The 2011 Oscars are just days away, and we're making our annual picks for who is going to take home the little gold men! Will Natalie Portman and Colin Firth have award season sweeps or will there be upsets in the big categories from the likes of Michelle Williams or James Franco? Check out our choices and Buzz's detailed breakdowns of the nominees. Plus, don't forget to fill out an online ballot to win a TV or print your own to play at home this weekend!
Are you trying to see as many Oscar-nominated movies as possible? First, make sure you've downloaded and printed out my checklist and voted on my Oscar ballot for a chance to win a Samsung TV (and here's where you can print out your own). Then, I'd like to see which of the best picture nominees you guys have seen. Vote on each of the 10 films and let me know which ones you've already checked off your list!
Natalie Portman's cute striped sweater dress covered up her growing pregnancy belly as she posed with her Black Swan director, Darren Aronofsky, at an event in his honor in NYC this afternoon. She just returned to the East Coast following a stay in LA, where she picked up a SAG award and attended a pre-Oscars luncheon. Natalie also made time to go hiking with friends in the sunny weather, though now she's back to chilly walks in the Big Apple with her fiancé, Benjamin Millepied. She'll soon return to the West Coast for the Oscars, which are on Feb. 27 — don't forget to fill out BuzzSugar's ballot for a chance to win a Samsung TV!
Natalie Portman looked beautiful wearing a teal, empire waist dress and red satin pumps in the interview room at today's 83rd Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon in LA. The expecting and engaged best actress nominee was quick to remind people what awards season is really all about, though, when one reporter asked what she might wear to the Oscars. "It’s certainly all about leaving space for growth, but is always surprising, also, that that’s become the conversation instead of the movies now: what you are wearing."
Talk soon turned to Natalie's critically acclaimed work when an Oscars fan on Facebook asked why she chose her Black Swan role. "I think I was really drawn to the world of dance itself. I always just thought it such a compelling expression through movement not through words," she said. "There's something very internal and true about dance as a mode of expression, and this character finding her artistic voice was something I was really interested by, where men are the directors and women are the stars in a very controlled way. So to find this woman kind of breaking out of that was very interesting to me."
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Watch out, Jesse Eisenberg. You may have an Oscar nomination to your name, but a little boy is gunning for your job. The folks over at AOL have released a collection of videos featuring kids reenacting several Oscar best picture contenders. Among the selected films: The Social Network, 127 Hours, The King's Speech, Black Swan, and The Fighter (complete with unintelligible Boston accents, of course). The little clips are especially funny if you've seen all of the films, but even if you haven't, you'll still chuckle at the kids' cuteness. Take a look!
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More videos spoofs after the jump.
Natalie Portman helps Ellen get in touch with her inner black swan.
>> Rodarte's Laura and Kate Mulleavy created 40 ballet costumes, plus all of Natalie Portman's knitwear and dresses, for Black Swan, but don't expect them to receive any nod from Oscar. If anyone gets an Oscar nomination for costuming the film, it will be Black Swan costume designer Amy Westcott, who received the "costumes by" front credit. The Mulleavys didn't negotiate a credit as part of their initial deal, and they weren't members of the Costume Designers Guild at the time (only guild members are eligible for nominations, and the sisters have since joined). The Mulleavys recently said they're open to more film costuming opportunities, however. [The Hollywood Reporter via Fashionista]
In honor of her recent Golden Globe win, we wanted to take a look back through Natalie Portman's amazing career. From The Professional to the upcoming Thor, Natalie's played it all: career woman, unemployed Walmart squatter, queen (what an overachiever!), the list goes on. So how big of a fan of the mama-to-be are you? What jobs has she held on the big screen?
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