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04.22.02

Chick of the Day - Natalie Portman

Date of birth:
June 9, 1981

Hometown:
Born in Jerusalem, but raised in Long Island

Where you’ve seen her:
As an assassin in training in Luc Besson's The Professional, as the precocious Marty in Beautiful Girls, and many other critically acclaimed films. On May 16, you can see Natalie reprise her role as Padme Amidala in the new Star Wars movie, Episode 2 - Attack of the Clones.

She's a smarty-pants:
Natalie can speak Hebrew, French, and Japanese fluently. She's also currently a junior at Harvard University. Oh, yeah: she's been a vegetarian since she was 8 years old. 

I like pizza:
Natalie was first discovered at a pizza parlor by a talent agent. The rest is history, as they say.

Rejected:
Natalie is notorious for turning down scripts she doesn't want to do. She turned down the part of Juliet in Romeo and Juliet because of the age difference between her and Leo DiCaprio. She turned down a part in The Ice Storm because she felt the subject matter was too dark; Christina Ricci got the role and noted that she often gets roles Portman turns down. She also famously turned down the lead role in Lolita because she thought the subject was despicable. Natalie also turned down The Horse Whisperer to star in the Broadway play, The Diary of Anne Frank. And she nearly turned down a role in Anywhere But Here, because it required a scene where she would be topless. Susan Sarandon refused to do the film without her, so the scene was re-written. She has also said that she will never do a horror film or a "Jennifer Love Hewitt type" film.

So what's her real name?:
Portman is her grandmother's maiden name. She uses it to protect her family.

Previous Chicks of the Day:

» April

22 Apr. : Natalie Portman

» March

25 Mar. : Petra Nemcova

17 Mar. : Britney Spears

03 Mar. : Josie Maran

» December

22 Dec. : Elizabeth Hurley

10 Dec. : Pamela Anderson

» November

24 Nov. : Shakira

» August

14 Aug. : Halle Berry

13 Aug. : Jessica Simpson

07 Aug. : Sarah Michelle Gellar

03 Aug. : Jessica Alba

02 Aug. : Estella Warren

01 Aug. : Tyra Banks

» July

31 July : Kim Smith

27 July : Katie Holmes

26 July : Britney Spears

25 July : Brooke Burke

24 July : Jennifer Love Hewitt

23 July : Shannon Elizabeth

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By Disco Stu : 04.26.02

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Entertainment

Rough Cuts of Our Favorite Films

By Randal Graves : 04.23.02

They're the scenes that make a movie memorable. They're the scenes we remember years from now. They're the scenes we occasionally beat off to. Uh, scratch that. Anyway, these famous scenes that stick out in our minds weren't always written the way that eventually made it to the screen. Renegade Monkey Nuns has uncovered the original scripts.

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The 10 Most Anticipated Movies of the Summer

By Disco Stu : 04.22.02

As part of Summer Movie Week, Disco Stu does some research and previews the 10 most highly anticipated movies of the summer. These are the films that many movie fans cannot wait to see. Will these movies be blockbusters or duds? Find out here.

Entertainment

Worst. Movie. Ever.

By Renegade Monkey Nuns Staff : 04.22.02

Our staff has seen a lot of great movies and a lot of bad movies in our time. Find out which movies are at the top (or the bottom?) of our lists.

Entertainment

Oscar Time!

By Norm : 03.20.02

It's middle March and that means it's time to break out the red carpet, the champagne and the weed...oops, forget that last one...for the annual Academy Awards. Let's go through the nominees in the top 6 categories and figure out who will be taking home those funny looking statues.

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