Natalie Portman is probably going to win a second Oscar, right? [LaineyGossip]
Sam Hunt got engaged to the lady he’s obsessed with. [Dlisted]
Ryan Gosling loved Debbie Reynolds. [Buzzfeed]
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Kenya Moore is a proud gun owner. [Reality Tea]
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Maksim Chmerkovskiy & Peta Murgatroyd welcomed a baby boy. [JustJared]
Nicki Minaj looked good on New Year’s Eve. [IDLY]
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Here’s a cute puppy who was woken up by his own snoring. [Socialite Life]
God, Ansel is so annoying.
And Sam Hunt is creepy.
I’m not a huge fan but she was actually excellent in Jackie. Her biggest competition seems to be Emma Stone an after seeing La La Land I don’t think there’s any reason Natalie shouldn’t win. Emma didn’t blow me away…I actually found the whole movie kind of overrated.
I love Emma, but I hated La La Land.
I loved La La Land and I was surprised at how much of that was because of Emma Stone. She was wickedly charming and I loved that she wasn’t meant to be this perfect dancer or singer. I thought she was terrific! Portman is terrific in Jackie but as a whole, I immensely loved La La Land and would watch it again in a heartbeat. I mean, I have that dang City of Stars song stuck in my head now…
Natalie has never been better than she was in Jackie. Emma was charming in La La Land but she is charming herself so it didn’t seem like much of a stretch for her to play that role. Team Natalie!
Ladies (and guys), I wasn’t a big fan of Jackie. I thought it was OK, am I the only one???
Funny, that’s how I feel about practically every ‘high art’ NP movie. And, especially her acting. She always gets called out for her ‘low art’ movies (her, hahaha, ‘performance’ in Thor, SW, NSA) , but she is just as bad in the pretentious ones.
Like, I guess she makes the correct facial contortions, but her characters are not believable. I never have a theory of mind for them, the way that other–even more famous actors–can create for their roles. She never disappears in it. It’s always just Natalie Portman standing around, looking constipated or crying.
spot on, except for Black Swan. I never understood her rise to fame.
“It’s always just Natalie Portman standing around, looking constipated or crying.” HookedOnCoffee, I agree completely! You perfectly described her acting “range” with this comment.
Something nice, though: she looks beautiful here (the extra pregnancy weight really suits her).
I feel the same about her and Lawrence. They were great in their first roles and then remained stagnant. You can always see them acting, they never disappear in their characters.
JulP–Haha, I’m glad I’m not the only one who sees through it. Every damn movie she is in, all I think is, “oh, there is Natalie Portman. Natalie is sad. I know that because she is crying.” Or, “Natalie is happy. I know that because she is smiling.” No subtlety for that one. No involuntary muscle movements, no emotion in the eyes, no non-over-rehearsed delivery, nada. Even in the Professional…all her role really required was stoicism, crying, and constipation. She didn’t nail the acting–she just hit a role that was her professional trifecta to a T!
I can’t think of anyone who has skated farther on looks.
Lol. Constipated or crying is accurate. There are a couple other actresses that have the similar (lack of) range and I don’t understand how they have awards or work. It takes a really good actor/actress to take you away make you feel like you are not seeing them in costume, but the character they are supposed to be and Portman isn’t one of them.
” It’s always just Natalie Portman standing around, looking constipated or crying”
😂😂 So true!! Cool name too! 😀 ☕️
I thought she was ok in Jackie but she never fully disappeared into the role and her accent throughout it was a bit distracting and felt forced.
I think she was excellent in Black Swan, and it was a very different role for her, but with everything else, I’d say she’s ok, not great. I haven’t seen Jackie yet to have an opinion on that though.
There are a lot of other actors I’d like to see win before she gets her second though (Amy Adams!).
I thought thor was her best actually.
That’s a perfect description. She was fantastic in The Professional. And then the slow decline. Typical child star who couldn’t pull it through. Kristen Stewart also comes to mind. My nephew forced me into a viewing of Star Wars Revenge of the Sith this past weekend. Oh Sweet Jesus she was bad. I remembered the Darth Vader kid (can’t think of his name) being cringe worththy but she was actually worse.
Lady Rain–haha, thanks! Your SN is likewise awesome!
It’s so good to voice dislike for NP on these boards. Everywhere else, you get swamped by her zealous fans for even piping up.
