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PHOTOS: Halle Berry is Flawless for "Interview Russia"

PHOTOS: Sean + Seng/INTERVIEW RUSSIA

Halle Berry is fabulous to the tenth degree for INTERVIEW Russia's November 2012 issue. The co-star of Cloud Atlas channels 1970s decadence in a huge Diana Ross-style afro and psychedelic platform shoes. The cover editorial was lensed by London-based fashion photographers Sean + Seng. The duo also photographed the Academy Award-winning actress for INTERVIEW Germany this month.

Berry is interviewed by Tom Tykwer, who co-wrote and co-directed Cloud Atlas with Andy and Lana Wachowski. Berry says that she was intrigued by the film's experimental format and the challenge of playing characters of different races and genders. Rough translation:

"They said, 'You have to play multiple roles.' But then it was aware of only one - the role of Meron, the heroine of stories taking place in the future. I would never have guessed that this is a result of six different characters, one of which is a man! Well at least that I had to play only three."

The gorgeous cover AFTER THE JUMP ...

REPORT: Anna Wintour Wants NBA Star Amar'e Stoudemire on "Vogue"

Vogue editor Anna Wintour is reportedly courting the Knicks' $100 million power forward Amar'e Stoudemire to cover Vogue, reports Page Six.

Wintour, who put LeBron James on her cover a few years back ... personally invited Stoudemire to last night's Fashion's Night Out runway show at Lincoln Center, and word is he'll join editor-at-large Hamish Bowles at the Tommy Hilfiger runway show on Sunday. "Amar'e wasn't planning on going out last night, but he changed his mind after getting the invite from Anna," said a pal of the athlete.

Hopefully Stoudemire won't be "styled" in the same King Kong-inspired "fashion forward" aesthetic as LeBron James, when he posed with Gisele Bundchen in March 2008 to become the first Black man to cover Vogue in its 115-year history.

In related news: Halle Berry covers the current September 2010 Vogue. Berry is the first non-white person grace the publication's all-important September issue in more than 20 years. "The last—and first, it should be noted—was Naomi Campbell’s in 1989," reports Styleite.com. "[Berry] is part of only a small handful of black cover stars ever. There have been a total of 14 in the history of the magazine and all its international editions."

Those numbers speak for themselves, no?