Отправлено: 13.03.08 23:54. Заголовок: Общественная, благотворительная и литературная деятельность Колина #2

Часть #1 осталась здесь.

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Рассказ К. Ферта «Отдел пустяков» (The Department of Nothing)

 Отправлено: 29.11.08 23:35. Заголовок: http://i047.radikal...

Oxfam congratulates Colin Firth on winning Philanthropist of the Year
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Оксфам поздравляет Колина Ферта со званием «Филантропа года»

Это звание ему присудил американский журнал «Hollywood Reporter». Ферт сотрудничает с Оксфам уже 8 лет, и последние три года он — посол мира от Oxfam.

Клэр Льюис, руководитель программы послов мира от Oxfam, говорит:

«Мы рады, что Колин получил эту заслуженную награду. Он многое сделал для Oxfam, и не только за эти годы. Ведь его яркая, энергичная и разнообразная деятельность в Oxfam часто остается за кулисами.

Колин является одним из главных поборников программы Oxfam под флагом „Сделаем торговлю честной“ и активно защищал миллионы простых трудяг от несправедливости существующих законов в торговле».

В 2004 году в составе Oxfam Колин встречался с руководителем Мировой торговой организацией Супачаи Паничпакди, в 2005-м в Брюсселе — с торговым комиссаром ЕС Питером Мандельсоном, в 2007-м с Гордоном Брауном и министром торговли Великобритании обсуждал проблемы торговли.

Льюис: «Присутствие Колина на этих переговорах вовсе не было символическим: его усилия по ускорению решений сложных технических проблем в переговорах доказывают, насколько он серьезно относится к своей благотворительной деятельности».

Под эгидой Oxfam Колин помогал разворачивать в Лондоне сеть кофейных заведений «Честной торговли». Цель «Progreso» — помощь фермерам во времена снижения цен на кофе путем вовлечения их непосредственно в бизнес. В 2005 году он встречался с некоторыми фермерами Эфиопии.

Из преданности делу Oxfam Колин даже позволил вылить на себя потоки кофе под прицелами фотоаппаратов рекламной компании, привлекшей к себе внимание мира. Ссылка к этим снимкам: http://www.maketradefair.com/work/celebs

Льюис: «Преданность, страсть и недемонстративная настойчивость, с которой Колин выступает за интересы простых людей, чьи голоса мало кто слышит, по праву сделала его их лидером».
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Oxfam congratulates Colin Firth on winning Philanthropist of the Year British actor Colin Firth has been named ‘Philanthropist of the year’ by the US magazine, The Hollywood Reporter. Firth has been working with Oxfam for the last 8 years and has been an Oxfam Global Ambassador for the last 3 years. Claire Lewis, Oxfam’s Global Ambassador Programme Manager, said: “We are so pleased that Colin has won this much-deserved reward. He has done so much for Oxfam and other organisations over the years. His work with us is wide ranging, impactful, smart and often behind the scenes. “Colin was one of the main supporters of Oxfam’s flagship Make Trade Fair campaign and lobbied hard on behalf of the millions of poor people disadvantaged by unfair trade rules.” In 2004, Colin travelled with Oxfam to Geneva to meet the then head of the World Trade Organisation, Supachai Panitchpakdi, and in 2005 to Brussels to meet the then EU trade commissioner, Peter Mandelson. In 2007, he also met with Gordon Brown and the Trade Minister in the UK to discuss trade issues. Lewis: “His presence at these meetings was never tokenistic: the commitment shown by Colin to getting up to speed with complex and technical trade negotiations is a tribute to how seriously he takes his philanthropic work.” Working with Oxfam, Colin helped to launch and became the Director of a chain of Fairtrade coffee shops in London. ‘Progreso’ was set up to help coffee farmers struggling with the collapse of prices by involving them in the business. In 2005, he traveled to Ethiopia to meet some of the farmers. Colin’s commitment to Oxfam and the wider cause even led to him agreeing to be drenched in coffee himself, for a high profile photo campaign, which received worldwide attention. See this link for the photos: http://www.maketradefair.com/work/celebs Lewis: “Colin’s dedication, passion and consistently humble approach have made him an admirable champion for poor people around the world who cannot always make their voices heard so well.”

 Отправлено: 29.11.08 23:42. Заголовок: Romi , спасибо. :sm4..

