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Yesterday, Meryl has attended the opening night of “An Early History of Fire”, the world-premiere of David Rabe’s new play. Pictures have been added to the image library with many thanks to Joan for the heads-up!
Two new video clips have been added to the archive. First, a stars’ salute to the 100th anniversary of Universal Studios, featuring bits from Kirk Douglas, Meryl Streep, Tipi Hedren, Danny DeVito, Charlize Theron and many more. Then, a trailer for the upcoming documentary “Radioman”, a former homeless man whose unparalleled obsession with the movies has taken him from sleeping on the streets to becoming a New York City movie legend with over 100 small parts in films to his name. The documentary features interviews with many of the celebrities who know him, including George Clooney, Whoopi Goldberg, Sting, Robin Williams, Helen Mirren and Meryl Streep.
Yahoo Movies has posted an excerpt of one of the Blu-Ray documentaries on “The Iron Lady” – creating Margaret Thatcher – in which Oscar-winner Mark Coulier talks about the process of transforming Meryl into Margaret. Lots of new footage from behind the scenes is shown. The full documentary and more featurettes can be found on the Blu-Ray, which is available in the US since April 10 and in the UK since today.
The movie of the week comes a day earlier this time and will be covered on Sundays from now on. This week it’s “Adaptation”, an important role in Meryl’s career since it literally gave her on-screen legacy a second prime in 2002 – and a thirteenth Oscar nomination. The image library has been updated with DVD screencaptures, three new clips have been added to the video archive (trailers and interviews have been re-added in better quality). As always, production notes and review below. Please let me know what you think of “Adaptation” in the comments.
A couple of new magazine scans have been added, featuring articles from the USA, the UK, Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic. Especially interesting is Entertainment Weekly’s Summer Preview with a first in-depth article on “Hope Springs”. Many thanks to Alvaro and Jitka for contributing the scans. Enjoy reading!
Image Library – Magazine Scans – 2012 – Empire Magazine (United Kingdom, June 2012)
Image Library – Magazine Scans – 2012 – Total Film Magazine (United Kingdom, May 2012)
Image Library – Magazine Scans – 2012 – Entertainment Weekly (USA, April 2012)
Image Library – Magazine Scans – 2012 – Marie Claire (Czech Republic, March 2012)
Image Library – Magazine Scans – 2012 – Weekend Magazin (Austria, March 2012)
Image Library – Magazine Scans – 2012 – Die ganze Woche (Germany, February 2012)
Today, the theatrical trailer for “Hope Springs” has been released. Have a look at it in the video archive. Additionally, screencaptures from the trailer and the film’s poster have been added to the image library. Thanks to everybody for the heads-up on this!
Last week I wasn’t able to cover a “Movie of the Week” due to issues with the video archive. Since it’s all working again, this week I’m covering the 1977 mini-series “Holocaust”, for which Meryl Streep won her first Emmy Award in 1978 and had her breakthrough in America and Europe. Screencaptures from all four episodes have been added to the image library, a trailer and six clips have been added to the video archive. The career page has been updated with an episode guide – production notes and a review can be found below. As always, please share your thoughts about “Holocaust” in the comments.
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Here’s a new picture from “Hope Springs” with a longer synopsis (stating Meryl’s character name as Kay?): The story finds Streep married to Jones as Kay and Arnold, a devoted couple, but decades of marriage have left Kay wanting to spice things up and reconnect with her husband. When she hears of a renowned couple’s specialist (Steve Carell) in the small town of Great Hope Springs, she attempts to persuade her skeptical husband, a steadfast man of routine, to get on a plane for a week of marriage therapy. Just convincing the stubborn Arnold to go on the retreat is hard enough – the real challenge for both of them comes as they shed their bedroom hang-ups and try to re-ignite the spark that caused them to fall for each other in the first place. (source) Thanks Glenn! |
According to Playbill, Academy Award winners Kevin Kline and Meryl Steep – both veterans of New York Shakespeare Festival – will play the famous balcony scene of Romeo and Juliet as the Shakespeare classic’s title characters in a gala benefit staged reading June 18 at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. Daniel Sullivan will direct the performance that celebrates to the day The Public Theater’s 50-year anniversary of producing Shakespeare in the outdoor venue. Additional casting for the staged reading of the “tale of woe” about star-crossed lovers will be announced. This is the Public’s annual fundraising gala. The Public Theater has produced Romeo and Juliet twice before at the Delacorte (1968 and 2007). Streep, who has performed five times at the Delacorte since 1976, and Kline, who has performed nine times since 1970, will play the iconic teen-age roles for the first time in their careers, according to The Public. They last shared the Delacorte stage in a 2006 production of Mother Courage and Her Children.
With many thanks to the great Alvaro, more international magazine scans from February to March 2012, coming from Spain, Brasil, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the USA, have been added to the image library. The full list of latest additions can be found below. Enjoy reading!
Image Library – Magazine Scans – 2012 – People Magazine (USA, March 2012)
Image Library – Magazine Scans – 2012 – Cinemania Magazine (Spain, March 2012)
Image Library – Magazine Scans – 2012 – Caras Magazine (Brasil, March 2012)
Image Library – Magazine Scans – 2012 – Entertainment Weekly (USA, February 2012)
Image Library – Magazine Scans – 2012 – Veja Magazine (Brasil, February 2012)
Image Library – Magazine Scans – 2012 – Marie Claire (Brasil, February 2012)
Image Library – Magazine Scans – 2012 – Revista Expresso (Portugal, February 2012)
Image Library – Magazine Scans – 2012 – S Magazine (United Kingdom, February 2012)
Image Library – Magazine Scans – 2012 – Revista Quem (Brasil, March 2012)
Image Library – Magazine Scans – 2012 – Celebs on Sunday (United Kingdom, February 2012)
Image Library – Magazine Scans – 2012 – Make-Up Artist Magazine (USA, January 2012)
