'Mockingjay Part 1' Makes 2014 Must See Lists

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Obviously WE are already totally excited about Mockingjay Part 1 (even though it's still 11 months away) and if you're here, we know you are too.  But it looks as though the rest of the world is also getting pretty excited about the movie.  Mockingjay Part 1 is starting to show up on a bunch of "Must See Movies of 2014" lists. Check out the ones we've compiled so far:

247Miami: Year Review: Top 10 Most Anticipated Movies of 2014

AceShowbiz: Most Anticipated Movie Sequels of 2014

CBS San Francisco: Movies to See in 2014

ContactMusic: The 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2014

Den of Geek: The Top 25 Must See Movies of 2014

Digital Spy: 20 Must Watch Movies of 2014

Empire: The 100 Movies You Should See in 2014

ET Canada: 10 of the Most Anticipated Movies of 2014

Fandango.com: Movies We're Looking Forward to in 2014

Hollywood.com: Movies of 2014. What We're Looking Forward To in November

Hypable: Fourteen Movies You Must See in 2014

HitFix: 25 Most Anticipated Movies of 2014

International Business Times: New Year 2014: Top 6 Most Anticipated Movies

London Film Review: 30 Films to Look Out For in 2014

MetroUK: 14 Films You'll Want to Watch in 2014

Movies.com: The Most Anticipated YA Movie Adaptations of 2014

MStarz: Most Anticipated Movies of 2014

SeattleWeekly: 10 Must See Movies for 2014

Screen Rant: 20 Most Anticipated Movies 2014

SlashFilm: Angie's Most Anticipated Films of 2014

Teen: 14 Movies We're Dying to See in 2014

The Wire: Our Most Anticipated Movies of 2014

Toronto Sun: Top 10 Movies to Get Excited About in 2014

Total Film: 50 Films to Look Forward to in 2014

Wired: The Most Exciting TV, Movies and Books Coming in 2014

Katniss and Peeta Win MTV's Best Movie Couple of 2013

Katniss and Peeta Win MTV’s Best Movie Couple of 2013

From MTV.com

MTV asked their faithful, good-looking and pop-culture savvy readers (that would be you) who the best couple in 2013 movies was. The competition was heated — could the dark horse McBride/Channing pairing come from behind? Would Team Gale win a tangle with Team Peeta? — but in the end, there could only be one winner.

The votes are in, and the people have spoken: Katniss and Peeta, the star-crossed victors/lovers of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire have won. As it turns out, the odds were ever in their favor. Ever in your favor, at the very least.

Jennifer Lawrence is Today's Celebrity of the Year

Photo by Claudio OnoratiJennifer Lawrence is the Today show's runaway choice for Celebrity of the Year. And hey, we agree! Here are some of the many reasons why they chose our Jen as 2013's top celeb.

From Today.com:

Jennifer Lawrence started 2013 by winning awards for her role in Silver Linings Playbook and she's ending the year with new nominations as a star of American Hustle. In between she won us over with her sense of humor and style and another blockbuster Hunger Games film. She's our runaway choice for celebrity of the year.

It's hard to root against Lawrence, 23, as we head into the new year and another round of Golden Globes and Oscars and more. Her refreshingly frank demeanor throughout last year's trophy season has us hoping we get to watch her stumble up to the stage more than once in 2014.

At the Golden Globes in January, the first words out of Lawrence's mouth as she looked at her award were: "Oh, what does it say? I beat Meryl!" in a sly jab at fellow nominee Meryl Streep. She also thanked producer Harvey Weinstein for "killing whoever you had to kill to get me up here today."

Photo by Mario Anzuoni

At the Academy Awards in February, the best actress winner tripped on her way to the stage and joked about it when she got there. During a hilarious backstage interview session, she admitted that getting ready for Hollywood's biggest night involved taking a shower and getting dressed. "I'm sorry, I did a shot before ...," she joked.

She won again at the L.A. Film Critics Awards in April and delivered another memorable speech in which she coughed and apologized to everyone she shook hands with: "I'm sick so you're screwed."

Lawrence continued her streak of saying and doing memorable things long after the red carpet was rolled up on awards season.

At the Met Costume Gala in New York in May — a fancy event for people in fancy clothes — Lawrence messed with the spiky headpiece worn by actress Sarah Jessica Parker. ''I have this thing when I meet famous people where I just shut down and do something really embarrassing,'' she told Entertainment Weekly.

During the rollout for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Lawrence debuted a new pixie haircut and explained that she chopped her hair because it "couldn't get any uglier" after being "fried from being dyed too much."

At the London premiere of Catching Fire on Nov. 11, Lawrence left the red carpet to give comfort to a crying fan in a wheelchair.

When she did stick around to pose at premieres, Lawrence wowed us with a stunning variety of looks from head to toe.

As 2013 drew to a close, Lawrence — a popular pick on year-end best-of lists — was also named one of Barbara Walters' "10 Most Fascinating People of 2013." True to form, in a year filled with too much twerk talk, Lawrence said something worth listening to as she took to task those who focus way too much on women and their bodies. "If we're regulating cigarettes and sex and cuss words because of the effect they have on our younger generation, why aren't we regulating things like calling people 'fat'?" she told Walters in her Dec. 18 TV special.

