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Is Ricki and the Flash based on a true story?

ByStarcasm Staff

Meryl Streep’s new character Ricki Rendazzo is a feisty rock-n-roll diva who’s struggling with her choice to leave her family in order to pursue her music dreams. While her story is not exactly adapted from true life, she does have a real life inspiration: the mother-in-law of the film’s writer, Diablo Cody. “Terry is a…

Meryl Streep’s daughters star in new fashion ad — who are they?
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Meryl Streep’s daughters star in new fashion ad — who are they?

ByEmily

Meryl Streep’s daughters are stepping into the spotlight, thanks to a new fashion campaign for & Other Stories. In the photos for H&M’s sister brand, Mamie Gummer, Grace Gummer and Louisa Gummer pose in light button-down shirts, jeans and loafers — a look that’s reminiscent of the 1970s, when their mom looked basically identical to…

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Meryl Streep responds to Russell Crowe’s latest controversial comments; Jessica Chastain gets in on the action as well

ByJohn

When Russell Crowe opens his mouth, words come out. Sometimes, those words are not offensive. Other times, though, they are. And now is one such time! R-Crow managed to get both feet in there recently, when talking about age, Hollywood, and the limits of acting an age other than the one the actor happens to…

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VIDEO Meryl Streep teams up with Katie Couric for colorectal screening PSA

ByDarren O

Legendary actress Meryl Streep is renowned for her award-winning performances, giving her best with each new role she takes on. This dedication to craft was no different when the 63-year-old joined forces with Katie Couric’s cancer-research foundation and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to star in a new public service announcement advocating early screening for colorectal cancer.

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BIO Stanley Tucci cast as Hunger Games’ Caesar Flickerman

ByRuby Turpin

Let’s just get this out in the open right away: Ruby loves Stanley Tucci. Loves him. So . . . if you came to Starcasm today looking for a sober, objective look at the newest member of the Hunger Games cast, you might as well move along. This post will be completely nonobjective and could probably be considered nothing short of inebriated fawning. (Dare I say “Tucci feely?”)

PHOTO Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher from ‘Iron Lady’

ByAsa Hawks

See the amazing first image of Meryl Streep as British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher from the film Iron Lady.

“The prospect of exploring the swathe cut through history by this remarkable woman is a daunting and exciting challenge. I am trying to approach the role with as much zeal, fervour and attention to detail as the real Lady Thatcher possesses – I can only hope my stamina will begin to approach her own!” Meryl Streep said about the role.

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VIDEO – The Meryl Streep/Sandra Bullock kiss: Leading ladies lock lips onstage at 2010 Critic’s Choice Awards

ByStarcasm Staff

2009 was a fantastic year for Meryl Streep: she got props for playing a stuffy and repressed nun in Doubt, got even bigger attention for her lighthearted roles in Julie & Julia and It’s Complicated, and shown brightly as a role model for women everyone to age gracefully and joyfully, but it’s been an even…

Meryl Streep and Don Gummer’s daughter, Mary “Mamie” Gummer, gets engaged to Ben Walker

ByStarcasm Staff

Meryl Streep’s daughter Mamie Gummer is engaged, US Magazine reports! Mamie (real name Mary Willa Gummer) has been dating boyfriend Ben Walker for about a year-and-a-half. They met while performing together in Broadway’s Dangerous Liasons. Walker proposed the old fashioned way by getting down on one knee and presenting her with an over-sized ring in…