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Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again is the summer fling of 2018
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I have not seen Mamma Mia! and I don’t know enough ABBA to make a go of it at karaoke, and I hate musicals, so Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again had a lot of ground to make up with me. I sat through the whole movie, and I only wanted to puncture my eardrums once, so it did make up most of that ground. Full Story
Meryl gets another Emmy
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The official news is that Meryl Streep is joining the cast of Big Little Lies but we all know what that really means. Season two won’t air until next year so they should just go ahead and put Meryl’s name on the 2020 Emmy ballot. Full Story
Dear Gossips,
Before we begin, and if you haven’t already, please read the excellent interview featuring the Fug Girls Read Full Intro
Kelly Clarkson’s fun night at the Globes
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There were fears that the tone of the Golden Globes would be somber this year. In fact, Ryan Seacrest kept implying over and over that guests would have a hard timing having fun inside the show during his red carpet broadcast like you can’t have fun while also attempting to topple the patriarchy. Full Story
Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep in The Post
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Set during the pre-Watergate Nixon administration, The Post follows the Washington Post back when it was considered a “local paper”. The New York Times is the paper of record, but the Post is under the control of Kay Graham, whose father left the family publishing empire to her husband, who later died by suicide. Full Story
Delivering The Post
Not unlike P.T. Anderson’s Phantom Thread, when it comes to Oscar odds, everyone left room for Steven Spielberg’s latest, The Post. It features a heavyweight ensemble led by Meryl Streep Full Story
Harvey Weinstein & the Hollywood Hierarchy
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Harvey Weinstein was fired by The Weinstein Company, his own company, on Sunday. Before his termination, he sent a letter to other powerful Hollywood executives, asking for their support. According to The Hollywood Reporter Full Story
Steven, Meryl, and Tom
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Meryl Streep is playing Katharine Graham, Tom Hanks is playing Ben Bradlee, Steven Spielberg is directing. Full Story
Dear Gossips,
The American Film Institute honoured Diane Keaton last night with the Lifetime Achievement Award. She is the ninth woman to receive the honour, joining a list that includes Bette Davis, Jane Fonda, Lillian Gish, Shirley MacLaine, Meryl Streep, Barbra Streisand, Barbara Stanwyck, and Elizabeth Taylor. Read Full Intro
Meryl doesn’t want your pop and lock
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Remember when Justin Timberlake pop and locked all over the Oscars, up and down the red carpet, all over the stage, and even in the aisle every time La La Land won an award? Well he also tried to pop and lock all over Meryl Streep. Full Story
Oscar Meryl 20
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There were a number of people at the show last night (and one who wasn’t at the show. So much power to you, Natalie Portman), who knew they had absolutely no chance of winning. None. Sometimes Oscar races are legitimate-ish races, and there’s more and less likely contenders, but this year the lineups in the acting categories were like baseball divisions the week before the postseason. Full Story
