Movie:jackie
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Natalie Portman Says Hollywood Films Don't Have Enough 'Great Female Roles'
Natalie Portman will be in select theaters on Friday playing the title role in Jackie, director Pablo Larrain’s drama about Jackie Kennedy in the days following her husband’s assassination. In an interview with New York magazine, Portman, 35, complained that contemporary Hollywood films don’t make great female characters a priority. “There are not great female roles that are just flourishing,” Portman said.
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'Jackie' Trailer: Natalie Portman Returns to Camelot
Jackie, in theaters Dec. 2, tells the story of an American icon, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. In turn, the Jackie Kennedy we see on screen, played by Natalie Portman, is telling her own story to the American people, trying to establish the legacy that her late husband, John F. Kennedy, would have wanted. “People like to believe in fairy tales,” she says. “I believe that the characters we read about on the page end up being more real than the men who stand beside us.”
- NewsKevin Polowy
13 Oscar Contenders That Emerged Out of Venice, Telluride, and Toronto Fests
The Oscars are still five months away, but consider awards season under way now that Hollywood has returned home from film festivals in Venice, Telluride, and Toronto. (So yes, that means awards season pretty much runs for half a calendar year.)
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'Jackie' Set for Oscar-Qualifying Dec. 9 Release
Natalie Portman in ‘Jackie’ (Photo: Venice Film Festival)
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Venice: Natalie Portman Talks About the Dangers of Playing 'Jackie'
Natalie Portman (Photo: Rex/Shutterstock)
