Natalie Portman’s Oscar Christian Dior gown sold for $50,000

The vintage Christian Dior dress that Natalie Portman wore to last month's Academy Awards has sold for $50,000 (£31,800).

The Oscar-winning actress, who wore the red polka dot gown to present the Best Actor gong to Jean Dujardin, apparently borrowed the dress from couture dealer Rare Vintage.

Apparently, an unknown British couture collector in London bought the dress when Rare Vintage sold it on 1stdibs.com, post-Oscars night.

Portman, who gave birth to her first child last April and previously suggested that she may retire from acting to raise her family, is set to return to work this year after joining two Terrence Malick films.

"Audrey [Hepburn] made some good choices in life... More and more I realise how unimportant it is to be in the history books or anything like that... Putting time and energy into your children - that's valuable," she said.

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Natalie Portman: Square One Ring-Wearing Woman

She's had people curious over her marital state these days, and Natalie Portman was spotted feeding the meter in Los Angeles on Wednesday afternoon (February 29).

The Oscar-winning actress was looking chic, wearing a long trench coat with jeans and black heels as she toted papers in-hand while en route to a business meeting at Square One Dining.

Meanwhile, the major focal point was once again the jewelry adorning that all-important finger - as a rep for Jamie Wolf wedding rings confirmed having put together the marital bands for Portman and her babydaddy Benjamin Millepied.

“As with the engagement ring she designed for Natalie, Wolf created the eco-friendly rings with recycled platinum and conflict-free diamonds,” the rep told.

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Photo : Natalie Portman Shows Off Baby Bump

Although she may be trying to hide her face from the snapping paparazzi, there is no denying that the very pregnant lady in this photo is Natalie Portman.

The Oscar winner was out early Tuesday morning, showing off her baby bump and eco-friendly engagement ring, with fiance Benjamin Millepied. The pair grabbed breakfast and some coffee with a friend at Cafe Magador in the East Village of New York City.

Portman shared the big news that she and Millepied were not only engaged, but expecting their first child, late last year and it looks like the 'Black Swan' star is ready to pop.

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VIDEO : Sarah Lane Speaks out on Natalie Portman in ‘Black Swan’

Sarah Lane, Natalie Portman's ballerina double in her Oscar-winning role, stands by her assertion that Portman did not do as much of the dancing as everyone claims.

"They were trying to create this image, this facade really, that Natalie had done something extraordinary, something that's pretty much impossible," Lane tells 'Good Morning America,' "which is to become a professional ballerina in a year and a half."

As for Aranofsky's explanation that he counted the dance shots and 80 percent of them were Natalie, Lane scoffs.

"It's possible, like I said, if you're counting the close ups of her face as actual dancing shots. But I don't call close-ups of her face actual dancing," she retorts.

But the ballerina does believe Portman deserved the Oscar. "An Oscar is for acting and she did an amazing job with the movie."

Besides Aranofsky, Portman's fiance (and dancing partner from the film) Benjamin Millepied and her co-star Mila Kunis came to her defense.

The actress even spoke out about it as well, wishing to put the feud behind her.

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Ballet dancer: Natalie Portman "dirty" and Does not deserve Oscar

 

Ballet dancer revealed she worked as a "Doblairp" starring Natalie Portman in the movie "Black Swan", which won him the recent Oscar for Best Actress, noting that he asked her not to disclose

the matter and keep it a secret until the end of season awards.

The ballerina Sarah Lane site "" Star Pulse The Portman Oscar winner, for which she received in the past few months several titles such as star "extraordinary", and star of "first class", will now get the title of a new "false dirty fat."

She noted that the heroine of "black swan" has not led any of the movements of the legs, which won her an Academy Award for best performance, adding that the company "Fox Searchlight" producing the film, promoted to Portman managed to become a ballet dancer in a year and a half of training.

She added that what really disturbed is that the dancers, "Ballet" professionals are doing a stunning effort to master their work, while the sincerity of the public that it is possible to reach this professional in a year and a half.

And demanded that people stop for a massive reaction to the Academy Award won by Portman for non-entitlement.

For his part, Re choreographer and preacher Portman film "Benjamin Milipid" on those charges, saying that Lin had not been replaced Portman footage only in the feet only, pointing out that the heroine of "black swan"  has to perform 85% of the total dances.

"Portman" was born in Jerusalem on June 9, 1981, and her parents emigrated to America in 1984, and has dual Israeli and American.

In an interview earlier media said Portman, she insists on raising her children according to Judaism, but noted the lack of belief in the existence of life after death.

She majored in psychology group "Harvard" ancient, and I've learned through years of study Portman, a number of languages ​​including Arabic.