Helen Mirren is a double dame. Forget the old and fussy definition of a dame, as an older woman running a household.

I’m speaking of the Urban Dictionary definition of ‘dame’, the hip guy’s definition:

1) A class, beautiful one. The type one can only dream of going out with. Ex: Halle Berry’s a dame.

2) An attractive woman who a guy wants to get to know. Often considered offensive by the females, unless you’re from another century. Ex: Holy mother of Pearl, look at that fine dame over there …

Trust me, Helen Mirren relishes being a dame. And now she has another new title: Dame Comander of the British Empire. Ooh lala!

I had the pleasure of attending this Times Talks with Helen Mirren being interviewed by Lynn Hirschberger. She was simply fantabulous!

Agence France-Presse reports that American art dealers may be moving faster than President Obama to reestablish relations with Cuba. The tenth Havana Biennial, which begins March 28, will welcome three hundred artists from fifty-four countries—including some galleries from the US.

Painting from “Spirit, Nature and Heads” by Cuban painter Manuel Mendive; Cuba NewsThe biennial—which addresses the theme of “integration and resistance in the era of globalization”—coincides with the exhibition’s twenty-fifth anniversary. “It’s about dialoguing and debating this phenomenon,” the president of the biennial, Ruben del Valle Lantaron, told AFP, adding that the event would include theoretical conferences.