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Welcome to simplystreep.com, an information source
on the American actress Meryl Streep, best known from her Oscar-winning performances in
"Kramer vs. Kramer" and "Sophie's Choice". Her work on
screen, stage and television, a career that includes some of the most acclaimed films of the
last 30 years, has achieved critical acclaim and earned her the business' most prestigious
awards. This unofficial website provides a base for fans which is regularly updated with all essential
news on Meryl's work, an active message board plus extensive archives, media and more.
Enjoy your stay! |
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| UPDATES ARCHIVE | MARCH 2008 |
FORUM REGISTRATIONS OPEN AGAIN
Posted: 2008-03-30 | Source: Webmaster |
After endless trouble with spam registrations and such I'm happy to tell you that the
discussions forum has been upgraded to prevent possible spam accounts and registrations
has been opened again for the public! So if you haven't joined the boards yet, head over to create your account. Also, if you've registrated
earlier and haven't received a confirmation yet, all records have been deleted so you can
apply again. All this would have been impossible without the generous help and support by
Simona, so all credit belongs to her. Thanks a lot! P.S. Before you start posting, make
sure to read the guidelines in order to have discussion running smoothly :-)
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NEW "MAMMA MIA" TRAILER, "DARK MATTER" CLIP
Posted: 2008-03-30 | Source: Webmaster |
Looks like the marketing crew for "Mamma Mia" goes a little nuts with releasing yet another
trailer for the film, this time a second international trailer that mostly focuses on Amanda
Seyfried's character with lots of new bits and scenes. It can be downloaded in the Video
Archive (entitled "international trailer #2). Also, a scene from "Dark Matter" has been released
for your downloading pleasure as well :-) |
MOVIE PICTURES & SCREENCAPS (1981-1977) FINISHED!
Posted: 2008-03-26 | Source: Webmaster |
Added the 6 last movie galleries, for "The French Lieutenant's Woman", "Manhattan", "Kramer
vs. Kramer", "The Seduction of Joe Tynan", "The Deer Hunter" and "Julia", to the Image Library.
With these additions being uploaded, the Image Library is now COMPLETE! Click the previews
below to access all new photos and enjoy the finished Image Library :-) |
MOVIE PICTURES & SCREENCAPS (1985-1982)
Posted: 2008-03-24 | Source: Webmaster |
Added 5 movie galleries for "Out of Africa", "Falling in Love", "Silkwood", "Sophie's Choice" and
"Still of the Night". Each gallery comes with production stills, exclusive DVD screencaps, on-set
pictures and captures from related featurettes and promotional interviews, if available. Enjoy the new uploads! |
TALKSHOW CAPTURES
Posted: 2008-03-22 | Source: Webmaster |
I've finished the talkshows album in the Image Library with adding captures of Meryl's public
appearances on various talkshows, such as The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Oprah, The Today
Show, Rosie O'Donnell and many more, dating back to 1979! Most of these appearances can be
watched as well in the Multimedia section, for the caps please click the previews below. If
you know of any other talkshow appearances that Meryl did in the past, please let me know.
Thanks also to those fellow friends who have helped me to compile this collection, especially Alvaro,
Anke and Rona, thanks a lot! |
MERYL AND MAMIE IN GERMAN VOGUE
Posted: 2008-03-20 | Source: Webmaster |
The April issue of the German VOGUE features a photospread of famous
mothers and children, including a stunning picture of Meryl and Mamie, taken by Brigitte
Lacombe last year while promoting "Evening". Here's a transcript of the small article below
the poto: "I'm jealous on my daughter." Just as Mamie Gummer, 24, has stepped into her mother's
shoes, she's jealous on her already - but not without mentioning how proud she is. "Right
after drama school, she got two big stage roles and bright reviews. And she took it as
a matter of course. I on the other side worry about everything." Eventually there has been
the first familiar collaboration. In "Evening", they play the same character at different
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course, Meryl Streep is "enormously happy" about this. But she knows, "one day,
she'll start to worry. Just wait until she has kids." |
"MAMMA MIA" NEW TRAILER AND FAN COMMUNITY
Posted: 2008-03-20 | Source: Webmaster |
A new trailer for "Mamma Mia" was exclusively posted at Yahoo Movies, featuring a whole
more scenes and bits with Meryl. The trailer can be downloaded in the
video archive (entitled "full trailer").
