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IT'S A DATE: Helen Mirren bares (almost) all

Sure, Angelina Jolie can parade around in a skin-tight catsuit to play tomb-raiding Lara Croft, but what about 30 years from now? Would she just as happily do a nude scene then, wrinkles and all, with only two iced buns protecting her modesty? To pull that off takes confidence, grace and an infectious sense of humor — and Calendar Girls is busting out with all of them.

Based on the true story of the U.K.'s Rylstone Women's Institute — think bake-offs and quilting circles — whose members posed for a tastefully nude calendar in 1999 to raise money...

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