It’s already received award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor, but The Social Network just added one more triumph to the list: Best Trailer.
First he played a king. Now Colin Firth may be in line to meet a queen if he picks up a knighthood in Her Royal Highness’ Birthday Honors List.
And the Oscar for Best Snub goes to …
Colin Firth’s Oscar acceptance speech on Sunday night was everything we want from a speech: eloquent, charming and sincere. We’re so glad he didn’t Melissa Leo it up.
There weren’t many surprises at the 2011 Academy Awards. But even though the front runners took their expected prizes, there were still moments to talk about at the watercooler the next morning.
The planned My Fair Lady remake, if the right actors come to the party, might just be an event of such magnitude that it puts the Great into Britain.
And the winner of Best New Envelope goes to…
“Two men in a room” it may be, but Tom Hooper’s movie starring Colin Firth as King George VI overcoming a stammer looks unstoppable this awards season. Next and final stop: The Oscars. (via TIME)
The film world might be focused on Oscar season, but there’s always room for reflection on British cinema. Right?
No fewer than 151 — count ‘em! — of this year’s class of Oscar attended the annual luncheon and they came with their appetite and wit intact.
