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More Hunger Games: Catching Fire Fashion Portraits Featuring Katniss, Cinna & Haymitch

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Yesterday we posted two Hunger Games: Catching Fire fashion portraits featuring Caesar Flickman and Effie Trinket. Now three more have debuted, giving us a look at Cinna (Lenny Kravitz), Haymitch Abernathy (Woody Harrelson) and Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence).

You can take a look at them above and below.

Here’s the synopsis for the film: Catching Fire begins as Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a “Victor’s Tour” of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell) – a competition that could change Panem forever.

The film’s due out November 22nd.

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Argo Takes The Best Picture Oscar – See The Full List Of Winners!

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argo-posterIt was undoubtedly one of the most open Oscar races for years, with the result that rather than one film sweeping the entire thing, the Academy has spread the cheer amongst a bunch of movie. The winner of the big prize was Argo, marking one of the few times the Best Picture Oscar has gone to a film whose helmer wasn’t even nominated for Best Director. The film also won Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Editing

Although Best Picture and Best Director usually go hand-in-hand, that couldn’t happen this time, and so it was Ang Lee who scooped the gong for Life Of Pi. It’s the second time he’s picked up the award for a film that didn’t win Best Picture (after Brokeback Mountain).

In the acting categories, Daniel Day Lewis became the first man to win three Best Actor Oscars after winning for Lincoln, while Jennifer Lawrence become the second youngest Best Actress Oscar winner ever (she’s 22, while Marlee Matlin was 21) when she picked up the gong for Silver Linings Playbook.

Christoph Waltz took Best Supporting Actor, making it his second Tarantino film in a row to scoop him the award. And as expected, Best Supporting Actress went to Anne Hathaway for Les Miserables, in what was seen as one of the few certain categories of the night.

The Oscars spread the love in the other categories, with Skyfall winning Best Song, Brave picking up best Animated Feature and Amour getting the Best Foreign Language film. Even Anna Karenina won a gong for best Costumes.

Take a look below for the full list on winners.

BEST PICTURE:
WINNER: Argo

Amour
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty

BEST DIRECTOR:
WINNER: Ang Lee – Life of Pi

Benh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild
Michael Haneke – Amour
David O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook
Steven Spielberg – Lincoln

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:
WINNER: Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln

Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook
Hugh Jackman – Les Miserables
Joaquin Phoenix – The Master
Denzel Washington – Flight

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:
WINNER: Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook

Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty
Emmanuelle Riva – Amour
Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild
Naomi Watts – The Impossible

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
WINNER: Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained

Alan Arkin – Argo
Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master
Robert De Niro – Silver Linings Playbook
Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
WINNER: Anne Hathaway – Les Miserables

Amy Adams – The Master
Sally Field – Lincoln
Helen Hunt – The Sessions
Jacki Weaver – Silver Linings Playbook

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
WINNER: Argo – Chris Terrio

Beasts of the Southern Wild – Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin
Life of Pi – David Magee
Lincoln – Tony Kushner
Silver Linings Playbook – David O. Russell

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
WINNER: Django Unchained – Quentin Tarantino

Amour – Michael Haneke
Flight – John Gatins
Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
Zero Dark Thirty – Mark Boal

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
WINNER: Austria, Amour, Michael Haneke, director;

Canada, War Witch, Kim Nguyen, director;
Chile, No, Pablo Larraín, director;
Denmark, A Royal Affair, Nikolaj Arcel, director;
Norway, Kon-Tiki, Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg, directors

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
WINNER: Brave

Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Wreck-It Ralph

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
WINNER: Life of Pi – Claudio Miranda

Anna Karenina – Seamus McGarvey
Django Unchained – Robert Richardson
Lincoln – Janusz Kaminski
Skyfall – Roger Deakins

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
WINNER: Anna Karenina – Jacqueline Duran

Les Miserables – Paco Delgado
Lincoln – Joanna Johnston
Mirror Mirror – Eiko Ishioka
Snow White and the Huntsman – Colleen Atwood

BEST FILM EDITING
WINNER: Argo – William Goldenberg

Life of Pi – Tim Squyres
Lincoln – Michael Kahn
Silver Linings Playbook – Jay Crispin and Crispin Struthers
Zero Dark Thirty – Dyan Tichenor and William Goldenberg

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
WINNER: Searching for Sugar Man – Malik Bendjelloul

5 Broken Cameras – Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi
The Gatekeepers – Dror Moreh
How to Survive a Plague – David France
The Invisible War – Kirby Dick

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING:
WINNER: Les Miserables – Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell

Hitchcock – Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane

BEST ORIGINAL SONG:
WINNER: “Skyfall” from Skyfall – Music and Lyrics by Adele and Paul Epworth

“Before My Time” from Chasing Ice – Music and Lyric by J Ralph
“Everybody Needs a Best Friend” from Ted – Music by Walter Murphy, Lyric by Seth MacFarlane
“Pi’s Lullaby” from Life of Pi – Music by Mychael Danna, Lyric by Bombay Jashiri
“Suddenly” from Les Miserables – Music by Herbert Kretzmer, Lyric by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
WINNER: Life of Pi – Mychael Danna

