Helen Mirren

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Helen Mirren Hottest Oscar favorite

 

LONDON (Reuters)

 

Helen Mirren was installed by odds makers on Tuesday as the hottest favorite in the history of the Oscars after being nominated for Best Actress for her regal portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in "The Queen."

 

Mirren led a strong field of British contenders for the most coveted prizes in showbusiness with "The Queen" garnering six nominations.

 

Buckingham Palace was thrilled by the British showing.

 

"It is a very positive day for the British film industry. We are delighted for all those who have been nominated," said a spokeswoman.

 

But she would not say whether Queen Elizabeth had seen Mirren's critically acclaimed portrayal of her.

 

"We never reveal Her Majesty's personal preferences or what she is viewing or reading," the spokeswoman said.

 

British Prime Minister Tony Blair, played in the movie by Michael Sheen, has not yet seen the film, his spokesman said.

 

"The fact that British actors, actresses, directors and films figure so strongly in the Oscar nominations is fantastic news," he added.

 

"Mirren is the hottest favorite at odds of 12-1 on. That is the shortest price we have ever had for the nominations," said a spokesman for odds makers William Hill.

 

Mirren, 61, has already won a clutch of awards in Venice, New York and Los Angeles for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth as she faced an outpouring of national grief after the death of Princess Diana in a 1997 Paris car crash.

 

But she faces tough competition for the Best Actress award from her compatriots Kate Winslet and Judi Dench as well as Spaniard Penelope Cruz and Meryl Streep, the sole American contender.

 

On hearing the news that she had been nominated for her performance in school-based drama "Notes on a Scandal," Dench said in a statement: "I'm in frighteningly good company. It was very nice of The Queen to allow me in for a minute. It is one of the hardest parts I have played."

 

She paid tribute to the film's director Richard Eyre and said "He steered me through the rough parts of it."

 

Stephen Frears, nominated for Best Director for "The Queen" which is also up for Best Picture, confessed to being amazed, especially as he is in competition with Clint Eastwood and Martin Scorsese.

 

"They are fantastic. Listen, if you get put on a list with those guys you've done pretty well," he told BBC TV.

 

And he promised that on Oscar night next month "I'm going to wear a full-length evening gown."

 

He was joined in the Best Director nominations by compatriot Paul Greengrass for "United 93" about the September 11 attacks.

 

"It's wonderful to be part of a film that dealt with these very difficult, painful and contentious events," he told BBC TV.

 

"Cinema is a vital way we tell stories to each other," he added. "Cinema, to remain alive, has to deal with what is contemporary and difficult."

 

The 79th annual Academy Awards take place on February 25 in Hollywood.

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Love love love her.

 

I hope she wins. But I love Kate and Judi Dench as well.

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DEAD CERT II

Dame Helen hot favourite to win Oscar for queen role

By Ryan Parry Us Correspondent

 

HELEN Mirren was last night named as the hottest ever favourite for an Oscar.

 

The star's brilliant performance in The Queen has forced William Hill to offer odds of only 12-1 ON to punters who fancy her chances.

 

A spokesman for the bookies said: "That is the shortest price we have ever had in the Oscars."

 

But Dame Helen is up against two other great Britons vying for the Best Actress award - Kate Winslet and Dame Judi Dench.

 

The Queen, which portrays Her Majesty in the aftermath of the death of Princess Diana, has also been nominated for Best Picture and four other awards.

 

Dame Helen said last night: "It is really wonderful.

 

"I'm incredibly proud for myself and thrilled for the film."

 

She told the NBC Today Show: "I feel people are responding to what I believe to be the true character of the Queen."

 

Kate was nominated for her role as an unhappy mum in Little Children and Dame Judi for playing a schoolmistress in Notes On A Scandal.

 

Their rivals are Penelope Cruz for Volver and Meryl Streep, the only American in the category, for The Devil wears Prada.

 

Dame Judi joked: "I'm in frighteningly good company. It's very nice of the Queen to allow me in for a minute. I'm very pleased."

 

Kate and the two dames will lead a strong British contingent at the 79th Academy Awards.

 

Peter O'Toole picked up his eighth Oscar nomination, his first in 24 years, at the age 74 for his performance as an ageing actor who falls for a young woman in Venus. He said: "To be considered is OK but it's not enough. It's winning the bloody thing that matters.

 

"So if I win the bugger, great. If I don't, then I shan't lurch around in agony and despair."

 

He is up against Leonardo DiCaprio in Blood Diamond, Ryan Gosling in Half Nelson, Will Smith in The Pursuit of Happyness and hot favourite Forest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland.

