Natalie Portman steals thunder in new ‘Thor’ promo

Natalie Portman Steals Thunder in New ‘Thor’ Promo

Natalie Portman

The trailer for ‘Thor’ which aired during the Super Bowl left most comic-book connoisseurs unimpressed. But this new remix perhaps will light a fire. Chris Hemsworth ably brings Thor to life, but most of the talk is about Natalie Portman.

For those who are not yet addicted, the film tells the story of a mighty warrior [Thor] whose life among the gods ends when he restarts a war. For this he is banished from the realm of Asgard and must live among mortals. But once on Earth he redeems himself by defending its people against Asgard’s darkest villain.

And at his side you’ll find Natalie Portman.

Already favored to win an Oscar for ‘Black Swan,’ Porter appears as Jane Foster, the $150-million movie’s love interest. And what makes an Oscar candidate want to do comic-book movies, you ask? Easy – fellow Oscar nominee Kenneth Branagh was directing.

“I was just like, ‘Kenneth Branagh doing ‘Thor’ is weird!” she tells Movie Talk. “I’ve gotta do it!’”



As Jane Foster, Natalie plays an astrophysicist who meets Thor after he is cast down from Asgard, and the science aspect was a major factor in Natalie playing the role;

“I know it sounds silly, but it’s those little things that makes girls think it’s possible,” the 29-year old actress explains. “It doesn’t give them a role model of ‘Oh, I just have to dress cute in movies.’”

But the history of comic-book adaptations might make her think – Halle Berry won accolades for ‘X-Men,’ but her solo as ‘Catwoman’ was an unequivocal flop. Ben Affleck also won awards for ‘Good Will Hunting,’ but his role as the blind vigilante ‘Daredevil’ was a serious disappointment. And Josh Brolin’s outing in “Jonah Hex” is better forgotten.

But for comic book fans the next 18-months are a banquet – ‘Thor’ opens on May 6th, then ‘X-Men: First Class’ on June 3rd, and ‘The Avengers’ is currently slated to have them standing in line on May 4th, 2012.

Watch the trailer and let’s hear what you think? Does Natalie fit in the movie? And do you plan to see it – let’s hear your reviews….

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An Oscars Fashion Fantasy

An Oscars Fashion Fantasy

 

It's been a whirlwind red carpet season thus far, but we're all still waiting on the main event: The 83rd Annual Academy Awards. Styling decisions for the evening's heavy hitters—who include Natalie Portman, Michelle Williams, Leighton Meester and countless others—won't be finalized until the big day, but if we had it our way, this is how the night would play out. 

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2011 BAFTA Awards: The Show, The Winners

2011 BAFTA Awards: The Show, The Winners

Honoring the best and brightest in entertainment, the 2011 Orange British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) took place in London, England on Sunday evening (February 13).

Held at the Royal Opera House, the big winner ended up being "The King's Speech" - which took home numerous trophies including Outstanding British Film, Original Screenplay, Lead Actor, Supporting Actor & Actress and Best Film.

Meanwhile, Natalie Portman was named Best Actress for "Black Swan" while Colin Firth scooped up the Best Actor trophy for "The King's Speech" during the evening ceremony.

Other winners included "Inception" and "True Grit" while Tom Hardy won the Rising Star honors and J.K. Rowling was presented with Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema for the "Harry Potter" series.


The complete list of 2011 BAFTA winners is as follows:

BEST FILM
BLACK SWAN Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver, Scott Franklin
INCEPTION Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan

WINNER: THE KING’S SPEECH Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin
THE SOCIAL NETWORK Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca, Céan Chaffin
TRUE GRIT Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
127 HOURS Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy, Christian Colson, John Smithson
ANOTHER YEAR Mike Leigh, Georgina Lowe
FOUR LIONS Chris Morris, Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, Mark Herbert, Derrin Schlesinger

WINNER: THE KING’S SPEECH Tom Hooper, David Seidler, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin
MADE IN DAGENHAM Nigel Cole, William Ivory, Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
THE ARBOR Clio Barnard (Director), Tracy O’Riordan (Producer)
EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP Banksy (Director), Jaimie D’Cruz (Producer)

WINNER: FOUR LIONS Chris Morris (Director/Writer)
MONSTERS Gareth Edwards (Director/Writer)
SKELETONS Nick Whitfield (Director/Writer)

DIRECTOR
127 HOURS Danny Boyle
BLACK SWAN Darren Aronofsky
INCEPTION Christopher Nolan
THE KING’S SPEECH Tom Hooper

WINNERTHE SOCIAL NETWORK David Fincher

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
BLACK SWAN Mark Heyman, Andrés Heinz, John McLaughlin
THE FIGHTER Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson
INCEPTION Christopher Nolan
THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT Lisa Cholodenko, Stuart Blumberg

WINNER: THE KING’S SPEECH David Seidler

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
127 HOURS Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Rasmus Heisterberg, Nikolaj Arcel

WINNER: THE SOCIAL NETWORK Aaron Sorkin
TOY STORY 3 Michael Arndt
TRUE GRIT Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
BIUTIFUL Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik, Fernando Bovaira

WINNER: THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Søren Stærmose, Niels Arden Oplev
I AM LOVE Luca Guadagnino, Francesco Melzi D’Eril, Marco Morabito, Massimiliano Violante
OF GODS AND MEN Xavier Beauvois, Pascal Caucheteux, Etienne Comar
THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES Mariela Besuievsky, Juan José Campanella

ANIMATED FILM
DESPICABLE ME Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois

WINNER: TOY STORY 3 Lee Unkrich

LEADING ACTOR
JAVIER BARDEM Biutiful
JEFF BRIDGES True Grit
JESSE EISENBERG The Social Network

