Actor Colin Firth is set for the royal treatment after signing up to play King George VI in a new movie. The Mamma Mia! star will play Queen Elizabeth II's father in "The King's Speech".

Happy Birthday to "Birth" actor Gregory Smith (1983), "Sister Sister" twins Tia and Tamera Mowry (1978), rapper 50 Cent (1975), Wu-Tang Clan member Inspectah Deck (1970), singer Heather Nova (1967),

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has a long history of awarding actors who portray real people. For example: Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles (Ray),

NEW YORK (AP) — After a spate of January closings, Broadway can't wait to get to March and April when a surprisingly large parade of star-driven plays will open.

Australian actress Cate Blanchett is delighted to be included in her country's national day celebrations - the star will see her face printed on a set of postage stamps.

Happy Birthday to "Birth" actor Gregory Smith (1983), "Sister Sister" twins Tia and Tamera Mowry (1978), rapper 50 Cent (1975), Wu-Tang Clan member Inspectah Deck (1970), singer Heather Nova (1967),

Lindsay Lohan is to be honored for contribution to the film industry at a festival in Italy. The star will praised for her film roles at the Capri Film Festival on Sunday.

Samuel L. Jackson has been named and shamed at the top of a new online poll to find the Oscars' sorest loser from the last 17 years. The movie star clearly uttered the word "s**t" when he lost out on a Best Supporting Actor prize for Pulp Fiction in 1994, and his foul mouth has earned him the top spot on GoldDerby.com's quirky new list.

It is hard to know what to expect when coming into Elizabeth: The Golden Age, a delayed sequel of a film that 10 years prior had been a heavy player at the Oscars.

''Elizabeth: The Golden Age'' is essentially a Paris couture fashion show with some historical names and details tossed in as a feeble attempt at significance.