Molly Sun, February 23, 2014 
According to Box Office Mojo, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire now ranks 10th in the top grossing movies of all time domestically! Catching Fire has brought in $423,628,000, behind movies like E.T.:The Extraterrestrial, The Dark Knight Rises and Star Wars. The movie's international take stands at $863,070,723, which is 35th worldwide.
Molly Sun, February 23, 2014 
Trish Summerville took home the "Excellence In Fantasy Film" awards for Catching Fire at last night's Costume Designer's Guild Awards in Beverly Hills. Congrats, Trish! Much deserved.
“I kind of lost my voice because I’ve been shooting for a 100+ days and we finished today,” Summerville said with some hoarseness in her speech. “I’m really honored to be here. I really am humbled because there’s a lot of talent in this room. I’m honored because it’s our peers. It’s nice to be recognized for the hard work we do. I’d like to thank a lot of people, especially my crew. It takes a tribe and a village to get work done in film these days. I’d like to thank the cast, who was lovely and let me torture them, especially Elizabeth Banks. I want to thank my family and my friends who are always there for me. And my mom and dad, who taught me about hard work. And my wife, who puts up with a lot of shit.”
Via Deadline.com
Molly Sat, February 22, 2014 Catching Fire costume designer Trish Summerville shared a great behind the scenes set photo of Elizabeth Banks as Effie on her instagram yesterday.
Banks is wearing what they called Effie's "Snow Queen" outfit and looks like she's ready to head to the set.
Summerville is up for a Costume Designer's Guild Award for Catching Fire tonight. Good luck, Trish!
Molly Fri, February 21, 2014 
Jennifer Lawrence's Best Supporting Actress Oscar odds are definitely looking more favorable after her Golden Globe win and her surprising (for some) BAFTA win. She recently spoke with Deadline about being nominated for multiple awards this season for her turn in American Hustle, her collaboration with David O. Russell, and her BAFTA win:
“Oh, it was a big surprise,” she told me when she took a few minutes away from shooting. “I didn’t remember that the BAFTAs were happening that day. I certainly did not think I was going to win one so I put it out of my mind,” she said. “So there I was, in the middle of being painted blue, and someone said, ‘You just won the BAFTA!’ And I said, ‘Oh, go fuck yourself!’ And then it turned out they were serious.”
“It has been a bit of a blessing to be away, and not really aware of what has been going on,” she told me. “It actually has been really nice.” She has just begun thinking about all that pageantry, the dress fittings, coming up with interesting things to say on the red carpet. It has begun making her nervous. She wonders if she will ever get good at it though it’s hard to imagine she’ll get off to as rocky a start as last year, when she fell on the stairs to accept her award, and then spent her backstage interview explaining her fall and whether she worried about peaking at age 22.
“Exciting? I’m trying to go back to that place where dress fittings seemed exciting,” she jokes. “I’ve had one fitting here in Atlanta and I think I have the final fitting on the day of the awards. So I just hope it fits.” I suggest that running for her life as Katniss, coupled with the pressure of filming scenes as the nearly naked blue-skinned Mystique in X-Men, is probably better for dress fittings than months of banquet foods. “I hope you’re right,” she said.
As for whether she has gotten the Oscar thing down, Lawrence said: “Ha! Have you not seen my last Oscar moment? I handled myself so well. I think it’s really unfair to make a person speak in front of the entire world at a moment like that because it is just so overwhelming. It was terrifying and what I regret now is not doing what you’re supposed to, which is even having a few words, something, that you can say, or even some idea if they do call your name. Every time my mind when there, I would feel so much anxiety that I couldn’t think about it. Then when they called me, I got up on stage and said happy birthday to Emmanuelle Riva from Amour, and then I walked off without even thanking David, or Harvey Weinstein.”
She dismisses my suggestion that her speech, complete with the staircase stumble, was somehow charming. “It looked like I was drunk,” she said. “I did learn, though, not to let the dress gather in the front when you walk up the stairs.”
Lawrence said the thing she was most excited about this year was the chance to celebrate this unusual character she played in Rosalyn Rosenfeld, the needy wife of two-timing conman Irving Rosenfeld that she and Russell brought to life together. This was not even supposed to be Lawrence’s role. After completing Silver Linings Playbook and all that press, Lawrence mostly just wanted a short vacation before turning up for another Hunger Games installment.
