Portman, who charmed moviegoers as Queen Amidala in the Star Wars prequels, topped the box office in this year’s V for Vendetta. She is the only star who’s ever won both the PETA (in 2002) and peta2 sexiest vegetarian contests—living proof that V is also for “veggie vixen”. “I am a very strict vegetarian … I just really love animals and I act on my values,” says Portman, who kicked the meat habit when she was 8 years old.

Madden has earned the hearts—and respect—of thousands with sentiments like “I love animals. How could you not? They’re like perfect people” and “I get a proud feeling every time I’m in a restaurant or every time I’m out somewhere and I say, ‘No. I don’t eat meat.’”

Kristen Bell and Prince took home top honors for PETA’s World’s Sexiest Vegetarians contest this year.

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When did Brad Pitt stop hitting Jolie? Probably when she laid him out.
Tom Cruise did not call Tatyana Simanava a pathogenic liar. Nope he sure didn’t.
Halle Berry did not call O.J. Simpson for a late night date.
Michelle Rodriguez from Lost, did not pose with Lindsay Lohan in Playboy.
Neither did any of the above call Anna Paquin a two-faces loser.
Brad Pitt did not Ask Natalie Portman on a Date

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Besides presiding over the recent `Star Wars’ films as Queen Amidala, she plays a bald, beautiful and badass revolutionary in “V For Vendetta,” the latest film from Matrix masterminds Andy and Larry Wachowski.

As the missing link between the universes of George Lucas and the Wachowski Brothers, Portman holds an unique place in geek-movie history.

“Yes, they’re all somehow linked now,” she says. “It’s sort of hard to put a genre label on `V For Vendetta’ but it fits in the action category with `Star Wars’ even though it’s a little bit more provocative, I would say.

“But I will leave it to all the people who love to write essays about this kind of stuff to make `Matrix’ and `V’ connections and `Star Wars’ and `V’ connections. There’s certainly plenty to discuss.”

Visiting Uganda, Ecuador and Guatemala with the group has opened Portman’s eyes to the amount of work that needs to be down to help end global poverty.

“I definitely think that maybe someday I’ll be doing other things besides acting,” she says. “But until I do them, I’ve learned not to talk about it. I’ve been interviewed since I was 12 years old and I feel as if I’ve left a trail of unfulfilled dreams behind me.”

After finishing “V For Vendetta,” Portman “took a breather” by contributing supporting performances to Milos Forman’s costume drama “Goya’s Ghost” and to the kiddie flick “Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium” with Dustin Hoffman.

Says Portman, “I’m just trying to do different things because I feel like if I can keep myself interested then there’s the hope of keeping an audience interested too.”—

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The 24-year-old spent a about a month working with a dialect coach to get her voice just right for the role.

“I stayed in the accent all the time,” she said. “They told me that’s the best way to get the tune and rhythm. But then my mum said, ‘Really, Natalie, enough already. This is crazy’.”

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The actress was so desperate to be in the movie she flew across the US to audition to play freedom fighter Evey. She said, “I literally begged for this part. I flew out to San Francisco and read for the role. And thank God I got it.

“I just think it’s so rare to find a movie that’s really entertaining and really fun on a big scale and on an impressive visual scale, that’s also really so interesting and is going to give you something to think about afterwards.”

She added: “Big, big Hollywood movies have been disappointing until this.”

Meanwhile, Portman revealed she uses her psychology degree to help her understand her characters.

The beauty - who studied at America’s prestigious Harvard University - told Britain’s Independent newspaper: “I use my psychology background all the time. I could use it to mess with people but that would be a mean thing to do!

“Actually, I don’t think I know enough to really mess with people but there’s always studies that I’ve read or something I’ve read in college that I’ll remember when I’m reading a script about a certain disorder, like ‘this person might be a little bipolar or associative’, those kinds of things.”

When a role is good, it pays to go after it like Portman did. She knew it was the role, so she got it.

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The scene shows Natalie Portman having her hair shaved off and was filmed in a single take, according to contactmusic.com.

“It was a one-shot deal, and that was the most stressful thing about the experience,” said Oscar-nominated Natalie Portman, 24.

Director James McTeigue said: “The first time I saw her [Natalie Portman] about the role, I had her put her hair behind her head because I wanted to see what she looked like bald.

“That was the only conversation we had about it. She knew the day was coming, I put three cameras on her, made sure the clippers weren’t stuck, and then we shaved her head.

“She loved it!” he claims.

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Warner Bros. Pictures’ graphic novel adaptation V For Vendetta, starring Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving, topped the weekend box office with an estimated $26.1 million from 3,365 theaters. The action-thriller averaged a strong $7,766 per theater. The film, which is also playing in IMAX theaters, was adapted by Andy and Larry Wachowski, creators of “The Matrix” franchise, and directed by James McTeigue.

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“I have someone who does it up for me on these occasions,” she says with a giggle.

Portman had her locks shaved on screen in a single take. She tried not to lose her head along with her hair. “It was a one-shot deal, and that was the most stressful thing about the experience,” she says, smiling.

“Vendetta” director James McTeigue recalls the pivotal shearing as just another day at work for the unflappable Portman, 24.

“The first time I saw her about the role, I had her put her hair behind her head because I wanted to see what she looked like bald. That was the only conversation we had about it,” he says. “She knew the day was coming. I put three cameras on her, made sure the clippers weren’t stuck, and then we shaved her head. She loved it and kept rubbing her head.”
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Portman made her Broadway debut run in the title role of The Diary of Anne Frank. Directed by James Lapine and adapted by Wendy Kesselman, the production took a fresh look at the play, incorporating new material from The 1995 Definitive Edition of Anne Frank’s diaries.

But she received international acclaim for her feature debut in Luc Besson’s The Professional. Starring opposite Jean Reno and Gary Oldman, Portman plays Mathilde, a young girl who seeks refuge from a hitman after her parents are killed by a corrupt DEA officer. Her performance was hailed by critics and she received a “Best Actress in a Drama” for The Hollywood Reporter-sponsored YoungStar Awards.

Portman continued to impress audiences with her movie-stealing performance in the Miramax film, Beautiful Girls (1996). Directed by the late Ted Demme, the bittersweet comedy also starred Timothy Hutton, Uma Thurman, Rosie O’Donnell, and Matt Dillon.

Other feature credits soon followed for Portman including Michael Mann’s Heat (1995), Woody Allen musical Everyone Says I Love You (1996), and Tim Burton’s black comedy called Mars Attacks! (1996).

Next Portman would become famous worldwide in her role as Padme Amidala in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, which she would continue throughout the prequels — Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones (2002) and Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (2005).

Other notable film credits include Anywhere But Here (1999), Where the Heart Is (2000), Cold Mountain (2003), Garden State (2004) and Closer (2004) — which earned her an Oscar nomination.

In addition to her acting accolades, Portman graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in psychology from Harvard University in 2003.

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