Saturday, 10 August 2013

Pregnant Halle Berry looks stylish in a flowing dress

Maxi-mum (to be) points for effort! Pregnant Halle Berry looks stylish in a flowing dress

PUBLISHED: 14:51, 10 August 2013 | UPDATED: 15:17, 10 August 2013

She has certainly not compromised her sense of style throughout her pregnancy.

And Halle Berry managed to pull another chic look out of the bag as she headed out in Los Angeles on Friday.

The 46-year-old actress, who is set to welcome a son with Olivier Martinez into the world any day now, looked effortlessly elegant in a flowing patterned maxi dress as she arrived at an office building.

Super stylish: Halle Berry looked incredible in a flowing maxi dress as she arrived at an office building in Los Angeles on Friday

Despite the loose fit of the dress, Halle's bump was still clear to see, with the actress looking ready to pop in the ensemble.

Halle teamed the dress with a pair of flat sandals, a large black handbag and sunglasses as she headed inside.

The actress' outing comes after she admitted in a recent interview that she relies on sessions with a psychologist to help her deal with stress.

Speaking to Total Film magazine, she said: 'My father was an alcoholic, and a very abusive one, and my mother knew the value of providing me an outlet of an unbiased person to talk to - to help me manage my feelings and my emotions.

Blooming beautiful: Halle teamed the dress with a pair of flat sandals in the balmy weather

Blooming beautiful: Halle teamed the dress with a pair of flat sandals in the balmy weather

'When I'm in a stressful place I will call up a psychologist and go in and have a couple of sessions and work through whatever I'm feeling.

'I also do a lot of meditation. Our mind is really powerful and what we think can really control our reality and how we look at things.'

However, the brunette beauty - who has vowed to return to work as soon as possible after giving birth to her tot - insists she's learnt the importance of separating her career from her personal life.

Big bread: Olivier Martinez carries a huge baguette home to Halle in Hollywood on Thursday

She explained: 'As I've grown older I've really learned, out of necessity, the importance of leaving work at work. Bringing home half of the things that I get asked to do in the film world is really detrimental to my private life - especially now I have children.

'I have to come home and I have to be a mum, and I have to be the same person I was when I left.'

Halle and French actor Olivier married on July 13 at the fairytale Chateau des Conde, which sits in the Burgundy countryside around an hour’s drive south of Paris.

It was only in April the couple revealed they are expected a son, with Berry saying it was ‘the biggest surprise of my life.’

Stressed Halle Berry seeks help

Thursday, 8 August 2013

Heavily pregnant Halle shows off her baby bump as she treats her daughter Nahla to lunch

Blooming lovely time all round: Heavily pregnant Halle Berry shows off her baby bump as she treats her daughter Nahla to lunch

By SARAH FITZMAURICE

PUBLISHED: 11:54, 6 August 2013 | UPDATED: 14:22, 6 August 2013

She'll soon be welcoming her second child and it seems that Halle Berry is making the most of some quality time with her daughter Nahla while she can.

The 46-year-old actress took her five-year-old out to lunch at a children's restaurant at Westfield Century City.

Halle, who is heavily pregnant with her second child to husband Olivier Martinez, showed off her growing baby bump in a sleeveless black T-shirt.

Bumping along: Halle Berry took her daughter Nahla out to lunch on Monday

The actress wore a pair of slashed light coloured denim jeans that boasted a loose-fit for a casual look.

Unlike other celebrity mothers Halle ditched the heels in favour of a pair of sandals with two thick straps.

Nahla looked adorable in a bright orange and pink dress, a pair of pink socks and flip flops.

Getting ready for the new arrival: The actress is making the most of spending quality time with her five-year-old before the baby arrives

Halle tied the knot with noted amateur pugilist Olivier on July 13 at the fairytale Chateau des Conde, which sits in the Burgundy countryside around an hour’s drive south of Paris.

It was only in April the couple revealed they are expected a son, with Berry saying it was ‘the biggest surprise of my life.’

Halle recently revealed that her pregnancy proved challenging during the filming of X-Men: Days of Future Past.

Surprise: Halle has spoken out about her shock at falling pregnant and said she wasn't in the X Men film as much as she was supposed to because of her growing pregnancy shape

'I wasn't in [the movie] as much as I was meant to be. [Pregnancy] kind of colored what my involvement could be, which was why I was one of the first ones in and the first ones out.'

She told Total Film: 'My ever-growing belly was posing a constant challenge. What I could do was getting more limited, so the role I play is so different from what it could have been, due to my surprise pregnancy.'

