Rough Cut

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MTV’s Rough Cut has some nice, albeit brief, interviews with Natalie, Cassel and Aronofsky. The first three feature Natalie but the last video, with Aronofsky, is also definitely worth seeing.



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Julia On Nat

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Julia Roberts and Natalie seemed to strike up a good friendship on the set of Closer, so its no surprise that Julia has spoken to Variety about Natalie’s performance in Black Swan. If you can recall, Natalie wrote about Sean Penn’s Harvey Milk last year.

“It is an interesting endeavor, watching a friend in a film. It is a risk to agree to write an article about a friend in a film. With someone like my subject today, Natalie Portman, it seemed worth the risk. She is always lovely, always watchable, always interesting. Then there is ‘Black Swan.’ If only I could reach out from the page now and offer you a glass of terribly good wine and ask you to sit a while.

Natalie Portman in the new film by Darren Aronofsky is a ballerina. I cannot think of anything more accurate and complimentary to say about her in this role: She is a ballerina! One is so lost in the aching beauty, the elegant moves and the quiet mania of her pursuits, she, Natalie, ceases to exist.


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Tidbits

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The news is piling up, so let me knock off a couple smaller news items that are in danger of getting lost in the shuffle. - Here is an interview…

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Charlie Rose

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My prayers have been answered. Natalie and Darren Aronofsky will be on Charlie Rose tonight, and if her last appearance was any indication, it should be a really interesting discussion.…

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SIte Update

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Despite the best efforts of some talented people, we are not going to be able to recover the 8 months lost between our last site backup and the hack of…

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