Elizabeth Banks Talks Her Memorable Awards Moment and Thanks Her Fans

Elizabeth Banks probably had one of the best moments of the MTV Movie Awards when she was given her golden popcorn for Best Movie Transformation by Magic Mike. Elizabeth talks about that moment and more in an interview with Josh Horowitz backstage at the MTV Movie Awards.

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Though she was honored by the award, Banks had only one thing on her mind when MTV News’ Josh Horowitz asked for her reaction to the statuette. “I’m a little parched, yeah. I need some water!” Banks exclaimed with a laugh. Perhaps it wasn’t just the win that had her dry-mouthed, but Channing Tatum, Matthew McConaughey and Joe Manganiello, who presented her with the Golden Popcorn.
“Honestly, thank God I had those guys up there so I could make a little bit of it. I just wanted to have fun with it,” she said.
Unfortunately, Banks remembered that she forgot to thank one important group. “I didn’t thank the fans,” Banks said. “See, you just reminded me. I forgot to thank the fans. It’s all about the fans. Oh, well. Thank you fans!”

Source: MTV

Leven Rambin Wants You To Vote for Hunger Games at the MTV Movie Awards

The MTV Movie Awards are tomorrow night (voting ends at 10 PM) but there is still time to vote and that is exactly what Leven Rambin wants you to do!

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“All the fans that saw the ‘Hunger Games’ — they came out to all the events, they came out to the malls and the premiere and they camped [out],” Rambin told MTV News. “This was the first movie in our franchise and you guys showed so much love and hard-core dedication, so please give our little movie some votes this year.”
The film is vying for a Golden Popcorn against the likes of “Breaking Dawn – Part 1″ and the last “Harry Potter” flick, so Rambin knows the competition is stiff. “We know we’re the underdog and we’re the new kids and we really pushed through,” she said. “We made a great movie and you guys were awesome the whole time. So vote for ‘Hunger Games’ [for] Best Cast and I’m sure we’ll be there to receive our honors. Thank you for your support.”

If you want to help them win, make sure to vote in all 9 categories here.

Details On The Hunger Games MTV Movie Awards Twitter Party and Prizes

The official Hunger Games twitter, @TheHungerGames, will be hosting a twitter party during the MTV Movie Awards this Sunday at 9:00 PM ET. All you have to do is tweet using the hashtag #MTVHungerGames while you watch. The twitter will also be giving away two Hunger Games DVD prize packages. To enter for your chance to win, get some friends together, take some pictures, upload them, and tweet them with the tags #MTVHungerGames and #HungerGamesDVD.

The voting closes tonight at 10 PM ET except for Movie of the Year and Best Hero, which continue until the show on Sunday.

MTV Movie Awards Seating For Hunger Games Stars

The cast of the Hunger Games will be sitting together at the MTV Movie Awards this Sunday, as shown in this new video from MTV.

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Thanks to HGGirlOnFire for the tip!

Hunger Games Advertising Honored at Golden Trailer Awards

Remember all those amazing moments leading up to the premiere of the movie? All the posters, websites, getting a DIP, and trailers slowly being released and making us get even more excited than we even thought was possible? The marketing team for The Hunger Games sure did an amazing job! They were awarded five Golden Trailer Awards last night including: Best Action Poster, Best Animation/Family poster, Best Teaser poster, Best Standee for a Feature Film, and Most Innovative Advertising For a Brand/Product.

Congratulations to the marketing team and we can't wait for what you do with Catching Fire!

Source: Golden Trailer and Mockingjay.net for the tip!

Leven Rambin Talks About Her Picks For the MTV Movie Awards

Leven Rambin was asked about her thoughts on the nominees for the MTV Movie Awards. She did say that she wouldn't be offended if "Bridesmaids" won best cast, but she did make some jokes about "Harry Potter" and "Twilight: Breaking Dawn."