Anna Karenina – Dario Marianelli
Argo – Alexandre Desplat
Lincoln – John Williams
Skyfall – Thomas Newman

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:
WINNER: Lincoln – Rick Carter (Production Design); Jim Erickson (Set Decoration)

Anna Karenina – Sarah Greenwood (Production Design); Katie Spencer (Set Decoration)
Les Miserables – Eve Stewart (Production Design); (Set Decoration)
Life of Pi – David Gropman (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Dan Hennah (Production Design); Ra Vincent and Simon Bright (Set Decoration)

BEST SOUND MIXING:
WINNER: Les Miserables – Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes

Argo – John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia
Life of Pi – Ron Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin
Lincoln – Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins
Skyfall – Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson

BEST SOUND EDITING:
WINNER: Zero Dark Thirty – Paul N.J. Ottosson

Skyfall – Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
Argo – Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn
Django Unchained – Wylie Stateman
Life of Pi – Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
WINNER: Life of Pi – Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White
Marvel’s The Avengers – Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick
Prometheus – Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill
Snow White and the Huntsman – Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM:
WINNER: Paperman – John Kahrs

Adam and Dog – Minkyu Lee
Fresh Guacamole – PES
Head Over Heels – Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly
Maggie Simpson in The Longest Daycare – {PEbf5gdf477Mde||David Silverman

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM:
WINNER: Inocente – Sean Fine, Andrea Nix Fine

King’s Point – Sari Gilman, Jedd Wider
Monday’s At Racine – Cynthia Wade, Robin Honan
Open Heart – Kief Davidson, Cori Shepherd Stern
Redemption – Jon Alpert, Matthew O’Neill

BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM:
WINNER: Curfew – Shawn Christensen

Asad – Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura
Buzukashi Boys – Sam French and Ariel Nasr
Death of a Shadow – Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele
Henry – Yan England

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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Victory Tour Posters Emerge

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hunger-games-catching-fire-victory-tour-poster1 If you win The Hunger Games you have to go on a tour around the district, and so in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, that’s exactly what Peeta and Katniss must do, whether they want to or not. Now two posters for this Victory Tour have been released, giving off a rather virginal, marriage feeling.

Here’s the synopsis: Catching Fire begins as Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a “Victor’s Tour” of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell) – a competition that could change Panem forever.

The film’s due out November 22nd. It’ll be interesting to see if Lionsgate continue this marketing strategy, teasing us as if we were residents of Panem.

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David O. Russell Going To The Ends of the Earth With Jennifer Lawrence

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david-o-russellJennifer Lawrence must have had a great time making Silver Linings Playbook, as just a few days ago she signed up for David O. Russell’s next movie (formely titled American Bullsh*t), and now THR reports that she’s also gotten him involved to direct The Ends Of The Earth, which she’s been attached to last August.

Argo screenwriter Chris Terrio wrote the script, which is based on the true story of an oil tycoon who lost everything after engaging in an affair with his adopted daughter. Lawrence is set to play the daughter, Lydie Marland. However oil baron Ernest Marland has not been cast yet.

O. Russell commented, “Jennifer possesses a self-deprecating humor that made all of the cast and crew feel at ease. She is that kind of person. She is the most dedicated person I know. She is devoted to her family, and they have been the true inspiration for her character and integrity. Her acting is effortless, and she always makes it look easy.”

It really does seem it’s a bit of a mutual love-in between the director and actress.

American Bullsh*t will come first, with a Spring shoot already planned for that movie, with Ends Of The Earth coming sometime afterwards.

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Jennifer Lawrence Set To Reteam With David O Russell On Abscam Movie

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Director David O Russell used to have a reputation for being difficult to work with, but he must have calmed down as he’s busy lining up a new movie full of faces who’ve worked with him before. The latest to join is Jennifer Lawrence, who scored her second Oscar nomination for O Russell’s Silver Linings Playbook.

The movie will also reunite her with fellow Silver Linings thesp, Bradley Cooper, along with The Fighter’s Christian Bale and Amy Adams, as well as O Russell newbie, Louis CK.

The film, formerly known as American Bullshit is based on the true story of an FBI sting operation known as Abscam, which uncovered a vast network of corruption along the East Coast. The story centers on con artist Melvin Weinberg (Christian Bale) a criminal who is forced to work with the FBI to unravel what’s going on. Lawrence is set to play Bale’s wife (we’ll ignore the 16-year age difference, as Hollywood is obsessed with pairing young woman with significantly older men).

David O. Russell is directing from a screenplay by Eric Singer (The International). It’s not known when it will start shooting. (Source: Deadline)

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More Hunger Games: Catching Fire Pics Online, Including First Look At Philip Seymour Hoffman

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hunger-games-catching-fire-ew-pic2A couple of days ago our very first look at The Hunger Games: Catching Fire arrived, with an EW cover and a look at Sam Claflin’s Finnick Odair getting close to Jennifer Lawrence’s Katniss Everdeen. Now EW has released a quartet of fresh pics from the film, including our first look at Philip Seymour Hoffman as gamesmaker Plutarch Heavensbee.

