Helen Mirren News

Elaine Stritch won Emmy Award as an Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Colleen Donaghy in the NBC sitcom '30 Rock.'

Dozens of theatre stars are among the nominees of the 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, which will be broacast live from L.A.'s Shrine Auditorium on Sunday, September 16th at 8 PM on FOX.

Academy Award-winning actress Dame Helen Mirren will start as 'a Jewish woman whose journalist daughter falls in love with a Palestinian and is shot dead' in a developing untitled film.

The Geffen Playhouse bestowed Academy Award winning actress Dame Helen Mirren with their 2007 Distinction in Theater Award April 30 at the Fifth Annual event and reception in Westwood...

Well-known writer Julian Fellowes, who rocketed to international fame with his Oscar-winning screenplay for Gosford Park and who is currently represented both on the London stage and on Broadway with the hit musical production of Mary Poppins, for which he wrote the book, will collaborate with recent Oscar winners Graham King and Martin Scorsese on The Young Victoria.

As I walk into the dark and slightly unsettling North London pub I scan the room for the type of person who'd play the role of 'The Elephant Man'. Marc Pickering is the actor I'm here to meet, but the grey hair atop the balding heads around me suggest he's upstairs rehearsing. With less than two weeks before the play hits the West End, it's not surprising the cast are busy. The story of the severely deformed John Merrick is a well known one and director Bruce Guthrie and his cast have a challenge ahead of them.

Geffen Playhouse announced today that Academy Award winning actress Dame Helen Mirren has been selected as the 2007 Distinction in Theater Award recipient, which is awarded each year by the theater company during its Backstage at the Geffen Gala.

Award-winning filmmaker Taylor Hackford will direct the upcoming Broadway musical Leap of Faith.

BroadwayWorld.com is pleased to bring you this demo recording of 'A Comedian At The Oscars' performed by Marc Shaiman. Last week during the big night in Hollywood, Shaiman played piano while Will Ferrell, Jack Black and John C. Reilly kept the crowd in stitches at the beginning of the telecast. Enjoy this exclusive 'behind the scenes' recording featuring music by Marc Shaiman; Lyrics by Judd Apatow, Adam McKay and Marc Shaiman. The song will begin automatically and a copy of the lyrics are below - so feel free to sing along!

The star-studded 79th Annual Academy Awards were held at the Kodak Theatre in L.A. on February 25th!

Jennifer Hudson, Helen Mirren and Alan Arkin are among the winners of the 79th Annual Academy Awards

The Queen star Helen Mirren, who plays Elizabeth II in the hit film, has just been announced as the winner of the Best Actress Oscar.

The 79th Annual Academy Awards will be broadcast live on ABC from the Kodak Theatre in L.A. this Sunday, February 25th at 8 PM ET.

Helen Mirren, Jennifer Hudson, Alan Arkin and Peter Morgan are among the winners of this year's British Academy Film Awards.

Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Hudson, Eddie Murphy, Helen Mirren, Forest Whitaker and more attended the 79th Annual Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, CA on February 5!

TVGuide.com reports that Dreamgirls' Jennifer Hudson and Eddie Murphy will appear alongside Dame Helen Mirren and this year's Oscar host Ellen DeGeneres on Barbra Walters Oscars Special.

Dreamgirls stars Jennifer Hudson and Eddie Murphy, as well as The Queen's Helen Mirren, are among the winners of the 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which took place at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center on January 28th

Frost/Nixon, the new play by Peter Morgan, directed by Michael Grandage, will open on Broadway this spring starring Frank Langella (as President Richard Nixon) and Michael Sheen (as Sir David Frost).