Sienna Miller makes her broadway debutSeptember 19th, 2009 LONDON - British actress Sienna Miller has made her Broadway debut in Patrick Marber's play "After Miss Julie". The 27-year-old actress plays flighty aristocrat Miss Julie in the play, reported mirror.co.uk.
"I Can Do Bad All By Myself" tops US weekend box officeSeptember 14th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Filmmaker Tyler Perry's latest family comedy "I Can Do Bad All By Myself" opened in the top place in North American Sunday. According to preliminary industry figures, the film raked in 24 million dollars in the Friday to Sunday period.
Streep's Charity Pleas Rejected By ChildSeptember 8th, 2009 MERYL STREEP was shunned by JULIA CHILD when she appealed to the U.S. culinary queen for help with a charity drive - 20 years before she went on to portray the chef in JULIE & JULIA.
Streep's Impromptu Audition Landed Julia RoleSeptember 3rd, 2009 MERYL STREEP was so determined to land the lead in JULIE & JULIA, she auditioned for the director during a night out at the theatre. The veteran actress plays U.S.
Lynch Rules Out Theatre ReturnAugust 25th, 2009 Actress JANE LYNCH has turned her back on theatre since becoming a TV and film star - insisting she has "no desire" to return to the stage. The 39-year-old started her career in theatre and has become an award-winning star thanks to the success of her own play Oh Sister, My Sister and starring roles including her turn as Carol Brady in The Real Live Brady Bunch.
Among character actors, Jane Lynch is leading ladyAugust 21st, 2009 Among character actors, Jane Lynch is leading ladyLOS ANGELES — Jane Lynch looks fresh, well-rested — a surprise, given she seems to have appeared in, well, what seems like every film and television show this year. She's logged at least a dozen 2009 screen credits, perhaps the highest-profile role as Sue Sylvester, the diabolically funny cheerleading coach in Fox's high-school musical series "Glee," and as "French Chef" host Julia Child's towering sister Dorothy McWilliams opposite Meryl Streep in "Julie & Julia."
Starting Friday, Lynch appears in the coming-of-age comedy "Post Grad" with Alexis Bledel, and next month, she's in the season opener of the CBS' sitcom "Two and a Half Men." Lynch is busy, in the way character actors used to be in the movie-a-week studio-system heyday.
Clean sweep: Readers prefer "Julia" to "Julie"August 10th, 2009 "Julia" cleans up "Julie" among readersNEW YORK —On paper and on screen, "Julia" is stealing the show from "Julie."
Meryl Streep's performance as Julia Child in "Julie & Julia," which opened last weekend, has helped return the late chef's "Mastering the Art of French Cooking," a classic published nearly 50 years ago, to the top of best-seller lists. On Monday, a $40 hardcover of "Mastering" topped the charts of Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com, easily outpacing a $7.99 paperback of the book that gave the film its title, "Julie & Julia" — Julie Powell's memoir about spending a year preparing all the recipes in Child's book.
G.I. JOE BLASTS COMPETITION AT U.S. BOX OFFICEAugust 9th, 2009 G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA has blown away the competition at the U.S. box office, taking in $56.2 million (£37.5million) in its opening weekend (07-09Aug09).
Amy Adams says she almost quit actingAugust 9th, 2009 LONDON - Amy Adams has revealed that she nearly gave up her acting profession because she barely got time for herself. The "Doubt" star, who shares the frame with Meryl Streep in new movie "Julie and Julia", said she seriously considered quitting the industry after barely having any time to enjoy herself.
ADAMS 'I ALMOST QUIT ACTING'August 7th, 2009 AMY ADAMS once seriously considered quitting acting because she was struggling to enjoy herself. The Enchanted star, who appears alongside Meryl Streep in new movie Julie & Julia, went through a period of reassessing her life when she was a hard-up newcomer to Hollywood.
Quote Of The Day (Amy Adams)August 7th, 2009 "I got engaged the night before we wrapped JULIE AND JULIA. It was funny because I was actually running lines from the script in my head while we were taking this romantic carriage ride in Central Park.
Holiday for Meryl StreepAugust 6th, 2009 Meryl Streep can finally holiday! The actress who celebrated her 30th wedding anniversary with Don Gummer last year is glad her fourth child Louisa has turned 18. Streep admitted to planning a holiday for very long now to focus on her marriage but couldn’t go on vacation because of having to be there when her children went to school.
Meryl Streep uses salt to make her fingers smell niceJuly 15th, 2009 LONDON - Veteran actress Meryl Streep uses salt to keep her fingers smelling nice. The Oscar-winning actress gained a great insight into kitchen life while shooting her latest movie Julie and Julia in which she plays world-famous chef Julia Child and was given lots of helpful advice, including how to keep your digits fragrant, reports contactmusic.com.
Meryl Streep gains 15 pounds for new movieJuly 8th, 2009 LONDON - Veteran actress Meryl Streep gained as much as 15 pounds while filming new movie "Julie and Julia". Accompanying Streep in the weight gain programme was her "Doubt" co-star Amy Adams.
Julie White is set for 'The Understudy' off-Broadway this fallJune 23rd, 2009 Julie White is set for 'The Understudy' off-B'wayNEW YORK — Julie White hasn't yet finished her summertime gig in the Public Theater production of "Twelfth Night" in New York's Central Park, but she already has her next theater job lined up. The Tony-winning actress will star in Theresa Rebeck's "The Understudy," a comedy about one of the most underappreciated jobs in theater.