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Jennifer Lawrence & Nicholas Hoult's L.A. PDA
Originally posted 02/16/2012 03:30PM
Looks like Jennifer Lawrence is hungry for love!
The star of the upcoming Hunger Games film adaptation, 21, was photographed sharing a passionate kiss with her British beau Nicholas Hoult, 22, on Wednesday.
The casually dressed couple, who costarred together in X-Men: First Class, exchanged their post-Valentine's Day PDA in Los Angeles.
The good times will likely continue for Lawrence and her man, who formerly starred in Skins – they'll have something to celebrate on March 23 when the actress's highly anticipated action film hits theaters. – Dahvi Shira
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Hunger Games Sneak Peek: Who's Behind That Crazy Hair?
Originally posted 11/16/2011 10:00AM
It's the pink hair that did it.
For Elizabeth Banks, playing Effie Trinket in the upcoming screen version of The Hunger Games first clicked into place thanks to the character's signature cotton-candy coif.
"I would be in the hair and makeup trailer and I was Elizabeth, and then the wig went on and very suddenly I was Effie," says Banks, 37. "Every day I would have that aha moment, like, 'We did it! We found Effie!' "
In the best-selling The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins, Effie serves as a publicity agent of sorts for the Games, a cruel arena battle that pits youths, called "tributes," against each other in a televised fight to the death. The movie opens March 23.
Jennifer Lawrence Gets Ready for The Hunger Games in Movie Trailer
Originally posted 11/14/2011 10:30AM
For fans looking to whet their Hunger Games appetite, the odds are ever in your favor – as the Suzanne Collins trilogy teases.
"It's 24 of us," Jennifer Lawrence, playing fierce and feisty heroine Katniss Everdeen, says in the movie's trailer, which debuted Monday on Good Morning America. "One comes out."
The peek at the film adaptation of the best-selling series, which follows Everdeen's post-apocalyptic journey through the ultimate televised game of life-or-death, offers a glimpse into the dark and dreary world of District 12.
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The Hunger Games Character Posters Released
Originally posted 10/28/2011 03:00PM
Fans of The Hunger Games already got a sneak peek in May, of Jennifer Lawrence bringing her character Katniss Everdeen to life in the big-screen adaptation of Suzanne Collins's best-selling novel.
Now, with five months until the film's anticipated March 23 release, eight promotional posters have been released with the faces of Lawrence and the seven other main characters: Liam Hemsworth as Gale Hawthorne; Josh Hutcherson as Peeta Mellark; Elizabeth Banks as Effie Trinket; Woody Harrelson as Haymitch Abernathy; Amandla Stenberg as Rue; Alexander Ludwig as Cato; and Lenny Kravitz as Cinna.
– Dahvi Shira
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MTV Video Music Awards: Top 5 Moments
Originally posted 08/29/2011 02:15AM
Yes, the biggest jaw-dropper of the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday happened on the black carpet before the show even began: Beyoncé's baby bump reveal. But that was hardly the only surprise of the famously unpredictable show.
Among the night's big winners: Katy Perry, who scored three Moon Men – her first-ever – including Video of the Year for "Firework;" British soul singer Adele, who won three trophies for her mega-hit "Rolling in the Deep" (and received a standing ovation for her stunning live performance of "Someone Like You"); and Justin Bieber for Best Male Video ("U Smile").
A rundown of the night's other buzz-worthy moments:
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Donald Sutherland Elected as Hunger Games President
Originally posted 05/31/2011 03:30PM
The Hunger Games has elected its leader: Veteran actor Donald Sutherland has been cast as sinister President
Snow in the film adaptation of in the dystopian trilogy, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Sutherland's character is described as "cruel and ruthless in his intimidation and control tactics – especially toward Jennifer Lawrence's Katniss Everdeen.
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FIRST LOOK: Jennifer Lawrence As Hunger Games Heroine Katniss
Originally posted 05/18/2011 04:45PM
Jennifer Lawrence had her doubters when she was cast as Katniss Everdeen, the heroine in the dystopian trilogy The Hunger Games. Fans worried the pretty blonde Oscar nominee was, well, too pretty to play the tough warrior.
Will this first look at Lawrence transformed into Katniss convince fans she can play this fierce heroine, who must compete in the ultimate game of life-or-death?
She certainly looks the part. Lawrence, 20, has gone brunette and sports a rugged tan, and she shows some fight in those blue eyes in a photo on the cover
of this week's Entertainment Weekly, on newsstands Friday.
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Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth Land Hunger Games Roles
Originally posted 04/04/2011 02:55PM
The PEOPLE have spoken! And although they voted for Hunter Parrish, 23, to take on the role of Peeta in the big-screen adaptation of Suzanne Collins's wildly successful sci-fi story The Hunger Games, that part will be going to the just-as-hotly tipped Josh Hutcherson (The Kids Are All Right).
Hutcherson's lovesick baker-boy will compete for the affections of Katniss (to be portrayed by Jennifer Lawrence, 20) with her strapping hunting partner Gale, to be played by 21-year-old Liam Hemsworth, a.k.a. Miley Cyrus's on-again, off-again beau).
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Who Should Play Jennifer Lawrence's Mentor in The Hunger Games?
Originally posted 03/29/2011 07:45AM
Let the games begin: After it was announced that Jennifer Lawrence – who received an Oscar nod for her rugged role in Winter's Bone this year – would once again rough it onscreen in the film adaptation of The Hunger Games, fans of the trilogy are abuzz about who will join her on the big screen.
As Lawrence, 20, prepares to flex her leading lady chops in the role of Katniss Everdeen, the feisty, dark-haired heroine in author Suzanne Collins's dystopian society, there are two other major roles up for grabs: Peeta Mellark, her love interest, who (mostly) stays by her side during the annual life-or-death Hunger Games, and Haymitch Abernathy, a Hunger Games champion with thick skin and an alcohol addiction – tokens of his survival.
With Hunter Parrish as the frontrunners to fill Peeta's shoes, who should step up for the role of Haymitch?
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The Hunger Games' Jennifer Lawrence Compares Katniss to Alien's Ripley
Originally posted 03/19/2011 02:00PM
As the official leading lady of The Hunger Games, Jennifer Lawrence knows she's landed an out-of-this-world role – in more ways than one.
Taking on the part of Katniss Everdeen, a fierce and feisty heroine competing in the ultimate game of life-or-death, Lawrence, 20, has extra special, extraterrestrial inspiration for tapping into the "fighting spirit" of her character.
"Sigourney Weaver's Ripley in Alien is the first [movie] that comes to mind," she tells Entertainment Weekly of an older yet similarly famous heroine.
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