. 41-year-old Halle says she’s cherishing being a mother and it’s something she waited a long time for.

Halle talks about a period in her life when she almost burnt out from working too hard. She says she’s looking forward to easing up on her work schedule now so that she can focus on being a mom. As for getting her body back, she says she works out an hour a day five times a week with a personal trainer.

Are you enjoying becomina mother at last?
This is the most beautiful time of my life. Having a baby has made me so happy and fulfilled, I just can’t express in words how I really feel. To be able to nurse and bond with my daughter is such a joy. It’s been a long, long wait!

Did you know you were going to have a girl?
Gabriel and I both agreed that we would rather not know and let it be a wonderful surprise. I just felt a lot more comfortable not knowing.

Has Nahla brought the two of you closer together?
From the beginning, Gabriel was someone I felt I could feel very close and loving to, and I also knew from early on that he was the kind of man who would love a cihld as much as me. I’m happy just being with a man who loves me unconditionally and is looking forward to the future with me.

Has being a mom changed your approach to your acting career?
I’m definitely going to work less. I used to put so much pressure on myself to succeed that it often made me very unhappy in my personal life, and I felt on the verge of burning out three or four years ago. Also, I feel having a baby will open up a whole new world for me. I think I’ll actually find better roles, because I’ve gotten past being the ingenue and sex symbol.

But you look as gorgeous as ever! Was it tough getting back into shape?
It’s been kind of tough. But I have a great trainer [LA-based trainer Ramona Braganza] and we’ve been working out an hour a day, five days a week, for the past month. I didn’t want it to take five months to get back my figure. It was something I wanted to take care of now and just not worry about. I feel really good.

Have you been able to fit in any other time for yourself?
Well, Nahla is keeping me pretty busy with feedings, but it’s always a pleasure to oblige. Gabriel and I also plan to sleep again in a few months, as soon as Nahla’s nighttime feeding schedule allows!

[From Star Magazine, print edition, June 9, 2008]

Halle really sounds like she’s so happy to finally be a mom and that it means a lot to her to be there for her newborn daughter. I like how she explains that she’s going to continue working but that won’t push herself as much. She has three movies that start filming later in the year, according to Star. IMDB lists five upcoming films for her.

Halle was seen out shopping this weekend, and she looks great. Her workout schedule sounds pretty reasonable too.

Halle Berry is shown out shopping with her mom on 5/31/08, thanks to WENN.

Posted in Babies, Gabriel Aubry, Halle Berry

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May 15
'08
Halle Berry may or may not be engaged to her luscious baby daddy


Even though Halle Berry once said that she would never get married again, it looks like her hunky boyfriend and father of her baby girl, Gabriel Aubry, might be the man who changes her mind. Twice married and twice divorced (hey! just like me! Call me, Halle- let’s dish) Berry said, after her split from cheating jazz singer husband Eric Benet, that marriage was not for her- but she may have re-thought that statement recently. Reportedly, Aubriel proposed by offering her his grandmother’s diamond ring, and the actress accepted.

New mom Halle Berry is engaged to her boyfriend Gabriel Aubry after he gave her his grandmother’s ring.

“Gabriel felt the time was right to propose. He gave her the family heirloom because he wanted to show her how much she means to him, and how she will be accepted into the Aubry family,” a source close to the couple said.

“The ring belonged to Gabriel’s grandmother – it was her engagement ring.”

The ‘X Men’ actress, 41, was snapped flashing the diamond ring in Hollywood this past weekend.

Berry gave birth to the couple’s first daughter, Nahla Ariela, in March.

Halle and Gabriel, 32, started dating in November 2005.

[From Showbiz Spy]

Congrats to the happy couple. And much credit to Halle for giving love a try again after two failed marriages. I know how that feels- and what I’ve learned is, you cannot write off an entire gender or the concept of marriage just because two men weren’t right for you. Figure out what went wrong, learn from your mistakes, and keep trying. It looks like Halle did that, and now she gets a gorgeous man and a beautiful baby. Hooray!