@hookedoncoffee – agreed – she just makes the same facial expressions – beetled eyebrows and squnched up face – whether she’s been sexually assaulted by Henry VIII in the other Boleyn girl, having a breakdown in Black swan…. same expression….. very limited. Not a huge fan.
Redgrl–I think the funniest thing is that she seldom even sheds tears. Mostly, she scrunches up her brows, flattens her lips, goes red, grabs herself, and does the histrionic heaving. But, she never really cries. And crying is what made her an actor!
I don’t like her as an actress at all. Totally over rated (I know I’m repeating what the others said on this thread I just want everyone to know I agree 😛 )
Hookedoncoffee- true – no tears! Must be a byproduct of the constipation!
No, it was ok imo but not as great as the reviews suggest.
I called it the second the trailers came out. I figured the critics would rave about it, and the movie would be…all right. Not disappointing, but not worth the drama, either.
I actually thought Natalie Portman did a surprising good job, but not great. My favorite NP performance is Beautiful Girls, though. After that, yeah, she turns into Natalie “Wood” ba-da-da. I did not like Jackie the movie, though. My mom and I thought it was a real downer. There was just no balance from the tension and sadness. Not that all movies have to be happy all the time, but balance is nice. And the way the camera panned in a lot of the scenes gave me a headache.
I hated Jackie. It was a disjointed boring mess. Natalie was o.k but she doesn’t deserve awards for this performance.
Nope. I was glad when it finished.
Exactly. “Jackie” was just okay. I agree with the poster who wrote that Natalie Portman never disappears into a role.
Loved, loved, LOVED La La Land. I thought it was absolutely delicious. Emma Stone’s acting during “Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” was revelatory. I hope she wins for this film.
OMG Emma Stone was on Medium? I loved that show! Was so sad when it was cancelled, especially after that abomination of a finale. 😡
That was one of the worst finales ever. EVER.
Great another false idol she’ll put on her phoney smile to accept just to run it down a week later
just like Sean penn/Tilda Swinton and Anne Hathaway if you don’t care about it stay out of the
running there are many others whom i”m sure would love to receive an award and be
grateful afterwards.
I kind of hope that she loses, to anyone. For anything. It would be a great Academy rebuke for the whole dance double stunt.
Yes!
Agreed re the dance double stunt comment. Plus her bitching about Paris irked me.
Ah, haha. The Paris thing sort of amused me, because it proved what a tool she is.
When she moved to Paris, it was SO much better than the pedestrian USA. They were SO fashionable. No one wore shorts like the plebs in America, and museums were FREE (which she likes, because she is #suchasmartspecialsnowflake and #didshementionshewenttoHarvard?). And then her husband got canned, and she immediately changed her tune to, “Nah, America is better! I like how kid friendly it is! People smile more! I don’t feel like I have to dress up when I leave the house.”
It was so obnoxiously transparent, and yet it was the closest she will come to high comedy. What other person in their 30s can just mean girl entire geographical regions when she thinks it will suit her…and does she really think viewers are that dumb?
@HookedOnCoffee – yeah, she’s just terrible! How dare she change her opinion after living in a different place for a longer period of time.
I’m amazed by the vitriolic comments towards Natalie. Of all the awful humans in showbiz, she’s actually harmless.
As for the Black Swan controversy, Aronofsky said: “I had my editor count shots. There are 139 dance shots in the film. 111 are Natalie Portman untouched. 28 are her dance double Sarah Lane. If you do the math, that’s 80% Natalie Portman. What about duration? The shots that feature the double are wide shots and rarely play for longer than one second. There are two complicated longer dance sequences that we used face replacement. Even so, if we were judging by time, over 90% would be Natalie Portman. And to be clear, Natalie did dance en pointe in pointe shoes. If you look at the final shot of the opening prologue, which lasts 85 seconds, and was danced completely by Natalie, she exits the scene on pointe. That is completely her without any digital magic.”
Is he lying? Really?
I know that in theory, it should be about the performance in that particular film and not about the whole filmography, but Natalie Portman is not an actress who deserves two Oscars imo.
Particularly given that those icons who don’t even have one Oscar, despite giving Oscar-worthy performances, include Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe, Lauren Bacall, Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Catherine Deneuve….
At some level, I imagine those icons probably learned to view Oscars the same way we viewed participation trophies in HS. Like, ‘Timmy can have it, it’s not like it changes a damn thing, anyway.’
