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Oprah Winfrey says she's "already won." And Emma Thompson says she's at least relieved not to have to put on "another frock and heels."
Both actresses, snubbed by Oscar this year, are waxing philosophical about the situation, and looking at the bright side.
“Don’t be annoyed,” Winfrey, overlooked in the supporting actress category for “Lee Daniels’ The Butler,” said of her reaction. “… I really look at that category and look who is nominated in that category: my friend Julia (Roberts) and June (Squibb), whom I don’t know, but Sally Hawkins and Jennifer (Lawrence) and Lupita (Nyong’o.) I think that’s fantastic. And so I haven’t picked up the acting chops in 15 years. So to be able to be a part of a film that could get that kind of attention, that could earn the kind of audience respect that it has, I’ve been saying all along, ‘I’ve already won. I already won.’”
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Academy Award-winning actress Helen Mirren said that given her love of pudding of all kinds, she's thrilled to be named woman of the year by Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals.
“How very saucy of the Hasty Pudding organisation to offer me their award,” Mirren said in a statement issued with last week’s announcement of her award. “As someone who adores pudding in all its manifestations … suet, Christmas, treacle, bread and butter, Yorkshire, plum, figgy, etc., etc., I am so looking forward to the famous Hasty Pudding.”
Hasty Pudding Theatricals is the nation’s oldest undergraduate drama troupe, dating to the late 18th century. Its awards are presented annually to performers who have made a lasting and impressive contribution to entertainment. Mirren, 68, won the 2007 best actress Oscar for her role as Queen Elizabeth II in “The Queen” and has been nominated on three other occasions. She has also appeared in “The Long Good Friday,” “Gosford Park” and “The Madness of King George.” She was also named Dame of the British Empire in 2003.
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The pop-rock trio fun. is launching a campaign to raise money for at-risk LGBT youth in Detroit.
The band said Friday it plans to raise $250,000 to build a community health center for the Ruth Ellis Center, which provides housing, meals, clothing and medical services for LGBT youth in need. Funds will be raised through its gay support organization, The Ally Coalition. Members of fun. are singer Nate Ruess, guitarist Jack Antonoff and multi-instrumentalist Andrew Dost, who is from Detroit. The group had a breakthrough in 2012, topping the charts with “We Are Young” and “Some Nights.” Last year, fun. won Grammys for song of the year and best new artist.
The band started The Ally Coalition with Antonoff’s sister, designer Rachel Antonoff.
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Comedian Arte Johnson is 85. Singer Eric Stewart (10cc, Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders) is 69. Director David Lynch is 68. Drummer George Grantham of Poco is 67. Guitarist Paul Stanley of Kiss is 62. Bassist Ian Hill of Judas Priest is 62. TV host Bill Maher is 58. Actor Lorenzo Lamas is 56. Actor James Denton ("Desperate Housewives") is 51. Bassist Greg K. of The Offspring is 49. Country singer John Michael Montgomery is 49. Actor Rainn Wilson ("The Office") is 48. Actress Stacey Dash ("Clueless") is 47. Actor Reno Wilson is 45. Singer Edwin McCain is 44. Actor Skeet Ulrich is 44. Drummer Rob Bourdon of Linkin Park is 35. Country singer Brantley Gilbert is 29. Singer Kevin Parker of Tame Impala is 28. Actor Evan Peters ("American Horror Story") is 27.
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