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Showing posts with label hollywood. Show all posts
Colin Firth on Queen’s birthday honours list
Saturday, 11 June 2011
Film actor Colin Firth, who won an Oscar for his role as the stammering King George VI in the widely-acclaimed film, The King’s Speech, has been appointed a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the Queen’s birthday honours list announced on Saturday in recognition of his contribution to drama.
Ironically, Firth was not the first choice for the role and it came his way only after Hugh Grant reportedly turned it down.
His portrayal of the monarch’s struggle with his speech and how he overcame it with the help of a slightly eccentric Australian speech-therapist has won him several prizes, including a Bafta awarded by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
King George VI was the Queen’s father who suddenly found himself on the throne after his brother Edward VIII was forced to abdicate over his decision to marry Wallis Simpson, a twice-divorced American socialite, in defiance of the Church of England which did not allow divorcees to remarry while their former spouses were still alive. He could not remain on the throne if he married Ms. Simpson.
Firth achieved cult status among a generation of young women after he played Mr. Darcy in the BBC TV’s 1995 adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. His other films include Bridget Jones's Diary, and the musical Mamma Mia.
Zach Galifianakis Interview
Sunday, 29 May 2011
Zach Galifianakis works very hard to appear disinterested. As one of the breakout leads from The Hangover, Galifianakis behaves as though he doesn’t want the fact that he starred in the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time to go to his head.
Soft-spoken and pleasant, he doodles during interviews. He considers his answers. He deadpans his responses. Some of that is playing the role of a happy stand-up comic enjoying his unlikely rise to movie-star success. Or some of it might be the delayed after-effects of the considerable amount of drugs he claims to have used over the course of his career.
AskMen spoke to Zach during a press event for The Hangover Part II.
Have you ever -- or would you ever -- find yourself mixed up in the sort of debauchery Alan stumbles into in both Hangover movies?
Zach Galifianakis : I’ve been happily dedicated to the same woman for a number of years. I never even look at other women. I think I was probably the most boring guy on this shoot.$20 Million Lawsuit Alleges 'A-List Celebrity' Gave Sexual Partner Herpes
Saturday, 14 May 2011 A $20 million lawsuit filed in California claims an unnamed "A-list male" celebrity deliberately gave his sexual partner herpes.
"As a carnivorous plant lures unsuspecting victims with veiled deceit, so too did the defendant in the case," states the complaint filed in Los Angeles County on Wednesday by attorney Keith M. Davidson. It alleges that the "celebrity of substantial fame intentionally wielded his influence, money and notoriety to attract his prey."
Read the entire $20 million lawsuit against the "A-list celebrity"
The suit claims that the plaintiff, who is not named or identified as a man or woman, contracted the sexually transmitted disease by the defendant, who is listed as "John Doe" in the complaint, after they engaged in sex and drug use in a Las Vegas hotel room last month.
"For Plaintiff, the night will last forever, not solely in the form of the video-tape that recorded the evening, but in the form of a dreaded sexually transmitted disease spread by the Defendant to the Plaintiff," the complaint stated.
The plaintiff is suing for sexual battery; intentional infliction of emotional distress; negligent infliction of emotional distress; and fraud in the misrepresentation against the defendant.
The complaint described the celebrity as a star who has appeared on television and whose net worth is more than $100 million. The plaintiff claims that the defendant said he was STD-free "without equivocation" when asked, while the defendant inquired about plaintiff's sexual history, the complaint said.
The plaintiff claims that she or he was also STD-free and was in a "monogamous relationship for years."
The complaint revealed that the pair participated in "mutual self-gratification, rubbing and massaging each other, play-wrestling, licking and intercourse," and that they recorded the events - including ingesting illegal drugs - on their cell phones to, as the defendant expressed, "relive the magic over-and-over again."
The plaintiff claims that the defendant did not do his legal duty to prevent injury and misled the plaintiff by not disclosing he did have a sexually transmitted disease, resulting in the plaintiff enduring physical pain, anguish, shock and humiliation.
"As a carnivorous plant lures unsuspecting victims with veiled deceit, so too did the defendant in the case," states the complaint filed in Los Angeles County on Wednesday by attorney Keith M. Davidson. It alleges that the "celebrity of substantial fame intentionally wielded his influence, money and notoriety to attract his prey."
Read the entire $20 million lawsuit against the "A-list celebrity"
The suit claims that the plaintiff, who is not named or identified as a man or woman, contracted the sexually transmitted disease by the defendant, who is listed as "John Doe" in the complaint, after they engaged in sex and drug use in a Las Vegas hotel room last month.
"For Plaintiff, the night will last forever, not solely in the form of the video-tape that recorded the evening, but in the form of a dreaded sexually transmitted disease spread by the Defendant to the Plaintiff," the complaint stated.
The plaintiff is suing for sexual battery; intentional infliction of emotional distress; negligent infliction of emotional distress; and fraud in the misrepresentation against the defendant.
The complaint described the celebrity as a star who has appeared on television and whose net worth is more than $100 million. The plaintiff claims that the defendant said he was STD-free "without equivocation" when asked, while the defendant inquired about plaintiff's sexual history, the complaint said.
The plaintiff claims that she or he was also STD-free and was in a "monogamous relationship for years."
The complaint revealed that the pair participated in "mutual self-gratification, rubbing and massaging each other, play-wrestling, licking and intercourse," and that they recorded the events - including ingesting illegal drugs - on their cell phones to, as the defendant expressed, "relive the magic over-and-over again."
The plaintiff claims that the defendant did not do his legal duty to prevent injury and misled the plaintiff by not disclosing he did have a sexually transmitted disease, resulting in the plaintiff enduring physical pain, anguish, shock and humiliation.
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