Here are some new photos of Natalie Portman yesterday in NYC. It looks like her promotional duties for Thor 2 are not over, which surprises me. Natalie and Tom Hiddleston have really done SO much to promote this film while Chris Hemsworth just could not be bothered. Anyway, both of Natalie’s outfits yesterday were Christian Dior, of course. She wore the black-and-white mullet dress to The Late Show with David Letterman, and she wore the ill-fitting slacks and maternity tube top (???) to a Thor 2 screening. I hate all the outfits, but I think the slacks-and-tube-top ensemble is my least favorite.
Natalie also has a new interview with Moviefone to promote Thor. You can read the whole thing here. It’s a lot of Thor, Thor, Thor, blah, but there are a few interesting quotes:
Working with Hiddleston: “Tom is just so, so awesome. He’s one of the great people to work with. He’s so fun and funny and smart and talented and he’s just phenomenal. And it was so great to slap him because he really let me go for it and always had a cheeky response and punctuated it well.”
Marvel’s feminism: “I think the Marvel people really know what they’re doing, I have to say. And I think that they’re really creating impressive female characters. I learned about the Bechdel Test soon before shooting, and I was really excited that we have these female characters discussing science with other another, that they’re discussing things that aren’t about a guy. And that’s a great quality. I think that Marvel cares a lot about continuing that.”
I sort of went to sleep when I was reading that, it was not the most exciting interview ever. Blah.
But here’s something interesting… you remember all of the shenanigans with Natalie’s attempt to make Jane Got a Gun? Go here for a recap of the shenanigans. Natalie’s costars were leaving in a steady stream and the original director, Lynne Ramsay, quit the day before the production began. Reportedly, Natalie-as-producer was a mess too – sources complained about how disorganized she and her team were. Well, now Natalie and the other producers are SUING Lynne Ramsay for walking off the production. Producers allege that Ramsay got a six-figure salary upfront and they want her to pay it back, plus punitive damages for breach of contract. There’s more too – go here.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
Boring girl in a boring outfit.
Can we make her go away?
Boring? She’s classy, elegant and not a fame-whore. Would you prefer a Khardashian or maybe a Lohan?
Neither.
She’s not a famewhore, but I wouldn’t say she was that classy either. She’s only a few steps away from being a Goop sometimes – what saves her is that she’s actually intelligent and somewhat talented.
Intelligent and talented? I’ve seen evidence of neither.
I just reckon she has the kind of smug snooty attitude which makes people THINK she is intelligent and talented, when in fact she’s just a pretty silver-spoon girl who got very, very lucky.
Portman is neither talented nor intelligent. Just annoying!
I prefer the white and black one.
Agree, but I do suspect she’s pregnant again. Her face/arms look fuller for her (she was VERY tiny post-baby) and her outfits are disguising her midsection.
Both atrocious.
I spotted the word “bothered” again. Time to bring back my drinking game on this beautiful morning!
*gulp* I am going to have to start watering my shots…
Marty darling, we have larger conspiracy theories to discuss: CHemboy just said Remora is filming “something” in Hawaii. Hawaii to LAX is almost a commuter flight like London to NY so she could have gotten to the LA premiere. If she is in Hawaii, there is no troubled pregnancy because she would not be so far from her OB should something happen. If she is pregnant, I think we all know she would be papped in flowing shirts and dresses to generate speculation and get her name int he media with “guessing.” If she were big enough, she would have revealed at the LA premiere. As it is, she is running around Hawaii with not one pap shot? Interesting, don’t you think?
The only two theories I can come up with is a) they are going to go for a dark horse Oscar shot and use the pregnancy as their campaign or b) was Kaiser on to something???
Besos Miss J, I missed you yesterday! Hey that rhymed!
While I think Chris did a great job in Rush, if anyone is getting a dark horse nom it’s Daniel B., he just had the more interesting and compelling story. Honestly I don’t know what to think, I don’t want to speculate about a pregnancy because I’m sure Remora will let us know in a big way if that’s the case. On the other hand, the premiers have been going on for what? Two and half weeks? No red carpet and NO pap shots?! Something is definately off.
I always miss you.
Yes, I agree that we will not see anything for him this awards season (possible gg nom – but probably not)
London or LA – those were the glaring omissions. Somethings up, I just cannot figure out what.
She looks awful and CD needs to fire their designer, who’s name currently escapes me.
Everything looks like it could use some tailoring. The glitterbomb top looks maternity-esque.
Bet you she’s pregnant.
The only thing I found interesting about this story was the concept of a ‘maternity tube top’.There’s a Whole lotta baby belly & boobage to stuff in one of those. xD (& considering even most NON-pregnant women can’t manage to pull those off, it seems like a recipe for disaster (& sore maternity boobs).
I don’t like either.
Both look bad, but the last one is truly unfortunate.
I like her but these shots are kinda hard to judge. I’d say I like the black & white one marginally better. Could change my mind w/ different pics of both though…
I don’t really like either one to be honest. “…they’re discussing things that aren’t about a guy. And that’s a great quality.” That made me giggle a little bit.
It makes sense if you know what the Bechdel test is.
In both photos she looks pregnant. Maybe it’s just the cut of each outfit?
The top outfit gives her upper body a peculiar dumpy look, flaring out on the sides.
I’ve seen other pictures of the black dress and really liked it.
She looks old and tired in these shots. And very tweaked on the top photo. Has she had something done to her face. Oh, and that middle parting really doesn’t work for her.
Really? Can you sue a director just because they left the project? How far is Natalie up her own butt? Is she going to sue Fassbender, Cooper, Law and other people who walked off too? She seems like a spoiled brat in my opinion.
She will be a crap director probably. I hope we hear more details of how she was a crap producer, not only her dancing controversy probably ruined her chances at a future Oscar nom/wi,n but now her rude behaviour will ruin her chances at any other ambitons she might have. Who wants to work with someone who is rude or arrogant?
Like a bunch of people above, I’m calling pregnant too.
something about the top is flying sauceresque.
to be fair, it looked the same on the runway.
Nothing about her is classy to me.
What is going in with her face? It’s either a poorly-camouflaged forehead bruise, or a spray tan gone awry.
I think she’s preggers. Mazel tov !