Movie Recs: In Celebration of The British Royal Wedding of Prince William & Kate

Then & Now: Royal Weddings ~ Victoria & Albert
in The Young Victoria film and William & Kate in real-life.

Are you watching the highly anticipated, wedding of this century, The Royal Wedding of Prince William & Kate Middleton early this morning?! I am (and even woke up early before my alarm clock, lol...just to watch it LIVE! Yes! I want to see the royal weddings! I've been looking forward to it since their engagement last November...I'm so ready!) and so does most people around the world! Lucky Brits, they're on national holiday! If you are, be sure to tune in to your television now for live broadcast, turn on your radio to hear all about it, or login online for live streaming. You can also, check out People.com's frequently updated page: Royal Wedding: Kate Middleton and Prince William for all the latest news, as well as follow the official facebook, twitter, and The Royal Channel on youtube to watch and learn  all about today's Royal wedding, which I've been keeping up-to-date myself, lol.


If you're not watching or not into royal weddings, perhaps you're into movies involving the Royals, right? Well, I have some movie recommendations (in royalty genre) for you here in honor and celebration of William & Kate's wedding today. Some of these movies are related to or descendants to Prince William and his Royal family (ie. The Young Victoria, The King's Speech, and The Lost Prince to name a few) as well as his late mother, Princess Diana (her great-great aunt Georgiana Spencer, the Duchess of Devonshire in the film, The Duchess).

Movie Recommendations: The Royal Edition

(starring P&P/Austen actors)

The Young Victoria - starring Emily Blunt and Rupert Friend

A dramatization of the turbulent first years of Queen Victoria's rule, and her enduring romance with Prince Albert.

Read my Film Review: The Young Victoria

The Duchess - starring Keira Knightley
A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.

Read my Film Review: The Duchess 


The recent Academy award winning film, The King's Speech (Best Picture) starring Academy Award winner (Best Actor), Academy Award Nominee Geoffrey Rush, Academy Award Nominee Helena Bonham Carter, and .

After the death of his father King George V (Michael Gambon) and the scandalous abdication of his brother King Edward VIII (Guy Pearce), Bertie (Colin Firth) – who has suffered from a debilitating speech impediment all his life – is suddenly crowned King George VI of England.

The Lost Prince - starring Tom Hollander 

The true story of the British royal prince locked away because of having epilepsy.




Other Royal/Fairytale related films (with P&P and non-P&P actors starring)...
The Prince & Me - Julia Stiles, Luke Mabley
The Princess Diaries  - Anne Hathaway
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement - Anne Hathaway
Princess of Thieves (TV movie) - Keira Knightley
King Arthur- Keira Knightley
Shakespeare in Love - Judi Dench

Enchanted - Amy Adams, James Marsden
Tangled - Mandy Moore


And many more...!


Here's wishing Prince William and his new Princess Bride, Catherine Middleton a blessed, happy wedding day today!

On DVD and Blu-ray Today: The King's Speech

Today the 4-time Academy Award Winning film, The King's Speech is released on DVD and Blu-ray! Go get your copy, rent it or netflix it, if you haven't already!

DVD Active has the following DVD and Blu-ray info for Academy award winning film, The King's Speech (Best Picture) starring Academy Award winner (Best Actor), Academy Award Nominee Geoffrey Rush, Academy Award Nominee Helena Bonham Carter, and .

Title: The King's Speech (IMDb)
Starring: Colin Firth
Released: 19th April 2011
SRP: $29.98 (DVD)

Further Details:
Anchor Bay Entertainment and The Weinstein Company has announced DVD ($29.98) and Blu-ray ($39.99) releases of The King's Speech for April 19th. Extra material will include an audio commentary with director Tom Hooper, a 20-minute “Making Of The King’s Speech” featurette, archival footage of the actual King George VI, and much more.

