On December 01, 2011, Simply Streep will launch with a new look, just in time to celebrate the theatrical release of “The Iron Lady” and Meryl’s (most possible) involvement in the 2012 awards season. Besides a classic new layout, all pages have been updated and worked on to provide information revised and up-to-date. And lots of additional features are planned. Speaking of which, I’m very interested in what you, the visitors of Simply Streep, would like to see here. Anything you’ve wished to see featured, anything’s missing. What should be added or changed. Please have a thought and share it with me, either in the comments section, or you can write me an email. Ideas, suggestions, criticism and thoughts are appreciated. Thanks!

I wanted to do a year in review ever since I started Simply Streep – but somehow it took me eleven years to actually write one. So with great joy, here’s 2010 in review with lots of pictures, links – and memories – to let the year, Meryl-wise, live up once again.

I haven’t posted magazine scans in a while, haven’t I? Here’s a new batch of articles, ranging from 1986 to 2010, all contributed by the wonderful Alvaro. A preview and complete list is below. Enjoy reading!

Image Library > Magazine Scans > 1986 > US (USA, January 1986)
Image Library > Magazine Scans > 1986 > US (USA, January 1986)
Image Library > Magazine Scans > 1980 > 7 Heurs (Canada, April 1992)
Image Library > Magazine Scans > 1982 > 7 Heurs (Canada, September 1992)
Image Library > Magazine Scans > 1983 > 7 Heurs (Canada, October 1994)
Image Library > Magazine Scans > 1983 > New York Magazine (USA, October 1994)
Image Library > Magazine Scans > 1984 > Ditjes & Datjes (Netherlands, January 2010)
Image Library > Magazine Scans > 1990 > Sky Movies (United Kingdom, November 2010)

Many thanks to Equality Now for bringing this to my attention. In a new online video PSA, Meryl Streep talks about Equality Now’s efforts on behalf of women and girls around the world. The video can be watched on Youtube and in the video archive. Be sure to watch :-)

Meryl has attended yesterday’s celebration for the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp. In 1988, Paul Newman founded the camp in Connecticut, which every year serves 800 seriously ill children. Meryl has been a supporter to it ever since, appearing last time in 2001 in the one-night-only play “The World of Nick Adams” alongside Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman to pay tribute to Paul Newman’s efforts. Pictures from yesterday’s event can be found in the Image Library.

Many thanks to John for sharing this: Academy Award winner Meryl Streep and Pulitzer Prize winner N. Scott Momaday have contributed their considerable talents to Sky Island, a new film on Bandelier National Monument and the Jemez Mountains. The film was written, produced and directed by environmental filmmaker John Grabowska. Participation in the film production was, in a way, a health issue for Streep, relating to open spaces and wild places: “Our personal health depends on the health of the environment,” she said. “Preserving national parks and wildlands is an exercise in long-term thinking about the sustainability of the planet, and it directly impacts each one of us. I hope viewers are inspired by the mood and method of Sky Island. I know I was which is why I wanted to be a part of it.” “It’s such a pleasure to work with artists who are the best in their field,” Grabowska said. “Meryl is charming and down to earth but very dedicated to getting the performance exactly right, even for – or perhaps especially for – a project like this, which addresses dramatic climate change effects in Bandelier and the Jemez. Sky Island is currently on the film festival circuit and will air on PBS in 2011.

Scans from 12 magazines have been added to the Image Library, with many thanks to the great Alvaro! They range from a very early article in 1977’s After Dark magazine through the 1980s to the most recent. A list of all new uploads can be found below the previews. Happy reading!

Image Library > Magazine Scans > 1977 > After Dark Magagazine (USA, May 1977)
Image Library > Magazine Scans > 1980 > Photoplay (Spain, March 1980)
Image Library > Magazine Scans > 1980 > Sight and Sound (UK, December 1980)
Image Library > Magazine Scans > 1982 > Dunia Magazine (Spain, May 1982)
Image Library > Magazine Scans > 1983 > Correio de Domingo (Portugal, April 1983)
Image Library > Magazine Scans > 1984 > Veronica (Netherlands, November 1984)
Image Library > Magazine Scans > 1990 > Imagenes de Actualidad (Spain, March 1990)
Image Library > Magazine Scans > 1991 > Dunia Magazine (Spain, February 1991)
Image Library > Magazine Scans > 1993 > Video World (UK, August 1993)
Image Library > Magazine Scans > 2009 > Vanity Fair (Italy, October 2009)
Image Library > Magazine Scans > 2009 > Gioia Magazine (Italy, October 2009)
Image Library > Magazine Scans > 2010 > Gioia Magazine (Italy, February 2010)

Four new video clips have been added to the video archive – all collected by my friend and video expert Tina :-) They include a real treasure – Meryl’s first ever public voice work in the 1976 “Everybody Rides the Carousel” (very 1970s!), an interview Meryl gave PBS’ “To the Contrary” after speaking at the National Women’s Museum Dinner – and a making of for the 2007 mini-musical “Music of Regret”. Enjoy the new clips!

A couple of new production stills from various 1980s productions have been added to the Image Library, including some rare behind-the-scenes shots and promotional images. Have a look at the latest additions for all new pictures.

Here are some new additions to the archives, some recent documentary appearances as well as blasts from the past. High qualuty captures of Meryl in the 2010 documentary “America: The Story of Us” (with thanks to Tina), captures and video of the remarkable documentary “Faces of America”, tracing the roots of Meryl’s ancestors. Behind the scenes captures of Meryl voicing Mrs. Fox in “The Fantastic Mr. Fox”, captures and video of a special called “Arts & Children: A Success Story” that Meryl hosted in 1996 (again, thanks Tina ;-) and captures of Meryl’s public service announcement for Amnesty International in 1986. The previews below will guide you to each gallery. Enjoy!