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  • Natalie Portman Is Brushing Up On Her French To Prepare For Role With Johnny Depp’s Daughter Lily Rose

    Natalie Portman is refining her French to prepare for a role with Johnny Depp’s daughter Lily Rose.

    It’s been more than two decades since Natalie Portman last starred in a French film, but it shouldn’t take her long to prepare for Planetarium. After all, she has been living in Paris since last year after moving there with French hubby, choreographer Benjamin Millepied.

    Natalie Portman will star with Lily Rose Depp in Planetarium, which is a 1930’s set drama by French director Rebecca Zlotowski, according to Variety.

    The last time Natalie Portman starred in a film by a French director was 1994s Leon, which was directed by Luc Besson.

    Planetarium chronicles the story of “two sisters believed to possess the supernatural ability to connect with ghosts.”

    Natalie Portman will appear at the Cannes Film Festival opening on the French riviera Wednesday, with her directorial debut of A Tale of Love and Darkness.

    Natalie Portman, who was born in Israel, won a best actress Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Actress for 2010’s Black Swan, which is where she met Millepied.

    The couple were married in 2012 and moved to Paris last November, after Millepied landed a coveted gig with the Paris Opera Ballet.

  • Natalie Portman Considers Her Oscar A ‘False Idol’ and Doesn’t Even Know Where It is

    Natalie Portman doesn’t seem all that in to her Oscar.

    The Star Wars actress told The Hollywood Reporter that not only is she not that concerned about winning her first and only Oscar for Black Swan in 2011, Natalie Portman doesn’t even know where she put the coveted prize.

    “I don’t know where it is,” Natalie Portman said. “I think it’s in the safe or something. I don’t know. I haven’t seen it in a while.”

    In fact, Natalie Portman considers the Oscar a “false idol.”

    “I was reading the story of Abraham to my child and talking about, like, not worshipping false idols,” the 33-year-old actress said. “And this is literally like gold men. This is literally worshipping gold idols — if you worship it. That’s why it’s not displayed on the wall. It’s a false idol.”

    But that doesn’t mean Natalie Portman doesn’t like the finer side of life. She has been living in Paris with her husband, ballet dancer Benjamin Millepied, and loves the city of lights.

    “I love that people at dinner want to have a serious conversation — and only a serious conversation,” Natalie Portman told The Hollywood Reporter. “They’ll be upset if you don’t have something interesting happen. I love that my [3-year-old son Aleph] wants to go to art museums after school — like, ‘Take me to the Pompidou.’ I love that it’s also not elitist, as it is in New York. You can afford to go to the philharmonic or the opera much more easily because all of it’s subsidized. And there’s a huge culture of cinema there.”

  • Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher Get Shout Out from Los Angeles Dodgers

    Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher attended a baseball game on Saturday–the Los Angeles Dodgers versus the St. Louis Cardinals. Mila and Ashton have long been big Dodgers’ fans and were spotted at a game on Mother’s Day, too. This weekend, however, found the two receiving a shout out from the team on their Facebook page. The caption that accompanies their photo mentions the characters each played on the sitcom That 70s Show.

    Mila Kunis is, of course, quite far along in her pregnancy with her and Ashton Kutcher’s baby, but the couple has remained tight-lipped about both the gender of their unborn child as well as when he or she will join the excited parents.

    “We were actually able to hide it for a long time. It was amazing,” Kunis said while chatting with Ellen DeGeneres on her TV show back in May, assuring the host that the baby would be born, “Sometime this year, I promise you.”

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    Ashton Kutcher has starred in Two and a Half Men since Charlie Sheen was terminated from the hit comedy. Ashton began appearing on the sitcom at the beginning of season nine. In addition to That 70s Show, Mila Kunis is known for her film roles in Black Swan, Friends With Benefits, Ted, and Oz the Great and Powerful. She will star in Jupiter Ascending which is scheduled to hit theaters next month.

    Hopefully Ashton and Mila’s son or daughter will grow up to be a Dodgers’ fan. Mom and Dad will likely one day tell the story of how Mila Kunis was pregnant with him or her and that their photo taken while at a baseball game–and was featured on the team’s Facebook page.

    Do you think Facebook will still be relevant than? At least the Dodgers will be.

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  • Natalie Portman Debuts Chic Summer Hair Color

    Natalie Portman has got a new, fresh summer look going on.

    The Black Swan actress, who has been the face for Miss Dior Cherie fragrance since 2010, debuted lighter locks Thursday at the Miss Dior Exhibition Opening in Shanghai, China.

    Dressed in a super chic white silk dress, black pumps, a matching clutch, and white gold and diamond earrings, all designed by Dior, the 33 year-old Oscar winner traded in her dark brunette, shoulder-length hair for a lighter caramel color for the summer.

    This is Portman’s first appearance on the red carpet in several months. During the Thor tour last year, she spoke with US Weekly at the New York City premiere of the movie about experimenting with her hairstyle.

