Two-time Academy Award winner Meryl Streep is widely regarded as one of the best actresses in history. The Yale-educated performer is a perennial favorite with the critics, having been nominated for an Academy Award a record 14 times.
At the urging of my daughter on New Year's Eve, we rented movies. We mustn't have rented movies in a long time, because there were a plethora of titles out. Usually, there is nothing new at the video store, so this was a nice surprise, and they had plenty in stock. We rented Orphan and Julie & Julia. I thought Orphan seemed like a harmless generic suspense thriller in the vein of that Macualay Culkin's The Good Son, not! I mean Orphan, a word that is close to my heart, being that I yell... Read Full Story
-by Kim Yonick Bon Appetit or was it. "Julie and Julia" follows the storyline of two people, Julia Childs (Meryl Streep), a renown french cook and Julie Powell (Amy Adams), a failed novelist. Julia's story works her way through writing her first book about french cooking. On the other hand, Julie cooks and blogs her way through Julia's cookbook. There are many funny parts throughout the film, where Julia wants to become a french cook and takes classes with a bunch of male chefs. Also the... Read Full Story
Getty Images Meryl Streep is shocked that she still being casted as a love interest in romantic comedies -- because she's 60! The Oscar-winning actress is a little blown away that she's as old as she is but studio execs don't seem to mind. Meryl Streep (Getty) She said: “It’s incredible -- I’m 60, and I’m playing the romantic lead in romantic comedies. Bette Davis is rolling over in her grave. I’ve been given great, weird, interesting parts well past my ‘sell by date.’ I remember saying to... Read Full Story
I can't say I know much about Julia Child. She had a distinct voice. She liked to cook, right? I apologize, Julia Child fans, honest to God, I do, it's just that when the best cooking you can do is limited to tossing something in a crockpot and letting it gestate for 7-9 hours on LOW you do not typically find yourself reading up too much on Julia Child. I knew even less about Julie Powell, a woman who in 2002 determined to blog her way through Julia Child's 524 recipes in 365 days. I had not... Read Full Story
Outstanding Brit playwriter, Catherine Johnsons, Mamma Mia is a heart touching musical wizardry based primarily on the mythical pop group ABBA. According to the numbers, roughly 30,000,000 folk have enjoyed the musical blockbuster Mamma Mia.
curiously this extremely popular and commended show has been played in nine different languages. In the year 1999, Mamma Mia has made its noteworthy debut at the opulent Prince Edward Theatre, which was later moved to the Prince of Wales Theatre. The... Read Full Story
This is a post guest blogger Ginger Malone she is a baby boomer, a writer and editor for the website. RedHeadedTrip.com
Meryl Streep is arguably the greatest actress of the baby boomer generation and 60 years old shows no signs of slowing down. She exhibits her talent in the new movie “It’s Complicated” with Alec Baldwin . If you are a baby boomer then you will surely enjoy this movie.
We went on Christmas day, the theater was packed with baby boomers! Hollywood take note, if you make a... Read Full Story
This is a post guest blogger Ginger Malone she is a baby boomer, a writer and editor for the website.RedHeadedTrip.com Meryl Streep is arguably the greatest actress of the baby boomer generation and 60 years old shows no signs of slowing down. She exhibits her talent in the new movie “It’s Complicated” with Alec Baldwin. If you are a baby boomer then you will surely enjoy this movie. We went on Christmas day, the theater was packed with baby boomers! Hollywood take note, if you make a... Read Full Story
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Madame Meryl Streep at the premiere of "It's Complicated". Photo: John P. Iblis/jpistudios.com
Here's an aughts trend we can get used to: Real, grown women, behaving like real grown women and getting credit for it.
London's The Daily Mail this week looks back at all the women over 40, 50 and 60 who have made headlines in the past decade. Women with wit, wisdom and style of their own.
They love Michelle Pfeiffer telling the world... Read Full Story
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A middle aged father goes through a mid-life crises, has an affair with a younger woman, divorces his wife and marries the mistress. What‘s so complicated about that? It’s been played out in countless sitcoms, made-for-TV dramas and movies galore, not to mention in real life. What gets complicated in It’s Complicated, a new romantic comedy which opens in theatres on Christmas Day, is a surprising development that happens between the ex-couple ten years after... Read Full Story
Mamma Mia! The Movie (Full Screen) ( DVD ) By Meryl Streep Buy new : $17.49 68 used and new from $3.98 Customer Rating: First tagged by Pama S. Lyons "Pama S Lyons" Related tags: musical (25), mamma mia (25), mamma mia dvd (21), meryl streep (12), romantic comedy (12), greece (11), romance (9), soundtrack (7), acting (3), abba (3), aba (2), colin firth (2) Review & Description Genre: Comedy Rating: PG13 Release Date: 16-DEC-2008 Media Type: DVDThe delirious sight of Meryl Streep leading a... Read Full Story