Meryl Streep receives 12th Golden Globe nomination
Posted: 2006-12-14 |
Congratulations to Meryl for winning her career's 21th Golden Globe nomination as Best
Actress in a Comedy for "The Devil Wears Prada". She shares the category with
Annette Bening (Running with Scissors), Toni Collette (Little Miss Sunshine), Beyonce
Knowles (Dreamgirls) and Renee Zellweger (Miss Potter).
The Golden Globes will be handed out on January 15, 2006.
Streep up for Critics Choice Award, "Prada" among year's best
Posted: 2006-12-12 |
The awards season has started with the critics awards being announced these days.
Meryl has received a Best Actress nomination for the
Critics Choice Award
for "The Devil Wears Prada" and shares an Acting Ensemble nomination with the cast of
"A Prairie Home Companion". She was also named a runner-up for the Best Actress award
by the New York Film Critics Association and the Boston Film Critics (in the supporting
actress category). Further, "The Devil Wears Prada" has been featured among
the Top10 Movies of the Year lists by the American Film Institute and the National
Board of Review. The Golden Globe nominations will be announced this Thursday - the
Critics Choice Awards will be handed out on January 12, 2007.
"Dark Matter" to world-premiere at Sundance
Posted: 2006-12-02 |
Meryl's upcoming thriller "Dark Matter" will have its world premiere at Sundance.
Festival organizers on Thursday announced the remainder of the festival slate, covering the
premieres, and the Spectrum, Park City at Midnight, Sundance Collection and New Frontier
programs. A complete lineup and airdates for "Dark Matter" will be published by the Sundance
Institute later in December. Visit the
Official Website
for more information.
Streep, "Prada" receive Satellite Award nominations
Posted: 2006-12-02 |
As the 2007 awards season kicks off, Meryl has received a nomination for the Satellite Award
as Best Actress for "The Devil Wears Prada". She shares this category with Julie Walters (Driving
Lessons), Annette Bening (Running with Scissors), Toni Collette (Little Miss Sunshine), Jodie
Whitaker (Venus) and Beyoncé Knowles (Dreamgirls). "The Devil Wears Prada" also received nominations
as Best Picture - Comedy and for Patricia Field's Costume Design. A full list with all nominees
can be found
here.
Meryl Streep mentioned to co-star in "Rendition"
Posted: 2006-12-01 |
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Meryl Streep has joined the cast of New Line Cinema's
"Rendition," a political thriller starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon and being
directed by Gavin Hood. Written by Kelley Sane, the multilayered story centers on a CIA
analyst (Gyllenhaal) based in Cairo who finds his world spinning out of control after he
witnesses the interrogation of a foreign national by the Egyptian secret police. Witherspoon
is playing the pregnant American wife of the national. Alan Arkin also has been cast, playing
a senator. Streep is a government official who orders the rendition of the national. Shooting
is under way in Los Angeles. The production also will shoot in Washington, Morocco and South
Africa. Read the full article
here.
Meryl Streep, Tony Bennett launch "Aid Dafur"
Posted: 2006-11-22 |
Tony Bennett and Meryl Streep on Wednesday launched a national TV campaign to bring aid to war-torn Darfur.
"Don't be distracted. Don't turn away. Don't be overwhelmed. Don't be too busy. Don't delay. Darfur can't wait. Go to www.unrefugees.org," Streep says in new public service ads.
Streep and Bennett are appealing to Americans to donate to USA for U.N. Refugee Agency's relief effort, which provides food and shelter for the millions of people who have fled their homes since fighting broke out in the Sudanese region in 2003.
The complete article can be read on
People.com, please also visit
UNrefugees.org for more information.
Meryl Streep praises Altman's work
Posted: 2006-11-22 |
USA Today has published reactions and condolences from many of Robert Altman's colleagues and
actors, including Meryl Streep. Her statement is below, the full article can be
read here. "Bob's restless spirit has moved on — I have to say, when I spoke with him last week, he
seemed impatient for the future. He still had the generous, optimistic appetite for the next
thing, and we planned the next film laughing in anticipation of the laughs we'd have. What a
gent, what a guy, what a great heart. There's no one like him and we'll miss him so."