Note by Celebitchy: People claims she’s not engaged
It doesn’t sound like it’s time to celebrate on Halle’s behalf just yet. People Magazine cites a source who says “t’s not an engagement ring. Halle just saw it and thought it was beautiful so she bought it for herself.” They say the ring is designed by Amrapali, which has been manufacturing rings since 1978, according to their website. That would mean that it’s not likely a heirloom ring from Gabriel’s family, but it could still be some sort of engagement ring. As of now there is no official denial and we just have rumors suggesting it could go either way.

I think it’s an engagement they’re trying to downplay. Halle put her hands up to her face an awful lot at the Revlon run/walk for women over the weekend, so it really looked like she was trying to give us a hint. It wasn’t an accident that she wore the ring on the her left hand and not her right.

Posted in Engagements, Gabriel Aubry, Halle Berry

Written by MSat         4 Comments »
Apr 10
'08
Halle Berry in no rush to sell photos of baby Nahla


Oscar winner and new mom Halle Berry is reportedly taking her time following the “selling photos of your baby to magazines” trend. Berry and her babydaddy, model Gabriel Aubry, have been approached by several magazines, but nothing has been settled. Speculation has it that Berry is waiting until she loses her baby weight before appearing on a magazine cover with her little one, but MSNBC seems to think that the actress is going to debut Nahla at her upcoming charity golf event.

It looks like we’ll be seeing pictures of Halle Berry’s post-baby body before we see pictures of the baby. Berry and Gabriel Aubry’s baby, Nahla, was born March 16 and has yet to make an appearance in the pages of any celebrity weekly.

One magazine editor said that “photos are being shopped, but nothing’s been settled,” so we’re left to wonder if Berry will bring Nahla to the Halle Berry Celebrity Golf Classic on April 27. At the very least, the actress will be revealing her post-baby body.

According to Us Weekly, Berry wants to be back in fit form for the tournament. “She’s thrilled to start exercising again,” the source added of the star, whose dialed-back pregnancy fitness regimen includes yoga, swimming and light weights.

[From MSNBC.com]

I’d like to see Halle do what Salma Hayek did, and just release a simple, non-airbrushed pic to the AP News Service and be done with it. I am getting sick of these highly stylized magazine pictorials of newborns and their famous parents. The J-Lo and Marc Anthony one in People was just over the top with the airbrushing and special lighting. Those twins could be wolf cubs for all we really know. I am sure Halle’s daughter has been blessed with good looks - how could she not be, with parents like that? I’m actually way more interested in Halle and Gabriel’s relationship than their offspring. Do they live together or what? Are they going to do the deed and get married? Does he hang around the house in his underwear? That’s more interesting than another pictorial of a newborn. Details!

Halle Berry and Gabriel Aubry are shown in the header shopping on 3/10/08, thanks to WENN.

Posted in Babies, Gabriel Aubry, Halle Berry

Written by MSat         15 Comments »
Mar 18
'08
Halle Berry named her baby Nahla Ariela Aubry

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As far as celebrity baby names go, Nahla Ariela is not bad. It does have a Disney ring to it, probably due to the Little Mermaid-sounding middle name. I’ve never heard the name Nahla before and it sounds kind of neutral to me for a little girl’s name, but maybe I just need to get used to it.

According to Babynology, it’s a Muslim name that means “a drink of water.”

Nahla was born at 10:17 am on Sunday morning. She is the first child for Oscar-winning actress Halle, 41, and her boyfriend, model Gabriel Aubry, 32.

Halle and Gabriel are in a private birthing suite at Cedars Sinai with their baby. They are all said to be doing well and are expected to leave the hospital sometime this week.

Posted in Babies, Gabriel Aubry, Halle Berry

Written by Celebitchy         30 Comments »
Jan 14
'08
Halle Berry and Gabriel Aubrey living on different coasts


Pregnant Halle Berry and the father of her baby, Gabriel Aubry, haven’t been seen out together in some time. Star Magazine reports that it’s because they’re not even living on the same coast. Gabriel is all the way over in NY trying to promote his modeling career while Halle is saying in Malibu. Gabriel owns a restaurant in NY and presumably has to keep track of the business there along with his job requiring him to stay on the East coast.

