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Trailer Watch: August: Osage County - Starring Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts

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August: Osage County, based on Tracy Letts' Pulitzer winning play, looks to be another powerhouse role for Meryl Streep. Streep plays Violet Weston, the troubled matriarch of the dysfunctional Weston family who have come back together in light of a family crisis.

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May 14, 2013 12:45 PM
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Meryl on Margaret

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Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher died yesterday. To say that she was a controversial figure is a huge understatement. On top of all the discussions about her work as Prime Minister, one topic that has gotten a large amount of discussion is whether or not she was a feminist. Lionel Shriver in Slate says that Thatcher was a feminist based on her actions. I am of the mind that she clearly made strides for women in politics, but a feminist? Not in my book. But clearly others disagree.

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April 9, 2013 12:00 PM
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Lois Smith and Frances Sternhagen to Receive Obie Lifetime Achievement Award

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Lois Smith and Frances Sternhagen are set to share this year's Obie Lifetime Achievement Award. While it's an award both certainly deserve, they should each have their own.

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April 4, 2013 12:15 PM
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Jennifer Lawrence Calls Acting Stupid, Stares at Meryl Streep, Remains Insanely Likeable

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Another day, another reason to want to be best friends with Jennifer Lawrence. With Oscar nominations looming on January 10th, Lawrence, who is a nomination shoo-in for her role in Silver Linings Playbook, recently deemed acting “stupid” in her upcoming Vanity Fair cover story.

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January 4, 2013 10:00 AM
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The Academy Celebrates the Career of Ann Roth

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A couple of weeks ago I spent the weekend at the Hamptons International Film Festival. I was able to catch up on a bunch of films and attend some really cool events including a tribute to the costume designer Ann Roth by the Academy. It's not often that below the line talent gets a celebration of this magnitude, and at times it looked like Ms. Roth wanted to be anywhere but the stage of Guild Hall where everyone was calling her a legend.

By Melissa Silverstein
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October 22, 2012 10:00 AM
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Hollywood Stars Stand Up for Reproductive Freedom

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Love this. Sign the petition Draw the Line from the Center for Reproductive Rights.

By Melissa Silverstein
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October 9, 2012 3:00 PM
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Meryl Streep in Talks for Into the Woods; Mommy and Me with Tina Fey No Longer Option

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Meryl Streep is in talks of joining Rob Marshall’s adaptation of Steven Sondheim’s Into the Woods. Into the Woods is a musical that takes different aspects and characters of classic fairy tales and interweaves them into an original story focusing on a baker and his wife and the witch that curses them. Streep is in talks to play the witch.

By Kerensa Cadenas
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October 3, 2012 3:44 PM
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The Summers of Meryl Streep

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Meryl Streep can’t do much wrong in our book. Her newest film, Hope Springs, opened this past weekend on over 2,000 screens. A film that cost $30 million to make has now made over $20 million since its release. And it has garnered rave reviews for both Streep and Tommy Lee Jones.

By Kerensa Cadenas
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August 16, 2012 9:42 AM
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Meryl On Video

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It seems that today is video day and I've got two great ones from Meryl Streep as she is promoting Hope Springs (which I hope you go and see this weekend.)

By Melissa Silverstein
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August 10, 2012 4:16 PM
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Vulture's Meryl Streep Matrix

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Couldn't pass up sharing this. Created by the folks at Vulture. Don't forget to go out and support Hope Springs this weekend.

By Melissa Silverstein
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August 9, 2012 10:45 AM
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