Tuesday, 6 August 2013

Halle Berry shows off her burgeoning baby bump in chic maternity dress in Los Angeles

Looking swell! Halle Berry shows off her burgeoning baby bump in chic maternity dress in Los Angeles

By Cliff Renfrew
PUBLISHED: 03:30, 5 August 2013 | UPDATED: 07:40, 5 August 2013

It could happen any day now but Halle Berry is no pregnancy frump.
For the Catwoman star wore a stylish asymmetrical black and grey silk dress in Los Angeles on Sunday as she counts down to giving birth to her second child.
The Oscar-winner seemed in high spirits as she enjoyed a grand day out in the California summer sunshine.

Baby on board: Halle Berry looked very pregnant as she stepped out in a stylish dress in Los Angeles on Sunday

And no wonder, for the 46-year-old attracted admiring glances after teaming her stunning dress with sleek silver and black wedge heels, black leather bag and large sunglasses.
The classy actress did not seem to mind being without her new husband Olivier Martinez, instead enjoying the company of an assistant.
Halle tied the knot with noted amateur pugilist Olivier on July 13 at the fairytale Chateau des Conde, which sits in the Burgundy countryside around an hour’s drive south of Paris.
It was only in April the couple revealed they are expected a son, with Berry saying it was ‘the biggest surprise of my life.’

Bulging bump: Halle looked very pregnant and is set to give birth to her second child any day soon

The pair met in 2010 while co-starring in the film Dark Tide and Halle was previously married to David Justice and Eric Benet, and famously had a five-year relationship with Nahla’s father, model Gabriel Aubry.
The pair really did have a fairytale wedding among their family and friends in France.
Halle and Olivier marked their marriage with a civic ceremony followed by a religious one, and they then celebrated with a dinner, firework display and dancing.

Pregnancy chic: Halle looked very stylish despite her burgeoning tummy

A source at the Chateau said: 'White marquees were put up around the grounds and everyone was very discreet because it was a showbusiness wedding, but generally it was pretty down-to-earth.'
The onlooker added that Halle wore a simple cream dress as she arrived in a white limousine, while a close friend of her husband said: ‘There were around 60 guests in all, and the majority were on Olivier’s side of the family.’
The actress is already a parent to five-year-old Nahla with her former partner, model Gabriel Aubry.

Rushing down the aisle: Halle tied the knot with Olivier in France ahead of her giving birth of their first child

Revealing Storm developments in ‘Days Of Future Past.’

August 2, 2013 · by Anthony XMF · in Crew Talk, X-Men: Days Of Future Past. ·

Halle Berry excitingly spoke to Total Film magazine (via CBM) about her involvement with X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST. The actress says that Storm’s role was modified due to her surprise pregnancy, and that there will be something “shocking” about Storm revealed in the film.
Comparing director Bryan Singer to Brett Ratner:
“They’re like apples and oranges, they could not be more different. That’s for sure. The way they work is different. What you feel is different. Not that one is better or worse – they’re just very different. I was so happy to work with Bryan [Singer] again and I think it was nice for everyone to get back together.”
How her pregnancy affected Storm’s role:
“I wasn’t in as much as I was meant to be though. That kind of coloured what my involvement could be, which was why I was one of the first ones in and the first ones out. My ever-growing belly was posing a constant challenge! What I could do was getting more limited so the role that I play is so different from what it could have been, due to my surprise pregnancy.”
Exploring “shocking” revelations about Storm:
“But there’s something very revealing and shocking about Storm in this movie that I thought was needed. There are some things you find out about her that I think give you much more insight into who she is.”
The film’s epic-ness and its strong plot concept:
“I think it’s big because there are so many X-Men in the movie. There’s the young X-Men and there’s the X-Men that started it all off. Just so many X-Men! You’re gonna get to see some more than other, but they’re all there. I think that adds to the bigness of it. The concept of the movie is pretty big too. The urgency is more important this time round. The threat is greater too.”

Monday, 5 August 2013

Halle Berry explains mystery accident on The Call set

Actress HALLE BERRY was "knocked out" while shooting her movie THE CALL last summer (Jul 12) after her co-star accidentally slammed her head into concrete.

Published: Sun, August 4, 2013

It was widely reported that the Oscar winner was taken to hospital in Los Angeles after she tripped and hit her head, but now she has come clean about the injury, admitting she ended up in treatment after a fight sequence with Michael Eklund went wrong.
The star, who is currently pregnant with her second child, explains, "The bad guy in the movie accidentally slammed my head into the concrete. He misjudged how far the ground was and he slammed my head into it so I got knocked out."
But Berry showed her professionalism by quickly bouncing back to resume the shoot. She adds, "I went to the hospital, came back to work the next day, so it was fine."