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Source: MTV

Hunger Games Cast to Attend MTV Movie Awards June 3

The MTV Movie Awards are this Sunday and Hunger Games has been nominated 9 times, but who will be there to see the possible victory or loss? Thanks to promo videos on YouTube, we can now say that Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, and Elizabeth Banks will all be in attendance. Since Liam has been nominated for Breakthrough performance and has done promos, he is also probably going to be in attendance.

The MTV Movie Awards will air live on Sunday June 3 at 9 pm et on MTV.

Kristen Stewart Wouldn't Mind If "Hunger Games" Won Best Kiss

The MTV Movie Awards are Sunday and everyone can't wait to see if The Hunger Games will beat out Twilight (who has won the past four years) in the category of best kiss. While doing promotion for Snow White and the Huntsman, Kristen Stewart was asked about the "battle" for best kiss and competition with the next big franchise, Hunger Games. 

When asked if she had any fighting talk for Jennifer and Josh, Kristen told MTV.co.uk: “I don’t know. For the last few years it was ‘The Twilight Show’ and it was bizarre and this year’s gonna be fun. It’s gonna be like ‘Oh good, something different! Please God, something different’.
“I would love to see them go up there and I would love to see how someone else dealt with it to be honest. It’s like ‘are you gonna do it?’, ‘are you gonna give it to them’.”
She added: “If we didn’t win, I would actually be stoked to see like how it all goes down and how they handle it.”

 Don't forget to vote in all 9 categories! Voting ends in all but the Movie of Year and Best Hero on Saturday. The other 2 go on through the live airing on Sunday, June 3 on 9 pm et on MTV.

NextMovie Breaks Down the Female and Male Nominees for the MTV Movie Awards

Next Movie is giving us an inside look at the MTV Movie Awards, including a breakdown of the nominees in each category. Nar Williams took a look at the Best Male and Female Performance including Josh Hutcherson and Jennifer Lawrence. It also includes Josh doing an impersonation of Snoop Dogg.

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Don't forget to vote in all 9 categories! Voting ends in all but the Movie of Year and Best Hero on Saturday. The other 2 go on through the live airing on Sunday, June 3 on 9 pm et on MTV.

Source: Next Movie

Liam Hemsworth To Receive the AIF Breakthrough Award

Liam Hemsworth as been chosen as the co winner of the 2012 AIF Breakthrough Award. This award honors Australian actors for their international success that will be given at a benefit dinner in LA  on June 27, 2012.

Hemsworth’s breakout performance was in The Hunger Games, which has now grossed more than $650 million worldwide and is the second most popular film so far this year in Australia, having sold more than $30 million worth of tickets.
He is expected to also appear in the sequel, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, and is also attached to Paranoia, alongside Gary Oldman and Harrison Ford, Arabian Nights, with Dwayne Johnson and Anthony Hopkins,and The Expendables 2, with Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Jet Li. Liam is younger than both his brothers Chris and Luke, who are also actors.

Source: Inside Film

Vote Katniss as Best Hero at MTV Movie Awards

Thanks to a new category at the MTV Movie Awards, The Hunger Games has boosted it's total nominations to 9, the most of any movie. This new award for "Best Hero" is Katniss verses Harry Potter, Captain America, Thor, and Jenko.

Beginning Tuesday (May 29) and right on through to the live show on June 3, fans can vote and track the nominees for Best Hero, presented by Sprint, via Twitter using hashtags associated with the nominees. Is your favorite hero a contender?
Check out the nominees:
»Harry Potter, “Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows, Part 2 (#votepotter)
»Katniss Everdeen, “The Hunger Games” (#votekatniss)
»Thor, “Thor” (#votethor)
»Captain America, “Captain America” (#votecaptain)
»Jenko, “21 Jump Street” (#votejenko)

You can vote and see who is in the lead here. Currently, Harry Potter is beating Katniss, but we can do it!
Make sure to vote for The Hunger Games in the other categories!