– Meryl Streep
Meryl to speak at Princeton University
Posted: 2006-11-17 |
Meryl Streep will present a public lecture about her career and
the theater at 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 30, in McCosh 50 when she comes to Princeton University
as the Belknap Visitor in the Humanities. Streep was selected to deliver this year's Belknap
lecture because of the range of her experience. The free public lecture is being
presented by the Humanities Council. Tickets for Princeton students, faculty and staff with
valid PUIDs will be distributed from noon to 6 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 27-28, at the
Frist Campus Center ticket office. There is a limit of two tickets per person bearing a PUID.
A limited number of tickets also will be available to the public from noon to 3 p.m. Wednesday,
Nov. 29, at the Richardson Auditorium ticket office in Alexander Hall, with a limit of two
tickets per person. On Nov. 30, doors will open at 4:30 p.m. for ticket holders, and at 4:50
p.m. there will be general admission from a "wait line" for any available seats. Read the full
article
here.
"A Magical Evening" with Streep, Lane and Fierstein
Posted: 2006-11-06 |
Nathan Lane, Harvey Fierstein, Donny Osmond, Meryl Streep and stars of The Times They Are
A-Changin', The Jersey Boys, Tarzan and more will take part in "A Magical Evening" benefit for
the Christopher Reeve Foundation Nov. 6. The event, which will celebrate the strength and
courage of the late Christopher and Dana Reeve, will be held at the Marriott Marquis.
Current Beauty and the Beast star Donny Osmond, The Times They Are A Changin' lead Lisa
Brescia, Tarzan duo Josh Strickland and Jenn Gambatese as well as stars of Jersey Boys are
slated to perform. Meryl Streep, Barbara Walters, Joan Collins, Olivia Wilde, Miss USA Tara
Conner as well as Matthew, Alexandra and Will Reeve will be in attendance. Read the full article
here.
Meryl Streep to receive Sherry Lansing Leadership Award
Posted: 2006-11-05 |
Meryl Streep will receive the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award at The Hollywood Reporter's annual
Women in Entertainment breakfast, to be held Dec. 5 at the Beverly Hills Hotel. The Lansing
award is designed to recognize women who have been pioneers or leaders in their field in the
entertainment industry. The Women in Entertainment breakfast, sponsored by Lifetime Television,
will be held in conjunction with the publication of The Reporter's 15th annual "Women in
Entertainment Power 100" special issue. "We are thrilled to honor Meryl Streep as this year's
recipient of the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award. Ms. Streep is one of the most respected and
most acclaimed actresses of all time," said John Kilcullen, publisher of The Hollywood
Reporter and president of the Film & Performing Arts Group. "Ms. Streep embodies all of the
qualities of excellence and achievement that the award is designed to represent. Her work on
and off the screen inspires many." Read the full article
here.
Redford denies collaboration with Cruise
Posted: 2006-10-28 |
This is how fast a movie rumor can be cleared up ;-) According to Access Hollywood, there's
no collaboration between Robert Redford and Tom Cruise for the reported "Lions for Lambs" (see
below): So much for a Tom Cruise – Robert Redford collaboration.
Earlier this week, Variety reported that Cruise was considering three films for his next project, with one of them being an indie film called "Lions for Lambs."
"Lions" was described as a political drama that follows a platoon of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan. Cruise would play a congressman alongside Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. Redford would also likely direct, according to Variety.
However, at an event endorsing California's Prop 87 initiative on Wednesday, the Sundance kid rained on Variety's parade, dispelling the rumors he was teaming up with Tom.
"Forget it. Don't listent to the trades," Redford told Access Hollywood, adding there "just isn't anything to talk about."
No word if the project - in which Meryl was reported to co-star - is planned anyway. The full
article can be found here
here.
Streep, Redford, Cruise in talks for "Lion for Lambs"
Posted: 2006-10-24 |
According to Variety, Tom Cruise may be ready to get back to work.
Cruise is looking at three pics: two from majors (Warner Bros. and Fox), and one that's being
mobilized independently. The indie appears to be the favorite: "Lions for Lambs," a political
drama revolving around a platoon of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan. Scripted by Matthew Carnahan
("State of Play"), the project is shaping up with Robert Redford likely to direct as well as
play a role. This is of course not official - as the article states at the end: There are no
guarantees on any pic. In February, Cruise looked seriously at a trio of films, none of which
he took.The full article can be read
here.