See the attached DVD and Blu-ray artwork below:

 (source: DVD Active)

Pre-order your copy of either: standard DVD or Blu-ray on Amazon.com


 Synopsis

After the death of his father King George V (Michael Gambon) and the scandalous abdication of his brother King Edward VIII (Guy Pearce), Bertie (Colin Firth) – who has suffered from a debilitating speech impediment all his life – is suddenly crowned King George VI of England.  With his country on the brink of war and in desperate need of a leader, his wife, Elizabeth (Helena Bonham Carter), the future Queen Mother, arranges for her husband to see an eccentric speech therapist, Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush).  After a rough start, the two delve into an unorthodox course of treatment and eventually forge a genuine friendship.  Through this unexpected bond, the new monarch will overcome his stammer to find his voice, inspire his people, and rally the world.

DVD News: Colin Firth's The King's Speech coming to DVD and Blu-ray April 19th!

The 4-time Academy Award Winning film, The King's Speech is coming to DVD and Blu-ray April 19th!

DVD Active has the following DVD and Blu-ray info for Academy award winning film, The King's Speech (Best Picture) starring Academy Award winner (Best Actor), Academy Award Nominee Geoffrey Rush, Academy Award Nominee Helena Bonham Carter, and .

Title: The King's Speech (IMDb)
Starring: Colin Firth
Released: 19th April 2011
SRP: $29.98 (DVD)

Further Details:
Anchor Bay Entertainment and The Weinstein Company has announced DVD ($29.98) and Blu-ray ($39.99) releases of The King's Speech for April 19th. Extra material will include an audio commentary with director Tom Hooper, a 20-minute “Making Of The King’s Speech” featurette, archival footage of the actual King George VI, and much more.

See the attached DVD and Blu-ray artwork below:

 (source: DVD Active)

Pre-order your copy of either: standard DVD or Blu-ray on Amazon.com


 Synopsis

After the death of his father King George V (Michael Gambon) and the scandalous abdication of his brother King Edward VIII (Guy Pearce), Bertie (Colin Firth) – who has suffered from a debilitating speech impediment all his life – is suddenly crowned King George VI of England.  With his country on the brink of war and in desperate need of a leader, his wife, Elizabeth (Helena Bonham Carter), the future Queen Mother, arranges for her husband to see an eccentric speech therapist, Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush).  After a rough start, the two delve into an unorthodox course of treatment and eventually forge a genuine friendship.  Through this unexpected bond, the new monarch will overcome his stammer to find his voice, inspire his people, and rally the world.

Live Blogging: The 2011 Oscars with The King's Speech winning 4 including Best Picture and Best Actor for Colin Firth!!!

The 83rd Annual Academy Awards is on now over now (eastern time)!

I will be posting the winners as they are announced! :)

*Oscar Winners (major films with # of wins, so far...): Inception - 4, Social Network -3, The Fighter - 2, Alice In Wonderland - 2, Toy Story 3 - 2 and The King's Speech - 4

Here are the 2011 Oscar Winners...thus far!

• Best Picture: The King's Speech - Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin  
• Best Director: Tom Hooper for The King's Speech  
• Best Actor: Colin Firth for The King's Speech 
• Best Actress: Natalie Portman for Black Swan 
• Best Supporting Actor: Christian Bale - The Fighter
• Best Supporting Actress: Melissa Leo for  The Fighter
• Best Original Screenplay:  The King's Speech - David Seidler 
• Best Adapted Screenplay: The Social Network - Aaron Sorkin
• Best Foreign Language: In a Better World - Susanne Bier (Denmark) 
• Best Animated Film: Toy Story 3 - Lee Unkrich 
• Best Documentary:  Inside Job  - Charles Ferguson, Audrey Marrs  
• Best Cinematography: Inception  - Wally Pfister 
• Best Art Direction: Alice in Wonderland - Robert Stromberg, Karen O'Hara
• Best Costume Design: Alice in Wonderland - Colleen Atwood 
• Best Editing: The Social Network - Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
• Best Score:  The Social Network - Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross  
• Best Song: Toy Story 3 - Randy Newman ("We Belong Together") 
• Best Makeup: The Wolfman - Rick Baker, Dave Elsey  
• Best Visual Effects:  Inception - Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, Pete Bebb, Paul J. Franklin
• Best Sound Editing: Inception - Richard King 
• Best Sound Mixing: Inception  - Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo, Ed Novick 
• Best Animated Short: The Lost Thing - Shaun Tan, Andrew Ruhemann
• Best Live Action Short: God of Love - Luke Matheny
• Best Documentary Short: Strangers No More - Karen Goodman, Kirk Simon  

See red carpet photos of  at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards - Arrivals and  - 83rd Annual Academy Awards - Arrivals   

That's a wrap! Congrats to Colin Firth and The King's Speech!!! Congrats to Inception too! Thanks for reading!!!

