Stanley Tucci Talks 'Mockingjay' and Caesar Flickerman With MTV

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Stanley Tucci finished his work on the upcoming two-part Mockingjay a few months ago, only on set for a handful of days before putting the role of flamboyant talk show host Caesar Flickerman to bed for good. He talked with MTV's Josh Horowitz about Mockingjay, the cast, and saying goodbye to Caesar.

“In the last two, he has a bit less to do,” Tucci said. “But it was great nonetheless. They’re great movies.”

Even though his final moments with the character were brief, Tucci cherished the opportunity to sink those pearly-white teeth into Caesar one last time. 

“Those are great people, and it’s such a fun character. So much fun,” he said. “I got to know Woody Harrelson, who I adore. Josh and Jennifer, of course. The loveliest people. Lovely people.”

“I was very sad to say goodbye to them,” he continued. “You don’t always feel that way when you finish a movie.”

LISTEN: Josh Hutcherson Talks 'Mockingjay' & His Celebrity Basketball Game on Seacrest

Josh Hutcherson called in to On Air with Ryan Seacrest to talk about the last two installments of Mockingjay, as well as The Josh Hutcherson Celebrity Basketball Game, which takes place on August 8. This must've been pre-taped because we all know Mockingjay wrapped on Friday.

“Tomorrow is our final wrap day for all the Hunger Games,” explains Josh. “One more day, and it’s a very bittersweet ending.”

And when the wrap celebration happens, he jokes, ”I think people are going to party pretty hard. They’ve been shooting this for nine months now … we started in October last year.”

As for Josh’s Celebrity Basketball Game, the 5’7″ actor — who plays for his gay-straight alliance, Straight But Not Narrow – explained how he makes it to the hoop. “It’s a low center of gravity thing, I just make it work. You’ve got to be quick … It’s the third year we’ve done this event. And it’s getting bigger and bigger every year. And so much fun every time.”

Tickets for The Josh Hutcherson Celebrity Basketball Game go on sale today at 10 a.m. at Nike3On3.com.

And did you notice how he avoided confirming that hiccup story?

Josh Hutcherson Will be On Air With Ryan Seacrest Monday Morning

Josh on the red carpet at last year's SBNN Nike 3 on 3 Basketball tourneyJosh Hutcherson will be on the On Air With Ryan Seacrest radio show tomorrow morning, Monday, June 23rd. The show airs from 5:00am - 10:00am PT. Josh will be talking about the 3rd annual SBNN Celebrity charity basketball game that he'll once again be hosting. Sounds like they've made some changes to the event and will be discussing it on the show, along with how to purchase tickets. Last year the event was held in Los Angeles on August 9th. You can check out the photos and video from last year HERE.

Listen live HERE tomorrow. We're not sure when he'll be on between 5-10am but we'll be listening along.

'Mockingjay' Wraps and 'The Hunger Games' Cast & Crew React

Josh, Woody, Liam and JenniferWell, that was emotional! Filming for Mockingjay wrapped yesterday and The Hunger Games series is finished filming forever. Sure, there could be a few reshoots, but Josh Hutcherson is already back to brunette and the cast of our beloved films have been sharing their parting thoughts on social media.

Director Francis Lawrence made it official on twitter:

Producer Nina Jacobson tweeted the photo above (and see photo guide below) with the caption:

"That’s a wrap. Thank you Suzanne Collins. Thank you Francis Lawrence. Thank you HG Fans. Other than that, I’m speechless."

Handy little photo guide thanks to @everlark4evaaaa

Sam Claflin took to twitter this morning with a 3-tweet-long message that siad:

“I just want/need to express my many thanks to everyone (cast, crew & fans) who have worked so hard for so long to make The Hunger Games experience what it is. But for also trusting me enough to let me be part of it. I feel privileged, honored and so very lucky to have shared this opportunity with so many passionate & talented people.”

Willow Shields posted this lovely photo and caption to her instagram:

Such a bittersweet moment... Mockingjay Parts 1 & 2 have officially wrapped! This has been such a wonderful journey and I cannot wait till you see the films! What a huge part of my life and I wanna thank all of you beautiful people for supporting our series all the way! Are you excited or are you EXCITED to see Mockingjay?

