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James Gunn has his sights set on the queen of Oscars herself, and while discussing dream collaborations on The Viall Files, he dropped Meryl Streep’s name without hesitation. The director revealed that she had once expressed interest in working with him, which makes us wonder if we’ll ever see her in the Dcu.

Streep has had a legendary career with 20 Oscar nominations and three wins for Kramer vs. Kramer, Sophie’s Choice, and The Iron Lady, making her one of the few actors with multiple Academy Awards to her name. So the idea of her joining forces with Gunn is nothing short of extraordinary, and his words reveal how...

The Hunting Wives Episode 8 features an epic twist, revealing the tragic reason why Margo (Malin Akerman) killed Madison Wolfe's Abby. The new Netflix mystery series, based on May Cobb's 2021 novel of the same name, follows Bostonian Sophie O'Neil (played by Night Agent actress Brittany Snow) as she and her family move to a small Texas town.

When there, Sophie becomes obsessed with a local socialite and gets caught up in a twisting tale of obsession, seduction, and murder. This comes to a head in the show's finale ("Sophie's Choice"), as Margo kills Abby after the Texas teen discovers one of the community leader's deepest, darkest secrets.

All eight episodes of The Hunting Wives are streaming on Netflix. The series recounts the twist-filled story of Maple Brook, Texas, and its vengeful residents, which even sees Sophie making a rash decision by series' end. It stars Brittany Snow, Malin Akerman,...

When Hulu began releasing the first season of The Handmaid’s Tale in 2017, the parallels between the show and real life were stark.

The series had introduced Elisabeth Moss as June, a mother and wife who was captured by the totalitarian fascist regime the Republic of Gilead that had overthrown the U.S. government. Gilead, which is governed by men, is disguised as a theocratic society but really is built on trampling the rights of women and even on a culture of rape.

In those first episodes, viewers watched via flashbacks as June’s rights, along with those of every woman she knew, were gradually stripped away. Series creator Bruce Miller and his team illustrated in terrifying detail the step-by-step process of how Gilead blindsided a fictional world entering a global fertility crisis and forced largely underclass women into being birth “handmaids” for the elite. [Editor’s note: This story contains spoilers for the final season of The Handmaid’s Tale.]

Based on the...

Brad Pitt and Harrison Ford co-starred in 1997's The Devil's Own, a crime drama that explored controversial political themes. Both actors were cast as the film's protagonists, which was problematic given the nature of the script.

The Devil's Own will be available to stream on Netflix from June 1. Directed by Alan J. Pakula, this action-thriller was one of Brad Pitt's early hits. The film revolves around Francis McGuire (Pitt), an Ira (Irish Republican Army) member sent to buy black market missiles in the United States. He stays with Irish-American NYPD Sergeant Tom O'Meara (Harrison Ford) and his family. Things come to a head when Tom realizes Francis' true motives.

The Devil's Own was a box office success, despitemixed reception from audiences and critics. Much of the contention revolved around the controversial premise. Film critic Roger Ebert stated that the story showed "ignorance of the history of Northern Ireland," it also...

Academy Award nominee Carey Mulligan is reportedly in talks to join the star-studded cast of Greta Gerwig's Narnia adaptation for Netflix. The project also has Meryl Streep, Daniel Craig, and Emma Mackey reportedly attached. Mulligan is an acclaimed actress who has garnered Oscar nominations for her work in Maestro, Promising Young Woman, and her breakthrough role in An Education. Her other notable credits include performances in films such as Never Let Me Go, Drive, and Inside Llewyn Davis.

Gerwig, whose last directorial effort was the history-making Barbie, is not only set to direct but has also penned the screenplay for the Netflix project. Given Gerwig's impressive attention to detail in crafting Barbie's layered and vibrant world, our expectations for her vision of Narnia are strong. We expect that Gerwig will bring a high level of imaginative depth to C.S. Lewis' magical realm.

Gerwig's Narnia installment will be...

Paul Heyman is a snake. He betrays every client and friend (including Brock Lesnar twice), and his justifications for betraying them sound silly and show us why someone like Heyman should never be trusted. Roman Reigns was his ‘tribal chief,’ yet he got a n*t shot in the main event of WrestleMania, but today, he reminded us why this had to be done.

Roman Reigns, the ‘Tribal Chief,’ was abusive. He gaslighted and manipulated people in his own group so that he could get what he wanted. Paul Heyman, too, wasn’t spared, which built up resentment. The Wiseman had to humble Reigns’ arrogance.

Paul Heyman reserved his ire today for Roman Reigns

Last week’s edition of Monday Night Raw started with the World Heavyweight Champion Jey Uso talking about his Backlash opponent, Logan Paul, but he ended up getting interrupted by Paul Heyman. Uso was not happy...

