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  • Hailee Steinfeld: ‘Pitch Perfect 2’ Star Celebrates High School Graduation

    Hailee Steinfeld, just one of the talented Barden Bellas in Pitch Perfect 2, celebrated her high school graduation during a party in The Hamptons on Wednesday evening. She was surrounded by family members and close friends.

    At the center of the party was a beautiful cake, presented to Hailee Steinfeld by Republic Records.

    The cake even featured a beautiful picture of the graduate, and read, ‘Congratulations, Hailee, on Your Graduation.’

    It was that graduation cake that made Hailee Steinfeld take to Twitter the day after her high school graduation party.

    Isn’t that a great cake? What a lovely gesture on behalf of the recording studio where Hailee Steinfeld has her contract.

    The plot thickens.

    And then….

    Oh, well. Cakes are made for enjoying–right? And no one said enjoying a cake means cutting it into perfectly sized squares and eating it on plates with forks.

    Hailee Steinfeld appears to have very much enjoyed her graduation cake–and it seems she had a bit of help from her friends, too.

    Congratulations to the Pitch Perfect 2 star on this exciting milestone.

  • Anna Kendrick: ‘Pitch Perfect 2’ Star Hilarious in ‘Indiana Jones’ Reboot for Red Nose Day

    Anna Kendrick is proof positive that not every film should be rebooted with an all-female cast. Playing on the notion of the Ghostbusters reboot–to be made with an all-female cast instead of its cast of guys–the Pitch Perfect 2 star appears in a hilarious take on an all-female remake of Indiana Jones.

    Don’t worry, Anna Kendrick isn’t leaving the Pitch Perfect franchise to channel a female version of Harrison Ford. The remake is a spoof, and it’s all been done for charity.

    Anna Kendrick stars as ‘Indianna Jones’ in this clip for Red Nose Day.

    Red Nose Day will air on NBC on Thursday, May 21st at 8:00 p.m. ET. The live show will raise money for children’s charities. You’ve no doubt seen the ads on TV, where dozens of actors and TV personalities don red noses to promote the event.

    There’s quite a difference between the Anna Kendrick of the Barden Bellas and the Anna Kendrick in the famous Grail Room–don’t you think?

    In addition to Anna Kendrick, the Red Nose Day broadcast on NBC will feature Christina Aguilera, Elizabeth Banks, Jack Black, Emily Blunt, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Carson Daly, Billy Eichner, Will Ferrell, Bill Gates, Melinda Gates, Jeff Goldblum, John Michael Higgins, Jennifer Hudson,John Krasinski, Matt Lauer, John Legend, Adam Levine, Laura Linney, Stephen Merchant, Nick Offerman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Blake Shelton, Martin Short, Sam Smith, and Pharrell Williams.

  • Hailee Steinfeld is New Member of Barden Bellas in ‘Pitch Perfect 2’

    Hailee Steinfeld is one of the new members of the Barden Bellas in Pitch Perfect 2, and she’s definitely the most recognized of the newbies. Steinfeld received an Oscar nomination for her 2010 role in True Grit.

    Now playing the role of freshman Emily Junk, Hailee Steinfeld will soon be the talk of the town–Hollywood, that is–once again.

    The actress knew she wanted to be in Pitch Perfect 2 back when she first saw Pitch Perfect.

    “I remember driving around and seeing the posters and every time saying, “I’ve got to see that movie.” All of my friends had seen it so it ended up being like a Friday night family movie date. I just remember, if I wasn’t jumping out of my seat because I was so excited that a song was in the movie, my parents were,” Hailee Steinfeld said during a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly.

    So what stands out most for Steinfeld about her first day on the set of Pitch Perfect 2?

    “Well, I remember the first day I got there, I got off the plane, having not slept the day before, and went into dance rehearsal that they were already two weeks into, which in Bellas rehearsal time is a lot of work. I thought I’d just go in and meet everyone and they’d take my measurements and do a fitting and I’d get settled. That was not the case! I literally got off the plane and was in dance rehearsal and was so completely lost and disoriented,” she said.

    Was Hailee Steinfeld welcomed into the Pitch Perfect 2 cast in a different or similar way to the welcome Emily Junk received from the Barden Bellas?

    “I would actually say there were more similarities than differences. Emily comes into the picture and the girls are a little skeptical. To be a Bella, you have to have certain qualities, right? So I think coming into this cast, I got in and I think the girls were like “Okay, let’s see if this girl can jump in with us. Let’s see if this girl can get into it.” And again, they were very supportive and very great, but I think there was a little bit of that as there is with Emily,” Hailee Steinfeld said.

    Have you checked out Hailee Steinfeld in Pitch Perfect 2 yet? If so, what do you think of her as one of the new Barden Bellas?

    And if you haven’t checked her out yet, is Pitch Perfect 2 on your must-see movie list for the near future?

  • Anna Kendrick and ‘Pitch Perfect 2’ Cast Receive Mixed Reviews

    Anna Kendrick and the rest of the cast of Pitch Perfect 2 have received a mixed bag of reviews. The film opens in theaters nationwide today.

    The Barden Bellas–the a cappella group that sang their way to movie fame in Pitch Perfect–are back for round two. Headlined by returning stars Rebel Wilson and Anna Kendrick, Pitch Perfect 2 is directed by Elizabeth Banks.

    So is their pitch–um, perfect?

    The Los Angeles Times reports that according to most reviews, yes.

    According to their reviewer Betsey Sharkey, “the comedy choir wars are more intense, more absurd and more low-brow fun than ever in Pitch Perfect 2. It is almost impossible not to be amused by the cutthroat world of competitive a cappella.”

    Anna Kendrick “continues to prove her comic and singing chops,” Wilson’s schtick is “still funny–for now,” and newcomer Hailee Steinfeld “proves a very good addition to the chorus line…freshening up a fairly predictable plot,” Starkey writes.

    Entertainment Weekly only gives it a B+ and reports that it “sometimes feels less like a movie than a two-hour episode of Glee ghostwritten by Amy Schumer; jokes fly like they’re being shot from T-shirt guns at a gonzo pep rally, and not all of them stick the landing.”

    EW’s Leah Greenblatt adds that “the story also gives big, joyful voice to groups whose members have spent their whole lives being targeted because of who they are, be it black, gay, overweight, female, or just deeply uncool. Now–to quote Beyonce, a patron saint of ‘Pitch’ery–they run this mother.”

    NPR wasn’t a fan, but had no problem with Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, and Brittany Snow in its review.

    “The effortless charms of Kendrick, Wilson and top-notch bit players like Brittany Snow and Adam DeVine now play second fiddle to so much shock humor and extended celebrity cameos that a Saturday Night Live parody would feel redundant. Pitch Perfect 2 is singing a completely different tune from the 2012 original. And the notes are feeling a bit overproduced.”

    Do you have plans to check out Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, and the rest of the Barden Bellas in Pitch Perfect 2 this weekend?