Dame Helen Mirren roped in for ‘Red’ comic book film

November 3rd, 2009 more images more imagesMARIAH CAREY had to fill some regal shoes when she accepted her acclaimed role in PRECIOUS - the part was originally offered to HELEN MIRREN. The Heartbreaker diva has wowed critics with her performance as a dowdy social worker in the Oscar-tipped story of an abused teenage girl, but she reveals The Queen star Mirren was originally offered the role.

November 3rd, 2009 more images more images WASHINGTON - Mariah Carey has revealed that she bagged her critically acclaimed role of a social worker in the 2009 American drama 'Precious' after legendary actress Helen Mirren had pulled out of the project. The 39-year-old Carey, who played Mrs.

October 24th, 2009 LONDON - Veteran actress Helen Mirren walked away with the Best Actress gong at the Rome International Film Festival for her movie 'The Last Station'. The 64-year-old star has been awarded for the depiction of Leo Tolstoy's wife in the film directed by Michael Hoffman.

October 24th, 2009 DAME HELEN MIRREN and Italy's SERGIO CASTELLITTO have scored the big acting honours at the Rome Film Festival in Italy. The Queen star Mirren was named Best Actress for her portrayal of Leo Tolstoy's wife in The Last Station, while Castellitto claimed the festival's Best Actor prize for Alza la Testa.

October 23rd, 2009 LONDON - In an outburst against the growing trend of celebrity novels, Lynda La Plante, the doyenne of crime fiction, has hit out at glamour model Katie Price, a.k.a Jordan, insisting she's terrible thing for young girls. The comments from La Plante, who has written best-sellers including Above Suspicion and the scripts for television series such as Prime Suspect, which starred Dame Helen Mirren, raised eyebrows at The Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards, held at the Grosvenor House Hotel, in Mayfair, where she was inducted into the Hall of Fame.

September 9th, 2009 HARRY POTTER author J.K. ROWLING is to have her life story immortalised in a comic book.

September 9th, 2009 LONDON - Screen legend Helen Mirren bursts into tears every time she sees footage of British monarch Queen Elizabeth II as a young girl. The veteran star picked up the Best Actress Academy Award for her portrayal as Elizabeth in the 2006 picture "The Queen".

September 9th, 2009 DAME HELEN MIRREN bursts into tears every time she sees footage of British monarch QUEEN ELIZABETH II as a young girl - because the video inspired her to portray the royal in her Oscar-winning movie. The veteran star picked up the Best Actress Academy Award for her role as Elizabeth in 2006 picture The Queen.

September 4th, 2009 LONDON - British TV drama 'Prime Suspect', starring Dame Helen Mirren, is set for a remake in the US. Seven series, written by Lynda La Plante and starring Oscar winner Mirren as police chief Jane Tennison, ran between 1991 and 2006.

August 28th, 2009 LONDON - Actress Dame Helen Mirren is set to star in new film Brighton Rock, adapted from Graham Greene's classic 1939 novel of the same title. The Oscar winner will play amateur detective Ida Arnold in the movie.

August 7th, 2009 LONDON - When Brit actress Helen Mirren's husband, Taylor Hackford, first saw her dressed up as British monarch Queen Elizabeth II in a movie role, he was so shocked that he burst out laughing. Mirren, 64, had even won an Oscar for her portrayal of the royal in 2006 movie 'The Queen', but her husband had never seen her in the costume that gave her the monarch's looks until he watched the film's premiere.

July 28th, 2009 LONDON - Dame Helen Mirren has confessed she and her husband have "horrendous" rows when they have a reunion after being months apart. The veteran actress, who has been happily married to acclaimed director Taylor Hackford for 12 years, said coming together again makes the arguments worthwhile.

June 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Aussie comedian Barry Humphries seems to be unhappy with director Baz Luhrman's plans to turn 'The Great Gatsby' book into a film. The Moulin Rouge helmer is aiming to bring F Scott Fitzgerald's jazz-age classic onto the big screen, but Dame Edna star Humphries, it seems, is not ready.

June 10th, 2009 LONDON - Actress Bai Ling has revealed that she has landed a role alongside Dame Helen Mirren in 'Love Ranch', a new film about a Las Vegas brothel, despite a bad audition. Ling said that had to be persuaded to turn around after spending much of the screen test with her back to Mirren's husband/director Taylor Hackford.

May 7th, 2009 LONDON - Rapper Eminem has got himself a part in a new comic book by Marvel. Eminem, 36, has teamed up with the comic book company for a new illustrated adventure to promote his sixth studio album Relapse, reports the Sun.