Paramount has officially announced plans to bring the 2011 Ivan Rietman directed romantic comedy “No Strings Attached” starring Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher to Blu-ray Disc on May 10th. Tech specs for the release include full 1080p Hi-Def video and DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio sound. The title is not yet available for pre-order over at Amazon but stay tuned and we’ll keep you updated. The bonus materials set to be included on this 2-disc “combo” (Blu-ray/DVD)
After weeks racking up awards for her Black Swan performance, it's no surprise that pregnant Natalie Portman would want to get away from it
PHOTOS: Natalie's romantic history
The Oscar winner, 29, and fiance Benjamin Millepied, 33, packed their things and headed to Napa Valley for a romantic wine country weekend.
And Portman, who'd been a red-carpet stunner all season with her maternity style, went an entirely different direction for the trip.
"They were really low-key," a witness tells Us. "She was in sweats!"
For all the details on the couple's romantic get-away, check out this week's Hot Stuff video, as explained by Senior Editor Ian Drew and Basketball Wives star Jennifer Williams.
Movie review: Black Swan
MANILA, Philippines - Be forewarned, that is Darren Aronofsky territory, and it’s just by chance that we find him in the world of ballet in his Oscar-nominated film, Black Swan. If you learn the interviews of Aronofsky, he noticed Black Swan as a companion piece to his The Wrestler (for which Mickey Rourke gained a Best Actor Oscar), an examination of how a very insular world - like ballet or wrestling - can influence on the delicate psyche of the individuals who select to make careers in these stress-laden worlds. In Black Swan, we comply with Nina (Natalie Portman) as she’s chosen from the company, and thrust into the lead function of their forthcoming manufacturing of Swan Lake. It’s a story that also chronicles a descent into madness, obsession and ends in tragedy.
When the New York Metropolis ballet firm director (Vincent Cassel) dispatches the previous prima ballerina of the company (performed by Winona Ryder) to oblivion, he searches from throughout the ranks of the company to seek out their new “star.” In competitors are the likes of the ballerinas portrayed by Portman (Nina) and Mila Kunis (Lily).
As we comply with Nina and see her dedication to her craft, we also witness how her mother (Barbara Hershey) suffocates her as a result of she sees all of the frustrations of a brief-lived career in ballet because she selected to get pregnant with Nina, come to the surface. Truly painfully shy and insecure past phrases, Nina is fragility personified, and when against all expectations, she is chosen to play the lead position, what follows is a wrenching story of how with the intention to really snag the position, she should effectively play each the harmless White Swan and the sensual Black Swan of the production. Polar opposites in character and dance remedy, Nina “snaps” as she tries to get a peg on learn how to play her lead function of a lifetime. Technically adept, Nina lacks the fervour of Lily, and as she makes an attempt to understand the duality of the lead function, we watch her unravel.
At its core, the film is a psychological thriller, with ideas like doppelganger, delusion/illusion, psychotic episodes and outright dementia all rearing their collective heads. I say this as honest warning, as a result of when I watched the film, I was with some buddies who thought this was some film about ballet, the hardships they endure, the competitors, and so on. So that they had been in for some shock, because the extra grisly, visceral parts of the movie would shoot across the screen. There may be blood and gore on this Aronofsky movie, and at the end, it's a portrait of the artist as a younger, disturbed, girl!
