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Women in Hollywood: The Critics, the Directors, the Actresses, the Oscars and Where are the Female D.P.s?

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 01.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Holywood Execs, Actresses, Feminist, Silver Screen, Womne, Sheery Lansing, Anne Hathaway, Studios, Sophie's Choice, Female Directors, Meryl Streep, Celluloid Ceiling, Directors of Photogrpahy, Motion Picture Association of America, Ocars, Academy, Entertainment News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

It's Hollywood's loss. To keep women out of the nominations and awards for the Oscars. To ignore female film critics. To pretend women directors of photography do not exist.

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Doubt: Dazzling Provocation

Marshall Fine | Posted 01.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: John Patrick Shanley, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Movies, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Doubt Movie Review, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

A heavyweight cast performs Shanley's compelling arguments about the nature of faith and certainty in a way that will spark discussions among viewers in the same way it did on Broadway.

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Palin Has Bright Future as Over-Hyped, Under-Talented Celebrity

Jane Devin | Posted 12.01.2008 | Home

Read More: Paris Hilton, Celebrity, Tv Programming, Kim Kardashian, Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, Tila Tequila, Meryl Streep, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Media, Dr. Laura, Howard Stern, Sarah Palin, Pamela Anderson, Sarah Palin Celebrity, Sarah Palin Politician, Palin Talk Show Host, Sarah Palin Talent, Palin Celebrity, Election 2008, Home News
Jane Devin

There have always been people of little or dubious talent who make it into the rarefied life of the rich and famous by virtue of charisma, connections or plain dumb luck. Sarah Palin may be next.

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Grace Gummer, Meryl Streep's Daughter, To Play Sex Addict

NY Post | Posted 11.09.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: The Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents, Grace Gummer, Meryl Streep, Entertainment News

The NY Post reports: MERYL Streep's daughter, Grace Gummer, is launching her acting career here with an erotically charged bang. The blonde, 22, stars...

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"Mamma Mia" Still Dominates Overseas Box Office

Variety | Posted 11.06.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Film, Abba, Meryl Streep, Mamma Mia, Entertainment News

Foreign sensation "Mamma Mia!" stayed unstoppable at international multiplexes, racking up its fifth consecutive weekend victory with $14.1 million at...

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What Bat? "Mamma Mia!" Breaks Musical Box Office Record

USA Today | Posted 07.29.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Mamma Mia Movie, Meryl Streep, Mamma Mia, Entertainment News

There was another record-breaker at theaters this weekend, and it didn't involve men in bat suits. Mamma Mia!, the ABBA-inspired film starring Meryl ...

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America's Two Faces

Hugh Hamilton | Posted 07.27.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Joker, Meryl Streep, Mamma Mia, Obama, Mccain, Media, Heath Ledger, Batman, Election, America, Entertainment News
Hugh Hamilton

The two images will dominate the American media this weekend are for once not Obama and McCain, but rather the competing movies at the box office, the images of which dare I say it, can be seen to represent the dichotomy of the American landscape.

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Mamma Mia: America's First Great Bollywood Musical

Michael Melcher | Posted 07.27.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Bollywood, Meryl Streep, Mamma Mia, High School Musical, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Movies, Gay Marriage, Abba, Entertainment News
Michael Melcher

Last night I saw Mamma Mia, the ABBA movie musical. Mamma Mia is basically a Bollywood musical, only with themes, actors and cultural mores that are highly accessible to Americans. I offer my own experience.

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Mamma Mia!: Feminist Creative Power on Film

Melissa Silverstein | Posted 07.25.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Sex and the City: The Movie, Mamma Mia Movie, Meryl Streep, Mamma Mia, Sex and the City, Feminism, Movies, Entertainment News
Melissa Silverstein

The irony is that this fun musical about a wedding bucks every Hollywood convention, making Mamma Mia one of the most feminist movies of the year -- way more so than SATC.

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Mamma Mia!: A Cheat Sheet for Those Who Don't Quite Love ABBA

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 07.24.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Stellan Skarsgard, Pierce Brosnan, Mamma Mia Movie, Movies, Meryl Streep, Abba, Mamma Mia, Entertainment News
Jesse Kornbluth

I want to have something to say when others talk about Mamma Mia!, so I did some remedial reading about its history. Let what I learned about ABBA serve as a primer.

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"Mamma Mia" The Queen Of Foreign Box Office

Variety | Posted 07.22.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Mamma Mia Movie, Meryl Streep, Mamma Mia, Entertainment News

Universal's "Mamma Mia!" came out singing overseas ahead of its domestic launch, dominating in English-speaking markets with $24 million on just 1,368...

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Meryl Streep On The Joys Of "Mamma Mia!"

Telegraph | Posted 07.12.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Mamma Mia Movie, Meryl Streep, Mamma Mia, Entertainment News

Meryl Streep has written only one fan letter in her life, but it landed her what she calls her "dream role". The Oscar-winning actress was moved to wr...

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"Mamma Mia!" Rave: "Most Fun To Be Had" Basically Ever, Plus Premiere Pics

The Hollywood Reporter | Posted 07.08.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Mamma Mia Movie, Mamma Mia Review, Meryl Streep, Mamma Mia, Mamma Mia Movie Review, Entertainment News

No matter how many blockbusters there are, Universal Pictures' screen version of the global hit stage musical "Mamma Mia!" is the most fun to be had a...

