Don Cheadle was honored at the Los Angeles Film Festival Sunday night by actress Halle Berry, who gave a personal - and informative - speech about her fellow actor.

After congratulating Cheadle, 43, whom she affectionately calls “Che Che,” on receiving the Spirit of Independence Award, Berry coyly told the audience which included Jennifer Beals, Julia Nixon, Illeanna Douglas, and Loretta Devine: “I’m here to tell you tonight what you don’t know about Don Cheadle.”

In Halle Berry’s own words, here are some fun facts about the Hotel Rwanda actor:

a professional steamer. Really.”

His favorite pastime
“Golf. Don has a putting green in his backyard that he built so he can just putt, putt, putt, putt, putt and much to %26#91;wife%26#93; Bridget’s dismay, he’s always out there putting.”

His morning routine
“He makes breakfast for his children and then he drives them to school while Bridget stays home in bed. Yes Bridget! You’re going to have to explain to me how you trained him to do that!”

His favorite food
“I thought it was something sexy, something really robust. No, it’s tofu. Don Cheadle says no to fast food unless it’s a Wendy’s square burger with a frosty on the side.”

His exercise regime
“Ladies might want to know how Don Che Che keeps his sexy figure - ’cause he’s hot, he’s kinda got a sexy thing going on. He does Tai Chi every morning, or every other morning.”

His sense of humor
“Don is a funny, funny man in life and in movies he’s really funny. You know what makes him laugh? Any Pixar film. I don’t know what that says about him other than he has not been able to give up cartoons.”

His shoe size
“The ladies might understand why I was curious about this one. I said, ‘Bridget, what size shoe does Don wear?’ And she said, ‘He wears a 9.’ And I said, ‘Oh, for a little guy that’s a big deal that he wears a 9.’”

Berry ended her tribute on a more serious note, telling the Oscar-nominated actor, activist, producer and author: “Don, I want you to know that I admire you, I respect you. Your heart is one of the biggest of anybody, not only in this town, but anybody that I know and I’m honored to call you my friend.”

Video courtesy AP
The actor-filmmaker Time magazine once dubbed “Mr. Hollywood” was saluted by that very town Thursday night, as Warren Beatty became the 36th annual American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement honoree.

Several generations of actors - from Robert Downey Jr. to Angela Lansbury - turned out at the Kodak Theatre for the 71-year-old, who’s been a movie star since his 1961 vehicle opposite Natalie Wood, Splendor in the Grass, and a Tinsel Town force since his groundbreaking Bonnie and Clyde - which he starred in and produced in 1967.

But other distinctions were singled out, too. Halle Berry, Beatty’s 1998 Bulworth costar, referred to him as “the greatest white rapper of the past 15 years.”

She further revealed that, when it came to their working together, “there was the usual discussion with the studio if there should be a scene to spice up the movie - if somebody should go topless. But I have to say, to Warren’s credit, he put his foot down and he insisted on keeping his shirt on for the entire movie.”

Recollecting the memorable scene in 1981’s Reds when her character is reunited with Beatty’s after a long and potentially tragic period of time, Beatty’s former real-life romance Diane Keaton recalled how Beatty the director pushed her in take after take to find the real emotion of the moment, despite her resistance.

“Finally,” said a now very emotional Keaton at the Kodak, “there was this sweet anguish of love when I saw your face, in a moment shared in time together. Thank you, Warren, and congratulations.”

‘One-Foot-in-the-Grave’ Award

Longtime friend Dustin Hoffman, who costarred with Beatty in the much-trashed 1987 comedy Ishtar and the much-dismissed 1990 Dick Tracy, jokingly called the AFI ceremony the “one-foot-in-the-grave” award, and said, “It’s ironic that I’m here for the ‘movies-that-bombed’ portion of the evening.”

Hoffman added, as the two stars both raised their fists in solidarity, “Ishtar shall rise again.”

As for his politics, Beatty himself said, “I was a liberal when it was fashionable, I was a liberal when it was unfashionable, and I’m a liberal when it’s coming back into style.”

All in all, the event proved a lovefest, as was even demonstrated by the star attraction.

Loves Wife and His Sister

“I love my profession, because it’s introduced me to the person who’s given me the most important thing of all, which is her love and the love of our four children … Annette,” Beatty told the assembled, as his wife (since 1992), actress Annette Bening, teared up, and his sister, Shirley MacLaine, looked at her sister-in-law adoringly.

“I can thank the movies for leading me to you,” he said to Bening, while also paying tribute to MacLaine as “the person who set an example that I could do anything in life I wanted to do.”

• Reporting by SCOTT HUVER

More: Warren Beatty has been among PEOPLE’s most popular cover boys. To see him through the years, click here

Engagement rumors have swirled after new mom Halle Berry sported a diamond ring on her left hand at an event over the weekend - but no, it’s not what you’re thinking.

“It’s not an engagement ring,” a source close to the Oscar winner tells PEOPLE. As for reports suggesting that the ring, designed by Amrapali, was a gift from boyfriend Gabriel Aubry, “Halle just saw it and thought it was beautiful so she bought it for herself.”

Halle Berry, who gave birth on March 16 to daughter Nahla Ariela Aubry, is already back to looking red-carpet ready.

Seeking Halle’s secret, PEOPLE now reveals Berry’s body-after-baby workout. Here’s how she did it:

The Workout

Berry, 41, works out for 60 minutes, five days a week with trainer Ramona Braganza (whose other clients, according to her Web site, include Jessica Biel and Anne Hathaway). Their sessions include three cardio segments - on the elliptical, as well as kickboxing and then a stairs or hill climb - then also does a strength-training routine that include abdominal work and leg exercises.

Halle Berry is back on the scene just six weeks after giving birth - and she looks better than ever.

One day after she stole the show at a Beverly Hills auction in a plunging leopard-print dress, the 41-year-old stepped out again Monday, this time to host the Halle Berry Celebrity Charity Golf Tournament.

“She stood right next to me and posed,” said one lucky golfer at the benefit for the Jenesse Center, which helps domestic-violence victims and their families. “So sweet and funny. She said she wasn’t playing because she was taking care of the baby.”

“I only play golf because of my better half,” Berry said of Aubry later, as the golfers gathered for a celebratory lunch. (She also thanked her “sweetheart” for splashing out the cash for the event’s T-shirts and hats.)

Alas, Berry and Aubrey had to duck out at 4 p.m, just as the party was getting into full swing.

“I’m going to have to leave,” she said from the stage. “My baby is calling for my breast. So, if I don’t see everyone later, thank you!”