Taking time to bond with her precious daughter Nahla, Halle Berry was spotted out and about in Los Angeles yesterday afternoon.

The “Monster’s Ball” babe carried her little one in her arms as she made her exit from Cravings eatery, doing her best to avoid the paparazzi.

And it looks like Nahla is already turning into a fashionista, as she sported some very stylish red sunglasses to complete her already-adorable outfit.

Next week, Nahla will be celebrating her second birthday and you can be sure mama Halle will throw her a proper party.

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Nahla’s growing beautifully, click through the gallery to see pictures of her taken over the last two years:

At the dawn of the 21st century in 2001, Halle Berry received an Academy Award for Best Actress in “Monster’s Ball.” She was the first Black woman to win the award as Best Actress since the Academy of Motion Pictures had started awards presentation in 1927. Black women have been woefully absent from the academy class for approximately 82 years.

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Check out Miss Berry glowing in casual jeans and t-shirt below:

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Halle Berry never fails to give us glamorous drama, with her ever-evolving hairstyles.

Her styles have changed dynamically over the years, though she always maintains the movie-star allure that lends itself well to her ultra-glam persona. She manages to balance her polished, fab sophistication with her down-to earth appeal, and never appears overdone.

Check out 20 of our favorite Halle hairstyles in the gallery below. Also, go to ELLE to vote on your favorites.

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Should all celebrities get special treatment?

In the last few weeks, there have been several airport scares – the “underwear” bomber on Flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day, the man who trespassed a security cordon without permission in Newark, etc.

These men – one harmful, the other not so much – caused headaches and worry throughout the nation.  However, Halle Berry runs late and she is allowed to bypass the security checkpoint at a Montreal airport without so much as a signature to prove her identity.

“The (boyfriend) of Ms. Berry asked if they could go faster through the line because they were late and they had the baby,” said Insp. Jimmy Cacchione.

Now, I’m not saying Halle Berry is a threat – unless, of course, she’s on the road – but who’s to say that her exemption didn’t make other passengers uncomfortable? Not only were they blatantly treated as second-rate citizens, as they received no special treatment and were reminded of their sad non-celeb status, but they got to see first-hand, right before their eyes, a breach of security – at what could not be a worse time. And all because of a personal preference and request?

Marieve Paradis said she spotted the family bypassing the lengthy lineup while other passengers waited for hours to get to U.S. Customs. “I’m not sure people are very happy to learn that their tax money is used for escorting celebrities.” She barely made the morning flight herself after arriving three and a half hours ahead of departure as a result of the recently-heightened security checks.

I’m sure Ms. Berry is not the first person to have been running late, carrying a child, or become frustrated with customs in an airport, but in a time where terror alerts are high, should she have been detained like the rest of us? (At the very least, to put us at ease?) Or did she deserve the special treatment?

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We’ve all heard the story about the abuse Halle has gone through in a previous relationship, but now the Oscar-winning actress has decided to speak on the abuse that she saw her mother and older sister go through as a child.

Halle has never spoken publicly about the beatings her mother recieved by her father, Jerome Jesse Berry, who left her family in Cleveland, Ohio, when she was four. But she has said a boyfriend once hit her so hard she is still largely deaf in her left ear. The 43-year-old actress has been a low-key volunteer on the night shift at the Jenesse centre in Los Angeles for years but has only now chosen to reveal this part of her life, discussing for the first time how her father beat her mother and how she escaped her own abusive relationships.

According to timesonlinecom, Berry said she and her elder sister, Heidi, were still recovering from witnessing the violence inflicted on their mother, Judith, a retired nurse who was born in Liverpool:

“I saw my mother battered, and could not do anything to stop it,” she said. “My father was tyrannical, lashing out at her for no reason. I felt the effects that had on our family — I’ve experienced what these women have gone through.”

She said her mother was still working out why she took it for so many years. “That is a deep question, and I am not sure she will ever come up with one answer. I have one answer to anyone in a similar situation — get out.”

Berry never forgave her father, a hospital porter, even as he lay dying with Parkinson’s disease in 2003. He sold his account of their estrangement to a tabloid “for a pack of beer and cigarettes,” Berry said.

She wondered if her parents’ relationship had affected her past romances.

She said: “I never had to run to a shelter, but I did choose the wrong partners. Not always good men. Luckily, in recent years, I have been smart enough to hit the door when violence even becomes a possibility. That is something I will not tolerate.”

After two failed marriages, Halle is now settled with her boyfriend,Versace model Gabriel Aubry, and their 20-month-old baby girl, Nahla.

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Take a look at Halle below:

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Check out photos of Halle and her baby girl below (so00o cute!):

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