Celebrity Quotes of the Week: Toni Braxton Says Oprah Was Mean

Plus, Halle Berry, Jennifer Lopez and Alicia Keys.

Toni Braxton on her dream acting role:  - "I would like to play a lesbian. I don't know why. And do a whole make-out scene and the whole thing; just something completely different than people would expect from me. Not a lipstick lesbian, either."   (Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

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Toni Braxton on being interviewed by Oprah Winfrey in 1998:  - “She was so frickin’ mean to me, I was in shock.” (Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

Halle Berry: A One-Way Ticket to France - After a year of heartbreaking custody battles, courtroom drama and physical altercations with both her ex and the paparazzi, we think Halle deserves to be set free from her past and pursue a future with her fiancé Olivier Martinez and her daughter in paparazzi-free France. So, we'd like to get her a pair of one-way tickets to Paris.   (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Halle Berry on her desire to play Angela Davis: - “Her story is so fascinating. I would love to bring it to the screen. I would pick her brain to have a better understanding of her affiliation with the Black Panthers and that period from the 1960s.” (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

On taking control of her life: - "I hated life because, no matter what, it was a waste of my precious time to sit and wait for the people I was blaming to change my circumstances. Waiting had me feeling powerless which made me furious. I had to take my power back from the people and circumstances that had more power over me than my own will."   (Photo: Imeh Akpanudosen/Getty Images)

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Jada Pinkett Smith on rearing children:  - "We can't control what our kids learn anymore. We have to inform them and have real conversations … and [create] that foundation of them feeling assured in themselves." (Photo: Imeh Akpanudosen/Getty Images)

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Gov. Chris Christie on President Obama’s help after Hurricane Sandy: - "The president has been outstanding in this… He has been incredibly supportive and helpful to our state and not once did he bring up the election.”  (Photo: Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images)

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Gov. Chris Christie on President Obama’s help after Hurricane Sandy: - "The president has been outstanding in this… He has been incredibly supportive and helpful to our state and not once did he bring up the election.” (Photo: Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images)

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Jennifer Lopez to her beau Casper Smart on their first anniversary:  - “Today is ours! Thank you for sharing your beautiful smile with me everyday!”  (Photo: Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

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Jennifer Lopez to her beau Casper Smart on their first anniversary:  - “Today is ours! Thank you for sharing your beautiful smile with me everyday!” (Photo: Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

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Derek J on being told he’s too cute to be gay: -  “I don’t think that people understand the effect when you say, ‘He too fine to be gay.’ You basically saying we all ugly and ugly people suppose to be gay and that’s not cool!”   (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Cirque du Soleil)

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Derek J on NeNe Leakes: - “NeNe’s a very friend-oriented person, and she believes that if you are her friend, you are ‘her friend.’ We had a year of not really speaking with each other. She felt like me still going over to Kim [Zolciak] was a breach of friendship…” (Photo: Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Cirque du Soleil)

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Madonna to an audience at her New Orleans concert:  - “I don’t care who you vote for as long as you vote for Obama.”  (Photo: David Becker/Getty Images)

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Madonna to an audience at her New Orleans concert:  - “I don’t care who you vote for as long as you vote for Obama.” (Photo: David Becker/Getty Images)

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Mona Scott-Young on the insanity her series Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta shows:  - “Half the time my jaw is on the floor just like the audience’s is.”  (Photo: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

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Mona Scott-Young on the insanity her series Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta shows:  - “Half the time my jaw is on the floor just like the audience’s is.” (Photo: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

Alicia Keys on how she keeps her skin looking good:  - “My main thing is keeping it really clean and I try my best to just take everything off it at the end of the night."  (Photo: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for BET)

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Alicia Keys on how she keeps her skin looking good:  - “My main thing is keeping it really clean and I try my best to just take everything off it at the end of the night." (Photo: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for BET)

Al Thompson on his new web series Lenox Avenue:  - “Being born and raised in Harlem, I really wanted it to have its own series in a sense, especially with all the positive changes happening there.”  (Photo: BET)

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Al Thompson on his new web series Lenox Avenue:  - “Being born and raised in Harlem, I really wanted it to have its own series in a sense, especially with all the positive changes happening there.” (Photo: BET)

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Adult Fun - Ice-T and his wife Coco chill out on a sexy black croc embossed sofa at the Durex Get In-Sync Party at Chrystie 141 in New York City. (Photo: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)

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Coco on starting a family with Ice-T: - “Do I really say: 'Screw it, let’s have a baby right now and then put everything on hold?' No, I still feel like I’m young. Let’s do everything I want to do and then have the baby.” (Photo: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for Durex)

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Bradley Beal on getting drafted by the Washington Wizards:  - “Getting drafted to the NBA was a dream come true.” (Photo: Nick Laham/Getty Images)

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Bradley Beal on getting drafted by the Washington Wizards:  - “Getting drafted to the NBA was a dream come true.” (Photo: Nick Laham/Getty Images)

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