Anna’s got a new project! Sort of. She will be featured in LCD Soundsystem’s music video for the song “Pow Wow”. MTV visited the set and here’s an interview. More info on when the video will be released should be posted soon.

Anna Kendrick Grooves In LCD Soundsystem’s ‘Pow Pow’ Video
‘Up in the Air’ and ‘Twilight’ actress says she’s a ‘pretty lame dancer.’

To follow up the quirky, yet warm and fuzzy (because it’s full of guys in panda suits) video for “Drunk Girls,” LCD Soundsystem have enlisted some top-notch talent for their second video off This Is Happening, “Pow Pow.” James Murphy and company have David Ayer (“Training Day”) in the director’s chair, along with Oscar-nominated actress Anna Kendrick as their clip’s ingénue.

MTV News was lucky enough to visit the Los Angeles set of the video recently, where we chatted with Kendrick about how she came to be a fan of the British electro-dance group, as well as the star of “Pow Pow.”

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Today is our girl’s 25th birthday, woo-hoo! Leave some comments about why you love Anna! :)

Tomorrow night, Anna and her “Scott Pilgrim vs the World” co-stars will be on hand at the annual Eisner Awards at Comic-Con to present 3 awards. You do not need a ticket to attend, just your Comic-Con badge.

Universal Pictures’ Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Cast to Present Eisner Awards

JULY 22, 2010, SAN DIEGO — Members of the cast of Universal Picture’s action-comedy Scott Pilgrim vs. the World are kicking off the awards ceremony for the 22nd annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, this Friday night as part of Comic-Con International, the largest comic book convention in the Western Hemisphere.

The Eisner Awards, considered the comics industry’s “Oscars,” will be held in the Indigo Room at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront on Friday, July 23, 2010, at 8:30 p.m.

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, which opens August 13, is based on the graphic novel series by cartoonist Bryan Lee O’Malley. Volume 5 in the series is nominated in the Best Humor Publication category. Cast members from the film will be the first presenters of the evening, announcing the nominees and winners and three categories. Those expected to appear include Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Satya Bhabha, Alison Pill, Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza, Brandon Routh, Jason Schwartzman, Johnny Simmons, Mark Webber, Mae Whitman and Ellen Wong.

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Huge congrats to Anna, she is among the Academy’s 135 invitees for membership this year. Not every Oscar nominee is invited so this is a great honor!

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited 135 filmmakers and executives — including such recent Oscar nominees and winners as Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Mo’Nique, Carey Mulligan, Jeremy Renner, Gabourey Sidibe and Christoph Waltz — to join its ranks.

The Academy issued its annual invitation list Thursday.

Actors
Tobin Bell — “Saw,” “The Firm”
Vera Farmiga — “Up in the Air,” “The Departed”
Miguel Ferrer — “Traffic,” “RoboCop”
James Gandolfini — “In the Loop,” “Get Shorty”
Anna Kendrick — “Up in the Air,” “Twilight”
Mo’Nique — “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire,” “Phat Girlz”
Carey Mulligan — “An Education,” “Public Enemies”
Jeremy Renner — “The Hurt Locker,” “28 Weeks Later”
Ryan Reynolds — “The Proposal,” “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”
LaTanya Richardson Jackson — “Mother and Child,” “Losing Isaiah”
Peter Riegert — “Traffic,” “Crossing Delancey”
Sam Robards — “A.I. Artificial Intelligence,” “American Beauty”
Saoirse Ronan — “The Lovely Bones,” “Atonement”
Zoe Saldana — “Avatar,” “Star Trek”
Adam Sandler — “Funny People,” “Punch-Drunk Love”
Peter Sarsgaard — “An Education,” “Boys Don’t Cry”
Gabourey Sidibe — “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
Shaun Toub — “Iron Man,” “The Kite Runner”
Christoph Waltz — “Inglourious Basterds”
George Wyner — “A Serious Man,” “American Pie 2″

See the full list @ The Hollywood Reporter

Congrats to Anna, Best Breakout Star at the 2010 MTV Movie Awards! Below are some pics of her accepting her award and presenting with the “Scott Pilgrim vs the World” cast. More to come! ETA: Many more added, including HQs!

018 x Public Appearances – 06.06.10: MTV Movie Awards – Show

Despite some awkward sentence structure, this MTV Australia article seems to indicate Anna will definitely be taking the stage at this year’s MTV Movie Awards, where she is already nominated for Best Breakout Star – remember to keep voting for her!! The show airs in just a couple of weeks on June 6, 2010.

The popstar [Katy Parry] will be joined by comeback queen Christina Aguilera , who will perform her raunchy new single ‘Not Myself Tonight.’ And the cast of this summer’s blockbuster ‘Grown Ups,’ which features Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Kevin James, Rob Schneider, David Spade, Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, Anna Kendrick, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Aubrey Plaza, will be along for the ride too.

Also taking to the stage to present golden popcorn awards this year are Hollywood stars Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Zac Efron, Jonah Hill, Jessica Biel, Bradley Cooper, Steve Carell, Miranda Cosgrove, Shaun White, Vanessa Hudgens, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and everyone’s favourite reformed ladies man Russell Brand.

Source: MTV Australia

Congrats Anna and Anna fans! Your votes helped her become an official nominee at the 2010 MTV Movie Awards in the category of Best Breakout Star:

Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air)
Anna Kendrick manages to sparkle, even standing next to George Clooney, when she plays an overachieving young professional in ‘Up in the Air.’

Chris Pine (Star Trek)
Gabourey Sidibe (Precious)
Logan Lerman (Percy Jackson And The Olympians: The Lightning Thief)
Quinton Aaron (The Blindside)
Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover)

Click here to vote for her now!! The show airs on June 6th, and if she wins, we’ll surely get to see her attend the show!

Check it out! In the new issue of US Weekly hitting newsstands tomorrow, Anna is featured in a brand new photoshoot as The New Showstopper of the Hot Hollywood Style Awards. Check back later tonight for HQ scans and pick up a copy for yourself tomorrow!

Anna has been crowned The New Showstopper by US Weekly’s Hot Hollywood Style Awards, and conceivably will show up to receive the honor tomorrow night! Congrats, Anna! She totally deserves it after wowing us in one gorgeous dress after another this awards season. Check back tomorrow for pics if she attends, we will keep you posted!

Lopez & Crow Top Style Awards Winners

JENNIFER LOPEZ, SHERYL CROW and model MOLLY SIMS will be among the big winners at this year’s (10) Us Weekly Hot Hollywood Style awards after landing the leading honours.

Lopez will be crowned the Style Icon of the Decade, Crow the Trendy Traditionalist and Sims the Top Model Turned Mogul awards at the event on April 22 in West Hollywood.

Other big names who will be honoured include Glee star Mark Salling (Casual-Cool Hunk), Kelly Osbourne (Punk Princess) and actress Anna Kendrick (The New Showstopper).