And some of our other cast members tweeted their thoughts as well:

Making yesterday even more poignant was all of you tributes trending #ThankYouTHGCast and #ThankYouTHGCastandCrew across social media and sharing your thoughts and photos. We trended #ThankYouTHGCastandCrew on twitter in the US and UK, and Mockingjay was trending on tumblr.

Fear not, tibutes! We still have 2 amazing Mockingjay movies to look forward to and lots of promotional marketing to come. So tributes....We Remain!

Salute The Hunger Games Cast in on the Last Day of 'Mockingjay'

#ThankYouTHGCast

Image by @capitowns on twitterToday is the day. The last day of Mockingjay filming, and the last day of filming on The Hunger Games movies……. forever. It’s a bittersweet thing, my friends. Today we'd like to thank The Hunger Games cast for all of their hard work and talent to beautifully bring this trilogy to the screen.

So, let's let them know what they mean to us. Let's get #ThankYouTHGCast trending across social media today.

11:00 AM PT

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Check this time zone converter if you need to figure out what time this is in your country.

And let's show the The Hunger Games team what they mean to us!

Vote Everlark in the MTVU Fandom Awards

By now it's probably no secret that we ship Everlark over here at PP. If you sail the same 'ship (enjoy Katniss Everdeen & Peeta Mellark, in a relationSHIP for those of you who are new here) you can vote for Everlark as 'Ship of The Year in the first ever Fandom Awards. Brought to you by MTV’s 24-hour college network, mtvU, the fandom awards will bring fans and talent from the nominated shows and movies together July 24th at Petco Park in San Diego during Comic-Con, with an awards special to air on July 27 on MTV and mtvU.

You can vote HERE.

From MTVU:

The first-ever mtvU Fandom Awards will honor diehard fangirls and fanboys as well as their favorite shows and movies in a 60-minute special worthy of big-time feels. With a performance from multi-platinum rock band Linkin Park as well as surprises that will set fandom hearts a-flutter, this will be a series finale status can’t-miss event. So tear yourself away from drooling over your favorite OTPs and binge-watching Teen Wolf to watch it on Sunday, July 27 at 8 pm ET/PT!

The Capitol PN Relaunches With District Heroes Propaganda

TODAY WE CELEBRATE THE PROUD MEN AND WOMEN WHO LIVE AND BREATHE THEIR DISTRICTS. TODAY WE ARE ONE PANEM

We've been waiting to find out what was going to happen at The Capitol.PN since that hypnotizing spinning Capitol symbol first appeared there last Friday. Today, TheCapitol.PN relaunched with a bang - and some incredibly well-done Mockingjay propaganda District Heroes posters.

Our initial thoughts of, "Where are the pictures of the cast?" were quickly replaced once we looked a little deeper into the campaign. Isn't this just what The Capitol would do? Use propaganda during a rebellion to try to unify the country? And use (probably) Capitol citizens to stand in for the people of the districts - including District 12- which fans would understand, didn't exist at the end of Catching Fire? 

We're excited that this might be just the start of a larger Capitol propaganda campaign that might end with some rebel hacks, some beautiful posters of our cast and, at least by Comic Con, a trailer. If the district heroes look this good, imagine Peeta in Capitol propaganda.

Bring it on!

Be sure to read more about each District Hero at TheCapitol.PN and sign up for updates from CapitolTV. See the full size pics in our Gallery.

TOMORROW! Something 'Mockingjay' Is Coming From The Capitol

TheCapitol.PN just announced via social media that something Mockingjay is happening tomorrow, Thursday, June 19th! 

The official announcement:

TOMORROW: Join The Capitol in its appreciation for the steadfast and industrious people of this #OnePanem

And so it begins.... Hopefully this kicks off a bunch of new and consistent Mockingjay marketing. Seems like maybe character posters to us. Wouldn't it be amazing if it was a propo hacked by the rebels? Whatever it is, we are STOKED! Come fangirl and fanboy with us tomorrow on twitter, facebook, tumblr and pinterest!