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| Thursday, May 8th, 2008... |
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[ Frankly my dear.....] - Okay, wrong movie. According to the Daily Mail, Natalie has left the remake of Wuthering Heights, leading to mass panic. Seriously, some of the quotes are hilarious.
An insider on the film said: "It's fair to say we were seduced by her and we should have been on our guard."
Seduced? On their guard? Its not like she's some cat burglar who has run away with the jewels for crying out loud. I assume she wasn't happy with the direction the project was heading in and opted out. Damn inconvenient for sure but filming is still months away. A little perspective please.
Gonna see if I can get confirmation and maybe some more details but thanks to Shoe89 for the find.
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[ the optometrist wouldn't approve..] - Hi
Today we kick things off with something rather unique. Last year Natalie did a tour of universities to give talks about FINCA and microfinance. A few of you were able to get in but obviously most of us had to make do with photos and write ups. Well, now Pasha has found an audio recording of her Stanford University appearance so the rest of us can get a bit more informed. It mostly stays on topic but there are a couple moments, like Natalie relating about finding out that there were already a couple dozen Myspace pages claiming to be hers, that every fan would enjoy.
You can listen and download it over here.
Last night there was a concert at Radio City for Israel's 60th Anniversary. Natalie was not just attending but actually emceeing the event. *Edit: Link fixed.* Hopefully we'll be able to find out how it went soon. Thanks to Fanatical.
And finally, those of you who enjoy how different Devendra is are going to love this, while those of you who think he's too weird will be shaking your heads.
Devendra goes shopping for some...toys.
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| Tuesday, May 6th, 2008... |
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[ downer..] - Hola
Normally I have good news but today's update and poll is about omissions. The last few days Natalie has failed to make...
- The Time 100 Most Influential People list
- The MTV Movie Awards Nominations
- People Magazine's Most Beautiful People list
Now, personally I'm cool with her missing out on the first two. The Time list is really hard to get onto and Natalie hasn't made any MTV friendly films since V for Vendetta. However, not making the most beautiful list while someone like Kate Hudson can be number 1, is a bit mind boggling.
What do you guys thing? It's time for a...
...new poll.
Here are the results of the previous poll:
How do you feel about the plans to redesign the look of the site?
I dunno. It all depends on the new look. 46.77% (275 votes)
Great news. Time for a change. 44.73% (263 votes)
Bad news. I like it the way it is. 7.99% (47 votes)
But on the plus side, Natalie's mom has been named by Mingling Moms as one of the best mothers in Long Island. Dina Lohan (Lindsay's mom) was also named, which is a bit of a joke but the Mingling Moms clarified the situation by saying that they were essentially just picking moms of famous people.
That's all a bit unfortunate because I think Natalie's mom deserves all the credit in the world for the job she's done raising Natalie, in a system that seems almost setup to destroy child stars and families.
Thanks to Peter.
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| Monday, May 5th, 2008... |
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[ importmaner..] - Hiya
Since things are a bit quiet, I might as well make a little site announcement. When Pasha came on board last year, it was always going to be for a limited period of time. She's now starting law school in the fall but will continue to work on the site till then (I think).
Instead of waiting till the last moment, I've brought omgzrachel on board to learn the ropes and eventually take over the image gallery section from Pasha. You'll maybe know omgzrachel from the comments section, the forum or from her brief stint as a backup dancer during Britney Spears' Donuts and Vodka tour.
Our image gallery system is a bit of a mess. It started doing really strange things last year and eventually we realized that we needed to do something about it. So Kris setup a new system and Rachel and I (also got to mention the help that Sak and Pasha gave along the way) have been doing the mind numbingly boring process of importing every single album. One. At. A. Freaking. Time.
We should finally be finished in a couple days and then Kris just needs to implement it nicely into our site.
This little diatribe is to serve as a partial excuse for the minimum amount of updates lately. Posting news is one thing but when there isn't news, at the moment I would rather get this gallery updated instead of trying to come up with something to update with.
So sorry about that but as I said, we're almost done.
Just a couple bits and bobs today.
Bloomdude claims to have seen and chatted to Devendra and Natalie at a pizza joint on Sunday. A pinch of salt might be required for this. Guess Natalie was right to doubt that she could stick to the strict vegan diet.
