Right then, finally properly behind my computer. Sorry about not getting to this yesterday, but better late than never.

So let’s begin with three cool pieces of fanart that Ana sent in.

A few days ago we posted a really great piece of Hotel Chevalier fanart, part of a Wes Anderson exhibition called Bad Dads. Rachel found another Chevalier/Natalie piece from the…

I've updated the gallery with some larger, uncropped, and textless (but watermarked) versions of Natalie's photo shoot for the November 2009 issue of V Magazine.

If you've been following along, you know that the Pride and Prejudice and Zombies project (that Natalie was attached to star in at one point, but is now just producing)…

Amo made a really strange and interesting find, which seems to indicate that Natalie is supporting another non profit organization. One that is dear to her...belly. Los Angeles Unified School…

It was long overdue for a new batch of tidbits. Num num. - We begin with Natalie being mentioned on a list of the 10 worst fake British accents from…

I've updated the gallery with a new-old promotional photo from Closer featuring Natalie and Jude Law. Really wish there were more decent photos from this set.

Most of you are probably aware that there are a few links between author Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist) and Natalie. For a start, Natalie and Paulo both contributed stories to The Big Read initiative in 2009, and a year earlier they were dancing on the same stage for the amfAR charity gala at Cannes. Below we have a photo from that evening, but the real good stuff is buried after the jump, where you can see Natalie and Paulo shaking their money makers.

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This is a long intro for what is a small news item, but Paulo’s new book is called Aleph, and on Monday he went to Twitter to make the connection between his book title and Natalie’s son and congratulate her. Check it out over here.
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