 

There are two British nominees for Best Director - Stephen Frears for The Queen and Paul Greengrass for United 93, about the last hours aboard a doomed 9/11 flight.

 

Stephen said he was "amazed" to find himself competing with Clint Eastwood and Martin Scorsese.

 

He told BBC news: "If you get put on a list with those guys you've done pretty well."

 

Brit Sacha Baron Cohen, nominated for best adapted screenplay for Borat, said: "This is so exciting. My heart is pounding."

 

The Queen's rivals for Best Film at the awards, in Los Angeles on February 25, are Babel, The Departed, Letters From Iwo Jima and Little Miss Sunshine.

 

 

DAVID EDWARDS GIVES HIS VERDICT

 

EVERY few years, in January, there's fevered talk of a renaissance in British film when a few of our finest are nominated for Oscars.

 

Then, a few weeks later, our hopes fizzle out as the UK's biggest and brightest stars leave the Kodak Theatre without one of those little golden statuettes.

 

But the 79th Academy Awards will be different.

 

Not only will Helen Mirren walk away with an Oscar for The Queen but Paul Greengrass will triumph for United 93, one of the best directed films in years. And my money's on Sacha Baron Cohen winning the best adapted screenplay gong for Borat, easily the funniest comedy of 2006, although Britain's Patrick Marber (Notes On A Scandal) can't be written off.

 

Peter Morgan is also in with a very good shot to win best screenplay for The Queen.

 

But while The Queen gets nominated for the big honour - Best Picture - a smarter bet is The Departed. And although we'd all like to see Ireland's Peter O'Toole finally win a best actor gong at the age of 74, it would also be a major upset if Forest Whitaker didn't triumph for his portrayal of Idi Amin in The Last King Of Scotland.

 

And if, just if, our hopes come to nothing, there's still hope with the Razzie Awards - a ceremony that mocks the very bottom of the movie barrel.

 

Among the contenders is Basic Instinct 2, a film made on our own shores, with seven nominations. It's a movie so dreadful that failing to win the lot would be an upset.

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LONDON (AP) -- Daniel Craig was honored but Helen Mirren was denied Sunday at the 34th annual Evening Standard British Film Awards.

 

Craig was named best actor for "Casino Royale," his debut outing as James Bond. Craig, who has won both critical praise and box office favor as the first blond Bond, is also up for the best-actor prize at next week's British Academy Film Awards.

Mirren, who is an Academy Awards favorite for her turn as Queen Elizabeth II in "The Queen," lost the best actress prize to Judi Dench, awarded for her portrayal of a predatory schoolteacher in "Notes on a Scandal."

 

The best-film prize went to "United 93," Paul Greengrass' harrowing dramatization of the final flight of one of the planes hijacked in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

 

Peter Morgan won the screenplay award for two scripts - "The Queen" and "The Last King of Scotland."

 

Sacha Baron Cohen, creator of the gauche Kazakh journalist Borat, won the Peter Sellers Award for comedy.

 

Stephen Frears, director of "The Queen," received a special award for "for making British film reverberate around the world." The veteran director's socially conscious films include "My Beautiful Laundrette," "Dangerous Liaisons" and "Dirty Pretty Things."

 

The Evening Standard awards are sponsored by London's afternoon newspaper and selected by a jury of film critics

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panachereport.com

 

Hip-hop mogul Damon Dash is harboring a crush on 61-year old British actress Dame Helen Mirren. The 35-year-old has been blown away by the Oscar nominee's red carpet glamour during Hollywood awards season this year. He gushes, "Helen is one sexy woman! She is super, super cute. I tell you, she's just lucky I'm married."

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The Queen Will Never Watch 'The Queen'

 

 

British monarch Queen Elizabeth II will never watch Oscar nominated movie The Queen because she doesn't want to watch someone else depict her on screen. The 80-year-old isn't keen to relive what is arguably the most painful week of her 55-year reign, the period after Diana, Princess Of Wales' tragic death in August 1997 - which is the subject of the film. A friend of Queen Elizabeth II tells British newspaper the Sunday Telegraph, "It's hard enough for her to have to look at a video of herself after an event. But to try to watch somebody else being you is almost impossible. The Queen is not a great film person. There are small cinema rooms at (her homes) Buckingham Palace, Sandringham and Balmoral, but the Queen rarely takes advantage of them." Peter Morgan, the film's scriptwriter, said, "If the Queen hasn't seen it, that's very, very sensible. It speaks hugely in her favor." Dame Helen Mirren is Oscar nominated for her portrayal of the British royal.