WINNER: COLIN FIRTH The King’s Speech
JAMES FRANCO 127 Hours

LEADING ACTRESS
ANNETTE BENING The Kids Are All Right
JULIANNE MOORE The Kids Are All Right

WINNER: NATALIE PORTMAN Black Swan
NOOMI RAPACE The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
HAILEE STEINFELD True Grit

SUPPORTING ACTOR
CHRISTIAN BALE The Fighter
ANDREW GARFIELD The Social Network
PETE POSTLETHWAITE The Town
MARK RUFFALO The Kids Are All Right

WINNER: GEOFFREY RUSH The King’s Speech

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
AMY ADAMS The Fighter

WINNER: HELENA BONHAM CARTER The King’s Speech
BARBARA HERSHEY Black Swan
LESLEY MANVILLE Another Year
MIRANDA RICHARDSON Made in Dagenham

ORIGINAL MUSIC
127 HOURS AR Rahman
ALICE IN WONDERLAND Danny Elfman
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON John Powell
INCEPTION Hans Zimmer

WINNER: THE KING’S SPEECH Alexandre Desplat

CINEMATOGRAPHY
127 HOURS Anthony Dod Mantle, Enrique Chediak
BLACK SWAN Matthew Libatique
INCEPTION Wally Pfister
THE KING’S SPEECH Danny Cohen

WINNER: TRUE GRIT Roger Deakins

EDITING
127 HOURS Jon Harris
BLACK SWAN Andrew Weisblum
INCEPTION Lee Smith
THE KING’S SPEECH Tariq Anwar

WINNER: THE SOCIAL NETWORK Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter

PRODUCTION DESIGN
ALICE IN WONDERLAND Robert Stromberg, Karen O’Hara
BLACK SWAN Thérèse DePrez, Tora Peterson

WINNER: INCEPTION Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Doug Mowat
THE KING’S SPEECH Eve Stewart, Judy Farr
TRUE GRIT Jess Gonchor, Nancy Haigh

COSTUME DESIGN
WINNER: ALICE IN WONDERLAND Colleen Atwood
BLACK SWAN Amy Westcott
THE KING’S SPEECH Jenny Beavan
MADE IN DAGENHAM Louise Stjernsward
TRUE GRIT Mary Zophres

SOUND
127 HOURS Glenn Freemantle, Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Steven C Laneri, Douglas Cameron
BLACK SWAN Ken Ishii, Craig Henighan, Dominick Tavella

WINNER: INCEPTION Richard King, Lora Hirschberg, Gary A Rizzo, Ed Novick
THE KING’S SPEECH John Midgley, Lee Walpole, Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen
TRUE GRIT Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff, Peter F Kurland, Douglas Axtell

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
ALICE IN WONDERLAND Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Sean Phillips, Carey Villegas
BLACK SWAN Dan Schrecker
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1 Tim Burke, John Richardson, Nicolas Aithadi, Christian Manz

WINNER: INCEPTION Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Peter Bebb
TOY STORY 3 Guido Quaroni, Michael Fong, David Ryu

MAKE UP & HAIR
WINNER: ALICE IN WONDERLAND Valli O’Reilly, Paul Gooch
BLACK SWAN Judy Chin, Geordie Sheffer
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1 Amanda Knight, Lisa Tomblin, Nick Dudman
THE KING’S SPEECH Frances Hannon
MADE IN DAGENHAM Lizzie Yianni Georgiou

SHORT ANIMATION
WINNER: THE EAGLEMAN STAG Michael Please
MATTER FISHER David Prosser
THURSDAY Matthias Hoegg

SHORT FILM
CONNECT Samuel Abrahams, Beau Gordon
LIN Piers Thompson, Simon Hessel
RITE Michael Pearce, Ross McKenzie, Paul Welsh
TURNING Karni Arieli, Saul Freed, Alison Sterling, Kat Armour-Brown

WINNER: UNTIL THE RIVER RUNS RED Paul Wright, Poss Kondeatis
THE ORANGE WEDNESDAYS RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
GEMMA ARTERTON
ANDREW GARFIELD

WINNER: TOM HARDY
AARON JOHNSON
EMMA STONE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Natalie Portman And Mila Kunis: Two Different Takes On SAG Fashion

Natalie Portman And Mila Kunis: 

Two Different Takes On SAG Fashion

Last night was most certainly Natalie Portman‘s night. Not only did she snag ‘Best Actress’ for her role in Darren Aronofsky’s ballet drama ‘Black Swan’, but she owned the SAG red carpet while wearing a white column gown which beautifully showed off her growing baby bump. Talk about popping!

This is the first set of pictures where Natalie truly looks pregnant. Doesn’t she look beautiful!?

Not to be outdone, Mila Kunis opted for a colorful red chiffon dress from the Alexander McQueen resort. As Rachel Zoe would say, ‘I DIE’.


Which look do you prefer? Natalie Portman’s SAG dress or Mila Kunis’ SAG dress?

 

 

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63rd Annual Directors Guild Of America Awards

63rd Annual Directors Guild Of America Awards

Toasting the best films to grace the big screen through the duration of 2010, the stars gathered together for the 63rd Annual Directors Guild Of America Awards in Hollywood, California on Saturday night (January 29).

Dressed in their finest garb, big names such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Natalie Portman, Sofia Vergara and Amy Adams showed at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland while settling in at their designated tables for the evening's proceedings.

Also in attendance for the annual Tinseltown fete were "The Social Network" star Andrew Garfield, as well as Kevin Spacey, James Cameron, Harvey Weinstein, Clint Eastwood and Colin Firth.


As for the ladies, Claire Danes, Julia Stiles, Jenna Fischer, Helena Bonham Carter, Jennifer Lawrence, Helen Mirren and Melissa Leo all added their very own touch of beauty to the swanky red carpet affair.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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