Latest in Jennifer Lawrence

Like Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence wants nothing to do with Harvey Weinstein’s attempts at image polishing. "Harvey Weinstein and his company are continuing to do what they have always done which is to take things out of context and use them for their own benefit,” says Lawrence in a statement from London, where her…

Disgraced and much accused producer Harvey Weinstein is seeking to have a sexual misconduct class action lawsuit against him thrown out of court and he's using some of Hollywood's leading ladies as a partial blunt object to get his way. "These proposed class definitions are fatally overbroad as to be not…

“You have a gift, you know how to survive — this is what you are meant to do.” That’s the launch point for Jennifer Lawrence’s ballerina-turned-secret weapon in Red Sparrow, the movie adaptation of Jason Matthews’s spy novel that 20th Century Fox is prepping for its March 2 release with a new trailer. Francis Lawrence…

Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence is attached to star in and produce 19th century true-crime drama Burial Rites, which is being directed Luca Guadagnino, who is a front-runner in the Oscar race with his romance-drama Call Me by Your Name. Allison Shearmur and Justine Ciarrocchi also are producing, while TriStar Pictures…

When Jennifer Lawrence came onto the DGA Theater stage as part of Paramount’s presentation at last month’s 7th annual Deadline’s The Contenders event she described her film mother! as simply “an assault, but a necessary one.” In front of a packed audience of AMPAS and key guild voters, the Oscar-winning star explained…

It's not often that we see a young established actress early on in her career make a daring 180 from the types of roles she's built her image upon. But that is exactly what Silver Linings Playbook Oscar-winner Jennifer Lawrence did in Darren Aronofsky's mother! Lawrence plays the film's title character, a woman whose…

“It’s certainly not a darling. It never crossed our mind that everyone was going to love it,” Jennifer Lawrence said at The Contenders today of mother!, Darren Aronofsky’s polarizing Paramount picture in which she stars opposite Javier Bardem. “It’s an assault, but I think it’s necessary. I’m proud of us, and I’m…

The seventh annual The Contenders, Deadline’s movie awards-season event, is now underway at the DGA Theater in Hollywood. A total of 19 studios and distributors are showing off their Oscar-contender wares at the all-day happening in front of an invitation-only audience comprised mostly of Academy voters and key guild…

ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live is featuring guest hosts this week. Kimmel’s show explained in an email his son Billy’s scheduled second heart surgery had to be postponed this week due to a common cold. Shaquille O’Neal will host Monday night, followed by Dave Grohl on Tuesday, Channing Tatum on Wednesday, Jennifer Lawrence…

It only took one day for The Contenders to put up the "no room at the inn" sign. Deadline’s seventh annual daylong event, which kicks off the movie awards season on November 4, will feature such stars and filmmakers as Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Chastain, Chadwick Boseman, James Franco, Greta Gerwig, Gary Oldman…

Jennifer Lawrence has added her voice to the group of Hollywood heavyweights who have spoken up in reaction to the sexual harassment allegations surrounding Harvey Weinstein. Lawrence, who won a Best Actress Oscar in 2012 for The Weinstein Co’s Silver Linings Playbook, said in a statement late Monday night that she…

Editor's Note: Harvey Weinstein is an occasional contributor to Deadline when he has something on his mind. One of my favorite films that I ever distributed is Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master. Believe me, it’ll live in history long after most celluloid fades. When you watch it and then watch something like John…