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DAME HELEN'S HOT LITTLE NUMBER

 

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3amgirls

 

 

DAME Helen Mirren is slipping into some hot gear for tomorrow's Baftas bash.

Helen, 61, up for best actress for The Queen, plans to pull on sensible undies in case there's a nip in the air.

She told us: "I'm not chancing a chill on the red carpet - I've already picked out my thermals.

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DAME HELEN'S HOT LITTLE NUMBER

 

Eva Simpson & Caroline Hedley

3amgirls

 

 

DAME Helen Mirren is slipping into some hot gear for tomorrow's Baftas bash.

Helen, 61, up for best actress for The Queen, plans to pull on sensible undies in case there's a nip in the air.

She told us: "I'm not chancing a chill on the red carpet - I've already picked out my thermals.

 

I LOVE this woman!

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HELEN MIRREN'S ROYAL BLUE BAFTA GAFFE

By Tom Bryant and Sarah Tetteh

 

 

DAME Helen Mirren was crowned Queen of the BAFTAs last night - after turning the air royal blue.

 

She swore on live TV before the start of the glittering ceremony - blurting out the F-word as she was interviewed on the red carpet.

 

Sky presenter Matt Smith had joked about a previous time she used bad language and warned her that Sky News was a channel "where people don't swear".

 

But Dame Helen, 61, oblivious to the fact she was on air, blurted out: "Where people don't swear? - F***ing nutbag!"

 

Smith spluttered: "You've just done it again." Horrified, she replied: "Is it live? I'm sorry - I do apologise.

 

"That was an appalling thing to do. It was a joke and I take it back."

 

Later Dame Helen wept as she dedicated her Best Actress Award for her portrayal of Her Majesty in The Queen to veteran actor Ian Richardson, who died this week aged 72.

 

Her voice faltering, she said: "When I started out as an actress he was so generous and became a mentor and supporter.

 

"He believed in me and therefore in believed in myself. This is for Ian. I wouldn't be here it it wasn't for him."

 

In a lighter moment she thanked her voice coach for "making me sound less like Barbara Windsor and more like Elizabeth Windsor".

 

She added: "I would also like to thank the corgis."

 

Dame Helen's award - she was 1-33 odds on favourite - came as Bond flick Casino Royale was sensationally snubbed. Tipped for nine BAFTAs it picked up just one, in the Sound category. New 007 Daniel Craig lost out to Forest Whitaker as Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland. Whitaker won his first ever BAFTA ahead of Leonardo DiCaprio, Richard Griffiths and Peter O'Toole.

 

He tearfully dedicated his award to his grandmother, who died two days ago. The film was also named the Outstanding British Film and Best Adapted Screenplay.

 

The Queen, Little Miss Sunshine, United 93 and Children of Men each got two BAFTAs.

 

George Miller picked up Best Animated Film for Happy Feet. And French beauty Eva Green, 26, collected the Orange Rising Star award for her smouldering role in Casino Royale.

 

She responded to her win in typical French fashion saying: "Wow, oh la la, la la."

 

Alan Arkin won Best Supporting Actor for his role in Little Miss Sunshine, which also won an award for Original Screenplay.

 

Paul Greengrass won Best Director for 9-11 drama United 93.

 

Stars at the do at London's Royal Opera House included Penelope Cruz, Ken Russell, Toni Collete, Dame Judi Dench, Sarah Harding and Thandie Newton and Kate winslet.

 

But there were also a number of big no-shows, including DiCaprio, Arkin, Meryl Streep and Jennifer Hudson.

 

Kylie Minogue, recently dumped by boyfriend Olivier Martinez, was greeted by a huge cheer as she appeared on stage to present one of the awards.

 

Top comic Ricky Gervais got one of the biggest laughs of the night when he said of presenter Jonathan Ross: "He nicked Stephen Fry's job - at least the Americans knew who he was."

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She'd better win the Oscar, she was brilliant in The Queen. She will also be the oldest winner since Jessica Tandy to win best Actress, in recent years only 'young hot actresses' under 40 won best actress, some of them beat out more deserving older actresses imo and if Helen wins it will at least make me stop bitching for a while about age discrimination at the Oscars.

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Dressing for succe$$

 

Nominated actress + designer frock = big fashion business

 

By JANE RIDLEY

DAILY NEWS FEATURES WRITER

 

 

After Helen Mirren appeared in a gorgeous Morgane Le Fay creation at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, interest in the designer exploded.

