Lenny Kravitz & His Sensual, Sexy Self Officially Join The Cast Of The Hunger Games

By Dodai Stewart  |  May 24, 2011 | 1:00pm
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We heard this rumor a few weeks ago, and now a confirmation: Lenny Kravitz has been cast as Cinna in The Hunger Games. Love love love this casting. The sexy, sensitive rock star! Cinna is a stylist for Katniss — and injects political messages into her garments — but becomes her friend. In the book, he is described as looking relatively “normal,” as opposed to the people of the Capitol, who dye their skin and surgically alter their features. When Katniss first meets Cinna, he is wearing metallic gold eyeliner, which “brings of the flecks of gold in his green eyes.” Hunger Games director Gary Ross says: “When I saw Lenny’s work in Precious I was just knocked out. It was quiet and strong and understated and open hearted; all qualities which define this character. I’m really looking forward to this ride.” Props for making this an even more multiracial cast. [Examiner, Hollywood Reporter]

Jennifer Lawrence on her Hunger Games training: “[It’s] actually really fun. I’ve done archery for about six weeks, and rock climbing, tree climbing-and combat, running and vaulting. But also yoga and things like that, to stay catlike!” [Huffington Post]

Model/actress Estella Warren is in jail. Apparently, she was driving in L.A. when she allegedly hit three parked cars with her Prius. Warren sped away from the scene, but cops caught up with her, and arrested her for DUI —although she didn’t go without a fight, resisting arrest and kicking an officer. Allegedly. While in the police station, the model managed to get out of her handcuffs and run out the back door! She was captured, but a source says: “She was really hammered.” Damn, girl. Get it together. I’m all for boozing it up, but do not get in a car afterwards. Jeez. [TMZ]

So many people tried to download Lady Gaga‘s album for 99¢ on Amazon.com that the site’s servers crashed. [AP]

Unsurprising: Lady Gaga once had a threesome. [Contact Music]

According to this report, Maria Shriver suspected Arnold Schwarzenegger of having affairs with numerous members of their household staff. A source says: “It’s perhaps little surprise that after suspicions were aroused, they subsequently didn’t last long in employment.” However. Maria did not suspect Arnold had a relationship with Mildred “Patty” Baena. [Showbiz Spy]

Yes: Maria Shriver has hired a private investigator to find out how much Arnold is worth and how many children he has fathered out of wedlock. [Radar]

“Prince William, Kate Met Sharks, Baby Turtles on Honeymoon.” [Us Magazine]

  • International affairs: Blake Lively and Leonardo DiCaprio have been spotted hugging and sightseeing and laughing and walking all over Europe. [People]
  • Lindsay Lohan says the paparazzi have ruined her life. “I don’t even leave my house much any more because I don’t want to deal with it… I cook, I paint, I write and I watch a lot of TV but I don’t go out.” [Showbiz Spy]
  • “Lindsay Lohan partied harder than she worked in Miami this weekend.” [Page Six]
  • Lindsay Lohan on her little sister: “She’s seen a lot of stuff that I’ve experienced and she knows exactly what not to do. So she kind of knows better through watching me. She’s tougher than I am. She has a good head on her shoulders. Maybe it was different for me because I didn’t know what to expect and it just happened really fast. I didn’t have a big sister… If I’m going out late, she’ll go home early.” [Contact Music]
  • Sean Penn and Scarlett Johansson are still seeing each other, but Sean was spotted with two female “friends” at 4 a.m. in a hotel in Cannes over the weekend. [Gatecrasher]
  • I admit it, I would download the shit out of a ScarJo and Massive Attack collabo. [Perez]
  • “Kat Von D‘s Relationship With Jesse Doomed, Says Her Pal.” Paging the ORLY owl. ORLY owl to the white courtesy phone, please. [Radar]
  • Hot New Couple Alert: Ke$ha and T-Pain! Cant’t wait til they record a track about top hats, booze and unicorns. [E!]
  • Billicity! Huffmacy! Adorbs! [NYDN]
  • Got $8.6 million? You can buy the ’60s ranch-style house in Bel Air where Elizabeth Taylor lived for 30 years. [People]
  • United States Of Tara: Canceled. [TV Squad]
  • The blonde lady has given the gargantuan engagement ring back to the dude from The Bachelor. [TV Squad]
  • Yikes! Medic! Hobbits injured! Hobbits down! [Contact Music]
  • David Schwimmer and wife Zoe Buckman have welcomed a daughter named Cleo. [People]

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