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Meryl Streep wanted to be a lawyer

by ANI March 6, 2010 Entertainment

Hollywood legend Meryl Streep has revealed that sleeping through her law entrance landed her in showbiz.
The acclaimed star, who has 16 Academy Award nods, winning two, and 25 Golden Globe nominations, winning seven, to her credit, revealed she did not intend to pursue acting full time and wanted to pursue a legal career, Showbizspy.com reported.
“I [...]

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Meryl Streep didn”t know what mashed potatoes were!

by ANI September 1, 2009 Entertainment

Actress Meryl Streep has confessed that she had no idea what mashed potatoes were, thanks to her upbringing with convenience foods.
The ”Julie and Julia” star, who plays TV chef Julia Childs in the film, revealed she learned about them when she saw her neighbour cooking one day, reports the China Daily.
She said: “I remember when [...]

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Meryl Streep’s most dependable critic – her cat

by ANI August 31, 2009 Entertainment

Oscar winner Meryl Streep takes her cat’s help to rehearse for her on-screen performances, it has emerged.
The 60-year-old star reads out her script before her cat, reports the China Daily.
According to the National Enquirer magazine: “Every evening when she runs through her lines, her cat wraps himself around her feet. If her performance sounds insincere [...]

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Meryl Streep planning intimate getaway with hubby

by ANI August 6, 2009 Entertainment

Now that the last in their brood has turned 18, Meryl Streep is planning an intimate getaway with husband Don Gummer.
The couple celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary last year (08) and have spent most of the years taking care of Henry, Mary, Grace and Louisa.
And Streep has admitted she’’s been planning a holiday since before [...]

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Meryl Streep to be honored with Lifetime Achievement award at Rome Film Fest

by ANI April 28, 2009 Entertainment

Legendary Hollywood actress Meryl Streep is to be honored with a lifetime achievement award at the Rome film festival.
The ‘Out of Africa’ star will receive the Marcus Aurelius Lifetime Achievement Award, reports The Daily Star.
Streep will hold an onstage conversation about her stellar career during the event’’s fourth edition.
The gong had earlier been presented to [...]

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Meryl Streep was ‘too ugly’ for role in King Kong!

by ANI December 15, 2008 Entertainment

American actress Meryl Streep has revealed that she was denied a role in the 1976 movie ‘King Kong’ because she was “too ugly”.
Streep, 59, had an audition for the role with Italian producer Dino De Laurentis, and she heard him saying in Italian to his son that she was too ugly.
Laurentis had not realised that [...]

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