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Payne was arrested Friday for removing the tags from a $1,300 Burberry trench coat at a Costa Mesa, Calif., Saks Fifth Avenue and walking out without paying, according to police.

The subject of the film Who is Doris Payne?, the West Virginia native has a rap sheet at least six feet long, and is known for her lifelong career pilfering diamond rings from jewelry stores from Las Vegas to New York, and Paris to Tokyo.

Payne, who was out on parole at the time of her arrest, is currently in custody without bail for a probation violation.

Haiti’s devastation was a uniting cause during the telethon, one that especially touched the hearts of Halle Berry and Taraji P. Henson, who answered phones.

“I want to do every single thing I can do that can help,” said Berry, who also made a plea for donations during the show. “Haiti can’t have enough money at this point. … If you’ve given, give again. If you’re ambivalent, open your heart.”

Henson echoed Berry’s conviction.

“I can’t express how important it is to continue to donate,” the “Curious Case of Benjamin Button” actress said. “Imagine wherever you live, waking up, and it’s turned to rubbish. Even if you think you’ve done enough, you can never do enough. Just put your loved ones’ faces on the faces of the people of Haiti.”

“Thanks so much for giving to give and care about the children and families of Haiti,” Berry said to those who donated during Friday’s telethon. “It is the best money you’ll give in 2010, mark my words.”

And, there will be performances from Sting, Keith Urban, Jennifer Hudson, Dave Matthews, Taylor Swift, Bono, Shakira and many, many others.

Sure, the entertainment is the draw. But, George Clooney, who has put this event together, says he hopes people will give whatever they can. He says “it can be anything. It can be five bucks.”

All the performances will be for sale on iTunes tomorrow, to add to the fund-raising. The Web site, www.HopeForHaitiNow.org, will be up by 12noon Eastern time today to taken donations.

The telethon will air on nearly every broadcast station and about 24 cable stations. It all starts tonight on NBC 24 beginning at 8 o’clock.

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2010 Appearances: 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards – Arrivals
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The “Monster’s Ball” star was awaiting to go through security checks with her partner Gabriel Aubry and their 22-month-old daughter Nahla, when the male model asked a cop to help speed up the process.

The pair was swept past customers and hurried through security, much to the annoyance of travelers who had been waiting in the line for over an hour. Now, Montreal police inspector Jimmy Cacchione – who is in charge of the airport’s police has chastised the officer in question for giving Berry special treatment and has vowed never to let it happen again.

He tells Access Hollywood, “The (boyfriend) of Ms Berry asked if they could go faster through the line because they were late and they had the baby. The officer took the personal initiative to allow them to go through the line faster, but that’s not something the Montreal police supports.”

Halle Berry has launched Pure Orchid, her second fragrance for women:

Beauty blooms within. A seductive, sensual experience awaits you with Halle Pure Orchid, the floral, woody fragrance from Halle Berry.

The notes for Pure Orchid include jungle cactus flower, lemon, blackberry creme, star anise, masdevallia orchid, giant sequoia and patchouli.

Halle Berry Pure Orchid is available in 15 ml Eau de Parfum, $16, and I’ll update when more sizes become available. It can be found now at Walmart. (via walmart, with many thanks to APassionateJourney for the tip!)

Is a People’s Choice Award enough, or does it have to be an Oscar?

In case you were stuck in an airport lineup yourself yesterday and haven’t yet heard, Oscar-winning actor Halle Berry and her model husband were spotted on Monday jumping a U.S. Customs queue at Trudeau international airport – with the help of a Montreal Police officer.

While others waited more than an hour in line – stomachs grumbling for breakfast, babies screaming to high heaven – the A-list couple were whisked with their 22-month-old daughter right through to the comfort of their executive class seats on an Air Canada plane to Los Angeles.

Aéroports de Montréal, which manages the airport, says it doesn’t give preferential treatment to anyone – in most cases they’re not even notified when a VIP comes through the sliding doors.

Air Canada said it doesn’t differentiate based on celebrity, either, but rather according to fares.

As executive class passengers, Berry and her partner, Montreal-born Gabriel Aubry, were entitled to priority lines through check-in, boarding and security, said Air Canada spokesperson Isabelle Arthur.

“It’s a question of the passenger who buys the ticket,” Arthur said. “The fare they’ve paid entitles them to a different level of service. … Go online and see the difference in price.”

Indeed, if they were to book their tickets today to travel on Monday in executive class, Berry and Aubry would each pay $3,373 for a direct flight to L.A., compared with $216 to fly through Chicago in economy.

Certainly $3,000 should pay for a seat in the Maple Leaf Lounge, and maybe even a meal on board.

But should your fare really determine how long it takes to get through customs or security – where everyone must expose themselves for the greater good?

Mathieu Larocque, a spokesperson for the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority, said CATSA’s job only begins when you get to the X-ray scanners and pat-downs.

“How they get to our door is not our responsibility,” he said.

Berry and Aubry were properly “processed” through security, Larocque added.

As it turned out, it was a lone police officer acting on his own initiative – and against police policy – who helped Berry and her family skip to the front of the U.S. Customs line.

Montreal Police Inspector Jimmy Cacchione, who heads the 36-member unit that patrols the Montreal airport – and particularly since 9/11 the U.S. departures area – said the officer was approached by Aubry and made a spur-of-the-moment decision to help them.

The Montreal police don’t pick favourites, however, said Cacchione, and it was bad timing on the officer’s part, so soon after new security measures have meant even longer lines for regular folk.

After a Montreal journalist, Marie-Eve Paradis, who happened to be on the same flight, wrote about the experience on her blog, it’s understandable why people would be upset, Cacchione said.

Paradis, who waited her turn in the customs line, was then berated by an Air Canada employee for being late to board the flight.

As for Berry, with a 22-month-old in her arms, she could have just asked an Air Canada employee for a free pass – whatever fare she paid – and probably would have got it.