'Catching Fire' Shortlisted for Make-up & Hairstyling Oscar

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released the shortlist of seven films that have been chosen as semi-finalists for the annual Oscar for Make-Up and Hairstyling at the 86th Annual Academy Awards, and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is on that list. The three finalists will be informed of their Oscar nomination on Thursday, January 16 at 5:30 AM PT with the winner announced at the annual Oscar presentation on Sunday, March 2.

The seven movies on the shortlist are:

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

American Hustle

Dallas Buyers Club

The Great Gatsby

Hansel & Gretel Witch Hunters

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On Saturday, January 11, 2014, all members of the Academy's Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Branch will be invited to view 10-minute excerpts from each of the seven shortlisted films. Following the screenings, members will vote to nominate three films for final Oscar consideration.

The 86th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 16, 2014, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Best of luck to our make-up and hair gurus Ve Neill and Linda Flowers!!

Thanks to our follower Erica G  for the tip!

New 'Catching Fire TV Spot - "Holiday"

Check out the newest Catching Fire TV spot, "Holiday." Anyone heading out to see it again this weekend?

Sam Claflin in SFX Magazine

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is reviewed in the February issue of SFX magazine, and there's also a tiny little interview with our Finnick, Sam Claflin included alongside the review. Check out what Sam had to say when he spoke with SFX's Tara Bennett:

What appealed to you about playing Finnick?

That I was playing a character where I would be physically in shape and challenged with the fighting side. Finnick is also so complex, having bad points and good points, so I get to portray a character you don't quite trust.

Was the physical preparation a big change to your daily routine? Yeah, I'm English so I like beer and Christmas dinner! But what's great about working on Finnick was I had no time to eat or drink, as I was literally in the gym. It was time-consuming in a good way.

Did the fan backlash at your casting get in your head? I have to admit I'm one of those people who read things on the internet about me being cast as Finnick. It spurred me on every time someone said, "He's so ugly! I'm going to hang myself!" The fact is it made me work harder to prove them wrong. I'd like to think a lot of people have changed their perception of this English kid getting the part.

[SPOILER ALERT!] In book three, Mockingjay, Finnick meets a nasty end. Worried about that bit? Yeah, there is that. I think my brother is very excited about that scene! I can't wait to get started on the next one, to get thrown into the mix again, and to work for Francis, who I see as a pure delight to work for. It's exciting times.

Trish Summerville Shares Catching Fire Set Photos

Avox on set. "My tribute to JPGaultier" says Trish SummervilleThe Hunger Games: Catching Fire costume designer Trish Summerville has been sharing some amazing Catching Fire set photos and behind the scenes snaps on her instagram recently. Make sure to follow her for the latest!

Johanna's full costume from the famous elevator scene

Josh Hutcherson costume fitting

Effie's First FittingShoes for Dist 5 - Dist 12Inspiration for the mockingjay dressEffie's House of Worth Fan DressEffie's Iris Van Herpen Carbon Fiber Fang Shoe

Morphling camo costume

Jena Malone in Un-Titled Project Magazine

Jena Malone in Un-Titled Project. Photos by Magdalena Wosinska Jena Malone was recently featured in Un-Titled Project Magazine's Issue #6. In addition to a great article on Jena and some beautiful photos by Magdalena Wosinska, the magazine also features a very special portfolio of "stolen images she collected while filming Catching Fire last winter in Atlanta. and Hawaii. "We were not allowed to take photos on set, so I had to be a bit of a thief sometimes."

Jena on set as Johanna. Photo by Jena MaloneThe Capitol theatre - built on a soundstage. Photo by Jena MaloneVarious Capitol Wigs. Photo by Jena MaloneTL: Are you excited about The Hunger Games: Catching Fire?

JM: I’m beyond excited. I just saw it recently, and it’s such a great film! I always worry about sequels, but the director Francis Lawrence just knocked it out of the park. I was on the edge of my seat! I kept thinking, "this is such a good movie!" I’m just so proud to be a part of it, and the character I play, Johanna Mason, is so fun, with so many layers, and so many things to challenge myself with. Even if this character was in some small, low-budget film, I think I would have fought just as hard to get the part because she’s just so interesting.

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New 'Catching Fire' Trailer "Atlas"

We 've seen the movie at least 5 times already, but seeing this new Catching Fire trailer set to "Atlas" still sent chils up our spine. Posted to The Hunger Games official facebook page to celebrate 12 MILLION followers - wowzers - the clip is now available on YouTube. Enjoy!

VIDEO: Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth Talk to BBC Radio 1

Somehow this hilarious little video slipped right past us. Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth chat with BBC Radio 1 about Catching Fire.

Jennifer Lawrence Talks Life, Catching Fire and Celebrity With USA Today

Jennifer Lawrence has two articles in USA Today in which she talks about the price of fame, The Hunger Games franchise and being a mama-cat to her kittens, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth. 

Read on from USA Today:

Away from the awards-season hubbub, which again envelopes her for her role as a foxy yet foolish wife in American Hustle, Lawrence is a self-aware woman trying to have some version of a regular existence. "I've built my career. I need to build my human life. I need to get a house and connect to the people around me and not work for a little while," she says.

Topping her to-do list: buying a home when she wraps the two-part Hunger Games franchise finale, Mockingjay, which shoots until June.

But for now, she does her best to retain some sense of routine in an existence that's mostly lived in hotels, fueled by room service. Her on-again boyfriend, Nicholas Hoult, helps keep her sane, away from prying eyes. "We're really good at it," she says of maintaining their under-the-radar romance.

She's infatuated with her two young nephews, whom she FaceTimes every night. She decompresses by watching reality TV, in particular Keeping Up with the Kardashians. And she keeps her best-actress Oscar, won for last year's Silver Linings Playbook, at her mom's house to avoid any weirdness when friends come over, to try to nip in the bud the possibility of people standing at attention around her.

"I just get allergic to that kind of thing. People treating you differently when you don't feel any differently is really alienating. You can see, the way they look at you. I can see if that was who I surrounded myself with, that's why you change," she says. "I find people who don't change. That's where I get my reality."

And her ability to say exactly the right thing at the right time? It's a gift. "She's an amazing study of people. She really understands the teeniest differences in people. She can read people in a second," says The Hunger Games: Catching Fire director Francis Lawrence. "She can figure you out in an instant. She does it with such ease, from the gut."

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