Here’s Halle Berry promoting her film Cloud Atlas at the Toronto Film Festival. It’s an epic adventure film based on a book of the same name by David Mitchell. It also stars Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Jim Sturgess, and Hugh Grant among others. It’s out on October 26th. I just watched the extended trailer and there are so many different interwoven storylines, I came away with no idea what it’s about. It’s futuristic, it’s historical, parts look like Inception and parts like Avatar. There’s also a little Water World mixed in. Screen Rant has some advanced reviews if you’re interested. Apparently it’s getting good reviews overall and needs to do well since it cost $100 million to make.
Getting back to Halle Berry, she wore this see-through lace top to remind us of how hot she still is, and paired it with a purple snakeskin print suit with shoulder pads that has a very 90s sillouette. The only designer ID I have found for Halle’s outfit is that the blouse is Monique Lhuillier. I don’t know who made that crazy suit, but I don’t hate it. She really works it hard. I just wish she had gotten the pants tailored. We just saw Kate Hudson in some too-long pants so maybe that’s going to be a fashion “do” now. Halle’s hair and makeup are perfection. I’m so glad she ditched the crazy curls.
I came into this story thinking I would talk about Halle Berry’s silly fashion and maybe wonder aloud what’s going on with her custody battle, but having seen the Cloud Atlas trailer I realize I don’t care. It’s all part of the intricate dance of humanity, where we love, lose, die, fight for our rights and try and remain relevant with wacky fashion and extreme fitness. I don’t know. The film is described as “exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution.” Here’s a brief part of a glowing review on Collider that makes me really want to see it:
“My life exists far beyond the limitations of me,” a character notes in Cloud Atlas. By the same token, The Wachowski Siblings and Tom Tykwer‘s film exists far beyond the limitations of genre, narrative, identity, and time. It is a work of sweeping ambition, engrossing stories, compelling characters, and powerful emotions. The filmmakers have taken David Mitchell’s novel, and rebuilt it into a captivating sextuplet filled with love, hate, redemption, damnation, bravery, cowardice, and more. Through skillful editing and astounding performances, Cloud Atlas is a cinematic experience like few others, and it will leave viewers in awe.
I’m kind of excited for this movie. Plus I love Hugh Grant and Tom Hanks. I know it will make me cry, though. I cried at Avatar, and had to fight the urge not to bawl.
Hugh Grant. He still looks great, right?
Jim Sturgess does not do it for me. I understand why Kaiser calls him “pillow weeper”
Hugo Weaving. I would!
Susan Sarandon needs a new stylist, but you know she does not GAF at all. Look at her shoes.
Love Tom! I’m not a fan of that barely-there mustache, but maybe he’s growing it in for a role.
Photo credit: Dominic Chan/ WENN.com
Halle’s suit looks like Purple Rain-era Prince.
Exactly my first thought!
You took the Prince comment right out of my brain.
Umm, fail. EPIC.
Except on Prince who can rock any damned thing he wants!!!
That was exactly my first thought!
LOL-me, too! “Purple Rain” immediately started running through my mind.
I hate this woman. She is the most selfish person ever.
Wow. Hate is a really strong word. What did she do to you?
She’s ruining a four-year old girl’s childhood to suit her own vindictive agenda so I don’t think aiming a little cyber-poison in Halle’s direction is really such a big deal. And, I mean, don’t you just “hate” it when Starbucks gets your order wrong?
She reminds me here of a YouTube clip I’ve seen of a python swallowing a live alligator…
LOL. The first thing I thought when I saw the pic with her giving thumbs up was: F*** off!
She is cray cray… I don’t think hate is too strong of a word… remember her hit and run? great human being… also about the bra showing, at least she is wearing one.. remeber her on Oprah boo hooing about something and no bra nipples on blast in front of millions classy Hate her
Love You Halle, I appreciate all the work you do for Jenesse Center donating your money and time.Stay strong
Man, I was totally prepared to hate on this from the thumbnail, but I actually kind of dig it. Her body is crazy so she could wear anything, and I kind of wish the pants weren’t snakeskin (maybe just a pair of black dress pants) but overall, she’s workin it.
Holy Jesus! She’s 46!?
Wow.
She is beautiful! I hope I look that good at her age (God willing!).
She totally rocks that suit though, her body is out of this world.
…her body is out of this world
So is her mind, apparently.
Oh, you made me gigglesnort. 😀
+1 to the gigglesnort.
hahaha… Good one, Eve!
😉
Good one 🙂
hahahahahahhahaha, LOL. even more funny with your avatar,Eve. I can just imagine him making that comment! 🙂
say what you want about her mind, what you cannot deny is how super cray her body is. #WERK!
