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Natalie Portman Set To Play Ruth Bader Ginsburg In New Biopic
Guardian (UK) ^
| May 8, 2015
| Ben Jacobs
Posted on 05/08/2015 8:22:00 PM PDT by Steelfish
Natalie Portman Set To Play Ruth Bader Ginsburg In New Biopic
Ben Jacobs 8 May 2015 Natalie Portman has played rebels, ballerinas, the Queen of England and Luke Skywalkers mother but now she looks set to take on her most intimidating role yet: the Notorious RBG. Deadline reported on Friday afternoon that Portman had signed on to play supreme court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in a biopic about the life of the octogenarian jurist.
The movie, entitled On the Basis of Sex, will focus on Ginsbergs career, including her position leading the Womens Rights Project, where she litigated landmark cases in front of the supreme court two decades before being appointed to it. In this role, Ginsburg played a crucial part in establishing that the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment applied to gender.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: hollywood; scotus
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posted on
05/08/2015 8:22:00 PM PDT
by
Steelfish
To: Steelfish
Natalie has gone over to the Dark Side.
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posted on
05/08/2015 8:24:31 PM PDT
by
Rennes Templar
(NSA: The only government agency that really listens.)
To: Steelfish
Gonna take a lot of makeup to turn her into an ugly little troll.
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posted on
05/08/2015 8:26:21 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(A free society canÂ’t let the parameters of its speech be set by murderous extremists.)
To: Steelfish
They were probably shopping this script around for quite awhile. But they couldn't find the right actress for the lead role.
Then, one day, a casting agent saw this:
And he made a triumphant phone call -- "Chief!! I found just the right woman to play Ruth Bader Ginsberg!"
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posted on
05/08/2015 8:26:39 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
("It's not easy being drunk all the time; everyone would do it, if it were easy.")
To: ClearCase_guy
She’s a little bit bony. Maybe after some cheese burgers...
To: ClearCase_guy
Why is she famous? She’s not that attractive or sexy. She’s a horrible actress.
I can’t think of a movie topic more boring than RB Ginsburg.
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posted on
05/08/2015 8:29:54 PM PDT
by
randita
(...Our First Lady is a congenital liar - William Safire, 1996)
To: Greetings_Puny_Humans
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posted on
05/08/2015 8:30:37 PM PDT
by
MIchaelTArchangel
(Cruz-ing to January 20, 2017!)
To: Steelfish
All she has to do is know how to sleep while sitting up in a chair.
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posted on
05/08/2015 8:30:49 PM PDT
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: Steelfish
Apparently, Ruth Buzzi was unavailable.
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posted on
05/08/2015 8:31:41 PM PDT
by
getarope
(Jesus is coming soon, and boy is he PISSED!)
To: mass55th
She can watches films of her previous performances. That should help with the sleeping part.
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posted on
05/08/2015 8:32:15 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
("It's not easy being drunk all the time; everyone would do it, if it were easy.")
To: Steelfish
Hey Portman: Why don’t you play the part of a woman with true courage? Pam Geller.
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posted on
05/08/2015 8:33:34 PM PDT
by
Enterprise
("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
To: Steelfish
Natalie Portman is going to play Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
For real? You ARE kidding me, right?
I know this is Hollywood, but, Natalie Portman? Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
Now I gotta open the last bottle of bourbon. No way I can accept that sober.
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posted on
05/08/2015 8:33:54 PM PDT
by
Tupelo
(Je Suis Pamela Geller)
To: Steelfish
I’m sure people confuse them all the time.
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posted on
05/08/2015 8:34:40 PM PDT
by
Darteaus94025
(Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
To: Steelfish
Well, she does look like a bird anymore, so yeah, I guess whe play type...
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posted on
05/08/2015 8:41:28 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: Steelfish
And she doesn’t even need sleeping pills.....
To: Steelfish
Well, that’s definitely a must see. /s
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posted on
05/08/2015 8:43:47 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: Steelfish
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posted on
05/08/2015 8:43:49 PM PDT
by
Iron Munro
(We may be paranoid but that doesn't mean they aren't really after us)
To: Iron Munro
If they hold off till after Nov. 2016, Hillary will be available for the part.
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posted on
05/08/2015 9:05:23 PM PDT
by
Sasparilla
(If you want peace, prepare for war.)
To: Greetings_Puny_Humans
To: Steelfish
A Ginsberg biopic...well I’m going to have to have the DVD.
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posted on
05/08/2015 9:09:08 PM PDT
by
clintonh8r
(ISIS IS ISlam/Christian lives matter!)
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