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NATALIE Portman kept everyone waiting for 45 minutes at the launch of her new shoe line at the Te Casan Store in SoHo. When she finally emerged, she gave 15 minutes of interviews before going back into hiding. Guests waited impatiently while sipping on Casa Lapostolle wines, which Portman chose because they are organic and biodynamic to go along with her vegan shoe line. The actress returned, reports a spy, “However, she showed up with only five minutes remaining before the party ended.”

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Natalie Portman is reportedly dating British billionaire Nat Rothschild. The actress, 25, dined with the 35-year-old at Wilton’s restaurant in central London earlier this week, according to British newspaper The Daily Mail.

Rothschild has been single since divorcing model Annabelle Nelson almost a decade ago, but he seems to have found romance with Portman, who is in Britain making her latest film “The Other Boleyn Girl,” in which she plays Henry VIII’s second wife Anne Boleyn.

A source told the newspaper, “A casually dressed Natalie and a female friend pulled up in a chauffeured Audi at around 9pm and went into the restaurant. Nat (Rothschild) arrived on foot five minutes later. After three hours Natalie came out with her pal, who was holding hand’s with Nat’s friend, and they got into her car. A bit later, Nat ran down the street, jumped in next to Natalie and they all drove off.”

Star Wars star Natalie Portman is auctioning off clothes and movie memorabilia to help raise cash for a friend’s young son, who has been diagnosed with Bloom’s Syndrome.

The actress was heartbroken when she discovered little Milo Gladstone had been diagnosed with the rare genetic disorder and hurriedly scoured her closets to see what she could sell to help.

Among the items Portman will offer up to fans at thewww.clothesoffourback.org Internet auction on 27 August (06) is the musical snow globe she and castmates were given as gifts after the Star Wars saga finished shooting.

She says, “It was a little hard to part with.”