Ellen Surprises Colin Firth with His Wax Figure!
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Straight from Madame Tussauds, it’s Colin Firth! The famous actor had yet to see his wax likeness, so Ellen had it flown in for an amazing surprise!
Colin Firth loves new smaller role, chats about ‘Bridget Jones’s Baby’
0Colin Firth insists that size doesn’t matter. He won the coveted Best Actor Oscar last year for “The King’s Speech” but is perfectly happy to do a supporting role opposite Gary Oldman in the critically acclaimed “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” based on the book by novelist John Le Carre.
“Don’t get me wrong,” Firth says. “I spent a lot of years working up to playing leads, but I still can’t resist a really meaty role. If I can really sink my teeth in then it could be the guy with all the lines or the one you remember from those 10 minutes on screen.”
Audiences are wondering about his upcoming role in the third “Bridget Jones” film. In “Bridget Jones’s Baby,” the former singleton is struggling with turning 40. She and husband Mark Darcy (Firth) are trying to get pregnant, and her annoying former boss Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant) is still lurking around, too.
“I love the characters that Renee, Hugh and I play in those movies,” he says. “I’m always interested to see where the writers will take us.”
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Wishing all of you, Colin fans out there, a very blessed Christmas. Let the new year bring you a lot of joy and inspiration. And more of Oscars for our dear man of course 
Colin Firth excited for ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary 3′
0Colin Firth has said that he is excited for Bridget Jones’s Diary 3.
The King’s Speech star revealed that he would love to be reunited with the cast of the popular films.
“It’ll be nice [to be reunited],” Firth told CNN.
“It would be like one of those rather tempestuous ’70s pop bands trying to get together in a way,” he added. “We always had a good time.”
In October, director Paul Feig exited the project after completing a new draft for the film. He is expected to be replaced by a British director.
The film will see Renée Zellweger reprise her role in the movie. Hugh Grant is also expected to return.
Production of the film is currently scheduled to begin in January 2012.
Colin Firth, Emily Blunt shoot movie scene in Fairmont
0FAIRMONT – This sleepy Robeson County town was awakened Tuesday by the hustle and bustle of a production crew filming the upcoming movie “Arthur Newman, Golf Pro,” starring Academy Award winner Colin Firth and Golden Globe winner Emily Blunt.
Director Dante Ariola, left, talks with actors Emily Blunt and Colin Firth on the set of the movie 'Arthur Newman, Golf Pro,' which was filming a scene Tuesday in Fairmont.
Fans such as media specialist Colleen Macklin traveled for miles to see Firth.
“I’m coming from Burlington,” she said, her camera in hand. “I took off from a day of school, paid for a sub, traveled three hours. And I’m willing to do anything legal or illegal in order to see Colin Firth. Whatever it takes.”
It didn’t take long for a small crowd to gather near the production site at East Thompson and South Main streets.
About 150 crew members were on set to film a scene in front of the Hector McLean Public Library and the vacant Fairmont Youth Opportunity Center across the street. The library was staged as a hotel, while the community center was used as the outside of a chapel.
A new identity
In the film, Firth plays a man named Wallace Avery who faked his own death and assumed a new identity as Arthur Newman, a golf pro. He later meets Mike (Blunt), an attractive yet emotionally damaged woman who also is striving to start a new life.
Producer Mac Cappuccino of Vertebra Films said the scene is an important one in the story.
“Wallace (Firth) … is looking over at this chapel and sees these people getting married. He’s looking for Mike, and he can’t find her. He realizes that, ‘I like this girl.’ … He cares for her almost like a caretaker, but there’s also that romantic tension,” Cappuccino said.
The scene – although no longer than a few minutes – required multiple takes from different camera angles. Filming lasted for several hours.
As the day continued, more onlookers began to trickle on site, some of whom were planning to vote, as well.
Fairmont residents voted in municipal elections at the library on Tuesday. Voters were required to enter through the back entrance while filming was taking place in the front.
Poll volunteers were often seen peeping out of library windows to get a look at Hollywood in their backyard.
Volunteer Shirley Thompson said seeing the filming was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Across the street, Rose Tencati tried to get a look from her hot dog stand. Business was already brisk when she arrived.
“I do know that they are having a catering service for the crew and the cast. And I think I may get twice as many customers than I usually get, but not much more than that,” she said.
Helping the town
The filming is expected to be a boon for local businesses and the community as a whole, said Mayor Charles Kemp.
“Before this day is over, there’s probably going to be a couple of hundred onlookers, citizens who want to stand around and watch this because this is very unusual for Fairmont,” he said. “They may stop and buy a McDonald’s hamburger, get gas or stop by a store and buy some clothes. It’ll provide a very positive atmosphere for our town.”
