v for vindicated...

for many moons i've wanted to believe that natalie portman is a good actress. she's got all the makings of it -- she's smart, she's gorgeous, she tends to choose good roles. but i've seen her in so many things that have just left me feeling disappointed. until...

last night she was the host of SNL and she was absolutely BRILLIANT! i was very impressed, and it had nothing to do with her star-wars-nerd-a-thon opening monologue stuff (okay maybe it had a little to do with that, but _just_ a little). girl had it going on.

as of now, i'm declaring my fave natalie portman performances to be her role in _the professional_ and her march 4, 2006 hosting gig of saturday night live.