Star says he’s all too willing to keep his distance because he wants to marry the mother of his baby who refuses to tie the knot and is admittedly marriage-averse after two failed attempts. They could be jumping to conclusions, and hopefully these two will be able to make it work and stay in the same place once the baby comes:

[Halle’s] boyfriend of two years, and the father of her unborn child, Gabriel Aubry, has been pushing to tie the know, and with Halle dragging her feet, it’s only driving him away.

And far! A source close to Halle confirms to Star that Gabriel has been living in Manhattan, while Halle is at her home, 3,000 miles away, in Malibu. And while the couple was spotted shopping for furniture together in LA on January 7, it was their first public outing in more than two months…

Gabriel, a model who also owns a Cuban restaurant in NYC, “still wants to work and build a successful career for himself,” says the source. “It really pulls him away from Halle. He seems to have no firm plans to move west, and it kills her.”

[From Star Magazine, print edition, January 21, 2008]

The article then says that Gabriel doesn’t plan to leave Halle though, and that he hopes to be a good father to his child. It seems to be a good sign that these two were seen out shopping for furniture as it might mean that they’re trying to set up house for their child. Halle is reportedly due on February 14.

Halle Berry is shown out with her bodyguard yesterday. You know the tabloids are going to have a field day with their relationship next week. Thanks to Splash News.

Posted in Gabriel Aubry, Halle Berry, Photos, Pregnant, Relationship trouble

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Nov 30
'07
Halle Berry Gives Gabriel Aubrey a Car

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There was a story last week that five month’s pregnant Halle Berry suspected her longterm boyfriend and the father of her baby, model Gabriel Aubrey, of cheating on her. It was mentioned as an aside in a longer article about how Halle was planning on raising her baby alone. She is said to want to stay in LA while Gabriel wants to live in New York for his career:

The plan is for Halle to remain in California while Gabriel will live in New York, according to [an] insider.

“Halle says Gabriel is helping her in every way possible with the pregnant, but she confided that she thinks he is seeing somebody. She also divulged that Gabriel doesn’t want money from her - the baby was produced out of love…”

A rep for Halle denies that the star is planning to raise her baby alone.

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, November 26, 2007]

Halle has made no secret of the fact that she has soured on marriage after two failed attempts. She has vowed never to get married again, and recently told Oprah that it’s not necessary for her to have a commitment.

If there was any trouble between Halle and Gabriel she seems to be trying to patch it up. There’s news that she’s purchased an expensive car for her younger lover. And contrary to the National Enquirer’s account, Star Magazine says that Gabriel really wants to marry Halle and that she’s the one who doesn’t want the legal commitment, not him:

Gabriel has wanted to marry Halle since they found out she was expecting, says an insider, but Halle’s vowed never to wed again. The 41-year-old actress bough Gabriel, 31, the car as a way of showing she loves him without a ring. Her baby’s daddy received a fully loaded S600 sedan that lists for more than $150,000.

[From Star Magazine, print editon, December 3, 2007]

Star’s version of the story, that Gabriel wants to get married and Halle doesn’t, sounds more likely to me. At least it’s based on the actual detail that she bought him a car. There was a story back before Halle got pregnant that she took Gabriel to Restoration Hardwear and made him pick up a bunch of stuff and pay with his own credit card. She’s the earner in the relationship, though, and it sounds like she doesn’t mind covering the tab when it really counts.

Halle is shown at the Things We Lost in the Fire premiere on 10/26/07, thanks to PRPhotos. Halle and Gabriel are shown below in April at the Perfect Stranger after party, thanks to Splash News.
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Posted in Gabriel Aubry, Halle Berry, Pregnant, Relationship trouble

Written by Celebitchy         See post for comments
Oct 2
'07
Halle Berry already wants another baby

I’ve never been pregnant, so I don’t totally understand all the hormones that go into it – but I was kinda surprised to hear Halle Berry tell Oprah that she already wants another baby. You haven’t even popped the first one out girl! You’re three months pregnant, aren’t you still throwing up and craving tacos? I’m so confused. I had a friend who’s pregnancy mantra was something about wanting to “evict her little passenger” – and I gotta tell you, that makes a lot of sense to me. I understand wanting more eventually – but Halle must really be overdosing on the oxytocin if she’s already ramping up for more pregnancy.

