Meryl Streep
Background
Mary Louise ("Meryl") Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an American two-time Academy Award winning actress who has worked in theatre, television, and film. She made her professional stage debut in 1971's The Playboy of Seville, and her screen debut came in 1977's made-for-television movie, The Deadliest Season. Streep made her film debut in Julia (1977), opposite Jane Fonda and Vanessa Redgrave.
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...to break into Hollywood? Well at the risk of sounding like a bad infomercial, have I got an opportunity for you!! Universal Pictures is holding an open casting call for a role in their upcoming UNTITLED NANCY MEYERS COMEDY starring Meryl Streep, Steve Martin...
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JoBlo.com
...Fassbender "Hunger" Michael Sheen - "Frost/Nixon" Mickey Rourke - "The Wrestler" Richard Jenkins- "The Visitor" Sean Penn - "Milk" LEADING ACTRESS Angelina Jolie - "Changeling" Anne Hathaway - "Rachel Getting Married" Cate Blanchett - "The Curious Case of...
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Cinema Blend
I was at Costco the other day, picking up a few items that, for our household, it always pays to buy in bulk — butter, beer and coffee. I couldn’t figure out why I kept saying “butter and beer” over and over in my head, and then I remembered:
For years,
4 hours ago from
Nancy Nall
Sharing the lead ... The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is currently joint frontrunner with Frost/Nixon for the Baftas
The longlist features the top 15 contenders for each category: these then move to a second round of voting to decide the final five
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Guardian Unlimited
...actress, she’s an incredibly nice person.) When I heard they were making a movie of Doubt, I was skeptical that anyone, even Meryl Streep, could fill the shoes of Cherry’s role the way she did. Also, filmed adaptations of theatrical productions are full of...
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Mental Floss
Dec. 15: Kate Winslet attends a screening of 'Revolutionary Road'
Dec. 15: Kate Winslet attends a screening of 'Revolutionary Road'
Attention voters for both the Oscars and the SAG awards: did you know you don’t have to vote for actors in the
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FOX News
...cruel the next. Meryl Streep captured that perfectly in "Prada." She makes life agonizing and interesting for her intern (Anne Hathaway), in film that deftly blends comedy and drama. Glenn Close takes it to another level as Patty Hewes in "Damages." She's...
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The Springfield News-Leader
...know what. "True West" closed a week later, thanks to Brantley. Now Brolin is a star, getting awards and is married to the hot Diane Lane. His step mom is Barbra Streisand. So there, Ben Brantley! Brantley really did hate Brolin and Koteas, too. There’s a...
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FOX News
...list mirrors that of the best picture race with the exception of DGA ineligible Andrew Stanton ("WALL-E") who got bumped by Steve McQueen ("Hunger"). BEST FILM — TOP 15 "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" "Burn After Reading" "Changeling" "The Curious Case...
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Los Angeles Times
...are announced on January 22. Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama There's only one actor to talk about in this category: Sean Penn. His critically acclaimed performance as the slain gay activist Harvey Milk in Milk has all but guaranteed him a second Golden...
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411Mania.com
Last Week - About Meryl Streep
...bases and alleviating their fear factor because Penn has been known to grimace at the press, foreign or otherwise. Ditto Mickey Rourke, who has been nominated for The Wrestler because he’s a former boxer who was once a promising actor and used to lead the...
7 days ago from
National Post
...that’s not just memorable, it’s unforgettable. In order, the best films of 2008: 1. Slumdog Millionaire. Director Danny Boyle combined a seemingly harmless game of “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” with the life story of a young Indian man. The result? A winner...
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Sioux City Journal
...is trying to send secret messages about her impending wedding because her most recent projects are Rachel Getting Married, Bride Wars, and the upcoming film The Fiance. Blind Item: Which Disney heartthrob better pass next time someone offers him a puff? The...
7 days ago from
Jezebel
...Mia”? Whoops! Never mind. I love to see good drama done by great actors, so I might watch this one someday. I hope that Amy Adams is as good here as she was in “Talledega Nights”. I read the synopsis for both the play and the film on Wikipedia. Sounds like...
7 days ago from
Hot Air
...they can’t sing - and no this is not irony or even remotely funny. It’s a MUSICAL. The leads must be able to sing. Doh! Amanda Seyfried can sing and she’s very pretty too. But what about those bloody teeth? Sorry this may be a bit from left field but why would...
