MTV News recently got the chance to sit down with one of our faves!  Shailene Woodley to talk about everything she’s been doing lately including her incredible accomplishments starring opposite George Clooney in The Descendants check it out below:

Shailene Woodley has certainly been living a dream for the past few months. For her role in ”The Descendants,” the young star not only got to play opposite George Clooney, but she was nominated for a Golden Globe and won an Independent Spirit Award. Not bad for her first movie role.

And even though Woodley has had a few weeks to recover, she revealed she is still in awe of all the glitz and glamour that went into attending the big events.

“Every single night you’d be at a different venue, every day you’d be at some fancy brunch, lunch or something and you’d be there and there’d be different lamp shades, different curtains, but you’d be sitting at the same table with the same exact people,” Woodley told MTV News. “So it was kind of great and you get to know everyone. It became a little family that migrated to different areas.”

Woodley is now gearing up for the fourth season of her hit ABC Family series, “The Secret Life of the American Teenager.” Last season left off with Woodley’s character, Amy, accepting the proposal of her boyfriend and baby’s father, Ricky. Woodley admits that the couple will face some unexpected challenges as they deal with domestic life.

“There’s a lot of ups and down,” Woodley said. “I mean, she’s living with Ricky full time, so I think anybody who is confined to a small space, there might be some disputes, they might be a little bit tormented by each other for a while. And they have a 2-year-old son, so I think just the drama and the hardships of raising a child at any age, but specifically as a 17- and 18-year-old, there’s a lot of difficulty in that, but they find a way to make it through it.”

Will the newly engaged couple find themselves walking down the aisle soon?

“I think definitely in the future. I don’t know about this season, they are in the future,” Woodley said. “There’s a lot of pressure on Amy coming from Ricky and her family as well to get married and to set a date. And for Amy, she really likes having the ring on her finger, I think for her it was a control thing. … She’s really in no rush to move on to anything big.”

And it seems Woodley is in no rush to move on to her next movie role. The young actress is patiently waiting for the right script to come along.

“I would love to do another movie, but until I read something I’m necessarily super passionate about I’m not going to jump in the wave and do a movie now,” Woodley said. “But I’d rather do a small, small role in an amazing movie than a big role in a not-so-great movie.”

Again, credit goes to MTV NEWS and we are so happy for Shailene, really making a name for herself in Hollywood on the big and small screen.  She certainly has a lot on her plate and we are very excited to see what she has in store for the future both on the show and in movies!

It’s summer vacation and Amy and Ricky are basking in the glow of their engagement while some new girls befriend Ben, on the spring premiere of “The Secret Life of the American Teenager,” premiering on Monday, March 26 (8:00 – 9:00 PM ET/PT). The network will air a special “The Secret Life of the American Teenager” marathon (9 episodes) leading up to the premiere, Monday, March 26, from 11:00AM – 8:00PM ET/PT.

In the one-hour episode, “Smokin’ Like A Virgin,” Amy reveals to Ricky and her family that she wants a long engagement and is not quite ready to get married yet. Amy also contemplates summer school, while Ashley surprises her family by returning home. Ben is interested in Dylan, the New Girl he met at the graduation party, but her parents want her to be cautious while Leo encourages Ben to ask her out. But, it turns out that Ben should be the cautious one as it turns out that Dylan and her friends Raven, Mercedes and Wendy might be trouble. And, Adrian and Grace decide to put their boy trouble aside, move in together and attend summer school to support each other over the break.

Sunday night’s Academy Awards marks the last major awards show of the season for Woodley and her “Descendants” castmates. On the red carpet before the Spirit Awards, the young actress told MTV News that ending her time with her co-stars is “so bittersweet.”

“Tomorrow’s the grand finale. It’s awesome, because I’ll be able to have clean socks and do laundry for the first time in a few months, but it is sad because every single night has been this beautiful little reunion of people, and tomorrow’s the last reunion,” she explained.

At least the reunions will go out with a bang, since the entire cast, including Clooney, is expected to attend the Oscars. Even though they won’t continue to see each other on the awards circuit this year, Woodley expects she and her castmates will stay in touch.

