Orange British Academy Film Awards 2012 - Inside Arrivals

See? Yes, she looks very much the Grande Dame, but this is a REAL DRESS with ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION and she's not wearing a banana clip. FINALLY, she's wearing something that says, "HELEN MIRREN I'M COMING FOR YOU," which I think is all we've really wanted, anyway.

Orange British Academy Film Awards 2012 - Press Room

Well, that -- and for her to do the robot with Colin Firth.

AARP Magazine's 11th Annual Movies For Grownups Awards Gala - Arrivals

And this, from earlier in the week, is maybe a little caftan-adjacent, but the color is swell and she looks very easy-breezy Have A Drink on the Lanai, which feels like very much the other side of the Meryl Streep coin. Can't wait to see what she pulls out for the Oscars.

BAFTA etc Well Played, Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep seems to have pulled it together since the Golden Globes. I like the idea that one of her kids called her and was like, "MOM. COME ON," and she was all, "oh, fine, honey, what do you want me to wear?" and Mamie Gummer -- who, I'd just like to say, is so freaking funny on The Good Wife -- was like, "please, can you just call someone to figure this out?" and Meryl is all, "oh, I don't know. I have so much to do otherwise. Also, I'm Meryl Streep," and then Mamie went, "MOM," and then Meryl just laughed and hung up on her. And then pulled it together.