#TFIOS Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort Reunited

I love this photo and tweet. I also love that Shailene chopped and donated her hair for this role.

 

See my post about #hairforhazel here - including pics of my daughters hair chops

 

The World of Divergent: Factions Explained

I love this infographic to explain the different factions and their values.


Source: Buzzfeed

Gloss joins The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Banner

I love this concept of gradually adding past victors to the Catching Fire banner. Today, Gloss was added.

Is it November yet?

Source: http://www.thehungergamesexplorer.com/us/tribute-banner/

Ben Affleck as Batman... what is the problem people?

Joss Whedon‏ @josswhedon

Affleck'll crush it. He's got the chops, he's got the chin -- just needs the material. Affleck & Cavill toe to toe -- I'm in.

 

Who argues with Joss Whedon?

 

When I heard Ben Affleck was cast as the new Batman I thought... nice! I love Ben Affleck. I think he has the jaw, the acting skills, the tall, dark handsome, and the ability to nail it!

 

Then... I saw the internet... wow! Talk about backlash... I truly don't get it... who did you want as Batman?

 

I am pretty excited! I think they could have gone younger, maybe. But, honestly, I think Ben will be amazing!

 

Still the meme's are entertaining:

 

THR has some here.

Natalie Dormer in V Magazine

NATALIE DORMER

ACTRESS
Upon speaking to blue-eyed Briton Natalie Dormer, one instantly understands the constant chatter surrounding her. “It’s all great fun,” says the Game of Thrones actress of the skill that has landed her not only on the fantasy television series but also opposite the likes of Hollywood heartthrobs Brad Pitt and Michael Fassbender. “It was a dream couple of days work…just a joy,” she says of her time filming Ridley Scott’s The Counselor, penned by Cormac McCarthy and out in October. Dormer is being coy. The trained stage actress is an intellectual—she sees her preparation of a Jacobean text for a possible performance with the Royal Shakespeare Company as a fun mind game. “Good for the ol’ brain cells,” she says. “I suppose I’m a bit of a geek that way. It’s lucky that I enjoy reading, because as an actor you have to do a fuck load of it, whether it be scripts or research.” To prepare for her audition for Ron Howard’s upcoming action biopic, Rush—about the Formula One driver and playboy James Hunt, played by Chris Hemsworth—she researched Hunt’s wife, Suzy Miller, quite heavily. Though the role eventually went to Olivia Wilde, Howard issued a personal plea for Dormer to play a part in the film. “I approach each job as a challenge, and I’m always happy to be there, and sometimes you have these great experiences with people and you never know what is going to happen further down the line.” She recalls when she first came to America, to audition for director Alan Taylor. She didn’t get the part, but two months later she found herself in a casting room with Taylor and writer/creator David Benioff, reading for a new HBO show called Game of Thrones. “How fate twists and turns,” she says.


Let's not forget she is Cressida in Mockingjay too!

Source: http://www.vmagazine.com/site/content/1488/next-wave-of-superstars#!/3

#hairforhazel Shailene chops her hair for #TFIOS

Shailene Woodley's shorter hair: Via twitter

Divergent star, Shailene Woodley, chopped her locks for an upcoming role in 'The Fault in our Stars'.

This is something near and dear to my heart. My daughter, who is currently ten years old. Has chopped and donated her hair twice already.

It started when she came with me one day to donate blood. She asked a lot of questions about why I did it and saw drawings on thank-you cards from sick kids and asked if she could help. I explained she was too young to donate blood, but that she could when she was older if she wanted.

A few months later, she asked about donating her hair. I don't know where she learned of this opportunity, but she wante

d to do it and so we went to the hair salon and chopped her hair. It grew pretty quickly and two years later, she donated it again, cutting it even shorter to ensure there was enough length to donate.

As a mother, I couldn't be more proud of her and I am excited at the publicity currently surrounding #hairforhazel

My daughter in 2010 and 2012 when she chopped her hair to donate. It's already grown to shoulder length again now.

#AHS American Horror Story: Coven - Season 3 Teaser Trailer

I will take whatever I can get at this point... Creepy teaser trailers, set photos, rumours... gimme gimme!! I can't WAIT for season 3 of AHS!

See set photos here: New Orleans Set Photos - Filming AHS

Veronica Roth calls: SHENANIGANS!

I love this because in my younger years "SHENANGIANS" was something we would often "call" and I think it is fitting for this situation: (from her tumblr)

So, every so often an Allegiant “spoiler” will pop up on Tumblr or on Twitter and I get a lot of frantic questions about it. It’s kind of tough to answer those questions, and here’s why: 

Reader: “Is it true you said Tobias doesn’t die in the third book? I saw it on Tumblr!”
Me: “It is not true that I said that. I never said anything about who dies or who doesn’t die.”
Reader: “Ahh! This must mean that he DOES die!”
Me: “No, it doesn’t!”
Reader: “So you’re saying he doesn’t?! I am so relieved!”
Me: “I am not saying that either! All I’m saying is that I didn’t say that thing that Tumblr said I said.”
Reader: “Wait, what?"

And so on. 

I love that so many people are so concerned about what happens in book 3, because it means that you care, and that is awesome. I am lucky to have readers who want to throttle me for answers, really. I’m just trying to find a way to clarify things without alarming anyone with the pesky limitations of the English language, so here are the things I have actually said about Allegiant: 

-It contains both Tris and Tobias’s POVs (points of view), alternating by chapter. (More on that here.)
-It is slightly longer than Divergent and Insurgent
-In it, you will find out what’s outside the fence 

…and I’m pretty sure that’s it? And honestly, it’s pretty much all I will say before it comes out, because I want everyone to have a clean slate when they crack it open. Or as clean a slate as possible. 

I feel like we need a word for “I did not say [insertspoilerhere] but I’m not saying it’s not true and I’m not saying it is true, I’m just saying that I didn’t say it.” Maybe it can be…shenanigans?  

As in:
Reader: “Veronica, did you say THIS?”
Me: “Shenanigans!”
Reader: “Ah, that clears it up.” 

I’m going with it. 

In other news, I am REALLY enjoying reading some of your theories about what’s going to happen. We will see if you are right…on October 22nd.
Or whenever you get around to reading it. It’s cool.

I friggin' love her!

Oh and there is that time I met her and hung out at a party with her and had a great convo about my life and my dreams and her writing and her life... ya, that!