Lots of television programmes and news outlets have aired their interviews with Meryl Streep about “The Iron Lady” today. All interviews were conducted at the UK or US press junkets for the film. There’s also a funny segment from French television on the Paris premiere of the film. A list of the latest additions can be found below the previews.

Video Archive – News Segments – 2012 – Entertainment Tonight (January 11, 2012)
Video Archive – News Segments – 2012 – Moviefone (January 11, 2012)
Video Archive – News Segments – 2012 – ABC News (Australia, January 11, 2012)
Video Archive – News Segments – 2012 – Sky Movies Special: The Iron Lady (January 09, 2012)
Video Archive – News Segments – 2012 – Nieuwsuur (Netherlands, January 09, 2012)
Video Archive – News Segments – 2012 – 50 Minutes Inside (France, January 07, 2012)

The Weinstein Co. has created a series of unusual campaign-style posters to promote the film online and possibly in print as well. The intentionally defaced ads play off the idea that not everyone was in love with Thatcher in her home country, embracing the controversy she stirred in England, not shying away from it. It might seem odd to promote a film with an ad campaign that seems to disparage the movie’s subject, but it’s very much a play on Thatcher’s thorny relationship with many in her country during the time she served as prime minister (article courtesy Politico). Another new poster, probably for its wide release in the USA, has been added as well.

Also, with thanks to Frank for the heads-up, Meryl has been awarded Best Actress for “The Iron Lady” by the Denver Film Critics Society and has received a nomination as Best International Actress for the Irish Film and Television Award. Congratulations!

Here are some fantastic on-set and promotional pictures from some of Meryl’s previous films – Doubt, Adaptation, Plenty and Sophie’s Choice – all shot by the marvelous Brigitte Lacombe. Seriously, how many of these pictures is she holding back? :-) Here’s hoping that one day she will publish a book with all the images she’s taken of Meryl’s films throughout the years. On a sidenote, I’m not entirely sure if the black & white picture of Meryl in her dressing room is really from the set of “Adaptation” – what would be your guess?

Yesterday, Meryl has attended the 77th Annual New York Film Critics Circle Award, accepting her Best Actress win for “The Iron Lady”. Lots of pictures from the ceremony have been added to the image library.

On January 08, “The Andrew Marr Show” featured an interview with Meryl on “The Iron Lady”, her career and upcoming projects (on which she mentions “a sex comedy with Tommy Lee Jones ;-). The full appearance can be watched in the video archive, with pictures from the taping of the interview added to the image library. Thanks to everybody for the heads-up!

This is more like six movies of the week as we’re covering “Angels in America”, the six-part HBO mini-series that won Meryl Streep a Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Award and an Emmy for her outstanding performance(s). As always, you can read production notes and my review after the cut – all the albums in the image library have been updated with production stills, promotional photoshoots and screencaptures from all episodes. Also, you can find the trailer, a featurette and film scenes – covering Meryl’s key roles in “Angels in America”, in the video archive. More information can be found on its career page. What are your thoughts about the mini-series? Share your thoughts in the comments.

For the miniseries version of his Tony Award winning play, playwright Tony Kushner adapted his original text for the screen, and Mike Nichols directed. Executive producer of the series, Cary Brokaw worked for over ten years to bring the 1991 stage production to television, having first read it in 1989, before its first production. In 1993, Al Pacino committed to playing the role of Roy Cohn. In the meantime, a number of directors, including Robert Altman, were part of the project. Altman worked on the project in 1993 and 1994, before budget constraints forced him to move out, as few studios could risk producing two successive 150 minute movies at the cost of $40 million. Subsequently, Kushner tried squeezing the play into a feature film, at which he eventually failed, realizing there was “literally too much plot,” and settling for the TV miniseries format. While Kushner continued adapting the play until the late 1990s, HBO Films stepped in as producer, HBO broadcast the film in six segments that correspond to “Millennium Approaches” and “Perestroika,” the two parts of the original play.

Two additional clips from “The Iron Lady” have been added, one featuring the older Margaret, discussing recent politics at a dinner party, the second is a larger excerpt fro a previously posted clip in which Margaret talks to Denis and thinks back to her active political time. Then, there’s a lenghty interview from the press junket in London – as conducted by Danish television (thanks to Anna for guiding this to me). Enjoy the new clips.

I’ve replaced the previously added featurette on “The Iron Lady” with a longer version, featuring more interview bits by Meryl and the cast of the film as well as a couple of new and extended scenes. Additionally, HD captures have been added to the image library.

Before these get forgotten as “something from last year”, quality scans from the January 2012 issue of the American Vogue have been added to the image library. Enjoy!

Yesterday, Meryl and Phyllida have attended the Paris premiere of “The Iron Lady”. While being in France, Meryl has also taped a couple of interviews, which will be posted on the site next. For now, enjoy the pictures from the Paris premiere in the image library.

Also, Meryl was interviewed on the French programme Le 20 Heures about “The Iron Lady”. The full interview, which is dubbed in French, can be watched in the video archive.