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Natalie Portman’s (Love/Sex, June/July 2005) newest movie, Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium, was released in theaters on November 16. Portman plays Molly Mahoney, an awkward and insecure manager of Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium, the “strangest, most fantastic, most wonderful toy store in the world.” But when Mr. Magorium (played by Dustin Hoffman), the 243-year-old eccentric who owns the store, bequeaths the store to her, a dark and ominous change begins to take over the once-remarkable Emporium. The movie also co-stars Jason Bateman. Portman was spotted on MTV’s Total Request Live in mid-November promoting the movie. Check out the official trailer and website for the movie at www.magorium.com.

Outside of the movie industry, Portman has had a busy month, as she was spotted in November at the Harvard Business School, invited by the Social Enterprise Club to discuss micro-financing in underdeveloped countries. A Harvard graduate with a degree in psychology, Portman is the International Ambassador of Hope for FINCA, an entity that provides loans to people in extreme poverty so they can start businesses. Portman was also recently featured in an Animal Planet documentary called Saving a Species, where she and animal expert Jack Hanna spent time in a Rwandan rainforest looking for a glimpse of the endangered mountain gorilla, of which there are only a few hundred left in the wild. To check out some info on the documentary and see when it’s playing in your area, go to http://animal.discovery.com/fansites/sasgorillas/about/about.html. 

Finally, in a new edition of Parade magazine, Portman discusses her life and career in a self-written article entitled, “What I Have Learned So Far.” Read about her thoughts at www.parade.com/articles/editions/2007/edition_10-28-2007/Natalie_Portman. Portman is also slated to appear on the cover of the Jan/Feb ’08 issue of JVibe. Subscribe now.

Evan Taubenfeld (Friendship, December 2004/January 2005) is the executive music producer of a new show on MTV called Kaya. The scripted drama centers around a girl named Kaya, a young, beautiful, talented and famous rock star and headliner of the band Crossing Coldwater, and her struggles to deal with fame and fortune in an often perilous industry. Check out the show’s official website at www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/kaya/series.jhtml.

Adam Marks is the Senior Marketing Associate for JVibe's publisher, JFL Media. His Hollywood crush is Natalie Portman and he's an unabashed fan of Josh Schwartz's new TV sensation Gossip Girl.