Francis Lawrence, Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, and Sam Claflin showed up at Cannes for the promotion of Catching Fire by attending the party joining held by Lionsgate and CoverGirl.

Not the entire movie will be shown at Cannes; only certain scenes will be shown.

Details of the Catching Fire Party can be seen at Vulture.

The rain has been a literal dampener of Cannes’s usually delightful excess this entire week. [...] Similarly, the Catching Fire party, whose cost in the hundreds of thousands of dollars was mostly shouldered by sponsor CoverGirl and foreign film distributors, was meant to have a super secret special effect happening oceanside, one that required special effects crews to be flown in from the States — rumors were a barge with fireworks and a wall of water onto which images would be projected (really it was going to be a projection of water onto a screen) — that simply had to be scrapped. The Capitol seal was still raised high at the end of a pier that was supposed to have been filled with champagne-swilling revelers, but like Gatsby’s green light, it was barely visible through the deluge, and seemed so very far away.

Still, the spectacle that Lionsgate and event producer Danielle Pelland did manage to pull off was sufficient for a pretty great time. Hanging from the tent’s ceiling were crystal chandeliers along with giant dripping Baroque arrangements of white peonies topped with candles. More peonies topped large Roman columns, topped by more candles. The center of the room was dominated by an endless food table piled high with desserts (10,000 pieces of food for the event total) and book-ended by two three-tiered chocolate fondue fountains, one white and one dark. Behind the bars on either end of the vast tent were framed Baroque-style portraits of the Hunger Games characters in their Capitol finest. Male waiters and bartenders were marked with fake face tattoos resembling either tiger stripes or Mike Tyson’s. Mixed drinks that Les Misérables‘s Samantha Banks called “very fierce, very colorful, very extreme” were standard in flavor (gin fizz, tequila sunrise), but concocted in unnaturally bright greens and blues. “You mean that Gatorade-blue drink? It was terrible!” said Hemlock Grove‘s Bill Skarsgård. Was he a Hunger Games fan? “I actually tried out for what’s-his-name”— Gale, he said, laughing. “I didn’t get it.”

The best touch, though, were the lavishly costumed models, mostly from Cannes and Monaco, swanning amidst the likes of Les Moonves and Julie Chen, Ellen von Unwerth, Colin Egglesfield, and Rick Yune (The Fast and the Furious). They’d been outfitted in futuristic dresses with towering, often brightly colored fake hair and feathered hats so large one model with a smaller headpiece had to part the crowd so her friend could get through without poking someone’s eye out. The costumes had been conceived by Erin Hirsh, the costume designer for The Voice, who’d flown in from Los Angeles with seven giant duffel bags and a letter of intent from Lionsgate to avoid getting hassled by customs. One of Hirsh’s shoppers, Hachy Mendez, tells me that Lionsgate gave them a “very time-sensitive” link (it expired after an hour) to images all watermarked with Hirsh’s name that they could draw inspiration from but not copy exactly. “It was very Illuminati-exclusive.” The look they went for, says Mendez, was “church lady avant-garde,” while Vulture Kyle describes the two male models, dressed in caps and shrunken jackets with S&M face gear, as looking like “Adam Lambert in a steam punk conductor’s outfit.” (In an informal survey of the models, only a few had seen the movie and none had read the books, but they all like “the future.”)

Credits: Hunger Games Examiner. Vulture via The Hob. Sophie Sumner.

For more details on the partnership, please refer to the press release from Lionsgate as below:

COVERGIRL ANNOUNCES EXCLUSIVE NEW BEAUTY PARTNERSHIP WITH    LIONSGATE’S “THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE”

 

COVERGIRL creates striking new CAPITOL COLLECTION beauty campaign  inspired by the film

 

HUNT VALLEY, MD, May 17, 2013 — Today, COVERGIRL announced its first-ever major movie sponsorship of Lionsgate’s highly anticipated The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, scheduled for release in North American theaters onNovember 22, 2013. COVERGIRL will launch a first-of-its-kind creative advertising campaign inspired by the film, featuring new products from the brand’s upcoming Capitol Collection from The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, to be announced at a later date.

Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, and Josh Hutcherson lead an all-star cast in the second installment of The Hunger Games franchise, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. The trailer, which debuted last month, has been viewed over 25 million times on YouTube. The film promises to illustrate the exquisite splendor in the world of the Capitol in rich detail, and the film’s makeup department used COVERGIRL products on set to create the film’s luxurious, high couture looks.

“With The Hunger Games: Catching Fire partnership, we wanted to redefine cosmetics’ relationship to film with a fantasy-meets-reality beauty experience,” said Esi Eggleston Bracey, VP and General Manager, Global P&G Cosmetics. “The film inspired COVERGIRL campaign coming out this fall truly will bring beauty transformation to life in an aspirational, dramatic fashion.  All of us at COVERGIRL were captivated by Suzanne Collins’ novels and the first film, so we’re thrilled to collaborate with Lionsgate on such a bold beauty partnership with the release of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.”

“We are excited to announce COVERGIRL as the exclusive makeup partner for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” said Paula Kupfer, Lionsgate’s Vice President of Promotions and Consumer Products. “The exquisite beauty and style in the world of the Capitol is a focal point of this film. Partnering with an innovative brand like COVERGIRL to create an additional layer of beauty storytelling and inspiration for the fans is new territory that we’re delighted to explore.”

Over the past year, COVERGIRL has stood out in the beauty category with its addition of several new spokeswomen, including P!NK, Janelle Monáe and NERVO, who, along with the brand, embrace beauty with a sense of authentic individuality and fearlessness. COVERGIRL’s partnership with The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is the latest expression of the brand’s passion and commitment to continue to break barriers in beauty.

Lionsgate and COVERGIRL will be celebrating the movie partnership at a Cannes Film Festival Gala on Saturday, May 18^th. Further news updates on this partnership will be released via facebook.com/covergirl, as well as on Twitter attwitter.com/covergirl and Instagram at instagram.com/covergirlofficial.

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Budding Writers League Sci-Fi/Fantasy Chapter

Venue: Programme Zone, Clementi Public Library
Date: (Thursdays) 27 June, 25 July, 29 August, and 12 September
Time: 7:30-9pm
Ages: 13 – 28 years old

Calling budding writers and fans of Science Fiction and Fantasy! If you are a fan of writers such as Neil Gaiman, Jim Butcher, Time Powers, and Simon R. Green, then this 4-part workshop is for you.

Participants will learn the art of writing urban fantasy stories. Topics covered are:
-       Building your protagonist/antagonist
-       Defining your environment
-       Creating the perfect plot
-       Identifying the fantasy tropes
-       What you need to know about publishing

Organized by Eugene Tay from Monsters Under the Bed. Main trainer will be Adan Jimenez (co-author of Sherlock Sam series).

Workshop will be held once a month on a Thursday evening. Participants who are interested to join us for this workshop must submit their story idea or an excerpt of their story of 2,000 words or less. Limited to 15 participants aged 13-28 years. Please register with Pearly at pearly_ma@nlb.gov.sg.

You can also find the Facebook event for the first session of this 4-part writing workshop here.

The Hunger Games DVD and Blu-Ray are now available. “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” is tentatively scheduled for release on 22 November 2013 in Singapore.

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If you had answered “Yes!” to both questions, then here’s your opportunity to show off your Catching Fire artwork to the world and stand a chance to get your artwork to be featured on official The Hunger Games movie Facebook page!

You can incorporate photos, drawings, GIFs & video to create an eye-popping multimedia experience inspired by the words of the book in Chapter 1 of Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins and submit it here.

Lionsgate has already done so on the brand new ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ poster which you can check out here.

It’s your turn now. What are you waiting for? Time to get your creativity juice flowing! Unfortunately, this contest is only open to U.S. residents who are 13 years and over.

Nonetheless, if you haven’t read Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins yet, you can purchase it at any major bookstores in Singapore. Or if you are strapped for cash, feel free to visit any of the regional or public library branches in Singapore. It would be advisable to check the availability of the item first on NLB Catalogue to avoid disappointment.