Here's to a new year filled with the same old wit and wisdom, from a young star whose name we weren't afraid to see in headlines. Oh, and one last moment to savor. Mint anyone?

Reporting by Kurt Schlosser of Today.com

Natalie Dormer one of L.A. Times "Faces To Watch in 2014"

Natalie Dormer, who will play Cressida in Mockingjay Parts 1 & 2, has just been named one of Los Angeles Times' "Faces to Watch in 2014."

From L.A. Times:

Audiences familiar with Natalie Dormer are probably accustomed to seeing her dressed up in royal garb, from the flowing gowns of Anne Boleyn on the Showtime series "The Tudors" to the ornate dresses of would-be queen Margaery Tyrell on HBO's "Game of Thrones." Next November, the 31-year-old British actress will show a different side as Cressida, the intrepid documentary filmmaker and revolutionary in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1, the first installment of the series' two-part finale.

"It's such a departure for me," Dormer said, speaking on the telephone from Britain. "At the moment, people think of me in long skirts, with long brunet hair, so [it's a change] to be running around in combat trousers and flat army boots."

A role in the blockbuster series, which Dormer will reprise for "Part 2" in 2015, could spell a new level of fame for the actress, who in addition to "Game of Thrones" this year appeared in the Formula 1 racing drama "Rush" and the Ridley Scott thriller "The Counselor." She has also completed work on "Posh," director Lone Scherfig's adaptation of the Laura Wade play about an elite social club at Oxford University, as well as the indie dramas "Fencewalker" and "A Long Way From Home."

Jennifer Lawrence Makes Variety's Most Influential People of 2013 List

Jennifer Lawrence has come out on top of Variety's list of the Most Influential People of 2013.

Photo by James Devaney/WireImageFrom Variety:

Jennifer Lawrence

The reigning best actress Oscar winner exemplifies the new breed of versatile actress who moves easily between tentpoles (“The Hunger Games,” “X-Men: Days of Future Past”) and adult dramas (“American Hustle,” “Silver Linings Playbook”).

See the rest of the list at Variety.com.

Catching Fire Makes Massive Contribution to A Bumper Year For Hollywood

Catching Fire makes $800 million worldwide

According to Yahoo Movies UK, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire has made a more than significant contribution to what seems a bumper year for Hollywood.

2013 will be the most successful in commercial terms for Hollywood in its entire history, with the takings in the United States alone exceeding any figure ever achieved. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire has made a massive contribution to the roughly $11 billion worth of takings that Hollywood managed in 2013, the biggest in the history of cinema in the United States.

The second Hunger Games movie has been a significant part of this success story, with the US takings for the Francis Lawrence directed movie nearing $400 million. The film will finish 2013 as the second most successful movie of the year in commercial terms, and may yet top the $1 billion barrier worldwide which was considered an extremely optimistic and ambitious target for the movie.

Additionally, the performance of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire worldwide has been excellent, with the film penetrating major markets all over the globe. For example, it was announced this week that Catching Fire was the second most successful movie in Australia this year, just passing the third movie on the list, Despicable Me 2, with literally days left in the calendar year.

After initially experiencing something of a soft landing in the Far East, Catching Fire has also started to make good money in Japan, which has helped the movie exceed the $400 million in international takings, and the $800 million overall. Catching Fire remains in the top five or six movies in most countries in the world, showing that is has been an extremely durable performer.

With takings in Hollywood having sunk in recent years, the excellent takings from 2013 will be a great relief to studios who now have to compete with a multitude of other entertainment. With Catching Fire having done so well in 2013, it will be hoped that Mockingjay makes a similarly big splash next year.

Reporting by Christoper Morris - YahooUK

Josh Hutcherson at the University of Kentucky Basketball Game on 12/28

A blonde Josh Hutcherson attended the annual UK vs. U of L rivalry basketball game on Saturday, December 28, 2013 at Rupp Arena in Lexington, KY. Fans in the "eruption zone" gave Josh a three finger salute as Kentucky defeated Louisville 73-66.

 

Photos courtesy Kentucky.com and JoshHutchersonNews

Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2013/12/28/3008143/snapped-fans-at-uk-louisville.html#storylink=cpy

Jena Malone Covers February Foam Magazine

Jena Malone is Foam magazine's February cover girl. In the issue, which hits newsstands on January 14th, Malone talks about her passion for photography and music, her start in the business and how she maintains a level head in Hollywood.

All Photos by Andrew Stiles for FOAMUPDATE: Photos and Article from Jena Malone's February Foam Magazine Cover Issue

If Hollywood were high school—and let’s face it, it pretty much is—Jena Malone would be the cool, artsy chick who marches to the blissed-out beat of her own drum. Off the red carpet, the 29-year-old actress eschews fancy designer labels in favor of $15 Etsy finds. And in her free time, she’s apt to be shooting dreamy photographs or tinkering around on The Shoe, a zany-looking instrument she jerry-rigged out of an old steamer trunk.

See the rest of the article and photos after the jump!

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