Tag: Meryl Streep (1-10 of 34)

May 8 2013 06:26 PM ET

Actors, politicians, and other people who lie for a living top list of the 100 Most Trusted People in America

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Reader’s Digest has released their list of the 100 Most Trusted People in America. Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, Brian Williams, Judge Judy, Hillary Clinton, and many other politicians, performers, and TV hosts — people whose entire professional existence is arguably focused on constructing elaborate fictions and saying what you want to hear in lieu of the actual truth — all feature prominently in the list, beating out by a wide margin “Your Mother,” “Your Father,” “Your Second-Grade Teacher,” and many other people you probably should actually trust despite the fact that they aren’t famous. READ FULL STORY »

Mar 26 2013 10:25 AM ET

Which Oscar-winner did Harmony Korine shove to earn 'Letterman' ban? James Franco gets answers! -- VIDEO

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James Franco went on The Late Show With David Letterman to promote his new film Spring Breakers, directed by Harmony Korine, but what he really wanted to know was why Korine had been banned from the show about 10 years ago.

”The legend is that he pushed Meryl Streep backstage,” Franco said, quickly adding ”I mean if you push Meryl Streep backstage you get kicked off.”

”Not necessarily,” Letterman joked.

Letterman tells his own recollection of what actually occurred in the clip below. READ FULL STORY »

Jan 16 2013 09:42 AM ET

Jennifer Lawrence explains Golden Globes 'I beat Meryl!' quip -- VIDEO

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“It’s never a good idea for me to wing it,” Jennifer Lawrence told David Letterman last night after he asked about her Golden Globes acceptance speech. Her fans, of course, would disagree — when Lawrence wings it, she tends to produce endlessly quotable lines about everything from her first meeting with Catching Fire director Francis Lawrence (“I spit egg inside his mouth when I was talking. Into his mouth”) to her post-red carpet ritual (“The first thing I do when I get off a carpet is take my heels off, rub my makeup everywhere, and basically pick up a garbage can and go ‘Rawwrrrrr!’ and dump it all over my head”).

Then again, sometimes Lawrence’s goofy sense of humor can get the Silver Linings Playbook star into trouble. Take that Golden Globes speech, for instance: Upon accepting her award for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical, the first thing Lawrence said was, “What does it say? ‘I beat Meryl!’” Many viewers at home — including prolific Globes tweeter Lindsay Lohan — were scandalized; what right did this 22-year-old have to diss the world’s most celebrated actress?

But others understood what Lawrence was really doing — and while on the Late Show, she took the opportunity to set the record straight.  READ FULL STORY »

Dec 3 2012 11:46 AM ET

Definitive proof Meryl Streep needs to play Hillary Clinton on the big screen

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Last night, while I was lounging on my couch and finishing off a pint of “Everything but the…” (a pint I had started in the same sitting, mind you), the photo you see above was being taken. That’s right, Meryl Streep and Hillary Clinton are apparently BFFLs and enjoy Instagramming themselves on their nights out. Stars! They’re just like us (except a night out for Hillary and Meryl means the Kennedy Center Honors gala and not your local college pub — eh, potato, po-tah-toe).

But it’s not the womance that’s the news here — though I’d love a reality show on these two (MTV take note!) — it’s the uncanny resemblance between them. READ FULL STORY »

Oct 9 2012 11:34 AM ET

Celeb justice league, including Kevin Bacon & Meryl Streep, unite for reproductive rights PSA

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Will we ever get tired of watching PSAs stuffed with brief appearances by multiple celebrities? It’s not likely, as long as they’re as entertaining as this new ad from the Center for Reproductive Rights.

The clip promotes their Draw The Line campaign, which urges American to sign the “Bill of Reproductive Rights” — and it stars celebs like Kevin Bacon, Lisa Kudrow, Sarah Silverman, and Audra McDonald furiously responding to remarks made by Georgia State Rep. Terry England while an imitation Mission Impossible theme plays. If you’ve ever yearned to hear Martha Plimpton exclaim “forced vaginal WHAT?” in outrage, this is the PSA for you. Watch it here:

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Jun 19 2012 01:12 PM ET

Long live the new queen! Kristen Stewart crowned highest-paid actress in Hollywood

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Kristen Stewart is Hollywood’s highest-paid actress, according to a Forbes magazine study of the industry in the last year. The 22-year-old star of the Twilight films bolstered her bank account with her role in last month’s action film Snow White and the Huntsman. All together, Stewart earned $34.5 million, half a million more than Cameron Diaz, who cleaned up when Bad Teacher performed well at the box office. Sandra Bullock and Angelina Jolie rounded out the $20 million club, and Stewart’s Snow White costar Charlize Theron ranked fifth with $18 million.

