Halle Berry show off superb slim tone body with belly button exposed.

If Halle Berry was hoping to draw a few gasps on the red carpet tonight, then her daring Pucci dress was right on the button.

The 44-year-old actress arrived at the NAACP Image Awards in Los Angeles in the show-stopping number which featured a bold print and an even more eye-catching neckline.

The unusual design cut well past her cleavage, giving onlookers a peek of the actress' midriff and navel.

Later, the Oscar-winner Halle Berry added another trophy to her collection, this time for her best actress performance as a woman with a multiple personalities in Frankie & Alice.

'If it were not for the NAACP, a little girl like me would not have had wind beneath her wings in a small town in Ohio,' she said after accepting the award from Prince.

'I have never been more proud to be a black woman.'

The star, who is in the throes of a bitter custody battle with her ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry over their daughter 2-year-old daughter Nahla, arrived without her current beau, Olivier Martinez.

The National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP) is the oldest U.S. civil rights organization and has given out Image awards for 42 years to honour people of colour in film, television, music and literature.

Bold print: The star wore a Pucci dress with Bavna earrings

Taking the plunge: Halle Berry turned heads as she arrived for the NAACP Image Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium in LA today

Director and writer Tyler Perry was the big winner tonight, scooping top awards for his movie For Colored Girls and best TV comedy series trophy for Tyler Perry's House of Payne.

Perry, 41, one of the most prolific African-Americans in the U.S. entertainment industry, was the man behind wins for comedy actor David Mann in the TV show Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns, and Kimberly Elise for her supporting role in For Colored Girls.

For Colored Girls brought a best movie and best director statue for Perry, who is also a producer, actor and playwright. The movie, based on the play by Ntozake Shange For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow is Enuf is based on poems about the lives of women.

'I wanted to take this iconic work and introduce it to people who had never heard of it. ... There is nothing like having nine strong black women holding you up,' Perry said, referring to a cast that included Whoopi Goldberg and Janet Jackson.

Denzel Washington won the best actor Image Award for the action movie 'The Book of Eli.'

Willow Smith, the 10 year-old daughter of actors Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, won the best new music artist award, beating out popular rivals Bruno Mars and rapper Nicki Minaj.

Smith's first single, 'Whip My Hair,' reached No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in late 2010.

Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell received the NAACP President's Award for special achievement in public service, earning a standing ovation.

Powell, the first African-American chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, paid tribute to the work of the NAACP in advancing civil rights since its foundation in 1909, but said there was more to be done.

'We still have youngsters who are in desperate straits, who need education, who need health care. [They] have to be given a sense of expectation,' he said.

'Even though we have come so far, we will need the NAACP for another 100 years, or until the work is done.'

The TV category saw honours for medical drama 'Grey's Anatomy,' while Vanessa Williams won the best actress Image Award for 'Desperate Housewives' and 'Modern Family' star Sofia Vergara took home the best supporting comedy actress award.

 Pop royalty: Prince presented the Frankie & Alice star with the award for the most outstanding actress in a motion picture

 Winnners are grinners: Modern Family' star Sofia Vergara took home the best supporting comedy actress gong

Glamorous friends: Halle and Sofia chatted with each other backstage at the 42nd NAACP Image Awards

‘For Coloured Girls’, Perry win big at Image Awards

Director and writer Tyler Perry was the big winner at the NAACP’s Image Awards yesterday, winning top awards for his movie “For Coloured Girls” and best TV comedy series trophy for “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne.”

The National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP) is the oldest US civil rights organisation and has given out Image awards for 42 years to honour people of colour in film, television, music and literature.




Perry, 41, one of the most prolific African-Americans in the US entertainment industry, was the man behind wins for comedy actor David Mann in the TV show “Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns,” and Kimberly Elise for her supporting role in “For Coloured Girls.”

“For Coloured Girls” brought a best movie and best director statue for Perry, who is also a producer, actor and playwright. The movie, based on the play by Ntozake Shange “For Coloured Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow is Enuf” is based on poems about the lives of women.

“I wanted to take this iconic work and introduce it to people who had never heard of it. ... There is nothing like having nine strong black women holding you up,” Perry said, referring to a cast that included Whoopi Goldberg and Janet Jackson.

Oscar-winner Halle Berry added another trophy to her collection, this time for her best actress performance as a woman with a multiple personalities in “Frankie & Alice.”

“If it were not for the NAACP, a little girl like me would not have had wind beneath her wings in a small town in Ohio,” she said. “I have never been more proud to be a black woman.”

Denzel Washington won the best actor Image Award for the action movie “The Book of Eli.”

Willow Smith, the 10 year-old daughter of actors Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, won the best new music artist award, beating out popular rivals Bruno Mars and rapper Nicki Minaj.

Smith’s first single, “Whip My Hair,” reached No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in late 2010.

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell received the NAACP President’s Award for special achievement in public service, earning a standing ovation.

Powell, the first African-American chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, paid tribute to the work of the NAACP in advancing civil rights since its foundation in 1909, but said there was more to be done.

“We still have youngsters who are in desperate straits, who need education, who need health care. ... (They) have to be given a sense of expectation,” he said.

“Even though we have come so far, we will need the NAACP for another 100 years, or until the work is done.”

The TV category saw honours for medical drama “Grey’s Anatomy,” while Vanessa Williams won the best actress Image Award for “Desperate Housewives” and “Modern Family” star Sofia Vergara took home the best supporting comedy actress award.

Melissa Leo wins first Oscar for ‘The Fighter’

Melissa Leo won her first Academy Award yesterday for her supporting role in “The Fighter,” a movie that propelled the 50-year-old actress into the mainstream for the first time in her career.

Leo was considered a favourite for the prize, but faced strong competition from both co-star Amy Adams and Helena Bonham-Carter for “The King’s Speech.” All played real-life characters.

But Leo seemed overwhelmed when she stepped up to receive her Oscar and let a rare “F-word” slip out on the movie industry’s biggest night.

“Will you pinch me?”, she asked presenter Kirk Douglas.





“Oh my god! Oh wow!. Really, really, really truly wow. I know there have been a lot of people saying some real, real nice things to me for several months now. But I am just shaking in my boots here,” she said.

Leo starred in “The Fighter” as Alice Ward, the feisty mother of two New England boxing heroes played by Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale, who picked up the best supporting actor award later in the show.

While her characterisation of the brassy matriarch was not exactly sympathetic, Leo has gone out of her way during awards season to paint Ward as an unsung heroine with a good heart.

Leo got the first language “bleep” of the awards show telecast, while thanking the members of the Ward family on whose story “The Fighter” was based.

She later apologised backstage for using the “F-word” — a rare incident at the live ceremony for the movie industry’s highest honours.

“I apologise to anyone they offend. There is a great deal of the English language that is in my vernacular. I did not mean to offend, and (it was) a very inappropriate place to use that particular word,” Leo told journalists.

Leo was nominated for an Oscar two years ago for her lead role in “Frozen River,” an arthouse drama that grossed just US$2.5 million at the North American box office. “The Fighter,” by contrast, has earned about US$88 million to date.

Leo thanked the members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences who had voted for her, adding that the Oscars are about “selling motion pictures and respecting the work.”

The other supporting actress nominees were Hailee Steinfeld for “True Grit” and Jacki Weaver for “Animal Kingdom”.

Melissa Leo wins first Oscar for ‘The Fighter’

Melissa Leo won her first Academy Award yesterday for her supporting role in “The Fighter,” a movie that propelled the 50-year-old actress into the mainstream for the first time in her career.

Leo was considered a favourite for the prize, but faced strong competition from both co-star Amy Adams and Helena Bonham-Carter for “The King’s Speech.” All played real-life characters.

But Leo seemed overwhelmed when she stepped up to receive her Oscar and let a rare “F-word” slip out on the movie industry’s biggest night.

“Will you pinch me?”, she asked presenter Kirk Douglas.





“Oh my god! Oh wow!. Really, really, really truly wow. I know there have been a lot of people saying some real, real nice things to me for several months now. But I am just shaking in my boots here,” she said.

Leo starred in “The Fighter” as Alice Ward, the feisty mother of two New England boxing heroes played by Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale, who picked up the best supporting actor award later in the show.

While her characterisation of the brassy matriarch was not exactly sympathetic, Leo has gone out of her way during awards season to paint Ward as an unsung heroine with a good heart.

