Episode 23 of Nightlock Podcast has aired. You can listen here.
Episode 23: The Spark
Nightlock
Phase 2 is firing the show up by anaylzing the first chapter of
Catching Fire. The big news story of the week is the replacement
director for Gary Ross, so we discuss why he possible didn't return as
well as what the new director will bring to the table. Hunger Games flim
has broken more records. As usual we read your listenr feedback in our
Mockin' Mail segment. We also play a segment of Sigh No More, by Mumford
and Sons and discuss how it relates to the series.
Josh Hutcherson spoke about his anchor tattoo with Access Hollywood.
“I love tattoos,” the 19-year-old told Access Hollywood at The White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday.
“I like the traditional kind, like the old Sailor Jerry style,” he
explained, referring to the black and red anchor on his mid-section.
The actor, who also has a Libra sign on his wrist, says he’s just getting started when it comes to decorating his body.
“I’m going to get a lot more,” he told Access. “So watch out!”
The HG has made over $600 Million surpassing Harry Potter reports EW! This is great.
Close behind, The Hunger Games dipped by a tiny 23 percent and earned $11.3 million in its sixth weekend on the chart. With a running total of $372.5 million, the franchise-launching blockbuster is now officially performing ahead of the highest-grossing Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, which had earned $366 million at the same point in its run. Worldwide, Hunger Games‘ impressive $601 million total doesn’t compare to Potter‘s grosses, but one can only wonder how high numbers will climb by the time The Hunger Games Saga: Catching Fire – Part 2 (Section B) in IMAX 3D finally hits theaters in 2016.
At last night's White House Correspondents' Dinner President Obama made a Hunger Games joke (Skip to 11 minutes)
Still, I guess Governor Romney’s feeling pretty good about things
because he took a few hours off the other day to see ‘The Hunger Games’.
Some of you have seen it? It’s a movie about people who court wealthy
sponsors and then brutally savage each other until only one contestant
is left standing. I’m sure this was a really great change of pace for
him
Regardless of political standing it was rather cute:)
Thanks to Mockingjay.net
Jackie Emeron and Dayo Okeniyi will be donating time in support of Human Rights Watch’s Cries From The Heart. This is a theater event taking place on May 6th in Los Angelos. Tickets for Cries from the Heart run from $100-150; additional details can be found here.
For one night only, a star-studded cast will come together at the Broad
Stage to support Human Rights Watch. Powerful performances of selected
writings and testimonies will celebrate and bring to life the voices of
individuals who dare to speak out for freedom around the world. This
year’s cast includes Lisa Edelstein, Jacqueline Emerson, Greg Germann,
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Sally Kirkland, Dayo Okeniyi, Missi Pyle, Peter
Riegert, Julian Sands, Arnold Vosloo, and Reno Wilson. With musical
performances by Aloe Blacc and Isobel Campbell.
Josh Hutcherson, Elisabeth Banks, and Woody Harrelson attended the White House Correspondence Dinner. Below is a compilation of photos from Getty Images and PopSugar.
A courthouse did a mock trial for President Snow on 'take your child to work day.'
A chanting chorus of child jurors on Thursday found President Snow of
the nation of Panem guilty of kidnapping, child abuse and other heinous
crimes for forcing children into the deadly Hunger Games.
Snow's
Stand Your Nation law defense, mirrored after Florida's controversial
Stand Your Ground law, held no water with the nearly four dozen young
jurors packed into courtroom 418 at the Broward County Courthouse.
The
Broward State Attorney's Office on Thursday presented a mock trial with
a "Hunger Games" theme for kids who accompanied their parents on "Take
Your Child to Work" day. Prosecutor Tim Donnelly, head of the public
corruption unit, scripted the courtroom play.
"We just want to expose them
to [the system]," Donnelly said. "We're not going to debate philosophy
with them; we just want them to have fun and hopefully they retain
something."
After seeing the movie little more than a week ago,
Donnelly, a father of four, ages 9 to 16, had the idea to adapt the
popular young-adult novel and movie into a courtroom play.
The movie takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where, as a
harsh reminder of a previous rebellion and to keep the nation's 12
districts in line, 24 boys and girls are randomly selected to compete in
a yearly televised death battle called the Hunger Games.Donnelly
worked evenings developing The Nation of Panem v. President Coriolanus
Snow and recruited fellow prosecutors to play the roles.
"Wanna-Be
President Snow is the one who was behind the whole thing," Adriana
Alcalde, argued as nation of Panem prosecutor. "We want peace for the
districts. We don't want the Hunger Games."
