Natalie Portman Delivers Janis Joplin and a Call to WAKE UP for Miss Dior Fragrance

Natalie Portman Delivers Janis Joplin and a Call to WAKE UP for Miss Dior Fragrance

At first glance Natalie Portman’s new Miss Dior Blooming Bouquet campaign seems straightforward enough. The floral scent features notes of bergamot essence, Damascus rose, and peony with the tagline: “Love is a bouquet.”

The music to Natalie Portman’s new Miss Dior Blooming Bouquet campaign is Janis Joplin for heaven’s sake. I thought I was going to lose my mind.

When Natalie Portman looks straight at me in a Janis Joplin music commercial and says WAKE UP, she has my undivided attention.

AOC wrote in 2019 about Natalie Portman’s human connection and deep respect for Catherine Dior. The Miss Dior fragrance was named for Christian Dior’s sister who was a member of the French resistance during WWII. Catherine was sent to multiple concentration camps in Germany.

In the 2019 interview for Harpers Bazaar UK, the Hollywood star had sober words for progressive optimists:

“I think it’s a mistake to think of humanity as evolving,” the intellectually-accomplished Portman explains. You want to believe it, for sure, but it’s more like cycles of violence. Yet we’ve had an extraordinary lifetime of peace, too, so it’s allowed us to live in this belief that progress is being made.”

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Natalie Portman and Yara Shahidi Front New Rouge Dior Forever Campaign

Natalie Portman and Yara Shahidi Front New Rouge Dior Forever Campaign

Peter Philips, the Creative and Image Director for Dior Makeup [IG], never met a red lipstick he didn’t love. Speaking in late December 2020 about his modern reboot of Dior’s iconic Rouge Dior lipstick, Philips said it was his fascination with the “crimson pout” that initially seduced him to become a makeup artist.

Today, Peter Philips is obessed with Rouge Dior Forever, three words that the beauty director agrees sound like a manifesto. “This new generation of Dior lipsticks is loud when it has to be loud, and discreet when wanted and for sure, always beautiful.”

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Natalie Portman by Sebastian Kim on Body Positivity for Sunday Times Style July 10

Natalie Portman by Sebastian Kim on Body Positivity for Sunday Times Style July 10

Actor Natalie Portman covers the July 10th issue of London’s Sunday Times Style. Currently starring in ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ with Chris Hemsworth, Portman wears Dior on the cover.

Natasha Royt styles the Israeli-born actor, now married to French dancer and choreographer Benjamin Millepied, with whom she has two children, son Aleph, 11, and daughter Amalia, five. Photographer Sebastian Kim [IG] captures Portman in Givenchy, Khaite, Lacoste, Louis Vuitton, Miu Miu, Prada, The Row.

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Natalie Portman Doesn't Believe Humanity Is Evolving, In Pamela Hanson Images For Harper's UK

Natalie Portman Doesn't Believe Humanity Is Evolving, In Pamela Hanson Images For Harper's UK

Actor and filmmaker, Oscar winner and activist Natalie Portman covers the September 2019 issue of Harper’s Bazaar UK. Leith Clark styles the Dior ambassador in images by Pamela Hanson.

Justine Picardie sits down with Portman at Hollywood’s legendary Villa Carlotta, operating now as an upscale Airbnb-style home away from home. Their focus initially is Christian Dior’s sister Catherine, who was the inspiration for his first perfume, Miss Dior.

Natalie Portman has been the face of Miss Dior since 2010, and her activist Israeli background is curious about Catherine Dior’s history as a member of the French Resistance before being deported to a concentration camp in Germany in 1944.

Natalie Portman Covers Vogue Australia April 2019 In Images By Emma Summerton

Natalie Portman Covers Vogue Australia April 2019 In Images By Emma Summerton

Actor Natalie Portman is styled by Jillian Davison in Vogue Australia’s April 2019 issue, lensed by Emma Summerton./ Hair by Sophie Roberts; hair by Sophie Roberts

Natalie Portman does not shy away from activism and walking her talk. In 2018 the Jerusalem-born, ‘Black Swan’ star refused to accept her Israel-awarded Genesis Prize in person, saying she ‘does not feel comfortable participating in any public events in Israel’.

