Riding the high tide on "Bikini-gate"

So while it's widely acknowledged that Vive Helen! is not the first, nor the only Helen Mirren appreciation forum (as well there should be more), we ought give due props to a fellow brethren's coverage of what shall now be pronounced, "Bikini-gate."

Here are the goods, courtesy of www.helenmirren.com/pages/newsblog.php:

HMAS (Helen Mirren Appreciation Society) member Barrie Smith, 61, from South Carolina was contacted by a producer for BBC Live Five to participate in a segment where a panel of various cultural "experts" discussed the idea of people finding a 60-something woman attractive in a bikini:

"I firmly believe that Helen Mirren has caused a paradigm shift," says Barrie. "There are an awful lot of women who need an example, a role model" - and Helen seems to set the bar for beauty, irrespective of age."

Would that Ken Starr commission a report on that. :)