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The incredible Colin Firth told Ellen how he met his wife of 13 years. After hearing the romantic story, Ellen gave him a sexy gift.

James Franco checks in with the Today Show and accuses Meredith Viera of polishing fellow nominee Colin Firth's statue.

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How the King’s Speech actor gets special treatment on set.

"I honestly think I blacked out,” said Colin Firth of his reaction when his name was called as Best Actor in a Motion Picture for his role in The King’s Speech. “I do remember kissing my wife, which will make for a pretty nice memory."

Jon performs an inspiring scene from "The King's Speech" when the Germans were bombing Buckingham Palace. As host of the Colin Firth Film Festival, Jon calls "The King's Speech" the finest thing he's done.

Colin Firth in “The King’s Speech”
“Because I have to cry every so often for a living, I find it horrifying if it spills over into my daily life. I’d probably cry if I got a splinter, but for anything emotional, the best I can muster is a lump in the throat. Especially if there are any witnesses.”

Very in-depth interview about The King's Speech - behind the scenes, the Royal family, bromance between how TKS is similar to Rocky or 8 Mile, and more.

Colin Firth and Helena Bonham Carter turn on their royal charm at the US premiere of King's Speech.

Actors Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush talk about 'The King's Speech' - a portrait of stammering monarch King George VI preparing for war. The movie has already picked up Oscar buzz. (Oct. 20)

The star of such films as, “A Single Man” and “Mamma Mia,” received the Telluride Silver Medallion at the 37th Telluride Film Festival on Sunday, September 5th, 2010 in Telluride, Colorado. He was introduced by the beautiful Laura Linney who is currently starring in the Showtime breakout hit, The Big “C”.






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Colin Firth says he decided to step into the shoes of a gay professor for his Bafta award winning role because he wanted to go nude before turning 50. Firth's role in A Single Man has not only won him much critical acclaim and a best actor Bafta but also got him a nod for the 82nd Academy Awards.

"I pick up the script and it says, 'Naked man lies on bed.' And then a few pages in, 'Naked man jumps in ocean'...'Well,' I thought. 'It's time. One more push against gravity before I turn 50 and it's all downhill'," says Firth.

Talking about his Oscar nomination, he adds: "I'm not very hopeful, I'm afraid. "It's just nice to get the nomination, frankly."

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British actor to perform role of Avraham 'Yair' Stern in director Michael Winterbottom's 'The Promised Land'

British actor Colin Firth ("Single Man") will play the Lehi founder and leader, Avraham "Yair" Stern, in director Michael Winterbottom's upcoming film "The Promised Land." Lehi was a militant Jewish underground movement active during the time of the British Mandate.


Firth's casting for the role was announced during the Berlin Festival, at which Winterbottom is showing his most recent film "The Killer Inside Me."


"The Promised Land" will be filmed this summer and will tell the story of two British police officers and their struggles with Lehi activity. The officers will be played by Jim Sturgess and Matthew Macfadyen.


Winterbottom has been planning for some time to direct a film that takes place on the backdrop of British Mandate Palestine. In an interview given at the Jerusalem International Film Festival a year ago, the British director told Ynet that too little is known among English audiences about what happened under the British occupation of the area during the Mandate and that he believes that period has many implications on the present time.


Winterbottom added that he plans on focusing in on the Jewish underground in the film, which is slated to come within the next year. In addition to casting Firth, it was reported that Fortissimo Films signed a distribution agreements with the film's producers.

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