Colin Firth

She may be married to the “King of England” but Livia Firth’s attempt to go green has been turned down by planners.  

The Kings Speech star Colin Firth and his eco-activist wife Livia have honoured renowned primatologist Dame Jane Goodall with a lifetime achievement award The chimpanzee expert was hailed for her efforts to promote animal and environmental protection at...  

(CNN)-- CNN's Piers Morgan calls the on-screen relationship between "The King's Speech" actors Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush "one of the great bromances we've ever seen in the movies." Firth, with his co-stars Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham ...  

A year ago it looked like Carey Mulligan would star and Jodie Foster would direct Wentworth Miller's vampire script. Four months ago it appeared that Colin Firth would star... scrap all that. Matthew Goode is negotiating to land the lead role in "Stoker ...  

Colin Firth will star in Oscar Wilde biopic 'The Happy Prince', with Rupert Everett set to portray the Irish playwright as well as write and direct the motion picture. Colin Firth will star in Oscar Wilde biopic 'The Happy Prince'. The 'King's Speech ...  

Colin Firth will star in Oscar Wilde biopic The Happy Prince. The King's Speech actor will portray the legendary Irish writer's friend and confidant Reginald "Reggie" Turner, with Rupert Everett lined up for the role of the playwright, and and he will also write the script and direct the movie. The Happy Prince - which will feature Emily Watson and Tom Wilkinson - tells the story of Oscar's final days as he looks back on the...  

Rupert Everett, best known for his role in “My Best Friend’s Wedding”, is to make his directorial debut with the Oscar Wilde biopic “The Happy Prince”. The Germany based production will star, Everett, as Wilde, alongside Colin Firth ( ...  

Colin Firth will star as Wilde alongside Emily Watson and Tom Wilkinson.  

Firth now splits his time between homes in Chiswick in West London and Rome, from where his wife Livia Giuggioli hails.  

Colin Firth will portray legendary writer and wit Oscar Wilde in a film biography that will mark the feature directorial debut of out actor Rupert Everett, according to The Hollywood Reporter. On Sunday, it was announced that Firth will play ...  

British actor Colin Firth will join Reese Witherspoon in a controversial new biopic about the real-life murders of three Arkansas boy scouts The actress signed up last year 11 to portray one of the slain boys mothers in the adaptation of journalist Mar...  

There’s a script adaptation . . . and it’s good. Two people vying for the part [of the father] are Daniel Day-Lewis and Colin Firth. Daniel would be perfect,” Stewart continued, hinting at a possible feud with Colin Firth? As for Lawrence ...  

Academy Award winner Colin Firth will play playwright and composer Noel Coward in BiteSize Entertainment's upcoming film "Mad Dogs And Englishmen," according to Deadline.com.  

The 51-year-old ''King''s Speech'' star will portray the legendary Irish writer''s friend and confidant Reginald Reggie Turner with Rupert Everett lined up for the role of Wilde. Everett will also write the script and direct the movie. ''The Happy Prince ...  

Colin Firth will star in Oscar Wilde biopic 'The Happy Prince', with Rupert Everett set to portray the Irish playwright as well as write and direct the motion picture.  

GEORGE Clooney, Liam Neeson and Colin Firth are among the celebrities featured on AARP's new list of sexiest men over the age of 50. The nonprofit lobbying group for those over the half-century mark named 21 men to its list, revealed in its June/July magazine.  

When asked by the magazine whether he feels pressure to look younger, Antonio, 51, said: "No. Well, yes, I'm a little bald, but I don't think the pressure is just a Hollywood thing. It's a social thing. "I work out every morning, and when I'm ...  

Colin Firth has signed on to play actor-singer-playwright ... It is the third gay role for Firth, whose portrayal of a gay man mourning the death of his lover in Tom Ford's big screen adaptation of Christopher Isherwood's 1964 novel A Single ...  

Cinema BlendColin Firth to star as Noel Coward in 'Mad Dogs and Englishmen'TheCelebrityCafe.comOscar-winning actor Colin Firth is set to star as British playwright and actor Noel Coward in Mad Dogs and Englishmen. The dramedy will be produced by BiteSize Entertainment. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the dramedy will tell the story of the ...Colin Firth Will Portray Noel Coward In Film BioAdvocate.comColin Firth Playing Noel Coward In...  

Academy Award-winning actor Colin Firth will star as gay actor-singer-writer Noel Coward in an upcoming film titles Mad Dogs and Englishmen. read more  

British actor COLIN FIRTH will join REESE WITHERSPOON in a controversial new biopic about the real-life murders of three Arkansas boy scouts. The actress signed up last year (11) to portray one of the slain boy's mothers in the adaptation of journalist ...  

British actor Colin Firth will join Reese Witherspoon in a controversial new biopic about the real-life murders of three Arkansas boy scouts.  

When asked by the magazine whether he feels pressure to look younger, Antonio, 51, said: "No. Well, yes, I'm a little bald, but I don't think the pressure is just a Hollywood thing. It's a social thing. "I work out every morning, and when I'm finished ...  

Colin Firth is set to play famed English playwright Noel Coward, in the Willy Holtzman-penned project, “Mad Dogs And Englishmen,” about Coward’s eventful two week stay at The Desert Inn in Las Vegas in 1955. Although there’s still no director attached, this seems like a great role for the actor to sink his teeth into, as Coward was famous for what Time called “a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise.” So...  

