Summary
Meryl Streep returns to the big screen this week playing a psychotically ambitious senator in Jonathan Demme's remake of The Manchurian Candidate. Will it earn her a 12th Oscar nomination come January?
There was a time when a grand dame of the acting profession could be counted on to make an entrance with all the haughty grandeur her exalted position demanded, swathed in furs, cradling an insect- sized lapdog, the requisite entourage of Vuitton-toting flunkies trailing in her wake. But grandeur is not Meryl Streep's style.See the full content of this document
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Vote Meryl!
When she walks into a suite at New York's Essex House Hotel, a sunny smile and a friendly greeting are all that announce her arrival. She is wearing a beautifully embroidered cream-coloured jacket, both signally ethnic and Fifth Avenue chic without drawing undue attention to itself. A pair of intelle...
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