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"A big story in the entertainment world today is actress Helen Mirren&amp;#039;s semi-nude photo spread and salacious interview in New York Magazine. The actress, who will be 65 this July, poses for several photos naked in a bathtub, exposing a surprising amount of flesh and being European-ly blas\u00A9 about the whole thing. All I can say is, I hope I look like that at 65. And I hope I feel like that as soon as possible. Helen Mirren is quite clearly a woman who&amp;#039;s given herself a good life through talent, beauty and most importantly brains. Mirren, who began as a devoted stage actress, schooled in Chekhov and Shakespeare, quickly learned to use her sexuality to her advantage. &amp;quot;Especially when you&amp;#039;re younger and you&amp;#039;re a female, you&amp;#039;re being judged physically as much as for everything else,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;And when you&amp;#039;re a serious actress like I was \u2026 I&amp;#039;ve always taken it very seriously at that level,&amp;quot; the article says. Mirren has been a well-known actress, probably since the mid-1970s when she was the rising star and sex symbol of the Shakespeare Royal Theater. And she has gotten fame and mainstream success as well as professional accolades for her acting chops. It is a rare feat that few actresses accomplish. And looking at today&amp;#039;s starlets, it is immediately obvious that they were cut from a different cloth than Mirren all together. I&amp;#039;m not just thinking of the train wrecks like Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears, or the predictably future trainwrecks like Miley Cyrus.  But even looking at the big-time stars like Reese Witherspoon, Julia Roberts and Sandra Bullock, I don&amp;#039;t see the same kind of sex appeal with acting talent combination. They&amp;#039;re all &amp;quot;girls next door,&amp;quot; with few roles that have really possessed the depths of Mirren&amp;#039;s career. Otherwise, I am totally in awe of Helen Mirren&amp;#039;s beauty. She is incredibly sexy, confident and totally knows what she wants. But there is nothing hard or calculated about her. She seems to be enjoying the ride just as much today as ever. I just hope I can be as fabulous as her today, tomorrow and when I&amp;#039;m 65.  If you&amp;#039;re looking for tricks and tips to feel your best, read &amp;quot;10 Secrets to Better Aging.&amp;quot; - Alexandra Gekas, Associate Editor "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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