On New York:

“I love London and Paris; they’re very sophisticated, but not like New York. If you can’t find it in New York, it doesn’t exist.”

On New York in the 50s:

“It was fabulous then, everyone looked beautiful.”

On New York today:

“Now when I walk down Fifth Avenue in the summertime I just want to throw up. It seems that the fatter and uglier people are, the fewer clothes they wear. The shorts and flip-flops and tight jeans on butts that go from here to Poughkeepsie. I always say they should put people in jail for wearing clothes like that. Especially stretch jeans over size 10 — they should be outlawed. Ten years ago people were starting to look like slobs in New York, now it’s an epidemic.”

On London style:

“I haven’t been in London for some years but the last time I was there they looked fuddy-duddy and school-marmish, yes, but not slobby. And then there are the wonderful eccentrics like the kids on Carnaby Street or the punks or whatever the heck they are.”

On meeting Duke Ellington:

“The Duke couldn’t have been nicer and said he’d introduce me to all the greats in Chicago. My mother was very dubious, so I told her, ‘He’s the most elegant gentleman.’ She said, ‘I don’t give a damn how elegant he is, you’re not going to Chicago.’ But I did.”

On dieting:

“I used to smoke like a fiend. I smoked four packs a day. I never do anything half-arsed, shall we say, but I stopped because I felt I was getting to be an addict. I’ve got very good willpower.”

On being asked to be Lindsay’s style guru:

“I can’t tell people how to have style. No amount of money can buy you style. It’s just instinctive.”

On her 2005 exhibit at The Met:

‘It didn’t start out as a fashion show, but he [Harold Koda, curator of the Costume Institute] decided that to show accessories out of context didn’t make much sense so he asked if I could spare maybe five outfits… I said yes, so they went through all my closets, all the drawers, all the boxes, all the armoires, under the bed, everywhere and they go woowoowoooo [she flaps her arms up and down]. Finally they ended up with 82 outfits. It was insanity but the show was such a big smash.”

On her signature glasses:

“When I needed to wear glasses, I decided I’d wear glasses. All the better to see you with.’”

On kids these days:

“Most of the young people today look dreadful.”

On stars these days:

“And celebrities look even worse. They don’t know what to do with themselves. At the Golden Globes and Oscars they all look alike – it seems like they’re all wearing the same nightgown and this year nobody had any jewellery at all. Only Helen Mirren was wearing a beautiful necklace, but even she got it wrong because the necklace just ruined the dress. I think the designer must have wanted to kill himself when he saw her.”

On throwing shade:

“It’s a free country — if you want to look like a freak, that’s your problem.”

Helen will be rated on the below categories, five being the highest and 1 being the lowest.

Fit: 5

Appropriateness: 5

Trendiness: 4

Styling: 5

Hair: 4

Makeup: 5

Pose: 4

Confidence: 5

Helen Mirren is a goddamn movie star! Look at this woman, she is amazing. Leopard dress, leather jacket, grinding on a married man half her age – lady has been working it her whole life and just refuses to stop.

Helen will be rated on the below categories, five being the highest and 1 being the lowest.

Fit: 5

Appropriateness: 5

Trendiness: 5

Styling: 4

Shoes: 4

Hair: 5

Makeup: 5

Pose: 5

Confidence: 5

As always, Helen looks stunning. What an honor to be included in the Hollywood Walk of Fame! She’s standing in cement and still looks fabulous.

I’m expecting a handful of musical numbers shouldered by the plucky Hathaway while Franco, high from repeated backstage bong hits, instigates an impromptu threesome with Sir Helen Mirren and Dame Ian McKellan in the middle of his acceptance speech for 127 Days.

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In the interview, Cameron opens up about dating bad boys, working with her ex, Justin Timberlake, and her “juicy booty.”

On her figure: “Most booties that propel girls are usually the bigger booties. I have a little tiny one, but it is, nonetheless, juicy.”

When asked about who she’s dating, Cameron was coy, “I grew up with the Dodgers, but now I’m a Yankees fan.”

On aging: “The only way to stop it is if you die. But that’s not a great alternative.” She’d much rather be Helen Mirren. “That woman is drop-dead sexy. She’s not trying to turn back the hands of time, she is just taking care of herself.” And, more impressively, “She’s a nudist!”

On her body: “The more I work on my body at this age, the better it gets. . . I feel so much more attractive now. A thousand percent. I’m appreciating my skin and my wrinkles and all those things.”

On her relationships, and dating bad boys: “I’ve always loved men and boys,” she says with a grin. “I don’t get hung up on what boys do. I don’t have a nagging nature. I feel like I can be a woman but also relate to a man. . . Who doesn’t like the bad boy, until you grow up and realize bad boys are not the way to go? I’m done with that.”

On working with her ex, Justin Timberlake, in the upcoming comedy Bad Teacher: “Justin and I have laughed together for years. He is the funniest guy; you’ve seen the stuff he does on SNL.” She appreciated the shorthand an ex-couple can have. “Oh, absolutely,” she says, nodding. Humor brought them together in the first place then? She responds with an emphatic yes.”

The August issue of Harper’s Bazaar hits newsstands July 20.

Photo credit: Terry Richardson

“DWS: Dresses With Sleeves.”

Helen Mirren, in The Telegraph, on her idea for a new line of dresses.

The rumor is that Mirren said she would love to make her own label with British retailer Marks & Spencer.  I have a feeling that she was being moderately facetious, but if M&S can find a new way to make some money….!