 

The label's Web site was inundated with hits, and one customer urgently called the SoHo branch to order an exact copy for her wedding dress.

 

Unlike Armani, Versace and Carolina Herrera, the New York-based fashion house is not particularly known for its red­carpet wear, and Mirren's choice of outfit garnered huge publicity.

 

"She is such a big star, and I was so grateful to be associated with her," says Morgane Le Fay founder Liliana Casabal. "She raised our profile in such a brilliant way."

 

Now, with the Oscars just four days away, other top designers are fighting tooth and nail for their share of glory and increased business after the awards.

 

Small armies of PR people are racing across Tinseltown in a frenzied bid to persuade Hollywood's finest to don their label.

 

Millions of dollars are being thrown at the effort because billions more can be at stake.

 

Endorsement by a hottie like Reese Witherspoon or Jennifer Hudson is a major coup and can lead to a 10% or 15% increase in sales.

 

Giorgio Armani is even re-creating his entire Armani Privé ­fashion show in Los Angeles this weekend. The line, shown for the first time in Paris only a month ago, features made-to-measure dresses with prices into the high six figures.

 

"The Oscars is the Super Bowl of style," says Mary Alice Stevenson, celebrity stylist and fashion commentator. "Just as advertisers spend a fortune planting commercials, designers will invest a whole lot of money dressing the stars.

 

"The Vanity Fair party is just as important as the ceremony, because the bulk of today's fashion icons attend," said Stevenson.

 

"Designers will think nothing of giving them a $100,000 gown which took 200 hours to create as long as they are photographed and talked about."

 

The cost of the outfit is a drop in the ocean compared to the endless gifts of jewelry, five-star hotel bills and private jets that ferry PR reps, tailors, "targeted" celebs and their entourages to fittings and fashion shows in Europe.

 

Then there is the seldom-discussed "wearer's fee" commanded by many in the showbiz elite.

 

"Of course they get paid," insists Kelly Cutrone, who owns the New York fashion PR firm People's Revolution. "Rather than spend a quarter or half a million dollars on a fashion show in Paris, designers will throw the money at a celebrity.

 

"It's a lot more powerful and reaches a global audience."

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Helen Mirren is absolutely gorgeous. I just saw her on tv and I am fascinated by the fact that she has a tiny tattoo on her hand, between her fingers. Has anyone else noticed this?

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Helen Mirren is absolutely gorgeous. I just saw her on tv and I am fascinated by the fact that she has a tiny tattoo on her hand, between her fingers. Has anyone else noticed this?

She looked fantastic at the oscars, loved the dress, classy lady.

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Helen Mirren is absolutely gorgeous. I just saw her on tv and I am fascinated by the fact that she has a tiny tattoo on her hand, between her fingers. Has anyone else noticed this?

it's visible in this pic

 

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Helen Mirren is absolutely gorgeous. I just saw her on tv and I am fascinated by the fact that she has a tiny tattoo on her hand, between her fingers. Has anyone else noticed this?

it's visible in this pic

 

 

Thanks jgr0602!

She's a very funny lady too!

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Ditto to all the above comments! I want to be her when I grow up!

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Oscar 'Queen' Helen's win pleases her royal subject

BY ELLEN TUMPOSKY

SPECIAL TO THE NEWS

 

 

LONDON - The Queen apparently has not seen "The Queen" but is "pleased" that Helen Mirren won the Best Actress Oscar for her regal role.

Mirren, 61, may even be invited to a sitdown at Buckingham Palace with the woman she called Elizabeth Windsor in her Academy Award acceptance speech. A royal spokesman said a report in The Sun newspaper that Mirren, "Queen" director Stephen Frears and screenwriter Peter Morgan were due for lunch next month was "speculation."

 

The two women have met at the palace before: In 2003, Queen Elizabeth made Mirren a dame, the female equivalent of knighthood. The queen's staff does not believe she has seen the film, which deals with the sensitive subject of how the monarchy reacted to the death of Princess Diana in 1997.

 

Still, she "was pleased to hear of the success of Dame Helen," the spokesman said. Her Majesty reportedly is a fan of Mirren's performances as Jane Tennison in the "Prime Suspect" police dramas. She may also have been pleased by Mirren's Oscar toast. The actress saluted the queen for "her courage and her consistency."

 

Prime Minister Tony Blair, portrayed in the movie by actor Michael Sheen, hasn't seen the film either, according to a spokesman.