If Clooney falls out of contact, Woodley promised, “I will track him down and say, ‘Keep teaching me, because I haven’t learned enough yet!’ ”

The actress has made quite a splash on the red carpet while doing rounds for “The Descendants,” and she said her Oscar-night dress is ready to go. Picking out the perfect outfit hasn’t been something to stress about — as she said, that’s what stylists are for.

“I do have a dress. It hasn’t been that big of a process because I know nothing about fashion,” Woodley said. “I have an awesome stylist who does know a lot about fashion, and so I’m sure she would say it’s been a big process, but for me, it’s been very simple.”

Credit: MTV

She’s set to star in the Alexander Payne-directed “The Descendants” with George Clooney, and her turn in the drama will likely help her connect to a whole new crop of fans. The film, which opens November 18, centers on a family trying to piece their lives back together.

Clooney plays Woodley’s dad who is trying to reconnect with her after his wife gets in a boating accident that leaves her in a coma.

Now that Woodley is ready to show another side of herself, she is the up-and-comer MTV Movies has named the New Class’ “Most Likely to Surprise Everyone.”

MTV: Do you get excited about roles?

Shailene Woodley: From the second I first read the screenplay for “The Descendants,” I was incredibly passionate about it. I loved how human it was and how it dealt with raw emotions, and it didn’t try and cover up the messiness of everyday life. So, I was incredibly passionate about it … And then Alexander became attached, and George Clooney became attached. Those were added components, but it was the screenplay that I fell in love with.

MTV: There are so many points where you can relate to this story. Can you give me a sense of what really hit you hard?

Woodley: There’s so many components: the loss of someone or someone being in a hospital or the dysfunctional family. Everyone can relate to all of those; we’ve all had those hardships. But, for me, it was more about the art of making a film that was real and a film that was human because I feel like cinema has drifted so far away from the truth of humanity that it was really refreshing to be raw and emotional in a film that was also comedic.

MTV: We’re always looking ahead, so we’re anointing you as a part of our New Class. Does it feel like now the choices are going to be different and more important?

Woodley: People always talk about “strategy” and whatnot. If a screenplay fuels my soul, then that’s what fuels my soul, and that’s what I’m going to be passionately committed to. I would love to continue to do movies ’cause that’s where my heart lies. I’m so grateful to the show, and I look forward to seeing what happens, and in the meantime, I’ll go hike the Swiss Alps.

MTV: Is it useful to look at other actors [for inspiration]?

Woodley: Absolutely! I think the world of Natalie Portman and Ryan Gosling and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. I find them so inspiring, not only as actors, but as human beings, and I really respect their choices in films and what they bring to the table.

Crd: MTV News

Amy and Ricky’s bedroom bickering was child’s play compared to the performances by Ben and Adrian here. We’ve seen them both in states of sadness and mourning. This week? We witnessed some major anger.

Ben’s discontent had been brewing for weeks. It was only a matter of time before something made him snap. However, I never really thought we’d see it to the extent that we did. I really have to applaud Ken Baumann for all of his big scenes this season.

Ben had been walking around, making it seem like the only reason he wanted out of the marriage was because he didn’t want to be tied to Adrian anymore. We thought he wasn’t into being married at 17 without a child in the picture. Never did I realize how peeved he really was with his wife, how selfish he found her and how guilty he’s been for the past year.

Adrian, who has never been one to hide emotion, pulled out the crazy. We’ve stood by and watched her mourn, which seemed natural. Seeing her destroy a room, though, with her bare hand (which must look mutated by now) was far less organic. I think she’s losing it and I don’t blame her, but, as I said last week, she needs to seek help.

Ben claimed he never wanted to sleep with her. Hmmm, okay. I don’t believe that. People mess up, make mistakes, and live with the consequences of that… but come on. At least be honest. You do not sleep with another girl because you are mad at your girlfriend, or at least not if you’re respectable. Both parties need help before they continue to hurt themselves and their loved ones.

Elsewhere, Amy is a little too much of a pushover for my liking. I get that Ricky has pride, but if they need a couch and someone’s willing to get it for them, then say thank you – and shut up. You’re 17. It’s not like you’re rolling in the dough. It doesn’t mean you’re spoiled or ungrateful to accept a sofa, Ricky. Relax.

