One of the many causes in which Natalie is involved is Families Belong Together, a movement that opposes the separation of children from their parents along the U.S. border with Mexico and at other ports of entry into the U.S. Natalie showed her support for this movement by spending the morning with ACLU lawyer Ahilan Arulanantham at child immigration court in LA:
We saw it in low quality a few weeks ago, but finally we have the ad of the new Dior Ultra Rouge campaign in glorious HD:
A few weeks ago we saw an advance of the new Dior Rouge campaign. Today we can see another batch of āstolenā photos from the Dior Makeup instagram. Here they are:
The campaign will be officially launched on August 27.
The shooting of Noah Hawley’s film has been intense in recent weeks, and we have not seen candid photos of Natalie … until today. She was seen in the streets of Los Feliz on Wednesday. This time, Just Jared has a few pictures:
While we wait to see more promotional material of Vox Lux before its premiere in Venice, here we have a couple of tidbits:
-Speaking of festivals, it seems that The Death and Life of John F. Donovan will not be the only occasion to see Natalie at the Toronto Festival. According to IMDB, Natalie also participates in This Changes Everything, a documentary directed by Tom Donahue, which explores the sexism in Hollywood through the voices of marquee celebrities, including Geena Davis, Meryl Streep, Sandra Oh, Jessica Chastain, and many other ambassadors of the TimesUp movement. This feature will premiere in the TIFF next September.
–Mondo will release a new Black Swan special poster tomorrow, designed by Jack Hugues, and it’s spectacular:
Thanks to the website of the Venice festival, we finally have the first official still of Vox Lux, the film by Brady Corbet starring Natalie. Enjoy:
What Natalie Portman news has you most excited?
It’s an interesting time in Natland with Natalie filming Pale Blue Dot (or whatever it’s called), rumours of directing her next film, plans to go to Venice for Vox Lux, and then TIFF for Death and Life of John F Donovan.
The question is, what are you most excited about? Go to our Twitter poll to vote.
Do you want to get a double date with Natalie and Benjamin to go to the ballet in LA? Well… thanks to Omaze, maybe you have an opportunity.
According to this report, WE announced a partnership with Omaze and a star-studded lineup of celebrities to help raise funds for WE Schools ā a year long service-learning curriculum that empowers young people, including underserved youth, to create meaningful impact locally and globally. In a series of video announcements, top stars including Natalie, Kermit the Frog, Martin Sheen, Paula Abdul, Sofia Carson and more, are offering fans the chance to live their dream celebrity experiences, all in a bid to empower 100,000 students to engage in service.
All of these stars have created video announcements, and this is Natalieās video:
These campaigns will also be featured in the fourth annual WE Day Special, airing on ABC, Friday, August 17, 2018.
More great news: another Natalie movie can be seen this fall…
The Toronto film festival has announced today a second round of films for its next edition, and “The Death and Life of John F. Donovan,” the long-awaited film by Xavier Dolan, will have a special presentation at TIFF:
A long-awaited announcement: Xavier Dolanās THE DEATH AND LIFE OF JOHN F. DONOVAN will have its World Premiere at #TIFF18.
Starring: Kit Harington, @JacobTremblay, Natalie Portman, Ben Schnetzer, @SusanSarandon, @thandienewton and @SarahGadon.
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— TIFF (@TIFF_NET) August 1, 2018
The festival is celebrated this year from September 6 to 16.
We have not seen candid photos of Natalie for some time, but Gotceleb has a few images of her, taken during a vegan lunch with a friend at Cafe Gratitude in Los Angeles this Saturday:
A couple of Vox Lux tidbits to end this intense week, full of great news…
-Natalie confirmed on instagram that she will attend the premiere of Brady Corbet’s film in Venice, recalling her first appearance at the film festival, with Black Swan in 2010:
It seems that Benjamin has choreographed the last ten minutes of the movie, in what promises to be a great musical number, along with the songs by Sia, composed specifically for the film:
According to Collider, Natalie is nearing a deal to direct an untitled film about Esther and Pauline Friedman, identical twin sisters who are better known as the writers behind the syndicated Ann Landers and Dear Abby advice columns, and she also plans to tackle both roles:
If this project is confirmed, it would be the second film as director of Natalie, after “A Tale of Love and Darkness”.
Natalie has posted on Instagram a first glimpse of her, in costumes for the character in Noah Hawley’s movie. Here she is:
The official section line up of the Venice Film Festival has been unveiled today, and Brady Corbet’s Vox Lux is one of the selected films. The last time Natalie premiered a movie in competition at the Lido was Jackie, two years ago. Will the great critical reception of Pablo Larrain’s film be repeated on this occasion? Hopefully it will be like that…
#BiennaleCinema2018 #Venezia75 #Concorso #Competition pic.twitter.com/JZzbDvktD8
— Biennale di Venezia (@la_Biennale) July 25, 2018
A new Dior Ultra Rouge lipstick campaign is coming, and we have a couple of stunning photos and a video (via @Padme.Natalie):
More after the jump:
Natalie appears in a new campaign for PETA speaking about famed writer Isaac Bashevis Singer. The writer, who died in 1991 in Florida, won a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978 for his work. He was a prominent vegetarian for the last 35 years of his life. Several of his works referenced his compassion for animal suffering, and he even once compared it to the Holocaust. In the video, Natalie speaks of Singer’s Jewish background and how it came to influence his decisions:
I finally returned from a few days of vacation, with renewed energy to tell you the news that is happening in Natland. The truth is that there have not been many in recent days (probably Natalie is already filming the movie by Noah Hawley), but here we have a few Tidbits:
-According to Star Wars Website, Padme Amidala will be returning to the fray for Star Wars novel Thrawn: Alliances later this month. While Natalieās prequel character will always be known as the mother of Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa, Thrawn: Alliances will roll back the years to focus on her military prowess, and below youāll find a glimpse of the Barnes & Noble exclusive edition for Star Wars: Thrawn ā Alliances. The image that illustrates this book has a great resemblance to her:
-Speaking of Noah Hawley’s film, Pale Blue Dot, according to this press release about Natalie’s conversation with Yuval Noah Harari next September, the film could have a new title: Life On Earth. We’ll see if there’s any official confirmation about it.
-Finally, we have a HD video of the post Q&A screening of āEating Animalsā at the LA Landmark Theatre last June:
If you’re in the UK you can grab tickets for a conversation between Natalie and author, Yuval Noah Harari. The event will be held in Westminster, London, and will be in promotion of his new books, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century.
Yuval had this to say:
āI am very much looking forward to talking with Natalie. We were both born in the myth-factory of the world, and much of our careers have revolved around the tension between myth, science and science fiction. I am keen to hear her take on reality, fiction and everything in between. Neither of us is known for dodging difficult issues ā so it should be interesting.ā
Natalie Portman’s next film, which should start filming any day now, is Pale Blue Dot from director Noah Hawley (Fargo TV series).
Well, it seems Pale Blue Dot was a placeholder title for the psychological drama about a returning female astronaut. What will the film actually be called? Your guess is as good as mine but we’re going to keep calling it Pale Blue Dot until a new title emerges.
In casting news, it has just been announced that Colman Domingo (Fear the Walking Dead) and Jeremiah Birkett (LA Confidential) join Natalie, Jon Hamm, Zazie Beetz and Dan Stevens.
