NY Observer > Helen Mirren http://www.observer.com/taxonomy/term/28359/feed Articles from Observer.com en Helen Mirren: I Need to 'Have A Little Sex, Drugs, Rock 'n' Roll in My Acting Life' http://www.observer.com/2007/helen-mirren-i-need-have-little-sex-drugs-rock-n-roll-my-acting-life

Helen Mirren has been cornered into queenly roles during her entire career, playing three in the past decade (Queen Charlotte in 1994's The Madness of King George, Queen Elizabeth I in 2005's Elizabeth I and of course the Buckingham Palace monarch in last year's The Queen). But now the 64-year-old dame is about to get a little spunky in her glory years. She's about to appear opposite Nicholas Cage in the adventure romp National Treasure: Book of Secrets, set for release on Dec. 21.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/helen-mirren-i-need-have-little-sex-drugs-rock-n-roll-my-acting-life#comments Arts & Culture Helen Mirren Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:38:06 -0500 Gillian Reagan 61777 at http://www.observer.com Times May Have Changed, But Oscars Still Suspenseful http://www.observer.com/node/36701 By all accounts—most notably the amusingly disenchanted commentaries by Caryn James, David Car  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/36701#comments Arts & Culture Allegra Helen Mirren Hollywood Sarajevo Sun, 11 Feb 2007 19:00:00 -0500 Andrew Sarris 36701 at http://www.observer.com Lynn Hirschberg on the Movies: Not a Standout Year! http://www.observer.com/node/32578 Cover%20NYTM.jpg

"It's likely that what you remember is the performances," writes Lynn Hirschberg in Feb. 11 editions of The New York Times Magazine, since the movies of 2006 were "dominated by sequels, animation and the broken yellow VW bus from 'Little Miss Sunshine.'"

This is the fourth year in a row that the Times Magazine has found a reason to salute that often-forgotten element of the movie industry--its stars!--with a series of photo-portraits of actors in the big movies of 2006.

Last year, the reason was that the actors and actresses were forgotten in Oscar season: "[The] spirit of the contest seems to take precedence over artistic achievement," Ms. Hirschberg wrote in her introduction to this feature last year. "The New York Times Magazine has tried to eschew this notion of competition by saluting the performances that moved, surprised and thrilled us, regardless of whether they were nominated for awards."  read more »

See some of our favorite portraits--with our own little tributes to each of the subjects--after the jump! ]]> http://www.observer.com/node/32578#comments Style Helen Mirren Lynn Hirschberg Peter O'Toole The New York Times Company Wed, 07 Feb 2007 11:30:00 -0500 Observer Staff 32578 at http://www.observer.com The Eight Day Week http://www.observer.com/node/45666 Wednesday 20th They're 50! And they love it! They love it, they love it, they love it!  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/45666#comments Arts & Culture George Plimpton Helen Mirren Liz Smith Vince Passaro Sun, 24 Feb 2002 19:00:00 -0500 Alexandra Jacobs 45666 at http://www.observer.com The Original George and Martha Come to the Great White Way http://www.observer.com/node/45127 Notes toward enjoying August Strindberg's grotesque tragicomedy or marital blood sport, Dance of Dea  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/45127#comments Arts & Culture David Strathairn Helen Mirren Ian McKellen Sean Mathias Sun, 21 Oct 2001 20:00:00 -0400 John Heilpern 45127 at http://www.observer.com