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  • Helen Mirren watches fireworks aboard the P&O Cruises’ vessel in England
  • Forest Whitaker and Helen Mirren at the Haute Couture collection by Georges Chakra
  • Actress Helen Mirren signs copies of her new book In The Frame at Barnes and Noble, Friday, March 28, 2008 in New York
  • Daniel Day-Lewis and Helen Mirren backstage at the Oscars
  • Helen Mirren with Best Actor winner Daniel Day-Lewis backstage
  • Oscar presenter Helen Mirren heads into the show
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  • Robin Wright Penn & Helen Mirren at the film premiere
  • Kate with Kathy Bates & Helen Mirren at an LA BAFTA event, Nov. '07
  • Helen Mirren promotes her autobiographical book in London

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    Helen Mirren watches fireworks aboard the P&O Cruises’ vessel in England

  • Forest Whitaker and Helen Mirren at the Haute Couture collection by Georges Chakra
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    Actress Helen Mirren signs copies of her new book In The Frame at Barnes and Noble, Friday, March 28, 2008 in New York
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    Daniel Day-Lewis and Helen Mirren backstage at the Oscars
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    Helen Mirren with Best Actor winner Daniel Day-Lewis backstage
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    Oscar presenter Helen Mirren heads into the show
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    helen mirren enchanted AP
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    Robin Wright Penn & Helen Mirren at the film premiere
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    Kate with Kathy Bates & Helen Mirren at an LA BAFTA event, Nov. '07
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    Helen Mirren promotes her autobiographical book in London
 

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September 29, 2009

Mariah Carey Finds Freedom Being ‘Imperfect’

Lee Daniels had so much faith in Mariah Carey’s acting that when the director’s first choice to play a dowdy, no-nonsense social worker — Oscar-winner Helen Mirren — backed out, he quickly asked Carey to step in.

But Daniels was well aware that in hiring Mariah Carey, the actress, he was also likely to get Mariah Carey, the diva — a high-maintenance sideshow that would include an entourage of makeup artists, assistants, publicists and other hangers-on, running counter to the energy he wanted the superstar to exude in his searing drama “Precious.”

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