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Berry Good
Halle Berry On Aging: “I'm Going Down Fighting”
“I'm pretty much a pharmacy these days,” she joked of her daily routines.
By Kase Wickman
What Is Cinema?
Directors Gina Prince-Bythewood and Halle Berry on Their “Very Small Sisterhood”
To kick off Vanity Fair’s new series, What Is Cinema?, the directors of The Woman King and Bruised connect on the “had-to-do” stories they brought to the screen.
By Chris Murphy
Academy Awards
When Denzel and Halle Made History: The 2002 Oscars, Recapped
Vanity Fair’s chief critic recaps the first Oscars post–9/11, full of weird lows and industry-changing highs.
By Richard Lawson
From the Magazine
Halle Berry Looks Back at Her Historic Oscar Win, What Changed, and What Didn’t
On the same night that Denzel Washington won best actor and Sidney Poitier accepted an honorary Oscar, Berry became the first Black woman to win the best-actress Oscar—and she remains the last.
By Chris Murphy
Little Gold Men
How Halle Berry Channeled the Fight of Her Career to Star in and Direct Bruised
The first-time director opens up on Little Gold Men about fighting through two injuries in as many films and enlisting Cardi B and Saweetie for the Bruised soundtrack.
By Savannah Walsh
Style
Cardi B Is Once Again Our Mole on the Inside of Celebrity
This time she has some insight into Halle Berry.
By Kenzie Bryant
Don’t Look Up
The “Real” Conspiracy Theories Behind Roland Emmerich’s Moonfall
The Independence Day filmmaker reveals new images and inspiration from his upcoming cataclysm epic.
By Anthony Breznican
Awards Insider!
2001 Oscars Flashback: Halle Berry, A Beautiful Mind, and a Very Weird Post-9/11 Mood
On this week’s Little Gold Men podcast, a look back at an Oscars race wildly different from the one we’re used to today.
By Vanity Fair
Casting
Which Actress Should Get Her Own Mare of Easttown Next?
Kate Winslet got her biggest role in years with HBO’s delectable slice of prestige pulp. These actresses deserve a similar role.
By David Canfield
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Oscars 2021
See the Best Couples of the Oscars 2021: Riz Ahmed and Fatima Farheen Mirza’s First Red Carpet Together and More
Plus, power couples Chloé Zhao and Joshua James Richards, Leslie Odom Jr. and Nicolette Robinson, and Carey Mulligan and Marcus Mumford.
By Kenzie Bryant
Oscars Roll Call
The Oscars Are Skipping Traditional Presenters for an All-Star Ensemble Cast
Brad Pitt, Zendaya, Laura Dern, Joaquin Phoenix, Rita Moreno, and Bong Joon Ho (!) are among those who will be featured in the 93rd Academy Award telecast.
By Savannah Walsh
Money Problems
Halle Berry Compares Paying Child Support to Her Ex Gabriel Aubry to “Extortion”
The actor added that she understands people who feel they’ve “been taken advantage of” by these “outdated” laws.
By Emily Kirkpatrick
Split
Halle Berry Wants to Represent Herself in Her Divorce Case
The actor filed a petition to replace her former attorney with herself in the final stages of her divorce from ex Olivier Martinez.
By Emily Kirkpatrick
Controversies
Halle Berry Apologizes for Considering Trans Role After Backlash
“The transgender community should undeniably have the opportunity to tell their own stories,” the Oscar-winning actress said.
By Christopher Rosen
awards season watch
TIFF Announces Socially Distanced Screenings, Virtual Red Carpets
Plus, Halle Berry’s directorial debut will be part of this year’s lineup, as will vehicles starring Idris Elba, Kate Winslet, and Saoirse Ronan.
By Yohana Desta
the only way out is back in
Keanu Reeves’s John Wick Will Return in Exactly Two Years
Just long enough for us to miss him.
By Yohana Desta
back on the horse
John Wick 3 Trailer: Halle Berry Gets in on the Action
Plus—and we can’t stress this enough—John Wick fights bad guys on a horse.
By Yohana Desta
allegations
Manager Who Worked with Halle Berry, Taraji P. Henson, Accused of Sexual Misconduct
Vincent Cirrincione, a Hollywood manager and producer who built his career by working with black actresses, has been accused by nine women.
By Yohana Desta
Berrygram
Meet the Real Halle Berry on Instagram
The actress says social media is a way “not to let somebody else editorialize who they want to say you are.”
By Hilary Weaver
comedy queen
Girls Trip Star Tiffany Haddish Is the Funniest Person Alive Right Now
The comedian chats about her hilarious breakout role, her favorite celebrity to drunk-dial, and why 70-year-olds should get high.
By Yohana Desta