Oscar favorite Natalie Portman feels like an "old hag" because she's been working as an actress for almost 20 years.

The "Black Swan" star kickstarted her career as a child model, before working on Broadway and landing her first film role in controversial 1994 movie "The Professional" when she was just 12 years old.

After working tirelessly for the last two decades, Portman has been lauded for her role as a deranged dancer in the ballet thriller, winning several honors and becoming favorite to walk away with the Best Actress Academy Award later this month.

But Portman admits she's strugg...

Since her intense breakout role in 1994’s “The Professional,” Natalie Portman has been one of the most respected and versatile actors working in Hollywood. Her filmography spans over 15 years but is as impressive and solid as Audrey Hepburn’s or Meryl Streep’s, two actresses to whom she has rightfully been compared.

It makes sense that Portman has become one of the most talented performers in Hollywood considering the amazing list of directors with whom she’s worked:

Luc Besson (“The Professional”)

Michael Mann (“Heat”)

Ted Demme (“Beautiful Girls”)

Woody Allen (“Everyone Says I Love Y...

Natalie Portman always thinks twice before agreeing to strip off on film - because she fears her naked image will end up on pornography websites.

The actress admits she struggled with the decision to appear nude at the start of her career, and even asked filmmakers to rewrite a scene in her 1999 movie Anywhere But Here because she felt uneasy about baring all.

She tells V magazine, "I was figuring out my own sexual identity, likes and dislikes and all that stuff, and it's weird to be doing stuff on film as you're figuring it out. Also being a sexual object when you're a kid is reall...

These actors have either played someone creepy or just look creepy. There's something about them that reminds us of fingernails on a chalkboard. Peruse our photo slideshow, and tell us who you think is the creepiest one of them all!

Willem Dafoe

Wild at Heart, Shadow of a Vampire

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Gary Oldman

Bram Stoker's Dracula, The Professional

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Joan Rivers

Plastic surgery junkie

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Steve Buscemi

Reservo...

Leon (aka "The Professional") star Jean Reno was rushed to the hospital Wednesday after suffering what has been reported as a "serious" heart attack.

The 60-year-old was on vacation on the Caribbean island of St. Barts with his wife Zofia Borucka when he fell ill. Reno was airlifted to Fort-au-France hospital on the island of Martinique and admitted into the hospital's intensive care unit, reports People.com.

The couple had been vacationing at the home of French singer Johnny Hallyday.

*UPDATE* Jean Reno released from hospital. For further details and an update on Reno's h...

Natalie Portman created her stage name when she became famous, so she could lead a normal childhood. On screen and in the press, she was actress Natalie Portman, but back home she was Natalie Hershlag - and the trick worked.

The 26-year-old - who found fame at age 12 in the 1994 film The Professional - says, "It was like having an alter ego. I was able to keep my public persona controlled and let the messiness be in private. I could be a human being. I don't want to have a perfect (life), but I know my actions may affect or influence people, and there is a little bit of responsibility...

Natalie Portman has turned essayist to pen an article for magazine Parade about how she has managed to stay sane in Hollywood. The actress reveals moving around as a kid helped her come to terms with early success.

She writes, "I got really good at figuring out a situation and diving in. I was the cool new kid; I never doubted myself. Actually, I was probably kind of arrogant."

But Portman admits she didn't handle her first brush with fame, in Leon - a.k.a. The Professional - particularly well.

She muses, "I might not have been that sensitive when I told people about it, a...

Late tough guy Lee Marvin has topped a new poll naming the biggest movie badasses. Marvin's role as Walker in '60s cult classic Point Blank tops the list in Maxim magazine.

Sharing second place are actors Jamison Newlander, Corey Haim and Corey Feldman, all honored for their roles in vampire movie The Lost Boys.

Legendary hard man Charles Bronson's performance in The Magnificent Seven rounds out the fop five.

The Top 10 Movie Badasses are:

1. Lee Marvin in Point Blank (1967)

2. Jamison Newlander in The Lost Boys (1987)

2. Corey Haim in The Lost Boys (1987)

2. Corey Fe...

Happy Birthday to "Million Dollar Baby" star Hilary Swank (1974), "Dodgeball" actress Christine Taylor (1971), Canadian comedian Tom Green (1971), film director Christopher Nolan (1970), actress Vivica A. Fox (1964), "Friends" star Lisa Kudrow (1963), Food Network host Alton Brown (1962), "The Matrix" star Laurence Fishburne (1961), director Richard Linklater (1960), The Damned drummer Rat Scabies (1957), "Designing Women" actress Delta Burke (1956), singer/actor Frank Stallone (1950), "The Professional" star Jean Reno (1948), "Ghostbusters" actor William Atherton (1947), California Governo...

A magical tale of a young boy's courageous journey to save his grandfather's home from demolition, Arthur And The Invisibles soars onto DVD May 15th from Genius Products LLC. and The Weinstein Company.

Using a brilliant combination of live-action and ground-breaking 3D-CG animation, Arthur And The Invisibles features heartwarming performances by talented young actor Freddie Highmore (Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Finding Neverland) and Hollywood legend Mia Farrow (The Omen, Hannah and Her Sisters) along with the vocal talent of such superstars as Madonna, David Bowie, Snoop Dog...

Happy Birthday to "Million Dollar Baby" star Hilary Swank (1974), "Dodgeball" actress Christine Taylor (1971), Canadian comedian Tom Green (1971), film director Christopher Nolan (1970), actress Vivica A. Fox (1964), "Friends" star Lisa Kudrow (1963), Food Network host Alton Brown (1962), "The Matrix" star Laurence Fishburne (1961), director Richard Linklater (1960), The Damned drummer Rat Scabies (1957), "Designing Women" actress Delta Burke (1956), singer/actor Frank Stallone (1950), "The Professional" star Jean Reno (1948), "Ghostbusters" actor William Atherton (1947), California Governo...

Acclaimed French filmmaker Luc Besson has ruled out a sequel to hit movie The Professional in a bid to end the countless script offers he's received. The director has been flooded with possible follow-ups to the 1994 smash starring Jean Reno and a young Natalie Portman but insists they've only served to put him off the project for good.

He says, "No, I don't think so. People say 'Oh, I've written the sequel - here! I'll send you the script.' And I basically send a lawyer and say 'F*** you! It's not yours'. It's not love. It's stealing. These guys are just thieves that's all. If we do ...

Natalie Portman appears nude in her new movie. The stunning actress will be seen completely naked during torture scenes in the upcoming historical drama Goya's Ghosts, which focuses on revered artist Francisco Goya. Portman plays Goya's muse, Alicia, who becomes embroiled in a scandal after she is accused of being a heretic by a monk.

It is not the first time Portman has stripped off for a movie role. She previously exposed her body in the complex romantic drama Closer, which also starred Jude Law, Julia Roberts and Clive Owen, but the explicit scenes were eventually cut.

The 24-y...