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An Open Letter From One of Your 51 Percent

Ashley Van Buren | Posted 12.20.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Judd Apatow, Kathryn Bigelow, 51 Percent, Cathy Konrad, Nora Ephron, Michael Mann, When Harry Met Sally, Film, The Sweetest Thing, The Hangover, Movies, Silence of the Lambs, Nancy Pimental, Michael Cunningham, Meryl Streep, The Hours, Jezebel.com, New York Times, Manohla Dargis, Thelma and Louise, Rob Reiner, Entertainment News
Ashley Van Buren

I am one of your 51 percent. And, I am also your colleague. I want to see a reflection of myself on a screen just as much as I want to see my name in the credits.

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Golden Globe Nominations: Reactions From Women Film Writers and Critics

Melissa Silverstein | Posted 12.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: " Nancy Meyers, Bright Star, Jane Campion, Nora Ephron, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Entertainment News
Melissa Silverstein

After the Golden Globe nominations, I reached out to several women who write and think about films to get their sense of the stories that came out of the nominations.

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Meryl in the Sack With Alec

Erica Abeel | Posted 12.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: " Nancy Meyers, Steve Martin, Middle-Aged Sex, Breaking Taboos, Sexual Politics, Meryl Streep, Comedy for Adults, Alec Baldwin, "It's Complicated, Entertainment News
Erica Abeel

Nancy Meyers -- attractive, blonde, quick-witted -- goes where Hollywood fears to tread: she makes rom-coms about later-life love. We're discussing her latest film, It's Complicated.

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NY Film Critics Choose Best Film, Actor Of 2009

AP | JAKE COYLE | Posted 12.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Hurt Locker, Award Season, Film, Ny Film Critics, Meryl Streep, Ny Film Critics 2009, Entertainment News

NEW YORK — The Iraq war drama "The Hurt Locker" added to its award-season momentum, winning best film from the New York Film Critics Circle. Th...

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Meryl Streep, Screen Queen At 60: "F**king Grateful To Be Alive"

Vanity Fair | By Vanity Fair | Posted 11.30.2009 | Entertainment

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Hollywood is no place for older women--or is it? In the cover profile of Vanity Fair's upcoming January 2010 issue, Leslie Bennetts investigates the m...

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Colbert On "Letterman": Obama Is The Meryl Streep Of Presidents (VIDEO)

Posted 11.20.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Stephen Colbert, Late Night Shows, Video, Meryl Streep, Obama Meryl Streep, Letterman Colbert, Colbert on Letterman 2009, Colbert Letterman, Barack Obama, Colbert on Letterman, Stephen Colbert David Letterman, David Letterman, Comedy News

Stephen Colbert sat down with David Letterman last night and reminisced about his trip to Iraq. He recounted for Dave his visit to the White House whe...

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Become A Fan Of Our Facebook Page And Win A Trip To NYC For The 'It's Complicated' Premiere!

Posted 11.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Meryl Streep, It's Complicated, It's Complicated Sweepstakes, Film, Alec Baldwin, It's Complicated Premiere, Entertainment News

HuffPost Entertainment has a new and improved Facebook page where you can find the latest news, polls, photos and more. We post only our best content ...

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Fantastic Mr. Fox: Wes Anderson and the Capers of Middle Age

Cara Parks | Posted 11.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jason Schwartzman, Meryl Streep Fantastic Mr. Fox, Fantastic Mr. Fox, George Clooney Fantastic Mr. Fox, Meryl Streep, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, Wes Anderson Fantastic Mr. Fox, Geroge Clooney, Wes Anderson, Owen Wilson, Entertainment News
Cara Parks

As in Anderson's earlier films, the tension between desire and responsibility loom large in this film, with Mr. Fox, a charmingly matted and googly-eyed figurine, questioning his innate nature.

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Fantastic Finian's Rainbow and Mr. Fox

Regina Weinreich | Posted 11.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jason Schwartzman, Meryl Streep., Yip Harburg, Burton Lane, Mr. Fox, George Clooney, Eric Anderson, Fred Saidy, Finian's Rainbow, Bill Murray, Entertainment News
Regina Weinreich

Fisher Stevens, Lillian Ross, Nora Ephron and Nick Pileggi mingled with cast and crew. And what was served at Rouge Tomate's buffet dinner along with duck and red cabbage? Well, field greens of course.

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Fantastic Mr. Schwartzman Talks Fox

Kim Morgan | Posted 11.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jason Schwartzman, Roald Dahl, George Clooney, Terry Gilliam, Meryl Streep, Wes-Anderson, Entertainment News
Kim Morgan

Schwartzman talked about a lot of things: working with Anderson, his love for various children's movies and the classic book by Roald Dahl, the unique way they recorded.

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Movie Review: Fantastic Mr. Fox

Marshall Fine | Posted 11.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jason Schwartzman, Fantastic Mr. Fox Movie Review, Meryl Streep, Roald Dahl, George Clooney, Wes Anderson, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Noah Baumbach, Bill Murray, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Perhaps Fantastic Mr. Fox will be the film that convinces adults that animation isn't just for kids.

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National Women's History Museum Needs A Permanent Site

Huffington Post | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 10.14.2009 | Impact

Read More: Meryl Streep, National Women's History Museum, Washington D.C., Women's History, National Mall, Impact News

The National Women's History Museum was founded in 1996 to rectify what was seen as underrepresentation of females in history books and museums across...

