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Jennifer Lawrence appears on the 2012 Hollywood Cover [Movies]
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Louisville loves our local legends: Hunter S. Thompson is celebrated with the annual Gonzofest, Muhammed Ali has a whole museum dedicated to him, and the city seems to collectively wet their pants in excitement at any mention of My Morning Jacket. Last year’s Academy Awards gave us a new local hero via a Best Actress nomination for Louisvillian Jennifer Lawrence.
Louisville's Jennifer Lawrence loses out on Best Actress Oscar to Natalie Portman [Movies]
Despite a strong breakthrough performance in the romantic comedy drama "Winter's Bone," Louisville's Jennifer Lawrence lost out on the Oscar for Best Actress to Natalie Portman for her role in "Black Swan." To answer the all-important Louisville question: Lawrence didn't go to high school here; she attended Kammerer Middle School but left the city for New York at 14 years old to begin her acting career (but it would've been Ballard High School if she'd stuck around).
Too young for methods: Louisville's Academy Award-nominated actress Jennifer Lawrence [Movies]
This article appeared in the December 2010 issue of Louisville Magazine. Since that time, of course, Jennifer Lawrence was nominated for an Academy Award.
Filming on the outskirts of London has ended for the day, and Jennifer Lawrence is excited to return to her two-bedroom Notting Hill apartment. She has already been in England for a couple of months now, playing the role of the mutant Mystique in the X-Men franchise’s newest installment.
The 10 funniest Louisville tweets about the Academy Awards
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