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Portman to receive Gotham honour

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:07:51 +0000

Natalie Portman will be presented with an award honouring her career from the Independent Filmmaker Project.
The Oscar-nominated Closer actress, who has branched out into directing and producing, will receive the tribute at the 19th annual Gotham Independent Film Awards, which take place at New York’s Cipriani Wall Street on November 30.
“From a young age, it has always been obvious that Natalie was a unique talent - her maturity was evident from the beginning, both in the roles she chose and the quality of her performances,” said Michelle Byrd, executive director of IFP.
Stanley Tucci will also be honoured for his outstanding career, which includes roles in The Devil Wears Prada, Road To Perdition and The Terminal.
“Stanley Tucci is one of the most versatile stage and screen actors of his generation,” Michelle said.
“He has been a longtime favourite in independent film but his recent successes in TV and more mainstream films have revealed his great talents to an even wider audience. With a new production company, we look forward to more great films with Stanley in front of and behind the camera.”
Director Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker, The Lovely Bones) and Working Title producers Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner will also receive gongs at the ceremony.
source: pa

Natalie Portman Heads Back to High School

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:18:41 +0000

A Harvard University graduate, Natalie Portman knows a thing or two about being one of the smartest girls around. Now, the actress is taking her experiences one step further by producing a new movie Booksmart which revolves around two overachieving high school students.
At the end of their high school career, the two girls realize that they have yet to reach one goal: getting a boyfriend. They soon embark on a journey to snag a man by prom.
Portman has recently stepped up her producing role: she and partner Annette Savitch have two other movies (Love and Other Impossible Pursuits and Hesher) in production which both star the actress.
Drew Barrymore’s production company Flower Films has been widely successful since their high school romantic comedy Never Been Kissed. Hopefully Portman will have similar luck!

source: radaronline.com

Mila Kunis Joins Natalie Portman In ‘Black Swan’

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 15:37:54 +0000

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Forgetting Sarah Marshall actress Mila Kunis is set to star opposite Natalie Portman in the upcoming supernatural drama Black Swan.
In the Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler) film, Portman plays a veteran ballerina competing against a rival dancer (Kunis) in an upcoming dance performance. The thing is, Mila may or not be a real person.
The film begins filming in NYC in the fall.
source: celebuzz

Natalie Portman to star in Marvel’s ‘Thor’

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:41:17 +0000

Marvel Studios announced today that Natalie Portman will star opposite Chris Hemsworth in Kenneth Branagh’s adaptation of Thor. The Academy-award nominated actress will play the nurse, Jane Foster, who becomes Thor’s first love. Filming is set to begin in early 2010 for a May 20, 2011 release. Portman will next be seen in Jim Sheridan’s drama Brothers opposite Jake Gyllenhaal and Tobey Maguire. While she was nominated for a supporting actress for her role in Mike Nichols’ Closer, Portman is best known to sci-fi fans for her role as Queen Padme Amidala in the Star Wars Trilogy.
source: hollywoodinsider

Top Chef Announces Sixth Season With Vegan Guest Natalie Portman

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:19:00 +0000

Yes, Natalie Portman actually enjoys food. And she’s going to prove it in the upcoming season of Top Chef: Las Vegas.
E! Online reports that the V for Vendetta actress will be appearing on the cooking show when it returns to the airwaves. In addition to Portman, the new season of Top Chef—which debuts on August 26—will feature guests such as illusionists Penn & Teller and renowned restaurateur Wolfgang Puck.
source: celebuzz.com

Natalie Portman Alive and Well

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:13:49 +0000

Natalie Portman is alive and well. It is the second false death rumour to sweep the internet in the last few days, after jeff Goldblum. According to mashable.com, the source of the stories is a web site known as faheawish.com, which actually will generate a story around the celebrity of your choice. Mashable.com reports as follows.
“As it turns out, there’s actually one site responsible for all of these stories – fakeawish.com. The site lets you input the name of a celebrity, and then generates a fictitious story about their untimely demise. The news story actually somewhat resembles a Yahoo News page, which is perhaps why these stories get wings and spread.”
So be forewarned. There are a lot of bogus death stories floating around. The reasons people would want to spread such twaddle would make for interesting speculation.
source: rantrave.com

