Helen Mirren and Russell Brand Form Saucy Mutual Admiration Society
Kyle Buchanan · 10/16/08 05:15PMSometimes, British news is tardy coming across the pond, and other times it simply takes us a little while to collect our composure after crushing disappointment. In this case, it's a little of both, as our longtime crush Helen Mirren has publicly returned the affections of a man who is neither her husband, Taylor Hackford, nor the chiaroscuro possessor of a raised eyebrow that is the mascot of our humble blogspot. No, instead she has fallen under the charms of noted ladykiller and purity ring-eschewer Russell Brand, and this can mean only one thing: trouble.Brand, who will soon be co-starring with Mirren in The Tempest, kicked off the flirtation in the Daily Mail: