Today, Helen Mirren has been a guest on “The Kelly Clarkson Show” to promote the theatrical release of “White Bird” in the United States. On the show, she was presented with a “Helen F****** Mirren” cocktail from the Pal’s Lounge New Orleans, the bar owned by her late step-son Rio. She also read a poem called “Love” by the recently executed Marcellus Willams. You can watch her appearance in the video archive. Screencaptures have been added to the photo gallery.

Yesterday, Helen Mirren and the cast and crew of Lionsgate upcoming, long-delayed “White Bird” attended the US premiere for the film at New York’s DGA Theater. The drama, filmed in 2021 and already released in European countries, will release US theaters on October 04. Pictures from the screening have been added to the photo gallery.

Netflix has given The Thursday Murder Club fans another teaser ahead of the film’s release. The upcoming murder mystery film, based on Richard Osman’s beloved novel of the same name, has now officially wrapped. Celebrating the movie milestone, the streaming giant has released a behind-the-scenes cast and crew group photo. The snap features many famous faces, with cast members Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley and Celia Imrie posing alongside the film’s director Chris Columbus. Eagle-eyed fans may also notice Naomi Ackie in the group photo. This marks the first look at the actress in costume as her character PC Donna de Freitas. This comes just days after Osman confirmed the movie, which has been in production since late June, completed filming on September 11. The Pointless star turned author, recently shared his excitement for the upcoming film, which he hopes “should be out next year”. Chatting on The Chris Moyles Show on Radio X, Osman confirmed that despite visiting the set on several occasions, he won’t be making an on-screen cameo. “I might do one little voice thing, but I can’t be [in it],” he insisted. “People going, ‘Why is the guy from Pointless in a Sussex police station?’. It’d be a bit odd.” “The Thursday Murder Club” does not yet have a release date.

While Helen is busy filming (“The Thursday Murder Club” should have been wrapped by now and “1923” should be in production as we speak), let’s revive some of her classic performances. Blu-Ray screencaptures from three pivotal films of her career – “The Long Good Friday”, “Cal” and “The Cook The Thief and her Lover” have been added to the photo gallery, alongside Blu-Ray screencaptures from the little-seen and long-forgotten “Prince of Jutland” – a retelling of the Hamlet tale with an all-star cast including Christian Bale, Gabriel Byrne, Tom Wilkinson and Kate Beckinsale. Not as iconic as the other three but still recommended to watch. Enjoy the new additions.

It’s been a while since we dived into the Mirren archives. Screencaptures from four television productions have been replaced with better quality. Four films with six performances, because in two of them, Helen played dual roles. In 1974’s “A Coffin for the Bride” from the series “Thriller”, she plays a young woman who tracks down the killer of her sister – in old-lady drag. In 1985’s “The Twilight Zone”, a mousy thrift store clerk gets transformed into a vivacious murder victim through a pair a shoes. Two very obscure and very entertaining episodes you should be checking out on your available streaming services. Also added are screencaptures from the late Shelley Duvall’s “Faerie Tale Theatre” episode “The Little Mermaid” and 2002’s TNT drama “Door to Door”, starring William H. Macy, for which Helen received Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild and Emmy Award nominations. Enjoy.

A number of celebrities flocked to London on Saturday for Day 13 of the star-studded Wimbledon games. Helen Mirren was among the famous faces to attend the annual tennis tournament, looking chic in a tennis-inspired outfit comprised of a long green dress and a cute white cardigan. The actress was joined by the likes of Tom Cruise and Pink as she stepped out ahead of the highly anticipated women’s final. Pictures have been added to the photo gallery.

Netflix has dropped a first-look photo of The Thursday Murder Club cast to confirm the start of production. Richard Osman’s much-loved book series is being given the big screen treatment, with the all-star cast including Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Sir Ben Kingsley and Celia Imrie. The four leads are seen dressed in character in the first-look photo, gathered around Osman on what appears to be the set of the retirement home’s games room – where the characters meet up every Thursday to solve cases. Bridget Jones and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel star Celia Imrie will be playing the role of Joyce. Mirren will star as former spy Elizabeth alongside Pierce Brosnan as trades union official Ron and Sir Ben Kingsley as psychiatrist Ibrahim. “The Thursday Murder Club is officially in production!” reads the tweet caption shared on the official Netflix X account. The Thursday Murder Club movie started filming on June 27. Other cast members include David Tennant, Naomi Ackie, Jonathan Pryce, Richard E Grant, Danny Mays, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Tom Ellis, Geoff Bell and Paul Freeman and Sarah Niles. The Thursday Murder Club is the first of Osman’s crime series released in 2020. The story follows four pensioners at the Coopers Chase Retirement Village in Kent as they investigate the murder of a property developer.

A scandal upon release, 1979’s Caligula was destroyed when porn scenes were sliced into the cut, unbeknownst to its director or stars Malcolm McDowell and Helen Mirren. But now rediscovered footage and painstaking work has rescued this raucous Roman epic. The first thing you learn about the film is that it’s shocking, disgusting, immoral. Keep going and soon enough someone dismisses the film – less as shocking, disgusting, and immoral, more as a slog. As Time magazine put it, the film enjoyed “all the success of an open-air orgy in Antarctica”. Such bad reputation’s persisted for nearly 45 years, making so much more commendable Thomas Negovan’s efforts to give Caligula new life. Hence Caligula: The Ultimate Cut, which uses more than 100 hours of footage to create a 173-minute revision. The new cut, among other things, gives more life to Mirren’s Caesonia, whose role was heavily cut for the 1979 theatrical version. As Malcolm Dowell mentions in a new interview with Total Film, “I never thought my full performance would ever be seen or Helen Mirren’s moving, commanding Caesonia would at last be unearthed. It is an unprecedented odyssey.”

Helen Mirren (and her never-ending supply of headbands) has been quite busy with interviews to promote her recent work, former directors and her celebrated tv work from the past. Last year, she participated in a BBC documentary on director Stephen Frears, whom she worked with on “The Queen”. Also for the BBC, Dame Helen sat down to talk about two of her literature adaptations from the 1970’s, “As You Like It” and “Blue Remembered Hills”, both programs entitled “Helen Mirren Remembers”. All three documentaries can be watched on-demand on the BBC website, unfortunately only if you live within the UK. Many thanks to my friend Alvaro for providing screencaptures of Helen’s appearances. “Golda” is also still making the rounds in the theaters, the latest market being Germany. For the film’s promotion, Helen did a new interview, which can be found in the photo gallery as well. Enjoy the new additions.

On Wednesday, Helen Mirren hosted the morning’s commemorative event from the seafront in Portsmouth, where the D-Day landings began 80 years ago, paying tribute to the bravery and achievements of veterans and recognising the invaluable work of those on the Home Front who helped make the wartime invasion possible. Later in the evening, Kirsty Young presented a live broadcast from both Normandy and Portsmouth. In France, the 4,600 headstones of those who fell on D-Day were individually illuminated across the Bayeux War Cemetery, accompanied by readings and music. Pictures from the event have been added to the photo gallery.