"VIP for a Day" IHeartRadio Music Festival 2015 (TV Episode 2015)

IHeartRadio Music Festival 2015: Directed by Nicole Alexander. With Jennifer Lopez, Demi Lovato, Nick Jonas, Blake Shelton. Four lucky fans were selected to be ‘VIPs For A Day’ at the 2015 iHeartRadio Music Festival. Here is their summary of the weekend! Featuring Kanye, COLDPLAY, Jason Derulo, J.Lo, Puff Diddy, Tori Kelly, Sam Smith, The Weeknd, Fall Out Boy, Prince Royce, Demi Lovato and WAY more of your fav artists!

“I must say, I was worried about this one. Catching Fire is my favorite book of the trilogy, but cinematically it makes absolutely no sense. The Hunger Games reads like a screenplay–Catching Fire is a meandery epic full of worldbuilding and exposition for a war that wonu0026#39;t even begin until Mockingjay. So I was pleasantly surprised to find that this installment of the hit franchise, directed by industry rookie Francis Lawrence, was maybe even more engaging than its predecessor.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eVisually, it is a feat. The attention to detail is remarkable. Lawrence, along with screenwriters Michael Hardt and Suzanne Collins herself, manages to weave in all of the necessary set up to the upcoming war against The Capitol without it feeling tedious or heavy-handed. The new additions to the cast, most notably Philip Seymor Hoffmanu0026#39;s Plutarch Heavensbee and Sam Claflinu0026#39;s Finnick Ou0026#39;Dair, are excellent, and the dialogue is much less wooden than, forgive me, the dialogue in the books sometimes is. Moreover, it is impressive that even with so many new people and so many moving parts, the central thread of Rebellion shines through.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOf course, with so much plot, so much to set up, one can hardly blame Catching Fire for falling short in the emotional department–as is, it clocks in at 2 hours and 26 minutes–but I did find myself wanting some steamier Peeta/Katniss action. I was disappointed by Lawrenceu0026#39;s apparent disregard for the relationship between Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence, no relation) and Peeta (the incomparable Josh Hutcherson). To me, Catching Fire is about Peeta. Itu0026#39;s the Peeta show.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eHereu0026#39;s the thing: Katniss is supposed to be conflicted, not indifferent about Peeta. In the paper version, the reader, and by extension Katniss herself, feels truly torn between Gale and Peeta. She canu0026#39;t help but slowly fall in love with Peeta, who is so charming and funny and relentlessly Good. In this iteration, Katniss and Peeta have little to no chemistry, and Peeta only speaks when it is necessary to move the plot forward. Gale, on the other hand, is 6u0026#39;4 and literally a Hemsworth. That he is a Hemsworth is no oneu0026#39;s fault, I guess, but maybe Peeta should have been allowed to say some of the cute stuff he says in the books.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe u0026quot;adultsu0026quot; in the cast–Woody Harrelsonu0026#39;s Haymitch and Donald Sutherlandu0026#39;s President Snow have much meatier roles than they do in the books. To their credit, they are fantastic. But I canu0026#39;t help but wonder how much more potent this movie could have been if Lawrence had trusted his young stars a bit more with the emotional heavy lifting.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThough it fell a bit short of exceptional, Catching Fire is by no means a Sophomore Slump, and I look forward to watching Mockingjay Part 1 on the big screen when it comes out!”