Natalie, so you think you can dance?

Amazing kick-ass Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky is puttin up his dukes to defend Natalie Portman against claims that the she only did a small portion of the dancing for her much earned Oscar-winning role.

"Here is the reality. I had my editor count shots.There are 139 dance shots in the film. One hundred and eleven are Natalie Portman untouched; 28 are her dance double Sarah Lane," Aronofsky told Entertainment Weekly in a statement. "If you do the math that's 80 percent Natalie Portman."

Last week Lane told EW that approximately 5 percent of the performance footage used in Black Swan's dance scenes was performed by Portman. She also added that the film's producer, Ari Handel, asked her not to discuss her work with the media because the producers wanted to play up Portman's dancing to help her Oscar bid. people are so damn shady! let the girl have her damn oscar!

"It is demeaning to the profession and not just to me," Lane said. "I've been doing this for 22 years .... Can you become a concert pianist in a year and a half, even if you're a movie star?" Aronofsky said he released a statement to defend Portman and put the debate to rest. "Natalie sweated long and hard to deliver a great physical and emotional performance," he said. "I don't want anyone to think that's not her they are watching. It is."

THE OSCARS: MY PICKS

SO, ITS BEEN A WHILE, FINALLY BACK, AND IN THE SWING OF THINGS, BUT I'M PRETTY MUCH GONNA KEEP THIS SIMPLE. I WANNA SAY WHO I PICK TO WIN THE OSCARS THIS YEAR AND WHY. SO FIRST OFF, BEST ACTRESS SHOULD GO TO NATALIE-FUCKING PORTMAN. ONLY BECAUSE ITS THE FIRST ROLE BY HER WHERE I WAS ENTIRELY BLOWN AWAY. NOT TO MENTION IT BEAUTIFULLY DIRECTED.  BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE WILL GO TO MR. COLIN FIRTH, ONLY BECAUSE HIS STUTTER ASS-TA-TO-OUNDED ME. ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE, UM ABSOLUTELY CHRISTIAN BALE, HE WAS INSANELY PERFECT. HE PLAYED A CRACK-HEAD SO BELIEVABLE WHITNEY HOUSTON HIT HIM UP AFTER SHE SAW IT. ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING, I WANNA SAY MELISSA LEO IN THE FIGHTER, BUT I KINDA WANNA GO FOR HAILEE STEINFELD IN TRUE GRIT, JUST CAUSE SHE IS THE UUUUUNDER DAWG! SO THOSE ARE MY QUICK PICKS, WE SHALL SEE FEB 27TH 2011.

BLACK SWAN

I had the pleasure of seeing Black Swan Last Saturday, and with all hype and expectations, i was prepared to like it, but i was hardly prepared to LOVE it, this is a movie that was masterfully designed and casted, but the star of the sky, is the talented, and beautiful, Natalie Portman. I have always thought i was a Natalie Portman fan, and have always appreciated her in her roles, be it, a digital short on SNL, or a queen of Naboo, in Star Wars, or a seedy, pink wig wearing stripper in CLOSER, but something always fell short for me, i never really believed and subscribed to her character, nor do i think she had, i feel like she never lost herself in the role, so when she as a stripper, says things like "Fuck" and other over sexual things, it felt like a child playing a twisted version of pretend, But Black swan eases you into a dark transformation of a character, it is a gradual change, that by the end, you are unaware that its the loving beautiful princess padme that you forced urself to love, i loved every frame, i loved every word. if its playing in a theater near you, you best hop in a plane, train, or automobile and watch this amazing adaptation of SWAN LAKE. its Natalie Portman's window to the OSCAR.

BLACK SWAN