Halle Berry to receive Sherry Lansing award

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LOS ANGELES -- Halle Berry has something else in common with fellow Oscar winners Meryl Streep and Jodie Foster: The Sherry Lansing Leadership Award.

The Hollywood Reporter says Berry will receive the honor next month at the paper's 18th annual Power 100: Women in Entertainment breakfast.

The award recognizes groundbreaking contributions to the entertainment industry. Besides Streep and Foster, past recipients include Barbara Walters, Glenn Close and Lansing herself.

Katy Winn,File / AP Photo - FILE - In this May 30,2009 file photo showing Halle Berry arriving at the Spike TV "Guys Choice" awards in Culver City, Calif. The Hollywood Reporter says Berry will receive the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award, the award recognizes groundbreaking contributions to the entertainment industry.

Hilary Swank will give the keynote address at the Power 100 breakfast, to be held Dec. 4 at the Beverly Hills Hotel.