 

Originally published on February 27, 2007

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Helen, the burger Queen

 

She had just won an Oscar for playing the Queen, but Dame Helen Mirren had decidedly unregal rewards in mind - a burger and a snooze.

 

The 61-year-old's best actress honour for her royal performance was her first Academy Award in a 40-year career.

 

Royal feast: With her Oscar on the table, Dame Helen tucks into her post-show burger

 

But as I joined her at the after-show parties she was happy to tuck into a mini burger, kick off her Jimmy Choo heels and tell me: 'All I want to do is curl up with a hot water bottle, read a book and then go to sleep.'

 

On stage earlier she had dedicated her award to the monarch, telling the star-studded audience: 'For 50 years or more Elizabeth Windsor has maintained her dignity, her sense of duty . . . and her hairstyle.

 

'She has had her feet firmly planted on the ground, her hat on her head and her handbag on her arm.

 

'She has weathered many storms and I salute her courage and her consistency and I thank her because if it wasn't for her, I most certainly would not be here. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Queen.'

 

She was the first Briton to triumph in the best actress category since Emma Thompson won for her role in Howards End 15 years ago.

 

Dame Helen's Oscar tops a clutch of awards - including a Golden Globe for best actress - scooped for her role as the Queen, based on how the monarch dealt with the aftermath of Princess Diana's death in 1997.

 

Looking regal in a gold Christian Lacroix gown, Dame Helen hugged her husband, director Taylor Hackford, before running on stage. She held her Oscar aloft as she said: 'My sister told me all kids love to get gold stars and this is the biggest and the best gold star I have ever had in my life.'

 

Dame Helen, along with the film's writer Peter Morgan and director Stephen Frears, has been invited to lunch with the monarch. Last night a Buckingham Palace spokesman said: 'I am sure the Queen will be pleased.'

 

Her success came on a disappointing night for British hopefuls. Despite a record 18 nominations, Dame Helen was the sole major home-grown winner at the awards.

 

The LA ceremony instead saw veteran director Martin Scorsese finally securing his first Oscar after being previously nominated and losing five times, while former U.S. Vice President Al Gore took a trophy for his documentary-making skills.

 

Forest Whitaker was named best actor for his role as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the British-made film The Last King Of Scotland.

 

The 45-year- old, who beat Peter O'Toole, is the third black actor to win the trophy after Sidney Poitier and Denzel Washington.

 

And as no Oscar ceremony would be complete without at least one gushing acceptance speech, he did his best to oblige.

 

'I need a second to take it in,' he said as he composed himself. 'When I was a kid the only way I saw movies was from the back seat of my family's car at the drive-in. It wasn't my reality to think I would be acting in movies.

 

'Receiving this honour tonight tells me it is possible for a kid from east Texas raised in south central LA, who believes in his dreams and commits himself to them with his heart, to touch them and to have them happen.'

 

He went on to thank God for 'giving me this moment in this lifetime that I will hopefully carry to the end of my lifetime and into the next lifetime'.

 

The night ended a 40-year losing streak for Scorsese. The 64-year-old, named best director for the crime thriller The Departed, received a standing ovation and joked as he accepted his trophy from Steven Spielberg: 'Could you double-check the envelope?'

 

He added: 'So many people over the years have been wishing this for me. I am overwhelmed and so moved.'

 

The film also won the best picture award, beating The Queen, Little Miss Sunshine, Babel and Letters From Iwo Jima.

 

The Departed's British producer Graham King, who spent the morning with fellow nominees watching Chelsea win the Carling Cup on cable television, said as he collected the trophy: 'To be standing here where the Queen of England and Idi Amin just stood is really incredible.'

 

If there was an award for worst loser, Eddie Murphy would surely have nailed it.

 

He was tipped to take the best supporting actor Oscar for his role in Dreamgirls but lost out to 72-year-old Alan Arkin, who played a drug-addicted grandfather in Little Miss Sunshine. Minutes later Murphy stormed out of the venue and went home - breaking an Oscars taboo of being ungracious in defeat.

 

Mr Gore won the best documentary award for his film An Inconvenient Truth about the dangers of global warming.

 

He said: 'We need to solve the climate crisis. We have everything we need to get started with the possible exception of the will to act.'

 

One of the major upsets of the night came when none of the three nominated songs from Dreamgirls won.

 

Instead singer Melissa Etheridge took the prize for her song I Need to Wake Up from Gore's documentary.

 

British-born Sacha Baron Cohen missed out on an Oscar when Borat failed to win best adapted screenplay.