There’s also Donald Sutherland as the oily President Snow, a shot of Willow Shields and Paula Malconson as Katniss’ sister and mother, as well as director Francis Lawrence chatting to Jennifer Lawrence and Liam Hemsworth on the set.

The film sees events in Panem escalate as it’s revealed the next Hunger Games will be different to normal and see previous champions thrown back into the arena – meaning Katniss and Peeta are going to be fighting for their lives again. All the while dissent is growing in the districts against the control of the Capitol. The film hits cinemas November 22nd.

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Jennifer Lawrence Gets Close To Sam Claflin In First Look At Hunger Games: Catching Fire

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hunger-games-catching-fire-ew-pic1After the huge success of The Hunger Games, there are a lot of people avidly looking forward to the follow up, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, which is due for release on November 22nd. Now EW has released our first look at the movie with the image above and the cover below.

Both images feature Jennifer Lawrence’s Karniss Everdeen alongside new character Finnick Odair, played by British actor Sam Claflin (Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides). Finnick is a previous Hunger Games champion who like Katniss is called up to be sent back into the arena. He’s known for being cocky, arrogant and very much a ladies man, but as we slowly discover, things aren’t quite as they appear.

Francis Lawrence directs, taking over from Gary Ross who made the first film.

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Ian McKellen & Patrick Stewart Back For X-Men: Days Of Future Past

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For a while now people have been wondering if X-Men: Days Of Future Past would feature both the First Class mutants and some from the original X-Men trilogy, due to the fast the comic book story arc it’s based on features time travel.

Now we know that it will indeed, as Bryan Singer, who recently picked up the directing reins when Matthew Vaughn stepped down, has revealed on his Twitter account that Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen are returning as the older version Professor X and Magneto in X-Men: Days of Future Past. He also confirmed that James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, and Nicholas Hoult are returning.

Here’s what he had to say: ‘I’d like to officially welcome back James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, & Nicholas Hoult to #XMEN for #DaysOfFuturePast’

Adding, ‘Thrilled to announce @ianmckellen118 & @sirpatstew are joining the cast of #XMEN#DaysOfFuturePast#magneto#professorX More to come…’

As for how the older Professor X and Magneto exist alongside the younger versions played by James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender, he simply says, ‘The movie is called X-Men: Days of Future Past, use your imagination. More to come.’

It’s believed the plot involved the First Class X-Men getting involved in time travel in order to stop a terrifying future from happening.

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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Motion Poster Arrives

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It’s a full year until The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is released on November 22nd 2013, and so Lionsgate has released a motion poster for the movie via Facebook.

It’s a fairly familiar image, with the Mockingjay aflame, but I’m certain there’ll be a lot of fans who get excited by it anyway. The plot of the sequel initially sees Hunger Games victor Katniss and Peeta going on a tour of the districts, where they see dissent growing. It’s then revealed that the 75th Hunger Games will see former champions compete, and that means out heroes will have to go back into the arena and fight for survival once more.

Francis Lawrence directs, with Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Elizabeth Banks, Woody Harrelson, Stanley Tucci, Toby Jones, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jena Malone, Sam Claflin and Jeffrey Wright all starring. After Catching Fire we the have two part finale, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Part 1 & 2 coming in November 2014 & 2015 respectively.

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Jared Leto Cross Dresses In First Dallas Buyer’s Club Set Photos

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A couple of weeks ago it was revealed that Jared Leto was set to play a flamboyant, cross-dressing gay character in The Dallas Buyer’s Club. Now the movie has started shooting and Just Jared has gotten hold of the first shots from the set, showing Leto in character, along with a very skinny Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner.

I can’t say it’s Jared’s best look ever, but it certainly shows off his cheekbones and he’s oddly reminiscent of Cillian Murphy in Breakfast On Pluto (although that may just be because of the furry jacket).

The movie is about Ron Woodruff (McConaughey), a man who contracts AIDS in 1986. After becoming frustrated with the lack of medical options in the US, due to the fact drugs have to be extensively tested by the FDA before they become available to patients, he begins smuggling alternative drugs into the country from Mexico. Jared Leto will portray Rayon, another AIDS patient Woodruff befriends at the hospital.

It’s also been revealed via Variety that that the wonderful Steve Zahn and Dallas Roberts have joined the cast as it’s started shooting. The Grey’s Roberts will play Woodruff’s defence attorney David Wayne, who fought for the FDA to allow AIDS patients to get potentially life-saving drugs. Zahn is set to be a Dallas policeman who turns a blind eye to Woodruff’s smuggling, as he sympathises with his predicament after having dealt with his father’s Alzheimer’s.

Jean-Marc Vallée is directing from a screenplay by Melisa Wallack and Craig Borten. Click on the pics below for a better look at McConaughey, Garner and Leto, or head over to Just Jared for a few more images.

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