Halle Berry may have thought she was paying Helen Mirren a compliment when she called her "hot" at the Hollywood Reporter's December 7 Women in Entertainment breakfast, but her words might have left "The Tempest" star steaming.

Presenting the 65-year-old actress with the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award, Berry told her, "Helen, you have single-handedly, all by yourself, broken down that barrier because you can age, you can do films that are successful, and you can still be hot as hell!"

So what's the problem? "The Queen" star says she hates being hailed for her appearance. "We have to let go of this crap," Mirren tells the Hollywood Reporter, admitting that she feels "cross" when the media focuses on her sex appeal.

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There's no sibling rivalry between Dakota Fanning and her kid sister Elle.

Though 12-year-old Elle has been generating lots of buzz around Hollywood for her role as the daughter of a hard-living actor in the upcoming drama "Somewhere," Dakota, 16, couldn't be happier that her sister's star is on the rise.

"She's really proud of me and I'm really proud of her, and we go and visit each other on sets," Elle tells CNN of her relationship with "The Runaways" star.

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Jack Black and Jason Segel are getting quite animated this holiday – in every sense of the word.

The funnymen are starring in a new cartoon in which they duet on the 1977 Bing Crosby/David Bowie classic, "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy."

The tuneful toon, which appears on CollegeHumor.com, opens with fretful "How I Met Your Mother" star Segel, 30, heading over to Black's house because he needs more ginger for the cookies he's baking.

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