"Prairie" cast scores Gotham nomination
Posted: 2006-10-24 |
The cast of "A Prairie Home Companion" has been nominated for a Gotham Award in the "Best
Ensemble Cast" category, alongside the casts of "Babel", "For Your Consideration", "Little Miss
Sunshine" and "Shortbus". The Gothams, which will be presented on Nov. 29 at New York's Pier
Sixty at the Chelsea Piers, also will recognize both Kate Winslet and Edward Norton with 2006
Gotham Tributes. Meryl Streep won the Gotham Tribute Award in 1999.
Meryl Streep talks upcoming "Evening"
Posted: 2006-09-27 |
In an interview with the French press to promote "The Devil Wears Prada" last week, Meryl
Streep talked about her upcoming role in "Evening":
"I'm making a very small film. I just decided to do it
last week and I'm doing it next weekend. I play a very old woman, a friend of Vanessa Redgrave
in a movie called "Evening". My best friend is dying... it's about an older woman, Vanessa,
looking back at her life and it's a wonderful cast, including... my daughter who is playing
me - younger. She has the big part - I have a litte part".
"First Man" film still in development
Posted: 2006-09-19 |
In an interview with the German magazine "Der Spiegel", Meryl told that her upcoming movie
"First Man" is still in development. When asked on her recent powerful roles in "The Manchurian
Candidate", "The Devil Wears Prada" and "First Man", she replied that "the screenplay for "First
Man", in which Robert De Niro is going to play my husband, is still in development, who knows
what happens to it".
Meryl Streep mentioned to star in "Evening"
Posted: 2006-09-14 |
Uniting a stellar cast, Evening begins filming in Rhode Island this week for Focus Features. The Hart Sharp Entertainment production, adapted by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Cunningham from Susan Minot's best-selling novel of the same name, is directed by Lajos Koltai.
The cast of Evening includes Claire Danes, Toni Collette, Vanessa Redgrave, Patrick Wilson, Hugh Dancy, Natasha Richardson, Dame Eileen Atkins, Mamie Gummer, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Glenn Close, and two-time Academy Award winner Meryl Streep.
The drama explores the romantic past and emotional present of Ann Grant (played by Redgrave) and her daughters, Constance (Richardson, who is also the real-life daughter of Redgrave) and Nina (Collette). As Ann lays dying, she remembers, and is moved to convey to her daughters, the defining moments in her life 50 years prior, when she was a young woman (played by Danes).
Gummer and Streep, who are mother and daughter in real life, are portraying Ann's college friend Lila as a younger and older woman, respectively.
Click
here to read the complete article,
Streep promotes "Prada" at Deauville Film Festival
Posted: 2006-09-09 |
Fresh off of Venice, Meryl is now in France to attend the Deauville Film Festival alongside
Anne Hathaway, Stanley Tucci and David Frankel, promoting "The Devil Wears Prada".
Meryl Streep attends Venice Film Festival
Posted: 2006-09-06 |
Meryl and the cast of "The Devil Wears Prada", as well as its director David Frankel are attending
the 2006 Venice Film Festival to promote the European premiere of their film, which will be shown
at the festival on September 10. "The Devil Wears Prada" is running out of competition.
Meryl Streep narrates Hurricane Katrina documentary
Posted: 2006-08-03 |
According to
USA Today, Meryl Streep won't be stealing any scenes
in her next gig. The Oscar-winning actress narrates Hurricane on the Bayou, shot before and
after Hurricane Katrina, MacGillivray Freeman Films announced Wednesday.
The documentary will open in New Orleans on Aug. 29 to mark the anniversary of Katrina's surge
through the Gulf Coast, the company said. It will be released in Los Angeles on Sept. 8 and in
IMAX theaters worldwide on Dec. 22. "Meryl Streep's ability to connect with audiences and the
depth she brings to everything she does makes her the ideal narrator for this film, which has
so many moods," director-producer Greg MacGillivray said in a statement.
MacGillivray said Hurricane on the Bayou is a call to restore Louisiana's coastal wetlands,
which help protect New Orleans against deadly storms, as well as a "profound musical
celebration of a city that has been called the soul of America."