Colin Firth Admits to Being ‘Gadget Man’
0Eco-Age magazine goes online for wife Livia
Oscar-winner Colin Firth has called for an end to eco-guilt, as he discusses his fondness for shiny new gadgets in his wife’s new online magazine.
Owning up to having a liking for items from the brand ” with the fruit-related logo”, he says that he wants to live in a world where it is okay to upgrade gadgets and not feel guilty.
“We need to put pressure on the brands and companies to take responsibility for their supply chain until it’s a reality”, he writes in the first edition of Eco-Age, which was launched this week by his wife Livia Firth.
However, he defends himself on the grounds that he owns “what might be one of the oldest television sets in the western world” and says its no good making people feel guilty about, for example, driving a car, if they need one to go to work.
“After all it’s not entirely wrong to want or need stuff. I find the great scientist James Lovelock’s view particularly sane. To paraphrase entirely he says that we shouldn’t blame the guy in the car for exacerbating climate change, when he’s just trying to get to work. Making him feel guilty doesn’t help anybody.” he comments.
“The real eco shriekers, who walk around like ghastly preachers are probably a necessary evil but we don’t have to like them.
“It’s not wrong to want beautiful things. On one level these gadgets and access to them are a real joy of contemporary life. Unfortunately there’s a very ugly by-product. Imagine if reading books was found to poison the environment. That would be a terribly unfortunate by-product of something very wonderful. I have no solution on how to balance this quandary but I think we should begin by retiring eco guilt.” says Firth.
Eco-Age was created with Saatchi and Saatchi in Italy, and promises ” great columns on everything from eco-luxe fashion to cycling” as well as online shopping from an “exquisitely curated shop.” according to Livia .
A former film producer who met her husband on a film set in Italy in 1996, she says that moving online is the next phase of the Eco Age adventure. Her eco-friendly shop on Chiswick High Road is currently closed for renovations.
Actors Colin Firth, Emily Blunt to film in Fairmont for upcoming movie
0FAIRMONT - The last time moviegoers saw Colin Firth, he was stumbling through his lines as King George VI in “The King’s Speech.”
On Nov. 8, the Academy Award winner will be in Fairmont, along with Golden Globe winner Emily Blunt. The two will be shooting scenes for an upcoming film, “Arthur Newman, Golf Pro.”
Fairmont Mayor Charles Kemp couldn’t be happier about Hollywood coming to this Robeson County town.
“We’re really excited they’re coming to film here,” said Kemp. “They won’t be here for long, but they’ll be here.”
Firth, who won an Academy Award for his role in “The King’s Speech,” and Blunt (“The Devil Wears Prada” and “The Adjustment Bureau”), will be part of a small crew, Kemp said, that will be filming scenes using the exterior of the Hector McLean Public Library, which will pose as a hotel, and the Fairmont Youth Opportunity Center, which is across from the library and is currently vacant.
“They came here a few weeks ago and scouted our downtown area,” said Kemp. “They came in a big tour bus and deployed like army ants. They took some notes, stayed for a little while and then were gone again. They came back because they like the architecture.”
“Arthur Newman, Golf Pro” will be the directorial debut of Dante Ariola, who has won a number of accolades for his work directing commercials for Coca-Cola, Nike, ESPN and other high-profile brands.
Principal photography for the film began Oct. 10 in Wilmington and will continue at locations across the state through the middle of November.
The film follows Wallace Avery (played by Firth), who has ruined his sole shot at living his dream. Afraid to face his failure, he hatches a plan to stage his death so he can re-create himself and take on a new identity. His plans take a turn when he meets a woman (Blunt) who is trying to escape her past as well.
News of the film crew’s impending arrival was a surprise to Tony Hargett, branch manager of the Hector McLean Public Library.
“I just found out today, but I think it’s great,” Hargett said Monday. “It’s perfect for Fairmont.”
Hargett wasn’t sure how the crew would make the library look like a hotel, but he had faith.
“That might take some work,” he said. “That’s gonna be big time for us.”
Kemp said the buzz is already building around town and beyond.
“Fairmont’s Facebook has already had some comments, and people are already calling about the shoot,” said Kemp. “I’m sure the day of the filming, we’ll have a lot of people here just to see what’s going on.”
Kemp said he hopes the filming will give the town an economic shot in the arm.
“Maybe they’ll stop and get some gas or buy a hamburger,” said Kemp. “One woman told me she couldn’t believe Colin Firth was coming. It’s not every day you can say that an Academy Award winner will be in your town.”
Colin Firth gets his own waxwork
0Actor is the latest star to get his own figurine
Wax museum Madame Tussauds in London are currently working on the statue, having just completed the clay model of Firth’s head.
The Oscar winner will join other celebrities who have been immortalised in wax, such as his friend Helen Mirren.
The figurine will be ready to be exhibited in December.
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