The most fascinating news from around the web on July 10, 2013
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Reading While Eating for December 15: Look, Up in the Sky
With fireworks and airplane stunts, Thursday’s links are on the up and up.
Friday Flicks: Is New Year’s Eve the Worst Possible Way to See Out 2011?
Grab some popcorn! NewsFeed’s Glen Levy brings you the movies you should check out (or avoid) this weekend.
Life Imitates Art: Colin Firth Struggles to Shake King’s Speech Stammer
He perfected the speech impediment while preparing for his Oscar-winning role. Now it appears he’s having trouble parting with it.
Arise Sir Colin? Oscar Winner Firth In Line for Knighthood
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.
The Social Network: Up There with Citizen Kane? The Top 10 Best Picture Snubs
And the Oscar for Best Snub goes to …
And The Best Oscar Acceptance Speech Goes To… Colin Firth
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.
Perfect Casting: Will Colin Firth Make Carey Mulligan a Fair Lady?
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.
Just What the Oscars Need: A New Envelope
And the winner of Best New Envelope goes to…
The King’s Speech Sweeps the BAFTA Board
“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)
No Such Thing As A Free Meal? Oscar Holds Sumptuous Annual Luncheon
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.
The Queen Gives The King’s Speech a Royal Seal of Approval
That sigh of relief you just heard? It came from everyone involved in Oscar’s front-running film. And now that Her Majesty has given The King’s Speech two thumbs up, nothing can get in its way.