Golden Globes winner Jennifer Lawrence is battling pneumonia according to her “Silver Linings Playbook” co-star Jacki Weaver, who accepted an Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards Best Actress trophy for the ailing Lawrence.
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“I’m going to receive this on her behalf,” Weaver, 65, said at the podium. “Poor Jen is really sick. She really is sick. She has pneumonia.” Weaver accepting the AACTA for Best Actress on behalf of her costar at the event held at Soho house.
Is this mean that she is not going to the SAG Awards tomorrow?
Lawrence has been under the weather at least since the Golden Globes, fans are reportedly concerned that she will miss next month’s Academy Awards.
Check out Jennifer Lawrence and her co-star Josh Hutcherson in a newly released still pictures from their highly anticipated film The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, but the movie doesn’t hit theaters until Nov. 20.
The 22-year-old Golden Globe winner was also joined in other stills by her co-stars including Liam Hemsworth, Sam Claflin, and director Francis Lawrence.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 will be released Nov. 21, 2014, and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 will be released on Nov. 20, 2015. They will follow the Nov. 22, 2012, release of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, the second film based on Suzanne Collins’ novels about televised death matches in a dystopic future North American society.
Jennifer Lawrence will continue her starring role as Katniss Everdeen. The first film, The Hunger Games, came out in March to generally good reviews and has taken in $404 million domestically and $678 million worldwide, the Associated Press reported.
Attention all Swifties! Taylor Swift gave all her fans a Christmas present last night by tweeting a link to a new song she made and recorded forThe Hunger Games.
The American country pop singer-songwriter tweeted that she contributed the new song “Safe And Sound” alongside folk duo The Civil Wars to the original soundtrack album of the much-anticipated The Hunger Games film. The track is is on iTunes now.
[snippets of lyrics]
“…all those shadows almost killed your light, just close your eyes the sun is going down you’ll be alright, don’t you dare look out your window darling everything is on fire…”
It’s a very haunting ballad song. Hear Taylor’s Safe And Sound below:
The Hunger Games character posters have been released online. Check out the cast photos of the much-awaited movie set to hit theaters on March 23, 2012.
The Hunger Games teaser trailer has finally arrived.
The much awaited ‘The Hunger Games’ Teaser Trailer which was played during the 2011 VMAs and set to introduce by one of the main characters Katniss portrayed by Jennifer Lawrence.
Ravenous fans of ‘The Hunger Games‘, look no further because the exclusive first glimpse at the film will be seen during the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards and set to introduced by the film’s main character ‘Katniss’ played by Jennifer Lawrence.
The “2011 MTV VMAs” will air live from Nokia Theater L.A. Live in Los Angeles on Sunday, August 28, 2011 at 9PM (Live ET/Tape delayed PT.)
Set in a post-apocalyptic world in the country of Panem where North America once existed, The Hunger Games follows the quest of “Tributes” – one teenage boy and girl chosen from each of the country’s twelve districts – as they compete in The Hunger Games. Part twisted entertainment, part government intimidation tactic, The Hunger Games are a nationally televised event in which “Tributes” must fight with one another until one survivor remains.
Pitted against highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for the Hunger Games their entire lives, the main character, Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence), is forced to rely upon her sharp instincts as well as the mentorship of drunken former victor Haymitch Abernathy. If she’s ever to return home to District 12, Katniss must make impossible choices in the arena that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.
The Hunger Games will hit theaters on March 23rd, 2012 and stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Elizabeth Banks, John C. Reilly, Wes Bentley, Leven Rambin, Willow Shields. The film is directed by Gary Ross.