On TV Tonight: Watch Colin Firth, The King's Speech, Inception, Barney's Version, co-host Anne Hathaway, etc. at the 2011 Oscars!

Tonight is a big night for Hollywood and its movie stars as Academy Award nominees James Franco (nominated tonight for 127 Hours for Actor in a Leading Role) and Anne Hathaway (previously nominated for Actress in a Leading Role for Rachel Getting Married) are co-hosting the Oscars award ceremony at 8 PM ET/5 PM PCT (the red carpet starts at 7 PM ET/4 PCT prior to the award show!).

So, don't miss tonight's the 83rd Academy Awards as The King's Speech starring

Check out the other nominees too such as Inception (Talulah Riley co-stars)Rosamund Pike co-stars)for Adrien Morot (for Best Makeup)... in the following link below:
The King's Speech leads Oscar Nominations with 12 including Best Actor for Colin Firth!


Speaking of Oscars hosts Anne Hathaway and James Franco, check out  James Franco & Anne Hathaway: Oscar Promo Pics! or see them below...

 

(source:)

Also, check out and read an old post I posted a few years ago about the Oscar Revisited: Keira Knightley and Pride & Prejudice's 2006 Memorable Oscar Moments


P.S. I might do an Oscar Live Blogging (as well as do live tweet Oscar updates) later on tonight like I did last year...we'll see if I can get home early (to catch red carpet and opening ceremony) from work to do so...

Photos: Rosamund Pike at the Orange British Academy Film Awards 2011

Rosamund Pike attended and was a co-presenter (with her An Education co-star Dominic Cooper) at the Orange British Academy Film Awards 2011 held at The Royal Opera House on February 13, 2011 in London, England.

Rosamund Pike and Dominic Cooper presented an award for Original Screenplay, in which David Seidler won for The King Speech! (The King's Speech won 7 BAFTA awards for the night including Seidler for Original Screenplay, for Leading Actor, Helena Bonham Carter for Supporting Actress, Geoffrey Rush for Supporting Actor, Best Film, Outstanding British Film, and Alexander Desplat for Original Music). Congrats to CF and The King's Speech!!!

Check out new photos of the always gorgeous RP!



By the way, since I live in the U.S. and didn't get to see this award show, according to UK's The Daily Mail:  Rosamund Pike fluffs her lines as she nearly announces Bafta award winner!

Thankfully, there's a YT video for this too...even better, lol. Check out RP co-presenting with DC and messing up her lines (don't they all on LIVE TV when they're nervous or distracted or forget her lines/cue, like she seemed to be, lol), poor RP she now gets the embarrassing press attention, but I thought she was funny and handled it with very well. She made the presentation fun and hilarious...
   

(source: BBC One)

Orange British Academy Film Awards - Winners Boards

 Rosamund Pike poses in front of the winners boards at the Orange British Academy Film Awards 2011 held at The Royal Opera House on February 13, 2011 in London, England.

 (Photos by Dave Hogan/Getty Images Europe | zimbio.com)

David Seidler (C) poses with his Original Screenplay award for The King's Speech with presenters Rosamund Pike and Dominic Cooper.

 

BAFTA Press Room

The press room at the 2011 BAFTA awards ceremony held at the Royal Opera House.

