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March 10th, 2012

Meryl Streep may have won an Academy Award for playing a massively influential female political leader, but on Saturday she used the statuette to honor Hillary Clinton, whom Streep introduced as the “real deal” to close the Women in the World Summit in New York.

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Meryl Streep

February 27th, 2012

Meryl Streep won her first Academy Award since 1983 on Sunday.

The Iron Lady star, nominated for the 17th time, beat out Viola Davis and three other contenders to nab her third win overall.

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February 27th, 2012

Gossip Cop has your backstage Oscars dish.

Check out what you didn’t see on the show from the night’s big winners.

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January 16th, 2012

Ricky Gervais wasn’t the only person to get bleeped at the Golden Globes.

Meryl Streep – Meryl Streep! – swore at the podium, although it was an accident, and her reason was good.

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September 7th, 2011

Meryl Streep leads this year’s list of Kennedy Center Honors recipients, a group that also includes Neil Diamond, Sonny Rollins, Yo-Yo Ma and Barbara Cook.

The organization made the announcements this morning.

President and Mrs. Obama will host the five performers at a White House reception on December 4, followed by the event at the Kennedy Center itself.

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July 20th, 2011

Mamie Gummer, the actress daughter of Meryl Streep, tied the knot to fellow actor Ben Walker this past weekend at Streep’s Connecticut home.

Among those attending the 150-person lakeside wedding were Claire Danes, Laura Linney, and Tracey Ullman.

The bride wore her grandmother’s wedding gown.

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July 7th, 2011

In ‘The Iron Lady,’ Meryl Streep stars as Margaret Thatcher, the only female Prime Minister in British history and one of the most powerful women of the past 30 years.

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December 7th, 2010

Oprah Winfrey will star in ‘Ruined,’ a movie based on the play of the same name about a brothel in war-torn Congo.

Winfrey will also serve as executive producer for the project, which is to be adapted by playwright Lynn Nottage.

‘Ruined’ concerns Mama Nadi, who runs a house of ill repute in Congo and tries to protect her employees from conflict between the government and rebel armies.

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