Finally, someone else has picked up on a fact that we’ve clearly all known for ages – Helena is one of the best dressed celebrities out there! Vanity Fair magazine has named Helena as one of the magazine’s best dressed celebs – much to the amusement of the lady herself! :laughing: Thanks to Ste for posting the link.

HELENA BONHAM CARTER burst into laughter when she learned she had been named as one of Vanity Fair magazine’s best dressed celebrities – because editors lauded the British actress for the same outfits critics had previously savaged her for. The Alice In Wonderland star’s quirky sense of style frequently hits headlines for all the wrong reasons, so she was stunned when she discovered her wardrobe choices had earned her praise from the top fashion publication, placing her alongside Lady Gaga and Dior designer John Galliano. She tells the New York Daily News, “It was a triumph! It made me laugh because I thought it was a joke when I found out. But when I saw the article, I thought, ‘Oh, the photos they’ve chosen are as bad as the ones they print when I’m worst dressed.” But Bonham Carter, 44, insists she won’t be changing her ways as she grows older: “I don’t feel any pressure to dress well. When I was younger, I cared more what people say. When I did do the Oscar thing, I did feel quite a lot of pressure to dress a certain way.”

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Helena is the narrator for a new interactive children’s book app for the iPad and iPhone. I’ve been looking around for information on it, so far I’ve come across their Facebook page with some information about the app which will be available from the iTunes store in December. You can watch a short preview video below:

The 38th International Emmy Awards Gala were held last night at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in New York, and as we all know, Helena was nominated for the Best Performance by an Actress award, for her performance as Enid Blyton in the biopic, Enid.

The bad news is that Helena didn’t attend the awards, so unfortunately we have no pictures to add of her there, but the good news is… she won! Congrats to Helena on winning the award!

I have to say, I was surprised when I read this! Helena has been taking parenting classes to improve her skills as a mother.

Harry Potter actress Helena Bonham Carter has admitted enrolling in parenting classes to learn how to become a better mother. The 44-year-old, who has two children with long-term boyfriend, film director Tim Burton, told America’s E! Entertainment station: ‘I’m not working right now and I need to learn to be a mum. ‘It’s much harder than being an actress. I’m taking parenting classes. You know, no one ever taught me what to do.’ The actress spoke out at the New York premiere of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part One, which also opened in the UK this weekend. She plays Bellatrix Lestrange in the series. Bonham Carter, mother of Billy Raymond, seven, and Nell, three, said: ‘The classes are teaching me some interesting things. You’ve got to get the children to think for themselves. It’s a relief. I don’t have to know everything.’ Bonham Carter has previously spoken of her own difficult childhood. Her mother Elena had a nervous breakdown when Helena was five, and when she was a teenager, her merchant banker father Raymond, then 50, suffered a stroke, leaving him partly paralysed. She added: ‘Having children in my late 30s makes them more precious because you really want them by then. ‘Before you are a mother you never know how much in love you will be. I want to be the best parent I can.’

Source: Daily Mail