Black Swan

Academy Awards-Inspired Cocktails from Grey Goose

Grey Goose, the super-premium vodka blended and bottled in the celebrated Cognac region of Western France, has come up with some entertaining cocktails inspired by this year's Best Picture nominees at the Academy Awards (aka the Oscars). The drinks have been cleverly concocted to reflect the films for which they're named and the stars themselves – don't orchids remind you of Natalie Portman? Bottoms up and may the best man win....:

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Natalie Portman's Ad For Dior Directed by Sofia Coppola

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As we've mentioned before, Academy-Award nominee for Best Actress, Natalie Portman has a side gig. The lovely star is also the face of the Miss Dior Cherie campaign. The print ads were photographed by Tim Walker and Sofia Coppola, who shot a previous commercial for Miss Dior Cherie handled the filming, the result of which is shown above. The Miss Dior Cherie fragrance is described as a playful, modern fragrance and has notes of green tangerine, violette, and pink jasmine with strawberry leaves and caramelized popcorn. The advertisement echoes the soft, flirty tones of the scent, showing Portman and a handsome companion kissing and Portman alone, lost in dreamy reverie while holding the perfume bottle and taking a bath with sunglasses on while "Je T'aime Moi Non Plus" by Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin plays in the background.

Indiewire says that the next famous film director to hit the fragrance ad spotlight is "Black Swan" director Darren Aronofsky who directed Vincent Cassel in a promotion for Yves Saint Laurent's Perfume "La Nuit de L'Homme."

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Lea Michele and Natalie Portman Wear Tiffany & Co. Jewels at the SAG Awards

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"Glee" actress Lea Michele piled on the jewels for the Screen Actor's Guild Awards on Sunday night. Michele, who was nominated for "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series," wore a shimmering Oscar De La Renta gown. She also selected pieces from Tiffany & Co., choosing nearly $1 million in diamond jewelry. Her choices included Tiffany & Co. oval diamond lever back earrings set in platinum ($180,000) and a Tiffany & Co. pear shape diamond ring with contour split shank set in platinum ($269,000). She layered her wrist with extra sparkle, selecting a diamond bracelet with micro melee border set in platinum ($400,000), diamond deco bracelet set in platinum ($50,000) and a diamond cell bracelet set in platinum ($82,000).

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RSVIP: "Black Swan" Premiere with Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis

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"Black Swan" director Darren Aronofsky, far right, who has already created such extraordinary films as "The Wrestler" and "Requiem for a Dream," has miraculously pulled off a psychological thriller set in the unlikely, rarefied world of classical dance. Several scenes in "Black Swan" present gore and special effects which beg the audience to cover their eyes. But the heart-thumping pace, psychological intensity, and extraordinary dance footage destine the film to be a Hitchcock-level classic with possible sweep potential at the Academy Awards.

To transform the star, Natalie Portman, right, who had trained in Ballet as a child, into a dancer, Mary Helen Bowers, a prima ballerina formerly with the New York City Ballet, began training her a year before shooting started. "I put together a rigorous program, this is five to eight hours a day, six days a week," said a reed-thin Bowers, wearing a feathery gown by Balenciaga on the red carpet at the Ziegfeld Theatre at Tuesday's premiere. "We mixed ballet exercises, swimming a mile every day, ballet class, and pointe work . . . working on her swan arms, her hands . . . her upper body."

"It was a challenge getting her on pointe for the first time," Bowers offered. "So we just built up to it very slowly. You see her on pointe constantly in the film."

"I lost 20 pounds," noted Mila Kunis, below, who played opposite Portman in the embattled dance company onscreen. "I had a 1200-calorie diet, with five small portion-controlled meals a day, five teeny bird portions."

As for Portman's commitment, she mentioned that she accidentally "dislocated a rib." It necessitated an MRI, noted Aronofsky inside the Ziegfeld. Trend alert: for "The Wrestler," Mickey Rourke required three.

"And getting the effects off that they put on my back was really hard," Portman, wearing Dior, mentioned to Luxist. "Everyone else would wrap and get to go home. We had done a 16-hour day, and I'd be on point shoes. And then I'd have another hour getting my latex fake broken-out back off."

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Black Swan Yacht

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The perfect compromise between your dreams of being Ari Onassis and your Pirates of the Caribbean fantasies is this amazing yacht, the Black Swan. The Black Swan was originally designed by Charles Nicholson and built in 1899 at Camper and Nicholson in Gosport, England. Back then she was Brynhild and through the course of her over 100 years she has had a bunch of different rig configurations and name changes. She has been restored and now has accommodation for eight to 10 guests in four double cabins plus a full-width owner's stateroom. The 132-foot yacht has recently been charted for $42,500 per week and can be bought for $ 7,737,147.

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