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26 June 2008 8:04 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Colin Farrell is dating an English writer, reports claim. The actor's relationship with Emma Forrest, an author and journalist living in LA, is said to have curbed his partying lifestyle. The couple met through Farrell's In Bruges director Martin McDonagh, according to The Sun. A source said: "Colin is a changed man. He has knocked the boozing on the head and is enjoying life in a completely different way. "Emma has been a steadying influence (more)

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24 June 2008 11:51 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Latest: Extra sheriff's deputies have been assigned to patrol the beaches of Malibu, California after two celebrity-related incidents at the weekend (21-22Jun08).

On Saturday, Colin Farrell challenged a paparazzi after the Irishman spotted the snapper trying to take beach shots of him, his son and pregnant pal Minnie Driver.

Farrell ran up the beach and confronted the videographer, asking, "Are you f**king taking a picture of me and my boy? Turn that off."

And on Sunday, snappers trying to get photos of Matthew McConaughey at Paradise Cove beach brawled with angry surfers, who took offence when their playground became a paparazzi target.

In video footage released to news networks, the surfers can be seen beating up the photographers and dragging one of them into the ocean.

Local officials in Malibu are fighting to change city laws to prevent the paparazzi from invading beaches. In the meantime, police have agreed to patrol target areas in a bid to halt further clashes between photographers and sunbathers.

One local tells WENN, "It's getting out of hand. Suddenly you spot a celebrity and then there's a swarm of photographers. Malibu people are sick of it."

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24 May 2008 6:51 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

The woman who tried to sue Colin Farrell for sexual harassment has been cleared of prostitution and loitering charges.

Dessarae Bradford was exonerated from all hooker accusations in a Los Angeles court on Tuesday.

Delighted Bradford says, "The jury took a little over an hour to reach their unanimous decision, and I have been cleared of all charges."

Since her arrest in November, Bradford has reported the officer who landed her in trouble.

She says, "He is still now under investigation by internal affairs because of this matter.

"My brilliant attorney, Jessica Canada, and I are now preparing the civil court documents required to now sue the Lapd (Los Angeles Police Department) for $20 million, because of the public defamation, false arrest, profiling, racism and other police misconducts that I experienced and that I am still emotionally disturbed by.

"The court papers will be filed against the Lapd this month."

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23 May 2008 10:31 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

The former telephone sex worker who announced she was "waging a war on Colin Farrell" after he filed a restraining order against her has taken pity on the actor and agreed to leave him alone - until he gets healthy.

Dessarae Bradford, who unsuccessfully sued the Irish star for harassment twice, has released a song and a book detailing her alleged fling with Farrell.

But Bradford, who has also lashed out at Farrell in TV interviews, is keen to give the Irish actor a break after seeing new photographs of him looking gaunt and ill.

In a statement to Wenn, she says, "I am curtailing my slander, libel, and defamation lawsuit that I am prepared to file against him, until he becomes healthy and fit to stand trial - or the matter gets settled beforehand." Farrell recently sparked fears for his health after he appeared at a press conference looking alarmingly gaunt - but he insists he's merely shedding weight for a film role.

The 31 year old shocked reporters when he showed up to promote his upcoming movie Triage - in which he plays a war reporter in 1990s Bosnia - during a trip to Spain.

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17 May 2008 3:08 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Colin Farrell has insisted that fears over his recent weight loss are unfounded.

Recent reports have claimed that the actor's friends are worried for his health after spotting the sudden change in his appearance. However, Farrell has confirmed that he was asked to lose weight for his role in new movie Triage.

"I lost weight because my role demanded it," Farrell told People magazine. "It was all . . .

Daniel Kilkelly

16 May 2008 8:00 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

Why is Colin Farrell looking so thin? At a recent press conference in Spain, the usually fit actor stunned reporters with his appearance – not to mention what he said. "I lost weight because my role demanded it," Farrell told reporters simply of his upcoming film, Triage. "It was all very healthy."The actor also referred to the Scott Anderson novel on which Triage is based, reading the sentences that inspired his dramatic weight loss: "He went to the bathroom to shave. Once his beard was gone he saw that his face had become drawn. He pressed at the hollows beneath his eyes,

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16 May 2008 4:06 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Actor Colin Farrell has sparked fears for his health after he appeared at a press conference looking alarmingly gaunt - but he insists he's merely shedding weight for a film role.

Farrell, 31, shocked reporters when he showed up to promote his upcoming movie Triage - in which he plays a war reporter in 1990s Bosnia - during a trip to Spain.

He tells People.com, "I lost weight because my role demanded it. It was all very healthy."

The Irish actor did not elaborate as to how he lost the weight, instead quoting a line from the Scott Anderson novel on which the movie is based: "He went to the bathroom to shave. Once his beard was gone, he saw that his face had become drawn. He pressed at the hollows beneath his eyes, the pronounced nubs of his cheek bones."

