Since it’s a slow day, I thought I’d show off some new photos of Colin Farrell and his son James. Colin and James were in Ireland over the holidays to celebrate Colin’s brother’s wedding. Eamon, the brother, had married his partner Steven in Canada (because there’s no marriage for the gays in Ireland), and Steve and Eamon decided to do a big, fancy wedding reception in Dublin. The rumor going around a few months ago was that Colin was his brother’s best man, but I’ve never seen any photos from the actual ceremony, so I have no idea. I bet it’s true. I also haven’t seen any photos of Colin’s girlfriend and baby-mama Alicja, so I have no idea if she was in Ireland too. That would be my guess, but I may be wrong.

Anyway, how cute is Colin? I’m ambivalent towards the sketchy mustache, but otherwise, he’s looking really cute. He probably was feeling hassled because I doubt he wants his son photographed. But this isn’t the first time photographers have gotten a glimpse at James, so maybe it’s not that big of a deal. James is Colin’s son with Kim Bordenave, and James has Angelman Syndrome, a neurological disorder. Colin has spoken about James a few times, and it’s really cool that Colin got to spend time with his oldest son and with his brother on Eamon’s special day.

Meanwhile, in other Colin news, did anyone know that Colin is in Crazy Heart? Crazy Heart is the little film starring Jeff Bridges as a down-on-his-luck country singer. I hadn’t been paying attention to it, but Bridges is picking up a lot of critics’ notice and several big award nominations, so Crazy Heart could be a sleeper success. Anyway, Colin is in it, playing Bridges’ protégé and country-music successor. Colin sings in the film! Crazy Heart‘s producer, Judy Caro gave an interview to E! about Colin’s under-the-radar appearance:

Just when we thought Colin Farrell couldn’t get any hotter, we find out he can sing. Not only does the Irish hunkster do his own singing playing a country music star in the much-buzzed-about Crazy Heart, but he actually has a pretty darn good voice, too.

“No one had heard him sing until he recorded with [composer and producer] T-Bone, but we assumed if he took the role that he probably could pull it off or he wouldn’t have accepted the role,” Crazy Heart producer Judy Cairo told us last night at the movie’s L.A. premiere. “His agent didn’t even know he could sing.”

In one scene, Farrell and Bridges sing together onstage at the Journal Pavilion in Albuquerque, N.M. “They both have great voices,” Cairo said. “In fact, it was Colin’s second day working with us and we brought him in and threw him onstage in front of 12,000 people and said, ‘Sing!’ He was a trouper. He did an amazing job.”

But don’t go looking for Farrell’s name in the credits. He asked that his name be left out. Not only did filmmakers want his appearance to be a surprise, but Farrell “also didn’t want to take the spotlight off of Jeff,” Cairo said. “Obviously this is Jeff’s movie and…if Colin was more in front of it, Jeff would have to share the spotlight a little bit. He wanted to give kudos and credit to Jeff.”

And we can attest to that. We’ve seen the movie. If Bridges doesn’t get an Oscar nomination then there’s something seriously wrong in this world.

“I don’t want to count any chickens,” Bridges told us, “but it’s great to get these good reviews we’ve been getting. This film doesn’t have the millions of dollars to spend on promotions, so it’s great that we’re getting the film out there.”

[From E! News]

Damn, that’s really cool that Colin was like “Just make this about The Dude, Jeff Bridges, man.” Although I suspect part of it was that Colin didn’t feel like going on a publicity tour for the film, it’s still a very rare thing for an actor of Colin’s caliber to ask for his name to be taken off the credits and everything. That’s amazing!

I found some fan footage of Colin and Jeff Bridges singing together on stage for the film, and below that is the official trailer for Crazy Heart. You can see Colin for a split second in two little cutaways. He looks good!

Colin Farrell and son James leaving the wedding reception of Eamon Farrell and his husband Steven Mannion at Krystle nightclub in Dublin on December 27, 2009. Credit: WENN. Also, I included a screencap of Colin and Jeff Bridges.