2004's CatWoman: A Flop! Halle Berry Scratches Back!

  CATWOMAN

* Release date: July 23, 2004

* Estimated cost: $100 million

* Domestic gross: $40.2 million

First of all, let it be known that Halle Berry is a friend to Interracial Love Magazine. We love her! But, something was bothering us, if Halle is so well-received as Storm on X-Men, what happened in Catwoman?

Let's take a look.

It was inevitable after Michelle Pfeiffer stole scenes as Catwoman in "Batman Returns" that her black-latexed anti-heroine would get a spinoff of her own. But when the inevitable occurred in 2004, this time with Halle Berry playing the character, audiences tried hard to cover up the kitty litter.

No one involved with the movie came out unscathed. Not Berry, who just two years earlier had won an Oscar for "Monster's Ball"; not Sharon Stone, who chewed up the scenery as the movie's villainess; and not Pitof, the French filmmaker making his American directorial debut. He went back to his native land and hasn't directed a theatrical feature since. The movie is another example cited by studios in their long-held contention that female superhero movies just don't work.

So, what did Halle have to say about her role in Catwoman? Let's get her take, shall we? 

Halle Berry says making Catwoman was a highlight of her career despite it being a box-office flop.

The movie was slammed by critics and Berry's performance was awarded a Razzie – the prize for Hollywood's worst acting.

"I had a wonderful experience on Catwoman, a wonderful experience," she commented. "Some perform well, some don't. The audience has a right to reject certain things. But it doesn't mean the experience was anything less meaningful for me than anything else I've ever done."

"In fact it was one of the highlights because I pushed myself and grew as an artist in ways that never will be realised by anybody but me. To me it was well worth it."

The apparent belief that fans would pay solely to see Halle Berry in a skintight leather unitar, all while taking in the idea of a all-new Catwoman, unrelated to the real Catwoman, was from from purr-fect.  

Even the video game was a flop! (ouch!)

Cupcake of the Week: Jazzie Belle

Cupcake of the Week: Jazzie Belle

• Jazzie Bell Measurements 
• Jazzie Bell Bio
  

Jazzie Belle Measurements and Stats

• Height: 5' 5"
• Weight: 135 lbs
• Measurements: 36-26-38
• Hair color: Black
• Hair length: Long
• Eye color: Brown
• Ethnicity: Black
• Skin color: Brown
  

Growing up in Detroit, Michigan where she was the baby girl out of 10 siblings, Carlita never had a problem standing out in the crowd as her own individual. Carlita opted to unleash the tight grip of her father's possessive hold in order to become a female rapper.

 So, Carlita and her best friend of more than 10 years formed a group together called Glamour Girlz. Carlita was now known as Jazzie. Utilizing the same ambition she had at her days in school, Glamour Girlz entered several talent shows, appeared in local rap artists' music videos and landed a role as an extra's in Eminem's monstrous debut movie "8 Mile".

Glamour Girlz moved to New York City to pursue their dreams of attaining a major record deal. Unfortunately, that dream was short-lived when the girls decided to part ways and pursue solo projects.

Always being told of her exotic beauty, Jazzie chose to give modeling a shot.

That feat worked and editors of men's magazines took notice.

Others were shocked to find out that after ten months of modeling, Jazzie had been featured in major men's magazines such as Feds Sweets Magazine, The Source, Hip Hop Weekly and AS IS Magazine and Cover Girl of Straight Stuntin with 50 Cent.

 

Jazzie Belle

What Married Women Should Know About Strip Clubs

Women know that strip clubs exist. They also know that their man MIGHT have frequented these establishments; no more than once or twice, right? It was, what...the best friend's bachelor party. That was it. Yeah, right!

The reality is your man may attend anywhere from the occasional, every 6 month visit, to 3x-4x (or more) a month.

As a matter of convenience, women like to categorize strippers and porn under the category of infidelity. 

As a man, I'd like to argue the point for men and say that it's a lot of harmless, innocent fun, that women are not aware of what occurs in the club, and there are boundaries from anything going too far.

Sorry, fellas...I have to speak the truth.  

1) There is nudity

Amongst a sea of half-naked women in lingerie, bikinis, and special-made costumes that don't quite fit either category, we're going to see everything eventually.

2) Club Owners and Managers want you to have the best "experience." 

Why do you think that these clubs are always in the news for violations.Violations consist of costume violations to lap dancing infractions. I must say that clubs vary from "absolutely no touching" and "absolutely no nudity" to the exact opposite. The laws differ from state to state and city to city.

Clubs take a portion of their "employees" earnings.

3) Strippers soon realize that pushing the limits of the entertainer/customer exchange has its benefits.

Most men need a little encouragement to open their wallets, whether its out of shyness or economic reasons; because of this dancers will often initiate physical contact ranging from tweaking your nipples, playing with your hair, rubbing your crotch, grinding their body against you, or exposing themselves.

4) Lap Dances

Once the stripper has enticed you over to the club's "private area," things get much more intimate. The typical "dance" can last anywhere between a timed, 3 minutes up to the entire length of one song. The cost of the lap dance may run a guy anywhere from as little as $10 in the real "hole-in-the-wall" clubs to upwards of $20 - $50 or more.

At some clubs, they have developed an alternative to the row of sofas and couches in the normal lap dance area. There are private booths that offer more privacy, from which a higher amount can be requested from the customer.

Since many clubs allow the dancer to have "FULL CONTACT" with their customer, you can expect to do just about anything and everything while keeping your pants on. The typical position is the dancer grinding on the man's crotch, stuffing both breasts in his mouth, with the man holding a handful of ass in both hands. The goal of the stripper is to prolong the lap dance for as many 3 minute intervals or songs as possible. The result of all this grinding and sucking? Well, let's just say that it can get a little "sticky" from here, if you know what I mean?  

5) Massage Rooms

In some areas of the country, there are clubs that take it even further. You and your dancer can leave the main entertainment area of the strip club, head down a flight of steps, and enter a "personal room" for 2...or 3...or 4, etc. (Yes, some men like to get lap dances and private dances from more than one stripper.)

I do not have much experience in this area. But, I believe time in this room will cost upwards of $150 or more. The customer has the liberty of seeing his chosen girl fully nude and is allowed to conclude their time together by openly massaging his own joystick himself to orgasm.

Ladies, so there you have it. Bookmark this article and share it with your man the next time you hear him and his boy are thinking of going.

You can learn a lot from a strip club though, ladies. Here a man is treated like a king. A women will "hit on him," listen to him, and respond to him in a sexual nature. Everything you stopped doing at home.

Mix that with good music and alcohol, and he may be at the strip club more than you think!

But, don't get it twisted, the girls find him just as repulsive as you now do, they just know how to tolerate him long enough to get paid. Leaving him to come home sticky...and broke!