MOVIES FOR GROWNUPS AWARD TO HONOUR MIRREN

AARP the Magazine says its Movies for Grownups Awards will be televised for the first time next year, when Helen Mirren will receive its lifetime achievement honours. The magazine said Wednesday Mirren, 72, will accept the Career Achievement Award at a ceremony Feb. 5. The 17th annual Movies for Grownups Awards will premiere on PBS on Feb. 23. Mirren says she is “greatly honoured,” adding she considers film a high art form and “the ultimate mirror up to nature.” Previous Career Achievement honourees include Morgan Freeman, Susan Sarandon, Robert Redford and Sharon Stone. AARP established its Movies for Grownups series in 2002 to celebrate and recognize filmmaking for audiences with “a grown-up state of mind.”