Whopping gallery update tonight, with over 100 new/old pictures from the Cold Mountain premiere at the Mann National Theater and after-party at the St. Regis Hotel.

I've finally gotten around to updating the old caps in the Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium gallery. I've added 500+ DVD captures from the film, as well as caps from the…

We've got some more medium-res MakingOf launch party photos for you guys tonight.

I hope you guys aren't tired of these MakingOf updates yet, because here's another write-up, this time on the launch party last Friday from The Love Of Fashion. And don't…

Even more new pictures today, this time of Natalie attending the launch of her "MakingOf" website last night in New York City.

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.

Natalie was spotted back in New York walking her dog on The Bowery on the 19th of April. Photos courtesy of Dorpsgekken.net.