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It's not everyday you see top Hollywood stars the likes of Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley and Nicole Kidman band together for a TV drama, but that's what made the prospect of HBO's 'Big Little Lies' all the more exciting. Unfortunately, the story itself has on the whole proved rather mediocre.

Reese Witherspoon stars in 'Big Little Lies'

Based on the 2014 best-selling Liane Moriarty novel of the same name, this 7-episode mini-series seems to be something of a disappointment to the general consensus of critics. It's about a trio of Californian housewives whose children all go to the same elementary school, with their personal lives intertwining and culminating in disaster.

Continue reading: 'Big Little Lies': The Critics Consensus Has Been Less Than Positive

Reese Witherspoon stars in HBO miniseries ‘Big Little Lies’, which debuts next month, alongside Nicole Kidman and Shailene Woodley.

The female-driven drama is of particular importance to Reese, who’s fighting to address the gender imbalance in Hollywood and make sure more women’s voices are heard.

Reese Witherspoon has spoken out against Hollywood’s Smurfette Syndrome

Continue reading: Reese Witherspoon Is Tired Of Hollywood's "Smurfette Syndrome"

Shailene Woodley has spoken about her arrest last week for the first time, explaining why she chose to protest at the Dakota Access Pipeline.

On Wednesday the actress pled not guilty to criminal trespassing and engaging in a riot, following her arrest on October 10.

In her full account written for Time, Woodley explains why she chose to stand in solidarity with Native Americans on Indigenous Peoples' Day and the importance of needing to protect our resources.

Continue reading: Shailene Woodley Pens Essay Revealing "The Truth About My Arrest"

Shailene Woodley has broken her silence after being arrested for criminal trespassing in North Dakota on Monday.

The actress had been part of a peaceful protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline when she was arrested, with the whole thing been caught on her Facebook Live stream.

Continue reading: Shailene Woodley Speaks Out After Arrest For Criminal Trespassing

Shailene Woodley was arrested on Monday (October 10th 2016) after becoming involved in a peaceful protest against the Dakota Access pipeline at Standing Rock in North/South Dakota. She was with hundreds of people, but wound up being detained at the Morton County Jail simply because they knew who she was. 

Shailene Woodley gets arrested for trespassing

After the US Court of Appeals chose to deny an injunction to halt construction of the Dakota Access pipeline, Woodley took to the frontline to continue the long-standing peaceful protest yesterday. However, soon riot police arrived on the scene to break up the demonstration, and because she was among those identified at the scene, she wound up being arrested for criminal trespassing. Luckily for us, she captured the whole thing in a Facebook Live video.

Continue reading: Shailene Woodley Under Arrest For 'Criminal Trespassing' After Peaceful Protest In North Dakota

Actress Shailene Woodley doesn't seem too keen on the idea of moving the Divergent series to television for its final instalment, Ascendant. While no final plans have been announced, it has been reported that the series is set to end on the small screen, after the disappointing box office performance of the latest movie.

Shailene Woodley may not take part in a Divergent TV series

Speaking about the proposed television series to E! News, Woodley said: "From what I know, they want to proceed with a television show, which is not something that I signed up to do. Out of respect to the whole scenario, there could be things that have changed, but I didn't sign up to do a TV show.”

Continue reading: Shailene Woodley Says 'Divergent' TV Series Is Not What She Signed Up For

In a rare occurrence, cinemagoers flock to see a heart-warming teen drama rather than a big blockbuster epic. 'The Fault In Our Stars', Starring Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort, scores No.1 on its opening weekend at the box office.

Woodley and Ansel Elgort in 'Fault In Our Stars' 

The romantic-comedy, based on the novel of the same name by John Green, surged straight to the top by earning an impressive $48.2 million domestically.

