Tag: Natalie Portman
Venice 2008 – Natalie Portman’s EVE
Natalie Portman presented her debut as a director at the Venice Film Festival on Tuesday with a short movie “Eve” about a young woman who is dragged along to her grandmother’s romantic date.
A young woman, Kate, goes to visit her grandma Lola for a private dinner. She is surprised to find she is instead the third wheel at her grandma’s date with Joe.
“Eve” (17 minutes), screening out of competition in the Venice short film section, star Lauren Bacall, Ben Gazzara and Olivia Thirbly.
“New York, I Love You” Promo Trailer
Take a look at the promo trailer for “New York, I Love You” from the producer of “Paris, je t’aime” that opened the 2006 ‘Un Certain Regard’ section of the Cannes Film Festival.
“New York, I Love You” is a collection of 12 short films that will be a cinematic love letter to the Big Apple.
Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson are making their directorial debuts and helming their own segments. Portman also plays a Jewish bride.
Shia LeBeouf with Julie Christie and John Hurt is in a segment scripted by the late Anthony Minghella, which he was also set to direct until his death. He is replaced by Shekhar Kapur.
Hayden Christensen, Rachel Bilson, Chris Cooper, Anton Yelchin, Ethan Hawke and Kevin Bacon will take acting roles, whilst X-Men 3 helmer Brett Ratner will direct a segment. Continue Reading…
Natalie Portman pulls out of ‘Wuthering Heights’
Natalie Portman has reportedly angered studio bosses by quitting a big screen version of Wuthering Heights.
The actress actively lobbied for the role of heroine Catherine Earnshaw in the adaptation of Emily Bronte‘s 1847 novel after director John Maybury originally said he wanted to cast an English star.
He and producers Ecosse Films and HanWay gave Portman the part and agreed to her request for casting approval for central character Heathcliff, currently tipped for Michael Fassbender.
The film is scheduled to begin shooting in autumn.
Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson’s Best Films
The Boleyn Girls marks the first time two of Hollywood’s bigger names among young actresses, Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson, have worked together.But apart, they’ve worked plenty. What’s their best work?
Let’s take them one at a time.
Natalie Portman:
Star Wars: Episode I, II, etc. etc. (1999, 2002, 2005): Oh, wait, sorry. We said good, didn’t we? Bit of a misstep. Still, these films, in which Portman plays the wife of the future Mr. Darth Vadar, introduced Portman to a huge geek-happy fan-boy audience and kept her there for years. Probably not work she’s especially proud of – George Lucas tends to make actors behave like Pinocchio in the wanting-to-be-a-real-boy stage – but important enough that it’ll be on her tombstone.
Heat (1995): Frankly, we do not remember her in this movie, in which she played a character named Lauren Gustafson. But we liked the film so much we’re including it in the list. The same will hold true if we ever do one of these lists for Dennis Haysbert or William Fichtner. Continue Reading…
Johansson and Portman shared a ”L-kiss”
Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman, attending the Berlin premiere of the film, shared a kiss, while posing for pictures on the red carpet.
Perhaps Natalie’s bold move came as an attempt to change the public’s perception after recently proclaiming herself as “boring”.
But they both look like they’re forcing it.
Natalie Portman Wants Clothes Kept On
Most actresses will strip at the drop of a hat for a leading Hollywood role – but Nataile Portman wants to keep her clothes on.
She is sick of picking up scripts in which her character plays a stripper or prostitute and is on the hunt for a quirky romantic comedy.
But can the girl who got her kit off for ‘Hotel Chevalier’ really give squeaky clean and rising romantic comedy princess Katherine Heigl a run for her money?
Watch The Exclusive Clip From ‘The Other Boleyn Girl’
Empireonline.com has thrown up an exclusive clip from The Other Boleyn Girl.
‘The Other Boleyn Girl’ tells the story of the two Boleyn sisters, Anne (Natalie Portman) and Mary (Scarlett Johanssen), who compete for the love of King Henry VIII (Eric Bana), to whom one of them is meant to serve as mistress.
Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman are the latest W cover stars
Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson are the latest W cover stars – and what a smouldering pair they make.
Hollywood’s hottest starlets have teamed up for one of the most hotly-anticipated films of the year, The Other Boleyn Girl, in which they play the Boleyn sisters, Anne (Natalie) and Mary (Scarlett) fighting for the affections of Henry VIII, brought to life by Eric Bana.
The Other Boleyn Girl: Natalie Portman vs Scarlett Johansson
‘The Other Boleyn Girl’ is directed by Justin Chadwick, a long-time TV director, including of ‘Masterpiece Theatre: Bleak House’, debuting his second feature film. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Philippa Gregory and the screenplay was adapted by well-known British writer Peter Morgan (The Last King of Scotland, The Queen, Frost/Nixon).
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