The film stars music producer-songwriter Allen Toussaint, blues singer-guitarist Tab Benoit,
14-year-old fiddler Amanda Shaw and zydeco accordion player Chubby Carrier.
"The Devil Wears Prada" at the Venice Film Festival
Posted: 2006-08-02 |
"The Devil Wears Prada" will be running out of competition at this year's Venice Film Festival
(August 30 - September 09). Oliver Stone's "World Trade Center", David Lynch's "Inland Empire"
and Kenneth Brannagh's "The Magic Flute" are shown as well. For a full line-up, click
here.
Actor's Fund Auction: Win "Mother Courage" tickets & a Meryl meeting
Posted: 2006-07-21 |
The Actors' Fund of America's seventh annual Auction of 1000 Stars, in which participants bid
on celebrity events, tickets, and memorabilia, will take place July 24-August 7. All proceeds
will go to support the organization's various programs. Among the many items up for grabs this
year are: dinner with Liam Neeson and Natasha Richardson at Café Luxembourg in New York; VIP
tickets to the London revival of Bent, followed by dinner with its star, Alan Cumming; VIP
tickets to the Shakespeare in the Park production of Mother Courage and a meeting with its
star, Meryl Streep; VIP tickets to The Color Purple and a meeting with its star,
LaChanze. To bid on items or for more information, visit
www.auctionof1000stars.org.
Kevin Kline replaces Walken in "Mother Courage"
Posted: 2006-07-14 |
According to Playbill, Kevin Kline will play the role of the Cook opposite Meryl Streep in the
Aug. 8-Sept. 3 Central Park staging of Brecht's classic Mother Courage, Playbill.com has
learned. He replaces the previously announced Christopher Walken.
Walken left the production "due to scheduling conflicts," according to the Public. Production
dates will remain the same. Opening night is Aug. 21.
The Kline and Streep casting brings with it echoes of the Public Theater's 2001 revival of
Chekhov's The Seagull, which featured the two actors. The two are also well known for their
pairing in the film "Sophie's Choice." Mother Courage will be the first of two Public
assignments Kline will essay this year.
Christopher Walken joins Meryl in "Mother Courage"
Posted: 2006-07-01 |
According to Playbill, Christopher Walken will play the critical role of Cook in the Aug. 8-Sept. 3 Central Park staging of Brecht's classic Mother Courage, starring Meryl Streep in the title role.
Walken and Streep appeared together in the Public Theater's 2001 revival of Chekhov's The Seagull, which also played the Delacorte Theatre. Tony Kushner (Angels in America, Caroline, or Change) has penned a new adaptation of the war drama. Kushner's Caroline, or Change collaborator Jeanine Tesori has created original music. George C. Wolfe will direct.
The cynical Cook is one of the mercenary Mother Courage's few constant companions as she and her children trudge through the bloody and pointless (in Brecht's depiction) Thirty Years War.
Streep caused a sensation in 2001 when she returned to the New York stage after a long absence to appear in a Mike Nichols rendition of Chekhov's The Seagull in Central Park. Kevin Kline, Natalie Portman and Philip Seymour Hoffman also starred in that staging.
Quinn replaces Kilmer in "Dark Matter"
Posted: 2006-06-29 |
According to ComingSoon.net, Aidan Quinn has joined the cast of the independent feature Dark Matter as production is underway in Salt Lake City. Quinn, who portrays a science professor in the film, is working with a renowned international cast that includes Academy Award winner Meryl Streep, Tony Award winner Blair Brown and Chinese star Liu Ye, who makes his American film debut.
Dark Matter is financed by American Sterling Productions (ASP) and is produced by ASP in association with Saltmill LLC. Myriad Pictures is handling the films worldwide distribution.
"We're very honored to have actors in this cast who amaze us daily with their talent and generosity. It is a blessing to have an actor I've long admired, Aidan Quinn, join our production in such an important role," said director Chen Shi-Zheng, who co-wrote the story with Billy Shebar, the film's screenwriter. Dark Matter marks Chen's transition to film from theater, where he is a renowned director.
Inspired by a true story, Dark Matter depicts the humor, frustration and heartbreak that results when different cultures collide and communication falters. The film follows the story of Liu Xing, a brilliant Chinese science student, who strives to impress his mentor Jacob Reiser (Quinn) with his theories on the origins of the universe. Helping Liu Xing adapt but unable to protect him from academic politics are Joanna (Streep), a patron of the university with a passion for all things Chinese, and Hildy (Brown), Reiser's secretary.
