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Movie fans from around the world, have you heard the call?
It’s not a time to idly let your favorite movies go unrecognized. Is it time for Rupert Grint and Emma Watson to steal the Best Kiss glory away from repeat winners Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson? Was Jon Hamm a bigger dirtbag than Jennifer Aniston?
You have to rise up, sit down and make your voice heard for the 2012 MTV Movie Awards, and this isn’t just us telling you. A new promo for the awards features the likes of Captain America himself, Chris Evans, and someone you may know as Effie Trinket, Elizabeth Banks, and they have the very same message for you.
A number of stars have assembled to spread the message of this year’s MTV Movie Awards. Not only are Evans and Banks on hand, but Chloë Moretz, Kristen Bell, Liam Hemsworth and Anna Kendrick want you to get up as well.
But obviously, every movement must have a fearless leader, and this year, host Russell Brand is just the man for the job. After two stints as host of the Video Music Awards, Brand will lead the charge and encourage everyone to rise up and sit down for the 21st annual MTV Movie Awards.
The MTV Movie Awards is your awards show, and it’s up to you to make sure the winners reflect that. The awesomeness begins on Sunday, June 3, at 9 p.m. ET and will air live on MTV. Voting will be open in all 12 categories until Saturday, June 2, the night before the show.
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Next week Lionsgate will bring their live-action adaptation of the popular pregnancy guide “What to Expect When You’re Expecting” to AMC screens. The film takes a look at how four couples grapple with the challenges of impending parenthood.
We had the opportunity to speak with two of the film’s stars, Elizabeth Banks and Ben Falone recently about the research that Banks did into the world of Mommy bloggers in preparation for her role and how they themselves referenced the original book as parents.
Take a look at our video interview below:
Elizabeth Banks, who plays Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games, turned up at the Lucky FABB Conference, the mag’s first held in Santa Monica, on Monday afternoon.
The all-day event featured dozens of special guests from the worlds of blogging, fashion, retail and beauty to discuss the future of fashion and style on the web. Attendees networked and foraged in fabulous suites by Michael Stars, House of Zappos, JellyPop, Miss Me, Le SportSac, Samsung and P&G products, including Covergirl, Olay and Venus.
Naturally, Banks looked appropriately chic for her appearance in a dark, shiny frock by British designer Matthew Williamson, and a pair of highly-coveted black shiny heels by Jean-Charles du Castelbajac, which she described as “a hot Mary Jane.”
The disarmingly frank and funny actress — think Chelsea Handler without the profanity and the vodka – talked with Lucky Editor-in-Chief Brandon Holley, wearing a FABB-ulous outfit by Kelly Wearstler — before a room packed with young, enthusiastic female bloggers. The main topic at hand: her own blog, ElizabethBanks.com.
Banks explained why she got into blogging, what her criterion is for blog items, and how she’s big into aggregating and would love to showcase other bloggers’ work. She’s mostly interested in bloggers with a point of view, a voice, curiosity, a sense of humor and “a little bit of girl power.” No negativity, please. Life’s too short.
Her blog has fun categories like Work Stuff, Geeky Stuff, Yummy Stuff, Pretty Stuff, Silly Stuff, Good Stuff. She even has a Book Club and is currently reading The Memory of Running by Ron McLarty.
To our knowledge, Banks is definitely the first actress in the history of the Hollywood who posts photos of herself on red carpets and actually asks you to critique her looks. “Be honest. I can take it,” she tells her viewers.
Ok, so many readers did not care for those floral golf pants she wore on The Ellen DeGeneres talk show. But eveyone love-loved her bright yellow Bill Blass gown and Judith Leiber bag at the London Games premiere.
Her hair and makeup artist, Karen Adler, also writes on Banks’ blog about creating her looks for special events, even detailing the products she uses on the actress; such as Kevin Murphy’s Fresh Hair, Powder Puff, Ardell individual lashes, Bare Minerals blush and Buxom gloss in a shade called “leslie.”
