Meryl Streep hosted a star-studded screening of Emilia Pérez on Wednesday at the San Vicente Bungalows, followed by a Q&A with her Only Murders in the Building co-star Selena Gomez, The Hollywood Reporter has learned exclusively. After Streep posed a number of questions to Gomez, the three-time Oscar winner invited questions from the audience. Bening and Wilson were the first who were called on. A full transcript of the Q&A appears below. Emilia Pérez, written and directed by Jacques Audiard, stars Gomez alongside Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón and Adriana Paz. The film follows a feared cartel leader who enlists a lawyer to help her disappear while achieving her dream of transitioning into a woman. At May’s Cannes Film Festival, the fest jury bestowed upon the film a jury prize and Gomez, Saldaña, Gascón and Paz the best actress award. France has since submitted it for the best international feature Oscar competition, and the film is widely regarded as a top contender in many other categories. Numerous industry A-listers have championed Emilia Pérez, including Guillermo del Toro, who after a screening at the Directors Guild of America in October, moderated a Q&A with Audiard during which he declared, “It’s so beautiful to see a movie that is cinema” and said of Audiard, “I think he’s one of the most amazing filmmakers alive today.”

On Wednesday, New York Public Radio, home of WNYC and WQXR, hosted its annual gala celebrating WNYC’s 100 years on the air. The centennial event paid tribute to WNYC’s century of service, from its origins as New York’s first City-run radio station to its transformation into an independent, listener-supporter public radio station and global leader in audio storytelling. The event, held at The Glasshouse, was hosted by Seth Meyers. Notable attendees included special guests Meryl Streep, Julia Stiles, Rosie Perez, John Turturro, Samantha Bee, Jason Jones, and more. The evening honored the Leon Levy Foundation, which enabled the digitization of WNYC’s archives through a generous $2.5M contribution — ensuring access to historical documents, recordings, and photographs that chronicle the institution’s public engagement and role in New York City’s history since 1924. Pictures from the event have been added to the photo gallery.

On Saturday, Meryl Streep was among the inductees of the 16th Annual New Jersey Hall of Fame. No winners appeared in person, all thank you messages were previously taped. Meryl’s honor was introduced by her friend and co-star Cher, reminiscing on meeting Meryl for the first time on the set of “Silkwood”:

When Mike Nichols cast me in “Silkwood”, I felt so out of my league. Meryl had already won two Academy Awards, one for “Kramer vs. Kramer” and one for “Sophie’s Choice”, and had been nominated for “The Deer Hunter” and “The French Lieutenant’s Woman”. This chick was so impressive. It’s a little bit annoying, right? Anyway, it was 1982 and I’m getting ready to go to Texas to make my first real movie with Miss Award winner Meryl Streep. In the middle of packing I got a full blown anxiety attack and started to unpack my suitcase, saying “I can’t go to Texas to make a movie with Meryl Streep.” As I unpacked, my sister Georganne was repacking and I finally made it to Dallas. I saw her from across the room. She was wearing a long white dress. Her hair was light blonde and she looked like an angel. The moment she saw me she smiled and started walking towards me. As she got closer, she put her arms around me and said, “I’m so glad you’re here”. From that moment on I wasn’t afraid anymore. […] I want to tell you exactly what you told me when we first met. I’m so glad you’re here.

Here’s Meryl’s thank you speech. The full ceremony was live streamed on Youtube and can be watched in the video archive. Screencaptures have been added to the photo gallery.

I am thrilled and honored to be inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame alongside my heroes and the greats of our state. Thomas Edison and me. Me, a person whose name is in lights and the other person who invented lights. I mean, yikes. Back in high school in Bernardsville I never in my wildest dreams imagined I’d ever be here. But it is my imagination that got me here. Because all my life I’ve imagined what it’s like to be other people. People not like me, not necessarily from New Jersey, people from other countries, other centuries, even. As actors, we’re encouraged to make that leap. But I know that curiosity is something that we all have in us from birth. We all wonder what it’s like to walk in someone else’s shoes. Imagination. It’s how we fly up and out of our own lives into the world that we share. And it’s where empathy and understanding are born. My dreams were born in New Jersey and my imagination was nurtured in her public schools. And for that I’m very, very grateful. Thank you for this wonderful honor.

On Friday, Meryl Streep was honored at the Irish Arts Center’s 25th Annual Spirit of Ireland Gala in New York. Speaking about the Spirit of Ireland Gala, Streep said: “I am thrilled and delighted to join my Irish friends on the night, in support of this extraordinary center and its dedicated staff and associated writers, performers and artisans. I know the craic will be good!!” Irish Arts Center Executive Director, Aidan Connolly, said: “We are thrilled to have the opportunity to present Meryl Streep with our Spirit of Ireland Award at this year’s 25th Annual Gala. A couple of pictures from yesterday’s event have been added to the photo gallery.