"'Dark Matter' is a cross-cultural story, a sort of Spaghetti Eastern," explains Chen Shi-Zheng. "It is about what happens when people from different cultures interact in a highly competitive environment, and the roller coaster ride of excitement, anxiety, and missed opportunity those interactions bring about."
Hopkins, Streep, Giamatti arrive at "Station"
Posted: 2006-06-28 |
Unconfirmed yet, but interesting: Production Weekly reports that Anthony Hopkins, Meryl Streep and Paul Giamatti will star in an adaptation of Jay Parini's novel The Last Station, for director Michael Hoffman.
Set in the last tumultuous years of Leo Tolstoy's (Hopkins) life, the historical biopic centers on the battle for his soul waged by his wife, Sofya Andreyevna (Streep) and his leading disciple, Vladimir Cherkov (Giamatti). Torn between his professed codtrine of poverty and chastity and the reality of his enormous wealth, his thirteen children, and a life of hedonism, Tolstoy makes a dramatic flight from his home. Too ill to continue beyond the tiny rail station at Astapovo, he believes that he is dying alone, while over one hundred newspapermen camp outside awaiting hourly reports on his condition.
The film is scheduled to begin shooting at locations in Russia in February.
"Devil Wears Prada" will open LA Film Festival
Posted: 2006-06-01 |
"The Devil Wears Prada," a satire starring Meryl Streep as the editor of a woman's fashion
magazine, will kick off the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 22, eight days before its
theatrical release, organizer Film Independent said Tuesday. More than 265 feature films and
shorts will be presented during the 10-day festival, to be held primarily at venues in and
around Westwood for the first time. More information can be found at the festival's
Official Website.
Kevin Kline, Meryl Streep and More Set for Hollywood Bowl's Prairie Evening
Posted: 2006-05-25 |
Coinciding with the release of the new film "A Prairie Home Companion," the Hollywood Bowl will
present A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor June 2. The 8 PM evening at the famed
outdoor theatre will be hosted by Garrison Keillor and will feature Tim Russell, Sue Scott,
Fred Newman and Guy's All-Star Shoe Band. Special guests for the evening will include Kevin
Kline, Virginia Madsen, John C. Reilly and Academy Award winner Meryl Streep. "America's
favorite storyteller, Garrison Keillor," reads production notes, "brings us The News From Lake
Wobegon plus special guests for a live performance of the ever-popular radio show. It's an
evening of music, storytelling, comedy and down-home fun." Robert Altman directed "A Prairie
Home Companion," which is due in movie theatres this summer. The film, which follows the final
broadcast of a popular radio show, features Kline, Madsen, Reilly and Streep as well as Woody
Harrelson, Lily Tomlin, Lindsay Lohan, Tommy Lee Jones and Matthew Modine. The Hollywood Bowl
is located at 2301 North Highland Avenue in Hollywood, CA. Tickets are available by calling
(323) 850-2000. Visit www.hollywoodbowl.org for more information.
Streep to Narrate Starbucks Audiobooks
Posted: 2006-05-24 |
Meryl Streep is narrating a pair of children's classics, "The Velveteen Rabbit" and "The Night
Before Christmas," that will be released later this year as audiobooks at Starbucks coffeehouses.
"This is continuing our commitment to providing customers with compelling family entertainment
titles," Starbucks Entertainment President Ken Lombard told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
The audiobooks feature musical accompaniment by George Winston, the Edwin Hawkins Singers and
others. After an initial four-month run at Starbucks, Random House Inc.'s Listening Library
will give the recordings a general release. Starbucks Corp. has been expanding its entertainment
offerings over the past few years, releasing CDs by Ray Charles and the Rolling Stones, among
others, and promoting the movie "Akeelah and the Bee." The company recently announced an
alliance with the William Morris Agency, a talent and literary agency that will help Starbucks
identify music, film and book projects to consider for marketing and distribution in its stores.