Presently, Cm Punk is a very angry man. He was always angry, but right now, he is bent on teaching a lesson to his supposed ‘best friend’: Paul Heyman. Instead of being on the sidelines, he actively took out Punk during the Night 1 main event of WrestleMania. Heyman promised that he would take Punk’s side during the match, but trusting that snake should now be an important tenet in wrestling.

It’s not Seth Rollins that he is angry at. Rollins already hated him, and Punk knew that he would take every opportunity available to beat him. Heyman, meanwhile, said he cared about Punk and made the triple threat match a main event for his ‘best friend’.

Cm Punk got betrayed by Paul Heyman during a very emotional moment

Paul Heyman decided to give Cm Punk a low blow so that Roman Reigns could take him out with a chair shot.

George R.R. Martin has acknowledged that The Winds of Winter, the long-awaited sixth novel in his A Song of Ice and Fire series, remains unfinished after more than a decade. In a recent interview with Time, the author called the project the “curse” of his life and addressed ongoing fan frustration over the delay.

“There’s no doubt Winds of Winter is 13 years late,” Martin said. “I’m still working on it. I have periods where I make progress and then other things divert my attention, and suddenly I have a deadline for one of the HBO shows. I have something else to do.”

Martin’s comments follow a renewed round of online jokes after he posed with real-life direwolves brought back through biotechnology. Posts began circulating suggesting that “we got real dire wolves before Winds of Winter.” When asked about the reaction, Martin expressed fatigue. “That’s the curse of my life,...

George R.R. Martin is exhausted by the constant check-ins on the progress of his long forthcoming “A Song of Fire and Ice” novel “The Winds of Winter.”

While talking to Time in a recent interview, Martin was asked about comments made a week ago where the author posed with the real-life direwolves that made a comeback thanks to developments in biotech. Online jabs like “We got real dire wolves before ‘Winds of Winter'” left him frustrated.

“That’s the curse of my life,” Martin said. “There’s no doubt ‘Winds of Winter’ is 13 years late. I’m still working on it. I have periods where I make progress and then other things divert my attention and suddenly I have a deadline for one of the HBO shows, I have something else to do.”

One of those things is helping the development of the HBO “Game of Thrones” prequel “House of the Dragon.

Marvin Levy, a longtime film publicist closely associated with director Steven Spielberg, died on April 7 at the age of 96. Known for his decades of work in motion picture promotion, Levy was the first publicist to receive an honorary Oscar, awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2018.

Levy worked on a wide range of films over his career, many of them landmark titles in American cinema. His credits include E.T., Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan, Munich, The Color Purple, Lincoln, and Bridge of Spies. He also led publicity efforts for Back to the Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Taxi Driver, Men in Black, Sophie’s Choice, Gladiator, and Shrek. Five of the films he supported went on to win Best Picture.

Spielberg, who collaborated with Levy for more than five decades, described him as “a deeply loyal and exceptional collaborator.” In a statement, Spielberg said, “To...

Marvin Levy, the veteran marketing and communications executive and longtime publicist for Steven Spielberg, died on Tuesday (April 7). He was 96.

In a career spanning 70 years, Levy established himself as one of the most influential public relations executives in Hollywood. In 2018 he became the first and only marketing or PR professional to win an honorary Oscar.

In a statement on Tuesday evening Spielberg said, “Marvin’s passing is a huge loss for me and our industry writ large. There are many talented PR executives, but Marvin was one of a kind.”

Spielberg continued, “For over 50 years, he was a deeply loyal...

Marvin Levy, Steven Spielberg’s longtime publicist, has died. He was 96.

Levy, a renowned marketing and communications executive, who received an honorary Oscar in 2018, died on April 7.

“Marvin’s passing is a huge loss for me and our industry writ large. There are many talented PR executives, but Marvin was one of a kind,” Spielberg said. “For over 50 years, he was a deeply loyal and exceptional collaborator who was respected and appreciated by all those who were lucky enough to learn from his counsel. When it came to handling the press, he had no peer.”

Spielberg continued, “To the media-and the world of exhibition, Marvin was the face of Amblin. We were opposite ends of the movie-making process. Every time I reached the end of production on a film, Marvin’s work had only begun. Through countless films, tv series, Amblin events, awards campaigns and our public relations strategy—this is where Marvin came alive.

Marvin Levy, the longtime adviser and publicist to legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg, died April 7. He was 96.

Levy helped guide Spielberg to success with films like “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,” “Jurassic Park,” “Schindler’s List,” “Lincoln” and more. He was one of the most respected marketing professionals in the film industry and the only PR rep to ever win an Honorary Academy Award.

“Marvin’s passing is a huge loss for me and our industry writ large. There are many talented PR executives, but Marvin was one of a kind,” Spielberg said in a statement. “For over 50 years, he was a deeply loyal and exceptional collaborator who was respected and appreciated by all those who were lucky enough to learn from his counsel. When it came to handling the press, he had no peer. To the media and the world of exhibition, Marvin was the face of Amblin. We were opposite ends of the movie-making process.