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Colin Firth to star in 'Mad Dogs and Englishmen'Zee NewsLos Angeles: Hollywood superstar Colin Firth has signed up to star as legendary actor-director Noel Coward in the upcoming drama film 'Mad Dogs and Englishmen'. The movie follows the story of Coward`s two weeks at The Desert Inn in Las Vegas in 1955.  

Colin Firth has signed up to star as Noel Coward in a new comedy drama.  

Colin Firth has signed up to star as Noel Coward in a new comedy drama.  

Colin Firth has signed up to star as Noel Coward in a new comedy drama.  

Colin Firth has signed up to star as Noel Coward in a new comedy drama.  

Colin Firth has signed up to star as Noel Coward in a new comedy drama.  

Colin Firth has signed up to star as Noel Coward in a new comedy drama.  

Colin Firth has joined the cast of the upcoming true crime drama Devil's Knot. The film, based on journalist Mara Leveritt's 2002 book Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three, will tell the story of the 1993 murders of three children and the ...  

Colin Firth has signed-up to star as Noel Coward in a new comedy-drama.  

Everett, 52, will make his directorial debut with "The Happy Prince," which will chronicle Wilde's final days before his death in November 1900. Firth, 51, has appeared in various film adaptations of Wilde's works including the 2002 movie "The Importance ...  

Actor Colin Firth believes looking good in modern society is tough because other people assume you are stupid if you are attractive. The 51-year-old - who is married to Italian film producer-director Livia Giuggioli - said people are often ...  

COLIN Firth’s West Memphis Three biopic has secured funding at Cannes, meaning the star vehicle can now press ahead. The film, to be directed by Atom Egoyan, is called Devil’s Knot and co-stars Reese Witherspoon. It’s based on the 2002 best-seller by investigative journalist Mara Leveritt about the murders of three eight-year-old boys and the conviction of three teenagers accused of killing them as part of a satanic ritual. In August...  

The pair have worked alongside each other on the new crime caper, which also stars Colin Firth and Alan Rickman. And Cameron - who plays a Texas rodeo queen in the upcoming flick - revealed: "Colin Firth, I like him so much, he's a dear. I had the best ...  

Colin Firth to play Noel Coward for BiteSizeScreen InternationalColin Firth will play Noel Coward in newly announced BiteSize Entertainment's dramedy Mad Dogs And Englishmen. The project chronicles Coward's eventful two week-stay at The Desert Inn in Las Vegas in 1955. Willy Holtzman is writing the screenplay.  

HOLLYWOOD, May 19 (UPI) -- Colin Firth will play Noel Coward in "Mad Dogs and Englishmen," the producers announced in Cannes, France.  

Why even have her on? Movie News Matthew McConaughey has been cast as JFK The Butler which begs the question, did JFK ever get high and play the bongos? Rupert Everett is making an Oscar Wilde biopic and guess who they cast. Why, Colin Firth of course. Colin Firth is contractually obligated to appear in every period piece. Also, Emma ...  

Colin Firth says being good-looking is a hindrance in modern society The Oscar-winning actor - who is a sex symbol for many women - believes beautiful people are often dismissed as being vacuous and stupid by others just as much as they are celebrat...  

Directing biopic The Happy PrinceThe story of playwright, raconteur and controversial figure Oscar Wilde has been recounted before on the big screen, most notably in 1997’s Wilde, which saw Stephen Fry in the lead. Now Rupert Everett is aiming to get his own take on the man’s story into cinemas, writing, directing and starring in The Happy Prince.Everett has rounded up a great cast that includes such British stalwarts as Colin Firth, Edward...  

According to news released by The Hollywood Reporter, Colin Firth The King's Speech is set to star as Noel Coward in the upcoming film Mad Dogs and Englishmen.  

Carey Mulligan persuaded Colin Firth to give a speech at her wedding on Saturday 21 04 12 The 26-year-old actress and Mumford Sons frontman Marcus Mumford tied the knot inside a barn at Stream Farm in Bridgwater Somerset South West England at...  

Directing a biopic of OscarThe story of playwright, raconteur and controversial figure Oscar Wilde has been recounted before on the big screen, most notably in 1997’s Wilde, which saw Stephen Fry in the lead. Now Rupert Everett is aiming to get his own take on the man’s story into cinemas, writing, directing and starring in The Happy Prince.Everett has rounded up a great cast that includes such British stalwarts as Colin Firth, Edward Fox...  

"Mad Dogs and Englishmen" is the story of Coward's two weeks at The Desert Inn in Las Vegas in 1955. CANNES - Colin Firth has signed up to star as Noel Coward in BiteSize Entertainment’s dramedy Mad Dogs and Englishmen, the story of Coward’s two weeks ...  

Colin Firth has launched an appeal to help protect a tribe of indigenous Brazilian people facing threat from illegal loggers The Kings Speech star is fronting a new human rights campaign to save the lives and land of the Awa people a hunter-gatherer tri...  

The film, Mad Dogs and Englishmen, is the story of Coward’s two week residency at The Desert Inn. Coward’s 1955 performances proved such a hot ticket that the biggest names in Hollywood flocked to see him, from Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall to ...  

Rupert Everett is to make his directorial debut with a film about legendary Irish writer Oscar Wilde. The Happy Prince will star Rupert as the playwright and Colin Firth as his friend and confidant Reginald “Reggie” Turner. The pair ...  

The actress signed up last year (11) to portray one of the slain boy's mothers in the adaptation of journalist Mara Leveritt's 2002 book Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three, and now executives at Worldview Entertainment, the production ...  

From King's Speech to song and dance.  

Dubbed DIFF Focus taking place August 24 - 30 in New York, the program will feature Venice Film Festival love story Habibi Rasak Kharban and Gulf Film Festival opener City of Life. $150M Independent Film Equity Fund Launched Financier and production outfit ...  

