Her commercial for Miss Dior Chérie, which premiered a few years back, is still a favorite of beauty and fashion fans, and it looks as if Dior wants to repeat this success. Filmmaker Sofia Coppola was spotted shooting with Natalie Portman (the new face of Dior perfumes) in Paris this week, prompting rumors that Coppola is the creative force behind the luxury label’s new fragrance campaign. Coppola has previously starred in ads for fellow LVMH brand, Louis Vuitton, whose creative director, Marc Jacobs she is close friends with. She even designed a handbag and shoe range for the brand. This ‘fashion cred’ together with the popularity of her first Dior fragrance ad make this campaign one to look out for. More details are sure to be released soon.

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Natalie Portman has been named as the new face of Parfums Christian Dior. The stunning actress signed a deal with the French fashion house to front a new campaign – the first time she has represented a fragrance and cosmetics brand. Claude Martinez, president and chief executive officer of Parfums Christian Dior, said: “We are extremely excited to have Miss Portman embody our house. She will symbolise with grace the values of luxury and the glamour of Dior.” It is not yet known which project Natalie – who follows in the footsteps of Sharon Stone, Charlize Theron, Jude Law and Monica Bellucci – will be involved in. Despite her striking beauty, Natalie recently admitted she is concerned about losing her looks after seeing so many ageing actresses struggle. The 28-year-old star said: “You see people who were stars five years ago and already they’re waning. As actresses approach 40, it starts becoming really, really difficult.” However, the Closer actress said she didn’t think she would surgically alter her appearance to look younger. When asked if she’d have cosmetic surgery in future, she said: “I would hope not.”

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After Lily Allen for New Look and the car crash that was Lindsay Lohan’s brief tenure at Emanuel Ungaro, you’d be forgiven for thinking celebrity fashion collaborations were a tasteless marketing technique more in keeping with the days of It-bags and Big Brother than with a more sober, post-Crunch vision of responsible mass consumption. So when 28-year-old Natalie Portman launched a range of vegan shoes (that’s to say no leather or other animal products, rather than that they’re edible) for green label Te Casan, she too came in for a certain amount of scorn and mockery. But the stylish Mary-Janes and court shoes that she created for the eco-tailor were created with the integrity and drive that marks most of her initiatives – and all profits were donated to environmental charities.
The actress has maintained a level of privacy and normality despite her stardom – she completed a psychology degree at Harvard while filming the Star Wars prequels, and even had two undergraduate papers published in respected journals. A vegetarian since childhood, she turned wholly vegan after reading Jonathan Safran Foer’s Eating Animals last year, and is a keen supporter of Peta. In 2007, she travelled to Rwanda to film the documentary Gorillas on the Brink, and has also fought to highlight issues of child malnutrition. Her work with Finca raised money for impoverished women to set up their own businesses, while her endorsement of the OneVoice Movement has brought the potential of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to a wider audience. Having announced her resolution to carbon-neutralise all her journeys, it’s clear she isn’t your average starlet.

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Crafts – tiny little bits or tremendously spectacular monstrosities… no matter how much space they occupy, it’s no doubt that their handmade nature can steal many hearts. Crafts are one and only treasures, never replaced and never identical to any other items. Special. Unique. Pieces of art. Binki Shapiro of the band Little Joy appreciated the priceless value of crafts and asked her artistic mates to join her in an initiative called ‘Crafts for a Cause’. Ornamented legendary guitars, totally adorable hand-drawn pictures, cutely doodled tote bags and emblazoned t-shirts are available from various artists, from Daft Punk, Conor Oberst, Jenny Lewis, Natalie Portman and Cat Power to Spike Jonze, No Doubt, The Strokes, Sia and more! Musicians from the Red Hot Chili Peppers decorated a few white t-shirts and turned them into trendy fashion items. See for yourself by visiting the special Crafts for a Cause blog. If you want to help earthquake-affected Haitians, you can join the auction on March 15 at www.BiddingForGood. All the proceeds will go to Artists for Peace and Justice, an amazing charitable organization founded by filmmaker Paul Haggis.

Natalie Portman was out and about in New York on Sunday night to host a special charity event to kick off the Hungry In America Project. Held at the Colicchio & Sons Restaurant, and hosted by The Feed Foundation, the event launched a new documentary titled Hungry In America, directed by Lori Silverbush and Kristi Jacobson. The film addresses the fact that one in four children in the US lives on the brink of hunger. The event was attended by famous faces such as Jake Gyllenhaal, and boasted a host committee that included Ben Affleck, Marcia Cross, Samantha Harris, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Ali Larter, Katherine McPhee, Julianne Moore, Alison Sweeney and many others. Catering was via Tom Colicchio. Another event will launch the film in Los Angeles on February 28 at Craft. Hosted by Bryan Lourd, tickets start at $250. More information can be found here. To watch a preview of the Hungry In America film, click here .