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FLASH! FROM LIZ SMITH | 04/15/2009 1:15 pm

FLASH! Meryl Streep's Newfound Hollywood Bankability

Liz Smith

FLASH! Here’s some good news. Meryl Streep, the woman insiders thought would be totally “ruined” by performing in “Mamma Mia!” is now talking about her next one. 

Entertainment Weekly will be on the stands any second with Meryl discussing her upcoming Nora Ephron film “Julie & Julia” – a comedy about a young secretary obsessed with the cooking maven Julia Child. 

Here’s Meryl, who is the queen of counter-programming and a box-office draw for female audiences ever since “The Devil Wears Prada” and “Mamma Mia!” She says, “It’s completely improbable, and no one in Hollywood can understand it! We’re so used to seeing movies about dysfunctional relationships. Here are these outsized, vivid, problematic women with great men of substance who love them in spite of all their prickliness.” Meryl goes on to discuss her newfound Hollywood bankability. She’s talking about movies that women love because they have no pyrotechnics, assaults or killing.

Meryl is joined in this interview with her co-star Amy Adams who plays a girl circa 2002 in Queens while Streep plays a woman in 1950s Paris. They join in this dual narrative about happy, supportive marriages. “So thrilling,” says Amy Adams. Every now and then, the world rediscovers that there’s a female audience. "Oh, my God! Women go to the movies!”

27 Reader Comments (so far…) Sign In or Register to comment

brian burnett
Meryl, you still don’t know how much we love you! Thank you for all the stunning performances - your intelligence, wit and beauty [add singing!] are just some of the reasons we flock to your movies. Those 15 Oscar nominations should all be AWARDS! As Cole Porter would say, ‘You’re the tops!’
By brian burnett on 04/15/2009 1:52 pm
Susan Gabriel

I see every film Meryl Streep is in. She’s such a class act and an amazing actor.

susangabriel.com

By Susan Gabriel on 04/15/2009 2:20 pm
Laura Ward
Meryl Streep is long overdue for her 3rd Oscar.
By Laura Ward on 04/15/2009 2:25 pm
Slinky Binx

Hollywood can’t understand it because Meryl is not a D-cup blonde bouncing around the screen with explosions going off around her while every says, "F YOU!".  Wow, Hollywood, people want substance AND talent AND a good story!! IMAGINE THAT!?!  

I swear that is one of the biggest "DUH" statements I’ve ever heard.   

By Slinky Binx on 04/15/2009 2:27 pm
EKA -

The best actress of our generation, bar none. …. and with a face that actually moves  !

Katharine Hepburn before, Kate Winslett after.

By EKA - on 04/15/2009 3:37 pm
Slinky Binx
EKA—don’t forget the other magnificent one— Cate Blanchett! It’s a trifecta of acting talent!
By Slinky Binx on 04/15/2009 4:30 pm
EKA -

 Agreed.

Hmmm, something about that name Katharine ( Kate), Kate & Cate , which also happens to me my middle name ;-)

By EKA - on 04/15/2009 5:28 pm
Lee Harrison
Meryl and Christine Baranski…the best ever!
By Lee Harrison on 04/15/2009 3:46 pm
Pat M
Absolutely agree Lee. Meryl is to film what Christine is to television. Both fabulous.
By Pat M on 04/15/2009 7:40 pm
Emcye Edwards

Meryl makes bank - is Hollywood surprised?   Oh, I couldn’t tell by their expressions.

Forced to choose between botox and toxic emissions, today’s film audience will probably take a face scene over a chase scene, anyday.

By Emcye Edwards on 04/15/2009 5:17 pm
Rob Wargo
There are plenty of men out there too that don’t want to see pyrotechnics, assaults or killing, and would rather see Meryl in just about anything!
By Rob Wargo on 04/15/2009 5:35 pm
Beth Cornell
I don’t believe I am saying this, but I agree with every one of the comments so far. I adore Meryl Streep. She definately is up there with Kate Hepburn. I don’t think this movie is an usual Idea.
By Beth Cornell on 04/15/2009 5:44 pm
Andrea Brandon
Streep is a class act and industry savvy and consistently great in any role she plays. There is not one movie she’s ever made that I’ve ever disliked. Sadly for other actresses, I use Streep as the platinum standard of acting.
By Andrea Brandon on 04/15/2009 6:49 pm
Kris Merrill
Ms. Streep is the epitome of an actress. Her performances envigorate our brains, touch our hearts and delight us. And she has  a stable life, loves her husband and family, and doesn’t cheapen  herself with stupid and pointless behavior. She is a good, solid woman who happens to be a genious! What a gift to us!
By Kris Merrill on 04/15/2009 7:15 pm
Lizzie R.
Whatever role Merle Streep plays she becomes that role and is so believable as whomever she is playing, You never think "oh, there is Merle Streep playing such & so" She’s amazing and continues to grow with all her roles. Aging will never slow her down.
By Lizzie R. on 04/15/2009 8:13 pm