Natalie Portman has split with her boyfriend, musician Devendra Banhart.
“Yes, they have broken up,” a source close to Devendra tells In Touch.
The couple met and fell in love while the actress, 27, filmed a role in Devendra’s music video, “Carmensita,” in March.
Natalie, a native New Yorker, even moved to LA to be closer to the folk singer, 27. A friend of Devendra’s says, “Natalie and Devendra will remain friends but need some space and time away.”
Natalie Portman has been hailed for her philanthropy at the Venice Film Festival in Italy - she’s been presented with the Movie for Humanity Award.
The Star Wars beauty, who is at the event to promote her directorial debut Eve, became the first recipient of the Kineo Italian Movie Awards accolade on Sunday.
In recognition of the 27-year-old’s charity work, she also received a $50,000 check, which Portman donated to the Tacare Girl’s Scholarship Programme of the Jane Goodall Institute, a non-profit organisation involved in education and wildlife research in Tanzania.
Accepting the award, she said: “The Jane Goodall foundation does incredible work in Tanzania, an area which is very environmentally affected. I really appreciate this award.”
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street set designer Dante Ferretti was also praised at the ceremony and was presented with the Star of the Year award.
Jurors Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Richid Bouchareb, Natalie Portman, Marjane Satrapi, Jeanne Balibar, Sean Penn, Alexandra Maria Lara, Sergio Castellitto and Alfonso Cuaron at a photocall today.
Natalie Portman has dropped out of a forthcoming big-screen adaptation of Wuthering Heights over conflicts in her schedule.
The Star Wars actress was set to play the film’s lead role, Cathy Earnshaw, in John Maybury’s take on the classic Emily Bronte novel, but has quit the project in favor of an unknown movie venture.
Portman was slated to appear opposite German actor Michael Fassbender, who will play the iconic Heathcliff in the film.
Movie bosses at Ecosse Films are said to be determined to shoot the movie on schedule and are currently searching for a replacement for Portman.
