Friends WIth Benefits

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Ok, this settles it. “Film projects” are the new “candid photo”. The following is from a Variety profile of a new up and coming writer called Liz Meriwether.

“Friends With Benefits” (AKA “Fuckbuddies”), Meriwether’s romantic comedy script written for Ivan Reitman’s Montecito Picture Co., is set to star Natalie Portman.

“She has a very fresh and very original voice,” says Reitman, who approached Meriwether with the title. “I’ve been trying to find comedy voices for my entire career of making movies, and I think her words utterly represent the craziness of relationships amongst 20-year-olds today. It’s fairly unique, but also insightful.”


Later on there’s another mention of Natalie and the project. (more…)

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U2 Concert

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On the weekend U2 played a gig at Croker, to 160 000 people. Yowza! The Irish Herald reports that Natalie was one of the celebs in attendance as well as…

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A Brief Tweet

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Earlier today, amongst all the tweets about Mila Kunis joining Black Swan, was this mention. Natalie Portman and Zooey Deschanel spotted in Boots in Belfast. Quickly Igor! Fetch the sack…

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Faux Pas

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The Aussie version of Defamer put their foot in it today. Reporting on an article about Aussie Next Top Model runner up, Cassi, they saw that she did a shoot…

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Odds And Ends

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So, as discussed last week, I'm moving ahead with some updates to the bio section. I've updated her place of residence and pets. I also added that her dad is…

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