Here comes an early highlight for 2025! Sunday’s “SNL50: The Anniversary Special” delivered another Kate McKinnon-led alien abduction sketch, with some especially big names making a surprise appearance. The sketch included Woody Harrelson and Pedro Pascal, who got abducted by the aliens with McKinnon, but describe a much more pleasant experience. They are questioned by military officials Jon Hamm and Aidy Bryant. Meryl Streep entered the scene as McKinnon’s character Colleen Rafferty’s mother, wearing an outfit similar to Colleen’s signature pastel Hawaiian shirt, complete with a cigarette in one hand and a styrofoam cup in the other. Colleen Senior describes her own X-rated alien abduction, going on to mention how the aliens “lost interest” and stuffed her in a closet. Pictures from the celebration’s arrivals, show and screencaptures have been added to the photo gallery. The sketch can be watched in the video archive.

On Friday, Meryl Streep was a memorable audience member during Saturday Night Live’s 50th anniversary concert special, “SNL50: The Homecoming Concert”, in New York City’s Radio City Music Hall. During a sketch featuring former cast members Will Ferrell and Ana Gasteyer reprising their SNL characters Marty and Bobbi Mohan-Culp, Ferrell said, “We have pretty significant floaters right now, but it doesn’t stop us from seeing so many middle fingers peppered in both the upper mezzanine and orchestra section. It’s just unbelievably rude,” Gasteyer replied, “We’re talking about you, Meryl Streep. We see you.” With the camera then panning over to Streep in the audience, she raised her hand and flashed her middle finger, as Martin Short and the audience laughed loudly. A picture from the concert, featuring Streep with Short, Steve Martin and Keegan-Michael Key has been added to the photo gallery.

A new batch of international magazine scans have been added to the photo gallery – including 11 covers from France, Germany, Spain, and our first Ukrainian addition to the press archive. Some great finds. Many thanks to Alvaro for finding most of these. Enjoy.

Three days into the new year and we have a public appearance already. On Friday, the Golden Globes gave a rousing launch to its Golden Gala: An Evening of Excellence, with Ted Danson receiving the fifth Carol Burnett Award and Viola Davis being given the Cecil B. DeMille Award in an intimate ceremony – meaning they scrap their Life Achievement Awards from Sunday’s ceremony and tv broadcast. Meryl Streep introduced Davis by saying she’d heard great things about the actress but didn’t know her work, until the first reading of John Patrick Shanley’s “Doubt.” Davis’ character doesn’t have much to do in the early part of the script and Davis sat there silently “like a quiet volcano pretending to be a hill.” Davis’s eight-minute scene with Streep made everyone in the room aware of her power, and the 2008 film brought her worldwide audiences. A couple of pictures from the gala have been added to the photo gallery.

Here we are, 24 days into our calendar. I wish all visitors Happy Holidays and all the best, much health and best of luck for the next year. We’re wrapping our site special with a massive update of Blu-Ray screencaptures of Meryl’s leading roles in feature films, “Marvin’s Room”, Music of the Heart”, “Doubt” and “Julie & Julia”. Enjoy the updates and see you all next year.

As we’re heading close to our finale, the final batch of additional puplic appearances pictures have been added. These are ranging from as early as 1978 throughout the 1980s with several press junkets and award show appearances to 1990, when Meryl was not only busy promoting “Postcards from the Edge”, but also making the rounds raising awareness for environmental issues. Check back tomorrow for the last entry in our calendar with a very big, last update.

In our second-to-last public appearances update, updates range from 2017 to 2019 and feature two promo-heavy years with appearances for “Florence Foster Jenkins” and the releases of “The Post” and “Big Little Lies.”

Today’s calendar brings a big update of various television specials and appearances, both as videos and as screencaptures. Starting with videos, additions include talkshow appearances on “The Early Show” and “The Today Show” to promote “The Iron Lady”, wonderful vintage tv reports on “Sophie’s Choice”, including interviews with Meryl, as well as her appearance at the 2017 Kennedy Center Honors. There’s also an appearance on the 2002 BBC1 documentary “There’s Only One Paul McCartney”.

Moving on to the screencaptures, most of the above appearances have been capped. Various appearances, such as “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”, the 2002 documentary “New York at the Movies”, a 2013 documentary on Clint Eastwood and two press junkets for “Marvin’s Room” have been replaced with better quality captures. A full list of updates can be found below.

A second batch of magazine scans have been added with today’s calendar. There are some great cover stories from around the world and articles from Spain, Poland, the United Kingdom, Austria, and many more. Many thanks to Alvaro for sending in most of these. Very appreciated. Enjoy reading.

More Blu-Ray screencaptures have been added, this time with a focus on the mid-2000s, in which Meryl was seen in “The Manchurian Candidate”, “Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events” and “Lions for Lams”. Screencaptures for “Little Women” have been updated as well.