Meryl Streep

Closely following the news that Jake Gyllenhaal and Chris Pine are in discussions to join Disney and Rob Marshall’s big-screen adaptation of the Broadway musical ‘Into the Woods,’ The Wrap today reveal that Emily Blunt and Christine Baranski are also in talks for the film. The two actresses would join Johnny Depp, James Corden and Meryl Streep, already confirmed for the roles of the Wolf, the Baker and the Witch. Blunt would play the pivotal role of the Baker’s Wife, a woman placed under a...Read Full Story

Not to squash the dreams of every Ron Burgandy fan out there, but Steve Carell (aka Brick Tamland) has just shut down rumors that Oscar winner Meryl Streep will be joining the cast of the Anchorman sequel. "I jokingly said, 'You should be in it,'" Carell explained at a SXSW event Friday night (via E! News). "Meryl said, 'Could you imagine?' And it was just that."And the legendary actress wasn't "begging" him to be in it, either. "Yes she was a fan," Carell added. "But there's no validity to...Read Full Story

The Hollywood Reporter bring word that James Corden will join Johnny Depp and Meryl Streep in Disney’s big-screen adaptation of the Broadway musical, ‘Into the Woods.’  Corden - who won a Tony last year for his work in Broadway’s ‘One Man, Two Guvnors’ - has been cast in the lead role of the married bread maker who longs for a baby after a spell of barrenness is placed on his wife by the witch next door (Streep). Depp will play the story’s lascivious Wolf. Rob Marshall is directing. The...Read Full Story

From the looks of the first trailer (watch below) for "August: Osage County," it sure seems like Meryl Streep is a slam dunk to reap her 18th Oscar nomination. She shines in the role of Violet Weston, a pill-popping mad matriarch, who tangles with her eldest daughter Julia Roberts in the midst of a family crisis. John Wells' much-anticipated screen version of Tracy Letts' 2008 Tony and Pulitzer champ is produced by George Clooney and Grant Heslov who just won the Best Picture Oscar for...Read Full Story

Later this year, Hollywood will release its own big, grand Hollywood version of August: Osage County, the critically acclaimed Broadway play that won a boatload of Tonys and the Pulitzer Prize in 2008. This version stars Meryl Streep as pill-popping matriarch Violet Weston, and Julia Roberts as her disgruntled daughter, Barbara. There’s also Ewan McGregor, Benedict Cumberbatch, Chris Cooper, Abigail Breslin, Juliette Lewis and a whole bunch of other famous faces, too. Basically, this is...Read Full Story