Since you guys enjoyed yesterday’s Helena Bonham Carter (and Colin Firth) post so much, you get another one! Yesterday was not only the photocall for The King’s Speech, but they also did the UK premiere yesterday too, at the London Film Festival. Helena wore Vivienne Westwood, of course, to the premiere… and I don’t hate it. The skirt is actually really interesting. I would have liked to have seen the whole outfit in black, but since it’s HBC, I’ll live with the tartan. I actually laughed the whole time I looked through the photos from the premiere – HBC is making hilarious faces throughout most of the photos, and you can tell that Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush really enjoy each other’s company. At times it seems like… HBC is going to push an attitude, though. And that worries me. It’s one thing to be quirky and eccentric, but it’s another if you promote a film – a film that is a wonderful chance for HBC to get an Oscar – like you’re too good for everybody else, or that you’re over it. We’ll see.

Meanwhile, Colin Firth was looking especially dashing and lovely. He walked most of the red carpet with his beautiful wife Livia, and then he posed with HBC and Rush.

Firth and Rush might have gone to second base at one point:

And Hugh Dancy and his wife Claire Danes made it to the premiere too. Claire is in Prada. And neither of them are in the film…? Weird.

If I can just take a moment to judge the potential Oscar campaign… let me say Colin is in very good shape. He’s being dashing and charming through red carpets and photo calls, he’s being a good sport about his promotional duties, and he’s playing the King of England during World War II. All of this is catnip to Oscar voters. Please give this man an Oscar. I don’t really care if HBC gets one – and I suspect she doesn’t care either – but I really, really want Colin to win.

Photos courtesy of WENN.