Welcome to simplystreep.com, an information source on the American actress Meryl Streep, best known from her Oscar-winning performances in "Kramer vs. Kramer" and "Sophie's Choice". Her work on screen, stage and television, a career that includes some of the most acclaimed films of the last 30 years, has achieved critical acclaim and earned her the business' most prestigious awards. This unofficial website provides a base for fans which is regularly updated with all essential news on Meryl's work, an active message board plus extensive archives, media and more. Enjoy your stay! UPDATES ARCHIVE | JANUARY 2006 Berlin Film Festival Screening Dates Posted: 2006-01-31 | Source: Webmaster Here is the screening schedule for "A Prairie Home Companion" at the Berlinale. So 12.02. 19:00 Berlinale Palast (D) Mo 13.02. 12:00 Urania (D) Mo 13.02. 18:30 Urania (D) Mo 13.02. 22:30 International (D) So 19.02. 10:00 Berlinale Palast (D) Meryl at "The Public Sings" Benefit Posted: 2006-01-31 | Source: Webmaster Added a bunch of awesome pictures of Meryl Streep at the Public Theater's "The Public Sings" Benefit. Other "public singers" included actors Ben Stiller, Natalie Portman, Zach Braff and director Mike Nichols. Pictures are in the Image Library. Streep expected to attend Berlin Film Festival Posted: 2006-01-31 | Source: Webmaster 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. Visit their Official Website for more. Meryl at "Bridge and Tunnel" Broadway Opening Posted: 2006-01-27 | Source: Webmaster Added new pictures of Meryl at yesterday's "Bridge and Tunnel" Broadway premiere. "Prime" DVD screencaps Posted: 2006-01-25 | Source: Webmaster I've added 170+ DVD screencaps of Meryl's performance in "Prime", with many thanks to Becca for capping them! EW's preview of "The Devil Wears Prada" Posted: 2006-01-22 | Source: Webmaster Thanks to Maverick for letting me know that Entertainment Weekly has posted a very funny sneek peak on "The Devil Wears Prada": Let's be clear: Miranda Priestly, the editor of fictional fashion mag Runway, is not - not! - based on Vogue's Anna Wintour. ''[She's] the one person I didn't research, because I didn't feel the book was based in...um, what's the word? An objective truth?'' says Meryl Streep of her character in the adaptation of the 2003 best-seller by former Wintour assistant Lauren Weisberger. (Anne Hathaway, pictured with Streep, plays Priestly's underling Andrea.) So who did Streep base her role on? She admits to going undercover at various magazines. ''I have an assortment of interesting hats and mufflers,'' she laughs. Now we know who was hiding in EW's photo department last week! "Prime" tv report screencaps and new "Prada" still Posted: 2006-01-20 | Source: Webmaster With today's release of "Prime" in German theatres, I've added caps from a television report, including behind the scenes footage and an interview with Meryl. Further, there's a cool new picture from "The Devil Wears Prada", earlier posted in the Forum. "Still of the Night" DVD caps and scans Posted: 2006-01-18 | Source: Webmaster I've added 260 DVD screencaps of "Still of the Night" to the Image Library. Enjoy Meryl's "Hitchcock-style" look ;-) There's also a German scan from an interview with Meryl and Uma promoting "Prime". "A Prairie Home Companion" world-premieres at the Berlin Film Festival! Posted: 2006-01-18 | Source: Webmaster 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. Airdates are released in early February... New "The Devil Wears Prada" Still Posted: 2006-01-11 | Source: Webmaster Twentieth Century Fox has published a new production still from the upcoming "The Devil Wears Prada". Click below to see it in the Image Library. The Public Theater's "The Public Sings" Press Release Posted: 2006-01-11 | Source: Webmaster Many thanks to the Public Theater for sending me the latest news on Meryl's upcoming appearance at the Public Theater's "The Public Sings". THE PUBLIC SINGS: A 50th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, a one-night-only event dedicated to the rich history of musicals produced by The Public Theater, including Hair, A Chorus Line, Runaways, Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk, Caroline, or Change, and many others. Directed by James Lapine and featuring legendary Public Theater artists, THE PUBLIC SINGS will be an original musical interpretation of shows that engaged the social and political issues of their times and reshaped our experience of American musical theater. THE PUBLIC SINGS will be held Monday, January 30th at 7:30PM at New York City Center, located at West 55th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues), New York, New York. Tickets will be on sale beginning Friday, December 2nd. For more information please visit publictheater.org. THE PUBLIC SINGS will feature appearances by Zach Braff, Betty Buckley, Lea DeLaria, Savion Glover, Eartha Kitt, Donna McKech-nie, Idina Menzel, Donna Murphy, National Dance Institute, Cynthia Nixon, Rosie Perez, Natalie Portman, Tonya Pinkins, Billy Porter, Meryl Streep, Elaine Stritch, Mary Testa, and Lillias White, among others. You can download the full press release here or visit the Public Theater's Official Website. Actresses Streep, Harden featured in Kushner documentary Posted: 2006-01-08 | Source: Webmaster 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. New "Prime" photos and avatars Posted: 2006-01-08 | Source: Webmaster With the European release of "Prime", there are also some new stills from the movies, as seen below. Plus, the Avatars section was updated with more fan-art by Secretly Falling and Kathryn. Streep to be honored with Coolidge Award Posted: 2006-01-05 | Source: Webmaster News are coming from the Boston Globe. 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 | Source: Webmaster 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 | Source: Webmaster 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. Read more here. And speaking of Strathairn, a great fansite on him, David Strathairn Online, is also our Site of the Month for January :-) New wallpapers and avatars Posted: 2006-01-02 | Source: Webmaster Happy New Year everybody! Hope you all had a good start. I've updated the wallpapers and avatar sections with great contributions by Secretly Falling and Peter.