What do Bruce Willis, Winston Churchill, Marilyn Monroe and King George VI have in common besides being public figures? They all suffered from stuttering at some point in their lives.
The Duchess of Cambridge paid homage to tradition on her wedding day
Friday's nuptials between Prince William and Kate Middleton won't be the first royal wedding to captivate Anglophiles from around the world. But it will be the first with its own Twitter hashtag.
It's a family lineage littered with public scandals, private feuds, salacious secrets and oodles of intrigue. Britain's royal family has, for centuries, made headlines as well as history.
"Nobody in my family ever - ever - made fun of me," he writes in a personal essay to PEOPLE
Producer Iain Canning talks to CNN's Ali Velshi about the hit movie.
"The King's Speech" story knocked around in David Seidler's head for half a century before he finished writing the screenplay for the film, which is now nominated for a dozen Academy Awards.
CNN's Nick Glass meets Mark Logue, the grandson of King George VI's speech therapist.
There were always three pictures of King George VI on the mantelpiece of the various houses Mark Logue lived in when he was growing up -- including one signed and dated by the king on the day of his coronation -- but as a boy in the 1970s and 1980s, Logue doesn't remember wondering why.
In the movie "The King's Speech," there is a pivotal scene where Elizabeth, the future queen, frustrated by the failures of doctors who were trying to treat her husband's stutter, ventures into the streets of London to the office of controversial speech therapist Lionel Logue. So unaccustomed to the outside world, Elizabeth doesn't even know how to properly work the elevator in Logue's building.
"The King's Speech" star says he "likes voting" and doesn't support British monarchy. Full interview airs January 28.
CNN's Piers Morgan calls the on-screen relationship between "The King's Speech" actors Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush "one of the great bromances we've ever seen in the movies."
By T-minus 18 days until the Oscars and, of course, we are all starting to place bets on who we think will walk away with little golden men this year. Luckily, the Academy has proven itself to be pretty darn predictable over the years. If you're America's Sweetheart, you'll probably win Best Actress. If you sing in a flick, you are almost guaranteed Oscar gold. But there's another trend we've been noticing lately: the winners for Best Actress and Best Actor tend to be the person who's taken on the based-on-a-true-story role. In fact, 10 of the 20 top honors given in the 2000s went to actors who portrayed real people. Let's take a look, shall we?
The monarch attended a private screening of the Oscar-nominated film and was "moved"
Colin Firth and Helena Bonham Carter help carry King's Speech to 12 nods; 10 for True Grit
"The King's Speech" nabbed 14 nominations, including one for actor Colin Firth who plays the stuttering King George VI, at this year's British Academy Film Awards, the academy announced Tuesday.
Colin Firth, Annette Bening, Natalie Portman and more take home top awards
Prince William and Harry's great-grandpa - played by Colin Firth in the new film - was more than just a stutterer
'Tis the season, for movies, that is! This holiday season is introducing audiences to a whole new crop of flicks guaranteed to drive you to a theater, despite the $10 ticket. Check out the movies taking 2010 out with a bang.
Cher and Christina Aguilera talk about their new film 'Burlesque' and answer your iReport questions.
It could have been a bunch of pip-pip, stiff-upper-lip Brit blather about a stuttering king who learns to stop worrying and love the microphone. Instead, "The King's Speech" -- a crowning achievement powered by a dream cast -- digs vibrant human drama out of the dry dust of history.
Kauto Star underlined his status as the leading steepechaser of his generation by claiming a record fourth straight King George VI Chase at Kempton Park in London on Boxing Day.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II unveiled a new medal Wednesday to honor the families of British service personnel killed while serving their country.
Star steeplechaser Kauto Star romped to his third successive victory in the King George VI Chase at Kempton Park on Boxing Day.
Denman led a famous one-two-three for trainer Paul Nichols with a commanding performance in the Chelltenham Gold Cup on Friday.
Kauto Star put on an imperious display to win the prestigious King George VI Chase at Kempton for the second time.
Kauto Star underlined his status as steeplechasing's outstanding performer with an emphatic victory in the King George VI Chase at Kempton Park on Boxing Day.
Desert Orchid, one of Britain's most popular and famous racehorses, died in his stable on Monday at the age of 27.
Queen Elizabeth II was praised for her "calmness, serenity and stillness" at a special service of thanksgiving on Sunday to mark her 80th birthday.
Celebrations to mark Queen Elizabeth II's 80th birthday continued Saturday with a special display staged at Buckingham Palace of historic British-built cars.
To the tune of a brass band playing "Happy Birthday," a beaming Queen Elizabeth II joined throngs of loyal subjects at Britain's Windsor Castle to celebrate as she turns 80.
A new champion will be crowned in March's Cheltenham Gold Cup, after 2005 winner Kicking King was ruled out of the race with a tendon injury.
Top mare Soviet Song narrowly failed to retain her Sussex Stakes crown, going down by half a length to fast-improving colt Proclamation, the 3-1 second favourite.
French-trained Jair du Cochet, 11-2 second favourite for next week's Cheltenham Gold Cup, has had to be put down after injuring himself in training.
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