Liam Hemsworth and Francis Lawrence to Attend Early Charity Screening of 'Catching Fire' in Tennessee

 

Do you live in Eastern Tennessee? Well, lucky you! Knoxville-based Regal Entertainment Group has quite a coup for their 2013 Variety — The Children’s Charity of Eastern Tennessee benefit: an exclusive advance screening of the upcoming movie The Hunger Games: Catching Fire with appearances by Catching Fire star Liam Hemsworth and director Francis Lawrence.

The event will take place Tuesday, Nov. 19, the Regal Pinnacle Stadium 18 in Turkey Creek, TN.

"Regal is rolling out the red carpet in Knoxville to honor Liam Hemsworth and Francis Lawrence who are scheduled to attend this fundraiser for special needs children in the region. I'm certain that East Tennesseans will turn out in force to support this special screening before the film debuts in theatres," stated Greg Dunn president and chief operating officer of Regal Entertainment Group. "We extend our sincerest gratitude to our friends at Lionsgate Entertainment for making this possible. The fact that this screening is benefiting Variety – The Children’s Charity shows the level of cooperation between our two companies.”

A limited number of tickets will be available to the public for purchase through a drawing via the Regal Crown Club. To be eligible for the drawing, those interested must use a valid email address to sign up for the club - a free rewards service that offers movie tickets and refreshments on a points system, awarded to moviegoers as they make purchases at any Regal theater. Those who use their Regal Crown Club card from Oct. 22 through Nov. 1 will be notified through their provided email address information on how they can enter the sweepstakes. Those who are drawn in the sweepstakes will then have the opportunity to purchase two tickets to the screening for $50 each. In addition, a grand prize winner will be selected in the sweepstakes and awarded four free tickets to the screening, plus limo transportation, access to the VIP tent and the red carpet arrival of Hemsworth.

Regal Crown Club memberships are available at the box offices of all Knoxville Regal locations.

Ticket holders will be treated to a catered reception at the theater before the screening.

Via Knoxville.com

Register for the Chance to Attend Catching Fire Premiere and Fan Camp in Los Angeles

Tributes, want to attend The Hunger Games: Catching Fire premiere and Fan Camp weekend in Los Angeles on Nov 16-18? You need to register and apply for the chance to attend at CatchingFireFanCamp.com  or the CatchingFireFanCamp facebook app this Thursday and Friday, starting at 10:00am PT on Thursday, October 24th.

More important details to note about Fan Camp:

Approximately 1000 spots are available at CatchingFireFanCamp. Winners be drawn at random and will be notified on 11/5/13 - 11/7/13 via email.

You can only register ONCE - solo or as a group. You can have a group member register everyone. But only ONCE, duplicate registrations will be deleted.

You must get yourself to Los Angeles. If you want to go, make sure you can get there! Check-in times start at 8:00am PT on Nov 16th, 2013

If you are picked for Fan Camp, you must camp. You may not just get a wristband and leave, then return at a later date.

If you're under 18, you must have your parent or guardian camping with you.

See ALL the Rules and Regulations HERE.

Get Your Physical District ID Passes at Cafe Press

You are now able to get your actual District ID pass at Cafe Press for free. That's right, free - if you're willing to pay a mere 1.35ish for shipping. Make sure to register for your District ID at TheCapitol.PN, then head over to CafePress to grab your ID.

Chris Martin Performs "Atlas" & Takes Home Hollywood Song Award for Coldplay at the Hollywood Film Awards

Chris Martin gave a stirring solo performance of Coldplay's 'Atlas" from The Hunger Games: Catching Fire soundtrack last night at the Hollywood Film Awards, before accepting the Hollywood Song Award on behalf of the band. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Martin joked that the film is based on a true story before the solo performance of the song -- the first he has ever done publicly -- to a considerable ovation.

Martin also joked on writing "Atlas," "Method songwriting. Went to live in the woods for 6 months. Nothing but a bow and arrow and piano." And, "This is our bid to host the Hunger Games in London, 2020." When he finished the song, after his voice cracked during a high note he said, "I messed up the end but the rest was okay!!"

Here's a video of the performance thanks to redcarpetroxy:

Jennifer Lawrence in Dior Magazine - HQ Photos

We first saw the LQ versions of these gorgeous snaps of Jennifer Lawrence for Dior Mag #3 what seems like MONTHS ago, and we finally have our hands on the HQ versions, thanks to FashionGoneRogue. The actual magazine has, so far, been impossible for us to find.

Preview Of Monsters and Men's "Silhouettes"

MTV has a feature up of the new song Silhouettes by Of Monsters and Men (my favourite band! -mc) for the upcoming Catching Fire soundtrack! There's also a brilliant little writeup with the band discussing where they got their inspiration for the song's lyrics - which may surprise you.