Continue reading: Box Office: 'Fault In Our Stars' Outshines Tom Cruise's 'Edge Of Tomorrow' With $48.2 Million

The Fault In Our Stars seems to be emerging as the winner of this weekend’s box office race, after it made teens across the US (and the world) bawl their eyes out for three solid days. That’s what the tweets say, anyway. The film tells the story of a pair of teens living with cancer – the clever and self-deprecating Hazel Grace Lancaster (Shailene Woodley) and the disarmingly lovable Augustus Waters (Ansel Elgort). As the two meet, fall in love and go on a life-changing trip together, they discover some truths about life, love and the meaning of it all.. As for the box office stats, well, those are nothing to cry about.

The cast of TFIOS at the film's New York premiere.

TFIOS, adapted from John Green’s bestselling novel (read all his books, if you haven’t already, seriously) is doing amazingly well not just in the US, but also in international markets. The film, which reportedly cost just $17 million to make, checked in at $26.1 million in domestic profits on Friday, and is projected to pass the $50 million mark by the end of Sunday, per Box Office Mojo. In international markets, TFIOS is expected to do even better, although the data is still unavailable at this time.

Continue reading: Adoring Fans Raise "The Fault In Our Stars" To Box Office Success, While "Edge Of Tomorrow" Falters

In ‘Fault in our Stars’, Shailene Woodley doesn’t play the typical, manicured female lead. She’s not struggling to attract a guy’s attention or stabbing daemons in the heart with knife drawn from her knee-high boots. She plays Hazel Grace, a cancer patient at the age of 16.  

Ansel Elgort [L] and Shailene Woodley [R] in 'The Fault in Our Stars'

And Woodley isn’t just the star of the film, she was a fan of the book before it was adapted, and even pleaded with author, John Green, to act upon his surname and give a film version his blessing. ‘Green-light it’, in case you didn’t pick up on that. 

Continue reading: Fault In Our Stars: Shailene Woodley Tries To Rewrite The Female Lead

Do you want to see a movie that rips your heart into pieces, but leaves you inspired to to live life to the fullest? The Fault in Our Stars. What about a great and faithful book adaptation (for once)? The Fault in Our Stars. In love with Shailene Woodley already? You haven’t event seen The Fault in Our Stars! The “greatest love story of the decade”? Yep, we could go on like this. And we’re not even going to try and convince the book fans, because if you’ve ever read through John Green’s bestselling novel, you already know what we’re talking about.

Lie down. Try not to cry. Cry a lot.

As for the film, critics and reviewers are tripping over themselves to heap praise on the Josh Boone adaptation – from Woodley’s vulnerable, but full of life Hazel, to Ansel Elgort’s charismatic Gus, to the perfectly sour Peter van Houten, to Boone’s expert direction, which resulted in a movie about cancer about love, so ispiring that you’ll need several packs of tissues to get through it. Here’s what the reviews are saying so far.

Continue reading: "The Fault In Our Stars" Reviews: Go See It. Now. And Bring Tissues.

The Fault in Our Stars is now out in theaters, so get your tissues ready and prepare to have some life-affirming emotions. If you’re seeing it, that is. And if not, why not?

Watch the trailer for The Fault In Our Stars below.

Shailene Woodley might not want to be called a feminist, but sometimes she says some really poignant things about women and equality. She also gets compared to Jennifer Lawrence a lot. That might seem unrelated, but according to Woodley, there’s a connection.

Shailene Woodley [l] and Jennifer Lawrence [r] - what do they really have in common?

"As women, we are constantly told that we need to compare ourselves to a girl in school, to our co-workers, to the images in a magazine," the 22-year-old beauty muses in the latest issue of New York magazine, which she covers with BFF Brie Larson. "How is the world going to advance if we're always comparing ourselves to others? I admire Jennifer Lawrence, but she's everyone's favorite person to compare me to."

Continue reading: Shailene Woodley Hates Jennifer Lawrence Comparisons, But What Do They Have In Common?

Shailene Woodley is the star of the sci-fi film series 'Divergent,' and Jennifer Lawrence is the protagonist in the 'Huger Games' franchise, but this doesn't mean they are alike.

Even though these two movies mirror each other in may ways, Woodley does not want to constantly be compared with the 23 year-old Oscar winner.

