Natalie Portman gets fanboys in a tizzy at the Thor panel discussion during Comic-Con 2010 held at California’s San Diego Convention Center on Saturday (July 24). The 29-year-old actress spoke about her character in the ballet thriller, Black Swan. She shared, “The character’s name is Nina and she’s someone who’s trying to find her own artistic voice and has to sort of lose everything to gain that vision and that sense of self. It’s very hard to describe, you just have to see it!”

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Sofia Coppola’s comic drama Somewhere and Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan will have their world premieres at the Venice Film Festival. They are among some 22 titles that will vie for the prestigious Golden Lion, organisers said. Sofia, 39, will showcase her movie starring Stephen Dorff as a bad-boy actor struggling through life. Darren, 41, returns to Venice with a psychological thriller two years after winning the top prize for his drama The Wrestler. The film stars Natalie Portman and Winona Ryder. In all, 79 world premieres will be shown at Venice from September 1 to 11.

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Natalie Portman had to learn how to drive an imaginary car for her latest movie role. The Star Wars star took the unusual driving lessons to prepare for all the blue screen action she had to undertake for the movie version of Nordic comic book hero Thor. “We had a very high-tech rehearsal where they used chairs to build different spaces in an empty room,” explains Natalie. “Then we would have to do scenes and act around the chairs as if they were like cars. We had to sit in a car and pretend we were driving.”

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Check out your first look at Thor footage shown at Comic-Con 2010. Click here to see the mighty Thor in action!
Marvel Studios expands its film universe with a new type of superhero: Thor. This epic adventure spans the Marvel Universe; from present day Earth to the realm of Asgard. At the center of the story is The Mighty Thor, a powerful but arrogant warrior whose reckless actions reignite an ancient war. Thor is cast down to Earth and forced to live among humans as punishment. Once here, Thor learns what it takes to be a true hero when the most dangerous villain of his world sends the darkest forces of Asgard to invade Earth.
Thor comes to theaters May 6th, 2011 and stars Natalie Portman, Chris Hemsworth, Samuel L. Jackson, Anthony Hopkins, Kat Dennings, Stellan Skarsgård, Ray Stevenson, Jaimie Alexander. The film is directed by Kenneth Branagh.

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Katy Perry wants to kiss Natalie Portman. The pop star – whose most famous hit is I Kissed A Girl – has a crush on the Other Boleyn Girl actress and thinks it would be incredible to lock lips with her. She said: “I used to want to kiss Megan Fox, but now she’s married and I’m not so sure about that anymore. Probably Natalie Portman now -she’s hot and smart.”

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