“Halle Berry says she and her boyfriend, Gabriel Aubry, tried and tried and tried to get pregnant. ‘So there was a lot of staying home and doing what you do. Like, all the time, around the clock,’ the 41-year-old Oscar-winning actress said Tuesday on ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show.’ One negative pregnancy test followed another, ‘and finally, after about 35 tests, we finally got a positive test,’ Berry told Winfrey in one of her first interviews since announcing last month that she was expecting her first child with Aubry, her boyfriend of two years.

“Berry, who is about three months pregnant, told Winfrey she doesn’t want to know the sex of the baby. ‘There’s so few genuine surprises in life anymore that, why not have a huge surprise?’ she said. ;And I like fantasizing one day it’s a girl, one day it’s a boy.’ Berry won the best-actress Oscar for 2001’s ‘Monster’s Ball.’ She also won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for 1999’s ‘Introducing Dorothy Dandridge.’”

[From the Washington Post]

And how does Berry know all about being a mom? From acting. I’m not sure that’s the greatest indication of motherhood, but then again if never been an actress or a mother, so what the hell do I know.

“She said playing a mother in her latest movie, ‘Things We Lost in the Fire,’ helped convince her that motherhood was for her. ‘I think it validated that I was meant to be a mother because every day I dealt with the character as a mother and thinking as a mother,’ Berry said. ‘It let me know that I must be a mother.’”

[From the Washington Post]

Again, I’m not a mother, but something tells me it may be a little different when no one calls “cut” and someone from craft services doesn’t come over and offer Halle a plate of pickles, mustard, and Cheetos. [That joke was funny because women crave weird things when they’re pregnant. Alright that joke wasn’t funny]. Halle says she and boyfriend Gabriel Aubry don’t have any plans to marry. She seems a little jaded after her last two crappy marriages, not that I blame her.

“Berry said she and Aubry don’t plan to marry, but feel fully committed to each other. ‘I feel more married, in a way, than I ever have in two marriages before,’ she said. ‘He really understands the spiritual connection is so much more important than the paper and the pomp and circumstance and the ceremony.’ But Berry said there is something she and Aubry are sure to do: try to have another child. ‘There’s just one right now,’ she said. ‘But we’re hoping, right after this one, to do it again.’”

[From the Washington Post]

Well if absolutely nothing else, they will have shockingly gorgeous children. Shiloh and Suri need to look the hell out, because I’m pretty sure the Berry-Aubry baby will be in a league all its own. Stupid cute babies, making me want them. Damn it, there will be no more baby posts after this one.

Picture Note by Jaybird: Here’s Halle Berry in L.A. on August 22. Images thanks to WENN.

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Sep 27
'07
Halle Berry Death Threats


Sometimes you read something in the news that absolutely turns your stomach, and death threats issued to an unborn baby would have to be one of those things.

Halle Berry has received racist death threats to her unborn baby.

The Oscar-winning beauty - who recently announced she was expecting her first child with boyfriend Gabriel Aubry - has been forced to hire security guards after allegedly receiving several disturbing letters from an anonymous writer.

One note warned she and her child would be “cut into hundreds of pieces”.

A source close to the actress - who has a white father and an African-American mother - told Britain’s Daily Mirror: “Halle does not normally use security but she has taken on a couple of guys to make sure.”

On a lighter note, Halle is only four months pregnant, and already she has partner Gabriel Aubry pampering her feet and satisfying her cravings.

The 32-year-old model told People magazine: “She does crave pickles. And any bread. Doesn’t matter, as long as it’s salt and pickles.”

He revealed: “She loves foot massages. I do all of that stuff.”