Romi , спасибо. Приятно о нем читать такое.

 Отправлено: 30.11.08 00:48. Заголовок: Супер! кто бы сомнев..

Супер! кто бы сомневался!

ЗЫ: как там Колин и Ливиин магазин интересна? сложные времена сейчас.............

 Отправлено: 30.11.08 01:27. Заголовок: Romi пишет: Oxfam c..

Romi пишет:

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Oxfam congratulates Colin Firth on winning Philanthropist of the Year

Ух ты! Браво, Колин!

 Отправлено: 30.11.08 15:48. Заголовок: Виола пишет: как та..

Виола пишет:

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как там Колин и Ливиин магазин интересна?

Да, кризис, увы.
и не только - магазин пострадал в самом прямом смысле - кликни

28 ноября около часу дня, в разгар субботней торговли, в него врезался автомобиль. Повреждена какая-то электрическая система и обшивка здания, была вызвана скорая, хотя никто вроде не пострадал.

 Отправлено: 11.01.09 11:47. Заголовок: Colin Firth and Livi..

Colin Firth and Livia GiuggioliCast your votes for the Observer Ethical Awards click here



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Colin is an Oxfam ambassador on trade and is a director of Progresso, the fair trade coffee shops. He is best known as a film, television and stage actor, gaining wide public attention whenh he portrayed Mr Darcy in the 1995 BBC1 adaption of Pride and Prejudice. His first film was Another Country and he achieved worldwide stardom in Bridget Jones's Diary. His other films include The English Patient, Fever Pitch, Shakespeare in Love, The Importance of Being Earnest, Love Actually, Girl with a Pearl Earring and Mamma Mia! He is married to Livia Giuggioli, a documentary producer who has opened the first ecological and ethical store in London, called Eco. Livia began her career in film working as a production coordinator and assistant to Italian producer Fernando Ghia on the film The Mission in 1986. In 2006, she founded Nana Productions with her husband. Their first project was In Prison My Whole Life.

 Отправлено: 11.01.09 17:10. Заголовок: Какие красивые! Не м..

Какие красивые! Не могу!
Желаю им процветания, успехов, счастья и здоровья!
Думаю, что может наша общая положительная энергетика защитит их немного от всего плохого (кризиса, например).

 Отправлено: 15.01.09 20:36. Заголовок: Две фотографии с пок..

Две фотографии с показа "В тюрьме всю мою жизнь", который состоялся, если не ошибаюсь, в октябре)

 Отправлено: 23.02.09 02:13. Заголовок: DARCY'S PROGRESS..

DARCY'S PROGRESS
Actor Colin Firth is putting his name and time to the Progreso chain of coffee cafes which serve 100 per cent Fairtrade and organic coffee. He is also part of a team that opened Eco, a chic interiors store in West London selling all things eco, ethical and artisanmade. You can order products online at eco-age.com.



Оригинал.

 Отправлено: 05.03.09 20:32. Заголовок: Berlusconi must be &..