And 'The Descendants' actress has a good explanation as to why.

Continue reading: Shailene Woodley Disagrees With Jennifer Lawrence Comparisons: "Is It Because We Both Have Short Hair And A Vagina?"

When Shailene Woodley lost weight it wasn't only her waste that shrunk.

The 22 year-old actress opened up about her body image and living a healthy life while gracing the cover on InStyle Magazine. 

"I feel like I'm a woman. My boobs shrank. No one tells you that when you lose weight. No bra, no problem," she confidently stated.  

Continue reading: Shailene Woodley Is Very Confident With Her Body Image: "My Body Is Exactly Where It Wants To Be"

Marvel Studios' latest instalment, 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier', is proving to be hugely popular, not just among comic book fans, but all cinemagoers as it reigns No.1 at this week's North American box office, breaking the April earnings' record.

Chris Evans reprises his role as the 'Captain' in the sequel

The sequel to 2011's 'Captain America: The First Avenger,' and the ninth instalment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe earned an impressive $96.2 million, which beat the previous highest-grossing movie in the month of April (2011's 'Fast Five') by $10 million.

Continue reading: 'Captain America: The Winter Solider' Breaks April Box Office Record With $96.2 Million Weekend

It sounds like 29 year old British actor Theo James is keen to switch nationalities! The Divergent star was born and raised in Oxfordshire in the South East of England, afterwards attending university in Nottingham and training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

English actor Theo James seems to be a huge fan of the United States

Before James was walking down the red carpet with Shailene Woodley and Kate Winslet, he starred as Jed Harper in British supernatural television series Bedlam, as well as smug tour rep James in The Inbetweeners Movie (we'd take Simon any day!). James’ first major role across the pond was in the 2012 action horror film Underworld: Awakening, in which he appeared as David, a vampire ally of Kate Beckinsale’s character, Selene. Underworld: Awakening was filmed in Vancouver but clearly gave James a taste for what life was like outside of the UK.

Continue reading: Does 'Divergent' Actor Theo James Want To Be An American?

'Divergent' star Theo James was shocked by the sudden arrival of his brothers on set. during the filming of his sex scene with Shailene Woodley. The British actor has two brother and two sisters, all of which are older than him. Apparently, the bothers were flying out to see him on his last day of filming, but couldn't have believed what was waiting for them when they arrived.

Related: Why 'Divergent' Actor Theo James Is The Next Big Thing

Talking to 'People' magazine, James revealed that: ''My sex scene with Shai was the last of the whole shoot, and my brothers had flown in for a trip to [Las] Vegas. Since filming was delayed, they literally walked off the plane and onto the set to see my getting funky. It was surreal. I got made fun of for months.''

Continue reading: Theo James Finds His Brother On-Set While Filming 'Divergent' Sex Scene

Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort have been announced to be two of the awards presenters at the upcoming MTV Movie Awards. TheThe Fault In Our Stars co-stars will join other A-listers, including Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann and Kate Upton, to celebrate a fabulous year in film.

Shailene Woodley Will Be Presenting An Award At The MTV Movie Awards This Year.

Before they head to the stage to present the award, the details of which are currently unknown, the MTV audience will be treated to exclusive scene from their soon-to-be-released romance during the 2014 Movie Awards Pre-Show, starting at 8:30pm, according to MTV News.

Continue reading: Fault In Our Stars' Shailene Woodley And Ansel Elgort To Present At MTV Awards

The movie adaptation of Divergent, the young adult novel by Veronica Roth, has recorded a massive opening at the box-office despite middling reviews. Though it would have be nice for the movie to have scored reviews akin to, say, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Lionsgate executives will not have worried about the critical reaction and the movie tallied $4.9 million from midnight screenings on Thursday alone.

Shailene Woodley [L] in 'Divergent'

By Friday, studio estimates placed its total at $22.8 million - miles away from the $67.3 million taken by The Hunger Games and $36 million taken by Twilight on the opening day of release.