Natalie Portman Rejects Israel's Genesis Prize, Refusing To Appear With Benjamin Netanyahu

Natalie Portman in her directorial debut, 'A Tale of Love and Darkness, about the creation of Israel and its impact on Palestinians.

Oscar-winning actor Natalie Portman has backed out of a major award ceremony in Israel as this year's recipient of the Genesis Prize, citing the scheduled presence of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the event. Portman issues a statement late Friday saying that she did not wish to appear as endorsing the prime minister. 

Portman, who is Jewish and was born in Israel, has starred in such hit movies as “Black Swan” and the “Star Wars” prequel trilogy. She directed a 2015 feature, “A Tale of Love and Darkness,” an adaptation of the autobiographical novel by the Israeli author Amos Oz and shot in Jerusalem.

In her statement Friday, Ms. Portman said: “I am not part of the B.D.S. movement and do not endorse it. Like many Israelis and Jews around the world, I can be critical of the leadership in Israel without wanting to boycott the entire nation.”

“Israel,” she said, “was created exactly 70 years ago as a haven for refugees from the Holocaust. But the mistreatment of those suffering from today’s atrocities is simply not in line with my Jewish values. Because I care about Israel, I must stand up against violence, corruption, inequality, and abuse of power.”

Portman has been very critical of Netanyahu in the past, saying she was "very, very upset aned disappointed" over his 2015 re-election. “I find his racist comments horrific,” she said, according to The New York Times. 

The Genesis Prize was founded in 2013 to celebrate Jewish achievement and contribution to humanity, in the words of the organizers. Its founding partners are listed on the prize website as the Israeli prime minister’s office, the Genesis Philanthropy Group and the Jewish Agency for Israel, a quasi-governmental organization that deals with Jewish immigration and the wider Jewish diaspora. Previous laureates include Michael R. Bloomberg (2014), Michael Douglas (2015), Itzhak Perlman (2016), and Anish Kapoor (2017).

Natalie Portman Is 'Mysterious Girl' By Cass Bird For Porter Magazine #25 Spring 2018

Natalie Portman Is A Red Hot Casual 'Mysterious Girl' By Cass Bird For Porter Magazine #25 Spring 2018

Actor and activist Natalie Portman covers the Spring 2018 issue of Porter Magazine #25. Portman is styled by Veronique Didry as the lady in red for 'Mysterious Girl', lensed by Cass Bird.Hair by Didier Malige; makeup by Romy Soleimani

Earlier this week AOC profiled Portman's involvement in 'Time's Up' and her outrageous performance rapping on SNL Feb. 2, 2018

Natalie Portman Channels Demi Moore Pregnancy Photo For Vanity Fair's Hollywood Issue

In what will surely become an iconic photo, a pregnant Natalie Portman channels the 1991 photo of a naked and pregnant Demi Moore, shot for Vanity Fair's August issue. Portman joins Emma Stone, Lupita Nyong’o, Amy Adams, Natalie Portman, Ruth Negga, Dakota Fanning, Elle Fanning, Aja Naomi King, Janelle Monae, Greta Gerwig and Dakota Johnson on the cover of Vanity Fair's March 2017 Hollywood issue, also shot by Annie Leibovitz.

Vanity Fair acknowledges the inspiration, writing that while "the reference is clear, the moment is Portman's alone."

How sad that this cover was shot before the November 21 March for Women. Imagine if we had one or two Pussyhats anchored by those vivid red and pink hues.  Read my new article: Step 2 For Pussyhat Power: How About Yarnbombing America From Sea To Shining Sea?

Natalie Portman Takes 'French Lessons' In Alique Images Harper's Bazaar Australia April

Natalie Portman Takes 'French Lessons' In Alique Images Harper's Bazaar Australia April

Actor Natalie Portman prepares to leave her Paris apartment, returning to LA later this year with husband Benjamin Millepied, who resigned last month from his new job as director of the Paris Opera Ballet. Portman is filming in Paris now, playing Jacqueline Kennedy in a biopic 'Jackie' directed by Pablo Larrain. The film's focus is the four days between President Kennedy's assassination and his funeral. 

Portman is also filming 'Planetarium', a tale of two sisters with an ability to connect with the supernatural. Her current movie 'Jane Got a Gun'is in circulation. 

Photographer Alique flashes the short beauty editorial 'French Lessons' for Harper's Bazaar Australia April 2016.

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