Voting ends for everything but Movie of the Year and Best Hero on Saturday. The other 2 will go until the live MTV Movie Awards on Sunday, June 3 at 9 pm et on MTV.

New "Rise Up" Promo Featuring Elizabeth Banks and Liam Hemsworth

The MTV Movie Awards as released another promo, featuring Elizabeth Banks and Liam Hemsworth. The best part: the nickname for all Katniss & Peeta fans out there! Remember to vote for the MTV Movie Awards! They will air June 3, 2012 at 9 pm et on MTV.

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Vote for the Hunger Games in the Teen Choice Awards 2012!

The 2012 Teen Choice Awards have listed their nominees and voting has begun. The Teen Choice Awards will be live July 22 at 8 pm on Fox. Make sure to vote for The Hunger Games! It has been nominated for:

• Choice Movie: Sci Fi/ Fantasy
• Choice Movie Actor: Josh Hutcherson
• Choice Movie Actress: Jennifer Lawrence
• Choice Book: "The Hunger Games" Trilogy
• Choice Single by a Female Artist: "Eyes Open" by Taylor Swift
• Choice Male Hottie: Liam Hemsworth

It is going up against some other big movies and books like Twilight, The Avengers, Divergent, and Mirror Mirror.To vote, go here!

Suzanne Collins One of the Most Powerful Moms

In honor of Mother's Day, Working Mother Magazine put together a list of the top ten most powerful moms of 2012 and Suzanne Collins earned a spot.

Suzanne Collins

Most Powerful Mom: Children’s Literature Star
Author
Children: Son, 17, Daughter, 12
Suzanne Collins seems ubiquitous these days, with the kid-lit mantle proverbially passed to her by J.K. Rowling. Her bestselling book series, The Hunger Games trilogy, is still breaking records; and now there’s a blockbuster movie inspired by the first book—with more to come. Collins began her career working for children’s television, ultimately becoming the head writer for the PBS show Clifford’s Puppy Days. She also wrote children’s books including The Underland Chronicles and When Charlie McButton Lost Power.
But it was The Hunger Games that struck gold for the mom of two: The first book was released in 2008; the second, Catching Fire, in 2009 and the third, Mockingjay, in 2010. The Hunger Games trilogy of books has been on the New York Times bestseller list more than 130 consecutive weeks. And amazon.com announced this year that Collins had become the best-selling Kindle author of all time. Lions Gate Entertainment acquired worldwide distribution rights to a film adaptation of The Hunger Games, and Collins adapted the book for the screen herself. The move went on to shatter records and had one of the highest gross opening weekends in movie history. Time magazine named Collins one of 2012’s Most Influential People in the World.
Press-shy Collins said last year: “I’m not a very fancy person. I’ve been a writer a long time, and right now The Hunger Games is getting a lot of focus. It’ll pass. The focus will be on something else. It’ll shift. It always does. And that seems just fine.” Modest words for one of the most powerful women in the world.

Source: Working Mother

Jackie Emerson at the Women To Watch Awards

Jackie Emerson was seen at the Women To Watch Awards at the National Press Club. The event benefits "Running Start",  "a non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to educating young women about politics and inspiring them to run for elective office.”


The video show her talking about women role models and some about The Hunger Games. To see her part, just go to the 1:11 mark!

Source: Hollywood on the Potomac

Victoria's Secret: Jennifer Lawrence Has Sexiest Eyes

Victoria's Secret has put together a list of "What's Sexy" featuring celebrities. USA Today has the list and Jennifer Lawrence has won the award for sexiest eyes.

Apparently, the eyes have it when it comes to Lawrence, 21, who showed off pretty much every aspect of her physique in The Hunger Games this spring.

What do you think about the list?

Elizabeth Banks Honored at Maui Film Festival

Elizabeth Banks will be heading to Hawaii next month to be honored at the Maui Film Festival. Her new movie People Like Us will also be screened before she is honored with the Navigator Award.

