Natalie Dormer on 'The Hunger Games' & The Strength of Fantasy

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Natalie Dormer, who will play propaganda film director Cressida in Mockingjay Parts 1 & 2, spoke eloquently about what The Hunger Games means to her and the importance of fantasy while promoting her current film, Rush.

From NYPost.com:

Perhaps the biggest deal, though, is the role she’s scheduled to start shooting next: “Mockingjay,” the two-part final installment of the “Hunger Games” series. She’ll play Cressida, a film director who leaves the comfort of the Capitol to document Katniss Everdeen and the uprising she’s inspired.

“It’s incredible how poignant an allegory it is for what’s going on in the real world,” says Dormer of the series. “You only need to turn on the television and watch the terrible things about Syria, about a government turning on their own people.

“That’s the strength of fantasy,” she says, “whether it’s ‘Game of Thrones’ or ‘Hunger Games,’ where you can make a really strong statement about society without getting caught up in the constrictions of current politics.”

VIDEO: 'Catching Fire' Costume Designer Trish Summerville On Working With Jennifer Lawrence & Her New Capitol Couture Collection

Catching Fire costume designer Trish Summerville sat down with Allie Merriam from PopSugar right before her big night at the 2013 Style Awards to talk Catching Fire and the Capitol Couture capsule collection for Net-A-Porter. (FYI, Trish was honored at the awards as Costume Designer of the Year In Film - see pics here).

Capitol COVERGIRL Collection Spotted in Stores

Nouveau Cheap has spotted COVERGIRL'S Capitol Collection cosmetics in stores already! Though we heard the collection would launch on Oct 1st, it seems that some stores have the collection now.

Capitol Collection endcap spotted at a Meijer storeCapitolCOVERGIRL counter display. Photos courtesy nouveaucheap.blogspot.comThe displays include a pamphlet with infomation on how to "Get The District Looks."

Make sure to check out the site COVERGIRL Capitol Beauty Studio for more information on each District look, videos, how-tos, inspiration and tons more. You'll be able to shop for the Capitol COVERGIRL products here on Oct 1st.

The District Looks will unlock on the following dates:

October 1st

District 3, District 5

October 3rd

District 2, District 6, District 8, District 10

October 7th

District 7, District 9, District 11

Lenny Kravitz on Cinna's Exit From 'The Hunger Games' Series

Our Cinna and renaissance man, Lenny Kravitz was just featured in an article on THR.com in which he discusses his design firm Kravitz Design, Inc and his new set design for Queen Latifah's upcoming talk show. While we absolutely LOVE Lenny's design sensibility, we were REALLY intrigued by the tiny Catching Fire tidbit at the end of the article. SPOILER ALERT!

In Catching Fire, out Nov. 22, his fashion-designer character, Cinna, will meet a violent end.

"After my death scene, everyone's like, 'Oh shit, you're not coming back!' But you move on," he laughs. "It was fun while it lasted." While filming, he also was recording a new album, due out in the spring, at night. "Basically, I didn't sleep for about a month. But I was high off of the creativity," he says. "That sustained me."

Be sure to read the rest of the article and catch up on all of Lenny's design projects here.

District 9 Tribute, Marian Green Shares a 'Catching Fire' Set Photo

Our District 9 tribute, Marian Green shared a new set photo from Catching Fire on her Facebook page today! Looks like the pic was snapped during her interview with Caesar Flickerman.

Looking good, District 9! You should definitely like Marian's Facebook page here, and follow her on twitter here.

Official: Julianne Moore is President Coin in 'Mockingjay Parts 1&2'

It's FINALLY official! Rumors have been swirling about Julianne Moore as Coin since well before San Diego Comic Con. We fansites even weighed in on her potential as Coin in the series, Campaigning For Coin (fyi, we LOVED the idea). It's true - Julianne Moore is your President Coin in Mockingjay Parts 1 & 2!

Julianne Moore is an award winning actress best known for her varied work in films such as The Kids Are All Right, The Big Lebowski, Magnolia, and Boogie Nights. She recently won an Emmy Award for her turn as Sarah Palin in Game Change.

She’s worked with Josh Hutcherson in The Kids Are All Right, Woody Harrelson in Game Change, and Philip Seymour Hoffman in The Big Lebowski, Boogie Nights, and Magnolia. And her upcoming film Seventh Son ALMOST had her working with both Jennifer Lawrence (she bowed out) and Sam Claflin (he auditioned for the lead).

You can connect with Julianne on Twitter, and whosay.

#TickTock11 - Win Tickets to the Los Angeles Premiere of 'Catching Fire'

The #TickTock11 on The Hunger Games Explorer has finally been revealed!

A chance to win 2 tickets to the November 18th Los Angeles premiere of Catching Fire!!!

A whopping 75 sites (75th Hunger Games, get it?) will be giving away 2 tickets each to the LA Premiere of Catching Fire! Head over here CatchingFireTickTock11.com to enter and for the complete list of participating sites.

Here are our FAN SITE FRIENDS that are participating:

Down With The Capitol

HG Fireside Chat

HG Girl On Fire

HungerGamesTrilogy.net

Mockingjay.net

My Hunger Games

Page To Premiere

The Hob

Victor's Village

Welcome To District 12

Go visit these guys and enter to win!!

UPDATE: Full Versions of The Latest 'Catching Fire' Stills From Hunger Games Explorer

Last week The Hunger Games Explorer gave us 20 new Catching Fire character stills. Today, our friends at QuarterQuell.org posted the full, uncropped, Hi-Res versions of the stills and we have them here for you. Also, be sure to check out the Catching Fire Movie page on The Hunger Games Explorer for movie posters, cast and crew bios and tons of pictures.

See the rest of the full size images in our Gallery (click each image to enlarge).