Nominees for Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for the 83rd Academy Awards attended the Oscar Nominees Luncheon in Beverly Hills Monday, February 7, 2011.
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| Photo credit: Todd Wawrychuk / ©A.M.P.A.S. |
Pictured here (left to right): Natalie Portman, Michelle Williams, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicole Kidman and Annette Bening. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2010 will be presented on Sunday, February 27, 2011.
The 2011 Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award winners were announced last night and The King’s Speech won the top honors of the night, taking home the award for Outstanding Ensemble and Outstanding Male Actor Performance, Colin Firth.
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
The King’s Speech
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a TV Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire, HBO
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a TV Comedy Series
Modern Family, ABC
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a TV Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Comedy Series
Betty White, Hot in Cleveland
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Al Pacino, You Don’t Know Jack
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Claire Danes, Temple Grandin
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The 2011 People’s Choice Awards were held Wednesday at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, CA.
Favorite Movie award went to The Twilight Saga: Eclipse which also won the award for Favorite Drama Movie.
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| Johnny Depp accepting his Favorite Movie Actor award |
Eminem dominated the music category. He won Favorite Hip-Hop Artist and Favorite Male Musician. His song with Rihanna, Love the Way You Lie, also won Favorite Song and Music Video.
Kim Kardashian Tweeted the photo of her with the award for Favorite TV Guilty Pleasure which went to Keeping Up with the Kardashians.
Black Swan is a huge hit at the box office. And surprisingly so for a ballet movie, it is a huge draw with men and women alike. Even critics love it. How can a ballet movie accomplish these feats? If you ask Natalie Portman, she will tell you it’s because everyone loves lesbian sex scenes.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, the Black Swan actress said: “Everyone was so worried about who was going to want to see this movie. I remember them being like, ‘How do you get guys to a ballet movie? How do you get girls to a thriller?’ And the answer is a lesbian scene. Everyone wants to see that.”
Natalie Portman had a double whammy of news to share today: She’s engaged! AND she’s pregnant!
The 29-year-old Black Swan star is expecting her first child with new fiance Benjamin Millepied. The couple met on the set of the movie as Millepied was the movie’s choreographer and Portman’s on-screen partner.
I have not yet seen the movie, but have, probably like you, heard all of the buzz about the stellar performance given by Natalie Portman of the tormented ballerina Nina Sayers in Black Swan.
Even if you have not yet seen Swan, you have most likely also heard about Natalie’s same sex scene in the movie and the intimate moments shared with co-star Mila Kunis.
Natalie graces the cover of Vogue in its latest issue and tells the mag: “Lesbian scenes, sex scenes, they’re all over the place! But because it’s me, people are shocked. I see the value of a good girl persona-it’s so easy to subvert it!”
In the same issue, Portman also discusses being a woman in Hollywood and her diet, among many other things:
On women as objects:
On reading critics of her work: