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Helen Mirren to co-host Nobel Peace Prize show

Helen Mirren speaks at the 39th AFI Life Achievement Awards on June 9, 2011 in Culver City, Calif. Getty Images

(CBS/AP) British actress Helen Mirren will co-host this year's Nobel Peace Prize concert on Dec. 11 in Oslo, Norway.

The event will feature performances by singer-songwriter David Gray, vocalist Jill Scott, country duo Sugarland, Evanescence, Matthew Morrison from "Glee" and others.

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Mirren's co-host will be announced later, according to organizers.

The show is held a day after the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, which this year honors President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and women's right activist Leymah Gbowee -- both of Liberia -- and democracy activist Tawakkul Karman of Yemen.

Mirren is attached to the upcoming TV biopic about record producer Phil Spector.
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