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Queen Elizabeth Looks Fantastic in Her Swimsuit

Helen Mirren is a hundred and eleven years old and she looks great! (Actually, she's a spry 62). The many, many awards-winning actress (most notably, perhaps, for The Queen) was photographed recently in Puglia, swimming and climbing rocks in a bikini. And, quite frankly, she looks better than half the ladies half her age who wear similar bathing costumes. Mirren is pretty free with her body—appearing nude in a raft of films from Caligula in 1980 to the recent film about naked old British ladies, Calendar Girls, and writing a book about the subject—and, well, now we see why. So, there you go. Simple dame objectification midday on a Wednesday. [via BrianVan] Click thru for larger image.

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"It's Like Looking into a Mirren! Aha ha ha ha! Ha. Ahem. Oh dear."

[Wonderful actress Helen Mirren in New York today, promoting her new book "In the Frame"; image via AP]

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Better This Than Riding a Rascal


Last night at the after-party for the Directors Guild of America awards, Dame Helen Mirren put down her gin and asked a fellow party-goer if she could ride his Segway. When the press isn't around and guards are let down, you'll catch these sorts of private, goofy moments when celebrities are just human — and then you will take pictures, and you'll post them on your blog. More »