4 h. ago Helen Mirren hails ‘fantastic’ cello restoration on The Repair Shop

Dame Helen wished to see it restored so that it could be used at a north London care home.

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4 h. ago Helen Mirren hails restoration of Second World War cello that was ‘cruelly’ broken by Nazis

The cello belongs to Denville Hall, a north London care home for entertainment industry professionals

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29 h. ago Dame Helen Mirren gasps in shock as she steps into 'beautiful and iconic' Repair Shop shop barn in first look at BBC's Christmas special

Dame Helen Mirren was overwhelmed by the 'beautiful and iconic' Repair Shop barn as she stepped inside to film this year's Christmas special.

Society

65 h. ago Pregnant at 61 or a mother aged three: why do movies love age

In Kate Winslet’s Goodbye June, Timothy Spall, 68, plays the father of Toni Collette, who is 53 – and pregnant. But those liberties are nothing compared with North by Northwest, The Manchurian Candidate or ThanksgivingTo be able to enjoy Kate Winslet’s new Christmas movie, Goodbye June, you have to be able to do a couple of things. First, if you’ve ever suffered any form of bereavement, you may have to approach it slowly, since the film is explicitly about the death of a parent. But the other thing you need to do is not Google the age of any of the cast.This is for good reason. The titular June is played by Dame Helen Mirren, and her husband is played by Timothy Spall. Fine actors and national treasures, the pair of them. However, Mirren is 80 years old, and Spall is 68. Again, this is fine. You have undoubtedly met couples with bigger age gaps than this, and in all probability they are perfectly happy together. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Goodbye June review – Kate Winslet’s directorial debut is a paper

Helen Mirren, Toni Collette and Winslet herself star in the Oscar-winning actor’s first step behind the camera – which is also scripted by her son

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8 d. ago Goodbye June review – Kate Winslet’s Christmas heartwarmer is like a two

Star turns from Helen Mirren, Andrea Riseborough and Toni Colette can’t stop cartoony sentimentality smothering this film directed by Winslet and written by her son Joe AndersKate Winslet’s feature directing debut is a family movie, scripted by her son Joe Anders; it’s a well-intentioned and starrily cast yuletide heartwarmer, like a two-hour John Lewis Christmas TV ad without the logo at the end. There are one or two nice lines and sharp moments but they are submerged in a treacly soup of sentimentality; in the end, I couldn’t get past the cartoony quasi-Richard Curtis characterisation and the weird not-quite-earthlingness of the people involved. Having said this, I am aware of having been first in the queue to denigrate Winslet’s Christmas film The Holiday, that is regarded by many as one of the most successful films of all time.Helen Mirren is the June of the title, an affectionate but sharp-tongued matriarch who is diagnosed with terminal cancer in the run-up to Christmas, and h...

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8 d. ago Stranger Things' Max star Sadie Sink’s life from parents to Helen Mirren link

Sadie Sink has become one of the most recognisable faces in streaming TV thanks to her role as Max Mayfield in Netflix's Stranger Things

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9 d. ago Goodbye June release dates, cast and what to expect from Christmas tearjerker

Goodbye June stars an abundance of British talent including Kate Winslet, Helen Mirren and Timothy Spall.

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9 d. ago Kate Winslet reveals Helen Mirren broke ‘two personal rules’ to star in her directorial debut

‘Goodbye June,’ about a messy family forced to reunite to support their ailing mother, is out Friday on Netflix

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9 d. ago 'King Charles hired me for royal event and I couldn't believe what he told me'

The Italian chef collaborated with Stanley Tucci to cater for King Charles and Queen Camilla, as well as the Beckhams, Helen Mirren and other famous celebrities

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1 week ago Helen Mirren reveals the one BBC show that spreads joy in 'negative world'

Dame Helen has appeared on the festive special of the BBC favourite and said she found the experience 'very, very moving'

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1 week ago Dame Helen Mirren reveals she'd love to get her late mother's old sewing machine fixed on the Repair Shop in emotional confession ahead of the show's Christmas special

Dame Helen Mirren has revealed that she'd love to get her late mother's old sewing machine fixed on the Repair Shop - ahead of the show's Christmas special.

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1 week ago Penny Lancaster cuts a stylish figure in a gold suit as she joins Pierce Brosnan and Dame Helen Mirren at the King's Trust Carol Concert

Penny Lancaster cut a stylish figure as she joined Pierce Brosnan and Dame Helen Mirren attending the King's Trust Carol Concert 2025 on Monday night.

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1 week ago Kate Winslet admits she 'relived' heartbreaking family loss while making new Netflix film

The Titanic star has made her directorial debut with Goodbye June, starring Helen Mirren, coming to Netflix on 24th December

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1 week ago Kate Winslet 'found herself hiding and crying' as Netflix film 'relived' heartbreaking loss

Kate Winslet has opened up about the painful experience of reliving her mother's 2017 death while making her directorial debut Goodbye June, which stars Helen Mirren

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1 week ago Dame Helen Mirren responds to Tom Hardy feud claims with playful rebuttal

Dame Helen Mirren has quashed claims she is feuding with her co-star Tom Hardy. 

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1 week ago Kate Winslet felt like she was ‘reliving’ mother’s death while shooting new film

Goodbye June sees four adult siblings band together upon learning of their mother’s decline in health.

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2 w. ago Kate Winslet says making Goodbye June with her son was ‘extraordinary’

The 50-year-old directs and stars in the Christmas movie.

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2 w. ago Nicola Coughlan and Helen Mirren to star in National Theatre Live cinema shows

Dame Helen stars as Queen Elizabeth II in the Olivier and Tony Award-winning production The Audience.

Culture

2 w. ago Kate Winslet ‘proud’ of son Joe Anders for writing her latest film Goodbye June

Christmas drama Goodbye June follows four siblings whose lives change when their mother’s health takes a turn for the worse during the festive period.

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