Actress Natalie Portman has taken a brief trip to Bollywood, appearing in boyfriend Devendra Banhart’s new music video, Carmensita.

The video for the folk rock track is a send-up of the entire Bollywood scene, with snappy subtitles at the bottom and a host of cheesy special effects. Portman plays a princess whom Banhart’s character must rescue, with the aide of his “rebellious beard.”

It sounds ridiculous – and it is – but it’s a laugh, nonetheless.

The Cannes premiere of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull attracted more than just the film’s stars.

Hollywood heavyweights Natalie Portman and Selma Hayak were just some of the celebrities who walked the red carpet for George Lucas’ latest cinematic masterpiece.

Plenty of shots of the celebs including the film’s stars, Harrison Ford and Cate Blanchett, after the jump.

The Cast:

Natalie Portman:

Selma Hayak:

Paz Vega:

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The Cannes Film Festival never fails to bring out the stars, and this year, Australia’s Cate Blanchett and US actresses Eva Longoria and Natalie Portman were out in force, parading down the red carpet in their jewel-coloured gowns.

To catch all the glamour of this year’s festival, follow the jump.

Australian actress Cate Blanchett:

Eva Longoria from Desperate Housewives:

The Other Boleyn Girl’s Natalie Portman:

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Actress Natalie Portman, one half of the female talent in new flick The Other Boleyn Girl, proves that you can have brains and beauty at the same time.

The Harvard graduate gave an in-depth interview to U.K.’s Marie Claire magazine recently, discussing her “intellectual actress” label, as well as her change to a vegan diet.

Portman said of her intellectual label: “I can be pretentious and talk about books for hours, but I’m not hyper-intellectual or anything. I mean, I like to read, but lots of people do. I’m not the hard, brainy girl at all. I’m really mushy. [Laughs.] I’m much more mush, I think, than anything else!”

The 26-year-old star, who’s made a name for herself in the industry after appearing in the three Star Wars prequels, graduated from Harvard University in 2003 with a psychology degree. She can also speak fluent Hebrew, a nod to her Israeli-born father.

While she enjoys reading, and is an activist for many political and ethnic issues across the globe, Nat’s also very passionate about animals, and has been a vegetarian because of her love for them for many years. However, for ten days prior to when this interview was conducted, Portman has changed from being vegetarian to vegan, a change she blames Tobey Maguire for.

“I was around Tobey Maguire in rehearsals [for upcoming film Brothers],” Nat explained, “and he’s vegan and I was, like, this is nice. I’m honest about caring about animals. You know, eggs and milk products, there’s a lot of animal discomfort in that, too. I don’t know if it’s a permanent thing.”

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Just because I love this preview so much and am dying to see it as soon as it hits cinemas here in Oz (March 13th, guys, that’s less than a week away!), here’s the clip for Nat’s latest movie, The Other Boleyn Girl:ÂÂ

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“Seriously, I would really want to grab Scarlett’s breasts. She’s got beautiful ones.”

– Actress Natalie Portman on her ‘The Other Boleyn Girl’ co-star Scarlett Johansson’s breasts.ÂÂ

Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman shared a little lesbian kiss on the red carpet at the premiere of their new flick, The Other Boleyn Girl.

Whether it’s a “real” kiss or just a bit of pretend remains to be seen, but I thought I’d post it for all the pervs out there, anyway. ;-p Enjoy!

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Several well-known celebrities, which include Scarlett Johansson and Star Wars babe Natalie Portman, have made emotional pleas to media giants Entertainment Tonight and The Insider, begging them not to air the controversial Heath Ledger drug video that was recently purchased.

According to PageSix.com, the stars and their associated publicity firms pleaded “human to human” with the producers of the top rating celebrity gossip shows in a bid to prevent the late Heath Ledger’s name being dragged through the mud with a drug video that doesn’t even show the Dark Knight star consuming any illegal substances.

Johansson and Portman, along with the other stars involved in the stand-off, have not threatened to boycott the shows, but have reached out in a “human” way to stop further exploitation of Ledger’s death and his grieving family.

Entertainment Tonight was the first to shelve the video footage (which they bought for 200K), and released a statement last night in regards to their change of heart: “Out of respect for Heath Ledger’s family, ET has decided not to run the Heath Ledger video being released to the world media today.”

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After stripping down in a scene for her latest short film, Hotel Chevalier, actress Natalie Portman has vowed that fans will never see her in the nuddy on screen again.

The young star of the Star Wars prequels has admitted that she regrets her decision to bare all for the role, and said that she felt awkward “the entire time” she was in her birthday suit behind the camera.

She said: “I’m really sorry I didn’t listen to my intuition. From now on, I’m going to trust my gut more. Sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is say no.”

See… peer pressure really is bad for you… it makes you strip!

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The rumours are true! Star Wars babe, Natalie Portman, has in fact stripped off for her role in the new flick, Hotel Chevalier… and this time it’s not a body double!

To see Nat in all her birthday suit glory, click below.

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“Nothing against Carrie (who played Princess Leia) – because I had a great crush on her as well – but there’s just something about Natalie’s stilted dialogue. She’s gorgeous and one of the great beauties of the world.”

– Luke Skywalker actor Mark Hamill on Star Wars prequel actress, Natalie Portman.

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