Topic: Meryl Streep

Yeah, but Who Should Host the Oscars Next Year?

Associated Press

Seth MacFarlane, after all the criticism, said on Twitter today that he won't host the Academy Awards again. Naturally, a number of publications have already started speculating as to who should emcee in 2014. Let's rank the choices.

By Esther Zuckerman

Feb 1, 2013

Meryl Streep Will Rap Sondheim

Children will listen to Meryl Streep sing again. Composer David Krane, in an interview with the Litchfield County Times, confirmed a rumor that's been circulating: Streep will play the Witch in a movie version of Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods.

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By Jen Doll

Dec 3, 2012

How Can You Not Like This Photo of Hillary Clinton and Meryl Streep?

It's pretty fantastic, this picture from the Kennedy Center Honors Gala dinner at the State Department last night: Meryl and Hillary are an itsy-teeny bit just like us! 

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By Richard Lawson

Oct 2, 2012

The Call Sheet

NBC Really Is Doing Well, You Guys

The once most-troubled network is on an amazing rebound. They're topping the ratings and ordering full seasons of new shows. It's all very exciting. Elsewhere in showbiz news, Meryl Streep is being lured for an ill-advised project and Drea De Matteo is going back to work.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Aug 10, 2012

The New 'Red Dawn'; Meryl Streep Picks Her Men

Every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the video clips that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention.

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By Richard Lawson

Jun 13, 2012

The Call Sheet

'Weeds' Burns Out

Today: Showtime has decided to quit drugs, Charlize heads to comedy, and Tonto and friends are in trouble.

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By Richard Lawson

Apr 26, 2012

The Call Sheet

Meryl Streep Just Wants Some Sex

Today: Meryl Streep is in a sexy new movie, Chloë Sevigny gets scary, and The Avengers is already a hit.

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By Richard Lawson

Feb 16, 2012

The Call Sheet

Meryl & Julia, Together at Last

Meryl and Julia are teaming up on a big movie, Jennifer Aniston is making another switch, and a new show sounds very exciting.

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By Ray Gustini

Feb 13, 2012

The Wes Anderson Slow-Motion Mashup Meme Lives; A Very Wet Public Proposal

Every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the video clips that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention.

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By Richard Lawson

Jan 12, 2012

Someone Dares Speak Ill of Meryl Streep

Hark! There is a philistine at The New York Review of Books. This cultural heretic goes by the name of Martin Filler, and he has written an essay on TNYRB's blog-site that iconoclastically questions the Greatest Actress in the World status of our beloved Meryl Streep.

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By Richard Lawson

Jan 2, 2012

The Call Sheet

The Terrible Return of 'Punk'd'

Hollywood's prank show returns, Hugh Jackman earns big, and Lisbeth Salander will ride again.

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By Ray Gustini

Dec 1, 2011

The Smart Set

It's Not You, It's Salman Rushdie; Charlie Crist Gets an Earful

Turmoil behind-the-scenes at Anderson, Charlie Crist gets heckled by his wife's ex, and Scarlett Johansson can't believe somebody's dating her ex-husband.

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By Ray Gustini

Nov 14, 2011

Deconstructing Last Night's 'Family Guy' 9/11 Joke

Every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the video clips that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention.

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By Richard Lawson

Nov 14, 2011

Who Is Meryl Streep's Margaret Thatcher For, Exactly?

An international trailer for the upcoming Margaret Thatcher biopic The Iron Lady has been released, and it presents itself as a stirring King's Speech (meets Evita?) style drama about a populist hero overcoming adversity. Wait. Are we talking about the same Margaret Thatcher here?

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By Richard Lawson

Nov 7, 2011

The Call Sheet

Basically Nobody Watches NBC Anymore

NBC is in deep trouble, but maybe Hannibal Lecter can save them; Justin Bieber wins Christmas; and Leo DiCaprio gets his revenge.

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By Ray Gustini

Oct 19, 2011

The Smart Set

Meryl Streep Takes Capitol Hill; Lindsay Lohan's Big Probation Hearing

Today: Meryl Streep poses with famous women for a Capitol Hill photo shoot, Larry King's roast will be dignified and respectful, and Michelle Obama appreciates the Kardashian family's teachable moments.

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By Ray Gustini

Sep 7, 2011

Lars Von Trier Puts His Cannes Nazi Joke in Proper, Offensive Context

Plus: Meryl Streep, Yo-Yo Ma among this year's Kennedy Center honorees

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By Ray Gustini

Aug 23, 2011

Next Up on Woody Allen's Grand European Movie Tour: Germany

Plus: Meryl Streep's Margaret Thatcher biopic gets a harsh initial response

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