KERRY COVER-UP

NY Post ^ | August 5, 2004 | Dick Johnson

[presidio9]

NATALIE Portman tried to get her "Vote for John Kerry" message out to the masses last week, but she was stymied. Arriving from Boston, where she attended the Democratic National Convention, Portman was scheduled to tout her "Garden State" on "The Charlie Rose Show," "Good Morning America" and CBS's "The Early Show." She showed up in a Kerry T-shirt, but only Rose let it be seen on-air. According to the movie's publicity people, "GMA" tried to cover up her shirt by strategically placing a flower pot in front of the pro-Kerry logo while "The Early Show" cameras only showed Portman from the shoulders up to avoid spreading the message.

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[presidio9]

[goldstategop]

What's a pretty girl gonna do? She can't even spread the word about her man...

[mewzilla]

At least she was decent. Click here for a pic of Portman with Hillary. Portman's high beams are on.

[John Jorsett]

Click here for a pic of Portman with Hillary. Portman's high beams are on.

Clicking the link doesn't work. They appear to have set the server to disallow external links. Cut and paste the following into the browser to see it.

http://www.natalieportman.com/images/candids/ti-rollcallpix017107_hi.jpg

[mewzilla]

I got through...How did I manage that? :)

Thanks for this link!

[presidio9]

Nat plays a stripper in her next pic. It is rated R. She talked about it on Conan the other night. She hinted at it here:

Portman: 'i'd Consider Stripping'

Personally, I think her looks are fading fast, but then I don't really have a thing for liberal automatons.

[mewzilla]

Well, Hollyweird doesn't hire'em for their brains, that's for certain.

[mewzilla]

A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.

Herodotus

[presidio9]

Not in Hollweird. There, when a woman gets nekkid she becomes a serious ak-tore. Wittness Hale Berry, Charlez Theron, Jennifer Connelley, and (yeck) Diane Keaton.

[mewzilla]

Oddly enough, though, can you ever recall an actress receiving an Oscar for a role in which she appeared naked? Or an actress who has appeared naked ever receing an Oscar for a role thereafter? If that's the case, Hollyweird has an interesting double standard, don't you think?

[presidio9]

Charlez won this year for "Monster," which she was naked in. Berry won for "Monster's Ball" last year. Naked. Connelly won best supporting actress. Same thing. I forget the movie. The new logic is that an actress "demonstrates her committment to her craft by casting off all inhibitions." Or some such nonsense.

Don't get me wrong: I really do not mind looking at a beautiful woman naked, and really only Berry's nude scene bordered on pornographic, but Ingrid Bergman did not need to get naked to earn respect.

[mewzilla]

There goes that theory. Which also shows how often I go to the movies. I went to see Frieda, with Selma Hayek. The nudity when they were dealing with the aftermath of her accident didn't bother me. The nude scene with Hayek and the actress portraying Joesphine Baker bugged the heck out of me. Just seemed like they could let the audience know that Kahlo was bi without the full frontal nudity. Interestingly enough, there was a sort-of nude scene with the guy who played her husband. But we only saw his ugly backside. Guess if Hayek didn't have a prefect bod, we'd've seen less of it. Which kinda makes my point, I think.

[presidio9]

I never bothered with Frida. I has always bugged me that the feminist movement has allowed her to eclipse her far more talented (albeit sociopathic and probabally communist) husband. As an artist, Frida was a one-trick pony.

[sarasota]

Her husband was most definitely a communist if we are to believe the film about her life. An incredible painter who lost his reputation in American due to Rockefeller.

[TheBigB]

Quite a few. Besides the ones Pres mentioned, Kim Basinger has an Oscar and has appeared topless/nude in films (as well as a PLAYBOY pictorial), Kathy Bates has one and did her topless scene in ABOUT SCHMIDT. Oscar winner Marlee Matlin has done topless scenes, and multi-time nominee Julienne Moore has done full-frontal nudity (a la BOOGIE NIGHTS). BTW, Jennifer Connelly has done several topless/nude scenes, most notably in THE HOT SPOT and REQUIEM FOR A DREAM.

[b4its2late]

Darn. That would be a great picture without Mrs. Clinton in it.

[RightWingAtheist]

In 1970 and 1971, both the Best Actress winners (glenda Jackson in Women in Love and Jane Fonda in Klute, respectively) appeared nude in the movies the won for.