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Want to embrace a berry-red lip? Helen Mirren has a clever trick to make it less intimidating

When in doubt, follow Helen Mirren's lead and opt for shine over a matte finish...

Woman & Home

The house the Independent built: First safe haven for women fleeing domestic abuse is finished

INDEPENDENT CAMPAIGN: An all-female team of decorators will add the last touches to the property which was built using funds raised by The Independent’s Brick by Brick campaign, in partnership with domestic abuse charity Refuge, writes Athena Stavrou

The Independent UK

Clive Wilmer obituary

Poet and scholar who promoted the work of John Ruskin and edited a selection of Thom Gunn’s essays

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1923 exclusive: Michelle Randolph on the key to Taylor Sheridan TV shows

1923’s Elizabeth also breaks down her character’s journey and favorite memories from the series in an interview with What to Watch.

WhatToWatch

1923 exclusive: Brandon Sklenar & Julia Schlaepfer talk John Dutton’s lineage

We still may not have the full story on who are John Dutton’s grandparents after the 1923 finale, as the two leading candidates reveal.

WhatToWatch

The week in TV: Dying for Sex; Twitter: Breaking the Bird; MobLand; Austin – review

Michelle Williams shines as a woman with terminal cancer hitting Tinder; dirt is dished in a demise-of-Twitter doc; Helen Mirren unleashes her Irish accent on London’s criminal underworld. Plus, the Australian drama that gets autism right

The Guardian - UK

Pierce Brosnan, 71, says he could still ‘get away with’ playing James Bond

The four-time 007 actor added that there are ‘great things you can do with AI’

The Independent UK

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Tom Hardy and Guy Ritchie reunite for gritty crime series 'MobLand'

Hollywood megastar Tom Hardy has reunited with director Guy Ritchie 17 years after “RocknRolla” for a new TV series, “MobLand.”

The Independent UK

Pierce Brosnan says he has a certain sympathy with Helen Mirren over James Bond sexism

Brosnan, who co-stars with Mirren in new series MobLand, said ‘there’s always going to be conflict’ when it comes to the 007 spy series

The Guardian - UK

Pierce Brosnan says he agrees with Helen Mirren that Bond franchise is sexist

Oscar-winning actor said the franchise was ‘drenched and born out of profound sexism’

The Independent UK

Pierce Brosnan slammed for 'awful' Irish accent in TV show - despite Irish heritage

Some even called the former Jame Bond star’s his lilt “offensive”

Evening Standard

Yes, Helen Mirren, James Bond is profoundly sexist. But more than a telling off, he needs a face-off

Outdated attitudes to women are so deep in 007’s DNA that it couldn’t be a female role, but a female villain could shake him into the 21st century

The Guardian - UK

Helen Mirren doesn't want to see a female James Bond because the character is "born out of profound sexism"

The Oscar winner asks for "real stories about extraordinary women" in the espionage world

Total Film

Helen Mirren: James Bond should not be a woman due to franchise’s ‘profound sexism'

The Oscar-winning actress is more interested in hearing stories of female spies, claiming she ‘never liked’ the famous fictional agent.

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Dame Helen Mirren condemns 'sexist' James Bond

Dame Helen Mirren has declared she's never been a fan of the James Bond franchise because she's convinced the character was "born out of profound sexism".

The Guardian - AU

James Bond should not be a woman due to franchise’s ‘profound sexism’, says Helen Mirren

Actor says she is opposed to the possibility of a female 007 and that cinema should focus on telling stories of ‘extraordinary’ real female spies

The Independent UK

A London crime drama from Guy Ritchie starring Tom Hardy? MobLand should work, but it doesn’t

2/5 Even the presence of Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan and Paddy Considine can’t save this swagger-free spectacle

The Independent UK

Helen Mirren calls out James Bond franchise for ‘profound sexism’

‘I never liked the way women were,’ actor said

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The Guardian - UK

MobLand: Tom Hardy deserves better than Guy Ritchie’s mediocre 90s-fest

Hardy, Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan and Paddy Considine are well and truly phoning it in in this gangland drama that’s a total throwback to the 90s – with the awful cockney accents to match

Evening Standard

MobLand on Paramount+ review: grisly gangster drama serves up lashings of Guy Ritchie

3/5 Tom Hardy, Helen Mirren and Pierce Brosnan star as old fashioned London gangsters in this Guy Ritchie series. But what else is new?

Evening Standard

Emmett J Scanlan: Wonderful to go toe to toe with acting giants in MobLand

The Peaky Blinders actor plays Pierce Brosnan’s head of security in the new crime TV series.

Evening Standard

Helen Mirren: ‘The whole concept of James Bond is drenched in profound sexism’

Ahead of her latest performance in MobLand alongside Pierce Brosnan and Tom Hardy, national treasure Helen Mirren talks mob wives, Bond and her profound respect for television

Marie Claire

I’m a ‘Queenager’ and proud of it

Why our fifties might just be our most powerful decade

The Guardian - UK

‘Just wait until Trump takes away our unions’: Fionnula Flanagan on America, Ireland and acting silent

After almost 60 years in the US, the actor wants to quit the country. She talks about ‘hooligans’ in the White House – and her new silent film role in Four Mothers

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Dame Helen Mirren wants to do a DNA test to see if she is related to Harrison Ford

Dame Helen Mirren wants to do a DNA test to see if she is related to Harrison Ford because they get on so well.

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