Plus, the Beauty and Bravery calendar Oct 9, 2007
The Calendar Girls tell their stories. Page 14. (Q13.com, WA)
Violent in-flight films spur protest from parents Oct 8, 2007
The small romantic comedy hit "Calendar Girls" was one example; "The Magdalene Sisters," a dark film about unwed young Irish girls confined for years to a convent, was another. Richard Branson, the founder of the airline, said that Virgin was especially aware that many of its premium passengers were in the movie business. (International Herald Tribune)
Fatal surety for expats who keep our culture cringing Sep 14, 2007
He stuck it to the beautiful people in self-deprecating TV documentaries with names like Clive James and the Calendar Girls and turned his peripatetic life into a string of mesmerising autobiographies such as Unreliable Memoirs and Falling Towards England. But even James - back in Australia to present his one-man show Clive James: Out on His Own. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
More film productions coming to New Mexico Aug 12, 2007
Nigel Cole ("A Lot Like Love," "Calendar Girls" and "Saving Grace") will direct. The production expects to hire about 75 New Mexico crew members, 25 local principal actors and between 250 and 350 local extras. (New Mexico Business Weekly, NM)
Walken, Nivola making 'Five Dollars' Aug 9, 2007
Nigel Cole ("Calendar Girls") is directing based on a script by Neal and Tippi Dobrofsky. Carol Baum, Jane Goldenring and Kia Jam are producing. (Variety)
more » Jul 25, 2007
During a recent meeting of the fundraising committee, Dunn introduced an idea that she hopes will raise a few thousand dollars: a calendar similar to that in the movie Calendar Girls but without actual nudity ... The calendar will carry the disclaimer that Sunshine School Calendar Girls did not actually pose in the nude, Dunn said ... Dunn joked that she doesn t expect to raise as much money as the original calendar girls, so the group spent time planning and brainstorming ways to raise the two... (Searcy Daily Citizen, AR)
Shyer to direct 'Eloise in Paris' Jun 27, 2007
HandMade had developed "Eloise in Paris" with "Calendar Girls" director Nigel Cole last year, but Meehan said it didn't work out. Looking for a Hollywood sensibility, he approached Shyer, who'll start from scratch with his daughter and Spencer, his co-writer on the Fox Searchlight film "Sweet Little Fifteen.". (Variety)
Hooters embraces family market Jun 24, 2007
By The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 06/24/07. It's Father's Day at a Hooters restaurant in greater ATL, one of 14 that make the metro area an epicurean epicenter of the global chain renowned for its wings and breasts. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
So who exactly is Patton Oswalt? Jun 19, 2007
Calendar Girls (2003). Starsky & Hutch (2004). (USA Today -- Life)
HOTTIES: Pa. women in their 70's and 80's posed semi-nude for calendar... Jun 13, 2007
She came up with the idea when she saw the movie Calendar Girls, a 2003 flick starring Helen Mirren in which a group of British women publish a nude calendar to raise money for cancer research. "I thought, why don't we do that in Monongahela?" she told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. (The Drudge Report)
Big Brother lines up WI and ex-lap dancer May 30, 2007
The WI's old-fashioned "jam and Jerusalem" image was dispelled when one group famously posed nude, a stunt that became the subject of the film Calendar Girls, starring Helen Mirren and Julie Walters. This series, hosted again by Davina McCall, will be screened with three apologies for Channel 4's handling of the Celebrity Big Brother race row that led to more than 54,000 complaints from the public. (Guardian Unlimited)
Rock of ages May 29, 2007
Then, in true Calendar Girls fashion, the Zimmers flew off to take on America. It's just brought me back to life - I feel that I have come alive again. (BBC News -- UK)
Locales accelerate humor in 'Hot Fuzz' Apr 13, 2007
"The image of England as seen from America is comprised of sleepy hamlets, the village green, the church, and it's propagated in films like Calendar Girls and Bridget Jones's Diary," says Pegg. "We literally explode those myths.". (USA Today -- Life)
* There are lies, damned lies, and old actress's tales Apr 6, 2007
Driving Lessons belongs to the silly feel-good mode of The Full Monty, Calendar Girls, Billy Elliot, and dozens of other celebrations of Britons defying convention ... Driving Lessons belongs to the silly feel-good mode of The Full Monty, Calendar Girls, Billy Elliot, Kinky Boots and dozens of other celebrations of Britons defying convention to become "free," whatever that means. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Auraria librarians to disrobe for a good cause Mar 29, 2007
"Our inspiration is the film Calendar Girls, and in that you didn't see anything, really. They hid their, um, assets behind plants and baked goods and other things. We're going to do the same, with books. Really, it will all be PG-rated stuff." Indeed, the ladies are already busy picking out their favorite works. "I'm a big fan of Lady Chatterley's Lover, myself," says our source; let's call her Deep Stacks. (UCD Advocate, CO)
Oscars: Mini-biographies of contenders for best actress Feb 27, 2007
More recent movies include The Madness of King George (1994), Teaching Mrs Tingle (1999), Gosford Park (2001), Calendar Girls (2003) and Elizabeth I (2005). Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada. (Playfuls.com)
Mirren wins best actressOscar Feb 26, 2007
Mirren studied hours of tapes for the role as the very private monarch and her appearance on the film confounded her image as a mature but sultry actress who has appeared nude in more than a dozen movies, including at age 58 in The Calendar Girls. It is unknown if the real queen has seen the movie since Buckingham Palace has a policy of never revealing her personal preferences in books or movies. (India Times, India)
The Queen has asked Helen Mirren round for tea... Feb 26, 2007
She is a big fan and has her own set of DVDs showing the 61-year-old actress s roles in the Prime Suspect dramas and Calendar Girls. Regal. (The Drudge Report)
‘Kinky Boots’ next up in film series Feb 22, 2007
From the makers of Calendar Girls comes a British comedy about two outcast dreamers who finally figure out how to stand up for themselves. Inspired by a true story, Kinky Boots stars Joel Edgerton ( Star Wars: Episode III ) as Charlie Price, the young Englishman who inherits his father s failing shoe factory, and Chiwetel Ejiofor ( Dirty Pretty Things ) as Lola, the feisty female impersonator who turns Charlie s world, and the entire luckless factory, inside out and on its way to the catwalks of... (Little Falls Evening Times, NY)
Helen Mirren's "Queen" set to reign at Oscars Feb 15, 2007
In "The Queen" she pursed her lips and aged up 20 years, confounding her image as a sultry, silver-haired woman with a penchant for racy jokes who has appeared nude in more than a dozen movies, including at age 58 in "The Calendar Girls.". Mirren has had a long career on British stage and television, ranging from Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra" to a hard-bitten chief police detective in the television series "Prime Suspect.". (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Dan Neil's 800 Words: Grays' Anatomy Feb 10, 2007
Late last month, Mirren was named Sexiest Older Woman, atop a list of calendar girls that included, in descending order, Sophia Loren, Meryl Streep, Dame Judi Dench and Diane Keaton. Me and Dame Judi Dench. (Los Angeles Times)
Alternate Versions Feb 9, 2007
"Calendar Girls II: Erotic Sunset" "The cougars of Knapely, England, embark on a global sexcapade for a good cause: Alzheimer's research.". "When a Man Loves a Woman" Reality: Where Are The Now. (CBS News)
The role that made Helen Mirren 'nervous' Feb 3, 2007
In her place are fully formed characters, including several queens, a plucky Yorkshire woman in the movie "Calendar Girls" and an arrogant, alcoholic police detective. Indeed, Mirren is best known for the latter, as Jane Tennison in the long-running PBS series "Prime Suspect.". (CNN -- Showbiz)
Helen Mirren: Screen queen Jan 13, 2007
The shambolic, sub-pornographic Caligula began the naked trend for which she remains known, continuing up to the recent hit Calendar Girls (2003). As she once put it: "Actors are rogues and vagabonds. Or they ought to be. I can't stand it when they behave like solicitors from Penge.". (BBC News -- Entertainment)
What she has is truth, truth to the text, truth to the role Jan 12, 2007
Profile: Helen Mirren. she's not afraid to look vulnerable or to let lines show. (Guardian Unlimited)
Photographer seeking calendar girls from State Farm Jan 10, 2007
Those photo shoots inspired the 2003 British film "Calendar Girls" and raised about $2. 55 million through calendar sales and book and film royalties. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
In brief: Vote for Bafta's rising star of the year Jan 9, 2007
Nigel Cole, the British director of Calendar Girls, is to direct Eloise in Paris, an adaptation of the popular children's book series by Kay Thompson, which follow the adventures of a mischievous Manhattan girl who lives with her nanny and her pets in a posh hotel. The search is currently on to find the six-year-old who will play Eloise. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
Nudity No 'Big Deal' For Dame Helen Jan 5, 2007
"Yes. I am famous for getting my kit off," says the British actress who's been naked on camera as far back as the late 1970s in "Caligula" and as recently as 2003 in "Calendar Girls," when she was 58. "I'm still doing it! Oh it gets better as you get older, Morley," laughs Mirren. (CBS News -- 60 minutes)
