Barbara Hershey

IS “BLACK SWAN” DIRECTOR DARREN ARONOFSKY A WOMAN HATER?

It’s amazing, but Darren Aronofsky has managed to create a ballet movie AIMED AT MEN! “Black Swan” has none of the characteristics a woman would look forward to in a ballet movie – exquisite music and dance sequences, hard working young women with a spirit of camaraderie, the excitement of living in New York as a ballerina, gay male dancers as best friends, a peek inside the world of ballet. What Aronofsky DOES provide is a nightmarish group of backstabbing neurotic (but beautiful and vulnerable) dancers leading dark and dreary lives. With some lesbian sex thrown in “for the boys.” Natalie Portman’s character is on the edge of madness and her self-mutilation sequences are nauseating. Barbara Hershey is photographed in such gruesome unflattering close-ups that she should sue the director. The males in the movie are older and lascivious and in charge. It’s not a pretty picture and it makes one wonder if Aronofsky secretly hates women.

BARBARA HERSHEY AND NAVEEN ANDREWS: IT’S BEEN OVER FOR AWHILE

Barbara Hershey, 62, and “Lost” star Naveen Andrews,41, had a nice long run of 12 years together but it’s finally over. Their 21 year age difference made their longevity even more remarkable. In 2005, during a brief split, Naveen fathered a baby boy with another woman and Barbara still took him back. Recently, Naveen has been photographed spending more time with his little boy Naveen Joshua. He and Barbara actually split six months ago and didn’t bother to mention it.