But this is not the first time Farrell's appearance has prompted speculation of ill-health. The actor was released from a rehab facility in January 2006 after a spokesperson for the actor confirmed his voluntarily admittance to the programme in December 2005 to seek treatment for his use of recreational drugs and painkillers.

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14 May 2008 12:17 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Irish actor Colin Farrell has sparked fears for his health after embarking on a radical weight-loss plan for a new movie role.

The 32-year-old has been pictured on the set of his latest film Triage looking extremely gaunt and withdrawn, and is rumoured to have shed around three stone (19 kilogrammes) to play a war photographer who loses his best friend in Bosnia during the 1990s.

Farrell is currently shooting the movie in Alicante, Spain.

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29 April 2008 12:03 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

British comedy Three And Out has flopped at the box office, failing to reach the top ten in its first week of release.

The movie follows the story of a train driver - played by Mackenzie Crook - who discovers he will be fired if he has three fatal accidents within a one-month period.

But the film - directed by Jonathan Gershfield - has attracted controversy in the U.K, with drivers of London's Underground trains picketing the premiere, claiming it trivialises suicide.

The movie has taken just ($378 908) GBP189,454 to open at number 12.

Forgetting Sarah Marshall - starring Kristen Bell and Russell Brand - topped the chart, taking $3.5 million (GBP1.75 million) in three days.

Jessica Alba's The Eye is in second place with takings of $1.4 million (GBP704,655), while Kevin Spacey's gambling drama 21 dropped from the top spot to number three.

Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey's treasure-hunting adventure comedy Fool's Gold was in fourth place, down from number two taking ($952,532) GBP476,266.

In Bruges, a black comedy about two hitmen starring Colin Farrell and Ralph Fiennes, was at five with takings of ($816,096) GBP408,048.

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24 April 2008 12:14 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Kevin Spacey has hit the jackpot once again at the U.K. box office - his movie 21 is the country's most popular pick for a second consecutive week.

The casino drama's $2 million (GBP1 million) haul was enough to hold on to the number one spot, beating off competition from Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey's romantic comedy Fool's Gold, which took $1.95 million (GBP975,498).

Black comedy In Bruges, starring Colin Farrell, came in third place with $1.27 million (GBP638,654), while Keanu Reeves' action thriller Street Kings is at number four with $1.24 million (GBP619,647).

Family drama Son of Rambow rounds out the top five in fifth position with $1.16 million (GBP583,251).

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23 April 2008 2:07 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Robert Luketic's real-life drama 21 has held onto the UK box office top spot for a second week.

It beat off competition from Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson's treasure hunt adventure Fool's Gold, which landed at number two, and Colin Farrell's comedy drama In Bruges which entered at thee.

Other new entries came from Keanu Reeves's crime thriller Street Kings at number four, and Mike Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky, which . . .

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19 April 2008 7:25 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Heroes actress Hayden Panettiere loves Hollywood bad boys - and confesses to a crush on Colin Farrell.

The 18-year-old star refuses to talk publicly about her relationship with her co-star Milo Ventimiglia - but she is happy to admit fancying Farrell, Orlando Bloom and Ashton Kutcher.

She says, "They are so gorgeous. I go for bad boys. I like the surfer boy look to. The shaggy hair and the gorgeous bodies.

"I'm such a sucker for good bodies."

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6 April 2008 6:15 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Colin Farrell has been left deeply disturbed after a visit to Bosnia to research a new film role.

The Irish actor spent the weekend (05-06Apr08) in Srebrenica, where thousands of Muslims were slaughtered during the bloody 1992-1995 Bosnian War.

Farrell, who plays a photojournalist covering the conflict in new film Triage, admits he felt "sick" after visiting the town's cemetery.

He tells Reuters, "It is hard to describe how obviously the air and the land has been poisoned by the act of killing 8,000 people in the space of a day.

"But you really do get the sense of the pain and the loss and I am sad, I really am sad."

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19 March 2008 12:00 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Hollywood star Colin Farrell has taken up an unusual hobby to combat the damage caused by his drink and drug past - detoxing in steam baths "with strange Russian men".

The Phone Booth actor discovered the 10th Street Russian + Turkish Baths - a favourite haunt of late stars Frank Sinatra and John Belushi - on New York's Lower East Side after leaving rehab in 2006, and has been a regular visitor ever since.

Farrell insists the therapeutic benefits of "sweating in silence" have given him strength in his battle to keep his demons at bay.

He says, "There's something very basic about rubbing honey on your skin and going steaming with a bunch of strange Russian men. There's something ancient about it: in a world of easy pleasure, sitting around a couple of hot rocks in an open oven and sweating in silence is f**king beautiful.

"And if you stay in there long enough, you begin to feel everything fade away."

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18 March 2008 12:05 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Actor Colin Farrell insists the sexual propositions he's bombarded with in public mean "less than nothing" to him, quashing theories he uses the saucy encounters to boost his ego.