Her star witness, head
gamekeeper Seneca Crane, played by Tony Loe, complete with a shiny
black, curlicue beard (applied with hair dye), testified in exchange for
a plea deal that would send him to prison for two to five years for his
part in the games.
"Everything I did was because he told me to do so," he said, referring to Snow as an "evil man."
And
Snow, aka Broward's head homicide prosecutor, Brian Cavanagh,
indignantly took the stand in his own defense: "I think I am the victim
of the ultimate political prosecution."
The Stand Your Nation law,
he said, allows the use of deadly force to prevent imminent death or
great bodily harm to defend the nation.
The Hunger Games maintain law and order, he bellowed. "We would have pandemonium in Panem, otherwise."
The
chants of "guilty, guilty, guilty" grew in volume and enthusiasm as
Cavanagh retreated from the witness stand to the defense table.
A guilty verdict, Snow's defense attorney, Donnelly, argued would not put an end to the Hunger Games.
"All
you're going to be doing is punishing an old man for following the
law," he said before falling to his knees and begging, "Please don't
find him guilty."
The guilty chant, accompanied by clapping, grew louder, louder, louder.
Snow's punishment: 5,000 hours of community service, wash the judge's car and drive her to her hair appointment.
The Wall Street Journal discussed The Hunger Games DVD and Francis Lawrence.
As "The Hunger Games" approaches $400 million in domestic box office
receipts, the studio behind the film is busy plotting the series' three
remaining installments—and already running into a few hurdles.
In addition to hunting for a new director, Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.
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is working to develop a script for the second film, "Catching Fire."
The studio must also plan "The Hunger Games" home-video release and
figure out how to roll out the remaining three films in a way that
dovetails with the finale of the "Twilight Saga" franchise, which Lions
Gate acquired when it bought Summit Entertainment.
For "Catching
Fire," now in preproduction and expected to hit theaters in fall 2013,
Lions Gate—also known as Lionsgate—lost the director of the first film,
Gary Ross, who issued a statement earlier this month saying he couldn't
work on the studio's time table.
Lions Gate,
which said at the time that it was sorry Mr. Ross had chosen not to
direct the film, is now close to a deal with Francis Lawrence, whose
previous projects include "I Am Legend" and "Constantine," according to
people familiar with the matter.
Given the monumental success of the first film in the series, Lions
Gate has at stake the potential for billions at the box office and
beyond. "The Hunger Games," which cost $80 million to make, has grossed
$360.2 million at the domestic box office during its first five weeks,
with world-wide receipts now totaling $577 million. And it became the
first film since 2009's "Avatar" to top the box office for four
consecutive weeks.
"It's an anchor tenant" for the next several years, said Lions Gate Vice Chairman Michael Burns, referring to the series.
That performance may help Lions Gate join the elite ranks of
Hollywood's most powerful entities—the six studios known in the industry
as "majors." Speaking at this week's CinemaCon trade show, John
Fithian, president of the National Association of Theatre Owners, noted
that "The Hunger Games" had the biggest March opening ever, at the same
time that Lions Gate acquired rival independent studio Summit.
Elizabeth Banks and Jennifer Lawrence in a scene from 'The Hunger Games.'
"We may just be witnessing the arrival of a seventh" major movie studio, Mr. Fithian said.
One issue that is under control: All the primary "Hunger Games" cast
members are signed up for the entire four-film series, so none are
likely to follow Mr. Ross to the exit.
But the studio has yet to finalize a script, now being written by
"Slumdog Millionaire" writer Simon Beaufoy. The author of the series,
Suzanne Collins, will have input, as she did with the script for the
first film.
"I would call it a collaborative effort," said Rob Friedman, Lions
Gate motion picture group co-chair, referring to Ms. Collins's
participation. "Suzanne has always been very, very involved."
The massive success of "The Hunger Games" will doubtless create
momentum for the sequels—a good thing for the studio, since it probably
won't be able to rely on the same marketing playbook it used for the
first film.
A central component of the marketing strategy for "The Hunger Games"
was boosting book sales, particularly as new titles in the series were
rolled out. With no new titles remaining, Lions Gate will focus on
pumping up book sales internationally, in hopes that it can draw an even
more global viewership for "Catching Fire," Mr. Friedman said. The studio will also rely on the DVD
release of "The Hunger Games" to fuel anticipation for "Catching Fire," a
strategy it credits with helping make the second "Twilight" film an
even bigger success than the first. Due to the first film's exceptional
box office performance, the studio is considering pushing the DVD
release to five months after its theatrical opening, as opposed to the
usual four-month window, according to people familiar with the matter.
That time frame would also allow it to take advantage of back-to-school
momentum in the retail environment.
Mr. Friedman vows to be "very aggressive" in pushing DVDs at Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
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and other retail outlets.
Still, while plans proceed
full-steam-ahead for "Catching Fire," Mr. Friedman cautioned against
looking too far into the future. "We're still in the afterglow" of "The
Hunger Games," he said, before quickly correcting himself. "We're still
performing great, so we're still in the glow, I should say."
15 year old Eilish is halfway through making a Hunger Games graphic novel NewsTimes reports.
n September 2010, in her eighth-grade English class at Immanuel Lutheran School in Danbury, Eilish Nobes was assigned to read "The Hunger Games" -- the best-selling novel by Newtown author Suzanne Collins, which has since been made into a movie that is now showing in theaters.
"If it wasn't for that assignment, I probably wouldn't have ever
picked up the book (which is part of a trilogy) because I thought it was
about birds. On the cover of all three `Hunger Games' books is a
picture of a bird," said Eilish, who is now 15.
Not only did she read the book, by the end of that summer she had
read the entire series. She enjoyed the stories so much she created a
graphic novel from the first five chapters of the trilogy.
She plans to eventually complete a graphic novel for the rest of the book.
In a recent interview at her home, Eilish spoke about her passion for art and her fascination with the "Hunger Games" trilogy.
Q: You are so talented! Your work is amazing and so detailed. How long have you been interested in art?
A: I've been drawing since I was in kindergarten. In elementary
school, I started drawing comic book characters and began coming up with
my own characters. In middle school, I would draw pictures of movie
stars and such.
My drawing of a lion became my school's mascot in the school
newspaper. On a wall in the science building at my high school, I
designed a seascape mural.
Q: What is a graphic novel? How did you make this?
A: It's in between a comic book and an actual novel. It has all the
comic strip components in that it has many pictures, but it also has
enough words and storytelling to resemble a novel.
To make the graphic novel, I first took a pencil and underlined
whatever I thought was important in the book. Then I wrote those words
in my novel.
Since the book has no pictures, I based what the characters look like
on my own imagination. As long as you have a good story line to it, it
doesn't matter what the picture is. You just have to be creative.
Q: Why are you so interested in "The Hunger Games?" I hear you have already seen the movie four times.
A: Well, I was also into the "Twilight" and the Percy Jackson series and created a lot of graphic pictures and scenes from these series.
Yet I connected with Katniss' character (in "The Hunger Games") more
than the others, because she's a strong character who doesn't change
what she believes.
I love being a tomboy like her, and I don't care what people think of
me. I dress and wear what I like. I read books and watch shows that I
like, even if they are not the same as my friends.
I also like the adventure in the movie and the guys!
Q: Would you like to have a career in art one day?
A: I would like to work in the movie business. I would design the set
and costumes or be an animator. I am absolutely in love with show
business. It's kind of cool to see what the crew does behind the scenes.
The most amazing thing happened today! I was on my Pandora playlist and guess what came on? Eyes Wide Open (Taylor Swift, Hunger Games Soundtrack). Suprisingly this is the first time I have had anything from The Hunger Games on my playlist. I just had to share it:)
The Hunger Games Fan convention will take place on June 23rd - 24th. Many cast members will be attending. Gold Weekend has released some information about ticket sales.
Gold Package:
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be close to all the action, reserve as early as possible!
2) Complimentary admission to the exclusive SATURDAY NIGHT GALA
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to be announced. The themed CENTERPIECE CONTEST offers a $250 gift
certificate to the very best themed creation. Come dressed to thrill and
win prizes for best dressed and best dancer!
3) Complimentary in person autographs from various attending
celebrities including Willow Shields, Dayo Okeniyi, Jacqueline Emerson,
Nelson Ascencio, Kimiko Gelman and Brooke Bundy, with more to be added!
An awesome benefit of the Gold Package because if bought separately
these autographs would cost a large portion of the total Gold Package
price. You can bring an item from home or purchase one of the photo or
other souvenirs available at the convention.
4) Our autograph signings are most often done in our main theatre and
we call you up row by row. Since Gold Patrons have the best seats in
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Willow Shield was the Grand Marshall of a parade in San Antonio and she stopped by to do an interview with Kens5.
“We never thought it was going to be this huge,” Shields said.
The movie’s quarter-billion dollar success has propelled 12-year-old
Shields into the national spotlight. She’s making red carpet
appearances, giving interviews and, this weekend, taking in San
Antonio’s sights.
This is Shields’ first visit to Fiesta. “This is my first time in Texas, so I’m super-excited,” she said.
She’ll serve as the Grand Marshal for the Fiesta Flambeau parade Saturday night.
Shields said the movie definitely has changed her life away from home in New Mexico.
There, she said she’s just like any other pre-teen who studies and
hangs out with friends. Getting recognized in public still feels odd.
“We never thought I’d be walking in the airport and someone yells
out, ‘Look, it’s Willow Shields.’ It’s really funny to experience that,”
she said, giggling.
The Hunger Games takes up a majority of the top highlighted phrases. 8/10 top phrases are from The Hunger Games.
10) I am not pretty. I am not beautiful. I am as radiant as the sun. (Katniss, The Hunger Games) 9) “Having an eye for beauty isn’t the same thing as
a weakness,” Peeta points out. “Except possibly when it comes to you.”
(Peeta, Catching Fire) 7) Life in District 12 isn’t really so different
from life in the arena. At some point, you have to stop running and turn
around and face whoever wants you dead. (Katniss, Catching Fire) 6) “I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now, and live in it forever,” he says. (Peeta, Catching Fire) 5) “I just want to spend every possible minute of the rest of my life with you,” Peeta replies. (Peeta, Catching Fire) 4) It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart. (Finnick, Mockingjay) 2) The rules of the Hunger Games are simple. In
punishment for the uprising, each of the twelve districts must provide
one girl and one boy, called tributes, to participate. The twenty-four
tributes will be imprisoned in a vast outdoor arena that could hold
anything from a burning desert to a frozen wasteland. Over a period of
several weeks, the competitors must fight to the death. The last tribute
standing wins. (Katniss, The Hunger Games) 1) Because sometimes things happen to people and they’re not equipped to deal with them. (Katniss, Catching Fire) One of my favorite ones!
What do you think about them? What have you highlighted in your Kindle.
Sutherland will also be in town for an homage to his
prolific career at the festival. The actor will also be named Commander
of Arts and Letters by the French cultural minister. Alan J. Pakula’s Klute will screen followed by a “Hollywood conversation” with the actor.
KLRN is your official TV station for the 2012 Fiesta parades!
If you don't have a TV handy, no worries – this webpage is the only place you'll need to go for all the action as it happens.
Whether you want to sneak a peek while at the office, or watch while
kicking back at home or even while out of town, come here to watch live
streaming broadcasts of the parades and chat with friends, family and
community on Twitter and Facebook.
More cast members will be attending the first ever Hunger Games Fan Convention on June 23rd-24th. Will you be attending?
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STYLISTS CONSULTATION
What does it take to look like your favorite characters? Find out with a very cool presentation we have planned!
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Movies.com did a great must knows list about Catching Fire, Victory Tour, and Quarter Quell and its tributes.
The Hunger Games Schedule
As you saw in The Hunger Games, it’s pretty hot and arid in
District 12 during Reaping time. After the tributes are selected,
they’re whisked right off to the Capitol and, mere weeks later, are
thrown into the games. Therefore, the Hunger Games are a summertime
event for Panem. But, of course, the whole point of the Hunger Games is
to remind the districts of and punish them for the rebellion. There’s no
way President Snow would let that be a mere once-a-year deal. In Catching Fire, we find out that there’s much more to the Hunger Games than the Games itself.
We reunite with Katniss after the Games as she’s prepping for The Victory Tour.
As Katniss describes, the tour is “strategically placed almost midway
between the annual Games, it is the Capitol’s way of keeping the horror
fresh and immediate.” That means the Victory Tour goes down during the
wintertime, which matches Katniss’ wardrobe, as she notes that her prep
team only readies her hands and face, “probably because everything else
will be covered in the cold weather.”
So now, what is this Victory Tour? It’s basically what it sounds like, a
district tour for the victors. The event always kicks off in District
12, but the district the Hunger Games winner (or winners) call home is
always saved for last, so this time around, Peeta and Katniss begin in
District 11. After hitting every single district, the winners wind up in
the Capitol where there’s a big party in President Snow’s banquet room.
Last stop on the trip is home sweet home, District 12, for the Harvest
Festival. District 12 always celebrates the occasion at the end of the
Victory Tour, as much as their means allow, but because the Capitol is
hosting the bash this year, “everyone in the whole district will have
full bellies.”