Kline and Streep to be honored by The Public Theater
Posted: 2006-04-19 |
The Public Theater’s 2006 Summer Gala will bring the Public’s 50th Anniversary Season to a close by honoring Kevin Kline
and Meryl Streep, two prominent actors who have made significant artistic
contributions to The Public Theater over the last four decades. The Gala will take place on
Wednesday, June 28th at the Delacorte on the opening night of Macbeth, the first production this summer of
Shakespeare in the Park. Artistic director Oskar Eustis said “Kevin Kline and Meryl Streep are the greatest stage actors of their
generation and are indelibly linked to the history of The Public Theater. In honoring
them we celebrate their achievements of the past and welcome them back to a central
role in The Public Theater’s future.” The full article can be read
here.
Actress Streep, Lohan grace W magazine cover
Posted: 2006-04-07 |
The May 2006 issue of "W" Magazine will feature the stars of the upcoming "A Prairie Home
Companion", Meryl Streep and Lindsay Lohan, on its cover. The magazine is also going to feature
an insightful article on their film, their relationship to each other and their upcoming
projects.
Meryl Streep receives Coolidge Award
Posted: 2006-04-06 |
Streep blew into Brookline yesterday to accept the third annual Coolidge Award, handed out by
the independent nonprofit Coolidge Corner Theatre to honor original and challenging filmmaking.
“This award is really celebrating not so much me as what a small art theater, independent (means),
and that creature has to be preserved,” she said yesterday. “I think it’s a really important
thing and I’m proud to help out. Some of my really good friends are associated with the
theater and I’m happy to support that.”
Here's
an article on Meryl's Coolidge Appearance.
Stars sing on "A Prairie Home Companion"
Posted: 2006-03-27 |
Lindsay Lohan, Meryl Streep, Woody Harrelson, John C. Reilly and Lily Tomlin will all sing on the soundtrack to the movie "A Prairie Home Companion."
The album from the Robert Altman film will come out May 23 on New Line Records, Billboard.com reported.
The album will also include original songs written and performed by "Prairie Home Companion" host Garrison Keillor and his Shoe Band, Billboard said.
New Line is releasing a 25-track CD along with a deluxe edition that includes a DVD of music outtakes from the film based on Keillor's radio show.
The film is scheduled to hit U.S. theaters June 6.
Streep to participate in the Dramatists Guild Benefit
Posted: 2006-03-26 |
James Earl Jones, Meryl Streep, and Coutrney B. Vance are among the stars who will participate in the seventh annual Dramatists Guild Fund Benefit on Monday, April 10 at the Hudson Theatre. Public tickets to the entertainment portion of the event, which begins at 9pm, are now being made available to the public.
There will also be a salute to the late Wendy Wasserstein by Streep and her daughter, actress Mamie Gummer, and a scene from August Wilson's Fences performed by Jones and Vance, who starred in the show on Broadway.
"A Prairie Home Companion" at the San Francisco Film Festival
Posted: 2006-03-16 |
The San Francisco Film Society, presenter of the San Francisco International Film Festival
(April 20-May 4) features Robert's Altman latest movie, "A Prairie Home Companion", for the
Closing Night of the Festival, on May 4, at 7.00pm, at the Castro Theater. Tickets for the
general public are $25 and will be available on April 4---Tickets for San Francisco Film
Society members are $20 and will go on sale on March 28. For more ticket information please
visit
http://www.sffs.org.
Meryl Streep hosts Equality Now Benefit at Bridge & Tunnel
Posted: 2006-03-09 |
Meryl Streep, fresh from the Oscars, hosted a benefit on March 7 at Bridge & Tunnel for her
charity, Equality Now. The charity, is an international human rights organization dedicated to
action for the civil, political, economic and social rights of girls and women. Visit
http://www.equalitynow.org/ for more
information on their work.
Actresses Tomlin, Streep, honor director Altman with Honorary Oscar
Posted: 2006-03-05 |
Lily Tomlin and Meryl Streep, who play sisters in Robert Altman's upcoming comedy "A Prairie
Home Companion", have taken the stage at the 78th Academy Awards to present their director with
his Lifetime Achievement Oscar. Both actresses did a masterly, breathless impression of a film
by special honoree Robert Altman, replete with overlapping dialogue, half-finished thoughts
and constant interruptions, a double virtuoso performance.
