To tide yourself over and refresh your memory, get yourself caught up on all the episodes that lead up to the finale. Plus watch all of our recap vlogs in order to get your Top Model fix!
Diving into the ever popular world of young adult fiction (though the "young adult" label has become as overused as "going green"), author Suzanne Collins released Mockingjay, the third and final installment of her famous Hunger Games trilogy, in August. In case you’re not a close reader, do read The Hunger Games and Catching Fire first, or else you will find yourself adequately confused by jumping into the end of the trilogy. Take my advice, I remember going to see the first film of The Lord of the Rings with my cousin almost 10 years ago, and both of us getting a bit anxious about 3 hours in when Sam and Frodo had only just reached Mordor. ("Wait, there’s more than one film?").
The premise of The Hunger Games series is reminiscent of the rebellious struggle and quest for human unity found in The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter, peppered with the post-apocalyptic qualities found recently with The Road, The Book of Eli and I Am Legend. The setting is far in the future, when our ever-so-intelligent generation has left the future human race with a depleted world and despair. The Capitol controls the land of Panem (former North America), and it is divided into 13 districts. The Capitol oppresses the people in the districts and exploits them for their unique qualities so that the inhabitants in the Capitol can live luxurious and gluttonous lifestyles reminiscent of Roman Senators. The districts at one time rebelled against the Capitol, and as their continual punishment, the Capitol forces each of the districts to send 2 tributes, between the ages of 12 to18, each year to compete in an epic fight to the death: the Hunger Games. A lavish arena is set up and the event is televised to all until only one adolescent is left alive as victor, after which he/she returns home as a hero and lives with no need to work.
A classic fairytale is getting a new twist in the upcoming motion picture Red Riding Hood. Amanda Seyfried stars as Red, whose village is torn apart by a witch, er... wolf hunt as the villagers try to figure out which one of them is really the big bad one.
Check out the trailer for Red Riding Hood here.
The film is directed by Twilight's Catherine Hardwicke and also stars Shiloh Fernandez, Max Irons, Julie Christie and Gary Oldman.
Red Riding Hood is in theaters on March 11, 2011. Will you see it?
Judging by these CoverGirl ads alone the finale of America's Next Top Model Cycle 15 is bound to be a doozy! In the episode (airing on Wednesday December 1 on The CW) Ann and Chelsey are in Milan filming their CoverGirl commercials and print ads while they get a special visit from their families. Then they both hit the runway in a Roberto Cavalli fashion show, and are judged at panel by none other than Mr. Cavalli himself.
Keep reading to see the girl's advertisements and some stills from the fashion show and shoot.
Catching up on last night's Saturday Night Live with host Anne Hathaway and musical guest Florence and the Machine this morning and I'm very impressed! Everyone knows that putting together a 90-minute live comedy show can be hit or miss when it comes to the funny, but this episode had so many laugh-out-loud moments.
One of my new favorite recurring sketches is The Miley Cyrus Show with Vanessa Bayer. You know, it's like, pretty cool. This week Miley interviews Katie Holmes, who is mocked in a spot-on impersonation by Anne Hathaway. Check it out!
