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The Schmooze Natalie Portman Back With a Vengeance
(JTA) — Until a few weeks ago, Natalie Portman had all but disappeared from the frontlines of popular culture. After winning the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2011 for her intense role in “Black Swan,” the Israeli-American actress took a well-deserved break and settled down: She got married, had a child, moved to Paris and…
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Culture Natalie Portman Says Directing Debut Was Challenge
Natalie Portman played a ballerina in the grip of psychological trauma in “Black Swan,” but the Israeli actress said she had lots of support while directing her first film, about the childhood of Israeli intellectual Amos Oz, shown in Cannes. Portman both directs and stars in “A Tale of Love and Darkness,” based on Oz’s…
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The Schmooze First RBG, Now Jackie O — Natalie Portman is On a Roll
Oscar Award-winning actress Natalie Portman will portray Jackie Kennedy in a movie about the first four days in the life of the former first lady after the assassination of her husband President John F. Kennedy. Variety reported on the new role for Portman, who is Jewish and a native of Israel, on Wednesday. The film…
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Breaking News Natalie Portman To Star as Ruth Bader Ginsburg in New Biopic
Actress Natalie Portman will play Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in an upcoming movie. Portman will star in “On the Basis of Sex,” following her career including the obstacles she faced as a woman trying advance in her field, Deadline Hollywood reported. Marielle Heller reportedly is in negotiations to direct the script written by…
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The Schmooze 5 Things We Learned From Natalie Portman’s Hollywood Reporter Interview
Natalie Portman, queen of the Jews, is on the of the Hollywood Reporter. From the start, the 33-year-old Israeli-born actress warned reporter Stephen Galloway that she was going to be blunt. And blunt she was. The Dior spokeswoman dished on everything from John Galliano to what she thinks of the recent Israeli elections, to living…
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The Schmooze Natalie Portman Ruins Her Wedding in Dior Ad
Natalie’s back! The new ad for Dior fragrances stars our girl Natalie Portman in what is honestly the most beautiful wedding dress I have ever seen (drool). “It’s Miss, Actually,” directed by Anton Corbijn, shows Miss Dior on her wedding day. But here’s the twist: in what is every Jewish parent’s nightmare, she gets cold…
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The Schmooze Natalie Portman Attends First Dior Couture Show
Getty Images It may come as a surprise that Natalie Portman, face of Miss Dior, has never actually attended a Dior show. And yet, sitting in the front row at yesterday’s Haute Couture show held at the Musee Rodin in Paris, she reportedly gushed: “I’ve never been to a couture show,” she said. “This is…
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The Schmooze Natalie Portman Mocks Ryan Seacrest in Gaza Email Trail
The recent Sony hack has left plenty of destruction in its path. Yet, it also unveiled some incredibly random and hilarious information that we never knew we wanted (and I would argue, still aren’t sure we really need). Like the following chain e-mail correspondence about the war in Gaza, sent to prominent Jewish figures, Sony…
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