Colin Firth will play Noel Coward in BiteSize Entertainment's upcoming feature Mad Dogs And Englishmen. Gene Kirkwood and Ross Elliot, who are folding thei  

Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth brought Hollywood to Berwick, posing for pictures with fans and signing autographs as they spent the day in town filming their forthcoming blockbuster. Local residents were cast as extras in scenes shot on the town walls and ...  

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Colin - who is married to Italian director Livia Giuggioli - told website The Talks: "I think they quite like it when I play a role that they consider to be rather worthy of the profession, a role where calling yourself an actor isn't an apology.  

CANNES -- Devil's Knot, Atom Egoyan's West Memphis Three biopic starring Colin Firth and Reese Witherspoon, is moving full speed ahead. New York-based motion picture production and investment company Worldview Entertainment will finance and produce the ...  

Cameron Diaz has her sights set on landing an English gent as her next boyfriend after admitting she has the hots for Colin Firth The Charlies Angels star is currently single after dating a string of hunky Americans including Justin Timberlake Jared Le...  

THE RAIN poured and the clouds hung low .... but on Holy Island, the stars were clearly visible. Enter, causeway right, Hollywood actress and actor Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth, who spent a damp and shivering hour on the windswept Lindisfarne causeway ...  

HOLLYWOOD came to Holy Island as stars Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth filmed on the famous causeway. The Aussie actress and Brit actor were in the region for their forthcoming $26m blockbuster, The Railway Man. It tells the tale of Berwick war veteran Eric ...  

Hollywood stars Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman were caught in pouring rain as they filmed their latest movie, The Railway Man in Lindisfarne, in Northumberland. The film is about a man from Berwick who survived a prisoner-of war-camp. For more on ...  

The film is based on the true story of the legendary playwright, actor and composer’s run at the Desert Inn in 1955.  

The film, Devil's Knot, will dramatise the case of Jessie Misskelley, Jason Baldwin and Damien Echols, who were convicted as teenagers of murdering three eight-year-old boy scouts in 1993. The victims' bodies were found naked and bound with shoestrings in ...  

The film, Devil’s Knot, will dramatise the case of Jessie Misskelley, Jason Baldwin and Damien Echols, who were convicted as teenagers of murdering three eight-year-old boys in 1993. The victims’ bodies were found naked and bound with shoestrings in ...  

FILM stars Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth are set to arrive in Northumberland today, The Journal understands. The Hollywood duo are playing the leading roles in The Railway Man, a film about the life of Berwick former prisoner of War Eric Lomax. As reported ...  

No, not Kylie. Nicole, of course. Hollywood rolled into downtown Cockenzie ... And as the father in Nanny McPhee. And in Bridget Jones.” Not averse to some Darcy spotting is Alison Greer from North Berwick and friend Elizabeth Duncan from Aberlady.  

Movie fans in Scottsdale are waiting for the release of The Railway Man, and now they are being given a glimpse at the action on set. On Monday, Socialite Life shared the latest photos from the set featuring the star of the film Colin Firth.  

Actor Colin Firth has claimed that being good-looking can make life harder for people as they are assumed to be "shallow and flaky".  

Academy Award winners Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman were in the East Neuk to ... enhanced by the weather. A 12-hour-plus working day for the crew began with shots at the harbour, then sequences at the church on either side of lunchtime.  

Actor Colin Firth speaks to the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts about lending his voice to a new series of audio books, and how he prepared himself for his role as a monarch with a stutter in "The King's Speech."  

Colin Firth has complained beautiful people face prejudice in modern society, as others assume they are shallow.The star won the best actor Oscar for his role in The King's Speech in 2010, but originally shot to fame as a heartthrob following his portrayal of Mr Darcy in a television adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. Colin Firth believes others resent beautiful people (Allstar) That experience has left him feeling life is far...  

Ooh-La-La!! Who would've thought Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth would look so cute in their WWII-era wedding garb?? The Academy Award winning duo filmed a wedding scene in Scotland on Saturday for The Railway Man, an upcoming flick telling the true story of released POW Eric Lomax (played by Firth) who tracks down and confronts his former [...]  

London, May 1 (IANS) Actor Colin Firth has launched an appeal to save the lives and land of the Awa people, a hunter-gatherer tribe in Brazil’s rain forests, from illegal loggers. “When the loggers see them, they kill them. Their bows and arrows are no match for guns. Another people wiped out,” femalefirst.co.uk quoted [...]  

The film adaptation of the best-selling book written by Berwick’s former prisoner of war Eric Lomax, has a budget of around £12 million and is due for release in 2013. It tells of his time as a Japanese prisoner of war working on the infamous ‘Death ...  

Rupert Everett is making his directorial debut with the Oscar Wilde biopic "The Happy Prince," in which he will star alongside Colin Firth and Emily Watson. Everett, who stars as Wilde, also penned the script for the film, described as a comedy ...  

Rupert Everett will make his directorial debut with an Oscar Wilde biopic, which he will also write and star in. According to Variety, The Happy Prince will also star Colin Firth, Emily Watson, and Tim Wilkinson, and should start shooting next summer. If you have that many fancy British people in one place at once, does an episode of Downton Abbey just spontaneously appear? Read more posts by Margaret Lyons...  

Rupert Everett will make his directorial debut in a film about Oscar Wilde in which he will also star with Colin Firth.  

