Natalie Portman News

Usdan Center For the Creative and Performing Arts (www.usdan.com), whose art exhibit Self-Defining Mediums is now running at Manhattan's Lobby Gallery, 430 Park Avenue, will hold its next Open House this Sunday March 27 from 11 AM to 2 PM.

On Monday, April 4, 2011, National Dance Institute (NDI) a non-profit arts education organization that has transformed the lives of more than two million public school children since its founding by world-renowned dancer Jacques d'Amboise in 1976, will hold its annual gala.

Anyone can emulate Nina's warm up outfit from Move Dancewear for under £50 through the Capezio adjustable leotard, with adjustable straps to aid comfort and fit, backed up with a Bloch kit shoulder shrug in either pink or black.

Whether you've been living under a rock for the past week, or you're just in the mood for a recap of everything theatre, BroadwayWorld's ‘This Week in Pictures' is here to satisfy your end of the week fix.

Fitness sensation The Bar Method, known for its unique full-body exercise program that utilizes a ballet bar technique, is partnering with Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment to promote dance fitness and a healthy body in celebration of the release of the Academy-Award® nominated film Black Swan, available on Blu-ray Disc and DVD March 29th.

To see Erin Spencer dance is to fall a little bit in love with her. Talented and determined, ambitious and creative...she's kind of a force of nature. One of the growing number of dancers in the Nashville area who focus on theatrical performances - she has a heady resume of performance with several theater companies here - she's gaining a much-deserved reputation as an exceptional performer with an amazing work ethic.

Natalie Portman has snagged the 'Best Actress' Academy Award for her performance in BLACK SWAN.

The Independent Spirit Awards were held on Saturday in Santa Monica, California, where stage vet Natalie Portman won the title of Best Actress for her work in 'Black Swan.' The film was also named Best Picture and earned an award for best director, Darren Aronofksy.

The Independent Spirit Awards were held on Saturday in Santa Monica, California, where stage vet Natalie Portman won the title of Best Actress for her work in 'Black Swan.' The film was also named Best Picture and earned an award for best director, Darren Aronofksy.

Here are photos zoomed in on some of the hot celebrity hair and makeup styles at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California on February 27, 2011.

Here are photos from The Vanity Fair Oscar Party at Sunset Tower Hotel in Los Angeles, CA February 27, 2011

Here are photos from the acting award winners at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California on February 27, 2011.

Here are photos from the star-filled 83rd Annual Academy Awards arrivals held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California on February 27, 2011.

Black Swan was the big winner at last night's 26th Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica. Sandra Oh kicked off the red carpet with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and an announcement that the LG Cinema 3D HDTV, the next generation 3D TV, made a $125,000 contribution to Film Independent's signature diversity program Project:Involve.

BroadwayWorld was reporting LIVE throughout Oscar night, February 27. The fun began at 7pm EST when the starts take to the red carpet. The ceremony was broadcast live from the Kodak Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center on ABC. The Oscar presentation was also televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.

The Independent Spirit Awards were held on Saturday in Santa Monica, California, where stage vet Natalie Portman won the title of Best Actress for her work in 'Black Swan.' The film was also named Best Picture and earned an award for best director, Darren Aronofksy.

The 83rd Academy Awards® nominations were announced live on Tuesday, January 25, 2011, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

INTERVIEWING THE AUDIENCE - a new work by the playwright and filmmaker Zach Helm and created spontaneously each night by Mr. Helm from on stage interviews with willing members of the audience - will close February 27.

Eventful Inc., the leading digital media company connecting consumers with live entertainment, movies, and local events, and Universal Pictures announced today that they are giving college students nationwide the opportunity to bring the world premiere of the epic comedy-adventure Your Highness to their school.

Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, whose alumni include Natalie Portman, Mariah Carey, playwright Michele Lowe (whose Map Of Heaven just premiered at the Denver Theater Center, and who won the 2010 Francesca Primus Prize from the American Theater Critics Association), Jordan Leeds, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Seth Rudetsky and Jane Monheit, will hold its next Open House on Wednesday February 23 from 11 AM to 2 PM at Usdan Center's magnificent 200-acre woodland campus in the Huntington area of Long Island.