Was Prince selling off his wardrobe?
Cheese and rice, that is one ugly freaking outfit and yes totally 90’s.
Hugo Weaving lools like a character on The Simpsons. Can’t quite put my finger on who, though.
Moe?
Shoulder pads better not be coming back, I hated those damn things and cut them out of every shirt I purchased!
I agree about the shoulder pads…I really still think showing the bra is tacky. Also, she looks better w/ her hair a little shorter, but overall she looks good; beautiful skin, awful suit.
I cut those out when I was 12. It’s a 30 year hate relationship with them. I will cut them out again. I look like Linda Evans in those things – even when I was 12. Just say no!
That said she looks better than Susan Sarandon.
Getting back to Halle Berry, she wore this see-through lace top to remind us of how hot she still is,
Well, she’s always been crazy hot — especially the crazy part.
Idgaf I LOVE Jim Sturgess. He just does it for me. All the time.
He’s doing it for me as Dexter!! 😉
I don’t care for Halle Berry, and I don’t know sh*t about fashion, but she looks amazing. Love it.
A bit try hardy with the boobs on display but overall, not a bad outfit. She always pulls off the purple.
Halle has so short legs so not even heels can help to make her look slim.
I agree. NOT getting the love for this suit at all. It makes her body look out of proportion – short-legged, wide-hipped, with a long upper body. In it’s present incarnation the suit might work on a very tall, long-legged runway model, but it’s definitely wrong for her.
A huge +1 with her body looking a bit disproportionate, the suit only accents & calls attention directly to it.
God, no shoulder pads…I managed to escape their era in the 90’s (as a kid), I don’t want them to ‘comeback’.
Who wants to look like a woman with big, masculine shoulders?
Try hard and ugly.
That outfit is both insane and completely awesome. My opinion of Halle tends to mar my objectivity, but it is amazing and she looks amazing.
Hugo Weaving, oh my, yes.
On both women I would choose Susan Sarandon.
Only she can pull something like this off!
love the hair and makeup. not a fan of pants that are cut so you can’t see the shoes underneath, looks a bit weird.
I lived through shoulder pads the first time around. Trust me, we don’t want to do that again.
I’m still seeing blazers that have shoulder pads, although I never minded them on those. Shirts and blouses, OTOH, look ridiculous with them.
Halle’s pads seem to be crossing into Joan Crawford territory, however.
I think you mean Joan Collins, lol! 🙂
And I wasn’t fond of shoulder pads the last time. Please, fashion gods, do not let this become in style again! Not all women want to look like linebackers, espcially those of us with broad shoulders…
She’s nuttier than a squirrel turd, but the woman always makes it work, fashion-wise. Gorgeous.
+1000 LOL!! 😀
Loved the book, hope the movie is a decent take on it as it’s an extremely complex mix of stories and eras. And long!
I’ve come to detest Halle Berry to the point where she could be dressed in solid gold and I’d be all *meh*.
I scrolled really quickly past Susan Sarandon,so fast that I thought it was Michael Jackson >_>
Halle looks awesome in that suit but I have a feeling that she is the only person on the planet who could pull it off. Also, Susan Sarandon has been looking so great lately. She looked absolutely beautiful in the trailer for “Arbitrage.” Another movie I can’t wait to see.
ITA, Halle is the only one who can wear something like that. I don’t really like the suit, but definetly works for her.
Okay you haters, look at this way, it’s NOT STELLA McCARTNEY!
I WOULD HAVE LOVED IT ALL IF THE PANTS WERE PENCIL CUT INSTEAD OF BIG BELLS. DANG. THATS A REAL GUCCI 90’S THROWBACK (NOT TO MENTION THE OBVIOUS 70’S) SOMEONE ABOVE MENTIONED SHOULDER PADS…..I’M SEEING ALOT OF EM LATELY, BUT THEY’RE COMPACT AND KINDA POINTY. IM NOT HATING THEM. YET. AND HALLE AND ONLY HALLE CAN WORK THIS HAIR STYLE. I’VE ALWAYS LOVED IT ON HER, ITS THE BEST!
What is wrong with Halle Berry can not be fixed with a stylist.
Best comment of the week 😀
Hahahaha. Truth.
If the pants were not bell bottom or boot cut, if they were just a straight pant leg I think it would look better…
Hate it simply because I’m not a fan of her’s since she started acting like a monster with the custody battle. I have no desire to see film she’s in…period.
The New Yorker has a looong piece about how Cloud Atlas finally made it onto the screen, after the Wachowskis and Tom Tykwer had been trying to make it work for years and years, to get the financing, distributing etc.