The Phone Booth star - a notorious lothario - has always spoken candidly about his lust for meaningless intimacy with strangers, and continues to attract female advances whenever he's out socialising.

However, Farrell never feels good about bedding admirers because he knows the women who approach him aren't interested in his personality - they're merely thrill-seekers hooked on seducing celebrities.

He says, "None of these people who want to have a drink with me or want to f**k me, none of them have any idea what I am like as a person.

"With that in mind, it doesn't make me feel good or bad. It's better when someone hands you a note with a phone number on it rather than saying, 'F**k you, you're a c**t.' That would be kind of s**t. But it means less than nothing. Really it does."

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18 March 2008 12:05 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Recovering drug and alcohol addict Colin Farrell is struggling to stay sober - and constantly fights the urge to down booze and pop pills.

The Hollywood star checked into rehab in 2005, fearing his addictions would kill him if he carried on his hedonistic lifestyle.

And while the Miami Vice star has been clean since, he frequently toys with the idea of indulging his passion for alcohol and narcotics for one night only.

However, Farrell - with the help of past experience - is fully aware one night of excess would quickly lead him back down the path of destruction.

He says, "There are times when something's happened and I'll get down. I'm still powerless today. If I started drinking now, who knows? It would probably start slowly but I'd be f**ked, fairly quickly. I just try to remember where I was.

"I'd f**king love to be able to drink. I'd f**king love to have a couple of nights f**king howling at the moon. I miss howling at the moon. And not just have a drink, I'd love to be able to pop some f**king OxyContin or some Percocet (both painkillers) and know that it's not going to become a f**king habit. Turn on, tune in, drop out, I'd love it."

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18 March 2008 9:13 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Actor Colin Farrell will never star in a big budget movie again - because he's sick of working for producers whose sole aim is to make money.

The Hollywood star - who spearheaded the blockbusters Alexander in 2004 and 2006's Miami Vice - has learned from his "horses**t" experiences on mega-budget productions, and is adamant he'll never be part of such a high-pressure working environment again.

He says, "If you are on a film such as Miami Vice or Alexander that has a budget that is healthily north of $100 million (GBP50 million) you can pretend that it's all about the work but there's a certain amount of pressure.

"You have decided to walk into a world where the most important thing is financial return and your are going to get a call on Saturday telling you what the Friday opening was. I've been on the receiving end of a couple of those calls and it's horsesh**t. I don't want to play in that world any more."

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17 March 2008 12:22 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Irish actor Colin Farrell fears he would be dead if his family hadn't begged him to seek help over his drink and drug addiction.

The Miami Vice star became famed in Hollywood for his drunken antics and lothario reputation after appearing in blockbusters such as Alexander and Phone Booth.

But the 31-year-old reached a point where his continual partying took over his life, prompting the star's terrified family to push him into seeking help for his problems.

He tells the British edition of Gq, "I couldn't stop. Just literally couldn't stop. What happened at the end of Miami Vice was that I knew I couldn't stop and wasn't going to stop.

"I was just f**king depressed and profoundly sad. So my family stepped in and said, 'It's time. You're killing yourself', and I said, 'F**k, yeah I am.' My family saved my life."

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11 March 2008 5:55 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

Heath Ledger's final movie resumed production Monday with the "blessing and support" of the actor's family. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus's director, Terry Gilliam told the BBC that filming was back on schedule in Vancouver, and he hopes that the movie will "touch people's hearts and souls as Heath was able to do." The movie's producers added in a statement that the film would preserve Ledger's entire performance intact with no modification or alterations through the use of digital technology."I am delighted that Heath's brilliant performance can be shared with the world," Gilliam said while also expressing

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10 March 2008 12:13 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Producers working on Heath Ledger's final film have vowed not to alter the tragic star's last performance, even though the actor never got the chance to complete the project before his untimely death.

Work on The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus resumed on Monday after the Brokeback Mountain star's death halted filming on the project earlier this year.

In his honour, Hollywood superstars Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law have signed up to feature in the film, which is due for release next year.

However, the film's director Terry Gilliam and its producers have promised to preserve every detail of Ledger's final performance, and that the hiring of the three new stars will not affect his work.

A statement released by the movie's producers reads, "Since the format of the story allows for the preservation of his entire performance, at no point will Heath's work be modified or altered through the use of digital technology.

"Each of the parts played by Johnny, Colin and Jude is representative of the many aspects of the character that Heath was playing."

Gilliam adds, "I am delighted that Heath's brilliant performance can be shared with the world.

"We are looking forward to finishing the movie and, through the film, with a modicum of humility, being able to touch people's hearts and souls as Heath was able to do."

Ledger had just finished shooting scenes for the fantasy movie in London just days before he was found dead in his New York apartment in January.

Toxicology results released last month revealed Ledger was killed by an accidental overdose of prescribed medications.

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