It’s a wrap for “Only Murders in the Building”‘s fourth season – with a fifth season already announced, and a slight chance that Meryl Streep’s Loretta might return. At least she’s not written out of the story completely. Screencaptures from the final episode “My Best Friend’s Wedding” have been added to the photo gallery. If you want to rewind this or any previous episodes, make sure to check out the career page, which features episode guides and in-depth information on each episode of the show. Enjoy.

On Sunday, Meryl Streep spoke at Spielberg’s USC Shoah Foundation 30th Anniversary Ambassadors for Humanity Gala at New York Hilton Midtown. “I am honored and I’m humbled to be here in the presence of survivors of the Shoah and in the company of some people who have dedicated their lives, heart and soul, to preserving the memories of these people and honoring their lives,” Streep said. Speaking of her friend, she went on to say, “30 years ago, my lion-hearted friend, Steven Spielberg, oppression artist with an unmatched gift for storytelling, saw that the defense of the truth was very, very important.” Spielberg founded the USC Shoah Foundation in 1994 after the release of his 1993 historical drama film Schindler’s List. A couple of pictures from the event have been added to the photo gallery.

This vault of irrefutable truth has a living mission, and 80 plus years after the Holocaust,” Streep continued. “The spoken words of the survivors are more crucially important than ever to bring us face to face with what hate can do and where it can lead us, to remind us of the consequences if we do nothing, and to keep alive the memory of what actually happened. Not just to chronicle the unspeakable acts of the past, but to inspire us with the vivid counts of courage that are lying within them, that they reveal to us, and that very courage is something we’re all going to need in the very near future. (Meryl Streep, October 13, 2024)

After six episodes with no signs of Loretta (except for a voice appearance in episode six), Meryl returned in this week’s seventh episode and more than made up for being missing in action for pretty much of season 4. Who would have thought we’d ever see her in a catfight only rivaled by “Death Becomes Her”. Screencaptures have been added to the photo gallery – with many thanks to M for sending them over – as well as production stills and on-set pictures. Fingers crossed Meryl will be part of all three remaining episodes.

I cannot remember the last time we’ve had two weeks with that many news and appearances. Yesterday, Meryl Streep attended the annual Albie Awards hosted by the Clooney Foundation for Justice. “For the third year in a row, The Albies continues to be the event that brings us together with CFJ’s friends and supporters to recognize and celebrate those who have put their lives on the line in their fearless fight for justice around the globe,” said Amal and George Clooney. “This year’s awardees have confronted major barriers as well as great danger in their pursuit of justice. The Albies shines a light on their work and we are proud to honor them.” A list of all honorees can be found on the foundation’s official website. Pictures from the event have been added to the photo gallery.

CNN will air an interview of Christiane Amanpour with Meryl Streep and women’s rights in Afghanistan. Amanpour posted a teaser on social media, alongside this tagline. In Afghanistan, it’s “the erasure of an entire gender. And I don’t think it has precedent in history, even in the natural world,” Meryl Streep tells me. But the “Taliban failed to understand that Afghanistan has transformed,” adds former MP and negotiator Fawzia Koofi. “Despite being completely erased from any kind of public and social life, [women] still protest.” My full conversation with Streep, Koofi, and former governor Habiba Sarabi airs later this week”. More than three years since the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Taliban continues to tighten restrictions on women and girls. Hollywood legend and activist Meryl Streep joins the show alongside former Afghan MP Fawzia Koofi and Afghanistan’s first female governor, Habiba Sarabi, to talk about the fight for Afghan women’s rights as reported in the new documentary film “The Sharp Edge of Peace. Edit: The interview has aired on September 27 and can be now found in the video archive.

We’re having a week of unexpected appearances. After the Emmys (which was very expected due to her nomination) and a special appearance at Oprah’s special for Kamala Harris, Meryl was a guest at the UN, today. The Permanent Missions of Ireland, Indonesia, Switzerland and Qatar, in partnership with the Women’s Forum on Afghanistan, hosted a high-level event on the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan. The event included remarks by UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, and featured a short version of a new documentary film, “The Sharp Edge of Peace”, on the participation of four Afghan women leaders in the Doha talks prior to the Taliban takeover. The screening, introduced by actress Meryl Streep, was followed by an interactive panel discussion including women who participated in the intra-Afghan talks in 2020 and those currently engaged on the ground in Afghanistan. It was moderated by former Swedish foreign minister Ms. Margot Wallström. A couple of pictures have been added to the photo gallery. Meryl Streep’s speech can be watched in the video archive. Edit: After the meeting, a press conference took place, in which the meeting’s participants also spoke. Photos and a video from this appearance have been added as well.