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(by guest blogger Spencer Blohm) Despite having her 68th
birthday and the premiere of her new film RED 2 both happening within
the last few weeks, fantastic Dame Helen Mirren is showing no signs of slowing
down. At the film’s Los Angeles premiere, Helen arrived in a stunning green
Elie Saab gown paired with tasteful jewels and platform, lucite stripper heels
she picked up for $40 on Hollywood Boulevard. Helen calls the heels her “secret
weapon” on the red carpet -for the lift they give her backside and tautness
created in her stomach. This isn’t the first time Helen has pushed standard
conventions of what it means to be an “older woman” in show business.
While most actresses her
age are gravitating towards more “mature” roles, Helen is choosing to do quite
the opposite. After already spending the majority of her career paying her dues
on the theater circuit, it seems like Helen is finally ready to have some fun!
She has gracefully transitioned from playing the Queen of England, to the madam
of a brothel, to the dean of a university for monster, all within the past few
years.