NICOLE KIDMAN and Colin Firth were all smiles yesterday as ... was of Lomax played by Firth, marrying nurse Patti ­Wallace, played by Kidman. Lomax’s second wife, Patti, 18 years his junior, helped him overcome his trauma and encouraged him to write ...  

The film leads in Oscar nominations, with 12 nods. It didn't make a clean sweep Sunday, however. Both Rush and Helena Bonham Carter were nominated for their supporting roles but lost to Bale and Leo in "The Fighter." Leo's win for playing the mother of two ...  

CBS Films has done a bit of release date shuffling for two of their upcoming releases.  First up, director Michael Hoffman’s remake of the 1966 caper comedy Gambit has been moved up from January 11th, 2013 to October 12th of this year (per Box Office Mojo).  Cameron Diaz and Colin Firth star as partners in a con to sell a fake Monet painting, and the film has a script by Joel and Ethan Coen.  Given the caliber of talent involved, the January...  

The town of North Berwick is expecting a boost in tourism visitors, now that Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman are scheduled to film their forthcoming movie there. The movie, entitled The Railway Man, tells the story of the Edinburgh-born Prisoner of War, Eric ...  

Colin has been keeping a low profile of late, but reportedly gave a hilarious speech at Carey Mulligan's wedding last month. The actress apparently decided he would be the perfect choice to speak at her reception - in a nod to his critically acclaimed ...  

Colin Firth, winner of the award for Best Actor for ‘The King’s Speech’, poses in the press room during the 83rd Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre on February 27, 2011 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty ...  

It’s been a busy day for Freaks & Geeks and Bridesmaids director Paul Feig. In the wake of the runaway success of Bridesmaids, the director looked at a few different projects, and was set to make the third Bridget Jones film before walking away from the project thanks to indecision on the script side. But [...]  

Colin Firth believes being beautiful in modern society is tough because other people assume you are stupid if you are attractive.  

…not in real life of course, silly. Nicole and Colin were filming scenes for their upcoming movie The Railway Man in Scotland. Nicole’s real-life husband Keith Urban chose the right day to turn up on set with their daughter Sunday Rose. In between ...  

New Delhi: Carey Mulligan persuaded Colin Firth to give a speech ... actor Shia LaBeouf - and Marcus were childhood pen pals who reconnected as adults. They have been dating for over a year and got engaged last August, though they are rarely ...  

A true story about a British soldier’s experience of torture during WWIIAfter Brad Pitt’s stint in Glasgow and Scarlett Johansson’s visit to the Highlands, it’s nice to see Edinburgh getting some Hollywood love. Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgard and Jeremy Irvine are among the stars who will be filming in and…  

MOVIE stars Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth will arrive in the North East next week to film scenes for a Hollywood blockbuster. The Railway Man, based on the experiences of former prisoner of war and Berwick resident Eric Lomax, is to be filmed partly in the ...  

THEY may be Hollywood A-listers, but Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth are expected down at the British Legion as they shoot scenes for their new film next week. Crews working on The Railway Man are understood to be setting up at the Cockenzie and Port Seton ...  

London, April 30 (IANS) Actress Cameron Diaz, who has a soft spot for English men, says British actor Colin Firth is a perfect example of a perfect British man. "I love their sense of humour and the sense of chivalry and charm. It's something that is ...  

Carey Mulligan married folk rocker Marcus Mumford in a countryside ceremony in England on Saturday 21Apr12 in front of guests including Colin Firth Jake Gyllenhaal and Sienna Miller The An Education actress exchanged vows with the Mumford Sons star i...  

Oscar winner Colin Firth stopped by “CBS This Morning” today ... He said, "To be told Nicole Kidman had just been genius was a little intimidating." Other notable celebrities in the series include Anne Hathaway reading "The Wonderful ...  

Actor Rupert Everett is set to make his directorial debut on 'The Happy Prince', a comedic biopic on legendary writer and playwright Oscar Wilde. Everett penned the script and will star in the film as Wilde while Colin Firth will ...  

Short film features Oscar-winning actor appealing to viewers to save the Awá from illegal loggers in the Brazilian AmazonA campaign to prevent illegal deforestation driving the world's most endangered tribe to extinction was launched on Wednesday with a short film featuring an appeal by the Oscar-winning actor Colin Firth.The few hundred Awá surviving in the Brazilian Amazon are losing their forest home to illegal loggers, who have murdered...  

Filming set to begin on adaptation of Eric Lomax's bestselling account of his experiences as a POW on the Burma railwayOn two occasions in recent months, Colin Firth has met for lunch with an elderly couple from Berwick-upon-Tweed. The pair had a story to tell, one that Firth has struggled to comprehend.In Edinburgh today the Oscar-winner spoke of his admiration for Eric Lomax, a survivor of the Burma railway, who he will play in the new film...  

Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth have said they hope their new film about a soldier's battle to overcome his torture while a Japanese prisoner of war will increase public awareness of veterans' struggle to live normal lives.  

Getting down to business on their new film, Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth were spotted shooting scenes for “The Railway Man” in Perth, Australia today (May 1). The “Moulin Rouge” babe and the “Love Actually” hunk looked intense as they played their parts at the Perth Train Station while fans and shutterbugs looked on.  

Oscar winners Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman were in town as part of the Victorian station was transformed into Edinburgh Waverley for a new film. The faded grandeur of the station was injected with Hollywood glamour as the stars spent much of the day ...  

Firth, Kidman & crew talk war moviesFilming is set to commence on wartime drama The Railway Man in Edinburgh on April 30, and ahead of that date we attended a press conference with the principle cast and crew in Scotland’s capital. In attendance were stars Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman, new addition Stellan Skarsgard (whose casting was announced this morning) and Jeremy Irvine, himself no stranger to World War dramatics after playing the lead...  

Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth were wrapped up in tweed to film scenes from their new movie at Perth station yesterday. Astonished passengers stood and watched in amazement. Oscar winner Nicole and King’s Speech star Colin are filming The Railway Man on ...  

He earned his heart-throb status in breeches and that white shirt as the moody Mr Darcy. But it seems Colin Firth has swapped ... However, things got a little more glamorous today, with the arrival on set of Australian actress Nicole Kidman, who plays ...  

Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth began filming on the set of The Railway Man this week. The star ditched her trademark blonde locks in favour of a short brown bob to play Patricia Lomax, shooting in Bo'ness station in Falkirk. The film is based on a true ...  

The Oscar-winning beauty was spotted on the platform while filming The Railway Man with King’s Speech star Colin Firth. Aussie Nicole looked the picture of primness in a 1940s style green tweed jacket and tartan skirt. The actress was shown to a carriage ...  

What's more, Academy Award winner Colin Firth - most recently seen in Tomas Alfredson's "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" - is negotiating to take the lead role in the film, which sounds like some pretty serious awards bait. Could the actor already be heading ...  

The set became a family day out as Nicole's husband Keith turned up with their three-year-old daughter Sunday Rose. The Australian star couldn't hide her delight as she cuddled and carried the youngster while still dressed in character in the Scottish setting.  

BERLIN -- Rupert Everett is making his directorial debut with the Oscar Wilde biopic "The Happy Prince," in which he will star alongside Colin Firth and Emily Watson. Everett, who stars as Wilde, also penned the script for the film, described as a comedy ...  

Colin Firth has said that he believes beauty causes envy nowadays. The actor, who was recently reported to be in talks to remake French box office hit ‘The Intouchables’, made the comments when asked about the effects of modern Hollywood and the ...  

(CBS News) Academy Award winner Colin Firth would sometimes skip school to read. But now he gets paid to read classic books. He's one of several Hollywood's top stars adding their vocal talents to a new series of audio books for Audible.com.  

EDINBURGH -- Stellan Skarsgard and Hiroyuki Sanada have joined the cast of "The Railway Man," starring Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman and Jeremy Irvine, which starts shooting April 30 in Scotland. Directed by Jonathan Teplitzy from a script by Frank ...  

Actor Colin Firth has said he felt "a little overwhelmed" by the enormity of the story to be told in his latest film The Railway Man. Shooting for the movie begins in Scotland on Monday. The Oscar winner plays Eric Lomax, a Scot haunted by ...  

Hollywood stars Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth were wrapped up against the weather as they started work on their latest film.  

Colin Firth says being good-looking is a hindrance in modern society. The Oscar-winning actor - who is a sex symbol for many women - believes beautiful people are often dismissed as being vacuous and stupid by others just as much as they are ...  

Nicole Kidman on the set of the film The Railway Credit: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire The film, based on the book of the same name, tells the true story of Scottish soldier Eric Lomax who was held captive and made to work on the Burma railway by the ...  

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Britain's Oscar-winning actor Colin Firth on Wednesday launched ... The aim of the campaign is to persuade Brazilian Justice Minister Jose Eduardo Cardozo to send in federal police to clear out the loggers, ranchers and settlers ...  

So Colin Firth is probably better placed than most of us to know what a burden it is to be beautiful. Despite his successful film career, the Oscar-winning actor claims that good looks can actually be a hindrance in today's image-obsessed society.  

On Wednesday, May 9, the movie, “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy,” will be shown. It is rated R and is a drama featuring Gary Oldman and Colin Firth. For more information, call the library at 687-6331.  

Patti and Eric met on a train journey decades after the war ... The FA has complained to The Sun about today's front page that mocks England boss Roy Hodgson's speech impediment, describing it as being "in poor taste and disrespectful.”  

Shooting begins on April 30 in Scotland ... The film also features War Horse star Jeremy Irvine, Stellan Skarsgard, of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, and Japanese star Hiroyuki Sanada. Asked how he felt to play the young Colin Firth in the film, Irvine ...  

Shooting begins on April 30 in Scotland ... The film also features War Horse star Jeremy Irvine, Stellan Skarsgard, of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, and Japanese star Hiroyuki Sanada. Asked how he felt to play the young Colin Firth in the film, Irvine ...  

Congrats are in order for Carey Mulligan! US Weekly reports that the "Drive" actress married Mumford & Sons' Marcus Mumford at a farm in Somerset, England, in front of stars including Jake Gyllenhaal, Colin Firth and Sienna Miller.  

The British actor may have received the ultimate Hollywood honour for his performance as King George VI, but he still has fond memories of his role as the aloof heart-throb in the 1995 television adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. Asked if his Oscar win ...  

Set during WW2, the movie follows the story of British officer Eric Lomax as he is captured by the Japanese and sent to a POW camp where he's forced to work on the Thai-Burma railway. Moving around in time, Colin plays the older Eric, while Eric during the ...  

Survival International fights year round to protect tribal people around the world. The advocacy group has just launched a new campaign with the help of Oscar-winning actor Colin Firth in order to save “earth’s most threatened tribe,” the ...  

Colin Firth fights for Brazilian tribe - Celebrity NewsSan Francisco Luxury NewsActor Colin Firth has launched an appeal to save the lives and land of the Awa people, a hunter-gatherer tribe in Brazil's rain forests, from illegal loggers. “When the loggers see them, they kill them. Their bows and arrows are no match for guns.and more »  

Colin Firth says being good-looking is a hindrance in modern society. The Oscar-winning actor - who is a sex symbol for many women - believes beautiful people are often dismissed as being vacuous and stupid by others just as much as they are ...  