We would advise you to read The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins first before continuing on sequel Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins for better grasp on the story for there are additional characters and plots not introduced in The Hunger Games movie.

The Hunger Games DVD and Blu-Ray are now available. “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” is tentatively scheduled for release on 22 November 2013 in Singapore.

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The clues only started adding up when the highlighted line of the quote “The sun persists in rising, so I make myself stand.” was posted before 14th May (US time), the day which Lionsgate promised something big will happen on The Hunger Games Instagram.

On the midnight of 15th May 2013 (Singapore time), Lionsgate revealed a new ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ featuring Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) with the tagline “The sun persists in rising, so I make myself stand.”

This new ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ poster follows the same oil painting concept of Capitol Portraits. With Katniss Everdeen standing near the cliff and sun rising, it’s clear Katniss Everdeen be an important figure to Panem citizens in ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’.

Fans will no doubt be pleased that an actual line from the Catching Fire novel made it onto the poster, further proving that Lionsgate is planning to stay true to the Catching Fire novel as much as possible.

What do you think of this poster? Do you love it? Do you hate it? Tell us in the comments below!

The Hunger Games DVD and Blu-Ray are now available. “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” is tentatively scheduled for release on 22 November 2013 in Singapore.

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Within these pages… #TheSpark. May 14th.

What will happen on Tuesday, May 14th over at The Hunger Games official Instagram? We are assuming something will occur on Tuesday, May 14th (US time) or Wednesday, May 15th (Singapore time).

We are keeping our eyes peeled at thehungergames Instagram. Be sure to follow thehungergames Instagram!

The Hunger Games DVD and Blu-Ray are now available. “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” is tentatively scheduled for release on 22 November 2013 in Singapore.

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A tweet states that Mockingjay Part 1 could be starting on production on September 16th in Atlanta and Boston. Mockingjay Part 1 is stated to be released on November 21st 2014, which means that there is about a year for them to film and prepare should they really start filming in September.

However, do note that there has been no confirmation from Lionsgate so far!

And ps: there is only 6 more days till the release of the teaser trailer of Catching Fire!

Credits: Production Weekly via The Hunger Games Examiner.

The Hunger Games DVD and Blu-Ray are now available.

“The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”is tentatively scheduled for release on 22 November 2013 in Singapore.

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Rumours have been swirling around the actual date for the première of “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” teaser trailer. Many fans speculated it could happen during 2013 MTV Movie Awards and they were right!

Lionsgate announced Liam Hemsworth (Gale Hawthorne in “The Hunger Games” franchise) will introduce 2 and 1/2 minutes of footage during 2013 MTV Movie Awards on 15 April 2013 (Monday) at 9am SGT.

Watch the 2013 MTV Movie Awards promo featuring teaser for”The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” teaser trailer below. Or alternatively at MTV.

“The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” teaser trailer will also be available on The Hunger Games Explorer following the show.

At this moment, it is unsure what is the purpose of The Hunger Games Explorer besides featuring “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” teaser trailer.

The Hunger Games Explorer home page features a countdown clock

Read the full press release from Lionsgate below:

MTV TO EXCLUSIVELY WORLD PREMIERE
THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED TEASER TRAILER

FOR LIONSGATE’S “THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE”
DURING THE “2013 MTV MOVIE AWARDS” LIVE

SUNDAY, APRIL 14 AT 9:00 P.M. ET/PT

Film’s Star Liam Hemsworth Will Introduce 2 ½ Minutes of Not-to-Miss Footage

Teaser Trailer to Debut Online at THEHUNGERGAMESEXPLORER.COM following the Show

To view/embed a promo featuring the first glimpse of “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” teaser trailer, click here (embed code below).

SANTA MONICA, CA (April 3, 2013) – MTV announced today that the “2013 MTV Movie Awards” will exclusively debut the never-before-seen official teaser trailer for the long awaited second installment of Lionsgate’s Hunger Games film franchise, “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” LIVE on Sunday, April 14 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. To celebrate the premiere, the film’s star Liam Hemsworth will officially give the world its first glimpse of the film. The teaser trailer will then be available online at TheHungerGamesExplorer.com, in partnership with Internet Explorer, after it airs on television.