(Photos by Bauer Griffin | zimbio.com)

Orange British Academy Film Awards - Outside Arrivals 

(Photos by Ian Gavan/Getty Images Europe | zimbio.com)

Orange British Academy Film Awards - Inside Arrivals  

(Photos by Dave Hogan/Getty Images Europe | zimbio.com)

 

BAFTA Awards Red Carpet

(Photos by Bauer Griffin | zimbio.com)

More Rosamund Pike Photos...
BAFTA Nominees Party
Finch And Partners' Pre-BAFTA Party - Arrivals 
Pre-BAFTA Party in Mayfair
Vivienne Westwood at Harvey Weinstein's Pre-BAFTA Party at Almada Club in London 
Rosamund Pike at a Pre-BAFTA Dinner in London

More RP photos...
Arrivals at the 31st London Critics Circle Film Awards
31st London Film Critics' Circle Awards - Pre Drinks Reception 
The London Critics' Circle Film Awards - Arrivals

Photos: P&P co-stars Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle reunited 15 years later!

A Pride and Prejudice ~ The King's Speech Reunion

The King's Speech. They were last seen together 15 years ago in the much loved Pride and Prejudice (1995 BBC/A&E TV Miniseries), which they famously played Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet. Jennifer Ehle won for Best Actress on the BAFTA TV Awards back in 1996.

Speaking of TKS: Read my Film Review: The King's Speech
 
An interesting CF/JE trivia (via UK's Daily Mail)...

He landed the role of Mr Darcy in the BBC adaptation of Austen’s Pride And Prejudice, and with it came a year-long romance with his co-star Jennifer Ehle (who played Elizabeth Bennett).

But by the time the drama was televised in 1995, he and Jennifer had split up.

Here are the following production stills, promotional photos, and very recent public appearances photos (promoting TKS with director TH) of CF and JE in...

The King's Speech (2010)

production stills

 (source: The King's Speech Official Website | The Weinstein Company | Ace Showbiz | Period Movies) 

   

 View more of The King's Speech Movie Stills 

 

 Pride and Prejudice (1995)

promotional photos and production stills

 

(P&P 1995 images sources)

More on BBC - Drama - Pride and Prejudice
 
Pride and Prejudice

• Episode Guide
• Characters
• Actors
• Behind the Scenes
• Photo Gallery
• Screensaver

Also, on  PBS Masterpiece.
 

 Recent Public Appearances/The King's Speech Promo
featuring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle

Q&A Following A Special Screening Of The Weinstein Company's 'The King's Speech'

(Photos by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images North America | zimbio.com) 

Actors Colin Firth, Jennifer Ehle, and director Tom Hooper attend a Q&A following a special screening of The Weinstein Company's "The King's Speech" at The Ziegfeld Theatre on January 11, 2011 in New York City.

Luncheon to Honor The Weinstein Company's "The King's Speech"

  

(Photos by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images North America | zimbio.com) 

Actors Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle with Kim Cattrall and director Tom Hooper attend the luncheon to honor The Weinstein Company's "The King's Speech" at a Private Club on January 10, 2011 in New York City.

Colin Firth recent photos (View all of them here!)
26th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival - Day 5
17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards - Press Room

17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards - Show
63rd Annual Directors Guild Of America Awards - Show
63rd Annual Directors Guild Of America Awards - Arrivals
Apple Store Host: Meet The Filmmakers: The King's Speech
The Weinstein Company And Relativity Media's 2011 Golden Globe Awards Party - Arrivals
Weinstein/Relativity Media Golden Globe After Party Presented by Marie Claire - Inside
68th Annual Golden Globe Awards - Show
68th Annual Golden Globe Awards - Press Room
68th Annual Golden Globe Awards - Arrivals
W Magazine Celebrates The Best Performances Issue and The Golden Globes - Red Carpet
16th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards - Show
Eleventh Annual AFI Awards - Presentation
Colin Firth on the Walk of Fame
Colin Firth Honored On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame
2010 New York Film Critics Circle Awards 
The 22nd Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala

Jennifer Ehle recent photos (view all JE photos here!)
Broadway Joins Jennifer Ehle And Eve Best For A Screening Of "The King's Speech"
"Mr. & Mrs. Fitch" Off-Broadway Opening Night - After Party