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Weekly Quiz

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:48:40 GMT

1 Which recent hit features Colin Firth, Pierce Brosnan and Stellan Skarsgård as potential fathers? 3 In what sense is Robert Downey Jr about to follow in the footsteps of Jeremy Brett and Basil Rathbone? 4 “I’m an old broken-down piece of meat.
Source: Irish Times

'Up in the Air': Director's view

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:51:09 GMT

Clooney might get his Best Actor oscar finally! Well deserved after films like Clayton and Syriana! Colin Firth is going to win the Oscar for Best Actor. Mark my words! The rules: Keep it clean, and stay on the subject - or we may delete your comment.
Source: Entertainment Weekly

Tom Ford bets on Vegas for second U.S. menswear shop

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:22:42 GMT

It's turning out to be a busy month for designer/director Tom Ford.
Source: Los Angeles Times

The downlow on Tom Ford's A Single Man

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:37:59 GMT

A Single Man is one of the best gay movies ever. That it marks the feature debut of fashion-designer-turned-film-director Tom Ford is nothing short of amazing.
Source: Xtra.ca

Film: He Wears a Revealing Sort of Restraint

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:04:26 GMT

Mr. Firth is starring as a grieving professor in “A Single Man.” THE British actor Colin Firth at lunch was just what you might imagine from his movies: articulate, thoughtful, reserved, dryly funny.
Source: International Herald Tribune

Tom Ford: The Fashion Designer Finds a New Calling

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:03:22 GMT

After his debut behind the camera with the upcoming "A Single Man," Ford said he plans to make a movie every two or three years.
Source: The Wrap

Quoted in 'Gold Derby nuggets: Helen Mirren feted by Palm Springs fest | MOMI salutes Clint Eastwood | Dave Karger predix NBR picks'

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:59:51 GMT

said in Los Angeles Times:

Last year they were the first group to single out eventual winners 'Slumdog Millionaire' and Penelope Cruz. Their lead-acting winners almost always go on to earn Oscar nods ... I’m thinking it’ll be Colin Firth and Meryl Streep this time.

Tom Ford: Design Director

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:50:22 GMT

IT is a wonder that Tom Ford, the former creative director of Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent who turned louche sexuality into high fashion in the 1990s, didn’t try his hand at directing a movie sooner.
Source: The New York Times

National Board of Review: Predict!

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:13:58 GMT

The NBR is an unreliable indicator of Oscars except for this: usually only one of the top five prize winners will go on to get an Academy Award. The question is usually: which one? A Serious Man and A Single Man are two seperate films.
Source: Entertainment Weekly

Photo from Getty Images by Getty Images Europe

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:59:21 GMT

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 03: Actor Colin firth signs autographs as he arrives for the World Film Premiere of Disney's 'A Christmas Carol' at the Odeon Leicester Square on November 3, 2009 in London, England.

Photo from Getty Images

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:31:51 GMT

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 01: Colin Firth attends the Bottletop Full Circle Fundraising Auction at The Roundhouse on October 1, 2009 in London, England.

Quoted in 'Mr. Darcy Comes Out'

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:11:47 GMT

Colin Firth said in The Daily Beast:

It was hugely ironic and depressing, especially given that, we weren’t making a political film, but given the fact that [the film takes place] in 1962, and now California had voted to take us back past 1962

Colin Firth on Ellen

Wed, 24 May 2006 03:11:04 GMT