Colin Firth reportedly gave a fun speech at Carey Mulligan’s wedding over the weekend.  

From Variety: Rupert Everett is making his directorial debut with the Oscar Wilde biopic “The Happy Prince,” in which he will star alongside Colin Firth and Emily Watson.Everett, who stars as Wilde, also penned the script for the film, described as a comedy with tragic undertones that tells the story of the Irish playwright’s final [...]  

In north-east Brazil, between the equatorial forests of Amazonia and the dry cerrado savanna, lies Maranhão state, home to the Awá tribe. One of only two nomadic hunter-gatherer tribes left in Brazil, the tribe has a profoundly intimate ...  

Colin Firth believes being beautiful in modern society is tough because other people assume you are stupid if you are attractive. Colin Firth says bei...  

Cameron Diaz has her sights set on landing an English gent as her next boyfriend after admitting she has the hots for Colin Firth. The Charlie's Angels ... I grew up on Monty Python. I love Little Britain. My grandfather used to watch Benny Hill all ...  

It is the latest A-list movie to be shot in Scotland following Brad Pitt’s zombie film World War Z, Scarlett Johansson’s sci-fi horror Under The Skin, and Skyfall, the new James Bond instalment. It is understood crews will be filming in North Berwick ...  

"Colin Firth is the perfect Englishman," she said ... I grew up on Monty Python. I love Little Britain. My grandfather used to watch Benny Hill all the time." Cameron, you're welcome over ours for a good old British brew and a choccie digestive anytime ...  

CAMERON DIAZ has her sights set on landing an English gent as her next boyfriend after admitting she has the hots for COLIN FIRTH. The Charlie's Angels ... I grew up on Monty Python. I love Little Britain. My grandfather used to watch Benny Hill all ...  

CAMERON DIAZ has her sights set on landing an English gent as her next boyfriend after admitting she has the hots for COLIN FIRTH. The Charlie's Angels star is currently single after dating a string of hunky Americans, including Justin Timberlake ...  

She's already married to country singer Keith Urban but yesterday Nicole Kidman walked down the aisle again.  

A host of stars attended the bash, among them Jake Gyllenhaal, Sienna Miller and Colin. It's thought Colin and Carey became close during awards season in 2010, when they were both nominated for multiple prizes - Colin for A Single Man and Carey for An Education.  

Oscar-winning film star Colin Firth has launched a major Survival International campaign to save ’Earth’s most threatened tribe’ – the Awá of the Brazilian Amazon. The centerpiece of the campaign is a short film, featuring an appeal by Colin Firth and music by Grammy-winning composer Heitor Pereira. The Awá are a small tribe whose territory has been invaded by a vast army of illegal loggers, ranchers and settlers. Astonishing graphics on the...  

Colin Firth has said it is hard to be beautiful as people assume you have no substance.  

Colin Firth has said it is hard to be beautiful as people assume you have no substance.  

Colin Firth has said it is hard to be beautiful as people assume you have no substance.  

HOLLYWOOD stars Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman have appeared in Edinburgh as they prepare to start filming their new movie The Railway Man in the city.  

"I found them both a delight, though I did feel at times a little overwhelmed by the enormity of the story ... Asked how he felt to play the young Colin Firth in the film, Irvine replied: "You find yourself looking in the mirror going 'Am I quite up ...  

HOLLYWOOD star Nicole Kidman vowed she would be "out and about" visiting Edinburgh's top restaurants as she flew in to Scotland to begin filming Second World War epic The Railway Man.  

Shooting begins on April 30 in Scotland ... The film also features War Horse star Jeremy Irvine, Stellan Skarsgard, of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, and Japanese star Hiroyuki Sanada. Asked how he felt to play the young Colin Firth in the film, Irvine ...  

Colin Firth has joined the forthcoming crime drama Devil's Knot.  

Oscar-winning film star Colin Firth today launched a major Survival International campaign to save ‘Earth’s most threatened tribe’ – the Awá of the Brazilian Amazon. The centerpiece of the campaign is a short film, featuring an appeal by Colin ...  

It will really help put the town on the map.” Colin Firth plays Eric Lomax, a real-life figure whose 1980 memoir inspired the film. The Railway Man is the story of Lomax, who served in World War II as a British army signals officer and was ...  

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Well, that was fast. Just this morning as it was announced that Paul Feig was returning to the small screen, backing "Ronna & Beverly" for Brit TV, it was said he was still eyeball his next feature project. Well, looks like it got packaged up faster than we thought. Variety reports that Feig will team with Oscar winner Colin Firth for "Untouchable," a remake of the French smash hit and award-winning film "The Intouchables." The original...  

The Survival International campaign aims to save the Awá tribe ... But we're going to make sure the world doesn't let that happen...’ Brazil’s Justice Minister José Eduardo Cardozo has yet to respond to the barrage of messages, but told a Brazilian ...  

Nicole And Colin Wrap Up Warm As They Begin Filming In Scotland...  

A hearty congratulations is in order for Carey Mulligan. The Drive actress married Marcus Mumford of Mumford & Sons today, trying to know in front of family and friends - including celebs Sienna Miller, Colin Firth and Jake Gyllenhaal - in Somerset, England. Mumford popped the life-changing question to Mulligan last August, following five months of dating. The two were actually childhood pen pals in London. Mulligan previously dated Shia...  

