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Natalie Portman picked up a "humanity award" in Venice on Sunday — and it wasn't for agreeing to be in her boyfriend's wacky music video. The Garden State and Star Wars beauty received the first-ever "Movie for Humanity Award" at the Venice Film Festival for her work with social and environmental programs.

The Hamiltons is an independent horror film directed by The Butcher Brothers (Mitchell Altieri and Phil Flores) and the highly-acclaimed winner of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival and the Malibu International Film Festival. It was also selected for the film festival, 8 Films To Die For.

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Natalie Portman is one of the leading actors of her generation. She is probably most famous for portraying Queen Amidala on George Lucas' Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999), but it was her performance at the age of 12 as Mathilda in Luc Besson's 1994 film, Léon (also known as The Professional), that open doors for her. She has worked with such directors as Woody Allen, Michael Mann, and Tim Burton. Along the way, she has given many great performances, such as her portrayal of Marty in Beautiful Girls (1996), which many feel was worthy of an Oscar nomination.

A machinima invitation to watch this lifeloggeing love story with its creators in a virtual world: "Someday immediately after a film is complete it will be able to instantly premiere to a worldwide audience in every theater that wants it. And even though it doesn't work that way in real life, Second Life is a place where this is possible today."

Natalie Portman dons a cute striped dress as she attends the men’s final at the U.S. Open in Flushing Meadows, New York City on Monday.