Berlusconi must be 'hero' at G8 click here





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2009-03-05 18:09 Berlusconi must be 'hero' at G8 Oxfam ambassador Colin Firth asks Italy to keep promises (ANSA) - Rome, March 5 - Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has a chance to prove himself a ''hero'' at the Group of Eight summit in Italy this year by keeping a promise to help combat world poverty, Oxfam ambassador and film star Colin Firth told ANSA Thursday. Berlusconi is the only prime minister at this year's summit who was also present at the G8 in the United Kingdom in 2005, when world leaders pledged to increase development aid by 50 billion dollars a year until 2010. But according to development charity Oxfam, Italy - which holds this year's G8 presidency - is among countries that have so far failed to follow up on the promise, instead ''dramatically reducing'' the quantity of aid for developing countries. ''Berlusconi personally signed that document in front of the world. If I could speak to him face to face, I'd tell him this is his opportunity to make a 'bella figura', to set an example to other leaders and to do something heroic by pledging to maintain that promise,'' said Firth, who is married to Italian filmmaker Livia Giuggioli. ''I'd also tell him I'm completely in love with Italy, my wife is Italian and I want to be proud of the country - and it should keep its promises,'' he added. The only Oxfam ambassador to speak fluent Italian, Firth was in Rome Thursday to galvanise fellow artists into joining a campaign based on Make Poverty History, a high-profile campaign founded by screenwriter Richard Curtis in the UK ahead of the 2005 G8 summit. ''He created a movement of monumental proportions,'' Firth said of Curtis, who wrote the screenplay for Bridget Jones' Diary, the film that propelled Firth to international stardom. ''Actors, musicians and comedians wore white arm bands bearing the campaign message and came together to put pressure on G8 ministers via public opinion''. Firth claims the G8 promises to scrap debt in 24 countries (''the biggest victory'') and to raise development aid was a direct result of that campaign. ''(Then UK Prime Minister Tony) Blair couldn't come out of that summit without a reply to the campaign,'' he said. ''It's all about making the ministers understand that they are being watched''. ITALIAN ARTISTS TO PUT MINISTERS UNDER PRESSURE. Firth and Oxfam plan to promote a similar campaign in Italy and on Thursday evening will meet to discuss strategy at a working dinner at Rome's Villa Medici with some of the most important names in Italian cinema. Among guests will be Valeria Golino, the star of 2002 Cannes-winner Respiro who also had a role in Rain Man, and Sergio Castellitto, who last year played baddy King Miraz in The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. Also present will be Gabriele Muccino, the only Italian director to have broken into Hollywood in recent years with The Pursuit of Happyness, which became a box office hit and won Will Smith an Oscar nomination for best actor. Artistic initiatives to pressure ministers began last month when on behalf of the Italian Coalition Against Poverty 20 musicians dressed as cupids 'serenaded' Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti on Valentine's Day, metres away from where he was chairing a meeting of G7 economy ministers. The musicians held placards that read ''Giulio, don't break our hearts. Keep promises''. Firth stressed that the global financial crisis should not be used as an ''excuse'' for scrapping aid contributions. ''The sums needed to make poverty history are actually far smaller than people imagine. It's enough to think that three days' worth of spending on the Iraq war would have been sufficient to fund essential medicines for the whole of Africa,'' he said. ''I have seen the difference made between something or nothing,'' he added. 'NOBODY LIKES BEING FILMED'. Talking about his personal relationship with Oxfam, Firth said he ''couldn't live without'' his work for humanitarian organisations any more than he could live without acting. ''I'm the person who has benefited the most from campaigning. As an actor the diet of self can consume you completely and you need something more important to take up your time''. The actor said he ''hated'' watching himself in films or reading about himself. ''I find it difficult to look at my face. Nobody likes being filmed. It's horrible. We all believe that we're better looking and more elegant than we are in reality. ''In reality, I'm 20, I'm in perfect shape and I hate to see this 50 year old who's imitating me on the screen. Firth's mother works with asylum seekers and refugees and his grandfather was a missionary in India ''helping with schools and hospitals - he didn't convert a single person to Christianity''. ''I don't know if I'd say this kind of work was in my blood. I had no interest in it for many years. But of course if I'd had different relatives, I would be different too,'' he said. Although he is based in the UK, Firth said he spends ''long holidays'' in Italy with his wife and two young sons, Matteo and Luca. ''I get fed up with London. I'm quite restless anyway, but Italy is the only place I always want to be. ''I love the obvious things about Italy - the architecture, the sculpture, the fashion, the cooking, the climate - culturally it's the centre of the world''. But Firth admitted that he missed British television when he spent time in Italy. ''For a country that has a reputation for being cultured, sophisticated and intelligent, the TV is a lethal shock. You think maybe it's just this channel, but you flick through them and it's all the same,'' he said.

 Отправлено: 23.03.09 20:20. Заголовок: Деушки! Может — чист..

Деушки! Может — чисто случайно! — у кого-нибудь найдется вот такая же фота, но с перламутровыми пуговицами фоном. Буду безмерно благодарна в пределах разумного!

 Отправлено: 23.03.09 21:47. Заголовок: http://pic.ipicture...

Нашла только это...

 Отправлено: 23.03.09 21:49. Заголовок: Kamilla Спасибище! ..

Kamilla
Спасибище! Выручила!

 Отправлено: 30.03.09 22:07. Заголовок: http://pic.ipicture...

Рассказ Колина - "Отдел пустяков"

http://www.4shared.com/file/95802127/f7476109/__-__.html

 Отправлено: 30.03.09 22:13. Заголовок: Kamilla :sm55: :sm..

Kamilla
и еще много-много спасибов! Наконец-то я его прочитаю!!