Looks like Hollywood has found its newest YA franchise, though it didn't hit the $70 million expectation. Compared to the $70 million dollar opening for Twilight in 2008, and the $153 million dollar opening (these numbers are insane to me) for The Hunger Games in 2012, Divergent's opening seems modest. Still,…
Shailene Woodley, star of Divergent, isn't shying away from comparisons to the OTHER young adult book-to-movie star, Jennifer Lawrence. Instead, she's tackling the obvious head on and explaining how she reached out to the galaxy's Queen of Movie Promotion for advice.
Do a happy dance makeup-obsessed Divergent fans (or Divergent-obsessed makeup fans)! There's a new makeup line, courtesy of Sephora for those of you who believe buying movie-themed makeup is a vitally important thing to do.
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The latest film-based-on-a-YA-novel Divergent premiered last night in Los Angeles, and elegant woodsprite Shailene Woodley was there with all of her merry forest friends.
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Veronica Mars was a teen sleuth whose superpower was storytelling. She was adroit at making up clever lies and crafting fake identities, but it was always in the service of piecing together the truth — which was another story she constructed. Now she's starring in a big crowd-funded movie, which turns out to be about…
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Shailene Woodley, star of the upcoming movie Divergent was recently asked the kind of question you only get asked when you're the face of a YA franchise that's poised to be the Next Big Thing in the Universe.
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Here's the final theatrical trailer for Divergent, the sexy, action-packed, teen romp that follows young Tris Prior (Shailene Woodley) as she fights for her survival (and looooove) in future/post-apocalyptic Chicago.
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Yes, Four looks about 30 years old here and yes, Shailene Woodley is perhaps too pretty to play a character constantly described as homely but whatever: this movie is going to be damn hot and Lionsgate wants to make sure horny grown women teens everywhere should get the memo.
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I haven't read Divergent, the best selling YA novel by Veronica Roth (who is only 25 YEARS OLD), but I'm starting to think I should. It hits all of marks of what makes a good book: it takes place in a dystopian future, it's written for teenagers and it's been made it into a movie, which means that you never actually…
