The Iron Lady

Ron Dicker

How Ads During Oscars Beat Super Bowl Spots

HuffingtonPost.com | Ron Dicker | Posted 02.25.2012

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How can pretty boys in tuxedos and waifs in gowns beat the crap out of 260-pound linebackers? In advertising, of course, when the Oscars go toe-to-...

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Amy Lee

Oscars 2012: Best Actress Category Recognizes Physically Transformative Roles

HuffingtonPost.com | Amy Lee | Posted 02.24.2012

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Five women in five very different roles make up the Best Actress category at the Oscars this year. But four of them share one thing: Each had to trans...

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Meryl Streep To Present At Academy Awards

Posted 02.22.2012

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It looks like Meryl Streep will have a busy Oscars night: The "Iron Lady" actress was announced as a presenter at the 84th Academy Awards on Tuesday. ...

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In Praise of Meryl Streep

Kirsty Lang | Posted 04.19.2012

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Kirsty Lang

People either love or hate Maggie Thatcher, but they are rarely indifferent to her. It's a testimony to Meryl Streep's abilities as an actress that almost everyone who has seen The Iron Lady is united in the belief that it is a career-defining performance.

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A-List Stars Head To The BAFTAs

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 04.13.2012

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LONDON — Silent movie "The Artist" had a night to shout about Sunday, winning seven prizes including best picture at the British Academy Film Aw...

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A Pivotal Period in Britain's History

Sir Peter Westmacott | Posted 04.03.2012

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Sir Peter Westmacott

Few would deny that Margaret Thatcher brought the United States and United Kingdom closer together. As I begin my tenure as British Ambassador to Washington, I look forward to playing my own small part in keeping that relationship in the best possible repair.

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SAG Awards 2012: Stars Celebrate At Screen Actors Guild Awards (PHOTOS)

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 03.30.2012

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LOS ANGELES — Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer were the maids of honor at Sunday's Screen Actors Guild Awards, where their Deep South drama "The ...

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What Did You Take Away From The Iron Lady?

Diane Chang | Posted 03.24.2012

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Diane Chang

The Iron Lady was recently released in the UK, and I was particularly interested in seeing it in London because I know so little about Margaret Thatch...

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The Soft Core Within The Iron Lady

George Heymont | Posted 03.24.2012

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George Heymont

It's been fascinating to see how critics have reacted to The Iron Lady, a new film inspired by Margaret Thatcher that has been directed by Phyllida Lloyd. Meryl Streep stars as the former British Prime Minister in a script written by Abi Morgan.

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Random Memories of Working with Margaret Thatcher, or My Night at Number 10

Wendy Bryan | Posted 03.19.2012

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Wendy Bryan

She took my elbow, escorting me around... she told me she must show me the blue room, or some room or other as I voiced my confusion over no ice cubes in the gin and tonics. She must have thought me an idiot.

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The Dangerous Side of the Streep: Spiritual Lessons From Meryl and Margaret

Carol Orsborn | Posted 03.19.2012

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Carol Orsborn

I would argue that the degree of courage Meryl brings to this role is exactly equivalent to the degree of resistance we have to aging as a whole, not only as expressed by popular culture but in the recesses of each of our own hearts.

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Watching 'The Iron Lady' Melt

Karin Kasdin | Posted 03.18.2012

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Karin Kasdin

The poor woman probably doesn't have many years left. Would it have cost anyone their livelihood to wait until her death to reveal her pitiful hallucinations to the world?

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'The Iron Lady' Or 'The Lady'

John Philip Newell | Posted 03.18.2012

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John Philip Newell

Both Margaret Thatcher and Aung San Suu Kyi show extraordinary courage. But their courage is linked to radically different visions of leadership.

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Meryl's Iron Lady: For Those Who've Been Properly In Love

Lonna Saunders | Posted 03.17.2012

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Lonna Saunders

Meryl Streep deserves an Oscar for her portrayal of the love match between Britain's former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her late husband, Denis.

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Meryl Streep Talks Marget Thatcher, Saying 'Sh*t' on TV

Posted 01.16.2012

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If her 8 Golden Globe wins are any indication, Meryl Streep can take just about anything; including playing a political figure she disagrees with and ...

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The 2012 Golden Globes: The Taming of Ricky Gervais

Michael Russnow | Posted 03.17.2012

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Michael Russnow

It's oddly intriguing that a lackluster show and a diluted dose of Ricky Gervais appeals to me greater than his shockmeister two prior appearances.

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Meryl Streep Talks 'Jersey Shore' and Getting Physical

Posted 01.13.2012

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Meryl Streep sat down with Jimmy Kimmel last night, the day before the release of "The Iron Lady," Streep's new film about former U.K. Prime Minister ...

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Meryl Streep Plays Lip Guess Who On 'Ellen'

Posted 01.13.2012

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When you've been nominated for 16 Academy Awards and nabbed two of them, you've had your fair share of on-screen kisses. When Meryl Streep guested ...

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Meryl Streep Faces Questions She's Never Answered Before

Posted 03.14.2012

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Meryl Streep has been in the acting business a long time and so inevitably she's done a lot of interviews through those years. So Jimmy Kimmel decided...

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Are Women Really Lowering Their Voices To Sound Like Margaret Thatcher?

Emma Gray | Posted 03.11.2012

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Emma Gray

First women were supposedly trying desperately to sound like Britney Spears and Ke$ha. Now, according to a new survey, there's a new female vocal role model: Margaret Thatcher.

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The Iron Lady

Iain Johnstone | Posted 03.10.2012

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Iain Johnstone

It has been known in Westminster and media circles for the the past nine years that Mrs. T was battling with dementia. But the British press chose not to intrude on her private life. So why would the British film industry choose to enter territory where Fleet Street feared to tread? The truth is: they didn't set out to.

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The Iron Lady: The Margaret Thatcher Movie We Don't Need

Laura Flanders | Posted 03.07.2012

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Laura Flanders

Today, in a new time of budget wars, The Iron Lady's depiction of draconian cuts as feminist guts is chilling. What Thatcher called "harsh medicine" meant one thing for the poor and another for the very powerful then, and it still does.

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Michele Bachmann: America's Iron Lady?

John Campbell | Posted 03.04.2012

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John Campbell

It was predictable that Michele Bachmann would seize on the new Meryl Streep movie about Margaret Thatcher to try to revive her faltering campaign by pitching herself as America's Iron Lady. But does it fit?

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WATCH: Michele Bachmann 'Iron Lady' Spoof

Posted 01.04.2012

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With the Iowa Caucuses happening today, each GOP presidential candidate has made his or her fair share of bold remarks this last week on the campaign ...

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Even Meryl Streep Can't Save 'The Iron Lady'

Posted 12.27.2011

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NEW YORK (The Associated Press) -- The same problems that plagued "La Vie en Rose," starring Marion Cotillard as Edith Piaf, exist in "The Iron Lady,"...

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