Further, Universal Pictures cordially invites you to join the Mamma Mia! fansite and
discover a network of friendship, conversation and community surrounding everything Mamma
Mia! Fans worldwide can swap information, trade trivia facts and learn more about the
upcoming film version of the musical starring Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth,
Dominic Cooper and Amanda Seyfried. Check out the film’s official Mamma Mia! fansite and
sign up! www.mammamiafans.com.
Many thanks to John for the heads-up! |
MERYL TO ATTEND "THE COLBERT REPORT" ON MARCH 31
Posted: 2008-03-20 | Source: Webmaster |
According to this source,
Meryl has been announced to attend "The Colbert Report" on March 31. No further information
is given. Thanks to Frank for the heads-up! |
MERYL TO PARTICIPATE IN POETRY & THE CREATIVE MIND BENEFIT
Posted: 2008-03-19 | Source: Webmaster |
Led by Meryl Streep, a host of celebrities and public figures will read their favorite
poems by some of America's best-loved poets on April 1. The 6th annual Poetry & The
Creative Mind will feature Candace Bushnell, Robert Caro, Graydon Carter, Katie Couric,
Philippe de Montebello, Jonathan Demme, John Guare, Dianne Reeves and Liz Smith.
The evening is titled "Poetry & The Creative Mind" and proceeds benefit the Academy of
American Poets, one of the premiere literary nonprofit organizations in the country.
"Poetry & The Creative Mind has become one of the most anticipated literary events in
New York City," said Tree Swenson, the Academy's Executive Director. Swenson added, "The
event also resonates with lovers of film, theatre, art, music, and dance."
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"LIONS FOR LAMBS" DVD SCREENCAPS
Posted: 2008-03-15 | Source: Webmaster |
"Lions for Lambs" has been released on DVD in Germany today - a whole month before the US
DVD release. The Image Library has been updated with 400 screencaps from the film and 90+
screencaps from the included documentary, "The Making of Lions for Lambs", featuring an
an interview with Meryl (which can be also found in the Multimedia section) and lots of
behind-the-scenes footage. Enjoy the new caps! "Lions" will release on US DVD on April 08. |
NEW DOCUMENTARY "THEATER OF WAR" TO PREMIERE AT TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL
Posted: 2008-03-12 | Source: Webmaster |
A documentary on the making of 2006's production of The Public Theater's "Mother Courage", starring
Meryl Streep, will be premiering at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival. In "Theater of War", a
documentary on the making of a play, we see the most celebrated actress in the world,
Meryl Streep, prepare for one of the most challenging performances of her career. She
collaborates with Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Tony Kushner (Angels In America), and
Academy Award nominated actor Kevin Kline on the adaptation of Bertolt Brecht's landmark
anti-war play Mother Courage. Through her process and the staging of the play, we
understand the influence Brecht's craft as elaborated on by these enormous talents.
Directed by John Walter (How To Draw A Bunny, My Kid Could Paint That). No screening dates
have been announced yet.
