Hollywood luminaries Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese, Meryl Streep and Edward Burns, present the first Tribeca Film Festival as a forum for emerging filmmakers and a means of stimulating economic activity in an a neighborhood that was hard hit after the Sep 11 World Trade Center attack. Some 40 features and 20 shorts will be screened in theaters and nightclubs throughout the area, and there will be a juried award for an emerging filmmaker and the best short film.

After reporting about this project last year, the production has now started with an all-star-cast: Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson and Mary-Louise Parker are going to play the leads in this six-hour miniseries for HBO. Mike Nichols directs. “Angels in America” will premiere in early 2003.

Equality Now celebrates its 10th anniversary of fighting for women worldwide with an all-star gala at the Gramercy Theatre. Fauziya Kassindja, Alanis Morissette, Gloria Steinem, Kate Clinton, Edwidge Danticat, the Gina Gibney Dance Company and others will join the one and only Meryl Streep. Marie Claire sponsors (Text comes from Liz Smith’s Excite Column).

Actress Meryl Streep attended at Bloomingdale’s presenting Katie Couric with the first Caring Star Award for her work as co-founder of the NCCRA.

A&E Network is going Hollywood with “New York at the Movies,” a two-hour documentary special hosted by Meryl Streep that looks at how New York is placed as a backdrop in motion pictures. A&E executives said the special could serve as a pilot for a periodic series about movies and other cities. “New York” will premiere March 17 at 8 p.m. EST and will examine notable Hollywood movies employing the Big Apple, incl. “King Kong,” “West Side Story” “Manhattan.”

Afghan Women’s Summit delegates’ meeting with the United Nations Security Council urged that aid to Afghanistan be sent on condition of improving women’s rights. Shafiqa Habibi was head of the Women’s Radio and Television Broadcast Organization until the Taliban came to power. Meryl Streep joined the news conference to lend support, saying ina statement,

These women are strong and courageous, and their leadership and commitment are inspiring to all of us.

Liam Neeson and Meryl Streep hosted the Nobel Peace Price Concert yesterday in Oslo. Winner of the award was Kofi Anan. Musical guests that evening included Paul McCartney, Aha, Anastacia and Wyclef Jean

In support of the Tribeca Film Festival, Meryl appeared alongside founder Robert De Niroas well as Martin Scorcese, Ed Burns and major Bloomberg at its press conference. The festival will have it’s premiere fom May 1 to May 5 2002

Actors Meryl Streep and Liam Neeson are going to host this year’s Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo. The event is sheduled December 11th 2001

The website americanforests.org reported that Meryl Streep can now be heard narrating public service announcements for AMERICAN FORESTS, the nation’s oldest nonprofit conservation organization and a world leader in planting trees for environmental restoration. The new PSAs are currently airing on ABC, CBS, HGTV, Animal Planet, and dozens of local network television affiliates and cable companies across the United States. Streep recently recorded the PSAs while she was in New York City, appearing in a theater production in Central Park.