Trini sends word that Natalie is on the cover of the Canadian Elle. She says that the cover might be a new image. Could any of our Canadian friends confirm?
UPDATE - Yup, its an old pic. Thanks to Marina.
And finally, Tila Tequila mentioned that Natalie was her celeb crush in People magazine. I don't actually know who Tila is but I have a feeling I'm better off not knowing. Thanks to Amber.
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| Sunday, May 4th, 2008... |
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[ Nat and Dev number 9..] - Hiya
Below we have high res images from the new Devendra and Natalie set. Natalie looks really gorgeous in them and Devendra, with his shave, looks pretty hunky to these eyes. Thanks to Fanatical.
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Click for gallery
Seeya soon.
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| Friday, May 2nd, 2008... |
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[ rock and rick roll..] - Hiya
Not much happening on the news front this week but we do have a brand new photo of the happy couple. Dev is even sporting a trimmed beard.
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Thanks Fanatical.
We also have some nice updates to old galleries.
Moonlighting as a babysitter in Central Park
Magorium reshoots gallery
Leaving apartment gallery
Thanks Pasha.
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| Wednesday, April 30th, 2008... |
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[ Behold - Nat the director..] - Hiya
We've finally got the first images of Natalie working behind the camera - shooting her short for NY, I Love You. The directors guild just got considerably prettier.
Thanks to zacharias fox for this important set.
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Click for the rest.
I think its time for a new poll and since we're planning a redesign...
Vote and tell us what you think
Here are the results of the previous poll:
Natalie's super happy mood is a result of?
She's just in a good place in her life. Devendra is part of the result, not the cause. 32.51% (184 votes)
Devendra being the best grower of weed on the west coast. 26.33% (149 votes)
Devendra showing her how to relax and loosen up even when the cameras are on her. 13.78% (78 votes)
She's lost her mind! 13.43% (76 votes)
Being head over heels in love with Devendra. 13.25% (75 votes)
Finally, if you live in or near Vancouver, you could win one of 25 double passes to My Blueberry Nights screenings in the city. Just join this Facebook group and leave a related wall post before the 16th of May.
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| Monday, April 28th, 2008... |
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[ Broadway..] - Wow, the new photos just keep on coming. I think we've now had something like 15 new sets of photos this month, which could be close to a record.
This new set is of Natalie attending the opening night of the new Broadway musical, The Country Girl. Thanks to Fanatical, Marina and Gossip Girl.
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UPDATE - Gallery now with 4 new HQ images. Thanks to Terminator.
Just one other thing for today, V4V spotted that Andrew Lincoln has been cast as Edgar, in the Wuthering Heights adaptation/remake. He's probably best known as being this guy from Love Actually.
Seeya soon.
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[ Two new galleries..] - Well, the candids keep pouring in. Here are two new sets of a beautiful though seemingly worried Natalie.
April 26th, 22 MQ
April 27th, 4 HQ thanks to Isa
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| Saturday, April 26th, 2008... |
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[ cone dog..] - Hiya
We've really been blessed with candid photos recently and today's update continues the trend.
We kick things off with two new (brief) galleries.
Natalie with some friends in Central Park.
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And Natalie walking her funny looking boy. No, not that one.
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Thanks to Robot, Fanatical, Rogana, Anqxx and Just Jared.
Fanatical also noticed some new NY, I Love You details up on the IMDB, including the name of Natalie's character in the Mira Nair short - Rifka.
Lastly, Natalie attended a screening of Madonna's documentary, at the Tribeca Film Festival, with old friend (from Beautiful Girls days) Rosie O'Donnell. Thanks to Kitten.
Enjoy your weekends.
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| Thursday, April 24th, 2008... |
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[ here there everywhere..] - Today we're rocking the gallery updates but before that we have a bit of site news and some Natalie news.
The site news is that we're planning a redesign of np.com. It's been a long time since we switched things up and I'm excited about the prospect. Right now I'm just trying to get ideas and feedback over on the forum. You can read the thread here and feel free to add your own two cents into the mix.
And the Natalie news is that she was named the 25th Sexiest Woman in the annual FHM poll. Thanks to Anqxx.
