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Jennifer Lawrence and her costars from The Hunger Games, Liam Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson, are on the cover of this week's The Hollywood Reporter. Along with their blockbuster's director, Gary Ross, the actors shared some of the secrets behind their much-anticipated movie. They dished on Hunger Games production details like what the stars got paid, how long they're contracted for, and which Read more
Ryan Seacrest is close to a deal that would bring him back as American Idol host with a significant raise. — The Hollywood Reporter Zooey Deschanel is joining James Franco and Natalie Portman in the comedy Your Highness. She will play Belladonna, Franco's virginal bride. — ComingSoon Brooke Shields, Dick Van Dyke, Ken Jeong, and Samantha Bee have come aboard the live-action family comedy Read more
The next James Bond movie has gotten Frost/Nixon writer Peter Morgan to co-write the script, and Daniel Craig is confirmed to reprise his role as Bond. Variety SPIN magazine is celebrating the 25th anniversary of Prince's Purple Rain with a free downloadable tribute that features nine bands doing covers of the record's classic tracks. — Billboard Michael Cunningham, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Read more
Spider-Man 3 is in the news this week as The Dark Knight surpasses its record-breaking opening weekend but that doesn't mean the star of the superhero franchise is slowing down. Tobey Maguire is set to star in a drama titled The Crusaders about the historic Brown v. Board of Education case. According to Variety: Maguire would play Jack Greenberg, who, as an idealistic lawyer fresh out of law Read more
I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that this week's "On the Lot" was sponsored even more generously than usual by Ford. The five remaining directors all made films about the wonders of the open road — and, it would seem, the wonder of driving Ford vehicles on it. At one point, Adrianna Costa even stood like a showroom model next to one giant SUV, just in case we weren't getting the Read more
Carey Mulligan will star in sci-fi/action film Outback — /Film Hawaii Five-0 gets another controversial cast member — Zap2It Watch John Cusack's many rain scenes — Moviefone How Two and a Half Men is going to get rid of Charlie Sheen's character — Hollywood Reporter Find out details about The Voice contestants' tour — Aol TV Watch Greg Kinnear in the trailer for indie Salvation Read more
Katniss has arrived! On the cover of the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly, we get our first look at Jennifer Lawrence as the star of The Hunger Games. Lawrence has Katniss's signature brown hair, arrows, and the gold mockingjay pin, and as a superfan, I can honestly say that I'm very pleased with how she looks. In the interview, Lawrence talks about the experience of taking on the role. On Read more
It's official: Jennifer Lawrence has scored the hottest role in Hollywood, Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games! Director Gary Ross and author Suzanne Collins decided that the Academy Award nominee and Winter's Bone star was the perfect pick for the role from the beloved book series. Here are five reasons why we happily agree! Read more