This is our chance, right now, to actually do something. And if enough people show they care, it will work." Thousands of emails have been sent to Minister Of Justice Jose Eduardo Cardozo since Firth's appeal debuted.  

Adorable pixie ingenue. Oscar nominee. Now, Mrs. Mumford? Drive and Shame star Carey Mulligan, 26, married Mumford & Sons singer Marcus Mumford today in Somerset, England. The happy couple said their vows in front of a group of 100 guests, including Colin Firth, Sienna Miller and good friend Jake Gyllenhaal, reports Us Weekly.  

Carey Mulligan is officially Mrs. Mumford & Sons! The actress and her fiancee, Marcus Mumford, got married today at a farm in Somerset, England, after being together a little over a year! About 100 guests attended the nuptials, including Sienna Miller, Colin Firth and Jake Gyllenhaal, and Adele is even expected to perform at the reception! Wow! [...]  

Carey Mulligan and Marcus Mumford are married. According to reports, the happy couple tied the knot on a farm in Somerset, England. Guests apparently included celebrity friends Sienna Miller, Colin Firth, and Jake Gyllenhaal. Carey and Marcus, who is the lead singer for the band Mumford & Sons, have known each other since childhood and started dating in 2011. Carey debuted her engagement ring last September when she was in Australia shooting...  

Colin Firth has signed up to star as Noel Coward in a new comedy drama.  

Colin Firth has launched an appeal to help protect a tribe of indigenous Brazilian people facing threat from illegal loggers.  

The pros included Gary Player, Colin Montgomerie, Rhys Davies, Oli Fisher, Thomas Levet, Pablo Larrazabel, Carly Booth, Heni Zuel, Alison Nicholas, Pete Cowan and BBC Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans. Firth, 24, from Southwell, is a three-handicap member at Norwood Park.  

Starring: Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, and John Hurt. In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6's echelons. 127 minutes  

There exist some stories so tragic, in which brutal events create so much loss, that it would seem impossible to recover from the grief, or summon the will to live another day. And yet they ... The U.S., Japan, the World Bank and the EEC loaned billions ...  

We've got a smattering of casting news to throw your way this morning.  First up, Stellan Skarsgard and Hiroyuki Sanada (the upcoming action flick 47 Ronin) have joined the Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, and Jeremy Irvine (War Horse) in Jonathan Teplitzy's drama The Railway Man.  Firth plays real-life World War II British officer Eric Lomax, who was captured and tortured by the Japanese.  Decades later, he's persuaded by his wife (Kidman) to find...  

actor Colin Firth has revealed how he was “overwhelmed” after meeting Eric Lomax, the Berwick man who has inspired Firth’s latest film ‘The Railway Man’. Firth and Nicole Kidman, who is playing Lomax’s wife Patti, gave a press conference in ...  

Joined by costar Colin Firth, the “Moulin Rouge” babe looked cute and casual in a black sweater with distressed ... based on Eric Lomax’s bestselling book. Enjoy the pictures of Nicole Kidman and Colin FIrth at 'The Railway Man' photocall in ...  

A BOUTIQUE hat firm is celebrating its crowning achievement – seeing one of its unique creations being worn by the wife of Hollywood star Colin Firth on her way to the Oscars. Pachacuti, in Ashbourne, is famed for its Panama hats and its international ...  

Among the celebrity guests reportedly in attendance were Sienna Miller, Jake Gyllenhaal and Oscar-winner Colin Firth. Carey, 26, and Marcus, 25, became engaged last August after dating for five months. The newlyweds initially met at a Mumford & Sons ...  

The actor says he's intimidated by the story of his new film, which co-stars Nicole Kidman.  

The actor says he's intimidated by the story of his new film, which co-stars Nicole Kidman.  

Colin Firth could be heading back into Oscar territory with a potential role in drama Untouchable.Related StoriesWinslet: Jim had reason for temperKurylenko: Malick is wonderfulNaomie shows off her gun skillsNaomie shows off her gun skillsGrint reveals fans' pyjama fixation  

Casting Net: Gerard Butler straps in for 'Motor City,' Colin Firth is ...Entertainment Weekly[Variety] • Colin Firth may play an aristocrat who becomes quadriplegic after a tragic accident in Untouchable. Bridesmaids director Paul Feig is also in talks to direct the remake of the French dramedy (originally called The Intouchables).  

Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan is a married lady! The Drive star, 26, married Mumford and Sons frontman, Marcus Mumford, 24, at a farm in Somerset, England, with 100 guests attending, according to Us Weekly. Stars including Jake Gyllenhaal, Colin Firth and ...  

CANNES – Rupert Everett will make his directorial debut with The Happy Prince, a comedic biopic on Oscar Wilde that will star Colin Firth as the legendary Irish writer and playwright. PHOTOS: Cannes Day 5: 'Amour' Premiere, 'The Sapphires' Photocall ...  

The 26-year-old married the Mumford & Sons frontman at Stream Farm in Somerset in a private ceremony this weekend, following a short engagement. The couple's guests, that included Colin Firth and his wife Livia, as well as actor Jake Gyllenhaal ...  

PanARMENIAN.Net - "Bridesmaids" helmer Paul Feig is in early negotiations to write and direct, and Colin Firth is in early talks to star in "Untouchable" the Weinstein Co.'s English-language remake of Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache's French box office ...  

"Bridesmaids" helmer Paul Feig is in early negotiations to write and direct while Colin Firth is in early talks to star in "Untouchable," The Weinstein Company's English-language remake of Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache's French box office hit "The ...  

