Meryl Streep

The Nora Ephron film and one of the most critically acclaimed movies of the past year Julie & Julia is on sale as a pre-order from Amazon.com for $9.99 . This screenplay is based on the book by the same title written by Julie Powell, where she challenges herself to work her way through Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking (2 Volume Set) in one year, and to blog about it. The movie however is first and foremost a salute to the person of Julia Child, and how unique she was for her time. Meryl Streep offers a performance as Julia Child ... Read Full Story

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

On 11.16.09, In Movies , by Roque . Meryl Streep is getting used to being swept off her feet. Two summers ago, she frolicked on a Greek island with no fewer than three former lovers in “Mamma Mia!” Last August, an adoring husband beamed at her in “Julie & Julia.” And in next month’s movie, “It’s Complicated” (out December 25) She plays a divorcee who has a fling with her hotheaded ex-husband (Alec Baldwin) just as she’s contemplating dating her gentlemanly architect friend, (Steve Martin). “I loved doing this movie.” she said. “It’s about the intimacy of marriage and the comfort and the mess ... 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

Hitting theaters near the end of a summer movie season filled with explosions, over-the-top action and general silliness, Julie and Julia is a delightful, tasty treat for adults. Julie and Julia is cooked to cinematic perfection and filled with terrific performances from the entire ensemble cast, led by Doubt co-stars Meryl Streep and Amy Adams. The story - like the delicious food served in Julie and Julia - will satiate moviegoers looking to fill up on a full-bodied film for their box office dollars. Julie and Julia , though based on two true stories, plays out as a tale almost too good to be ... Read Full Story