Posts Tagged ‘Meryl Streep’
Oscars 2012 – Nominations
Jennifer Lawrence and President of the Acadamy Tom Sherak announced the Oscar 2012 nominations today in Beverly Hills. Most notable is that Hugo gained 11 nominations one ahead of the critics favorite The Artist!…
The Iron Lady – Film Review
Meryl Streep’s portrayal of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as a doddering and demented widow (and in her flashback political prime) is simultaneously impressive, inspired and insulting. The performance could get the always watchable Streep her 17th Oscar nomination…
The Debt – Jessica Chastain, the new Meryl Streep?
Could Jessica Chastain be the new Meryl Streep? According to the rave reviews she receives in every role she plays, she just might be. We spoke with Jessica at the press junket for the movie about her anxiety and then ultimate joy of working with Helen Mirren on the same character…
Ceremony – Michael Angarano on a very personal movie
Michael Angarano made his breakthrough performance in Wes Craven’s Music of the Heart opposite Meryl Streep. In his new movie he portrays Sam and persuades his former best friend Marshall to crash a wedding…
Red Riding Hood – Amanda Seyfried on navigating herself through young adult life
Amanda Seyfried has quite an eclectic career. In her new movie Red Riding Hood she portrays Valerie, who lives in the village of Daggerhorn, where the inhabitance has an uneasy truce with the werewolf, who prowls at every full moon. But under a blood red moon, the wolf changes the stakes by taking the life of a human, Valerie’s sister. Amanda tells of the movie and her iconic role..
Wishful Drinking – Carrie Fisher on Star Wars and sleeping with all the Ewoks?
Carrie Fisher’s successful stage production of the autobiographical tale of her life comes to HBO as a feature-length documentary this month. In this interview she starts by telling when she first realize that sharing her stories would be cathartic for her and entertaining for others…
Julie & Julia – Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep portrays the famous chef Julia Child, who became the first American woman to study at the famous Cordon Bleu cooking school in Paris, and popularized French cuisine in America by co-writing the cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking.