Helen was awarded the title at The Inspiration Awards for Women. Among the other nominees were Keira Knightley, Yasmin Le Bon and Agyness Deyn.
Helen was quoted by the Telegraph as saying: "I appreciate beauty, and I know I'm not beautiful, so I know it's not to do with that. I appreciate overt gorgeousness, sexiness - like the Marilyn Monroe type of thing - and I know I'm not that, so I don't see it, and I don't get it."
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Taymor's Tempest
Julie Taymor, a
ward-winning writer-director and best known for creating "The Lion King" on Broadway and directing the Oscar-winning "Frida" and "Across the Universe",
is gathering a Oscar-studded cast for her big-screen adaptation of Shakespeare's "The Tempest" that, in a gender-defying twist, will see Helen Mirren reigning over the magical island.
The play centers on Prospero, an exiled duke-turned-sorcerer, Taymor -- who likes to take an experimental approach to her stage and film projects -- has rechristened the lead character Prospera so that Mirren can take on the role.
Cast includes Jeremy Irons, Djimon Hounsou, Russell Brand, Alfred Molina, Ben Wishaw and Felicity Jones. Geoffrey Rush is in negotiations to join the cast. The movie is set to be filmed on the Hawaiian island of Lanai.
The play centers on Prospero, an exiled duke-turned-sorcerer, Taymor -- who likes to take an experimental approach to her stage and film projects -- has rechristened the lead character Prospera so that Mirren can take on the role.
Cast includes Jeremy Irons, Djimon Hounsou, Russell Brand, Alfred Molina, Ben Wishaw and Felicity Jones. Geoffrey Rush is in negotiations to join the cast. The movie is set to be filmed on the Hawaiian island of Lanai.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
The book that changed Helen's life
Book Aid International is sponsoring an Online Charity Auction to raise money for their work in sub-Saharan Africa, taking place on eBay between 13 and 27 October.
Various celebrities from the literary and political world have donated the book they feel changed their lives, and signed and inscribed it.
Helen Mirren has signed a copy of "Suite Francaise" by Irene Nemirovsky.
Other contributors include Iain Banks, Sir Richard Branson, Cherie Booth, David Cameron, Robbie Coltrane, David Dimbleby, Sebastian Faulks, Julian Fellowes, Frederick Forsyth, Michael Howard, Sir David Jason, Boris Johnson, Gary Lineker, Dick King-Smith, Meera Syal, and Twiggy. Visit and click on the "News" tab for more info
The auction takes place at
If you want to learn more about the book that Helen says changed her life, and for those unlucky enough not to win the auction, you can read and/or purchase Suite Francaise from Amazon.com
Various celebrities from the literary and political world have donated the book they feel changed their lives, and signed and inscribed it.
Helen Mirren has signed a copy of "Suite Francaise" by Irene Nemirovsky.
Other contributors include Iain Banks, Sir Richard Branson, Cherie Booth, David Cameron, Robbie Coltrane, David Dimbleby, Sebastian Faulks, Julian Fellowes, Frederick Forsyth, Michael Howard, Sir David Jason, Boris Johnson, Gary Lineker, Dick King-Smith, Meera Syal, and Twiggy. Visit and click on the "News" tab for more info
The auction takes place at
If you want to learn more about the book that Helen says changed her life, and for those unlucky enough not to win the auction, you can read and/or purchase Suite Francaise from Amazon.com
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