Right then, onto the new galleries. And how could we not kick off with...
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Nat and Devendra kissing
A new gallery for Natalie heading to the InStyle shoot.
And one of her walking with her dad last month.
For the Nathan fans, a new but old gallery of the two of them getting coffee.
Then we have some additions to this Devendra stroll gallery.
And finally, 10 big captures have been added to...
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The Magorium Gallery
Thanks to Mike and Kijitora.
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| Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008... |
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[ Cannes ahoy..] - Hiya
Just a quick addition to Pasha's earlier update as there are a couple very interesting pieces of news.
The first is that Natalie will not just be attending the Cannes Film Festival in May, she will actually be joining the likes of Sean Penn and Alfonso Cuaron as one of the jury members. This is a really great honour. You can read more about this years line up over here and a big thanks to Garcy for the find Romain for the find.
We also have a bit more news about Natalie's NY, I Love You short. The following is from a personal blog so I'm not going to include the link but here is the text:
Removed on request.
The good news keeps coming with word that Natalie has been named THE most eco-friendly star ahead of Leo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts.
And finally, Shelley has a little report about a Nat mention in the latest W Magazine.
May 2008 issue of W about Natalie's resistance to being a product pusher for Starworks (who connects celebs with fashion clients for ad campaigns): Alana Varel, of Starworks, comments.
Still, Varel admits that most advertisers want that top tier of actresses, including the holy grail of casting, Natalie Portman. "She has turned down everything," Varel says. "We tried to put deals together with her - and we are talking tens of millions of dollars - and it still has not worked." Wow, again, thats great to here. What a brilliant day of news.
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[ She's back....] - and she hates the paparazzi again. Normalcy has once again been restored. Click for 6 HQ pictures from yesterday.
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| Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008... |
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[ oldy mcoldenstein..] - Hi
According to Variety, it would seem that Natalie is currently shooting her New York, I Love You segment and that the star of the short is Cuban ballet dancer, Carlos Acosta. Guess her Dirty Dancing love still holds strong :-P Thanks to Fanatical.
Next, we have a couple new additions to yesterdays paparazzi love gallery. One of which has Natalie and Devendra pulling silly faces for the paps and the other has a dog peeing on Natalie. No. For real.
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UPDATE - Garcy found 3 more images from the set which show the peeing and Natalie's reaction to it. They've been added to the gallery so GO CHECK THEM OUT.
UPDATE 2 - We've added a further 30 images thanks to Fanatical and Verstand.
Dog peeing aside, I thought Natalie's new happy mood was a good subject for...
A New Poll!
Here are the results of the previous poll:
If push came to shove, which of the NY, I Love You short films are you most looking forward to?
The short that Natalie is directing and writing but we won't see her on screen. 56.32% (263 votes)
The Mira Nair directed short in which Natalie stars. 43.04% (201 votes) Personally, I'm more excited about the directing gig. Love seeing Natalie act but I'm anxious to see if her talent extends to behind the camera.
We also have this new photo from Goya, which seems to be from a new set of Devendra and Natalie photos. There have been so many already its hard to keep up.
Finally, 28 years ago today, I entered this world to a chorus of trumpets (shut up, thats how I remember it). This little guy with no talents, no ambitions and a small penis. I guess some things don't change.
Gimme some caaaaake!
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| Monday, April 21st, 2008... |
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[ wow..] - Hi
Today we have one of the most interesting sets I think I've ever seen. Once again we have the new pooch! But old news. Devendra is with her! But that's to be expected. She knows she's being snapped but appears happy?!?! This is still a bit strange after years and years of dagger stares to the paparazzi but again, its becoming more and more common.
But in these pictures she actually shakes the hand of a paparazzi and then puts her arm around him like he's an old friend. I'm open to the idea of life on other planets but I never thought I'd see Natalie having such a blast with one of the paparazzi.
Enough talk. See for yourself.
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Click for full gallery.
Thanks to Fanatical for the find.
The Other Boleyn Girls DVD info has been released. The standard DVD and Blu Ray releases will be out June 10th, what better way to celebrate Natalie's birthday. Click here for details on the extras.
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Thanks to Imakemloose.
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