You can listen to it here! (Go! Do! Now! -mc)

Of Monsters and Men may have never been cast into a brutal arena and forced to fight for their lives — but they have been on tour. And according to band member Ragnar þórhallsson, the band was able to draw on that experience to pen their contribution to "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" soundtrack, "Silhouettes." A preview of that track premieres exclusively Tuesday (October 22) on MTV News.

"We had been traveling for a long time and away from our family and doing something we had never done before, so that was kind of how we related to the story," þórhallsson told MTV News. "So this is all based on our experience."

Although they are fans of the "Hunger Games" series, the band chose to write "Silhouettes" not to match any specific scene in the book/film, but more the overall feeling of the second tome in the series, in which Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark are cast back into the Hunger Games arena to fight against former victors in the midst of a burgeoning revolution.

"I think that's stronger than digging into and dissecting the book and writing a song about one scene or something," þórhallsson said. "It's more about the feeling of the whole story."

A bittersweet song that's delicacy hides a kind of throbbing tension, it's easy to see how the tune could fit into the film — or serve as the inner monologue running through Katniss's head as she recalls all the people she has lost in her dystopian world: "A thousand silhouettes/ Dancing on my chest/ No matter where I sleep/ You are haunting me," sings the band's Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir over an increasingly tortured beat.

That feeling of being displaced, yet carrying one's homeland within, is one that Of Monsters and Men knows too well. After releasing their hit debut record My Head is an Animal in 2011, the Icelandic band hit the road, playing more than 200 shows in this past year alone.

"Being away from your home and your family and your girlfriend and stuff like that [is hard]," þórhallsson said. "I think this song touches on that. Definitely."

The song and the band's lengthy touring experience could factor into the band's sophomore record — the song serving as a bridge between the first album and the next. "The first album was a lot about escaping," þórhallsson said. "Writing about what's out there without knowing what's out there. I think now that we've seen what's out there... and how we feel about being away [from home], it kind of turns around a bit. I'm not sure what the next album will sound like....but we know more about the world, so it's probably going to be a lot different from the first, I think. Maybe a bit more personal."

Still, lest you think that Of Monsters and Men equate touring wholly to the terrors of the Hunger Games, þórhallsson is quick to point out that the journey wasn't all missing friends and loved ones. "Definitely best two years of my life, I think," he said of the band's first-ever tour.

"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" soundtrack drops on November 19 — before the film premiere on November 22.

'Catching Fire' Featured in Total Film December

   Total Film has ANOTHER feature on Catching Fire in their December issue! Last month Francis Lawrence talked about the movie (check it out here) and in the December issue, Francis, Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Sam Claflin, and Jena Malone open up about the movie and their characters.

Check out the excerpts from the issue below, and be sure to pick up Total Film on your newsstand!

Jennifer Lawrence:

"I've been working ever since, so I don’t feel anything has changed. Well, I definitely get more death threats." (on her life post Oscar win)

"In my opinion, it's such an important statement in these movies, what one voice can do. I mean, all of these people, they only need one person to do something different and then they can say, 'OK, we're not alone, we have a leader.' Also, what I like about her is that she never set out to be this Joan of Arc. She got into the games in the first place to save her sister, and then made it through just to save herself, and that turned into saving Peeta, and now, in the second book, she's got a much larger body of people that are depending on her." 

Josh Hutcherson:

"'Catching Fire' is about the slow tension building beneath the surface, with the relationships as well as the rebellion. In this movie you see more of Peeta and Katniss together than you ever did in the first one. It intensifies, the feelings become stronger.

"He's got a fire inside of him in this movie, different to the first. As the Victory Tour goes on, Peeta sees how horrible it is, and when he's put back into the games, he has an anger. This time he's a much more active person in the physicality of the arena." (on Peeta)

"We took the p--- out of each other all day long, just f---ed around," Hutcherson says, before adding, promptly, that everyone was professional and "focused on making the best movie possible for the fans."

In this movie, you see more of Peeta and Katniss together than you ever did in the first one. It intensifies, the feelings become stronger."

"We're so comfortable with each other, such good friends, that there's really not that much romanticism to it. But yeah, she's beautiful and it's a passionate moment and you want to feel real in that moment, so..." (on Jennifer Lawrence)

Sam Claflin:

“My character specifically spends the majority of the film carrying an old woman on his back, in the jungles of Hawaii. When we were in Atlanta doing the cornucopia stuff, all the fighting erupted. I’d been training for months, learning these different fights, and then all of a sudden I was kicking someone really hard into the water! You’re like, ‘Yes! I did that!’ Not that I’m a violent person…”

"Jennifer's very generous and kind, a great role model." (on Jennifer Lawrence)

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Bruno Gunn Talks Brutus And 'Catching Fire' at the Dignity Gala

Bruno Gunn was out last night at the Dignity Gala in Beverly Hills supporting RedLight Traffic (a great cause - check them out). He talked about Brutus and Catching Fire on the red carpet. Check it out!