Sydney Morning Herald

Halle has also filmed an appearance on Oprah, where she shows off her baby bump, and talks about taking 33 pregnancy tests. She says she knew she was pregnant, but they kept coming up negative. Did she just take 32, and then the 33rd came up positive and she was like ‘yay!’ I would have just kept taking them until they came back negative again. Or gone and got a doctor to do a blood test, but then I don’t have paparazzi taking my picture every time I leave a doctor’s office and speculating on the size of my belly.

Halle also told Oprah that she’d love to have another baby as soon as possible after she has her current baby, and that she doesn’t plan on finding out the gender of her baby until he or she is born. It doesn’t matter whether the baby is a boy or a girl, it is going to be sooooo cute.

Picture note by Celebitchy: Halle Berry is shown on 8/22/07 out in LA.

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Written by Helen         See post for comments
Sep 13
'07
Worst and Best Dressed List Released


People magazine has released their annual best dressed list, ahead of the best dressed issue of their magazine. Then again, with a stylist in tow it’s easy to gain best dressed kudos, so the worst dressed is probably more interesting! I wish that list was longer.

Best Dressed 2007

Beyoncé Knowles – The Showstopper
Cameron Diaz – The Legs
Katie Holmes – The Classic
Penélope Cruz - The Continental
Jessica Biel – The All-American
Drew Barrymore – The Chameleon
Jennifer Lopez – The Glamour Girl
Reese Witherspoon – The Celeb Next Door
Gwen Stefani – The Trendsetter
Ali Larter – The Newcomer

Best Dressed Men

David Beckham
George Clooney
Johnny Depp
Terrence Howard
Brad Pitt

Best Dressed Couples

Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt
Gabriel Aubry & Halle Berry
Gwen Stefani & Gavin Rossdale
Tony Parker & Eva Longoria

World’s Worst Dresser

Eva Green

Most Shocking Fashion Moments

Britney Spears shaves her head
Sanjaya Malakar’s faux-hawk
Kidnapped British sailors in oversized Iranian suits
Sen. Hillary Clinton’s cleavage
Naomi Campbell’s dress-up for community service
Paris Hilton’s get-out-of-jail get-up

Just Plain Wrong

Sienna Miller in black tights
Avril Lavigne’s combat boots & pink frilly dress

New York Daily News

Why have best dressed men lists? Even the most stylish man just tends to walk around in either a tuxedo or a t-shirt. There’s not much complicated about men’s dressing, why not have best punk rocker style for say, Pete Wentz? Or Best male use of make up, which would probably also be won by Pete Wentz.

I’m also confused about the criteria: Avril Lavinge’s lace dress and combat boots is a style no-no, but Lily Allen’s signature look is a dress and hi-top sneakers (Lily is mentioned in a British best dressed section of the magazine). Aren’t these just different versions of the same look? And none of the women on the best dressed list are cleavage shy, but it’s not okay for Hilary Clinton to show off her assets?

World’s Worst Dresser Eva Green is shown at the Casino Royale world premiere on 11/14/06 and the BAFTA awards on 2/11/07. (PRPhotos)

World’s Best Dressed Woman Beyonce Knowles is shown at the VMAs, at the opening of Jay-Z’s 40-40 club in Vegas on 9/6/07 and at the launch of Emporio Armani Diamonds Fragrance on 8/16/07. (PRPhotos)

Just Plain Wrong Sienna Miller in black tights at the Factory Girl UK premiere on 3/13/07 and at the 2006 Costume Institute Gala on 5/1/06. (PRPhotos)

Just Plain Wrong Avril Lavigne in a pink dress with combat boots at her CD release party in April. (via Faded Youth)

Posted in Avril Lavigne, Beyonce, Brangelina, Britney Spears, Cameron Diaz, David Beckham, Drew Barrymore, Gabriel Aubry, Gavin Rossdale, George Clooney, Gwen Stefani, Jennifer Lopez, Jessica Biel, Johnny Depp, Katie Holmes, Naomi Campbell, Penelope Cruz, Reese Witherspoon, Sienna Miller

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