“I had been working a lot and a vacation seemed important until I met Rosalyn,” Lawrence told me, “and then there was nothing in the world I wanted to do more and I realized this would be more refreshing than an actual vacation. David sent me the script, and then we just started creating her piece by piece. He has this amazing contagious energy that makes me feel like, whatever he asks, you go for it. Even the kissing scene with Amy. I said, David, no. He says, trust me, it will work. No, David. Even after we did it I thought, no way. And then I see it, and it absolutely does work. I can’t explain [the dynamic between us], but his incredible fire just pushes you to do things you didn’t know you were capable of.”
Read how David O. Russell describes their special relationship and collaboration after the jump!
Molly Fri, February 21, 2014 
Jennifer Lawrence's third campaign for Dior is out, just in time for the Oscar madness to begin. The images, shot by Patrick Demarchelier, feature clothing from the spring 2014 women's collection and chain-handled Miss Dior bags.
According to WWD, Dior will release a behind-the-scenes video next week in which Jen talks about visiting Dior's atelier to choose her Oscar gown. We've got a sneak peek of it here thanks to @JenniferUpdates:
“Now I get the haute couture thing,” she tells the camera, concluding: “It’s a big deal.”
Molly Fri, February 21, 2014 The Costume Designers Guild Awards are coming up on Saturday, February 22nd (tomorrow!) and Jarrett Wieselman from Buzzfeed spoke with Trish Summerville (nominated for Excellence in Fantasy Film) about her favorite costume from The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
Who: Trish Summerville
What: Johanna Mason’s District 7 Tribute
When: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’s chariot scene
Where: Custom-made
Why: Because Johanna has to make an immediate impact and isn’t given pages of dialogue to do so, Summerville had to ensure the character’s clothes spoke volumes. “She had to project a strong sexuality and she had to have this attitude because she’s a previous victor,” Summerville said. “She knows the game and she spends a lot of time in The Capitol, so she’s schooled and aware and knows the drill. She knows she’ll be paraded about, she knows people need to fear her, and be intimidated from the get-go.”
A task made infinitely more difficult since, in this scene, Johanna had to represent lumber, District 7’s chief industry. “Whenever you hear, ‘Dress someone like a tree,’ you think of a school play,” Summerville said, laughing. “I wanted her to be more like a streamlined, threatening warrior. That’s why I did her in a bodysuit and not a dress because she doesn’t have a feminine soft quality.”
Johanna's chariot costume is currently on display at the FIDM Museum in Los Angeles. Photo by Joe Kucharski/Tyranny of StyleTo create the killer couture (which is only seen from the waist up in the final film), Summerville incorporated pieces of actual bark into a tightly constructed leather corset, which was accented with three-dimensional green paint. That was paired with Eddie Borgo bracelets that resembled thorns, and Alexander McQueen boots that had vine detailing down the heel. “All of those pieces worked so well together,” she recalled. “Johanna’s dramatic and, in her mind, thinks she’s the tribute who stands out the most in that moment.”
Wiseman talks to 16 other nominated costume designers from tv and movies in his article HERE.
The 15th Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards will be held on Saturday, February 22nd, 2014 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.
You can see Johanna's costume on display at The Art of Motion Picture Costume Design Exhibit at the FIDM Museum in Los Angeles through April 26th.
Molly Fri, February 21, 2014 Thanks to our friends at THG Australia, we have our SECOND behind the scenes Catching Fire clip of the day! This new clip, a full 5 minutes long, is about the production in Hawaii entitled, "The Quell: On Location in Hawaii." Check it out and be sure to find out everything you need to know about the Australian release of the Catching Fire DVD at THG Australia!
See the behind the scenes look at Katniss' wedding dress HERE.
Molly Thu, February 20, 2014 
Sam Claflin was one of 20 cover stars of Hunger Magazine's Mighty Blighty issue, out today. In the feature Sam talks about his life and career and, of course, The Hunger Games films.
Hunger: We last spoke to you two years ago. Talk us through what’s been happening in your life since then.
