Colin Firth News

SHOWTIME will be available in 60 million households for a Free Preview Weekend from Friday, January 6 through Sunday, January 8. Viewers across the country will have the opportunity to sample the premium network's award-winning programming on SHOWTIME, SHOWTIME HD™ and SHOWTIME On Demand®.

The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) has announced that 'Hugo' director Martin Scorsese will receive the Critics' Choice Music+Film Award at the 17th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards. The show will air live for the fifth straight year on VH1 from the Hollywood Palladium on Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 8:00 PM ET/PT.

The Araca Group has announced the return of AracaWorks, a week-long series of play readings celebrating new work for the theatre.

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival has just announced that award-winning actress, Viola Davis with the Outstanding Performer of the Year Award will appear on Friday, January 27, 2012, sponsored by Chumash Casino Resort. She will be honored with a Tribute celebrating her compelling performance in Tate Taylor's The Help at the 27th edition of the Festival which runs January 26 - February 5, 2012, it was announced today by SBIFF Executive Director Roger Durling.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles® (BAFTA Los Angeles) will honor Academy Award® winning writer/director John Lasseter with the Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Filmed Entertainment, and BAFTA winning director David Yates with the John Schlesinger Britannia Award for Excellence in Directing at the 2011 BAFTA Los Angeles Britannia Awards on Wednesday, November 30 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY is coming to theaters on December 9th from Focus Features. The drama thriller is directed by Tomas Alfresdon and stars Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, Benedict Cumberbatch, Stephen Graham and Mark Strong.

Personal appearances by legendary actor Sir Ben Kingsley, writer-director Alexander Payne, director Tomas Alfredson, director Julia Leigh, and award-winning author Brian Selznick (Hugo Cabret, Wonderstruck) with their highly anticipated new films are among the highlights of special programs at Museum of the Moving Image in November 2011.

Northern Broadsides and the celebrated playwright, novelist and poet Blake Morrison bring you the World premiere tour of We are Three Sisters.

Personal appearances by legendary actor Sir Ben Kingsley, writer-director Alexander Payne, director Tomas Alfredson, director Julia Leigh, and award-winning author Brian Selznick (Hugo Cabret, Wonderstruck) with their highly anticipated new films are among the highlights of special programs at Museum of the Moving Image in November 2011.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Jeremy Irvine, star of the upcoming film WAR HORSE, will be playing the role of the young Colin Firth in the 'The Railway Man'.

Accomplished stage/television actor and star of the recent National Tour of 'Say Goodnight Gracie,' Joel Rooks will reprise his critically acclaimed role of the lovable George Burns in 'Say Goodnight Gracie,' The Life, Laughter & Love of George Burns and Gracie Allen when the show returns to the New York stage at Off Broadway's St. Luke's Playhouse (308 West 46th Street).

Northern Broadsides and the celebrated playwright, novelist and poet Blake Morrison bring you the World premiere tour of We are Three Sisters.

Accomplished stage/television actor and star of the recent National Tour of 'Say Goodnight Gracie,' Joel Rooks will reprise his critically acclaimed role of the lovable George Burns in 'Say Goodnight Gracie,' The Life, Laughter & Love of George Burns and Gracie Allen when the show returns to the New York stage at Off Broadway's St. Luke's Playhouse (308 West 46th Street).

Northern Broadsides and the celebrated playwright, novelist and poet Blake Morrison bring you the World premiere tour of We are Three Sisters.

Accomplished stage/television actor and star of the recent National Tour of 'Say Goodnight Gracie,' Joel Rooks will reprise his critically acclaimed role of the lovable George Burns in 'Say Goodnight Gracie,' The Life, Laughter & Love of George Burns and Gracie Allen when the show returns to the New York stage on Friday, October 14th (2PM) at Off Broadway's St. Luke's Playhouse (308 West 46th Street).

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles (BAFTA Los Angeles) announced today that it will rename its Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Filmed Entertainment in honor of Albert R. 'Cubby' Broccoli, pioneering producer of the James Bond franchise.

Now starring as the title role in the NETworks produced 2nd National Tour of SHREK THE MUSICAL, recent University of the Arts grad Lukas Poost recently chatted with BroadwayWorld's Michael Lawrence Quintos to talk about his past influences and his greeny-fied alter ego in the relaunched tour (which continues its two-week engagement at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts through October 16).

According to the Daily Mail, actor Charles Edwards is set to portray King George VI in the world premiere of The King's Speech at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford from February 1. Following the run, the show will go on tour until March 17 in which it will be followed by a run at the West En

Working Title Films has commenced production on Joe Wright's epic love story Anna Karenina, adapted from Leo Tolstoy's classic novel by Academy Award winner Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare in Love). The film will shoot in the U.K. and Russia. Focus Features will distribute the movie domestically, and Universal Pictures International (UPI) will distribute the movie internationally.

Acorn Media Group this week announced it is significantly expanding Acorn TV, its online streaming service, to meet the demand of subscribers looking for more British television classics and contemporary titles. Now Anglophiles will be able to choose from a full season of 10 critically acclaimed British series at any given time to watch online.