    “Well, I have shaven my head and had it grow back,” she recalled of her famous scene in 2006’s V for Vendetta. “I feel like that’s an experience — that’s a once in a lifetime experience, especially when you have curly hair!”

    Portman, who holds dual citizenship with both the United States and Israel, possesses beauty and brains with a degree in psychology from Harvard University.

    Portman, who turned 33 on June 9, began her career with the 1994 movie, The Professional, but her career really took off with her role in the Star Wars prequel movies, starting with Episode I in 1999.

    She won a Golden Globe and her first Academy Award for Best Actress with Black Swan.

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  • Mila Kunis Finally Speaks Out on Baby, Engagement

    Mila Kunis has finally broken her silence on her pregnancy and engagement to Ashton Kutcher.

    Appearing on The Ellen DeGeneres Show Friday for a Mother’s Day special, Kunis revealed that their news was hidden far longer than anyone imagined.

    “We were actually able to hide it for a very long time, yeah it’s amazing,” Kunis told DeGeneres.

    Still being predictably evasive, the That 70s Show actress wouldn’t reveal the due date or the baby’s gender.

    “Some time this year,” she said. “I promise you, it will be this year.”

    She did, however, share that her pregnancy cravings have been odd to say the least.

    “I’m very stereotypical,” she said of her cravings. “I eat sauerkraut all day long. … This is the worst craving to have because sauerkraut smells and so every time you open up a jar it just reeks in the whole kitchen. It’s not like ice cream where everything smells lovely.”

    DeGeneres teased her about her food cravings, saying that perhaps Kunis’ vinegar-based cravings might mean she’s having a boy, to which Kunis responded, “Interesting. Okay.”

    The Jupiter Ascending star also said that Ashton is in the process of learning Russian so that he can participate in speaking to their child in Kunis’ native tongue.

    “He’s been taking [Russian] classes for probably like six months now,” she said. “He does it twice a week. A woman comes to the house to give him lessons … it’s really, really great.”

    Kunis told DeGeneres she plans on a natural birth, but will be at a hospital in case of an emergency.

    “I’m gonna do it as all natural as I possibly can unless there’s an emergency or something that should wrong,” Kunis said.

    And by natural, the Black Swan actress means with no epidural.

    “I know, I’m crazy. I mean, I did this to myself I might as well do it right,” she said. “I wanted this. It’s not like no one made me do this.”

    According to Kunis, the couple was engaged much longer than the public ever knew and were able to enjoy betrothed bliss in private.

    “We were able to keep this private for two months — two months without anybody knowing,” she said of their engagement. “I think everybody assumed we’ve been engaged for so long that I was wearing the ring in public for two months and no photograph was ever…like nobody ever commented on a single photograph. It was amazing.”

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  • ‘Noah’ Movie: Biblical Film Banned In Several Islamic Countries

    It’s safe to say that the Muslim side of the world is not too keen on seeing the upcoming Hollywood film, “Noah”.

    The biblical epic film, which is directed and co-written by Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky, features New Zealand actor Russell Crowe as the ark-building follower of God. In a statement given by a representative of Paramount Pictures to Reuters, censorship officials from Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates have banned the showing of “Noah” in their local theaters, on religious grounds.

    The film previously sparked a religion-fueled debate among conservative Christians in the United States, which compelled Paramount Pictures to modify its marketing material with a disclaimer that says, “artistic license has been taken” in interpreting the story of Noah.

    Juma Al-Leem, who is the director of media content at the UAE’s National Media Center, informed the Associated Press that the reason behind the prohibition is the fact that Islam disapproves of the depiction of the Prophet Mohammad as well as other holy figures in art and films as it promotes the worship of a person rather than God.

    After watching “Noah”, the censors added that some of the scenes in the film contradict Islamic teachings and that these elements might offend their viewers. Cairo’s Al-Azhar, which is the foremost center of Islamic studies, issued a religious edict called a fatwa against the film’s showing. The edict declared that the film is a “clear violation of Islamic law”.

    The big-budget film, which cost $125 million to make, will premiere on March 28 in American cinemas. Apart from Crowe, “Noah” also features other big Hollywood names such as Sir Anthony Hopkins as Methuselah, Jennifer Connelly as Noah’s wife Naameh, and Emma Watson as Ila.

    Noah is one of 25 prophets that the Qu’ran mentions by name. His Arabic name is Nuh, and is believed by Muslims to have been commanded by God to build an ark after seeing the people in his community refusing to worship God alone. There are subtle differences between the Qu’ranic and biblical versions of Noah’s story, although both accounts mention a massive flood and Noah’s ark saving a pair of each animal species.

