OLIVER MARTINEZ CONFIRMS ENGAGEMENT TO HALLE BERRY!

 

 They were first reported to be on their way to wedlock back in mid-January, but days later it became unclear as to whether or not Halle Berry and Olivier Martinez were actually engaged due to uncertainty surrounding the jeweler who leaked the news' story.

Fast forward two months and now we have an official answer, as Martinez confirmed on Saturday (March 10) that he and the Oscar-winning actress are, indeed, engaged to be married!

While on-hand for the grand opening of his new South Beach restaurant Villa Azur, the French actor was asked by Miami.com if the engagement claims were for real, to which he replied, "Yes, of course it's true!"

As for the confusion that had arisen back in January, Olivier told that Gurhan Jewelry falsely claimed to have crafted the couple's rings, as he dished, "There is a jeweler taking credit for doing the ring and it's a lie! They have nothing to do with this."

Martinez added that the real ring designer was a jeweler from his Saint-Germain-des-Prés neighborhood in Paris named Robert Mazio, who's a "real artist" that has put together pieces for numerous French royals throughout his days.

 

MY FIANCE HAS NAHLA'S BACK - HALLE BERRY

Halle Berry's fiance Olivier Martinez proved he's strong enough to carry the family ... or at least Nahla ... during a fancy dinner date in Malibu this weekend.

After hearing the good news about Halle's stalker being re-captured by authorities, the gang hit up Nobu Saturday night.

Nahla looked pretty comfortable with Olivier ... tightly embracing the guy as he carried her out to the car.

As TMZ first reported, Nahla has issues with the other man in her life ... her father Gabriel Aubry ... telling the L.A. Department of Children and Family Services she's scared of him. Gabriel is now only allowed to see Nahla with a monitor present.

HALLE BERRY'S NEW MAN MOVES THE WEB

Halle Berry, care to amend your statement? The Oscar winner was adamant in 2004 when she told Oprah, and the world, "I will never marry again. I mean it with every bone in my body." But according to many reports, the star has had a change of heart, becoming engaged to the actor Olivier Martinez. The gossip magazine Us Weekly confirmed that the

Frenchman proposed over the holidays with a "one-of-a-kind" emerald-and-diamond ring from Gurhan.The happy news caused searches on Yahoo! to surge on the pair, including "olivier martinez actor," "olivier martinez biography," and "olivier martinez and halle berry."

The two met on the set of "Dark Tide," and went public as a couple in the fall of 2010. Perhaps it's not surprising that Berry was gun-shy of tying the knot a third time. Her two previous marriages ended in divorce: with former baseball player David Justice and then with singer Eric Benet.

Berry's most recent relationship, with ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry, resulted in their 3-year-old daughter, Nahla. The split ended in a nasty custody dispute. The man who caught Berry's eye was dubbed "the French Brad Pitt" and has caught notice for his acting abilities on both sides of the Atlantic. The Parisian received a César Award (the French Oscar) for "most promising actor" in 1994, and has starred in both French and American films, most notably "Unfaithful" and "S.W.A.T."

The 45-year-old has been romantically linked to actresses Mira Sorvino and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and, most recently, the Australian pop star Kylie Minogue. The former welterweight boxer who rides motorcycles -- and almost died on one some 10 years ago -- manged to avoid settling down, saying at one point, "I want just to be happy and peaceful. And that's not always the case when you're married."

Perhaps Berry would refer fans to her more recent declaration in Vogue in the September 2010 issue, when she admitted, "I'm not done with love, but I refuse to settle. I am a hopeless romantic."

That seems to make two of them.