Grace? Keep it in your pants for one minute. This girl falls in love faster than Kim Kardashian. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: pump the brakes. There’s this thing called lust that can sometimes disguise itself as love. Go look that up.

My only real bone to pick with the writers is that there’s no way Ben walked into a liquor store and bought beer. Sure, I had a fake ID at his age, but I don’t even think he has one – and he still looks like he’s going through puberty. Other than that, superb episode.

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Ken Baumann started acting at the age of 11 inNew York and Texas. He moved to L.A. at age 14 and almost immediately landed a role as one of the leads in a pilot for Fox alongside Alan Ruck and Kristen Johnston, penned by famed playwright Nicky Silver. In 2008, he appeared in Whore (rated R) with Megan Fox and Johanna E. Braddy (akaJordan on Greek). More recently, Ken shot the as-yet-unrated film Spring Break ’83, which features John Goodman, Jamie Kennedy, and Joe Pantoliano. Ken was born in Urbana, Illinois, and grew up inAbilene, Texas, where his family still owns and operates a miniature-horse ranch and wildlife rescue. Francia Raisa was born and raised in Southern California, where her dad, Maximo Renan Almendarez Coello, is the No. 1 DJ in L.A. (He’s known as “El Cucuy” on 97.9 FM, La Raza.) As a junior in high school, Francia started modeling for print ads, starring in commercials, and even dabbling in the world of sitcoms. After shooting Bring It On: All or Nothing opposite Hayden Panettiere of NBC’s Heroes, Francia starred in the Nickelodeon film Shredderman Rules. In 2008, she shot a lead role in Spanish horror film ASD: A Soul Disowned (formerly called Underground and not rated) and was the female lead in ABC Family’s original movie The Cutting Edge 3: Chasing the Dream. You may also have seen her on the big screen as Marly in Fired Up! or on TV as a guest on In Plain Sight.

The two have had a developing plot line with Adrian’s pregnancy after she and Ben (the romantic partners of Amy and Ricky) had sex and Adrian ended up pregnant.  In a dramatic change of direction, in tonight’s stunning episode, Adrian and Ben loose the baby.  The young actors recently spoke to MediaBlvd and other media in a panel session, about the difficulty of filming those sequences and what the tragedy means to their characters.

Question> Can you talk about how the loss of Adrian’s baby affects your characters.

Francia> Sure.  Adrian was really just all about having this baby.  Her whole life revolved around it right now.  She’s had a baby shower, she is getting married, she is starting a new life, and then for all that to be just be crashing down and I mean, there’s no baby now, so, it really affects her. It affected me as well to shoot the episode.  It’s something that I’d hope never to witness again.

Ken> It was rough.  It’s a material that as actors we feel very lucky to take on because it is such a challenge, and represents an experience that you don’t often see on TV.  So you feel lucky to be able to portray that, and give those people, who had the unfortunate experience, give them some representation, make them feel like they’re thought of, too.  But at the same time, it takes an emotional toll on you.  You’ve been just living in that situation for a short amount of time, it’s rough, it’s terrible.  Nobody wants that to happen.  So, yes, it was both strenuous and really pretty incredible opportunity.  Ben was devastated as anyone would be, and he’s going to have to struggle for quite a long time to recover.

Question> How does the loss of the baby affect the dynamic between Adrian and Ben, Amy and Ricky?

Ken> Well, regardless at the very beginning before this event, it’s a pretty tricky situation, but I would say that it both kind of settles any disputes or conflicts they have just temporarily because everyone kind of bonds together in grief, paradoxically enough.  But at the same time, once Adrian and Ben are trying to recover, it gets pretty nasty.  And naturally, you’re going to have two people who are stricken by grief, and they’re going to look to make themselves feel better, and that may involve trying to reach back into the past, and go back to how it was once was, and reignite old loves and all that stuff.  So, it gets even more convoluted, but temporarily, like I said, everybody comes together in this tragic event, which is very, very painful and bittersweet.