Sam Claflin: I think I was engaged then, and I can now safely say that I’m a married man. That’s probably one of the biggest steps I’ll ever take in my life. Other than that I’ve been involved in a few projects in the industry , one being The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, which is the second installment of The Hunger Games trilogy. I also managed to squeeze in a romantic comedy, and a drama based on a play, called Posh. I think that’s pretty much my life in the last two years. Squeezing in a wedding in the middle of all that was near impossible.
How’s married life treating you?
I don’t think there’s a huge amount that has changed about our life, other than the added responsibility of looking after a puppy. We bought a Cockapoo, which is a mix between a cocker Spaniel and a Poodle. I think the fact that I could say cock and poo in one word is what sold the idea to me.
Is it difficult being away from your wife Laura [Haddock] and your puppy when you’re filming abroad, or do you get used to it?
It’s always been difficult. I don’t think you can ever get used to the distance. It’s not only my wife and the puppy, it’s England in general. I really struggle, and I miss the lifestyle that I have here. I miss my local pub and waking up in my own bed.
You’ve said before that you’re not interested in fame. Being part of The Hunger Games trilogy, do you think it’s something you’re going to have to get used to?
Maybe, but it’s hard to predict. I didn’t do the movie to be famous. I chose to do it partly as a way to get my face and name out there and to hopefully open a few more doors, but also because it’s a project that I’m hugely interested in. I watched the first movie and I was a huge fan, so it has been a real creative curve in my career to be able to work with this incredible cast of actors, directors and producers on [something] that I’m proud to watch back.
The Hunger Games is a huge Hollywood blockbuster. Do you think that to make it as an actor these days you have to have Hollywood in your sights?
To be one hundred percent honest, I did not at all have Hollywood in my sights when I left drama school. I just never assumed that it was a possible dream. Part of me was expecting to lose from day one, and I definitely had no higher hopes than to be on the stage in some sort of touring production.
In your last interview with us you said that you tend to look at the negative side of life rather than the positive. Is that still the case ?
I think so. It's only because I don't want to guess at what might not happen. I don't want to live in disappointment. My expectations are very low, so in that sense I look at life in a negative way. I do dream big, but I don't ever think those dreams will come true. Luckily so far those dreams have gone quite well, but I know full well that it could all end tomorrow, and people might work out that I can't act ! [Laughs]
That's very British.
I save half of everything. I earn purely because I think, "I don't want to be overtaxed." I don't want to get caught short. I'm basically preparing for an apocalypse.
You used to be caretaker at drama school. Have you splurged in anything so far ?
Nothing except the house that I'm currently living in, and the dog, and perhaps the wedding. There's no yacht moored in the Mediterranean! My house was very run-down, an absolute shithole to be honest, before we did it up. I remember Laura's face, walking in for the first time. She quite literally gagged because it stank so much. I was like, "Cover your nostrils and look at the potential!"
We're next going to see you in Posh, an adaptation of Laura Wade's play. What initially drew you to that script ?
I think the fact that I'd heard so much positive feedback about the stage version of it. When I read the script for the first time, I was blown away. It's a world that I'm not familiar with whatsoever, so I knew it was going to be challenging. I thought that it was my opportunity to prove the world that I can do more than just be the guy who falls in love. Thankfully I made my feelings clear to the director and she was happy to oblige!
You've said before that you're not too hot on the political jargon. Are you up on it now ?
No, not at all ! Even though I didn't have to learn about what I was saying as long as I could say it, it was important for me to read essays from university students that were very similar to the ones my character wrote, so I had an idea of the surrounding elements of what he was talking about.
How was the set of Posh ? Was it easier having a cast of people your own age around you?
Yeah, it really added to the chemistry. What was great is that out of the ten of us there were seven or eight boys who I knew very well already. We all hung out off set despite being in London. Normally, when you film in London, people have a tendency to go home and go back to their lives, it's like an office job, but we made it very clear that we all wanted to socialise off set too. Recently we all met up for a night out. It makes sense to champion the talent at home, there's an abundance of it right now. I think the cast of Posh is the epitome of young, amazing British talent.
How it the third instalment of The Hunger Games coming along ?
We're actually filming it now, and as much as I'm enjoying being back in London and having a lovely month off, it's going to be full steam ahead. I've only filmed one day so far!
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