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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...

Kerry supporter Natalie Portman Actress Natalie Portman, sporting a yellow T-shirt featuring a John Kerry photo with the "That 70s Show" font, praised Kerry as having "the perfect combination of compassion, intelligence, and composure. I'm a huge fan."

Screen beauty Natalie Portman will consider stripping nude on film if she's offered the right part. The Star Wars actress once vowed never to bare her flesh on screen - but she confesses she's changed her mind and is prepared to consider stripping. Portman, 23, says, "I wouldn't say 'no, never'. "I just think that setting limits on yourself is silly because there might be a day when you change your mind." She also defends her change of heart, "Consistency is way over-rated. It's much better to flow with the times and the context and see how things change and...

To the editors: Faisal Chaudhry writes of the American and Israeli desire to "reconstruct the ideological framework" of the Middle East situation, while creatively framing the same article with a conversion into a "white" vs. "brown" struggle (Op-Ed, "An Ideology of Oppression," April 11). At one point, Chaudhry even compares the situation to apartheid. This is a distortion of the fact that most Israelis and Palestinians are indistinguishable physically. The Israeli government itself is comprised of a great number Sephardic Jews, many of whom originate from Arab countries. The chief of staff of the army, the minister of defense (who...

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Some excerpts... On Wednesday, the Jerusalem-born actress objected tartly in the Harvard Crimson to law student Faisal Chaudhry's April 11 essay on U.S. policy concerning Israel and the Palestinians. Portman continued: "Outrageous and untrue finger-pointing is a childish tactic that disregards the responsibility of all parties involved."