Question> So in a sense, are they trying to bring others down into their misery with them?

Ken> Yes.  I don’t know if they are attempting to, but it certainly just happens.  I think they’re like little black holes for a while.  Like I said, however the course, it’s going to happen, but it certainly makes good television, I think.

Question> If you could both go back to 2008 when Secret Life first began, and give us that one piece of advice with what you know now, what would you tell your other self?

Ken> That is a good question.  I would say, as a human being, I would tell myself to tell Daren Kagasoff to stop buying sneakers because he has a problem, and then as an actor performing on Secret Life, I don’t know.  I don’t know if I’d have anything to tell myself.  It’s been a really kind of a wonderful journey, and I’d really gotten to know and bond with all my castmates, and everybody is great and I love them all, and you know, just kind of a large one big happy family.  I don’t know.  I think I would stay mum, I’d keep quiet.  It’s been great.

Francia> Yes, I don’t think there’s anything I’d tell myself as an actor performing on Secret Life.  We’ve all worked very hard since day one to what it is today.  I’ve really no advice I’d give myself except prepare for all the emotional drama that’s coming.

Question> Do each of you have a soapy, sort of guilty pleasure television show that you like to watch on a regular basis?

Francia> I’m obsessed with Grey’s Anatomy.  That’s my show.  I’m obsessed with Grey’s Anatomy and Desperate Housewives, and like most ABC shows and soapy, oh gosh, I watch a lot of Spanish soap operas, that’s my guilty pleasure.

Ken> You know, I watched the first two seasons of Jersey Shore and then I kind of got over it, but I’ve got to say, now, I am obsessed with Breaking Bad.  I think that show is incredible, and it’s really kind of sick how many, like I would sit down for eight to ten hours at a time and watch, you know, eight episodes.  So, it’s a bit scary how much I watch that show.

Question> Francia, let me ask you, Adrian’s realization that she has very few friends has really fueled the last few episodes, and then we saw the end of the baby shower episode that more people than she realized are actually in her life, and I was wondering with everything that’s going on, does Adrian start to foster these friendships, or do they not really affect her, and she just goes back to be more of a loner?

Francia> Yes.  Adrian was carrying the baby for nine months and she really felt emotionally attached to it.  Like I said, her whole personality and her whole character changed into this welcoming person, and she felt blessed that everything was coming together in her life: her family; her friendships; educations; and then it all just came crashing down.  So she becomes very angry and bitter, and she just wants to be left alone, and handle her own sorrows.  Even if people try to come and try to be there for her, she just wants to be left alone.  She just becomes, I guess, some sort of a loner again, and doesn’t really want to accept anyone because all she wants to do is grieve about her baby.

Question> Can you share anything you did special to prepare for such an emotional episode?

Francia> Yes, I didn’t know what to do.  I was trying to listen to some really depressing music, and the best thing that I could have done is I went on YouTube and I typed in stillbirth and there was a few videos that popped up, and there was one in particular, I think it’s the first one that comes up when you research it, and it’s about a couple who actually went through what my character goes through.  You see the woman pregnant and how happy they are and the whole process of waiting for her to be born, and then you see them hold their dead child and you see her in a coffin and you see pictures of her, and you just see the whole family just crying and grieving.  So, yes, that sold me, and that’s how I prepared for it, and the song that they added in the video I had on my iPod and I just listened to it over and over again.  The flashbacks of that baby just sticks and came back into my head every time they called action.

Question> Adrian is a very interesting character.  On one hand she is resident bad girl, and on the other, she has high grades.  So how are you similar and different to Adrian?

Francia> It’s funny.  I always tell people that my character sometimes bleeds into my life.  I am very similar to her in the fact that I am very sassy and I can have my little attitude sometimes.  I’m a good student in school but I don’t ever consider myself this sort of bad girl.  I didn’t have the life that Adrian had growing up.  She kind of came from a broken home where she didn’t have a father at first and her mother didn’t really want anything to do with her in the beginning.  So she travelled, trying to forget that she was a mother and just wanted to live her own life.  She was sort of seeking love and the only way she could was through sex, but at the same time, she wanted to be smart and she did want a good future for herself, so she focused on school.

