The King's Speech In the 2011 Oscar winner, Colin Firth gives a tour de force performance as Prince Albert, Duke of York / King George VI. Throughout the film, he overcomes both his personal fears of being king and a debilitating stutter that prevents him from speaking in public. He finds his confidence in a friendship with Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush), a tutor that uses unorthodox methods to Read more

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"My father always said I'd be a late bloomer." — David Seidler won me, and I imagine many others, over during his acceptance speech for best original screenplay at the Oscars. At 73, he's the oldest person ever to win in the category, but the script was long in the making. After overcoming a stutter himself — one he attributes to the trauma of growing up in wartime London — he long Read more

This Sunday, throw an Academy Awards watch party that's fit for royalty by doing it up like The King's Speech! Even though I've already pulled party inspiration from several best picture contenders, I couldn't let the Oscar front-runner go unrecognized. The film lends itself more to a swanky affair — you're serving kings and queens, after all — but that doesn't mean it needs to feel stuffy. Read more