Yesterday, one of my favorite actresses - Helen Mirren - was honored with a star on the prestigious "Walk of Fame".
Fans jostled for a perch on bustling Hollywood Boulevard to get up-close-and-personal to the charismatic thespian who is a seasoned pro with a dazzling array of credits to her name from walking the boards in the theatre, to television, and feature film.
Some of her earlier film roles include Age of Consent, O Lucky Man!, The Long Good Friday, When the Whales Came, and Mosquito Coast.
Mirren is as adept at comedy as she is at high drama, too.
Mirren's title role in "The Queen" earned her a BAFTA, a Golden Globe, and an Academy Award (in addition to others).
During her acceptance speech at the Academy Awards at the Kodak theatre, the stylish striking beauty praised and thanked Elizabeth II (after underscoring that the Monarch had maintained her dignity and weathered many storms during her reign).
Coincidentally, "The Queen"(which focused on the drama that unfolded at Buckingham Palace in the wake of Lady Diana's untimely death in a car crash in Paris) was broadcast on the "telly" on Sunday night.
As far as I am concerned, the flick was nothing but a hatchet job.
Though Mirrin turned in a bravado performance, I've always felt the feature was too sensational in nature.
Frankly, I also found it difficult to believe that Queen E 2 (my nickname for her majesty) could ever be as petty as she made out to be on the silver screen.
I am familiar with the term "warts and all" - but in this instant case - the nasty producers went overboard.
That's the problem with fictionlized screen biopics, the writers have to juice up (fabricate and spin distortions of the truth) to create a controversy for publicity's sake - and with the sinister hope - of luring gossip-hungry low-lifes
Of course, being Canadian, I am both a Royal "lover" and a Royal "watcher".
In fact, when news of Lady Diana's death hit the airwaves around the globe, I remained glued by the television set for the next three days anxious to uncover every minute detail of the tragic loss to the Royal Family.
"She was just a commoner who married a Prince," a friend retorted one day.
"It will all die down in a day or two."
"Oh no," I found myself lamenting.
"She was more than a Prince's wife. Lady Diana was the "people's" Princess."
And, she'll always be remembered as the Queen of Hearts (too).
Amen!
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