So, I think Adrian is a very smart character; she is just emotionally drained and sensitive, and she was just trying to find some sort of good support system.  I understand her because in this world and stuff in this industry, it’s hard to have a good support system.  I can be a little bit sensitive sometimes, and put myself in situations that I wish I hadn’t; and so in that sense, I can relate to her.

But at the same time, I feel like I have good common sense and I am smart in a fact where I’ve got to do something about my problems, and put forward in my future rather than just putting myself down and cry about it.

Question> we hear you dad is the number one DJ in L.A.  What type of music did you grow up listening to and who are you listening to these days?

Francia> I grew up listening to every Spanish music you can think of because my dad played like, mariachi, cumbias, salsas, every Spanish music.  And then nowadays, I’m still attached to it because I did grow up listening to it.  So, I listen to a lot of Spanish R&B, and I’ve been listening to a lot of oldies lately, like Sam Cooke and the Righteous Brothers and stuff.  I’ve been obsessed.  And then I’ve listened to a lot of Adele, and I’m a hip hop dancer, so I do listen to hip hop like really mainly when I’m dancing.

Question> Do you have an official Twitter and Facebook fan pages?

Francia> I have a Twitter handle.  It’s @therealfrancia, and as far as fan pages, I haven’t made one personally, but I know that some fans have made it.

Question> On more of a lighter note, I know that you had to wear pregnancy padding throughout Adrian’s pregnancy.  What was that like and do you miss it at all?

Francia> Yes and no.  I had a lot of fun wearing it.  You know, every girls’ dream is to picture what she would look like pregnant.  You know, want to wear something like that every now and then.  So, I had fun.  It was just like a pillow.  It became hot sometimes, so that’s when I hated it, and sometimes it’d be a little too tight, but other than that, it really didn’t bother me.  I enjoyed speaking like I was a pregnant woman.  I’d be out in the streets and talking about how it was, “six weeks along”, “I’m six months pregnant”.  People looked at me like, you’re crazy, you’re not even pregnant. And I would start holding my belly like it was really scratchy, because I would see woman scratch it because it was itchy.  So I had fun with it.  I was just acting like I was really pregnant and having a little fantasy of my own

Question> Who can we expect Adrian to turn to and lean on through this devastating event?

Francia> You would think she would lean on Kenny or Ben, and I think she does.  She takes a lot out on Ben and a lot of her emotions out on Ben.  But like I said, when things get tough, she just likes to be alone.  But Ben, you know how his character is, and he does everything he can to be there for her.

Question> You are a few years older than your character and I was wondering if that helps you understand what you’re experiencing, not necessarily with the pregnancy and all the other issues that Adrian has specifically, but just being a few years wiser per se?

Francia> Yes.  I think being older definitely does help me because I’ve been in high school; I know what the other experiences that she goes through are, with sex and everything.  Like being pregnant, I’m around a lot of pregnant women right now, and so I’m educating myself a bit on what it’s like, and the journeys that they have to go through with their pregnancies.  I think my mind is a little more open now that I’m older rather than when I was in high school, and you know, that was my life, and I didn’t know any better.  Yes, I think it definitely helps a lot because I’ve been in the real world, and I’ve lived an adult life for enough time to like I said, have more of an open mind.

Question> Before you lost the baby, what would you say was the most difficult part of playing Adrian up to this point, the most challenging storyline per se?

Francia> The most challenging storyline I think was when I looking for my father, and I found him and I went to meet him and he rejected me.  That was a bit difficult.  I had never been through that and I know that’s happened unfortunately in some people’s lives, and trying to put myself in that position and play that character was tough.  I mean, you know when the two people that are suppose to love you and be there for you when you’re first born, when you first come out of the womb, are your mom and dad.  So to be rejected from that and broken from that, it can be very difficult.

Question> What was your reaction when you found out that they were making your character pregnant and then finding out that the baby wouldn’t survive?