Otherwise, I don’t know how Harrison Freaking Ford sleeps at night.
I never understand why Lauren Bacall didn’t have Oscar. She’s one of the greatest I
I don’t like her or her acting and for someone who tried to play off her first win, she is campaigning hard. I wish Viola Davis had tried for lead actress, but then I would be mad if she lost to this one or Emma Stone.
Ugh same here. I am SO bitter about Viola campaigning in supporting. I haven’t seen Fences yet, but based on comments from people who have seen it, she ‘s the lead of the film, if anything (more so than Denzel’s character even), and if she wins in supporting it will be clear category fraud.
I guess what bothers me about this is that 1) Viola is a superior actress to the two front runners for best actress, Emma Stone and Natalie Portman, and 2) her moving to the supporting category kind of reaffirms that, if you’re a POC, you’re less likely to win in lead (the last time a POC won a lead acting Oscar was 2007!) It rubs me the wrong way that the Academy will award POC supporting actor Oscars, but rarely lead Oscars. I get that it was probably Viola’s choice to change categories, and an Oscar is still an Oscar, but the lead Oscar is definitely the one everyone really wants (apparently Leo D. refused to campaign in supporting for Django because he was holding out for a lead Oscar …)
Duh, the existence of Viola Davis proves that Hollywood is a racist system. She is so incredible and yet she isn’t getting cast in every movie known to man. Her performance in Doubt should have gotten her her first Oscar and a director who would develop movies just for her. She makes me feel whatever it is that she wants me to feel at that moment and there aren’t enough awards for her.
They were both powerful in that movie. I would have to say that Denzel outperformed her by a smidgen, but he NAILED an abusive, narcissistic father figure. He was terrifying. The way he could make the mood drop from levity to muscle-freeze tension in a second was seamless. Viola was an Oscar-worthy lead, though. She would have it in the bag if she campaigned for either lead or supporting, IMHO.
How about Amy Adams finally gets the Oscar she deserves.
I usually hate when they give career Oscars rather than for the specific performance ( hello Leonardo Dicaprio) but I would be perfectly happy if both Amy and Viola got one this year.
Yeah, seriously. I’m worried though that the year that Amy Adams is the frontrunner, people will be like “ughhh goooo away” and I cannot handle the internet being mean to my favorite (fake) redhead. :/
I feel a little bit sorry for Annette Bening, who I think gives a magnificent performance in 20th Century Women, who lost twice to Hilary Swank and now probably twice to Natalie Portman, when she’s a better actress than both.
I think Viola would’ve been very competitive if she’d gone for Lead.
Hilary deserved both of her wins. She was incredible in Boys Don’t Cry and Million Dollar Baby.
I believe she deserved the first, but I would’ve given the second to any of Annette, Imelda Staunton in ‘Vera Drake’ or Kate Winslet in ‘Eternal Sunshine’. Swank was still really good though, I agree.
I want to see 20th Century Women so badly.
Oh you should! I thought it was a really beautiful, tender story. Not flashy, but lovely.
Annette’s roles are never as flashy but she is a truly great actress, as is Viola Davis. There was an amazing article in The New Yorker on Davis a few weeks ago that recounts some of her childhood and all I can say is I cannot admire and worship this woman any more than I do. She is one amazing human being.
Natalie Portman like Bkale Lively are those people who look amazing and better while pregnant. I haven’t watched Jackie yet. I wish Amy Adams won it instead.
No, Natalie is not winning, even though she has he best performance IMO. She’s only not winning because she won a while ago. If her movie gets a best picture nom she wins, but it won’t. They will give it to Emma Stone who’s in the best picture front runner. If Natalie wasn’t a winner already she would win easily.
I see her pretentiousness and snobbery just fine, but she was extraordinary in jackie. As a person, I tend to enjoy Emma Stone, though I think her brand of acting is more of the overly effusive, over-reacting kind. Musical-theatre acting. Pretty and charming but not yet experienced enough to play a part at her highest potential.
I thought Natalie Portman was mesmerizing in The Professional. And then I saw her in one of the Star Wars films and I thought she sucked. I thought it might’ve been the directing (episodes 1, 2, and 3 were terrible) but she was just so dull in a few other movies that I saw. Nope, just another overrated actress. Jessica Chastain, Carrie Mulligan, and Amy Adams on the other hand… Wow. When will they get their Oscars??
