In an Official press release, Universal Pictures announced to produce “Prime”, a romantic comedy starring Sandra Bullock and Meryl Streep, described as an “emotional love story set in New York about a 37-year-old career woman from the Upper East Side”. Visit their Press Release for more information.

Congratulations. Meryl was announced Best Actress in a Television Movie or Mini-Series for “Angels in America” by the Screen Actor’s Guild. Receiving her award by Richard Chamberlain, Meryl also appeared on stage to introduce the “In Memoriam” segment. Al Pacino also won an acting award for “Angels”.

The website of Variety reports: Actress Meryl Streep turns producer for Sarah Jones’ bridge and tunnel, which officially opens at the 45 Bleecker Street Theatre, Feb. 19. Streep joins The Culture Project, Allan Buchman, Robert Dragotta, Jayson Jackson, Michael Alden and Eric Falkenstein in presenting the latest one-woman work from the writer-performer of Surface Transit.

Various sources, including MSNBC.com announced Meryl to present an award at the 2004 Screen Actors Guild Awards. Streep herself is nominated as Best Female Television Actress for “Angels in America”. The SAGs will be handed out this Sunday.

Congratulations to Meryl for winning another Golden Globe Award. She was voted Best Actress in a Mini-Series or Movie made for Television for her performance in “Angels in America”. The big winner in the television categories, “Angels” scored a total of five Golden Globes, including Best Movie made for Television, Best Actor (Al Pacino), Best Actress (Meryl Streep) and the supporting performances by Jeffrey Whright and Mary-Louise Parker. Earlier on the show, Meryl also presented a Golden Globe to Tim Robbins in the Best Supporting Actor category.

Meryl Streep has received a nomination as Best Female Actor in a Television Movie or Mini-Series for “Angels in America”. She shares this category with Anne Bancroft and Helen Mirren (both nominated for “Tennessee Williams’ The Romance Spring of Mrs. Stone”) and her fellow co-stars Emma Thompson and Mary-Louise Parker, who also catched nominations for “Angels”, which scored a total of six nominations. The Screen Actors Guild Awards air live on TNT on February 22, 2004.

The Internet Movie Database has published first release dates for the upcoming “The Manchurian Candidate”, including October 21, 2004 for Germany, October 29, 2004 for the UK and November 03, 2004 for France, a US release date is not yet given. A US release date for “Lemony Snicket A Series of Unfortunate Events” is sheduled for December 25, 2004. Also, Meryl’s upcoming performances in “Chaos”, “Flora Plum” and “Prime” are still unconfirmed

Meryl has been mentioned with a nomination for the Golden Globe as Best Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for Television for her work in “Angels in America”. She shares the category with Judy Davis (The Reagans), Jessica Lange (Normal), Helen Mirren (The Romance of Mrs. Stone) and Maggie Smith (My House in Umbria). “Angels in America” received 6 more nominations for Best Picture (Television), Al Pacino, Mary- Louise Parker and the supporting actors Ben Shenkman, Patrick Wilson and Jeffrey Wright. The Golden Globes are handed out on January 25, 2004

The first installment of the HBO miniseries “Angels in America” took 4.2 million viewers under its wings Sunday, making it the premium cable channel’s highest-rated movie this year. The three-hour block, which premiered at 8 p.m., drew an 8.6 household rating/12 share in HBO homes. “Angels” held up well over its running time, dipping only as low as an 8.1 at its lowest point of the evening. Report is courtesy Yahoo.

Meryl Streep was one of the many celebrity attendees, including Dan Aykroyd, Sissy Spacek, Kim Cattrall, among others, of the 2003 Kennedy Center Honors. Meryl and Candince Bergen also introduced honoree Mike Nichols on stage. Other winners included Loretty Lynn and James Brown