Francia> When I first found out she was pregnant, I was shocked but I was so excited.  I was like, “Yay! I get to wear a belly!”  I could not wait to put on that stomach.  I kept asking when am I going to do it, when is it finally coming.  I was very excited, and then when I found out she lost it; I love kids and I was so excited to finally work with a baby and playing with the kids because I always play with Matthew and Joey who played John on the show.  I’m always with him when they’re on the set.  So I was a little upset and devastated when I found out that there was going to be no baby, but at the same time I was very excited to be able to play this role because it’s probably one of the toughest roles I’ve done since I started acting.  So, I appreciated the challenge that the writers gave me, and I can’t believe they trust me to take on such tough material.  So in that sense, I was very excited.

Question> How did they tell you?

Francia> I found out when I read the script.  They were very good about not telling us.  You know, they kept hinting it.  They said, “I think she might lose it,” and I was like, “Really?”  She’s like, “I’m not sure yet.”  So she kept beating around the bush saying she wasn’t sure, she was sure, and then I read the script, and then I was, “Oh, my gosh.”  I just started crying when I read it because I had been carrying this, you know it’s fake, but I’ve been seeing myself with a pregnant belly for, I don’t know how many months, and then all of a  sudden it’s gone, and there’s no result coming from it.

Question> I was wondering if Adrian would want to actually be friends with Amy still after losing the baby?

Francia> I think Adrian and Amy will always and forever be frienemies.  They’re each going to be jealous of something that the other has and I think after losing the baby, Adrian might be a little bitter about the fact that Amy actually received a baby after going through a pregnancy for nine months.  I know that Amy is going to do her best to be there for her and try to console her in the best way she can. But like I said, forever will be frienemies because at the end of the day, Adrian stole her man and Amy stole Adrian’s man.

Question> I was wondering if you think that Ben would go back to try to win Amy back seeing the fact that he loved her first?

Ken> I think that desire is going to show up in these upcoming episodes.  Again, when I first read the script, the script for June 6th, I thought, I started to think what possibly would be Ben’s future, and I had guessed that that would occur.  It pops up in a really interesting ways.  In the following episodes, he is stuck in the situation and he is kind of brought down by grief, too, so there’s nothing; he doesn’t really have any sort of impetus to move away from Adrian.  He realizes, too, that, at least immediately after they lose baby that, he’s not going anywhere.  He’s got to be responsible, and he really doesn’t have the energy to do anything else.  But after that, once he starts to recover, yes, there’s certainly that draw, like I said, to go back and kind of relive the past or try to and fail.

Question> Which Ben do you relate to the most?  The shy guy or the more confident, forward guy, and why?

Ken> Both.  It depends on what day of the week it is.  But I’d say mostly the confident Ben.  I don’t know, maybe Francia would actually be a better, you know, she could answer this probably more appropriately because she gets to see me and you won’t get my ego influencing this answer, but I would like to say that the confident side.  I’m a pretty confident guy.  Okay, really confident according to Francia.  So, there’s your answer.  It’s definitely the confident then.

Question> Which artists are you listening to these days?

Ken> Well, I am listening to right now Buddy Miles, and I’m listening to Tyler, the Creator’s new album, Goblin, and oh boy, I’m like any white boy who listens to a lot of rap and classical musical.  I listen to a lot of rap, I listen to, like I said, Buddy Miles have been great recently.  I just discovered this guy today, really good kind of electronic music called Com Truise, like Tom Cruise but Com Truise, and that’s really good.  I’ve been listening to that all day.  But I’m all over the place music-wise.

Question> Do you have any favorite songs?

Ken> Oh, man.  That’s a huge question.  So many.  I would say that anything that the composer Paganini has made.  He has composed some beautiful pieces for violin.  Favorite song, favorite songs, my Gosh, that is incredibly hard.  I’m literally going through my entire catalog of like, I’m trying to limit it down to just like rap music, but I can’t pick a favorite.  I can pick times in my life where I had certain songs that really represent experiences but that’s hard.  Favorite song is hard.  I almost can’t, I can’t answer it.  I’m paralyzed.

Question> Do you have an official Twitter or Facebook fan page?

Ken> I do.  I have an official Twitter, it’s just @kenbaumann, and I Tweet pretty compulsively.  Yes, you’ll find it.

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