Natalie Portman Denies Sean Penn Romance Rumors

Thu, 21 May 2009 02:53:14 +0000

Natalie Portman is firmly denying swirling rumors that she is romantically linked to “Milk” star Sean Penn, who recently filed for “legal separation” from his wife Robin Wright Penn after 13 years of marriage, E! Online reported.
“Sean Penn is a friend and colleague,” E! Online quotes the 27-year-old star of the upcoming “New York, I Love You.” “The reports that we are romantically involved are completely untrue. I normally do not respond to rumors about my private life, however, this repeatedly fabricated story has forced me to do so.”
Several tabloid reports have claimed the two are an item after being seen together in a West Hollywood bar shortly after Penn, 48, split from Wright Penn.
Penn and Portman both served on the 2008 Cannes Film Festival jury. Portman broke off her relationship with folk rocker Devendra Banhart last year.

source: foxnews

Penn dating Natalie Portman

Fri, 15 May 2009 00:51:31 +0000

ACTOR Sean Penn’s marriage to Robyn Wright Penn reportedly ended because he started dating actress Natalie Portman, said reports on Tuesday.
According to Star magazine, Penn, 48, and Portman, 27, have been dating since March 17.
The pair were seen kissing for over 45 minutes at the Tower Bar in LA’s Sunset Tower Hotel reported the magazine.
A source quoted by Star magazine said the couple first became friends when they worked together in May 2008 as jury members at the Cannes Film Festival in France.
“She stimulates him in ways no other person has, mentally or professionally,” a source told Star magazine.
“There’s a lot more there with Natalie than any of the other girls Sean’s been with.”
The Penns filed for divorce in April citing irreconcilable differences reported news.com.au.
It was the second time they started divorce proceedings - the first was in 2007.

source: straitstimes

Natalie Portman Launches Backstage Film Site

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:52:50 +0000

Natalie Portman has launched a new website giving film fans a chance to go behind the scenes on the making of films.
‘Making Of’ is founded by the actress along with consultant Christine Aylward. The pair have showed off the site and answered questions as part of a lecture series at the Apple Soho store in conjunction with the Tribeca Film Festival.
“I always find that when people visit me on site, they’re always so interested in how everything happens and what goes on,” says Natalie Portman.
“We realized there really isn’t a centralized place on the Web to get all that information, to hear from all the various parts of the team that make a film.”
She was quick to emphasize the site is a dot-com, meaning it hopes to make money.
Co-founder Aylward called it a “traditional Internet company” and indicated she has fielded interest from sponsors but the initial focus is on gathering content that people will want to watch.
So far ‘Making Of’ features lengthy conversations with actors Jason Bateman, Billy Bob Thornton, Olivia Thirlby as well as directors Ron Howard and Michel Gondry.
Portman and Aylward say they will soon add dozens more interviews as well as a community section where fans can interact with each other and professionals in the movie making business.
So should mainstream media companies who cover the entertainment industry be worried?
“There’s room for everyone,” laughed Natalie, before adding, “the people who provide the content that people really are looking for are the ones that succeed.
“Whether it’s quality or not is questionable, but obviously what people want sort of rules.”
Natalie Portman also has her own production company Handsomecharlie Films.

source: news.sky.com

Natalie Portman condemns Rwanda genocide

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:00:39 +0000

The year 1994 should have gone down in history as the year when hope and equality triumphed over oppression and racial division.
But, as the world celebrated the end of apartheid, elsewhere on the continent a genocide was about to commence. About 1million Rwandans were murdered and the international community chose to ignore it.

But ordinary people showed remarkable courage and resilience in the face of total despair. Now, 15 years later, it is that courage which has paved a new path for Rwanda.

But there is still work to be done. There are still schools to furnish, medication to administer and lives to rebuild. We must pledge to stand together in our mission to remember the atrocities.

We all share a duty to honour those who were murdered and support those who survived. We must pledge that crimes against humanity in a far-off country need just as vigorous a response as trouble on our own doorstep.

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