News Mash-up: Famous Actors

Helen Mirren to receive lifetime achievement award from Screen Actors Guild Helen Mirren will get a lifetime achievement award at the Screen Actors Guild awards ceremony next year, organizers said on Nov. 18. The London-born actress has played more than 70 roles over her 45-year career in film, television and theater. In 2003, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II made Mirren a dame for her services to drama. Mirren, 76, will receive the award at the SAG ceremony in Los Angeles on Feb. 27. She will add it to her Oscar, her Tony, her four Emmys and her five SAG awards. Her screen breakthrough came in 1991 as a police detective in the British TV show Prime Suspect. In 2007, she won the best actress Oscar for The Queen. “Since I was a young actor starting out, I have always been inspired by and learned from American screen acting, so this award is particularly meaningful for me,” she said in a statement. (Reuters) Harry Potter stars to reunite for TV special in London, but without JK Rowling Harry Potter stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint are reuniting with other cast members from the blockbuster film franchise for a special 20th anniversary TV retrospective, movie studio Warner Bros. said on Nov. 23. But J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter books, will not be appearing on the show. Robbie Coltrane, who played Hagrid, Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy), Gary Oldman (Sirius Black) and other stars of the eight movies will join the former child actors for Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts on the movie set in London where the first film was made. The special will be broadcast on Jan. 1 on streaming platform HBO Max. (Reuters) These articles were provided by The Japan Times Alpha.