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Photos: Jena Malone at Vanity Fair And Juicy Couture "Vanities" 20th Anniversary

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Jena Malone (who is looking gorgeous in the new photos below) attended the Vanity Fair and Juicy Couture "Vanities" 20th Anniversary hosted by Vanity Fair West Coast Editor Krista Smith and actress Shailene Woodley in support of All It Takes at Siren Studios on February 20, 2012 in Hollywood, California. Jena has several upcoming films (for 2012 and 2013 ) include the love story Jack and Diane (as Susan) with Juno Temple , which will be released in theaters June 1st , the indie drama For Ellen (as Susan) with Paul Dano , which competed (in US Dramatic category) and premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival last January 21st and had screenings from Jan. 21, 23-27 , A Doll's House (as Christine Linde) with Ben Kingsley , In Our Nature (previously titled Family Tree ) with Gabrielle Union ,  Lonely Hunter (as Carson McCullers), Mu (as Maura O’Halloran ), and  The Wait (as Angela) with Chloe Sevigny .  In addition to those upcoming films, Jen...

Casting News: Jena Malone cast in 'A Doll's House' with Ben Kingsley and Julian Sands

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Variety reports that Jena Malone has been cast in the feature film adaptation of Henrik Ibsen ’s classic play A Doll's House . She is cast along with Ben Kingsley , Julian Sands ( The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ), and Michele Martin ( Assisting Venus ). They are set as the leads in the adaptation. Charles Huddleston ( Assisting Venus ) is directing the pic which will be a modern day version of Ibsen’s play. The film centers on “a young woman’s escape from an overbearing husband set during today’s recession.” Martin will play Nora Helmer, the young wife of a banking executive. Malone will take on the role of Nora’s friend Christine , who must choose between her loyalty to her friend or her own future, with Kingsley playing the Helmers’ friend Dr. Rank and Sands set as Nathan, “a professional in the seedy world of lending desperate people money.” Ibsen’s Norwegian play was first published in 1879, and centers on a debt crisis.  The film is set to start filming in Ja...