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  • Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher: LAX PDA

    Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher held hands as they strolled through LAX on Thursday morning following a cross country flight. The two chatted and laughed as they made their way to the baggage claim area. The two were caught by a videographer as they left to catch their flight to LAX from JFK Airport in New York. Even in New York, there was little to no question that the Hollywood couple is very much in love.

    Kunis recently talked about what her perfect date with Ashton Kutcher might entail.

    “I’ll tell you—we have a thing called white T-shirt night and it’s when you wear jeans and a white T-shirt and you go on a date,” she said.

    “Nothing fancy, it’s just something that you love to do. And whether that’s bowling or dinner or going to a cheese shop and have some wine or walking around. I think that’s just the best thing to do—and sometimes it’s just nice to stay home,” Kunis added.

    Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher have kept a rather low profile since becoming a couple. Since Kutcher’s divorce from Demi Moore was finalized fans are no doubt awaiting word of a wedding in the works. It seems like these two are destined to be together. First meeting during their days on That 70s Show, she went on to star in films like The Black Swan. He, of course, replaced Charlie Sheen on Two and A Half Men.

    Do you think there are some wedding bells in Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher’s future? The two certainly appear to only have eyes for one another. Given Ashton Kutcher’s cheating history, one can only hope that is truly the case. It would be a shame to see her suffer through infidelities the way Demi Moore did.

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  • Mila Kunis Joins Forces With Jim Beam To Be The New Face Of The Brand

    Jim Beam is looking to get an edge on its competition in the advertising department by signing Mila Kunis to be the new face of their brand.

    With her influence as one of the sexiest actresses in Hollywood, she may help to attract new people to their brand. The first campaign picture with Mila Kunis was released recently, and it has sparked the interest of many.

    Mlia Kunis gained her initial fame while appearing on the popular television series That 70’s Show, and has since appeared in several films, including the Oscar nominated Black Swan.

    She has also appeared in a handful of comedies including Friends With Benefits and Ted. She is also set to appear in the upcoming film Jupiter Ascending.

    The news of Mila Kunis joining the brand in order to promote them during an new campaign was announced by Jim Beam on their Twitter page on Wednesday. She will be a global partner and spokesperson for the brand, a bourbon that is made in Kentucky, and has been around for a long time.

    In her first campaign picture, she wore a pair of ripped jeans and a causal sweater, perhaps to appeal to the type of people who drink Jim Beam, although her partnership could open the door to even more people wanting to try the classic drink. She was also wearing a pair of black boots as she posed in front of the Jim Beam distillery in the Clermont, Kentucky.

    Kevin George, the senior vice president and chief marketing officer at Jim Beam Inc. spoke of the new partnership with Mila Kunis when saying “Mila’s love of bourbon, her appreciation for the authenticity of our brand, her warm personality and her global relevance to our Make History campaign make her the perfect partner.”

    Kunis further talked about her excitement and said that “As a fan of bourbon and a huge proponent of making history, I am thrilled to be the newest member of the Jim Beam family.”

    Jim Beam is one of the oldest establishments that makes bourbon, and was founded in 1795. This marks their first ever global marketing campaign.

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    Mila Kunis is a big fan of Jim Beam, and is excited to make her debut with the company in three television commercials in the U.S. that will start to air in mid-February. The spots will continue to air worldwide over the next few months.

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  • Mila Kunis New Face of Jim Beam Bourbon

    Mila Kunis–love interest of Two and a Half Men star Ashton Kutcher–is the new face of Jim Beam Bourbon. The first time the company has launched a global campaign, they no doubt wanted a pretty and recognizable face as their spokesperson–and they’ve found exactly that in the pretty Black Swan star.

    “Mila’s love of bourbon, her appreciation for the authenticity of our brand, her warm personality and her global relevance to our Make History campaign make her the perfect partner,” Kevin George, senior vice president and chief marketing officer at Beam Inc. said.

    “As a fan of bourbon and a huge proponent of making history, I am thrilled to be the newest member of the Jim Beam family,” Kunis added.

    Jim Beam was all too happy to share word of their new contract with Mila Kunis via a Twitter announcement on Wednesday.

    In addition to her role in Black Swan, Mila Kunis is the voice behind Family Guy’s Meg Griffin. She also starred–along with Ashton Kutcher–in the hit TV show That 70s Show.

    Jim Beam was founded back in 1975. The American whiskey is made in Clermont, Kentucky. The company makes and sells several kinds of bourbon in addition to other spirits. They also sell a variety of food products that feature bourbon as an ingredient.

    It certainly appears as thought the affiliation between Mila Kunis and Jim Beam Bourbon is a good and mutual one. She is no doubt being paid handsomely for touting the merits of their bourbon–and claims she likes it. Honest advertising is always the best–don’t you think? And who better could Jim Beam have gained for their international ad campaign than a beautiful woman who actually enjoys drinking their bourbon? It sounds like an all around win-win situation–and maybe Ashton Kutcher will get a complimentary bottle every now and then, too.

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