When Tom Hanks came on board, things gained momentum, albeit veeery sloowly.
It’s a great read if someone has the time.
Thanks for the link – I made the time! Great background info.
She looks like a pimp.
Hey Celebitchy,
The suit is Cavalli! The generally rule: if it is a crazy animal print, it is usually a Cavalli. And Halle wears a lot of Cavalli too.
Her time has passed she needs to move on. Once the ego takes over they no longer try to act and watching their movies is more painful than anything.
Tom Hanks rocks !
I don’t like the print…otherwise she looks great.
Don’t care about Halle but thanks for the picture of Hugo Weaving. This happens far too seldom.
She looks fantastic.
What has happened to Hugh Grant? I know he’s older, but he stayed hot for a long time. His obsession with golfing being in the sun more and his heavy drinking haven’t helped.
He needs to get that front tooth fixed.
I think she looks fug. And so do the rest of the cast. JMO, sorry :(.
I really, really, really hate shoulder pads. Can’t help it. Every time I see them I hear the old “Dallas” theme song in my head. And see mental pictures of “Dynasty” (even though I never watched it).
And Susan’s shoes? A very sensible woman. Why should you torture your feet to suit someone else’s idea of style? Plus, throw me in the old fuddy-duddy class cause today’s shoe styles are just NO.
If Halle does have short legs, her pantsuit should have skinny legs or just slightly belled at the bottom, to make her legs appear longer. I’m a little unhappy with her lately for what she is trying to do with her ex-Gabriel. Susan Sarandon’s shoes are not good, no no. Suit is so-so, but could be so much better. Maybe open the jacket, change the color?
She is gorgeous, and eternally young, this woman never ages… not sure about this look, I love the see through blouse though..
The book is amazing. This outfit – not so much. Yet if Halle Berry flashing her assets under a sheer [random garment name] like she always does brings money in for the movie, then great!
It will be interesting to see what happens to her career as she gets older and older. IMO, I think she will find it more and more difficult to find work and eventually she will be regulated to a has been. The reason I think is she has kind of alienated herself from black productions. I’m not talking about Tyler Perry movies, but black movies in general. When she was younger she starred in a lot of “black” movies, but as her star grew she steered away from that path. I believe this will hurt her in the long run.
IMO, I think Halle’s days are numbered and Zoe Saldana will now be the go to pretty black girl….IMO.
That’s hypocrisy of right there-we’re bashing stewart in The other post, rehashing The story for more than a Month now, and we’ll talk about halle’s movie and decide that her REALLY disturbed antics and schemes are “life and love and flowers” now? No comment on her transparent shirt-you can’t just see her bra straps-you see The whole bra! OMG!! Seriously now, how can we ride The stewart-gloating train for a month-and decide not to talk about woman who did MORE than a few morally corrupt things?! Without public apology or any remorse!! Isn’t that double standard?
Sorry for the rant!
What? Lots of people wear shirts like that (a few weeks ago I MYSELF wore a sheer shirt to a party. she’s at a movie premiere, where she should be able to dress in a provocative shirt if she wants to.
But that is not what I was saying, I’m just saying, that if we’re gonna criticize and criticize someone’s choice in wardrobe on their down-time, how is this choice okay? Especially bc there were so many comments about how gross and inapropriate it was bc the bra straps were visible- and to be honest I was a little baffled by the prudishness (?) of it: especially bc I’m in my 20ies, my friends are also, and most of them dress the same as Stewart.
I have nothing against Berry wearing sheer whenever, wherever-in the sense of appropriate-I tend to not judge people from that perspective (how would you judge Coco, then, for example?) But I think it’s double standard. And I think it’s obvious from my comment, that it’s not the question of clothes, it’s question of the attitude: we won’t talk about Berry and her schemes with her child, or remember she ran off the scene of the accident she caused, but will rehash the cheating “scandal” for weeks.
no matter what she has on, she usually looks fantastic. the shoulder pads are ridiculous and the patttern of the suit is ugly, but she STILL looks hot.
Halle Berry is a beautiful woman and looks amazing in this outfit. For all of you that call her crazy – who gave you the education or authority to diagnose someone? Maybe try looking in the mirror at some of your issues to degrade another person like this and have so much hate for someone you don’t even know.
Sarandon is too cool in my book, I love her look, and yes, I even like the shoes. I love her, wish I’d look like that when I’ll be 60! Hell, when I’ll be 50! 😉
Tom Hanks needs to stop aging! He is not allowed to get old.
I just want to know the name brand of the bra.