A Single Man Articles
Colin Firth, Sandra Bullock, Christopher Plummer: Oscar's Veterans 2009
Colin Firth in Tom Ford's A Single Man (top); Sandra Bullock in John Lee Hancock's The Blind Side (middle); Christopher Plummer in Michael Hoffman's The Last Station (bottom) Christian Bale, Jacki Weaver: Oscar Veterans 2010 Colin Firth Colin Firth received a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his bereaved gay professor in Tom Ford's A Single Man. He lost to Jeff Bridges in Scott Cooper's Crazy [...]
A SINGLE MAN, GLEE, Drew Barrymore, Wanda Sykes: GLAAD Awards 2010
Tom Ford's A Single Man, about a bereaved college professor (Colin Firth) in 1960s Los Angeles, was chosen as the "outstanding wide-release film" at the 21st annual GLAAD Media Awards, presented by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation at the Hyatt Regent Century Plaza Hotel in LA. According to Ford's longtime partner, Richard Buckley, the designer-turned-filmmaker was stuck in London as a result of [...]
Colin Firth, Carey Mulligan, FISH TANK, A PROPHET: BAFTA 2010
Katie Jarvis, Michael Fassbender in Fish Tank (top); Carey Mulligan in An Education (upper middle); Colin Firth in A Single Man (lower middle); Tahar Rahim in A Prophet (bottom) The BAFTA surprises weren't major surprises, except for one: the Outstanding British Film was Andrea Arnold's gritty Fish Tank instead of the more internationally recognized An Education. Nominated for eight BAFTAs, An Education ended up winning [...]
Box Office: AVATAR Leads, Oscar Nominations Effect All But Gone
Colin Firth in A Single Man All but two movies on the top-twelve domestic box-office chart posted losses on Wednesday, according to Box Office Mojo. Obviously, the effects of Tuesday's minor Oscar bump didn't linger very long. Avatar had one of the smallest drops, 1.5 percent, down to $2.647 million for a total of $603.7 million after 48 days. James Cameron’s sci-fier was followed by [...]