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Natalie is on the cover of two French magazines – Premiere (February issue) and La Parisienne (March issue). You can see scans in our gallery.

Natalie is on the cover of February issue of Spanish Pantalla Semanal magazine. See scans of the cover and the spread in the gallery!

Natalie is on the cover of February issue of French magazine Les Inrockuptibles. See scans of the cover and beautiful spread in the gallery!

Natalie is looking beautiful on the cover of February issue of Elle France! See scans in our gallery.

Thanks to Connie, we have added a scan from March ‘Hollywood’ issue of Vanity Fair. Natalie was named ‘The Rare Bird’ by the magazine. See the scan in our gallery and read a small article below!

Having long ago sloughed off the caul of child stardom – via her Oscar-nominated role as a stripper in 2004′s Closer, her shorn-look portrayal of a freedom fighter in 2006′s V for Vendetta, and that swear-y S.N.L. Digital Short in which she vowed to ‘roll up on NBC and smack the shit out Jeff Zucker’ – Portman, in Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan, proves conclusively that there’s nowhere she won’t let acting take her. Put aside the physical demands of training to play a prima ballerina and the titilation of her all-you-can-eat sex scene with Mila Kunis. It’s the way Portman surrenders herself to Aronofsky’s loony, Robert Aldrich – like vision (for aren’t What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? and Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte more the templates for Black Swan than The Red Shoes or any of Antonioni’s cinematic fever dreams?) that underscores her bravery and mastery. This diary of a spooked girl’s crack-up is, let’s face it, as silly as it is visually and narratively audacious – and Portman manages this seeming tonal contradiction with aplomb, neither kitsching it up nor disappearing fainheartedly into Aronofsky’s vortex of blood, sweat, blister pus, spite and pink icing. She’s the new dayenne of art-sploitation.

LA Confidential has added a photo of Natalie to the feature “Movie Magic” in its January/February issue. You can see the scan in our gallery and read what it says below.

With awards season upon us, we celebrate some of the famous faces that dominated the big screen this year. All are Golden Globe nominees, and there’s no doubt more accolades are in store.

The Contender: Natalie Portman
The Film: Black Swan
The Buzz: Portman plies through the performance of her career, primo as a prima ballerina whose inner ugly duckling emerges.
In Her Own Words: “I always idealized dance as the most beautiful art, so when [director] Darren [Aronofsky] had this incredible idea that was not just relating to the dance world but also had this really complicated character, it was something completely exciting.”