Even though the games are still months away, this year it’s a Quarter Quell,
so the festivities are amped up quite a bit. The Quarter Quell happens
every 25 years and is meant to honor the anniversary of the Hunger
Games, and, of course, to ensure the citizens of Panem never forget the
bloodshed of the rebellion. So, rather than have your standard Reaping
just before the tributes are taken to the Capitol, the reading of the card
happens months before the games. In a short ceremony, President Snow
takes to the stage, gives a quick speech and then dips his hand into a
wooden box, pulls out the yellow envelop for the third quarter quell and
reveals what horror lies ahead. For the first quarter quell, districts
were forced to vote on who to send into the games and for the second
one, they were required to send in double the amount of tributes. Wait
until you see what the parameters are this time around.
A New Home and Life
After you win the Hunger Games, you bunk down in Victor’s Village,
a little community made up of 12 houses big enough to hold ten people.
But, considering Haymitch, Peeta and Katniss are District 12’s only
victors, only three houses are occupied. And even then, Katniss much
prefers sneaking off to her old house in the Seam.
Another perk of being a Hunger Games victor is that you’re rich.
Katniss even notes “she has buckets of money” and much more than she
needs to sustain her family.
New Faces
Plutarch Heavensbee: If you’ve seen The Hunger Games,
you know it doesn’t end well for Seneca Crane, so President Snow is in
need of a new Head Gamemaker and that’s where Plutarch Heavensbee comes
in. The New Careers: With Marvel, Glimmer, Cato and Clove
long gone, District 1 and 2 must send in new tributes who, of course,
are destined to form the infamous career pack. In the 75th
Hunger Games that group is comprised of the brother-sister duo from
District 1, Gloss and Cashmere, and Brutus of District 2, who’s
particularly excited about the opportunity to kill in the arena and his
co-tribute Enobaria, someone who I imagine to have a pretty wicked
smile. Beetee: When you come from the district responsible
for Panem’s electronics, odds are you’re not much of a fighter. However,
Beetee’s intelligence undoubtedly makes him a force to be reckoned
with. With a knack for manipulating electricity, you'd better mind
Beetee’s snares. Finnick Odair: Talk about a juicy role for a hot young
actor. Finnick isn’t only a strong fighter, but he’s “tall, athletic,
with golden skin and bronze-color hair” as well as what Katniss calls
“incredible eyes.” On top of being the ultimate eye candy, Finnick hails
from District 4, so knows a thing or two about swimming, fishing and
working with a trident. Johanna Mason: As charming as Finnick is, is as
off-putting as Johanna Mason can be. She’s brash, not inhibited in the
least and always says what’s on her mind. She’s from District 7, the one
responsible for exporting lumber, so her weapon of choice is an ax,
making her quite deadly in the arena. The Hawthorne Family: This time around, we spend a little more time in District 12 so, naturally, Catching Fire features more Gale than The Hunger Games
and that means his family comes to the forefront as well. Gale’s passed
his Hunger Games years and that means he works full time in the mines.
While that brings in an income, it’s far from enough. His mother Hazelle
does laundry to support Gale’s siblings, 12-year-old Rory, 10-year-old
Vick and 4-year-old Posy. Thanks to her Hunger Games win, Katniss has
more than enough money to sustain her family as well as Gale’s, but Gale
“won’t take a single coin.” However, now that Gale’s in the mines all
day, Hazelle accepts the game Katniss brings in during her now solo
hunting expeditions.
Potential Changes
Of course nobody wants any parts of a beloved book to be cut from a film adaptation, but as we saw in the film version of The Hunger Games, it’s necessary and sometimes beneficial. In the case of Catching Fire, I’d imagine one of the first elements to go will be Bonnie and Twill.
While their inclusion is key to the transition into the third book,
rumblings of the rebellion can be found elsewhere, making their meeting
in the woods with Katniss somewhat expendable. Ripper may be the most important person in Haymitch’s life, but the district booze supplier will very likely go unnamed in the Catching Fire movie, as will Leevy, a former neighbor of Katniss’ who lends a hand during a particularly trying time. There’s also quite a bit of talk about Maysilee Donner, Haymitch’s fellow tribute during his games, and while she does have a connection with a few Hunger Games characters that are already well-established, as far as Catching Fire goes, her influence might not be strong enough to warrant a mention.
Any must-know, non-spoiler Catching Fire facts I missed? Help fill in all the newcomers in the comments section below.
Josh Hutcherson spoke with OK Magazine about his new pit bull puppy.
“He was actually going to be euthanized the day after I got him,” he told OK! at the GLAADMedia Awards in L.A. about his new dog, Driver. ”
“He is fantastic. He is literally the best puppy that I’ve met in my
entire life,” he gushed. “He’s fun when he wants to play and then
snuggles up. He’s like the perfect dog. He’s amazing.