 

Dame Judi Dench, who was nominated as best actress alongside Dame Helen for Notes On A Scandal, could not make the ceremony because she was having knee surgery.

 

Commenting on Dame Helen's win, Kate Winslet - also up for best actress for Little Children - said she was 'the happiest of losers'.

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Love it-good for her. Americans can be so schizo about food.

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Love it-good for her. Americans can be so schizo about food.

Au contraire....We Americans love our food...fattest nation on earth!

 

Most models that we hear in the news that are dropping dead from anorexia are foreign. Our American "starlets"/models don't have problems eating...it's mostly drug abuse.

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Helen Mirren: ‘I Didn’t Wear Underwear’

 

 

 

 

Dame Helen Mirren picked up the best actress Oscar for her role in The Queen. The British beauty made a guest appearance on today’s Oprah’s post-Oscar TV special and shared about her Oscar-winning experience.

 

Helen, 61, brought along her red carpet gown, a champagne-colored plunging V-neck Christian Lacroix, and laughed about not having to wear underwear because her dress was custom-made.

 

“You look at the inside of this dress. It’s as beautiful as the outside. It’s fantastic. It was all made for me, so I didn’t have to have any underwear.” While grabbing her chest, Helen continued, “It held me like two angel’s hands.”

 

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Best Actress Oscar winner Helen Mirren has said she has no regrets about concentrating on a career rather than starting a family.

 

Helen has two step-sons from her husband Taylor Hackford’s previous marriages but she didn’t want to become a mum herself: “I’m just not interested. I’ve no maternal instinct whatsoever. And I don’t think I’m so unusual. I think an awful lot of women don’t really want children but feel they ought to.”

“They think there’s something wrong with them if they don’t want to, but it’s not true.”

 

“I’m so happy I don’t have children. But I do love children and I’ve got family, and Taylor has children that I’m involved with - and with great pleasure - but it’s just not for me.”

Helen Mirren: I'm so happy I don't have children

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Best Actress Oscar winner Helen Mirren has said she has no regrets about concentrating on a career rather than starting a family.

 

Helen has two step-sons from her husband Taylor Hackford’s previous marriages but she didn’t want to become a mum herself: “I’m just not interested. I’ve no maternal instinct whatsoever. And I don’t think I’m so unusual. I think an awful lot of women don’t really want children but feel they ought to.”

“They think there’s something wrong with them if they don’t want to, but it’s not true.”

 

“I’m so happy I don’t have children. But I do love children and I’ve got family, and Taylor has children that I’m involved with - and with great pleasure - but it’s just not for me.”

Helen Mirren: I'm so happy I don't have children

 

Good for her!

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Best Actress Oscar winner Helen Mirren has said she has no regrets about concentrating on a career rather than starting a family.

 

Helen has two step-sons from her husband Taylor Hackford’s previous marriages but she didn’t want to become a mum herself: “I’m just not interested. I’ve no maternal instinct whatsoever. And I don’t think I’m so unusual. I think an awful lot of women don’t really want children but feel they ought to.”

“They think there’s something wrong with them if they don’t want to, but it’s not true.”

 

“I’m so happy I don’t have children. But I do love children and I’ve got family, and Taylor has children that I’m involved with - and with great pleasure - but it’s just not for me.”

Helen Mirren: I'm so happy I don't have children

 

Good for her!

 

I was watching her on 60 minutes and they asked her the same question. I thought it was a stupid question to ask.

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Another day, another nomination for Mirren

 

Fresh off her best actress Oscar for "The Queen," Helen Mirren is in the running for the Royal Television Society's top acting nod, this time for reprising the role of Detective Inspector Jane Tennyson in the final "Prime Suspect," organizers said Monday.

 

Nominated alongside Mirren in the best actress category are Susan Lynch for playing a police sign-language interpreter who becomes involved with a deaf murder suspect in "Soundproof" and Julia Davis for her portrayal of '60s TV cook Fanny Cradock in the drama "Fear of Fanny."

 

Another Oscar winner, Jim Broadbent ("Iris"), will compete for best actor for "Longford," in which he played an aristocrat who attempted to befriend infamous murderer Myra Hindley. Also vying for the prize are Philip Glenister in "Life on Mars" and Michael Sheen for his role in Kenneth Williams biopic "Fantabulosa."

 

"Prime Suspect," which debuted in 1991, will compete for best drama with another cop show, "Low Winter Sun," and the fairy tale "Hogfather."

 

The annual RTS awards will be held March 13 at the Grosvenor House hotel on London's Park Lane.

 

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter