Colin Firth has signed to the film The Happy Prince, a biopic about Oscar Wilde to be directed by Rupert Everett (Hysteria, Shrek), marking the actor's directorial debut. full story ![]()

If Oscar Wilde were alive today, instead of in the late 1800s, Kevin Firnstahl believes he'd probably have a very successful makeover show.
thonline.com (2 months and 12 days ago)

PARIS — In his dark comedy of 1893, “A Woman of No Importance,” Oscar Wilde has Mrs. Arbuthnot, a respectable woman with a secret past, remark knowingly: “A kiss may ruin a human life.”
huffingtonpost.com (29 days ago)
Ryan Gosling may be playing Oscar Pistorius in a biopic about the athlete whose life changed drastically on Valentine’s Day earlier this year. The paraplegic athlete, who has been nicknamed “Blade Runner,” is being charged with premeditated murder after being accused of killing his girlfriend, FHM model Reeva Steenkamp. He shot her through a closed bathroom door, but says it...
ibtimes.com (1 month and 25 days ago)

Woody Allen was courting Emma Stone for his new film last week, and now Colin Firth is in talks for a male lead. Nothing's known about the film except a report that it'll be shot in the south of France. "Firth separately is attached to star in The Secret Service, the ... More »
vulture.com (22 days ago)

Oscar-winning actor Colin Firth has just bought the option to a new spy series, with the intention of becoming the latest fictional member of MI6.
standard.co.uk (29 days ago)

A 13-page letter, written by Oscar Wilde and discovered recently in the back of an old wardrobe in England, contains some interesting advice for writers. Addressed to an aspiring author, the message cautions writers not to rely on their craft for their livelihood. "The best work in literature is always done by those who do not depend on it for their daily bread," Wilde...
huffingtonpost.com (2 months and 1 day ago)
Have you ever read Oscar Wilde? Do you use sex toys? Why have you not attended a Pride march? These are just some of the questions that have been asked of lesbian asylum seekers in what one academic says shows shocking levels of ignorance and prejudice among tribunal judges.
independent.co.uk (1 month and 17 days ago)

Colin Firth and Emma Stone will star in Woody Allen's next film, which will be shot in the south of France this summer.
telegraph.co.uk (20 days ago)
Movies: Colin Firth from royal to ordinary ‘Arthur Newman’ by Steve Pond Reuters Published Apr 29, 2013 10:58AM MDT “If you don’t have a life, get someone else’s,” is the tagline on “Arthur Newman,” a black comedy about identity from first-time feature director Dante Ariola. It stars a couple of people with lots of history inhabiting other people’s lives: Oscar-winner Colin...
sltrib.com (22 days ago)

Colin Firth has had a busy week and it's only Tuesday. Late Sunday night, Latino Review reported that Firth had grabbed one of the lead roles in Matthew Vaughn's "The Secret Service," an adaptation of Mark Millar's spy comic book. Firth would play Uncle Jack in the film, a dashing MI6 agent not unlike James Bond who mentors his ne'er-do-well nephew, Gary. (No word yet on who...
huffingtonpost.com (21 days ago)
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