The executives of Lionsgate and Summit will stay and work together reports Deadline.
One of the biggest question marks since Lionsgate merged with Summit
has been what would happen to their two veteran marketing heads, Tim
Palen and Nancy Kirkpatrick. So here’s what’s been decided because the
two companies have a big slate of films coming: Tim Palen has just been
given a new long-term deal as Chief Marketing Officer at Lionsgate,
which is the title he already holds. And Summit’s President of
Worldwide Marketing Nancy Kirkpatrick will continue in her
role. Included on their individual plates are more Hunger Games films for Lionsgate as well the finale of the Twilight Saga, Breaking Dawn Part 2,
for Summit. I think it’s a smart decision to keep the two marketing
groups especially since the two labels are still separate for now and
the forseeable future, if for no other reasons than you’d hate to see
either of these two pros go to the competition. And if the two labels
ever become one, then Palen and Kirkpatrick should have a Fight Club
brawl — and I’ll be there to watch.
Hickory Daily Record reports that the Hildebran District Twelve set will be feautured on Syfy channel!
The SyFy Channel was at the village on Tuesday filming an
episode of the second season of “Hollywood Treasures,” and the show’s
host, Joe Maddalena, was at the village looking for anything left behind
from the movie.
The show is a documentary reality show based on Maddalena’s life as
he travels the world hunting down Hollywood treasures to sell at
auction. Maddalena has been hunting treasures for 26 years and owns a
business in Los Angeles, “Profiles in History.”
Maddalena said the episode also could help the property’s owner, Wade
Shepherd, sell the village that stood as the home for “The Hunger
Games” heroine Katniss Everdeen.
He talked about how beautiful the property is and how people may have the misconception that it’s in the middle of nowhere.
“I think that’s one thing we’ll do on the show is convey how amazing
this property is and how amazing this location is,” Maddalena said.
“It’s like out of a Norman Rockwell painting.”
Maddalena added, “It’s just a nice experience.”
People Magazine put Jennifer Lawrence on their list of most beautiful people at every age!
JENNIFER LAWRENCE, 21 The Oscar-nominated actress scored legions of fans thanks to her starring role as Katniss Everdeen in this year’s box office hitHunger Games. But don’t expect the young star to fall victim to the pressures of being thin in Hollywood. “I don’t diet,” she told
Zooey interviewed Dayo (Thresh) about acting, music, and more!
The best part of my job, is just getting a chance to
work with people that you admire so much. It’s a really fortunate job. I
love my job. Film is such an old media, that there are people who have
been doing this for such a long time and are still doing it. And people
that grew up admiring the characters that were played on screen and to
actually get a chance to meet them and work with them. Working with
people like Woody Harrelson and Donald Sutherland, people who are so
awesome at what they do, it’s incredible. Getting a chance to do something that really touches people.
Sometimes you think of film as such a trivial thing. But there are
movies that change people’s lives. People leave movie theaters and have
completely changed the way they live. If somebody comes to me and says,
‘your movie made me think of something differently’ or ‘I watch your
movie whenever I have a bad day,’ I would love that. One thing on my bucket list is to win an Academy Award.
It’s always work related, because I love acting so much. Work with Will
Smith. Work with J.J. Abrams. Work with Steven Spielberg. I could go on
and on. My biggest guilty pleasure is Food Network. I watch
everything on Food Network. It’s pretty embarrassing, but I love it (and
my roommates hate it)! I watch Chopped. I watch Iron Chef and Man vs.
Food. I watch everything. It’s kind of bad, but I am proud of it. The most played song (at the moment) on my iPhone is probably Drake’s “We’ll Be Fine.” I cannot live without my Iphone. When I have free time, I just like hanging out with friends. I’m
old school. I just hang with the boys. We are either playing videogames
or hanging out at the bar. Or, we just watch sports all day. Lately,
though, I don’t have a lot of free time, not much time to just chill,
but when I do, I just like hanging out with friends. I love rollercoasters.
So, if I could plan the perfect day, I would just wake up really early,
drive somewhere where they have a ton of roller coasters, and ride
roller coasters until I throw up. There’s this place in Indiana called
Cedar Point, they have the best rides in the world! I just like doing
group events. Like, I would go put-put golfing, hitting balls at the
golf range, shooting… I just like fun-filled events. One thing people don’t know about me is that sleeping is my favorite pastime. I love to sleep. I’m also half Kenyan, and half Nigerian. The most fun memory I have is traveling with my family.
My parents were so adamant that my siblings and I got the chance to
travel a lot. When we were young, even though we never had a lot of
money, we would go to Europe all the time, or to Central America.
