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  • Hailee Steinfeld: ‘Pitch Perfect 2’ Star Sings Again, This Time With Shawn Mendes

    Hailee Steinfeld can act, and now everyone knows she can sing, too. Steinfeld first wowed fans with her pipes in Pitch Perfect 2. Two months ago she scored a record deal. Most recently, however, she exercises her vocal prowess in a duet with Shawn Mendes. The two performed a version of his song “Stitches.”

    Shawn Mendes and Hailee Steinfeld are an excellent singing duo. Their voices meld beautifully in this song.

    It was Tuesday when their duet showed up on YouTube.

    Check out Hailee Steinfeld and Shawn Mendes for yourself.

    On Wednesday, Hailee Steinfeld announced that her first single, “I Love Me,” will come out in about a week.

    JustJared.com posted the following to their Instagram account, captioning it, “This song is gonna be a smash! #HaileeSteinfeld just revealed the artwork for her debut single #LoveMyself!”

    A photo posted by Just Jared (@justjared) on

    Do you remember Hailee Steinfeld when she first burst onto the acting scene? She played little Mattie Ross in the 2010 film True Grit. From there she has grown into an 18-year-old young woman, and a very talented performer–both on the big screen and behind a microphone. She recently appeared in Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood” music video, too.

    Do you expect Hailee Steinfeld might soon be a big singing star, too? Or will her forte remain in the acting field?

  • 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?

  • Hailee Steinfeld Parties With Pal Taylor Swift

    Hailee Steinfeld, the 17-year-old actress most well-known for her role in 2010’s True Grit, partied with her girlfriends at a Golden Globes party on Sunday night.

    Steinfeld danced the night away with friends Taylor Swift, Sarah Hyland, and Jaime King at the awards show after-party at Old Trader Vic’s at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

    Steinfeld posted pictures of the clan on her Twitter and Instagram accounts on Monday. Eyewitnesses have said that the foursome appeared to be having the time of their lives dancing to tunes by Rihanna and M.I.A.

    The Romeo and Juliet actress first rose to fame in 2010 with the blockbuster True Grit, co-starring Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon.

    Steinfeld was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Academy Awards that year for her performance in the film. While she didn’t win that particular night, she did go on to claim the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her portrayal of Mattie Ross.

    The 2014 Golden Globes were held Sunday night, and the after-party hosted by the Weinstein Company at the hotel in Beverly Hills.

    Fellow partygoers told Us Weekly that the girls were the life of the party, “literally jumping and dancing.”

    Main image courtesy @HaileeSteinfeld via Twitter.