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PEOPLE & ARTS Wednesday 8 november 2017
Natalie Portman honored in

Israel with ‘Jewish Nobel Prize’

By JOSEF FEDERMAN who I am,” she said in a mal rights.
Associated Press statement released by the “She exemplifies the core
JERUSALEM (AP) — Natalie organizers. traits of the Jewish charac-
Portman has been award- She said she would use the ter and values of the Jewish
ed Israel’s 2018 Genesis prize money to “make a dif- people — persistence and
Prize in recognition of her ference in the lives of wom- hard work, pursuit of excel-
commitment to social en in Israel and beyond.” lence, intellectual curios-
causes and deep connec- Portman was born in Is- ity, and a heartfelt desire
tion to her Jewish and Israeli rael and moved to the to contribute to make the
roots, organizers of the prize United States as a young world a better place,” said
announced on Tuesday. girl, evolving from a child Stan Polovets, co-founder In this May 17, 2015 file photo, Natalie Portman poses for
The $1 million award, known actress into a widely ac- and chairman of the prize’s photographers during a photo call at the 68th international film
as “the Jewish Nobel Prize,” claimed A-list star. foundation. festival, Cannes, southern France.
is granted each year to a She won the 2011 Best Ac- He called her a “role mod- Associated Press
person recognized as an tress Academy Award for el” for millions of young min Netanyahu is expect- the Israeli government. It
inspiration to the next gen- her work in “Black Swan,” Jews worldwide. ed to present the award to is funded by a $100 million
eration of Jews through and in 2015, she directed The foundation said Port- Portman at a ceremony in endowment established by
professional achievement and starred in “Tale of Love man’s award money would Jerusalem next June. the foundation.
and commitment to Jewish and Darkness,” a Hebrew- go to a number of women’s The Genesis Prize was inau- Portman is the fifth winner
values. language film made in Is- causes, promoting educa- gurated in 2014 and is run and first woman to receive
The Oscar-winning ac- rael based on an Amos Oz tion, economic advance- in a partnership between the prize. Previous recipi-
tress said she was “deeply novel. ment, health and politi- the Israeli prime minister’s ents included former New
touched and humbled” by The Genesis Prize noted cal participation. It said office, the private Genesis York City Mayor Michael
the recognition. Portman’s social activism a “significant portion” of Prize Foundation and the Bloomberg, actor Michael
“I am proud of my Israeli in areas such as gender the funds would advance chairman’s office of the Douglas, violinist Itzhak Perl-
roots and Jewish heritage. equality, combatting pov- women’s equality in Israel. Jewish Agency, a nonprof- man and sculptor Anish
They are crucial parts of erty, microfinance and ani- Israeli Prime Minister Benja- it group with close ties to Kapoor.q

Disney ends LA Times ban Review: New Lee

after widespread backlash Child novel is bold

By JAKE COYLE and mysterious
AP Film Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — The Walt By JEFF AYERS
Disney Co. on Tuesday lift- Associated Press
ed its ban of Los Angeles Author Lee Child deliv-
Times reporters and critics ers another classic Jack
from its press screenings af- Reacher tale with “The
ter a widespread backlash Midnight Line.”
prompted several media Reacher’s curiosity is
outlets to announce their piqued when he gets off
own boycotts of Disney a bus and wanders into
movies. a pawnshop. Inside the
In a statement Tuesday, shop he spots a small
Disney said it was restor- class ring from West Point
ing access to the news- stamped with the year
paper after “productive In this Jan. 22, 2015, file photo, visitors walk toward the Sleeping 2005 and engraved with
discussions with the newly Beauty’s Castle in the background at Disneyland Resort in the initials S.R.S. He im-
installed leadership” at the Anaheim, Calif. mediately questions what
Los Angeles Times. Disney Associated Press could have happened to
had barred the Times from founding, here in Los An- awards consideration the owner of the ring to This cover image released
its screenings after the pa- geles, in 1923,” the news- The Los Angeles Film Crit- force her to sell it. Reach- by Delacorte Press shows
per published a two-part paper said in a statement. ics Association, the New er assumes the owner “The Midnight Line,” by Lee
Child.
investigative series on the “We look forward to report- York Film Critics Circle, the was female because of Associated Press
company’s business deal- ing on Disney well into the Boston Society of Film Crit- the look and size of the gives up or wavers, this
ings in Anaheim, California, future.” Disney’s punitive ics and the National So- ring. He purchases it and time not to see justice
where Disneyland is. measures against the Times ciety of Film Critics all said asks the pawnshop owner being served, but to sim-
The ban’s withdraw Tues- led to many outlets refusing that wouldn’t consider who brought it in to sell. ply answer the question
day ended an unusual advance coverage of the Disney films for their year- The answer sends him on of what circumstances
clash between Hollywood’s studio’s films, including The end awards. The critics his journey. could possibly force a ca-
arguably most powerful stu- New York Times, the Boston groups noted that it was The first name leads him det who rightfully earned
dio and the media outlets Globe and The A.V. Club. “admittedly extraordinary” to a town, and that per- the ring to give it up.
that regularly write about Four prominent film critics to “take any action that son leads him to another What Reacher discovers
its movies. “The Los Angeles groups announced Tues- might penalize film artists somewhere else. In usual isn’t quite what he was
Times has covered the Walt day that they would bar for decisions beyond their Reacher style, he never expecting. ”q
Disney Company since its Disney films from receiving control.”q