Film: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015). Young Actress: Willow Shields, age 14.

It’s funny how young adult film franchises work out sometimes. Take Harry Potter, for example: while mostly decent to good, the eight films had ten years and four directors between them and were all over the place stylistically. Now that the Hunger Games ( Read more... )

Here's Lana, Sophie, and Jennifer at a global fan screening of X-Men: Apocalypse, held on May 9 in London. The film is set for American release on May 27.


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The 88th Annual Academy Awards (held February 28, 2016, and hosted by Chris Rock) could've been called Leo's Big Night. The media has been all about Leonardo DiCaprio finally winning an Oscar (Best Actor for The Revenant) after four previous nominations since 1994, and when he took the stage at the end of the night, the audience gave him a standing ( Read more... )

The 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (held yesterday, January 10, at the Beverly Hilton) was one of the most underwhelming shows in recent years. It didn't help that even host Ricky Gervais, who mispronounced Quvenzhane Wallis's name last year, seemed bored with it. But the good news is that there were so many former young/child actresses as winners ( Read more... )

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Now that awards season is upon us, the race for the Best Actress field in this year's Oscars is really getting to be exciting. This category has much competition this year that it's actually been rivaling Best Actor, which is almost unheard-of. Leading female roles have gotten so rare these days that usually, voters are struggling to find five ( Read more... )

As with Mockingjay: Part 1, the premieres for this movie started in Europe and moved westward. After premieres in Berlin, London, Madrid, and Paris (where press was canceled due to the recent terrorist attacks on the city), the American premiere for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 was finally held in Los Angeles on November 16 ( Read more... )

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...here are a few young actresses out and about at different events.


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Film: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014). Young Actress: Willow Shields, age 13.

Remember how the third Harry Potter movie, 2004's Prisoner of Azkaban, kinda felt like Emma Watson's coming-out party? Sure, she was good in the first two movies, but the third one gave her more screentime, more depth, and more action. At the end of the film ( Read more... )