Helen Mirren to Receive Top CinemaCon Award

Helen Mirren to Receive Top CinemaCon Award

Being recognized for her glorious work, Academy Award winner Helen Mirren will be given top honor at the CinemaCon festival's inaugural awards program this month.

The 65-year-old actress, who won an Oscar for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in 2006, will receive the festival's Career Achievement Award on March 31st.

"CinemaCon's managing director said of the A-lister: "A consummate actress, Helen Mirren has entertained audiences around the globe for over four decades with her stunning performances on the big screen. CinemaCon could not be more honored to present such an amazing actress with the CinemaCon Career Achievement Award.”

Mirren, who also received critical acclaim for her work in "The Madness of Kind George," can next be seen in the Warner Bros. Pictures romantic comedy "Arthur."

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Russell Brand Won Over Helen Mirren with Hard Work and Charm

Russell Brand Won Over Helen Mirren with Hard Work and Charm

 

Presenters Russell Brand and Helen Mirren present onstage during the 83rd Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre on February 27, 2011 in Hollywood, California. (Getty Images)

Helen Mirren says she's come to adore Russell Brand, but at first she was "terrified" of working with the British comic because of his bad boy reputation.

The Oscar-winning actress stars with Russell in two new movies, The Tempest and Arthur, but admits she was worried about how she would get on with the reformed hellraiser.

During an appearance on British morning TV show Daybreak, she said: “I’m a bit infatuated with him. But I was terrified because, you know, it’s Russell Brand! Like the bad boy of bad boys. And I’m not a bad girl, I’m a good girl. And when good girls meet bad boys, terrible things can happen – mostly to the good girls.”

Despite her concerns, Helen and Russell -- who is married to Katy Perry -- struck up a great relationship on both sets and she has nothing but praise for him.

The 65-year-old star -- who plays Prospera in The Tempest, which is based on Shakespeare’s play of the same name -- said: “We did Arthur together which was really wonderful and it kind of sealed our relationship. And there I got to see what an amazing guy he is -- an incredible hard worker, kindest heart in the world, funny of course, he’s a great guy.”

 

 

 See many more pictures of Russell Brand and Helen Mirren after the jump!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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