Archive for the 'Awards' Category

Last night Natalie attended the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, California. She shined in a breath-taking Giambattista Valli couture gown which just debuted last week during Paris Haute-Couture Fashion Week! Natalie finished her look with ruby and diamond drop earrings from Harry Winston, a vintage Winston diamond bangle, a Judith Leiber glittering clutch and Jimmy Choo sandals.

During the ceremony Natalie presented the award for Outstanding Male Actor in a Leading Role to French actor Jean Dujardin for his celebrated performance in the silent film The Artist.

We have added over 40 photos from the show and the press room to our gallery. Enjoy!

Natalie hasn’t done a red carpet since the Oscars last February, and tonight at the 2012 Golden Globe Awards she shined in a beautiful custom Lanvin dress that she accessorized with Harry Winston jewels. Last year Nat won the Best Actress award for her role in “Black Swan”, this year she presented the Best Actor award to winner George Clooney for The Descendants. It’s great to see Nat on the red carpet again! Check out first photos from the event in our gallery and watch a short red carpet interview feat. Rob Lowe and Natalie!

Natalie Portman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Helen Mirren, Clive Owen, Nicole Kidman, Salma Hayek, Antonio Banderas, Melissa McCarthy and Freida Pinto have all been announced as presenters at the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards, which is scheduled to air this coming Sunday on NBC.

The group was announced via the official Twitter account of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), the organization that chooses the winners and nominees at each year’s ceremony.

Portman, of course, won the award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama at last year’s show for her performance in Darren Aronofsky’s “Black Swan”.

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Natalie is nominated for Best Female Performance for her role in ‘Black Swan’ in this year’s MTV Movie Awards which are just a month away. Her scene in ‘Black Swan’ when she pulls the skin off her finger is in the running for Best Jaw-Dropping Moment, and their kiss with Mila Kunis – for Best Kiss. Of course, ‘Black Swan’ is nominated for Best Movie as well.

The ceremony will be hosted by Jason Sudeikis and will air live June 5 at 9 p.m. EST from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California. Voting begins today at 12 PM ET and ends June 4! Let’s all support Natalie and vote for her here.

On Sunday night Natalie became the first graduate of Harvard College to win an Academy Award for best actress. Professors who knew Natalie during her time in college share their stories in the article below. Thanks to The Harvard Crimson.

Former Harvard Psychology Professor and Dean of the Social Sciences Stephen M. Kosslyn worked with Portman when she was a research assistant in his lab. Eight years later, Kosslyn—who recently moved to Stanford—can see a connection between Portman’s academic persistence and her industry success.

“It was very clear when she was a student that she is a very determined person and capable of focused effort over a sustained period,” he said in a statement via e-mail. “She is now demonstrating the results of that determination and focus.”

Law School Professor Alan M. Dershowitz also considered Portman an exceptional student.

“She was in my seminar called Neuropsychology and the Law, and I didn’t know who she was because her name was Natalie Hershlag,” he said, referring to Portman’s birth name. “It was a few weeks into the semester that I learned she was an actress—but she was a terrific student.”

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We have uploaded three parts of a short interview Natalie gave in the press room after winning the Best Actress Oscar. To watch all three of them, go behind the cut.

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