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Blogger News
...to have no chance whatsoever with the voting elites. In a head to head match up, “The Dark Knight” does not come close to “Iron Man.” Why can’t voters separate the great performances from the great movies? Why are “Milk,” “Frost/Nixon,” “Benjamin Button,”...
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The New York Times
...the will to live. As usual, I'd got the worst seat in the room, a swivel desk chair at a tight angle to the screen. And Pierce Brosnan had just started singing. All I wanted to do was go upstairs to bed, but not before I'd reassured myself in my judgement...
7 days ago from
The Independent
...favorite and Golden Globe nominee Robert Downey Jr., whose rational insanity propelled "Tropic Thunder" out of the standard Ben-Stiller-film slot into cultural, and Oscar, conversations. Having "The Dark Knight" in the mix certainly could help the ceremony's...
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LoHud.com
...as a former concentration-camp guard on trial years after the war; and "Adam Resurrected," which follows a Holocaust survivor (Jeff Goldblum) living in a mental institution. "Valkyrie," which opened on Christmas day, stars Tom Cruise as a German officer who...
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The Delaware News Journal
...director David Wain and co-stars Seann William Scott and Paul Rudd, it's disarmingly laugh-out-loud funny. With Elizabeth Banks, Jane Lynch. (1:39. R for crude sexual content, profanity, nudity.) SEVEN POUNDS. Will Smith stars as the mysterious Ben Thomas,...
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GoErie.com
Last Month - About Meryl Streep
...(Remember when Renee Zellweger got stuck in the best actress category, losing to Nicole Kidman in The Hours, and Catherine Zeta-Jones got all of the glory in the best supporting actress category?) Mickey Rourke won best actor for his role in The Wrestler,...
30 days ago from
National Post
...Driver Movie] Sophia Bush and her push-up bra [Popoholic] Meryl Streep is in character on the carpet [Lainey Gossip] Josh Holloway is shirtless [Just Jared] Will Smith is no Brad Pitt [Socialite Life] Heidi Montag is a retard [Egotastic] Wheel of Fortune Awkwardness...
30 days ago from
I Don't Like You In That Way
...a wonderful ensemble of every great Australian actor, starting with Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman and going on down to Jack Thompson and Bryan Brown and the kid, Brandon Walters. It's a wonderful showcase for Aussies." Though the most likely contenders are...
30 days ago from
Backstage
...the calamitous blare of Orff's "Carmina Burana," Slava's Snowshow fell furiously on Broadway Dec. 7 at the Helen Hayes Theatre not the bite-sized foam flakes that gently pelt crowds at the close of White Christmas but 70 million individually sliced scraps...
30 days ago from
Playbill
...heard that line before. And there's the interplay between you, the character of Meryl Streep, who plays the principal, and Amy Adams, a younger nun. Let's play a clip. Take a look and listen. MERYL STREEP: So what do you think, Father, is there something...
30 days ago from
Newsbusters
... The Washington DC Area Film Critics Circle named Meryl Streep as Best Actress for her role in the film version of Doubt, and also honored the movie for Best Ensemble Cast (which includes co-stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, and Viola Davis). The group...
30 days ago from
TheaterMania.com
...the upcoming dramedy JULIE & JULIA have made their way online featuring Meryl Streep as Julia Childs and a short-haired Amy Adams as Julie Powell, a frustrated temp who one day decided not only to cook all 524 recipes in Child's "Mastering the Art of French...
30 days ago from
JoBlo.com
...at the same time capturing the band's glitzy, excessive essence. Instead, Mamma Mia is a fluffy mess. This clip just about sums it up: Meryl Streep's face superimposed over a roulette wheel, Christine Baranski sitting on a jet ski on the deck of a boat:...
30 days ago from
Idolator
...The somber black priests' robes and nuns' habits in “Doubt,” the film adaptation of John Patrick Shanley’s Pulitzer Prize- winning play about the clash between the forward-thinking Father Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and the iron-fisted principal Sister...
30 days ago from
Los Angeles Times
...of a Musical Number: ‘Lay All Your Love On Me’” features director Lloyd, musical director Martin Lowe and actors Amanda Seyfried and Dominic Cooper all give their two cents. The cast and crew go into a brief discussion on updating the music and singing in...
30 days ago from
Pop Syndicate