Natalie Portman covers Vanity Fair as she campaigns for Oscar for Vox Lux

Back when she was campaigning for her Black Swan Oscar, I dubbed Natalie Portman “Natalie Never” because I couldn’t handle her cloying campaign persona. Over the years, though, I’ve mellowed toward Portman, and in the last year I’ve actually kind of liked her. It’s mostly thanks to her openly “f-ck ...