Wishing you a happy Nude Year COMEDY film Calendar Girls has a lot to answer for – since groups of women of all shapes and sizes from all over the country have jumped on the bandwagon, sparking a wave of copycat nude calendars collecting cash for good causes Dec 30, 2006
December 30, 2006 COMEDY film Calendar Girls has a lot to answer for after spawning a stripping craze among women of all shapes and sizes. The 2003 movie starred Helen Mirren and Julie Walters as middle-aged Women s Institute members who raise cash for a good cause by peeling off for calendars. (The Sun Newspaper Online, UK -- News)
Charities to bare all for calendars Dec 27, 2006
The women, whose story inspired the 2003 movie Calendar Girls, raised $2 ... But the Calendar Girls in England are still getting strong demand for their latest run of calendars, said Clare Lipscombe, press manager for Leukaemia Research in London, the fundraiser's beneficiary. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Charities bare (almost) all for 2007 calendars Dec 26, 2006
The women, whose story inspired the 2003 movie Calendar Girls, raised 2 ... Humane Society executive director Lisa Patefield said the calendar s other pictures are equally artistic and inspired by the Calendar Girls ... But the Calendar Girls in England are still getting strong demand for their third run, said Clare Lipscombe, press manager for Leukaemia Research in London, the fundraiser s beneficiary. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Charities bare (almost) all for calendars: Humane Society’s Miss December shy about picture, proud of cause Dec 26, 2006
The women, whose story inspired the 2003 movie Calendar Girls, raised 2 ... Humane Society executive director Lisa Patefield said the calendar s other pictures are equally artistic and inspired by the Calendar Girls. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Page 3 Put-On Dec 13, 2006
"Calendar Girls Get Dressed for Breakthrough Breast Cancer" is a glossy ode to the well-clothed hausfrau, with the normally nippy models sweltering under piles of woolen socks, sweaters and mittens. "I was told the house was going to be freezing, but it was boiling," said Rhian, who as Miss October complements her assets with carved pumpkins and a meat cleaver. (Fox News)
An insider's view of 'Kinky Boots' Dec 9, 2006
Kinky Boots belongs squarely in that British tradition of "naughty-but-nice" films that tiptoe around risqu topics while staying PG13 (think Saving Grace or Calendar Girls), and is so uplifting that it is even based on a true story. While Kinky Boots does not present the viewer with any real challenges, it still manages to be perfectly satisfactory and heartwarming, due mainly to the strong cast and the dry British humor that permeates the whole film. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Farewell to prime role Nov 30, 2006
Before that, she shed her clothes for the movie Calendar Girls, opposite Julie Walters. "Obviously, I get more uncertain about taking off my clothes the older I get," Mirren says from Spain, where she's making her latest film, Inkhearts. (Brisbane Courier Mail)
Infotainment Nov 16, 2006
They posed naked for a Yummy Mummies calendar - inspired by the famous Rylstone WI calendar which spawned the film Calendar Girls. It was the idea of Anna Stewart, a childminder. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Firth adapts 'McFearless' Nov 16, 2006
Firth's screenplay credits include "Calendar Girls," another Disney pic, and Miramax's "Kinky Boots.". Bruckheimer is shooting the third installment of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise, due out from Disney next summer. (Variety)
Of Human Bondage Nov 13, 2006
As played by Giancarlo Giannini, who was recently seen having his intestines removed in Hannibal, he is pouchy, affable, and dangerously wise, and his presence hints that this new adventure will not be an occasion for silliness: no calendar girls, no blundering boffins, no giants with dentures of steel. The same goes for hardware, with rockets and gadgets alike being trimmed to the minimum. (New Yorker)
TV's favourite female detective takes a bow - with a bang Nov 10, 2006
" Mirren was all but unknown to mainstream American audiences before Prime Suspect. A theatre actress in her native England, she had forged a reputation for disrobing in a slew of films, including Caligula, The Long Good Friday and The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover. She was naked again in 2003's Calendar Girls, but that was more a wink to her reputation. Now that she's 61, Mirren's assets remain mostly hidden, currently under the frumpy garb of Elizabeth II in The Queen. And it very... (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Brison's not just a politics buff Nov 1, 2006