Because I grew up in Nigeria, we’d go to Kenya. We’d travel a lot. We
didn’t really have money, but we just got the chance to go to places and
see stuff that you learn about in school. Those are the best times of
my life. I love my family, so those are memories that we look back on
years later My father is my biggest inspiration. His story is
amazing. He didn’t own a pair of shoes until he was sixteen years old,
that’s just to let you know. And to be where I am today, it’s everything
to him. He completely changed his life. He is the complete definition
of the “self-made” individual. All he wanted in life was for his family
to live a better life than he did. My obsession right now is Jeremy Lin. I am obsessed
with that guy right now. The Lin-sanity situation. And he’s such a
humble guy. It’s a classic story, the guy they just called off the bench
and he comes in and completely dominates the game. He is my current
obsession. I want to be Jeremy Lin. I wasn’t even a Knicks fan, but now I
find myself rooting for the Knicks. It’s kind of crazy. I love…women. Women are the best thing on the planet. I also love shoes. My pet peeves… I hate hair in the sink. I can’t handle that. Like, if there is hair… eww. I just hate a clogged sick, it’s so gross. The words that I live by are “your dreams are a
preview of life’s coming attractions.” Albert Einstein said that. I live
my life by that. I’m a huge believer in that you really can create what
you want to create in your life. You are the architect of your life.
You shouldn’t live your life like you are an effect of what is happening
to you. Rather, you should be affecting what is happening in your life.
And that phrase to me really defines that. If you can think it, and
wrap your mind around it, you can achieve it. As soon as I started
thinking that way, I feel like my life has extremely different. And I
live my life by that every day. Like if you want something, just go get
it. Period.
Interviewed by Kayla Aldecoa
Photographed by Vince Trupsin
Styled by Kyle Kagamida “Just Another Day” is presented as a feature of a day in the life
of people who we all adore, and is exclusive to Zooey Magazine. These
editorials are often shot in the home of the subject (but can be shot at
subject’s favorite spot), and the subject is pictured wearing his/her
own clothing.
About.com spoke with Josh Hutcherson about upcoming movie Detention and The Hunger Games! Will you be seeing Detention? My favorite line was about kissing Jennifer Lawrence:)
Hutcherson – currently impressing audiences as ‘Peeta’ in the blockbuster hit, The Hunger Games - talked about taking on the lead role in Detentionand
his job as executive producer on the project. He also talked about
skateboarding, being homeschooled, figuring out how to ground his
character in reality while crazy things happen around him, and, of
course, even a little bit about one of 2012′s biggest films, The Hunger Games. Were there any references in the movie that you think audiences might not get? Josh Hutcherson: ”There were definitely some
references that are very specific. There are a few that I myself didn’t
get and that, I think, is what makes this movie really unique. I think
there are a few people out there that will get them, and that will make
it even more special for them. The important thing is that a lot of it
is references that people will get, and then for those special few out
there, they get bonus references on the side.” Detention has the potential to be a horror comedy version of The Breakfast Club. What are your thoughts on that? Josh Hutcherson: ”I think it definitely references The Breakfast Club,
for sure. I think this movie has so many different things happening in
it – pretty much every genre that exists. To me, it’s like Back to the Future mixed with The Breakfast Club mixed with Scream. Those are kind of three that I feel this movie is represented by.” Are you an avid skateboarder in real life or did you just do that for the movie? Josh Hutcherson: ”I don’t really do it much. I can.
It apparently helped that I had some skateboarding history for the film.
But I definitely stepped it up quite a bit when it came time to film.
But I actually had to ride a unicycle for the movie; there’s one shot
where I go down the hallway in the high school and I took a few weeks to
really train hard to get the unicycle down pat.” Between The Hunger Games and Detention you’ve done a lot of fighting for your life recently onscreen. Have you picked up any real life skills? Josh Hutcherson: ”Oh yeah, for sure. I learn something new with every single role. I think that with Detention I
learned that in high school although there’s different types of people
and cliques and whatnot, I think that everybody has their problems. So,
many not so much about survival but I definitely learned more about
myself as a person.” Are you and Jennifer Lawrence going to beat Rob Pattinson and Kristen Stewart at the MTV Movie Awards in the Best Kiss category? Josh Hutcherson: [Laughing] “I don’t know anything about that. It was a good kiss, I’m not going to lie. We’ll see what happens. I’m not sure.” What were the highlights of your Hunger Games tour? Josh Hutcherson: ”I mean, the traveling has been
crazy. The mall tour was absolute madness. Just seeing all the fans and
just seeing how passionate they were, that was definitely a highlight
for me.”
