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Meryl Streep Wins Third Academy Award
02/27/2012
It was one of the nail-biters of the 2012 Oscars: would the already legendary actress Meryl Streep, 62, take away the Best Actress Academy Award for her transformation into Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady, or would she be beaten out by contenders Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs), Viola Davis (The Help), Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), and Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn)? When last year's Best Actor winner Colin Firth announced Streep as the winner, there was a mixed bag of reactions about the victory — Streep's first since her Sophie's Choice win in 1982, three decades ago.
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'The Artist' Leads 84th Annual Academy Awards' Winners
02/27/2012
Oscar night always holds its share of surprises, and this year was no different, with the black-and-white silent film, The Artist, sweeping awards in the highly coveted Best Picture, Best Actor (first-time winner Jean Dujardin), and Best Director (Michel Hazanavicius) categories, and also nabbing awards for Costume Design and Original Score.
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Oscar Nominations 2012: George Clooney, 'The Artist' Honored
01/24/2012
Leading up the highlight of awards season, the Academy Awards nominees for 2012 have been announced, and there aren't too many surprises this time around. The Martin Scorsese adventure flick, Hugo, led the pack, nabbing 11 nominations, including Best Director and Best Picture.
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The Iron Lady
01/09/2012
It's surprising how much of The Iron Lady is taken up by scenes of an old, ailing Margaret Thatcher — played with sensitivity and poise by the equally indomitable Meryl Streep — hobbling about her London flat, occupying herself with menial, domestic tasks: washing teacups, fiddling with a DVD case, signing piles of hardcovers, one-by-one.
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Will Meryl Streep Win Her Third Oscar For 'The Iron Lady'?
01/05/2012
Amidst the stir of fervent political opinion during an election year stands Meryl Streep, the most-nominated actor in the history of the Academy Awards, who plays former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady.
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Meryl Streep Oldest Woman To Grace 'Vogue' Cover
12/12/2011
Flanked by a headline that confidently reads" America's Greatest Actress," Meryl Streep, 62, covers the January issue of Vogue magazine — the oldest woman ever to have done so, according to ABC News.