The group raised $12,000 with that calendar and hope to do better this year, after learning a valuable lesson from a British documentary on nude community calendars, which have been made famous by the film Calendar Girls. "What really works is selling men, because you have two markets," she said. (Globe and Mail)
Beeb grabs 'Girls' Oct 26, 2006
BBC America is going to the movies, engineering its first-ever TV premiere of a theatrical, Disney's Helen Mirren comedy "Calendar Girls.". Deal with Buena Vista also includes "The Quiet American" (2002), with Michael Caine; "The Crying Game" (1992), with Forest Whitaker; "Ethan Frome" (1993), with Liam Neeson; and the TV movie "Essex Boys" (2000), a crime drama with Sean Bean and Tom Wilkinson. (Variety)
Mirren shines majestically Oct 21, 2006
Whether appearing in brave, controversial works like The Cook, the Thief, His Wife over, more mainstream fare such as Calendar Girls, or even TV work (the brilliant British series Prime Suspect), Mirren has maintained a standard of excellence that has never wavered. I first noticed the actress as Bob Hoskins' smart-sexy girlfriend in 1980's The Long Good Friday. (Goldstream News Gazette)
Walters steers 'Driving Lessons' Oct 20, 2006
It's as blithe and jaunty as recent British comedies ``Calendar Girls," ``Kinky Boots," and ``Mrs. Henderson Presents. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Sexy Calendars Oct 19, 2006
They even turned it into a movie called "Calendar Girls." It was based on a story in which women ranging in age from 45 to 65 posed tastefully in the nude and sold the calendars to raise money for charity. These kinds of calendars create win-win situations: those who pose can say they are grinning and baring it for charity, and those who buy the calendars can say they're not buying them because of the sexy pictures, but because they want to contribute to a good cause. (CBS News)
Hollywood beckons for male choir Oct 13, 2006
He has optioned the rights to their story, which it is hoped will follow in the footsteps of other British success stories like Brassed Off and Calendar Girls. The choir performed songs from their album on Thursday. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Proletarian utopia? Am I bovvered? Sep 24, 2006
It is aimed at the same kind of broad-based, female audiences who liked Willy Russell's films Shirley Valentine and Educating Rita, as well as by the more recent Calendar Girls, which was also loosely based on a true story. I had put together a basic screenplay, based on my mother and father's lives,' says Norris, who is executive producer of the film as well as sharing a writing credit with Straughan and his partner, Bridget O'Connor. (Guardian Unlimited)
I'm less famous than Chantelle HELEN Mirren joins the ranks of Hollywood royalty - but says BB babe is more famous Sep 16, 2006
"They said, We don t want to be elected, just to be an irritant to all the other parties. It was a bit in that spirit that I got persuaded, against my better judgment, to stand. Luckily only about three people voted for me and the rest had the good sense not to. I have never been political because I am too cynical but I am politically aware. I thought interviewing Dame Helen would be like meeting a member of Britain s acting aristocracy. She has become one of our most highly regarded talents. As... (The Sun Newspaper Online, UK -- News)
Screen QueenDame Helen Mirren's challenge of playing Elizabeth II Sep 14, 2006
" Mirren said she was 'honoured' to win the best actress award at Venice The Queen is Dame Helen's latest incarnation in a career which has firmly established her as acting royalty. After starting out in the theatre, including a stint with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Dame Helen began her film career in the late 1960s in Michael Powell's Age of Consent. Detective work Her breakthrough role came in 1980 when she played the tough but sexy mistress of Bob Hoskins' volatile cockney gangster in The... (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Steering clear of the middle of the road Sep 8, 2006
The casting of Julie Walters in a central role suggests that it's going to be a small, almost made-for-afternoon-TV movie such as Calendar Girls. A whim and a prayer: Rupert Grint and Julie Walters in Driving Lessons. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Superintendent Takes Flak for Calendar Sep 4, 2006
The men appear partially disrobed in a spoof of the 2003 movie "Calendar Girls," in which 12 middle-aged women appear naked to raise money for a hospital. In the Manning calendar, Schmiedeskamp's image is superimposed in an old schoolhouse room in front of a chalkboard and behind a desk. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Helen Mirren: A real drama queen Sep 3, 2006
Ten years later she was still bona fide screen totty in The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989) and got her kit off in Calendar Girls (2003). She has never understood the fuss about nudity. (Independent)
