Divergent Star - Shailene Woodley Is Receiving The "MTV TRAILBLAZER" Award At This Year’s ‘MTV Movie Awards’

Hi Huneybees,

Shailene Woodley, the young and well built, 23-year-old Hollywood star from the Divergent series has been chosen to receive the "MTV Trailblazer Award" at this year's "MTV Movie Awards". She will be the fourth recipient of the award following Emma Watson, Emma Stone and Channing Tatum.

The award will be presented to her by her "Insurgent" co-star Miles Teller on the LIVE telecast of the 2015 “MTV Movie Awards” on Monday, 13 April from the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, California. 

Over the past few years, she has shot to fame, tackling all sorts of roles after a breakout performance acting across George Clooney in "The Descendants" in 2011, and then going on to "White Bird in a Blizzard", "Divergent", "The Fault in Our Stars" and her latest performance - "The Divergent Series: Insurgent".

“Shailene Woodley is one of the most talented actresses of this generation. Whether baring her soul in emotionally charged roles in “The Descendents” and “The Fault In Our Stars” or igniting our imagination in sci-fi blockbusters like “Insurgent"; Shailene has raised the bar for actresses navigating diverse and challenging roles professionally, while personally remaining down-to-earth and accessible to her fans.” --- Stephen Friedman, President of MTV

Among the many accolades, she received for her work in the film were a 2012 Independent Spirit Award® for Best Supporting Actress, the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress, a Golden Globe® nomination and a Critics Choice award nomination.

Just prior, Woodley starred in “The Spectacular Now” opposite Miles Teller. The co-stars shared the Special Jury Prize for Dramatic Acting at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2013; and Woodley was nominated for a Gotham Award, and an Independent Spirit Award® for Best Actress. She also starred in the dramatic film “White Bird in a Blizzard” for director Gregg Araki, which premiered at Sundance in January 2014. 

Up next, Woodley will appear in Oliver Stone’s untitled drama based on the life of Edward Snowden.

The 2015 “MTV Movie Awards” will be hosted by the super funny Amy Schumer and it will once again officially kick-off the summer movie season, promising to deliver yet another epically funny, unpredictable, over-the-top show that features fan favourite films, actors and musicians, whilst honouring the best films and performances from the past year, while featuring exclusive, never-before-seen moments from some of the most highly anticipated upcoming films. 

2015 “MTV Movie Awards” will Air Live on Monday, 13 April at 7am (TH/WIB), 8am (PH/SG) and 9am (MY) from the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, California. It repeats on the same day at 6.30pm (WIB), 7.30pm (SG) and 8.30pm (MY).

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[Movie Review] Django Unchained

Hi Huneybees,

Quentin Tarantino picked up the "Best Original Screenplay" for his film "Django Unchained" at this year's Academy Awards. And when I was invited to catch the movie, I was a happy queen bee on the receiving end of the honey pot!

Not only is this a reputable movie, it is A QUENTIN TARANTINO MOVIE! The man behind "Kill Bill", "Pulp Fiction", is back with a movie on the brutal revenge western, set among the slave platations of pre-civil war America with the leads - Jamie Foxx and Christoph Waltz.

The movie is partly based on the 1960s cult Django westerns starring Franco Nero (who cameo-ed in this movie) and partly on the notorious 1975 exploitation picture Mandingo.

Two years before the start of the Civil War, the unlikely partnership of German bounty hunter Dr King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) and Django (Jamie Foxx) – the slave he recently freed – set about making money tracking and killing outlaws. But Django also has plans to rescue his wife Broomhilda (Kerry Washington) from ­charismatic but cruel Mississippi plantation owner Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio) with the help of Stephen (Samuel L. Jackson), the malevolent house slave who is the real brains behind the plantation.

 

Like any Tarantino movie, violence is rampant throughout the movie, but this time I must say, it's a physical and verbal affair. Racism is much seen in the movie and the N-word is drawled and snarled perhaps hundreds of times. It is seen here again how his lead character turns from an underdog to a hero forced under circumstances and very much relate back to his previous movies.

Alot of the audiences were ranting about the violence and gruesome acts but I was in fact watching for the story (there was some moments my eyes welled up for Django) and to be honest, focusing on understanding what the actors were saying behind that heavy Southern accent.

How adorable Jamie Foxx look here! Everyone laughed when he appeared in this...

Foxx, DiCaprio, Waltz and Washington being the amazing actors they are in the movie are utterly upstaged by Samuel L Jackson.

As Stephen - Candie's household attendant, Jackson plays an Uncle Tom figure utterly loyal to the white master, with a deathly stare, a disturbing Parkinson's tremor and a habit of dropping the N-bomb even though he is part of them. He stands as Django's final stage to victory and his character was simply so loathsome that I seriously wanted to kick him in the balls!

I give the movie 3.5 out of 5 popcorns.

Django Unchained is recently nominated for 2013 MTV Movie Awards for "Movie of the Year", "Best Male Performance", "Best On-Screen Duo", "Best Fight", "Best Kiss", "Best WTF Moment" and "Best Villain".

Be sure to catch it in the cinemas!

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