Continue reading: Say What You Will About 'Divergent', It Had A Big, Big, Box Office Opening

There’s been a whole lot of hype surrounding Shailene Woodley and Theo James’ new movie Divergent, although sadly critics haven’t responded as well as had been expected. It seems like every other film that comes out at the moment is based on the hottest young-adult novels, each with a cult following that no one over the age of 19 knew existed until it becomes impossible to avoid movie’s promotion. Harry Potter, Twilight and The Hunger Games all surfaced in succession, each of them individually impacting a generation. In a time with so many great movies aimed at young adults to be successful you really have to stand apart from the crowd.

Critics were impressed with Shailene Woodley, but not with the Divergent plot

It seems that Divergent just doesn’t manage this. Jocelyn Noveck from CTV News puts her finger on it, “‘Divergent’ doesn’t diverge enough from the pack.” To rival The Hunger Games’ Katniss Everdeen you’re going to have to pull something quite extraordinary out of the bag, and it seems that Divergent, ironically, is too much of the same old to make any kind of new impact. Noveck may feel that the movie fails to deliver plot-wise, but she praises the leading lady, “emerging young star Shailene Woodley delivers a crucial dose of humility, sensitivity and intelligence in this showcase role”. Theo James doesn’t go unnoticed, although it’s as Woodley’s “absurdly good-looking co-star” that he’s noted.

MORE: Theo James: Divergent cast bonded over booze

Continue reading: The Irony Of 'Divergent': Why Are The Critics Not Impressed?

Divergent is out in theaters today and, after a thorough bashing, the film’s fate is now in the hands of moviegoers. Thanks to the book series’ devoted fan base, it’s likely that Divergent will top this weekend’s box office, or at least come near it. And it’s not just because of the success of the books. If there’s one thing the critics all seem to like (and it is really only one thing) it’s Shailene Woodley as Tris Prior and Theo James as the love interest, Four.

Woodley isn't really close to home in post-apocalyptic Chicago, but she makes it work.

While doing the press rounds for Divergent, Woodley recently talked about her newfound stardom to NPR. Starring in two book-to-movie adaptations this year, Woodley has plenty of experience with the genre – in fact, she finds it easier to work with.

Continue reading: Shailene Woodley Strives To Be Genuine On Her Rise To Fame

With a cast like that of new blockbuster Divergent it’s not a surprise that the movie’s premiere was packed with stylish stars. The red carpet was swarming with a wealth of designer ensembles, and that’s just from the men! We’ve have a root through all of the fabulous outfits from the evening and picked out the looks that we love the most. 

We're in love with Kate's Safiyaa London gown

Kate Winslet may have given birth to her baby boy just three months ago, but you’d never have been able to tell, so fabulous did she look in her floor length red Safiyaa London gown. Bear Blaze has got one yummy mummy, that’s for sure! Kate completed her look with two totally on trend accessories, a metallic gold clutch bag and gold cuff bracelet.  This girl knows how to red carpet (she does have a fair bit of experience at it!).

Continue reading: Kate Winslet Or Shailene Woodley? Who Was Best Dressed At 'Divergent' Premiere?

Like a number of her fellow next gen Hollywood actresses, The Descendants star Shailene Woodley is conscious of the messages she sends to young people and young women in particular. Woodley is on the verge of superstardom, with teen novel adaptations Divergent and The Fault in Our Stars both due later this year. And since she’s all about empowerment for young women, you can bet that she has an opinion on other members of the genre.

Woodley thinks that movies should send a strong message of empowerment.

Speaking for TIME, Woodley took issue with one infamous piece of teen fiction in particular – Stephanie Meyer’s infamous Twilight books. Bella isn’t exactly known as the most looked-up to female protagonist and Woodley explains why: “Twilight, I’m sorry, is about a very unhealthy, toxic relationship. [The protagonist Bella] falls in love with this guy and the second he leaves her, her life is over and she’s going to kill herself! What message are we sending to young people? That is not going to help this world evolve.”