Predictably, the topic turned to Hunger Games when one blogger asked Banks what she’d steal from Effie Trinket’s eccentric wardrobe.The actress ‘fessed up that she has her eye on a pair of Effie’s flashy footwear. “Effie had some amazing gold Alexander McQueen booties that I am deservately trying to get. They’re probably going to be worth money some day and that’s why they don’t want to give them to me. I’ll wear them. They probably just preserve them!”
As for the new director of the sequel Catching Fire, Frances Lawrence, Banks observed: “I’ve never met Francis but he seems lovely. I like his movies and I’m excited for a new voice to be involved. It’s gonna be great for the franchise and that’s really all I know.”
Watch video of Banks’ FABB appearance below.
The Hunger Games personality Elizabeth Banks stars alongside a comic ensemble that includes Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez and Brooklyn Decker in What to Expect When You’re Expecting, and we have an exclusive look at the fun movie!
“[My character's] entire background makes her a baby expert and she has every expectation that [her] pregnancy will be wonderful — and is sort of taken aback when everything goes as wrong as they could,” says Elizabeth. “The irony of her life is that she gets the pregnancy from hell.”
Inspired by the well-known New York Times bestselling pregnancy manual, What to Expect When You’re Expecting chronicles the hilarious and heartwarming stories of five couples who face the many challenges adjusting to pregnancy and parenthood.
“I think that this is a very fun and entertaining film that has wonderful actors playing really well-developed, fun characters,” says Cameron. “But it is really truthful to the experience of starting a family.”
Chace Crawford, Anna Kendrick, Matthew Morrison, Dennis Quaid, Rodrigo Santoro, Ben Falcone and Joe Manganiello round out the cast. What to Expect When You’re Expecting opens in theaters everywhere on May 18, 2012 — just in time for Mother’s Day.
Elizabeth Banks may be closely identified with a new breed of comedy, having made her mark in films like The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Zack and Miri Make a Porno.
But she’s got an old-school streak in her that includes family roots in Pittsfield, Mass., and a deep appreciation for Rosalind Russell.
As her latest film, The Hunger Games, hit theaters, Banks sat down with Jacob Weisberg to answer his and Slate readers’ questions, including why she isn’t holding her breath for a sequel to Role Models and why she’s mistaken for Parker Posey.
In Part 1 of our interview with Elizabeth Banks, she discusses the joys of working with Judd Apatow. And in Part 2, she explains how the best-selling parenting manual What to Expect When You’re Expecting was turned into a comedy. In the final segment, Banks talks about her future and how a Hollywood actress can age gracefully.
The first trailer for the film “People Like Us” was just released – check it out below! The movie comes out on June 29th.
Elizabeth Banks is clearly excited by the incredible success of The Hunger Games, which hauled in $155 million domestically in its opening weekend, but she’s also defending the film’s portrayal of violence, saying that the filmmakers “are protecting our young fans.”
“You know I think we protected the brutality that’s necessary to tell this story, but we also are protecting our young fans,” she tells ET. “It’s a PG-13 movie, it’s not R rated. I don’t think there’s anything excessive or exploitative about the violence in The Hunger Games.”
Of the film’s worldwide opening of $214.3 million, Elizabeth gleams, “It’s always an amazing feeling when so many passionate people come out to see movies. You know, the only reason to make movies is for people to see them, so I’m so excited that so many people turned out for The Hunger Games and loved it, you know?”
In the futuristic movie, Elizabeth plays Effie Trinket, the eccentric Capitol advisor to Katniss Everdeen (played by Jennifer Lawrence), who risks her life as tribute to save her sister.
“I knew it was a great piece of material, and I knew that I loved these characters and this journey of Katniss Everdeen’s,” says Elizabeth, “but man, I had no idea so many people were going to jump on the bandwagon with me.”
So what’s next for the star? The drama People Like Us, in theaters June 29. Elizabeth plays a single mom and recovering addict whose father dies, and she discovers she has a brother she never knew about, played by Chris Pine. Calling it an “amazing, character-driven story,” she jokes, “Chris Pine’s showing off in this movie. … He plays a character that you really should not like … [but] because it’s Chris Pine playing this character, you’re in love with him from the first minute and you’re rooting for him the whole time.”