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STARS OF MAMMA MIA APPEAR IN NEW SERIES OF "THE SOUTH BANK SHOW"
Posted: 2008-03-11 | Source: Webmaster |
Stars from the stage and screen versions of Mamma Mia! are to be featured in an edition of
The South Bank Show. Julie Walters, Colin Firth and Meryl Streep - who star in the film
version due for release in July - are among some of the names lined up to appear in the
programme. It will also contain interviews with Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson from
ABBA and behind the scenes footage of a new opening of the production in Europe. There
will also be contributions from the creative team behind the show. An exact airdate is
not yet given. |
MAGAZINE SCANS (1979-1991)
Posted: 2008-03-09 | Source: Webmaster |
Added a new batch of very rare magazine scans, ranging from 1979 to 1991 - including many
new in-depth articles on her early films, such as the American Film article on "Kramer
vs. Kramer", and a new stunning photoshoot, featured in an 1991 issue of the Italian Moda
Magazine. Many thanks as always to the great Alvaro for the scans. Enjoy reading! |
MOVIE PICTURES & SCREENCAPS (1989-1985)
Posted: 2008-03-07 | Source: Webmaster |
Added 5 movie galleries for "She-Devil", "A Cry in the Dark", "Ironweed", "Heartburn" and
"Plenty". Each gallery comes with production stills, exclusive DVD screencaps, on-set
pictures and captures from related featurettes and promotional interviews. With many uploads
of rare press stills as well I'd like to thank the many contributors who have sent their
collections my way, including Michael G., Alvaro, Carole and Anke. Enjoy the new uploads! |
STREEP, ADAMS TALK "DOUBT" AND "JULIE & JULIA"
Posted: 2008-03-05 | Source: Webmaster |
USA
Today has published an in-depth article on actress Amy Adams that features remarks by
Meryl about her co-star and working on "Doubt" and "Julie & Julia" - and vice versa.
Here's a collection of Meryl's and Amy's quotes:
Adams has an ability to make whatever she'
s focusing on seem irresistible. There's a sparkle to her, a glimmer that hasn't escaped
the notice of a certain co-star of hers, Meryl Streep, who just wrapped the drama Doubt
with Adams. "Amy has a little light on inside her that burns — sometimes a soft light,
sometimes a hot little blue flame, but you are aware always of the light," Streep says
via e-mail. "It is her immediacy as an actress, that present quality that makes her
special." ... Speaking of strong ladies, don't even ask Amy Adams about her first encounter
with Streep. "The first time I met her, I just made a jerk out of myself. I don't
remember what I said. I call it running downhill, when you start talking and you get so
nervous that you don't really know what you're saying, but you can't stop. At this point,
they're just looking at you with this slightly confused amusement. She was very gracious
and lovely, and I was very grateful that her companion pulled her away." Did Streep recall
the tête-à-tête when they started Doubt? Adams vigorously shakes her head. "I wasn't
going to bring it up!"
Yet for Adams, Doubt was an experience rich with learning.
"The character had no vanity, so you never worried about what you looked like. I learned
to listen and not talk. It's a hard lesson. It's a good one to know," she says, pausing.
"It taught me about simplicity, and that I'll never be Meryl Streep. It's not a bad thing!
It goes back to having your own path. She's so exquisite, just so exquisite." Being around
Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman (who plays the priest), two of New York's premier stage
actors, made Adams hungry for a taste of the Great White Way: "It taught me that I want
to go do more theater. I want that experience. Whether I succeed or fail, I want to know
what that is." But she has more film to do first. In Julie & Julia, she's Julie, an
amateur chef who decides to cook her way through Julia Child's classic cookbook. Streep
plays culinary legend Child. "I'm sorry we won't get to work together in Julie & Julia—
our characters live in different times — but knowing she's there in her kitchen while I'm
in mine energizes me and makes me happy!" writes Streep. "I'm going to watch all her
dailies and steal ideas! Ha ha ha ha ha!" |
"JULIE & JULIA" STARTS FILMING
Posted: 2008-03-03 | Source: Webmaster |
Actress Amy Adams has visited the Tonight Show with David Letterman on February 28 to
promote her new film, "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day". By the end of the interview,
she mentioned her upcoming projects with Meryl, "Doubt" and "Julie & Julia": "I'm getting
ready to start a film with Meryl Streep where I am playing sort of an amateur cook, cooking
my way through Julia Child's cookbooks". |
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