NextMovie discussed why Francis Lawrence is the perfect fit for Catching Fire.
We admit, Francis Lawrence's name didn’t immediately spring to mind when we were mulling over which director(s) should take over "Catching Fire" once "The Hunger Games" director Gary Ross bowed out.
Now that he's the chosen one and has been offered the gig by Lionsgate, though, we think the selection makes a whole lotta sense. Hear us out.
First of all, there are some serious time constraints to be
considered with "Catching Fire." The very reason Gary Ross declined the
job of helming the film, he said, was that he wouldn't have enough time to properly prepare the movie to his liking.
"Catching Fire" has to begin production this August to accommodate potential actor scheduling conflicts and to meet the Nov. 22, 2013 release date scheduled by Lionsgate.
For Gary Ross, the idea of readying the film for production would
likely include a heavy re-drafting process on the script – which was
originally penned by "Slumdog Millionaire" and "127 Hours" writer Simon Beaufoy – before moving forward on anything else. That's because Ross is even more accomplished under his screenwriting hat than behind the lens and always has a major hand in the scripts he shoots from Fox
Not so for Francis Lawrence. Unlike Ross, Lawrence isn't known for
his screenplay-writing acumen and would be more likely to work from
Beaufoy's script; this leaves plenty of time to economize on the other
pre-production efforts which will be involved – casting, set-scouting,
and production design to name a few. In other words, the span between
now and August looks a lot more supple when you've got a working script
at the ready rather than just a first draft.
What do you think of NextMovie's points? And do you think Lawrence is perfect for Catching Fire?
Greg Wells (Producer of HG Soundtrack) talked with PopMatters about The Hunger Games.
As for the The Hunger Games: Songs From District 12 and Beyond,
“It was T-Bone’s idea to bring in another producer that was more in
line with Top 40 radio, which sometimes I am, sometimes I’m not,” Wells
says. “But I made it to the top of his list of who he should talk to.”
The first task Burnett gave Wells was creating a version of the Taylor
Swift/Civil Wars song, “Safe and Sound”, that would be different than
the version on the soundtrack, and more appropriate for Top 40 radio.
Wells explains, “[Burnett] said, ‘I’m not going to come watch you
work, I’m not going to sit over your shoulder. I think you should just
take these vocals and take this main acoustic guitar track, and just do
what feels right to you. When you feel like the cake is baked, or baked
enough, I’ll come by your studio and give it a listen.’
“So that’s exactly what I did, I just followed my nose. And that’s
pretty much what I do with whoever I’m working with. I try not to
overthink things, I just sort of lead with my gut feeling. There were
some rhythm elements in his original version that I really liked that
sneak in toward the end, kind of a rolling, marching snare drum thing,
and I thought ‘Maybe we can start the song with something like that.’ It
was important to me to have the same kind of intention and feeling that
his version did. I didn’t want it to sound like apples and oranges. I
just wanted to give it a bit more momentum. Then they came by and really
liked it, and everyone, including Taylor, encouraged me to take it even
further, and up the energy even more. And I’m quite proud with how it
turned out.”
However, the real gem of the soundtrack is the Kid Cudi song, “The
Ruler and the Killer”, which Wells co-wrote with Cudi and Burnett. The
track has been universally hailed as the highlight of the album, and
Wells knew it was special the moment the song was born.
Although we have already selected the song suggestion of the week, we decided to do a special segment on our most commonly suggested song suggestions.
If I Die Young is the type of song that everybody recommends (a bit like how Alex Pettyfer pops up everywhere). Sometimes they put Katniss with the song, but more often Prim or Rue. While this song is haunting and beautiful, I do not believe it is right for The Hunger Games. The lines about satin, rivers, and roses eliminate it from Hunger Games song suggestions. The tone of the song does not go well enough.
"If I die young bury me in satin, lay me down in a bed of roses, sink me in a river". (If I Die Young, Band Perry)
Satin: Expensive and not likely something Prim or Rue would ask for.
Roses: Do I have to explain?
Rivers: It could fit but....
For some reason Taylor Swift seems to be stealing Katniss, Peeta's, and Gale's diaries. A LOT of her songs go with The Hunger Games in one way or another, but Long Live gets suggested most often. While Taylor Swift is an exceptional role model and Safe and Sound is amazing...A LOT of her works are too sweet and does not go with The Hunger Games.
Note: Change and Haunted are on our song suggestions page.
Fences by Paramore is our most suggested song. We think Fences is a great song for The Hunger Games. Fences seems to describe Katniss Everdeen perfectly.