The “2013 MTV Movie Awards” will air across MTV’s global network of more than 60 channels reaching more than a half-billion households around the world. The debut marks the first footage released of “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” ahead of its November 22, 2013 theatrical release date.

“The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” begins as Katniss Everdeen (played by Jennifer Lawrence) has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark (played by Josh Hutcherson).   Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a “Victor’s Tour” of the districts.  Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75^th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell) – a competition that could change Panem forever.  “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” is directed by Francis Lawrence, and produced by Nina Jacobson’s Color Force in tandem with producer Jon Kilik. The novel on which the film is based is the second in a trilogy that has over 50 million copies in print in the U.S. alone.   Lionsgate will release “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” on November 22, 2013.

The “2013 MTV Movie Awards” will serve as the official kick off to the Summer Blockbuster season with rising superstar and host Rebel Wilson set to go off and deliver the show’s trademark irreverent celebration of the movies, actors and music that audiences love LIVE on Sunday, April 14 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. Wilson will be joined by MTV’s Inaugural “Comedic Genius Award” recipient Will Ferrell, who is nominated for “Best On-Screen Duo” with Zach Galifianakis for “The Campaign,” “Trailblazer Award” recipient Emma Watson who is nominated in three categories including “Best Female Performance,” “Best Kiss” and “Best Musical Moment” for her role in “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” and a special musical performance by Selena Gomez. Additional performers and presenters will be announced at a later date.

Fans can head to MovieAwards.MTV.com through Saturday, April 13 to vote. As in previous years, the category of “Movie of the Year” will remain an ongoing battle throughout the 22^nd annual “2013 MTV Movie Awards” telecast. Additional presenters, performers and special award recipients will be announced at a later date.

MovieAwards.MTV.com is the official site for the “2013 MTV Movie Awards” where fans can visit to vote and get up-to-date info on this year’s show, watch video of last year’s biggest occurrences, get the full list of 2012 show winners, and check out fashion and celebrity commentary from the red carpet.

The “2013 MTV Movie Awards” will air across MTV’s global network of more than 60 channels reaching more than a half-billion households around the world. In addition, its convergent programming and content will reach the entire interactive community, via MTV’s more than 200 digital media properties around the world. The 2012 MTV Movie Awards grew its reach +4% YOY with the coveted 12-24 demographic across key international markets, including the UK, Australia, Spain, Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Singapore and Mexico.

Jesse Ignjatovic/Den of Thieves serves as Executive Producer for the “2013 MTV Movie Awards.” Garrett English serves as Executive Producer and Executive in Charge for MTV. Amy Doyle is Executive in Charge of Music and Celebrity Talent. Joanna Bomberg is Executive in Charge of Music Talent. Wendy Plaut serves as co-Executive Producer and Executive in Charge of Celebrity Talent. Lee Lodge serves as co-Executive Producer.

Official sponsors of the “2013 MTV Movie Awards” include Chevrolet®, HTC®, DR PEPPER®, Revlon®, Taco Bell® and Unilever.

Will you be watching 2013 MTV Movie Awards ‘live’?

The Hunger Games DVD and Blu-Ray are now available.

“The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”is tentatively scheduled for release on 22 November 2013 in Singapore.

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First seen on Capitol Couture’s Instagram.

You can read more about the cast and the respective characters they are playing over at Hunger Games Singapore Facebook.

The Hunger Games DVD and Blu-Ray are now available. “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” is tentatively scheduled for release on 22 November 2013 in Singapore.

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Earlier this morning, the CapitolCouture.PN site was launched alongside a Capitol Portrait of Effie Trinket:

Portraits for the other characters will be released every few hours. Caesar Flickerman’s portrait will be released next and though it has not been ‘officially released’, Fandango gave us the 1st look at the portrait:

On Capitol Couture’s official Instagram page, a new photo was uploaded with the hashtag #SipInStyle.

Whose portrait do you think it is? Leave us a comment below!

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