She’s a tedious actress who can be passable if the script and director are good but I hope she doesn’t get nominated as you know what the academy and pregnant women are like.
Plus given the stick that they’ve been getting over all white Oscars, i suspect she might get a nom but not the win.
Haven’t seen the movie, but Natalie is a very good actor. The problem I have, is with the hairstylist for the movie. Damn! Could he/she have at least, styled that hair/wig thing as close to the way Jacqueline Kennedy’s hair was styled? Jackie was known to have her hair perfectly-coiffed at all times. I’m sorry, but that hair/wig thing that they put on Natalie’s head just ain’t right…period! It may be petty to some, but that hair style kind of spoils it for me. The actor should at least, look pretty-much like the character that they are portraying, especially the iconic and universally-loved Jacqueline Kennedy.
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I’ve only heard rave reviews of La La Land from friends. I am trying to see it soon. I’m a bit worried it won’t live up to the hype now. Did anyone really like it?
My favorite Natalie Portman role is still from “Where the Heart Is.” Yeah. What can I say?
Saw it last night with my husband and 20+ year old daughter. They LOVED it. I liked it but that’s about it. I don’t want to spoil it so I can’t get more specific. Emma was good but hardly Oscar worthy. Lots of emoting. Ryan Gosling isn’t getting any buzz for his performance yet I thought he was wonderful. Very understated. That kind of performance often gets overlooked in favor of the BIG performance. I totally forgot about him being Ryan Gosling, I got lost in the character, but I was constantly aware that I was watching Emma Stone being Emma Stone.
She’s given good performances from time to time but despite her beauty I don’t think she lights up the screen.
I tried watching Jane Got a Gun and gave up after 15 minutes. If Jennifer Lawrence or Julia Roberts had been in that (even with whatever limitations they might have), I don’t think I would have given up.
Natalie must have some good PR people because I watched the trailer for Jackie and found it cringeworthy – like seriously embarrassing for her. Not even close to Oscar material, more like a Lifetime movie.
I hope not. I found her performance to be shallow and flat. Ruth Negga gets my nod.
This is totally off-topic but Natalie Portman’s husband has a strangely large head and I can’t unsee it. It is distractingly large.
Oh my, you’re right! It doesn’t help that he is balding.
Wingkingdom – ahhhh! His head is huge! It’s like that scene from “so I married an axe murderer” — “HEAD! Move! NOW! Yer head has its own solar system it’s so big!”
He is not attractive sorry to say. She could have found a better guy then him.
Ugh. Hoping Amy Adams wins. Plus I don’t get the infatuation with Jackie in the first place.
I thought Portman was great but I am not here for her being a two time Oscar winner. Her personality off screen makes me cringe.
I think Emma was terrific in La La Land but it’s not an Oscar winning performance. Definitely nomination worthy but that’s it.
I would love for Amy Adams to win for Arrival – it’s such a beautiful and quietly moving performance. It takes an extraordinary actress to pull it off and she is always so terrific. It wouldn’t be a win for that performance tho IMO, it would be for all the wonderful performances she gave before Arrival – particularly American Hustle, Junebug, and The Master.
I still think back to the year Portman won and while I think she deserved every bit of praise for her work and performance in Black Swan, no performance that year moved me like Michelle Williams in Blue Valentine. In fact, it’s crazy that Ryan Gosling wasn’t nominated for his performance in that film. That was truly two actors at the height of their talent.
I have never been more weirded out by a accent/voice than I was with her. Holy cow, I nearly decided to skip it based on that. Relative insisted I watch one of Jackie Os real interviews and I was blown away. Have not seen the movie yet, but its obvious she is pushing hard. Only person that seemed to be pushing harder was Will Smith until reviews came out.
There are so many better actresses out there.
Natalie cannot act and even when she can it’s so overdone. I don’t remember who was nominated the year she won her Oscar but at the time I was praying for someone else to win. She’s a privileged white chick who reminds me of Julia Roberts. All sweet on the outside and diva in reality. Please let Amy win. She so deserves it. And if Viola were in the category I would want her to win. Hopefully Ruth will become more well known and will win soon too. I think she’s more talented and more beautiful than IAmSoPerfectYetSoHumbleMsHarvard.