The Navigator Award honors a film artist for carving a path of distinction through the turbulent waters of the entertainment industry without sacrificing his or her fundamental commitment to excellence, according to the festival.
Although still in her 30s, Banks has already compiled a long and diverse string of roles in films stretching from independent offbeat comedies to huge box-office blockbusters.
Calling Banks the embodiment of what the award stands for, festival Director Barry Rivers said: “We couldn’t be more pleased to honor her at this year’s festival, especially in the heavenly setting of the Celestial Cinema.”
While Banks can currently be seen playing Effie Trinket in the box-office hit “The Hunger Games,” the festival will show another side of her talent for mixing comedy and drama in “People Like Us.” Inspired by true events in a family, the film also stars Chris Pine, Michael Hall D’Addario, Philip Baker Hall, Mark Duplass, Michelle Pfeiffer and recipient of the Maui Film Festival’s 2011 Shining Star award, Olivia Wilde.
Banks plays the sister Pine’s character never knew he had in this touching story of how families come apart and get put back together again.

Marc Malkin will be doing a Q&A.

Source: Maui News

Jennifer Lawrence is #1 on LoveFiLM's 2012 Top Actresses Under 30 List

Jennifer Lawrence is number one of LoveFiLM's list of 2012 top actresses under 30. She was also number one last year. She beat out top actresses like Anne Hathaway, Keira Knightly, Scarlett Johansson, Emma Stone, and Kristen Stewart. The site explain why they chose Jennifer as number one:

Combining down to earth grit, subtlety and resourcefulness, Lawrence already seems more mature and capable than most of her peers. She topped our list last year in part because of her astonishing, Academy Award-nominated performance in Winter’s Bone, and also because she had snagged the hotly contested lead in The Hunger Games, which we correctly noted was poised to become a Twilight sized smash. X-Men First Class doesn’t hurt either. La Lawrence has kept up the pace and then some. Later this year she has three films ready for release, the domestic horror The House at the End of the Street, with Elizabeth Shue, a minor role in the thriller Devil You Know (starring Lena Olin), and two potential prestige pictures, Susanne Bier’s Serena, costarring Bradley Cooper (and likely set for Spring 2013 in the UK) and David O Russell’s The Silver Linings Playbook, again with Cooper, plus Robert De Niro, Julia Stiles, Chris Tucker and another up and coming young actress, Taylor Schilling. According to reports Lionsgate is also in talks for Lawrence to star in an adaptation of best-selling memoir The Glass Castle – and of course there are sequels to X Men First Class and Hunger Games coming soon.

Congratulations to Jennifer!

Source: LoveFiLM

Vote for The Hunger Games at the MTV Movie Awards!!

Voting is now open for the MTV Movie Awards! You can vote for the cast and the movie in the following 8 categories:

• Movie of the Year
• Best Kiss - Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson
• Best Female Performance - Jennifer Lawrence
• Best Male Performance - Josh Hutcherson
• Best On Screen Transformation - Elizabeth Banks
• Best Fight - Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, and Alexander Ludwig
• Best Cast - Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Elizabeth Banks, Woody Harrelson, and Lenny Kravitz

The MTV Movie Awards airs live on Sunday, June 3rd at 9 PM ET. Voting is only allowed for ages 13 and up. Voting ends in all categories except Movie of the Year on June 2nd at 10:01 PM ET. Movie of the Year voting will end 10:29:59 pm on June 3rd.

Vote!!!

"Safe And Sound" Nominated for CMT Music Awards "Video of the Year"

CMT has announced the nominees for the annual video awards and Taylor Swift and the Civil Wars have been nominated for the music video to "Safe and Sound." It is going up against Carrie Underwood's Good Girl, Miranda Lambert's Over You, and Toby Keith's Red Solo Cup. To help get "Safe and Sound" to the finals, vote!