Colin Farrell Remembers Friend Elizabeth Taylor in the Last Years of Her Life: 'She Loved 'CSI' '

Photo: Theo Wargo/Getty; Kevin Mazur/WireImage Colin Farrellpraised the lateElizabeth Tayloras “an extraordinary woman” as he spoke about his friendship with the actress toward the end of her life at Thursday’sThe Elizabeth Taylor Ball to End AIDS. Farrell, 46, received a special award at the event in West Hollywood Park in Los Angeles for his own commitment to the same cause. Farrell and Taylor, who died in 2011 at age 79, grew close after Farrell’s chance encounter with Taylor’s manager at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in 2009.

Colin Farrell Sweetly Thanks Sister Claudine for First Time Ever and Refuses to 'Shut Up' During 2025 SAG Award Win

Colin Farrell.Photo:Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Colin Farrellhas been named the winner! “Guilty as charged,” he joked as he took the stage after presenterJamie Lee Curtisteased him for giving her COVID-19 at the Golden Globes last month. “ButBrendan Gleesonf—ing gave it to me, so I was just spreading the love!” “So many of you I grew up watching on television, film,” the actor added as he looked at the audience. “So many I’ve worked with over the years and shared in the spirit of collaborative curiosity and all the stuff that we fail at doing and we succeed at doing, and none of it is ever quantifiable.

Colin Farrell ‘Very Proud’ of His Kids but Doesn’t Believe He’ll Ever Peak in His Own Career: 'We Are Constantly Arriving'

Colin Farrell.Photo:Albert L. Ortega/Getty Albert L. Ortega/Getty Colin Farrellvalues his role as a father above everything else.The actor, 48, said followinghis winat the2025 Golden Globeson Sunday, Jan. 5 that he is most “proud of my kids” while reflecting on his personal and professional life so far.“I don’t know if I feel pride to be honest with you, which is not to say I’m not a prideful person. I do feel pride in my life,” Farrell said backstage at the ceremony.

Colin Hanks Cut the Tension on the 'Friend of the Family' Set with a Disco Ball and Hawaiian Music

Photo: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty It’s no secret that the subject matter portrayed inA Friend of a Familyis hard to digest — but making the limited series wasn’t all bad for the show’s all-star cast. Jake Lacystars as Berchtold, withMckenna Graceportraying as 14-year-old Broberg and Hendrix Yancey playing the 12-year-old Jan.Colin Hanks,Anna Paquin,Lio Tipton, Austin Stowell, Patrick Fischler, Bree Elrod and Philip Ettinger also star in the series. According to Grace, 16, her onscreen dad Hanks, 44, actually helped to make the vibes on set feel less tense in between takes.

Colin Hanks Looks Unrecognizable in Trailer for Peacock's Crime Thriller 'A Friend of the Family'

Something is amiss with theBroberg family’s neighbor in the chilling new trailer forA Friend of the Family. The Peacock crime thriller is based on theharrowing true storyof how obsessive family friend Robert Berchtold (Jake Lacy) manipulated the Broberg family in order totake their daughter from them. Colin Hanksplays family patriarch Bob, who seems to sense there is something wrong with his neighbor’s relationship with his wife, Mary Ann (Anna Paquin) and his daughter, Jan.