“I didn’t go to prom,” she revealed in an interview with E! News’ Francesca Amiker. “Nobody invited me.”
Though while her fellow 2008 grads were preparing to collect their diplomas, she acknowledged, “I was in New York auditioning.”
Of course the 33-year-old has since made up for lost time, donning couture for a seemingly endless parade of black tie events.
But there is one surprising A-list affair that still gives her agita to think about.
Though she was thrilled to have wed art dealer Cooke Maroney in 2019, the act of being a bride was “awful” she shared with E! News’ Keltie Knight at the Golden Globes.
“It’s so stressful. You’re not having fun. You’re just like, ‘Is that person having fun?’” explained the mom to 2-year-old son Cy. “I’ll never forget—I was freaking out about the guests being cold, and all of my friends were lying they’re like, ‘Nobody’s cold, nobody’s cold, everything’s fine, everything’s fine.’”
But it was her mom who tossed some cold water on the situation, she shared: “My mom was like, ‘It’s freezing out there, your grandmother almost died.”
Though the guest who stressed her out the most was actually Robert De Niro, her costar in Joy, American Hustle and Silver Linings Playbook.
While he dutifully turned up to her rehearsal dinner, “I looked over and I saw Bob, who doesn’t know anybody and he’s kind of wandering around, and I immediately was like, ‘No, this isn’t what he wants to be doing. I don’t want him here,’” she recalled. “So I went over and whispered, I was like, ‘Go home’ and he was nice—he like talked to my parents and was polite—but I was like, ‘Go.’”
Once he took her advice and left, she continued, “That just genuinely made me feel better.”
Should De Niro take home the trophy for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for his role in Killers of the Flower Moon (he’s up against American Fiction‘s Sterling K. Brown, Oppenheimer‘s Robert Downey Jr., Barbie‘s Ryan Gosling and Poor Things‘ Mark Ruffalo), she’ll likely have an entirely different message for him.
See which other stars could be celebrating at the 2024 Oscars by checking out all the first-time nominees.
America Ferrera
This Barbie is a first-time Oscar nominee for Best Support ing Actress.
Cillian Murphy
The Oppenheimer star earned a Best Actor in a Motion Picture nod for his work as J. Robert Oppenheimer in frequent collaborator Christopher Nolan’s biographical drama.
Lily Gladstone
Following her breakout role as Molly Burkhart in The Killers of the Flower Moon, the 37-year-old picked up an Oscar nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture.
Jeffrey Wright
The Emmy winner is a first-time Oscar nominee for his role as frustrated novelist Thelonious “Monk” Ellison in American Fiction.
Robbie Robertson
The founding member of The Band and longtime Martin Scorsese collaborator, who passed away in August, posthumously earned his first Oscar nomination for Best Original Score.
Emily Blunt
While she’s has attended the Oscars several times as a presenter, 2024 marks her first year as a nominee for Best Supporting Actress
Colman Domingo
The Rustin star earned a Best Actor nomination for his role as Bayard Rustin in the biopic
Da’Vine Joy Randolph
The Holdovers star will continue her impressive 2024 award season run as a Best Supporting Actress nominee. So far this year, she’s nabbed a Golden Globe and Critics Choice Award.
Scott George
Killers of a Flower Moon earned Best Original Song nomination for “Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People).”
Sandra Hüller
The German performer is up for Best Actress for her work in the French legal thriller Anatomy of a Fall.
Danielle Brooks
The Orange Is the New Black alum is a Best Supporting Actress nominee for her work in The Color Purple.
Sterling K. Brown
The This is Us alum will compete for Best Supporting Actor for his work in American Fiction.
Justine Triet
The Anatomy of a Fall director picked up her first Best Director nod.
Jennifer Lawrence And Josh Hutcherson Are Returning To The Hunger Games Universe
The rumors are true, and months of denials have officially aged like milk. Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson are reportedly returning to the world of Panem, reprising their iconic roles as Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark in Lionsgate’s highly anticipated prequel, The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.
At first, the idea seemed impossible. The new film takes place decades before Katniss ever volunteered for the Hunger Games, making the return of Lawrence and Hutcherson appear unlikely. However, the filmmakers have reportedly found a clever way to bring the beloved characters back without disrupting the timeline of the original trilogy.
The key is a framing device reportedly taken from Suzanne Collins’ latest novel. The story is expected to feature an older Katniss and Peeta spending time with Haymitch Abernathy as he tells them about the horrifying experience he endured during his own Hunger Games. This approach gives fans an opportunity to see the original characters again while allowing the prequel to remain focused on Haymitch’s story.
The revelation is especially amusing considering Josh Hutcherson’s recent comments about the project. For months, the actor insisted that he knew nothing about the upcoming film and emphasized how much he still loved the franchise. In Hollywood, however, such denials can often mean that a carefully worded confidentiality agreement is keeping the truth under wraps. Fans now have plenty of reason to laugh at those earlier statements.
Sunrise on the Reaping centers on the 50th Hunger Games, known as the Second Quarter Quell. This particular Games was designed to be especially brutal, with twice the usual number of tributes being sent into the arena. The story follows a young Haymitch as he struggles to survive one of the most devastating and psychologically intense Games in Panem’s history.
Bringing Katniss and Peeta into the story through a framing sequence could create an emotional connection between Haymitch’s past and the characters fans have followed since the beginning of the franchise. It also gives Lawrence and Hutcherson a chance to return without changing the events established in the original films.
Fans have already taken to social media to celebrate the reported reunion, with many joking about how successfully the actors managed to keep the secret. The combination of familiar stars, Suzanne Collins’ source material, and director Francis Lawrence returning has created enormous anticipation.
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping is scheduled to arrive in theaters on November 20, 2026. Whether Katniss and Peeta appear only briefly or play a more meaningful role remains unclear, but their return could make this new chapter one of the franchise’s biggest cinematic events yet.
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