Continue reading: Shailene Woodley Is Not A Twilight Fan, Thinks It "Sends Girls A Bad Message"

The sequel to 2013’s token teen dystopian fic Divergent has just ended up with a new director - Robert Schwentke. Summit made the announcement on Tuesday, via the LA Times. It’s not unusual for a film franchise to switch directors between installments, sometimes more than once. What’s strange is when a director leaves the project even before the first film is released, as is the case with this adaptation of Veronica Roth’s young adult series.

Ahead of the release of Divergent, Summit has announced a new director for the sequel.

The first film was directed by Neil Burger (Limitless, The Lucky Ones). His replacement Schwentke has some experience with the fantasy genre, having worked on The Time Traveler’s Wife and 2013’s R.I.P.D. He is also the director behind the well-received action/comedy Red. All in all, it sounds like Insurgent is in good hands.

Continue reading: Summit Announce Robert Schwentke As New Director For "Insurgent"

Ellie Goulding will feature as one of the artists on the soundtrack for upcoming sci-fi movie Divergent and has recorded a brand new song specifically for the film. Ellie's song, 'Beating Heart,' will be used during the movie, which stars Shailene Woodley, Kate Winslet, and Theo James.

Ellie Goulding Has Recorded A New Song For 'Divergent.'

"We started working on the film with songs from Ellie Goulding's album Halcyon and soon found that the texture of her music and the tone of her voice matched perfectly with our film," director Neil Burger said, via Digital Spy. "In many ways Ellie has become the inner voice of our heroine Tris."

Continue reading: Ellie Goulding's 'Beating Heart' To Feature On 'Divergent' Soundtrack

Calling all fans of sci-fi young adult fiction series Divergent! After months of waiting to be thrown a bone by director Neil Burger and the makers of Divergent, the upcoming adaptation of Veronica Roth's breakneck books, we've got a juicy pre-trailer featurette that gives a behind the scenes sneak peek into the film as well as interviews with cast members and Roth herself.

Shailene Woodley Plays Beatrice, Who Finds Out She Is Different.

Shailene Woodley, Kate Winslet, Theo James, and Jai Courtney star in this post-apocalyptic, dystopian look at the future, set in Chicago. The story centres on an extraordinary teenager named Beatrice "Tris" Prior (Woodley) who finds out that she's not like anyone else because she's Divergent, meaning she doesn't fit into any of the five pre-ordained factions the rest of the populace fit into.

Continue reading: Thrilling New Dystopian Sci-Fi 'Divergent' Explained By Author Veronica Roth [Video]

It's less than a year until the Fifty Shades of Grey movie is due in cinemas yet there doesn't seem to have been any firm casting decisions made. The movie, which will be an adaptation from EL James' best-selling erotic fiction of the same name, will have British director Sam Taylor-Johnson (Nowhere Boy) at its helm but nothing more appears to have been set in concrete.

Will Dakota Johnson Really Take The Lead 50 Shades Character?

The role of Christian Grey - the billionaire with a BDSM fetish - has been the most media-covered role so far, with Ian Somerhalder wanting the role, Garrett Hedlund rejecting the role and Taylor-Johnson's own husband, Aaron, rumored for the part. However, it has emerged that we may know who plays student-turned-sex-slave Anastasia Steele first, namely Dakota Johnson.

Continue reading: Dakota Johnson Set For '50 Shades' Lead: Would She Make A Good Ana Steele?

Shailene Woodley, the actress best known for her role in The Descendants, has cut her long locks for a role. The 21-year-old actress has decided to donate her cut hair to a children's charity called Children With Hair Loss, an organisation which makes wigs for children suffering from hair loss due to cancer or other medical treatments.

Shailene Woodley at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con.

This is appropriate considering the role Woodley is to play. She is set to play the lead role in The Fault in Our Stars as Hazel Grace Lancaster. Based on the book by John Green, Hazel suffers from cancer and falls in love with another ill child. The movie is due out next year and will feature performances from Nat Wolff (The Last Keepers), Andel Algort (Carrie) and Laura Dern (Englightened). 