Meryl Streep to present at 78th Academy Awards
Posted: 2006-02-11 |
Two-time Academy Award®-winning actress Meryl Streep will be a presenter at the 78th Academy
Awards ceremony, telecast producer Gil Cates announced today. The Oscars will be broadcast live
on March 5, 2006. Meryl's last appearance at the Oscars was in 2003.
Streep expected to attend Berlin Film Festival
Posted: 2006-01-31 |
According to German news sources, actors George Clooney, Isabella Rossellini, Meryl Streep and Isabelle
Huppert, among others, are all expected to attend the Berlin Film Festival this year. Meryl's
new film, "A Praire Home Companion", will have its world-premiere at the festival. Screening
dates and official announcements on the attending guests will be made in early February.
"A Prairie Home Companion" to world-premiere at the Berlin Film Festival
Posted: 2006-01-18 |
The Berlinale Competition is screening the world premiere of A Prairie Home Companion (USA),
an ensemble comedy by master director Robert Altman. The story is about a legendary radio show
which is taken off the air after thirty years. Altman, the winner of several Berlinale prizes,
has assembled an unparalleled cast of stars, including Meryl Streep and Lily Tomlin, Woody
Harrelson, Kevin Kline and John C. Reilly. Visit the Berlinale's
Official Website.
Actresses Streep, Harden featured in Kushner documentary
Posted: 2006-01-08 |
Meryl Streep and Marcia Gay Harden are featured in a documentary on Tony Kushner, directed by Freida Lee Mock, which is
having its world-premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2006. Full synopsis and airdates
can be found
here:
Perhaps the greatest compliment to Freida Lee Mock's film is that she does justice to her
brilliant subject, entwining interviews with leading theatre artists and personal moments from Kushner's life with scenes from his plays. Watching Marcia Gay Harden as Laura Bush in a scene
from one of Kushner's lesser-known plays is worth the price of admission itself. Hearing Meryl
Streep read a prayer that Kushner wrote asking–no, demanding–God to cure AIDS will tear your
heart out.
Streep to be honored with Coolidge Award
Posted: 2006-01-05 |
The Coolidge Award, given annually to film folks whose work ''advances the spirit of original
and challenging cinema," will be presented this year to Meryl Streep. Nominated for an Oscar a
record 13 times, the actress is the third recipient of the award, following Chinese director
Zhang Yimou in 2004 and Italian cinematographer Vittorio Storaro last year. Streep, whose
latest film is an adaptation of Garrison Keillor's radio show, ''A Prairie Home Companion,"
will be in Boston to accept the award April 5-6. Susan Orlean, whose book ''The Orchid Thief"
was the basis for the movie ''Adaptation," in which Streep starred, said the actress isn't
typically interested in being celebrated. ''I'd e-mailed her and she reacted very favorably
right away," said Orlean, who's on the Coolidge board. ''She can't stand the rubber-chicken
dinner thing where you're treated like you're dead. This is an interesting way to explore
movies, and not some kind of creepy Jerry Lewis telethon."
"Prairie Home" to open South by Southwest Film Conference & Festival in Austin
Posted: 2006-01-05 |
Yet another festival release for "A Prairie Home Companion": The 2006 South by Southwest (SXSW)
Film Conference & Festival in Austin, TX will open on March 10th with the North American
premiere of Robert Altman's "A Prairie Home Companion," organizers announced Monday. The
festival will conclude on March 18th.
"Prairie" was acquired by Picturehouse back in October and is described as a fictionalized
look at preparations for what could be the final episode of Garrison Keillor's legendary radio
program, exploring the fallout over a big corporation buying the theater home of the weekly
radio show. According to Picturehouse, "As passions erupt, secrets emerge and a mysterious
stranger lurks in the shadows, the vigilant stage manger must hold it all together since the
'show must go on'." Set for a June release, the film was written by Altman and Keillor.
You can read the complete article
here.
Streep, Bates, Bacon to honor Strathairn
Posted: 2006-01-02 |
Actors and honorary chairs of the New York Stage and Film, Kathy Bates, Chris Cooper, Lisa
Kudrow Kyra Sedgwick, Kevin Bacon, Frances Sternhagen, Meryl Streep and Jon Tenney will be honoring
actor David Strathairn and Frances D. Ferguson, the president of Vassar College, at their winter
gala on January 16, 2006. Many thanks to
Andrea
for the info. Read more
here.