More board the train as Stellan Skarsgard and Hiroyuki Sanada join Oscar-winners Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman, as well as up-and-comer Jeremy Irvine in Jonathan Teplitzky’s "The Railway Man." This adaptation from Eric Lomax's bestseller of the same name tells the story of an Allied prisoner of war (Firth) forced to work on the construction of the Thai/Burma railway during WW II.  Years later and still tormented by the brutality he...  

Colin Firth releases short film to save world's most endangered tribe. Read More  

“Bridesmaids” helmer Paul Feig is in early negotiations to write and direct, and Colin Firth is in early talks to star in “Untouchable” the Weinstein Co.’s English-language remake of Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache’s French box office hit ...  

Carey Mulligan is a married woman! The Drive actress wed Marcus Mumford at a farm in Somerset, England in front of approximately 100 guests, including family and celeb pals, Sienna Miller, Colin Firth and Jake Gyllenhaal, on Saturday, Us Weekly has confirmed.  

The pair reportedly exchanged vows at a farm in Somerset, England, in front of about 100 guests, including Sienna Miller, Colin Firth and Jake Gyllenhaal. Mumford, 24, and Mulligan, 26, got engaged in August 2011, according to Us Weekly ...  

thought to be a Versace design - had eight bridesmaids, wearing turquoise knee-high prom dresses. Get the latest and hottest news about celebrity photos, videos, trailers, and movie reviews.  

The Weinstein Company is cooking the whole thing up after buying the rights to Eric Toledano and Oliver Nakache’s Gallic hit The Intouchables. As well as making a deal to remix it for international audiences, the company is also planning to unleash the ...  

NICOLE Kidman stepped back in time with Academy Award winner Colin Firth yesterday as filming started on The Railway Man. Kidman braved chilly conditions as the cameras started rolling in the Scottish city of Perth. Kidman plays Patricia "Patti" Wallace ...  

AboutMyAreaStony Scala Film Club Presents Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyAboutMyArea... Tinker Tailor, Soldier, Spy, starring a panoply of British acting talent, including Colin Firth, John Hurt, Ciaran Hinds, Mark Strong, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kathy Burke, Tom Hardy, Toby Jones and the award-winning Gary Oldman.and more »  

Evening StandardJulie Walters, Steven Spielberg, Paul McCartney And Colin Firth Back Campaign ...Huffington Post UKActress Julie Walters has fired off an email to the Business Secretary urging him to step in to keep a top film studio open, insisting its planned closure will affect the country's movie industry. Twickenham Film Studios, which has hosted shoots for ...Stars join campaign to save film studioSt. Margarets Community Siteall 11 news...  

Colin Firth stars in Survival International's PSA to save an Amazon tribe, the Awa, from illegal loggers - watch video.  

Original producer Nicolas Duval-Adassovsky will return for the English remake. Colin Firth and Paul Feig were in line to work together on Bridget Jones's Diary III before Feig dropped out of the project.  

Britain's Oscar-winning actor Colin Firth on Wednesday launched a major ... The aim of the campaign is to persuade Brazilian Justice Minister Jose Eduardo Cardozo to send in federal police to clear out the loggers, ranchers and settlers, and keep them ...  

Colin Firth gives a strong and engaging performance as George, and is well supported in the role by Julianne Moore, Matthew Goode and Nicholas Hoult.  The film is visually stunning with Tom Ford’s design aesthetic stamped all over it.  Both Firth and ...  

The couple married over the weekend in England. According to the Daily Mail, 200 guests were in attendance, including superstar pals Sienna Miller, Jake Gyllenhaal and Colin Firth. The British newspaper ... married in the English countryside because ...  

Celebrities including Colin Firth and Sienna Miller were among more than 100 of the couple's friends and family at the nuptials, with Oscar-winner Colin rumoured to have made a special speech at the reception. A source told The Sun: "Colin was a pro at the speech.  

Actress Carey Mulligan married Mumford & Sons singer Marcus Mumford on Saturday in Somerset, England. Carey Mulligan & Marcus Mumford Engaged After Five Months The couple, who got in engaged after five months together in August 2011, said “I do” in front of about 100 guests including celebs like Sienna Miller, Colin Firth and Jake Gyllenhaal.  Mumford, 24, and [...]  

including the likes of Sienna Miller, Colin Firth and Jake Gyllenhaal. Unsurprisingly for the fiercely private couple, details on the ceremony are being kept private, including whether any of Mulligan's costars—she counts Keira Knightley as a close ...  

Everett is also writing the screenplay and will star as Wilde. Colin Firth is set to play Wilde's friend and confidant Reginald "Reggie" Turner, with the cast also including Edward Fox, Emily Watson and Tom Wilkinson.  

Carey Mulligan married folk rocker Marcus Mumford in a countryside ceremony in England on Saturday in front of guests including Colin Firth, Jake Gyllenhaal and Sienna Miller. The An Education act...  

The British actor played rogue Daniel Cleaver in the hit franchise's first two films ... no doubt come to blows again with his screen love rival Marc Darcy - played by Colin Firth. He jokes, "Our public demands some fisticuffs." The Full Monty director ...  

The British couple, who have been together for little over a year, were married in front of about 100 guests, including family and celebrity friends Colin Firth, Jake Gyllenhaal and Sienna Miller, Us Weekly magazine reported. The service was conducted by ...  

Carey Mulligan persuaded Colin Firth to give a speech at her wedding on Saturday (04-21-12). The 26-year-old actress and Mumford & Sons frontman Marcus Mumford tied the knot inside a barn at Stream Farm in Bridgwater, Somerset, South West ...