Helen Mirren
From Feb. 26-March 4, 2022

From a man kneeling in the snow begging for food in winter on the medieval Charles Bridge in the Czech Republic, to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s heroic refusal to evacuate his country during Russia’s ongoing attack as it devastates the citizens, their homes, institutions and cities, lea
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Helen Mirren is oddly absent from the Harry Potter film franchise that proved close to a full-employment act for Britain’s acting greats.
The Screen Actors Guild has selected Dame Helen Mirren as their 57th Life Achievement Award Recipient, the union said Thursday.
The Cannes Film Festival rolled out the red carpet for the first time in more than two years on Tuesday, launching the French Riviera spectacular with the premiere of Leos Carax’s “Annette,” the introduction of Spike Lee’s jury, and with high hopes for shrugging off a punishing pandemic year for cin
There was plenty of competition across the television dial last week — the NBA conference finals, Olympic trials and even “Celebrity Family Feud.”
LONDON (AP) — Helen Mirren has been finding the bright side of the pandemic.

Working from home? “Much more convenient,” she said.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The video couldn’t have been simpler: A woman in her apartment, lip-syncing audio of President Donald Trump as he expounded on possible coronavirus treatments.
Making a breakthrough in pop culture during any year is hard. Doing it during a global pandemic is an entirely different thing.
The American frontier drama “The World to Come,” the Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren comedy-drama “The Duke,” Gia Coppola’s “Mainstream,” and the Shia LaBeouf and Vanessa Kirby drama “Pieces of a Woman” are among the films set to premiere at the Venice International Film Festival in September, the fi
Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 26-Aug. 1

July 26: Actor Robert Colbert (“The Time Tunnel,” “Maverick”) is 89. Singer Darlene Love is 79.
NEW YORK (AP) — Roles for older actors can fall into some predictable tropes, but Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen say their new film, “The Good Liar,” let them brush aside cliches and even their characters’ mortality for a good cat-and-mouse thriller.
For a blind date, we could hardly do better than Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen.

They are brought swiftly together by a computer dating service in the opening minutes of “The Good Liar.”
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Will Smith and Dame Helen Mirren will read a bedtime story during a one-night fundraising event to help fight global homelessness.
PARIS (AP) — Portraits of Karl Lagerfeld, who died in February, lined the walls of Paris’ Grand Palais as VIP friends of the Chanel designer staged a final tribute to his iconic life Thursday.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Steven Spielberg, Lady Gaga, Spike Lee and Glenn Close have a message for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Get well soon.
NEW YORK (AP) — Italian star tenor Andrea Bocelli has teamed up with singers like Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and Ed Sheeran for acclaimed duets during his career, but singing with his son Matteo is something he hopes feels extra special.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sandra Bullock, Dave Chappelle, Christopher Walken, Rita Moreno and Helen Mirren are among the latest slate of stars set to appear on the 90th Academy Awards.
Dame Helen Mirren would reprise her role in the ‘Fast and Furious’ franchise.

The 72-year-old actress starred as Magdalene Shaw in the 2017 movie ‘The Fate of the Furious’ - which was the eighth instalment of the franchise - and has said that she would love to explore her character further after much of her storyline was left untold.
PARIS (AP) — Jane Fonda and Helen Mirren were the toast of Paris as the two septuagenarian actresses modelled for L’Oreal.
Dame Helen Mirren thinks insecurity is a “worm in the brain”.

The 71-year-old actress might be a Hollywood legend, but she has admitted she still suffers from her own “debilitating” insecurities as she doesn’t think there is one person who is “absolutely free” of the feeling.
When the biographical drama “Jackie” started playing on the festival circuit last fall, many reviewers predicted on the spot that Natalie Portman would win her second Oscar for playing first lady Jacqueline Kennedy.
WASHINGTON (AP) — If you wondered where many of Hollywood’s A-list celebrities had gone during President Donald Trump’s inauguration, you didn’t have to wonder any longer on Saturday, when scores of them showed up at huge women’s marches in Washington and other cities to send the new president a poi
PARIS (AP) — Pirelli on Tuesday unveiled the 2017 edition of its famed calendar, which sees photographer Peter Lindbergh mature beyond snaps of semi-nude models and set his lens on Hollywood.
NEW YORK (AP) — Stars of Hollywood and Broadway — including Julia Roberts, Jake Gyllenhaal, Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick, Hugh Jackman, Emily Blunt, Neil Patrick Harris and Helen Mirren — put on a splashy fundraiser for Hillary Clinton.