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The shirt worn by Colin Firth when he strides across fields dripping wet after a swim in a lake during the TV adaptation of the classic novel Pride and Prejudice is being in auctioned in London.Cosprop, a costume house founded in 1965 by theOscar and Bafta-winning designer John Bright, and Kerry Taylor Auctions, will auction the shirt, which has an estimate of between £7,000 and £10,000, along with more than 60 costumes from film and TV.The Oscar-winner Firth played Fitzwilliam Darcy in the 1995 BBC adaptation of Jane…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeFans of Bridget Jones have cause to celebrate after it was confirmed a fourth instalment of the beloved franchise is set to begin filming in May.The cultural phenomenon that was Bridget Jones’s Diary led to unprecedented box office success and an Oscar nomination for its leading actor Renée Zellweger, who played the perpetually single lead. Based on the 1996 book, Bridget Jones’s Diary…

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A documentary about the life and career of legendary R&B singer Luther Vandross is in the works, with Jamie Foxx and Colin Firth serving as producers. Sony Music Entertainment’s (SME) Premium Content Division, Sony Music Publishing, Foxx’s Foxxhole Productions and Firth’s Raindog Films have joined forces to produce the first-ever doc on the eight-time Grammy winner, who died in 2005 at age 54. Award-winning filmmaker Dawn Porter is directing, and production is underway. Vandross began his…

Odessa Young dropped out of her Sydney high school a couple of days after her 17th birthday. The teenager had two big Australian movie roles to her credit, her performances celebrated on the film festival circuit, and had decided year 12 meant “the learning part was over and then it was all about testing”.She was “pretty persuasive” with her parents that she was serious about acting: “I was always a good debater, so they had no choice but to accept.”Young was single-minded in her ambition. She had had her big career break…

Rupert Everett has spoken of the “frustration” he felt upon seeing Colin Firth play the lead role in Tom Ford’s critically acclaimed film, A Single Man. Speaking on Piers Morgan Uncensored, Everett, 62, discussed the topic of straight actors playing gay characters. While he said he did not think gay roles need to be played exclusively by gay actors, he seemed irked by Firth’s role as a gay man in the 2009 drama.“It’s quite frustrating. I was frustrated, I remember going to see Colin Firth in the film by Tom Ford . I…

Rupert Everett has said he does not think gay roles need to be played exclusively by gay actors.Speaking on Piers Morgan Uncensored, Evertt, 62, said: “I don’t think gay actors should just play the gay roles. I think that the gay actors should be able to play the straight roles too, I think some straight guys played great gay roles.”Everett, who first found fame playing a gay public school pupil in 1984 drama Another Country, has spoken out about gay rights and previously said he believed coming out harmed his Hollywood…