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Hunger Games Katniss Jennifer Lawrence Interview

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We're never not-hungry for new info from the upcoming "Hunger Games" movie, and today, we're gobbling up this latest tidbit like WHOA: a new still from the film! The just-released photo (via The L.A. Times) shows Katniss, Effie and Haymitch on a couch at the Capitol, eyes fixed on...um. You know, we don't know what, actually. But from the distressed expressions on everyone's faces, we're guessing it's not a fun and funky new episode of "Panem's Got Talent." Even Haymitch, with a mysterious (and undoubtedly strong!) brown-colored drink in hand, looks positively nauseated by whatever he's looking at. What could it be? Footage from a previous Hunger Games? A behind-the-scenes look at the making of muttations? Newly leaked footage from the President Snow sex tape?

...Okay, now we're nauseated.

Everyone who has read Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games has a specific mental image of what this world and its characters should look like, especially certain crucial scenes like the opening ceremonies of the Games. Well, bravo, Gary Ross and company. In this exclusive photo from the moments just before their introduction, Cinna (Lenny Kravitz) readies a final flaming flourish to Peeta and Katniss’s black costumes. “This is one of those moments where Cinna’s character syncs up with the creativity of our costume designer Judianna Makovsky,” says Ross. (Makovsky earned Oscar nominations for her work on Ross’ previous movies Pleasantville and Seabiscuit.) “What Cinna was trying to do was create something that came out of District 12, out of a coal mining world, with a fresh, bold look to it. So Judianna went to this wonderful black reflective material that glistened like coal or graphite and would obviously work well in the Tribute parade where Katniss becomes the Girl on Fire.”

When it comes to the cinematic adaptation of literary wunderkind "The Hunger Games," there's probably no more challenging scene to realize onscreen than the one where Katniss and Peeta emerge at the opening ceremony wearing morbid all-black ensembles, and suddenly burst into flame. But while we've had a great time imagining what that moment would look like—even going so far as sketch out our very own vision of the outfit—thanks to an exclusive new still from Entertainment Weekly, we don't have to wonder anymore. 'Cause we're getting a real, actual early look at how Cinna (and by Cinna, we mean costume designer Judianna Makovsky) put the iconic look together! And all together now: OOOOOOOH.

We don't often think of the words "Panem" and "primping" in the same sentence, but leave it to merchandise-happy Hollywood to find a savvy way to make it happen! After much debate and a few important conceptual tweaks, the "Hunger Games" nail polish line is back in business; Lionsgate, the studio releasing the film, will partner with China Glaze to release a "Colors from the Capitol" series of nail enamels designed to evoke the glitzy, appearance-obsessed world of the dystopian capital city. The hues will hit store shelves March 1, 2012.

Skewing the tie-in to be Capitol-specific was a good move for the studio—and hopefully, a salve for the annoyed fans who pointed out that the original nail polish concept wasn't exactly in line with the dark, depressing world of District 12 (where, let's be honest, the residents are too busy starving, mining and plotting revolution to bother with piffling nonsense like manicures.) The whole hullabaloo got us thinking about other weird "Hunger Games" tie-ins that would leave fans scratching their heads. For example...

“It isn’t in my nature to go down without a fight, even when things seem insurmountable.” – Katniss

Jennifer Lawrence stars as 'Katniss Everdeen' in The Hunger Games. Photo credit: Murray Close

Peeta: "I do the cakes at home, for the bakery."
Katniss: "If only you could frost someone to death."