Hurricane John pounds main city in southern Baja California Sep 3, 2006
August" in a charity calendar is rebuffing critics who say it amounts to soft-core pornography.Roger Schmiedeskamp, superintendent of the Manning school district, joined other men, including bankers and insurance salesmen, in appearing in a 2007 calendar that will be sold to raise money for the local Rotary Club. The men appear partially disrobed in a spoof of the 2003 movie "Calendar Girls," in which 12 women appear naked to raise money for a hospital.In the Manning calendar, Schmiedeskamp's... (North County Times)
A Guy Goma Movie? Aug 25, 2006
Unfortunately it seems to be non-stories that keep the British film industry turning (Calendar Girls, On a Clear Day). No doubt there will be some cute eccentricity, acheivement against the odds and some inspiring British pluck. (Cinematical)
- Why Helen Mirren is still queen of the British screen Aug 13, 2006
After playing Lady Macbeth twice, a smattering of gangsters' molls, the mother of an IRA prisoner on hunger strike (Some Mother's Son), a stripping housewife (Calendar Girls) and a sadistic teacher (Teaching Mrs Tingle), she can consider herself well and truly stretched. But now she is venturing into territory that is adventurous even for someone who juggles careers in Hollywood and on British TV and can switch with aplomb between classical drama, hard-boiled thrillers and breezy comedy. (Guardian Unlimited)
Mirren film brings war tragedy to Yorkshire Aug 6, 2006
The last time Helen Mirren made a film in Yorkshire, it was to highlight the nude antics of the Women's Institute in the box office hit Calendar Girls. In it, she brought a light touch to the true story of fundraisers stripping for a calendar; her next role in the county will be cut from much darker cloth. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Just the ticket for the golden oldies Jul 20, 2006
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Regulars Ken and Marie Muir are part of a new power at the box office. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The Tribal Mind Jul 18, 2006
Movie: Calendar Girls Seven 1 ... Calendar Girls was a great laugh ... I have to say i was surprised to see Calendar Girls do that well. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Calendar girl website survives attack Jul 18, 2006
Screen Goddess IT Calendar girls. text/html-gallery. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Calendar Girls Jul 16, 2006
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Doug Anderson, reviewerJuly 16, 2006. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Making IT a 'sexy career choice' Jul 15, 2006
Geek goddesses or calendar girls. text/html-documenthttp://blogs. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Geek goddesses or calendar girls? Jul 11, 2006
Geek goddesses or calendar girls ... Geek goddesses or calendar girls ... auAAP2006-07-09Geek goddesses or calendar girls. (The Age, Australia)
Baring It All at 60 -- Even 70 Jul 11, 2006
In the 2003 hit movie "Calendar Girls," a dozen older women donned their birthday suits for a charity calendar, and actress Kathy Bates lost her robe in 2002's "About Schmidt.". Some of Hollywood's sexiest older stars Joan Collins, Kathleen Turner and Farrah Fawcet have all shared their nude bodies with the public. (ABC News)
'Boots' actor is walking tall Jun 1, 2006
And Kinky Boots, one of those twee British comedies that offer a kind of safe, middle-class palatable form of "shocking" (The Full Monty, Calendar Girls), gives him a starring role, as a man who dresses like a woman, but who needs boots that won't collapse under his manly weight. Put him in touch with a failing family-run shoe factory managed by Charlie (Joel Edgerton), and next thing you know, the lads have perfectly kinky boots to wear on stage at drag shows, or in the clubs. (Orlando Sentinel)
News briefs from California's Central Coast May 24, 2006
Mayor Sue McCloud and Fire Chief Andrew Miller accepted a check from the dozen women on Tuesday at the Forest Theater during a screening of "Calendar Girls," a 2003 movie about a group of English women who pose nude to raise money for a hospital ... "The 'Calendar Girls' movie inspired us to do this, but the men and women of the fire department inspired us to take our clothes off," said Ms. November, also known as Patty Ross ... The Calendar Girls said they do not have plans to pose again. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Carmel 'Calendar Girl' Controversy Settled May 23, 2006
The "calendar girls" aren't saying exactly how much money they raised, but it is more than $30,000 ... The movie "Calendar Girls" will be shown at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Forest Theatre, but before it begins, the Carmel women who said they got their inspiration from the movie will present a check to the city from the sale of their calendar. (KSBW 8, CA)
