Welcome, welcome, to more news about LeakyCon Portland! LeakyCon announced this morning that Jackie Emerson – better known as Foxface from the Hunger Games film – will be joining the long list of con guests! From their announcement: Earlier this year, More…
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Catching Fire: Trailer to Book Comparison
With the first Catching Fire trailer coming out at the MTV Video Awards two days ago, we here at Leaky News wanted to compare the events in the trailer to the events in the book. Did they stay close to More…
NPR’s Top 100 Best-Ever Teen Novels
This morning NPR released its Top 100 Best-Ever Teen Novels list, noting that “it’s almost a cliche at this point to say that teen fiction isn’t just for teens anymore.” We agree, but it still needs to be heard! Just More…
Hunger Games First Edition For Sale
I was wondering how long it would take for something like this to happen now that Hunger Games mania has properly swept the entirety of North America. According to PerezHilton, a signed first edition copy of Suzanne Collins’ blockbuster The More…
Meet Up at Midnight at the Hanging Tree
With the recent Hunger Games hype (there was a movie, didn’t you know?), it’s only expected that musically talented YouTubers get involved in their way. Whether it’s HG-rock (hrock? hgrock?) [Editor's Note: Rockingjay!] or beautiful renditions of “The Hanging Tree” More…
Hunger is Not a Game in the New York Times
The New York Times has once again featured Imagine Better’s Hunger is Not a Game campaign, reiterating the incredible influence fandoms can have. Courtney Martin was the same reporter who featured Hunger is Not a Game ten days previously – one More…
Lionsgate Retracts Its Claws: “Hunger Is Not a Game” Campaign Safe from Litigation
Lionsgate said in a LA Times article tonight that it has no intention of pursuing any legal action against the organizations, including The HPA’s Imagine Better Project, involved in the “Hunger is Not a Game” campaign. The company said its More…
This is How We Should Adapt Books! (LeakyNews “Hunger Games” Review)
(Note: there are NO spoilers in the top half of this article, and only very very mild ones after the warning.) The question, for me, isn’t whether or not The Hunger Games filmmakers got everything right. Because they did. They More…
NY Times Covers ‘Hunger Is Not a Game’ Campaign
This morning the New York Times released an article about the Harry Potter Alliance’s ‘Hunger Is Not a Game’ campaign, which is spearheaded by our good friend Andrew Slack. Andrew also helped to co-found the HPA, along with Paul DeGeorge More…
New Alex Carpenter Hunger Games Album Released
Youtube and wizard rock darling Alex Carpenter has released a brand new Hunger Games EP today, appropriately titled ‘Fire is Catching.’ The EP features five tracks dedicated to the blockbuster by Suzanne Collins, the film of which is coming out More…
10 Things We Want from “The Hunger Games” Film
(Please note that this article contains spoilers about the entire Hunger Games series.) It’s almost here! If critical mass on Rotten Tomatoes can be believed this early, and can be legitimately combined with box office figures, The Hunger Games is More…
“Hunger Is Not A Game” Livestream Launch with Evanna Lynch: Tonight 7pm EST
The Harry Potter Alliance has launched the Imagine Better Project in their aim to expand the successful model of the HPA in order to use ”the magic of all stories to help inspire and uplift the story of humanity”, starting with The Hunger More…
Second Games Clip: In Which Lenny Kravitz Makes Cinna Even More of a Badass
I mean, how many other men in Hollywood could have pulled off gold eyeliner? It’s divine. It’s perfect. CapitolTV has released another Hunger Games clip, this time featuring Katniss and Cinna’s introduction. He’s here to help… help us get all doe-eyed More…
Harry Potter, Hunger Games Nominated for Kids’ Choice Awards
The nominees for Nickelodeon’s 2012 Kids’ Choice Awards have been announced, and some of our favorites have the chance to take home a Blimp. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II is nominated for Favorite Movie. Daniel Radcliffe and Emma More…
Cinna and Katniss Right Before the… oh lord.
Shield your heart! This photo has just come out via all the usual Tumblr/Twitter/everythings and GUH: Oh lordy. That’s all. The Hunger Games debuts in cinemas March 23, 2012. You Might Also Like:The Best Resource For the Best Arrested Development More…

