Pete Hammond has a write up that includes Tobey and Natalie's origin story :-P
Natalie Portman also turned up this week for a Q&A at a packed Saturday morning SAG screening of "Brothers" at the Directors Guild Theatre and mentioned that she had been friends with her costars Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhaal since she was about 14. She said she actually met Tobey in 1996 at the very same DGA venue at a premiere of a David Schwimmer movie, "The Pallbearer," and they have been tight ever since. They are now all grown up and playing the parents of an 8-year-old in the film, a new kind of challenge for an actress who started as a child performer and is now a mere 28 years old herself. She also talked about her production company, which is desperately looking for female-driven romantic comedies which, she says, are really hard to come by these days.
I presume she means "good" romantic comedies, because there seem to be plenty rubbish female lead romantic comedies.
They've impressed the directors guild but can they do the same to the writers guild? Brothers is screening for guild members on Monday with Natalie, Tobey and Jim conducting a Q&A afterwards. If you are a guild member or know one who could take you as a guest, head over here for the details.
Got a new batch of mini updates, which are best served with a tasty savory dip.
- The twitter feed for Women's Wear Daily has an amusing report of Natalie's New Moon appearance last night.
Natalie Portman just reluctantly posed for a few photos and skipped the press line. "Oh Natalie" lamented one snapper.
- Speaking of which, Eonline are looking at whether the Twilight stars will go on to have good careers. Kristen Stewart is compared to Anna Paquin but Natalie gets a little mention in there as well.
- Paste named Zach Posen and Christian Siriano among the top 10 designers of the decade. Zach and Natalie seemed joined at the hip for a little while there while Christian has been saying lots of nice things about Natalie recently.
Idris Elba, who played Stringer Bell in the best TV show these eyes have ever seen, The Wire, has joined the ever expanding Thor cast. But I guess most would know him from his stint as Charles on The Office.
Elba will play Heimdall; as the guardian of Asgard, he stands on the BiFrost Bridge ready to defend the city from intruders.
Come to think of it, they should have gotten Marlo, Chris and Snoop to play The Warriors Three.
Paradroid learned about a chance to see Brothers this weekend AND attend an after party, which could possibly mean meeting Natalie. Good luck.
Live like the stars and bid today to attend this star-studded premiere, and help support the ACLU of Southern California by clicking here.
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The winning bidder and special guest will join the intimiate New York City Premiere of the film at The School of Visual Arts on Sunday, November 22 at 7:30 p.m. You and your lucky guest will also attend the after party at Abe & Arthur's!
Bidding closes tomorrow Friday, November 20, 2009 at 3 p.m. EST!
A sheepish looking Natalie has been spotted arriving to the Cinema Society & D&G screening of "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" at Landmark's Sunshine Cinema in New York City tonight. According to Women's Wear Daily's Twitter, "Natalie Portman just reluctantly posed for a few photos and skipped the press line. 'Oh Natalie' lamented one snapper."
Oh, Natalie. Really digging her outfit, though. We've only got one untagged pic so far (courtesy of Celebrity-Gossip.net), but you can check out a few more at Getty.
Hitflix have a 45 second scene from Brothers featuring Natalie and new it girl, Carey Mulligan. It's a good scene but its definitely Carey's.
Hitflix also have some hopeful awards comments to go with the video.
There is some irony in that both actresses may be going up against each other in the same category (although it's not unheard of). And considering the growing buzz regarding the performances from the Portman/Gyllenhaal/Maguire trio, that's not out of the question. The filmmakers could have quickly released "Brothers" last year, but decided to hold the film until this late date and if word on the street is correct, it may have been worth the wait.
A couple news items today that involve the pint sized child of the corn that is Natalie's Brothers co-star, Bailee Madison. Okay okay, definitely a bit harsh. She just seemed soooo un-childlike in that interview last month.
First off, this 10 out of 10 review of the film mentions that Natalie called Bailee "a little genius" at the screening - presumably last weekends DGA screening.
Then Bailee returns the favour in this new interview.
"You know, Natalie [Portman] was such a sweetheart. Natalie and Tobey [Maguire] and Jake [Gyllenhaal] – Jake was so nice. And I got to work with this little girl named Taylor Geare. I had to play her big sister so I was kind of like her big sister and she was like my little sister so I would look after her and stuff. I think I got really close, everyone got really close by the end of the film.
Okay, you can hate me but I had to break the rules. Otherwise I would simply be thinking about these options forever. Everything I came up with was...well it just didn't make sense. Because of a few words that had come previously (well, and my own poor imagination) I was simply stuck. Sure I could put together something that didn't make sense, but I wasn't comfortable with that.
So I removed a few words from paragraph six, which basically make that event a bit more vague, which allows for some wiggle room.
I didn't want to do it but I think its cool how it kind of makes sense so far, that it would be a shame to throw that away right at the end.
Jake Gyllenhaal has made People's sexiest men list, coming in at a very impressive #3. His write happens to be from his Brothers co-star and friend, Natalie.
"Jake is the kind of guy who can do a spot-on impression of someone you work with that will make you giggle. He plays guitar and has a great voice. Kids and dogs love him. He loves his mom and sister and girlfriend. He's perfect. Too bad he's ugly."
As usual I'll begin with an np.comic update - Matt has unfortunately been held up by other work however he assures me that the strip will be ready before the weekend. I'm REALLY curious as to how this one will turn out.
So in a few days we'll be doing the last fan comic draw for 2009. Right now we just have two guys in that draw as the last week resulted in *sob* no donations. If you have a few spare bucks, please throw a little love our way. Santa is watching and taking notes.
As usual, every $5 gets your name into the draw once and the winner will get an np.comic all for themselves.
Blogger Nicole Sherlock was lucky enough to attend a reading from Jonathan Safran Froer on Monday. Not just because she's a big fan of the writer and his wife, but because Natalie was also in attendance.
Also, Natalie Portman was there, which was a great surprise, because I didn’t even know she was there until the very end. Apparently she is good friends with Jonathan Safran Foer and Nicole Krauss, and came to support them, and the new book. I was so lucky, and got to meet her and tell her how much I love her, and that Garden State is my absolute favorite movie. She was so kind and gracious.
You might remember that Natalie showed some love for Froer in her Huffington Post piece from a few weeks ago.
A bit of an early heads up but apparently in April next year Natalie will be contributing to Bill Clinton's Global Initiative. So says The Daily Northwestern.
Few events present students with the opportunity to meet former President Bill Clinton, Lance Armstrong, Natalie Portman and James Carville in one place.
At the annual Clinton Global Initiative University meeting in April 2010, an anticipated 1,200 college students from all over the country will have this chance.
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