Helen Mirren

I'm not sure why, but this actress is awesome. She can go from zero to kick butt in two seconds in an action movie, zero to drama in drama movies, and she makes any movie she's in instantly better, wow!! And plus, of all things, she's very beautiful for her age!!!

Helen Mirren

Birth name: Ilyena Lydia Vasilievna Mironoff
DOB: 7/26/1945
Where: Chiswick, London, England
Height: 5'4''

Spouse
-Taylor Hackford: 12/31/1997-present

Trivia
-Known as 'Dame' thanks to her receiving a knighthood

-Before marrying director Taylor Hackford in 1997, she had been living in Los Angeles since 1986
-Used to work at an amusement park in Southend on Sea as a "blagger" to attract customers
-Despite her Russian name and ancestry, she does not speak Russian, but instead speaks fluent French
-She is the only actress to play both Queen Elizabeth I in Elizabeth I (2005) and Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen (2006)
-New Orleans is her favorite American city
-Has a tattoo of a star on her left hand, acquired on a Native American reservation in Minnesota
-While on the set of Excalibur in 1981, she briefly dated Liam Neeson

Personal Quotes
Some of these make me laugh :D
-Flesh sells. People don't want to see pictures of churches. They want to see naked bodies.
-All you have to do is to look like crap on film and everyone thinks you're a brilliant actress. Actually, all you've done is look like crap.

Known For
Hussy
-Beaty Simmons
The Long Good Friday
-Victoria
Excalibur
-Morgana
White Nights
-Galina Ivanova
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
-Georgina Spica
Where Angels Fear to Tread
-Lilia Herriton
The Madnesss of King George
-Queen Charlotte
Critical Care
-Stella
Painted Lady (TV movie)
-Maggie Sheridan
The Prince of Egypt
-The Queen (voice)

Teaching Mrs. Tingle
-Mrs. Tingle
Greenfingers
-Georgina Woodhouse
Gosford Park
-Mrs. Wilson

Calendar Girls
-Chris Harper
Raising Helen
-Dominique
Shadowboxer
-Rose
The Queen
-The Queen

The Debt
-Rachel Singer

Red
-Victoria

Could Ozzy Osbourne Become "Sir"?

You read it right. It's being considered that Ozzy should be knighted. Now, if anyone knows how the knighting process works, you have to make some kind of contribution to arts and humanities in the name of England. And also, knighthoods are given at the Queen's choice, so knighthoods aren't always given to everyone. Can't imagine what she'll think when she hears this guy's name come up for a possible knighthood...

Ozzy, who proclaims himself "The Prince of F---ing Darkness", is being considered for a knighthood. It's said that an Australian woman named Helen Maidiotis started the idea on the website Causes and according to this report, Madiotis was originally hoping to have all the members of Black Sabbath receive the same high honor, but instead decided on Ozzy first. Personally, I think it would be cool to see all the guys in Black Sabbath with "sir" in front of their name, pretty cool.

Musicians on the Muppets Show

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/most-sensational-muppets-rock-star-appearances/

See some of your fave musicians singing with everyone's favorite puppet crew

#5
-Ozzy sings "Born to Be Wild" with Miss Piggy

#4
-Paul Simon and Gonzo smashing a clarinet

#3
-Paul McCartney getting a "royal" help from Kermit

#2
Elton John singing "Benny and the Jets" with The Muppets

#1
-Alice Cooper singing "School's Out" with The Muppets

2000+ Pop Culture

History

-December 12, 2003: Rolling Stones front man Mick Jagger receives honorary knighthood, despite no known record of charitables services or public acts


Hard to imagine how someone like Mick could be knighted

-Sept. 11, 2001: The World Trade Center is hit by 2 hijacked planes and comes crashing down, taking nearly 3,000 people to their deaths

-Dec. 26, 2004: Southeast Asian tsunami occurs following a 9.3 earthquake in the Indian Ocean, taking 290 people with it.
-Feb. 22, 2006: the 1 billionth song is downloaded off Apple iTunes, unfortunately at the expense of places like Tower Records, FYE, and anywhere else that sells CDs, records, and other music items.
-Nov. 4, 2008: Barack Obama is elected as first black president

-April 16, 2003: major breakout of SARS virus in Asia
-The year 2000 and beyond will become a literal 2nd British Invasion with the release of the Harry Potter movies into the US and also a lot of British made TV shows start airing on BBC America. Suddenly the 'Potter' craze takes America by storm and everyone knows about the Boy Wizard.

Music

-The Baha Men
-Nelly Furtado
-Usher
-Enrique Iglesias

-Destiny's Child
-U2

-Shakira

-Mary J. Blige

 

-Nickelback

-Tim McGraw

 

-Aaliyah

-Britney Spears


Movies

-The Man from Elysian Fields

-The Blind Side
-Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
-Julie and Julia
-Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, pt. 1

-Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, pt. 2

-Monsters vs. Aliens

-Up
-The Forbidden Kingdom

-Gran Torino
-Hellboy 2: The Golden Army
-Iron Man
-Slumdog Millionaire

-Mr. Bean's Holiday
-The Da Vinci Code
-Dream Girls
-Flushed Away

-The Prestige
-V for Vendetta

-Wallace and Gromit: the Curse of the Were-Rabbit

-Hero

-The Polar Express
-Secondhand Lions
-Lilo and Stitch
-Mulan II

Random thoughts/knighthood

Yeah, the title explains it all. Just random thoughts buzzing around. Somehow, the other night my dad got on to the topic of how one would go about receiving the prestigious honor of knighthood. Don't ask me how he got on to this topic, idk. But I did a little research and it says that in order to receive this prestigious honor, you have to make a contribution to arts and humanities in the name of England basically. Some think you can buy something like this, not really sure how that would happen, but you can't, you have to do it through good will and merit, doing a good contribution to arts and humanities and national life in the name of England, and alot of the people who received this honor weren't from England, but from places like Scotland, Ireland, etc. It can go to men, where they are called Sir or women, called Dame. It can be given to actors, musicians, scientists, you name it, the range is pretty big. Long ago, it was used for military, but nowadays, it is given to people who make contributions to arts and humanities and national life. Surprisingly, alot of the actors, actresses, musicians and other people we like may have received this totally awesome honor, people like:
Musicians
The Beatles-June 1965
Mick Jagger-Dec. 12, 2003
Elton John-Feb. 24, 1998
Paul McCartney-March 11, 1997
Bono-March 29, 2007

Actors
Michael Caine-2000
Roger Moore-June 14, 2003
Anthony Hopkins-1993
Sean Connery-2000
Patrick Stewart- July 3, 2010

Actresses
Julie Andrews
Maggie Smith
Lynn and Vanessa Redgrave
Judi Dench
Helen Mirren

Musicians
The Beatles

Mick Jagger
Oooh, black leather, looks good on him.......

Elton John

Paul McCartney. Love his music!!!!

Bono(OMG!!!!!!!! What a sexy hunk of Irish man!!!!)

Actors

Michael Caine

Roger Moore

Anthony Hopkins

Sean Connery(My favorite James Bond!)

Patrick Stewart

These are just some of the people who may have received this honor. Out of all the people in this pics, I'd have to say Bono, Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney and The Beatles are my faves.