Elizabeth Banks Talks Jennifer Lawrence & Playing Effie "She's One of My All Time Favorites"

Elizabeth Banks is currently supporting The Listerine 21 Day Challenge, which supports Oral Health America’s Smiles Across America program in their goal of connecting at-risk children with needed access to oral care. She snapped her own “Swish Selfie” on the red carpet at the launch of the challenge on Thursday to trigger an immediate donation of $21,000 to Oral Health America.

Talk at the Los Angeles event inevitably turned to Jennifer Lawrence, Mockingjay and Philip Seymour Hoffman:

So, speaking of things that ladies love, give us some inside scoop about hanging with JLaw?
Well, recently everyone surprised me on the set of Mockingjay with a birthday cake! That was really fun. And, of course, the first person to delve into my cake was Jennifer. I will say she’s a girl who likes to eat and I love that about her.

As far as the Hunger Games go, are there any surprises hardcore fans of the book won’t see coming?
Honestly, I can’t say anything about Mockingjay! Ahhh!! We’ll both end up hurt somewhere! I think the hardcore fans can expect exactly what both The Hunger Games and Catching Fire delivered, Mockingjay is going to be as faithful a rendition of Suzanne’s Collins’s world and books and characters as we can put out!

“I am almost done,” she said. “I’m going to miss playing Effie, she’s one of my all-time favorite characters. I have such a ball with her & this cast & I will miss it. It’s absorbing because we still put the movies out so we’ll still have our little reunions, which I’m looking forward to. I have two more years of getting reunited with all these wonderful people!”

And what was it like to work with Philip Seymour Hoffman?
I’d really rather not discuss it. He was an incredible actor that I respected greatly and I will miss tremendously.

Via HuffPost and Cosmo

Jennifer Lawrence Confirmed Presenter at The Oscars March 2nd

Jennifer Lawrence will return to present at this year’s Oscars, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today. The Oscars, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, will air on Sunday, March 2, live on ABC.

Lawrence took home the Oscar last year for her lead performance in Silver Linings Playbook. She is nominated this year for her supporting role in American Hustle.

Philip Seymour Hoffman on the Cover of Rolling Stone

Philip Seymour Hoffman graces Rolling Stone's next cover. Inside the issue, his closest friends remember "the greatest actor of a generation."

From Rolling Stone:

Hoffman's closest friends and colleagues remember the greatest actor of a generation in the new issue of Rolling Stone (on stands Friday), telling contributing editor David Browne intimate stories about an actor who "played those characters so well because he knew about guilt and shame and suffering," as one friend said. Here are five revelations from the story:

Hoffman's Death Didn't Come at the End of a "Downward Spiral"
The actor's closest confidants say if anything, "he was on an upward spiral," as Katz [David Bar Katz, another one of Hoffman's playwright friends, who found Hoffman in his apartment on February 2nd] tells us. Hoffman "believed you don't have to die with a needle in your arm to be a great artist," Guirgis says. The actor was still immersed in his craft with an intensity that could intimidate his castmates.

Friends Say Hoffman's Final Bender Wasn't a Suicidal Streak, But a Relapse Turned Deadly
"The addiction was always trying to find a way back in, and it started with the idea that the kid was an addict, and now he's an adult with incredible willpower," says Katz. (Hoffman checked himself into rehab at 22 after spending college at NYU partying hard). "He was a guy in his midforties who said to himself, 'I never had a drink in my adult life.' So maybe the adult thought he could handle it."

This issue of Rolling Stone will be out February 14th.

Sam Claflin Covers Hunger Magazine's "Mighty Blighty" Issue

Sam Claflin is one of 20 different covers of aptly named Hunger Magazine's "Mighty Blighty" Issue.

Hunger Magazine Issue 6, "Mighty Blighty" will be released on Feb 20

VIDEO: 'Catching Fire' Behind The Scenes With Jennifer Lawrence & Sam Claflin

Target recently shared this Catching Fire behind the scenes video featuring Jennifer Lawrence and Sam Claflin. The video is presumably from the Special Features off the Blu-ray set of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Target's edition has 45 minutes of exclusive movie content. You can pre-order it HERE.

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire DVD and Blu-Ray comes out March 7th.

Josh Hutcherson Spotted at Atlanta Airport

Josh Hutcherson was spotted arriving at Hartsfield–Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, GA yesterday and snapped some pictures with a few lucky fans on his way out the door. He's heading to the Mockingjay set, we presume. Which makes us freakishly excited. Set pics??

Hayley Ackley (pictured above) you are one lucky girl!! Enjoy being internet famous for 48 hours!

Thanks to Hutcherson Brazil for the pics!

Confirmed: Sam Claflin Will Attend the BAFTAS

The BAFTAS have released a confirmed list of attendees for the EE BAFTA Film Awards on Sunday, February 16. Sam Claflin is among the stars attending the British version of our Oscars. (Many apologies to our British tributes who would probably say the Oscars are the Yank version of the BAFTAS.)

Stanley Tucci is also scheduled to appear.

Jennifer Lawrence is not attending due to filming Mockingjay according to a source at the BAFTAS.

The BAFTAS air Sunday 16 February 2014 at 9pm GMT on BBC One and BBC One HD

EE BAFTA Film Awards on Sunday 16 February!

EE BAFTA Film Awards on Sunday 16 February!

EE BAFTA Film Awards on Sunday 16 February!

New 'Catching Fire' DVD Trailers

We just found a couple of Catching Fire DVD trailers that we haven't seen before and wanted to share them with you. 

This trailer has a beautiful and haunting piano score:

Post by The Hunger Games.

We're pretty sure the trailer below is fan made - we weren't able to find it anywhere else online. But we still enjoyed watching it!

You can own The Hunger Games: Catching Fire on March 7th. Here's where to buy it.