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...WrightFocus Features4 1/2 starsIt seems impossible that Jane Austen’s most beloved novel, “Pride and Prejudice,” could be adapted successfully after Laurence Olivier’s 1940 film version, a fantastic 1995 BBC TV mini-series starring (swoon) Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy, and the recent Bollywood comedy “Bride & Prejudice” had mined so much from the material. While director Joe Wright’s version, “Pride & Prejudice,” adds little to the incomparable plot and adored characters other than an ampersand...
...Firth emphasized, though, that “Hurricane Katrina was not a result of climate change” and was merely an example of the ripple effects that could potentially occur as a result of an increase in extreme weather...
More generally, the study presented a two-level approach to reduce the risks of climate change. The first level, “direct mitigation,” includes, among other measures, increasing monitoring of extreme weather hazards and distributing bed nets to curb the spread of malaria, Firth said...
...woman drowned in a bathtub), “Where the Truth Lies” plants itself firmly in the venerable shady-side-of-showbiz genre. This particularly sordid little tale centers on the Martin-and-Lewis-esque 1950s musical/comedy duo of Lanny Morris (Kevin Bacon) and Vince Collins (Colin Firth, distancing himself from his “Bridget Jones’s Diary” nice-guy image), who perform a yearly telethon to benefit polio victims. Behind the scenes, they indulge in plenty of sex, drugs, fights, and mob connections.The dead girl who opens the film is Maureen...
...thought you were worked up about the price of coffee. COLIN FIRTH is immersed in the issue. The Bridget Jones's Diary star endured a java shower for an ad campaign for the British charity Oxfam. "If I'm paying nearly $3 for a cup of coffee and some Ethiopian farmer gets 2% of that," he says, "where does the rest of it go?" Saying he is reluctant to be "just a windbag" on fair trade, Firth has also invested in a chain of coffee shops in London that pledges to compensate the crop's farmers fairly. He has worked...