Meryl Streep

Shakespeare in the Park

Arts, Culture & Media

New Yorkers can see Meryl Streep in Bertolt Brecht’s Mother Courage and Her Children at the Shakespeare in the Park festival …

Taste of Streep Is the Instagram Account You Didn’t Know You Needed

Arts, Culture & Media

Academy Awards: ‘The Artist’ Has a Big Night

‘The Iron Lady’ and 2011’s Best and Worst Movies

Meryl Streep as ‘Iron Lady’ Margaret Thatcher

Global Politics
The World

US-China Building Diplomacy Via Arts and Culture

Global Politics

Anchor Marco Werman speaks to The World’s correspondent Mary Kay Magistad about a delegation of prominent figures in American culture visiting China this week for a forum on arts and culture.

The World

Susan Orlean

Arts, Culture & Media

Even after she had seven books to her credit (and was the subject of a movie starring Meryl Streep), Susan Orlean endured a piece of familiar fatherly advice: go to law school, in case writing “didn’t work out.” Practical but always optimistic, her father came of age during the Great Depression. Orlean thinks she could […]

The World

Susan Orlean

Conflict & Justice

Even after she had seven books to her credit (and was the subject of a movie starring Meryl Streep), Susan Orlean endured a piece of familiar fatherly advice: go to law school, in case writing ?didn’t work out.? Practical but always optimistic, her father came of age during the Great Depression. Orlean thinks she could […]

The World

Wes Anderson on ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’

Arts, Culture & Media

Wes Anderson’s first animated film, ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox,’ was released nationwide yesterday. He chats with us about the auditioning puppets for the film, directing Meryl Streep, and adapting one of Roald Dahl’s most beloved stories to screen.

The World

Remembering Julia Child

Arts, Culture & Media

In the film Julie & Julia, Meryl Streep brings Julia Child back to life. Joining The Takeaway is someone who can give us a first hand comparison between the real Julia Child and Meryl Streep’s version, Russell Morash, the producer of ?The French Chef.’