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    Watch: Young Natalie Portman's Original Audition Tape for Luc Besson's 'Leon: The Professional'

    Check out Natalie Portman's original audition tape for Luc Besson's "Leon: The Professional." In the video, an 11-year-old Portman reads a number of the lines that she would eventually say in the 1994 film as Mathilda, the pre-teen taken in by assassin Leon (Jean Reno) after the murder of her family...

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    Watch: 11 Year-Old Natalie Portman's Audition Tape For 'Leon: The Professional'

    Before she was an Academy Award-winning actress, A-list star and mother, Natalie Portman was just like any other kid trying to make it in the business. Except, she was far more self-aware of her talent and dreams than most. The story goes she turned down a child modelling gig with Revlon to focus on...

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    Natalie Portman Sought For 'Heathers' Meets 'Fight Club' Project 'Dare Me'

    Natalie Portman may not have been seen on the big screen since "Thor" in 2011, but she's got a slate of projects on the way. Of course, there's the double dose of Terrence Malick projects waiting in the wings, and later this year "Thor: The Dark World," while she's currently shooting the troubled we...

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    First Official Still Of Christian Bale & Natalie Portman In Terrence Malick's 'Knight Of Cups'

    We were a bit depressed about the reception to "To The Wonder." When Terrence Malick's latest premiered in Venice last year, we found it beguiling and beautiful, and arguably superior to his previous picture "The Tree Of Life." But the critical consensus didn't agree with us, and the film picked up ...

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    CASTING WATCH: Bradley Cooper is the Third Actor to Leave 'Jane Got a Gun' UPDATED

    The production of indie western "Jane Got a Gun" continues to be plagued by trouble, as Bradley Cooper -- set to replace Jude Law, who previously replaced Michael Fassbender -- is now the third actor to abandon the film.

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    Natalie Portman Joins Michael Fassbender In 'Macbeth'

    It seems that after Michael Fassbender bailed on the troubled western "Jane Got A Gun," there were no hard feelings between himself and Natalie Portman, who is also producing that movie. They also paired up on Terrence Malick's forthcoming music scene movie (provided they don't get cut) and indeed, ...

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    Trailer Watch: Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman Star in 'Thor: The Dark World'

    The sequel to Kenneth Branagh's macho warrior epic "Thor" now has a trailer. 

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    Watch: Malekith, Jane Foster, Loki & More Appear In First Trailer For 'Thor: The Dark World'

    Starting with a preview in the Phase One boxset, Marvel has been efficiently building up to the first trailer for "Thor: The Dark World" with a poster and fresh stills in the last few days. And now it's officially here (after partially leaking late last night), and yes, it's bringing the epic.

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    New Images Of Chris Hemsworth & Natalie Portman In 'Thor: The Dark World'

    With the "Iron Man 3" campaign pretty much wrapped as the sequel opens this week internationally, Marvel is now putting their marketing efforts into "Thor: The Dark World," which isn't due in theaters for another seven months. But hey, there's no time like the present.

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    Director Lynne Ramsay Leaves Jane Got a Gun Just As Production Was to Begin

    Deadline reported yesterday that director Lynne Ramsay had quit Jane Got a Gun which is to star Natalie Portman the morning production was to have begun -- Tuesday in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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