Meryl Streep

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Getty Images The Devil Wears Prada actress Meryl Streep , who stars as chef Julia Child in Julie and Julia with Amy Adams , revealed the film allowed her to pay homage to her mom Mary. She explained: Yes, the performance is an idealized version of Julia, but I'm also doing an idealized version of my mother, who had a similar joie de vivre. She had undeniable sense of how to enjoy her life, and made every room she walked into brighter by her presence. She really was something. I have a good deal of my father in me. I'm another kind of sensibility. ... Read Full Story

Meryl Streep saw her role as US cooking idol Julia Child in "Julie & Julia" as a tribute to her mother, a woman "with the same joie de vivre," the veteran actress said Thursday. "What I was trying to do with Julia was do homage to my mother," she told a news conference at the Rome film festival, where the film by Nora Ephron was to be screened out of competition on Friday. "My mother was a woman of this era, she had the same joie de vivre," said two-time Oscar winner Streep, 60, who was to receive a career award on Friday to ... Read Full Story

A Danish movie about a gay love affair between two members of a neo-Nazi group won top honors Friday at the Rome Film Festival, while Helen Mirren won the best actress award. Mirren won for her depiction of Leo Tolstoy's wife in Michael Hoffman's "The Last Station," while Meryl Streep picked up a career achievement award. The winning movie, "Brotherhood," takes a hard look at the neo-Nazi group that the leading character, Lars, joins after leaving the army. The group carries out raids on homosexuals, but Lars and his mentor in the group, Jimmy, begin a love affair that they try to keep secret. ... Read Full Story

August 7th, fans of movies, cooking, blogging, and relationships were given a chance to experience a movie that appeals to fans of varying demographics and interest levels. Julie & Julia is a book into movie experience that presents the true story of Julie Powell (Amy Adams), an early innovator in internet blogging who embarked on a 365 day question during 2002-2003. Her mission was to create the 524 recipes in her idol, Julia Child’s (Meryl Streep), 1961 cookbook, “Mastering the Art of French Cuisine”. When Julie’s husband Eric (Chris Messina) first suggests that she start a blog, Julie doesn’t understand the point. However, once ... Read Full Story