Morning. It looks like we're set to have another busy day. Starting off now with 3 new additions to the Apple Store gallery that Rachel put up yesterday. These three…

MovieLine.com has a nice write-up on Natalie’s appearance at the Apple Store today. Make sure to stay for the last couple paragraphs. Yikes.

Most actors arrive at the Tribeca Film Festival attempting to sell their films. Natalie Portman arrived today to sell her Web site. She visited the Apple Store SoHo with Christine Aylward, her partner in the new behind-the-scenes filmmaking site MakingOf.com. Featuring interviews with everyone from Oscar-winning filmmakers (Ron Howard, Billy Bob Thornton) to composers, cinematographers and other below-the-line craftspeople, MakingOf is Portman and Aylward’s attempt to level the informational (and, eventually, communal) playing field for aspiring film professionals. Like if you ever wanted audition tips from Jason Bateman, followed by a casting director’s headshot suggestions? They’re on it.

“Pretty much everyone’s role on a film is indispensable — hundreds of people,” Portman told a packed house of media, filmmakers, and not a few heartsick admirers. (We’ll get to them.) “Like without a first [assistant director]? Without a good first AD? Your movie falls to pieces. And those are people who never, ever, ever get interviewed anywhere. And they make the movie. I feel like you could probably run a set better with a good first AD and no director than a good director and no AD. There are people like that who you never hear from, and we want people to have an idea about who these people are if they’re interested in filmmaking.
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More new photos of Natalie today, this time visiting the Apple Store with Makingof.com CEO Christine Aylward in Soho.

This article on the Tribeca site does a good job of explaining what MakingOf is all about, and also mentions that Natalie has interviewed Jim Sheridan (who directed her in…

Their website only has the top 10 but I'm told that Natalie placed 21st in this years poll. That's pretty good going for someone who doesn't really fit the typical…

A got a bunch of emails about this, but yesterday I thought it was best to just focus on Natalie and MakingOf. So now we can finally get into it. What is it? Well, Lindsay Lohan (former actress, current tabloid queen) was on Ellen and while talking about her problems (more specifically, how her problems aren’t her fault and are behind her anyway) she name dropped Natalie as a friend who has always been there for her.

Now, this isn’t the first time she’s mentioned Nat. The following was from an Elle Magazine interview. (more…)

Guys, don't forget that tomorrow Natalie will be appearing at the Apple store in Soho at 15:30, to talk about MakingOf. There are no tickets or anything. Just walk on…

Just Jared has a bunch of pics from two Tribeca events. The first is a press photoshoot and the second has pics from an event where some lucky high school…