Overall, the list’s names were familiar, with Kristen Wiig the only newcomer from last year’s top 10 — replacing Reese Witherspoon. Click below for the entire list: READ FULL STORY »

Jun 13 2012 01:14 PM ET

Meryl Streep weighs the pros and cons of 'Devil Wears Prada' sequel -- VIDEO

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After Meryl Streep presented Viola Davis with a Crystal + Lucy Award last night, Access Hollywood‘s Shaun Robinson asked about the possibility of a Devil Wears Prada sequel. With the nonchalance of any old Oscar night, La Streep admitted she hadn’t heard anything about the project but might be game — except for one major downside. Fast forward to 3:35 in the (semi-NSFW) video below to find out the obstacle that could keep Miranda Priestly from returning to the big screen.  READ FULL STORY »

Jun 12 2012 02:25 PM ET

Your party is a wonderland: 'Vanity Fair' Paramount portrait is an A-list playground

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Well, I just lost my afternoon. In honor of Paramount’s 100th anniversary, Vanity Fair has “assembled 116 of the greatest talents ever to work at the studio.” That means Leo, Bob, and Marty, some icons of the studio’s golden age (hello, Eva Marie Saint, Jerry Lewis, and Michael York!), almost the entire casts of Transformers and Star Trek, and even that Canadian whippersnapper Justin Bieber, whom you might remember from a little indie film called Never Say Never. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg (Titanic zing, hey-yo!).

Because Vanity Fair knows you want to see every one of those 116 faces up close and personal, they’ve installed a zoom function on their site. Fair warning, PopWatchers: This thing is addictive. Click through at your own risk. Below, we scope out a few of the famous faces and hand out our portrait honors. READ FULL STORY »

Jun 12 2012 12:15 PM ET

Coroner rules that a dingo actually did take Australian mother's baby

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Back in 1988, Meryl Streep earned an Academy Award nomination for her role in A Cry in the Dark as Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton, an Australian mother accused of murdering her child. The movie’s most famous line — when Streep proclaims “A dingo took my baby!” — became an oft-parodied gag in the ’90s thanks to Seinfeld. But now, according to People, an Australian coroner has officially confirmed that a dingo (a wild dog found in the Outback) really was responsible for the death of baby Azaria Chamberlain on a 1980 camping trip. The real-life Chamberlain-Creighton spent three years in prison for the crime before a retrial found her innocent. Watch a clip from the film below: READ FULL STORY »

Apr 17 2012 05:21 PM ET

Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline to star in one-night-only reading of 'Romeo and Juliet'

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A pair of (movie) star-crossed lovers! Kevin Kline, 64, and Meryl Streep, 62, are set to play Romeo and Juliet (approximate ages: 16 and 13) in a one-night-only staged reading of the play at the Public Theater in New York’s Central Park.

The momentous coming together of two sexagenarian thespians is in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Shakespeare in the Park, a theater series in which both Kline and Streep have participated in the past. The staged reading — which means you won’t see a full-on balcony scene or Renaissance nobility couture — will play the Delacorte Theatre on June 18, but tickets for the starry event start at $1,500 a pop (unless the Public opts to let in groundlings this year). Al Pacino will also be honored at the gala for his work with the Public Theater.

Kline and Streep certainly have the gravitas to pull off Romeo and Juliet, but the wrinkled elephant in the room — their ages. Will Montague be played by Mickey Rooney? Will the nurse be less of a matronly figure for Juliet, and more of a Golden Girl BFF? And will Friar Laurence look like the Crypt Keeper? I know 60 isn’t that old, but a more appropriate title may be Romeo & Juliet: Off Their Rockers, would it not?

PopWatchers, monologue for me: How will Kev and Meryl pull this one off? Aren’t they just a little old? Are you planning to grab a ticket for the spectacular Shakespearean event?

Read more:
EW’s Stage Hub
Meryl Streep: Once or twice, believe it or not, she wasn’t even nominated…
Oscar winner Kevin Kline gets schooled on Oscar etiquette by Mike Myers — VIDEO

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