David Seidler, ‘The King’s Speech’ Screenwriter, Dies at 86

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Really only Colin Firth related, but this has been making me laugh all morning.

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Charles and Camilla host British Academy Award winners including Colin Firth, Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Jeremy Irons, Michael Caine, Ben Kingsley, Glenda Jackson, Mark Rylance -- and he isn't labeled anywhere, but you can see Tom Hooper in the upper left, too. (Not sure where Helen Mirren was!)

Hi Folks. Is it very quiet here because we've all moved to Tumblr?

Just in case anyone has not, I figured I would make note here that there's some King's Speech/Imitation Game crossover fan art there (some slashy), which might be of interest, especially if you're a fan of Colin Firth and Mark Strong's ever-growing body of collaborative workAlso ( Read more... )

"Colin Firth, who won an Academy Award for playing stuttering monarch King George VI in 2010 drama 'The King's Speech'...is putting the experience to good use by supporting the Action for Stammering Children organisation." (The Express"Colin has now visited the charity in Leeds, and the Michael Palin Centre in Islington twice - and seen the ( Read more... )

Photos of Tom Hooper and Helena Bonham Carter (plus Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, et al) at the London premiere of Les Miserables last night.

Anyone in New York or L.A. getting to see Hyde Park on Hudson in advance of the rest of us?

And anyone want to take bets on the odds that Will and Kate will name a son "Albert"? :)

NO idea whether there's any truth to this -- The Sun is about as reliable as doomsday prophecies -- but it certainly put a smile on my face:

Colin Firth will return for 'King's Speech' sequel