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Meryl Streep At 58: Singing And Doing Splits In Anticipated "Mamma Mia"

Daily Mail | Posted 06.20.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Mamma Mia Movie, Meryl Streep Split, Mamma Mia, Meryl Streep, Meryl Streep Split Photo, Entertainment News

Filmed last summer in Pinewood Studios and on location on the picturesque island of Skopelos in Greece, the movie version is a glorious and deeply si...

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Meet Mamie Gummer, Rising Star (And Meryl Streep's Daughter)

New York Magazne | Liesl Schillinger | Posted 05.06.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Heartburn, Mamie Gummer, Meryl Streep, Entertainment News

It's possible that the first time you behold the luminous, lemon-haired Mamie Gummer will be on Broadway, in the Roundabout's production of Les Liaiso...

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Is Grey Hair Good For Your Sex Life?

More Magazine | Anne Kreamer | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Golden Girls, Emmylou Harris, Slideshow, Grey Hair, Anderson Cooper, Meryl Streep, More Magazine, Silver Fox, The Devil Wears Prada, Daria Werbowy, Daria Werbowy Vogue, Style, Sex, Living News

Do men think women with gray hair are sexy? One woman conducts a daring dating experiment. "I realized that there was a close-to-the-bone experiment...

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Hollywood Stars Urge Early SAG Talks To Avoid Strike

Reuters via Yahoo | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Tom Hanks, Actor's Strike, George Clooney, Sag, Meryl Streep, Robert De Niro, Entertainment News

Hollywood stars George Clooney, Robert De Niro, Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep are urging the Screen Actors Guild to start talks for a new labor contract ...

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"Bee Movie" Triumphs At Box Office As "Fred Claus" Disappoints

AP | David Germain | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Fred Claus, Jerry Seinfeld, Meryl Streep, American Gangster, Russell Crowe, Lions for Lambs, Tom Cruise, Robert Redford, Bee Movie, Entertainment News

Jerry Seinfeld turned more honey into money as his animated comedy "Bee Movie" buzzed to the top of the box office in its second weekend. The DreamWo...

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Tom's Co-Stars Meryl Streep And Robert Redford Skip Tribute Dinner

Fox News | Roger Friedman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Lions for Lambs, Tom Cruise, Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Entertainment News

No, Robert Redford and Meryl Streep did not attend Tom Cruise's big dinner honoring him the other night by the American Museum of the Moving Image. W...

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Robert Redford: "There Has Been So Much Damage To Our Country"

The Times | Ginny Dougary | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Sundance Film Festival, Meryl Streep, Lions for Lambs, Robert Redford, Tom Cruise, Entertainment News

[Robert Redford] is not at all optimistic about the future: "The bottom line has taken over everything, including journalism. It's surprising, frankly...

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Tom Cruise Movie Tracks Terribly, Threatens MGM FInancing

NY Post | PETER LAURIA | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Lions for Lambs, Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Paula Wagner, MGM, Business News

The initial negative reception to "Lions for Lambs" - the first movie to come out under Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner's resurrected United Artists label...

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Meryl Streep To Play Julia Child

Variety | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Julia Child, Amy Adams, Meryl Streep, Entertainment News

Meryl Streep as Julia Child? Columbia is cooking up "Julie & Julia," starring Streep as the famous chef and Amy Adams as a mastercook wannabe. Proje...

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Reese Witherspoon's Oscar-Packed Film Flops

Fox News | Roger Friedman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Alan Arkin, Reese Witherspoon Jake Gyllenhaal Romance, Peter Saarsgard, Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep, Reese Witherspoon, Entertainment News

With a strange title and a complicated plot, "Rendition" was hard to explain even to those who wanted to know more about it. Then the movie opened on...

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Hollywood's Campaign Cash Holdouts

Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Al Gore, Peter Sarsgaard, Scientology, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Alec Baldwin, Jake Gyllenhaal, Russell Simmons, Susan Sarandon, Jennifer Garner, Charlize Theron, Rob Reiner, Tommy Lee Jones, Cameron Diaz, Sean Penn, Kathy Griffin, Paul Haggis, Martin Sheen, Kid Rock, Alicia Silverstone, Alan Arkin, Daryl Hannah, Joan Jett, Tim Robbins, Meryl Streep, Reese Witherspoon, Brian DePalma, Huffington Post Fundrace, Henry Rollins, Michael Moore, Leonardo Dicaprio, James Franco, Fundrace, Drew Barrymore, Entertainment News

Third quarter contributions are out, and perhaps more noteworthy than the celebrities who have given are the many who have not. Especially if you cons...

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Meryl Streep: "I'm A News Junkie... It Would Be Nice To Have A Woman President"

The Times | Tim Teeman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Iraq War, Rendition, Lions for Lambs, Meryl Streep, Christiane Amanpour, Entertainment News

Streep says she "had a lot of people in mind" when creating her character. "I'm a news junkie - C-Span, BBC, CNN." Journalists, she believes, "circled...

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