Continue reading: "Weird, Wonderful And Empathetic" Shailene Woodley Cuts Hair For Charity

If you haven’t already fallen in love with Shailene Woodley, her latest cause might change your mind. The budding young star, who will be playing the lead in the upcoming adaptation of John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars, is chopping off her long brown hair in order to assume the part of Hazel Grace Lancaster – the book’s cancer-stricken protagonist. Woodley will be donating the hair to the Children With Hair Loss Organization and to support the cause by using the hashtag #hairforhazel and #itgrowsback to follow her progress and submit their own hair-cutting experiences

Woodley has put a lot of thought into the decision.

. By way of explaining her reasoning behind the bold decision, Shailene wrote on her Tumblr: “John green (author of T.F.I.O.S.), wyck godfrey (producer of the film), and i all decided that this could be a beautiful opportunity to rally the troops of mankind and ask for some warriors to help contribute to the cause. any of you have 8 inches of hair to spare?”

Continue reading: Shailene Woodley On Long Locks And Hazel Grace Lancaster: "It's Just Hair!"

The Spectacular Now could be the movie that finally makes Shailene Woodley a star. Sure, she was great in The Descendants and there's talk of Fifty Shades of Grey - which we really hope she doesn't do because it'll be atrocious - though James Ponsoldt's new movie could really be the one.

The movie stars Miles Teller as a perpetually drunk and popular high school senior who falls for the astonishingly 'normal' Aimiee (Woodley). The first couple of scenes in the trailer suggest this could be your run-of-the-mill teen romance, though it begins to evolve to reveal a real story. 

It comes as no surprise that 500 Days of Summer scribes Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber are behind The Spectacular Now. It's familiar boy-meets-girl territory, though seems to pack a punch. 

Continue reading: Shailene Woodley's 'The Spectacular Now', Best Teen Romance In Years? [Trailer]

Oscar winning actress Kate Winslet is pregnant with her first child to husband Ned Rocknroll. The 37-year-old will become a mother for the third time - she is also a parent to 12-year-old Mia with her first ex-husband Jim Threapleton and 9-year-old Joe with her second, Sam Mendes.

Winslet tied the knot with the fantastically named Ned Rocknroll in December after a year and a half of dating. He is the nephew of billionaire Virgin mogul Richard Branson. The actress had never ruled out having more children and told InStyle back in 2006 that she was "hoping to have more kids...I don't know whether one or two. Oh, God, I would love to have more."

Incidentally, Winslet's recently wrapped up filming the Jason Reitman-directed drama Labor Day in which she plays a depressed single mother who offers a wounded escaped convict a ride. As police search the town, the mother and her young son gradually learn his true story as their options become increasingly limited. The movie also stars Tobey Maguire and Josh Brolin and hits theaters on January 31, 2014.

Continue reading: Kate Winslet, 37, Pregnant With A Miniature Rocknroller

Kate Winslet is the latest Hollywood A-lister to make the move into the thriving young adult market after signing on for a big screen adaptation of 'Divergent,' the first of a trilogy of dystopian novels by Veronica Roth. Jennifer Lawrence and Philip Seymour Hoffman both star in the forthcoming Hunger Games sequel Catching Fire, while Twilight and The Lovely Bones featured respected actors Michael Sheen and Stanley Tucci.

The young-adult movie market is growing at a serious rate, something that's not gone undetected by Winslet's agent, clearly. The British star will play the cold and calculable Jeanine Matthews in the movie about a society that is divided into five factions that define how a person lives their life. For example, the Abnegation people are selfless, while those residing in the Erudite neighbourhood devote themselves to a lifelong pursuit of knowledge. Winslet will play the leader of the Eruduite, according to studio Summit Entertainment.

It's shaping up to be a pretty impressive cast, with actress of the moment Shailene Woodley, 21, and British star Theo James, 28, already having signed up. The movie is set for release in March 2014.

Continue reading: Divergent: Kate Winslet Leads Hollywood Charge Into Young Adult Movies