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Vogue, Prada and the Fashion Revolution

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 11.14.2009 | Style

Read More: The Devil Wears Prada, S.I. Newhouse Jr, Conde Nast, Gap, September Issue, George W. Bush, Yves Saint Laurent, R.J. Cutler, Prada, Fashion Week, Sienna Miller, London Fashion Week, Vogue, Meryl Streep, Grace Coddington, Nordstrom's, Paris Fashion Week, Fashion, Tyra Banks, Anna Wintour, Goldwyn, Style News
Hoyt Hilsman

The global economic crisis has hastened the demise of the already toppling fashion establishment.

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A Julia Child for the 21st Century: Meet Lorna Sass

Kerry Trueman | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Julia Child, Vegetarian, Lorna Sass, Pressure Cooker, Vegan, Meryl Streep, Nora Ephron, Julie and Julia, Green News
Kerry Trueman

Meet Lorna Sass, one of America's foremost experts on pressure cookers and whole grains. Think of her as the Ed Begley Jr. of the cookbook world -- a pioneer in the art of low-carbon cooking.

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The Final Destination 3D Defeats Halloween II in the Year's Dumbest Showdown: Huff Post Weekend Box Office in Review

Scott Mendelson | Posted 09.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Final Destination, Scott Mendelson, Sandra Bullock, Hayao Miyazaki, All About Steve, Julie and Julia, Movies, Rob Zombie, Box Office, Brad Pitt, Ponyo, Transformers Revenge of the Fallen, Meryl Streep, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds, 3d, Halloween II, News, Gamer, Entertainment News
Scott Mendelson

Yup, summer is officially over. Now we can get to what's really important -- trying to keep up with the dozen or so new Oscar-bait releases and overestimating James Cameron's Avatar.

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HuffPost Review: The September Issue

Marshall Fine | Posted 09.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Devil Wears Prada, American Vogue, Spongebob, The September Issue Movie Review, Anna Wintour, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Meryl Streep, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

It's Anna Wintour's world - the rest of us are just accessories.

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Delayed Huff Post Weekend Box Office in Review (08/23/09)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 09.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Shorts, Scott Mendelson, Julie and Julia, Movies, GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Robert Rodriguez, Box Office, District 9, Brad Pitt, Post Grad, Harvey Weinstein, Alexis Bledel, Meryl Streep, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds, News, Entertainment News
Scott Mendelson

As everyone and their sister already knows, Inglourious Basterds scored a genuinely impressive $38 million over its debut weekend.

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Julie & Julia: Who's Cooking Now?

Laura Baudo Sillerman | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Laura Baudo Sillerman, Films, Nora Ephron, Meryl Streep, Marriage, Cooking, Sex at Midlife, Movie, The Art of French Cooking, Julie Powell, Julie and Julia, Movies, Living News
Laura Baudo Sillerman

This is a note about what happens when a director in her sixties writes and directs a movie, about a young woman questing after the life once led by an older woman.

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Huffington Post Readers Choose 10 of the World's Most Beautiful Older Women

Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 09.13.2009 | Style

Read More: Aging, Beauty, Lauren Hutton, Meryl Streep, Julie Christie, Catherine Deneuve, Beverly Johnson, Lena Horne, Vanessa Redgrave, Tina Turner, Jamie Lee Curtis, Raquel Welch, Slideshow, World's Most Beautiful Older Women, Style News
Lesley M. M. Blume

Two months ago, we ran a feature titled Six of the World's Most Beautiful Older Women. To our amazement, nearly 900 comments poured in and the piece ...

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Gwenie & Julia

Gwen Davis | Posted 09.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: 9/11, Julia Child, Meryl Streep, Entertainment News
Gwen Davis

Nothing was needed to put Julia Child at ease.

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'G.I. Joe' Crushes The Box Office, Meryl Opens Strong

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 09.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Channing Tatum, Film, G.I. Joe, Julie and Julia, Meryl Streep, Box Office, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — G.I. Joe is the latest toy to invade Hollywood and plant its blockbuster flag. Inspired by the Hasbro action figure, Paramount's ...

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Julie & Julia: When the World Writes You Back

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 09.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Blogs, Comments, New Orleans, Publishing, New Orleans Musicians Relief FUnd, Julia Child, ReDefine 8/29, Julie & Julia, Julie Powell, Movie, Meryl Streep, Nora Ephron, Food, Amy Adams, Eating Matters, Politics of Food, Cooking, Writing, Julie and Julia, Feminism, Food Politics, Entertainment News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

No matter what twists we see in Publishing 2.0, a love story running through Julie & Julia is that sometimes, after the solitary act of writing, the world writes you back.

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Dear Julia: A Young Adult Novelist Finds Her Inner Chef

Amy Bronwen Zemser | Posted 09.07.2009 | Style

Read More: Foie Gras, Meryl Streep, Crepe Suzette, Julia Child, Susan Spungen, French Food, Julie and Julia, Filets De Poisson Gratines a La Parisenne, Omelette, Julie Powell, Style News
Amy Bronwen Zemser

If Julie Powell couldn't roll out a crepe or prepare an omelette, where did that leave me? A lowly author of children's books looking to follow a few of Julia Child's recipes in the name of research.

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Movie Review: Julie & Julia

Marshall Fine | Posted 09.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Julia Child, Amy Adams, Julie & Julia Movie Review, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Meryl Streep, Nora Ephron, Julie Powell, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Julie & Julia is half a good movie. It attempts to meld two books instead of focusing on one of them

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Memo to Julie Powell of Julie & Julia

Sybil Adelman Sage | Posted 09.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Julia Child, Julie & Julia, Meryl Streep, Julie Powell, Entertainment News
Sybil Adelman Sage

Everyone has heard of you -- the blogger who set out in 2002 to cook every recipe in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking, which was turned into a book and then a movie.

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