Leo got the first language “bleep” of the awards show telecast, while thanking the members of the Ward family on whose story “The Fighter” was based.

She later apologised backstage for using the “F-word” — a rare incident at the live ceremony for the movie industry’s highest honours.

“I apologise to anyone they offend. There is a great deal of the English language that is in my vernacular. I did not mean to offend, and (it was) a very inappropriate place to use that particular word,” Leo told journalists.

Leo was nominated for an Oscar two years ago for her lead role in “Frozen River,” an arthouse drama that grossed just US$2.5 million at the North American box office. “The Fighter,” by contrast, has earned about US$88 million to date.

Leo thanked the members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences who had voted for her, adding that the Oscars are about “selling motion pictures and respecting the work.”

The other supporting actress nominees were Hailee Steinfeld for “True Grit” and Jacki Weaver for “Animal Kingdom”.

Christian Bale wins Oscar for ‘The Fighter’

Welsh-born actor Christian Bale won the Academy Award yesterday for his supporting role as a washed-up former boxing champ in “The Fighter”.

Bale, 37, dominated the various awards shows leading up to the Oscars, but pundits had said he might face some strong competition from Geoffrey Rush for “The King’s Speech”.




It marked the first win and first nomination for Bale, who lost 30 pounds (13.5 kg) to play the real-life role of Dicky Eklund, a former regional Welterweight boxing champion who succumbs to a cocaine addiction.

Bale is perhaps best known for his title role in the latest Batman films, though he was often overshadowed by co-stars such as posthumous Oscar-winner Heath Ledger. With “The Fighter,” he stole the thunder of headliner Mark Wahlberg who played Dicky’s pugilist younger brother, Micky Ward.

He becomes the third Welsh actor to win the best actor Oscar, after Ray Milland and Anthony Hopkins.

Besides Rush, Bale’s other rivals were John Hawkes for “Winter’s Bone”, Jeremy Renner for “The Town” and Mark Ruffalo for “The Kids Are All Right”.

Christian Bale wins Oscar for ‘The Fighter’

Welsh-born actor Christian Bale won the Academy Award yesterday for his supporting role as a washed-up former boxing champ in “The Fighter”.

Bale, 37, dominated the various awards shows leading up to the Oscars, but pundits had said he might face some strong competition from Geoffrey Rush for “The King’s Speech”.




It marked the first win and first nomination for Bale, who lost 30 pounds (13.5 kg) to play the real-life role of Dicky Eklund, a former regional Welterweight boxing champion who succumbs to a cocaine addiction.

Bale is perhaps best known for his title role in the latest Batman films, though he was often overshadowed by co-stars such as posthumous Oscar-winner Heath Ledger. With “The Fighter,” he stole the thunder of headliner Mark Wahlberg who played Dicky’s pugilist younger brother, Micky Ward.

He becomes the third Welsh actor to win the best actor Oscar, after Ray Milland and Anthony Hopkins.

Besides Rush, Bale’s other rivals were John Hawkes for “Winter’s Bone”, Jeremy Renner for “The Town” and Mark Ruffalo for “The Kids Are All Right”.

Mila Kunis almost nipslip with big breasts

Adding fuel to the rumors that Justin Timberlake’s penis accepted Mila Kunis‘ friend request (Don’t ever let me do that again.), he conveniently showed up to the Oscars sans Jessica Biel only to turn around and present an award with 95% of Mila’s breasts. Again, this could all be circumstantial evidence thanks to their new movie coming out, but it’s getting a little too suspicious. Next we’re going to find out “really good friends” knock each other up all the time and then marry each other for the tax credits. Doesn’t mean Jessica Biel’s a lesbian. Ha! Did her girlfriend tell you that? She’s a character.

Mila Kunis almost nipslip with big breasts

Adding fuel to the rumors that Justin Timberlake’s penis accepted Mila Kunis‘ friend request (Don’t ever let me do that again.), he conveniently showed up to the Oscars sans Jessica Biel only to turn around and present an award with 95% of Mila’s breasts. Again, this could all be circumstantial evidence thanks to their new movie coming out, but it’s getting a little too suspicious. Next we’re going to find out “really good friends” knock each other up all the time and then marry each other for the tax credits. Doesn’t mean Jessica Biel’s a lesbian. Ha! Did her girlfriend tell you that? She’s a character.