Seth Rollins has been the Mvp of the Triple H era of WWE. Whenever creative needs someone to ‘burn it down’ in the ring, they will always call ‘The Visionary’. Rollins is now in an exciting place. He has gone back to being the ‘Architect’ of the WWE, and that will entail doing anything to achieve the desired result he wants.

Rollins is now pulling the strings in his feud with Cm Punk and Roman Reigns. The Paul Heyman angle gives him room to set things up for himself. Today, he brought out that side yet again. On Raw, he decided to target Paul Heyman, who is going through his own “Sophie’s Choice”.

Seth Rollins is the “Architect’ once again (Credit: WWE) Seth Rollins decides to show mercy to Paul Heyman

Paul Heyman came out today and declared that he was loyal to both Cm Punk and his tribal chief,...

Did Meryl Streep work hard to learn Polish for Sophie’s Choice role?(Photo Credit –Wikimedia)

Streep captivated as Sophie, a Polish immigrant with a haunting past. Sophie’s Choice (1982) followed her life in Brooklyn, but its most gut-wrenching moments came through flashbacks to her time in a Nazi camp.

To truly embody Sophie, Meryl Streep had to learn Polish. She initially assumed it would be as easy as picking up Italian or French. “I thought it would be a piece of cake, like picking up Italian or French or something—but it’s not,” Streep said in an interview. “It’s a lot like Latin because there are seven cases, I think—my teacher will kill me if I don’t get this right—grammar wasn’t my strong point, I can get the accent.”

Streep continued: “Anyway, because of that it was real hard to learn, you have to...

The sixth and final season of The Handmaid’s Tale is nearly here, and the cast and creative team behind the Hulu hit united at PaleyFest LA on Wednesday to both reflect on the show’s journey and tease what’s coming.

Stars Elisabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahovski, Bradley Whitford, Ann Dowd, Samira Wiley, O-t Fagbenle, Madeline Brewer, Amanda Brugel, Sam Jaeger and Ever Carradine joined executive producers Eric Tuchman, Yahlin Chang, Bruce Miller and Warren Littlefield at the Dolby Theatre for a “clips and conversation” style event spanning all six seasons, as creator Miller noted, “It’s been a show that we started the way we wanted to start it; we’re ending it the way we want to end it.” Littlefield also commented on how the original goal was just to make a good TV show “and then along came our 45th president and we entered into a whole other world…...

As HBO prepares to cast a spell over audiences with its Harry Potter series, discourse about who should play iconic characters in the episodic presentation is alive and well. While some believe the series should remain faithful to the novels, others feel another version of J.K. Rowling’s story needs new magic. While speaking with Variety recently, Jason Isaacs, who plays Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter film series, revealed who he wants to play the malevolent character for the upcoming series. Without hesitation, Isaacs said he wants legendary actress Meryl Streep to try Lucius Malfoy’s cape and cane on for size.

“Meryl Streep. She can do anything, that woman. There’s literally no limit to what she can do,” Isaacs told Variety.

Casting Meryl Streep as Lucius Malfoy, the father of Harry Potter villain Draco Malfoy in the books and films, could prove challenging. The casting involves a gender swap for the character,...

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced the winners for its third annual Children's & Family Emmy Awards. The event took place March 15 at Television City in Los Angeles and streamed live on TheEmmys.TV app.

Meryl Streep (Storyline Online) won the award for Best Children's Personality, after previously taking home three Primetime Emmys for Holocaust (1978), Angels in America (2004), and Five Came Back (2017). She is a three-time Oscar winner for Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), Sophie's Choice (1982), and The Iron Lady (2011), which means she now has more overall Emmys than Oscars.

Other big-name champions included Christian Slater (The Spiderwick Chronicles) for Best Lead Performer in a Preschool, Children's, or Young Teen Program; Jacob Tremblay (Orion and the Dark) for Best Younger Voice Performer in a Preschool, Children's or Young Teen Program category; Phoenix Laroche (The Velveteen Rabbit) for Best Younger Performer in a Preschool, Children's or Young Teen Program; and Leslie Carrara-Rudolph...

Only Meryl Streep would take rehearsing so seriously for “Saturday Night Live.” The “Only Murders in the Building” star made her “SNL” debut during the recent “SNL50” special, when the lauded actress appeared in the alien abduction “Close Encounters” skit with Kate McKinnon, Woody Harrelson, and Pedro Pascal.

According to “SNL” alum Amy Poehler, who was also featured in “SNL50,” Streep rehearsed so “hard” prior to the live taping. Poehler and Streep shared a dressing room during the show, where Poehler witnessed some of Streep’s acting process.

“It was a night of famous alumni and people,” Poehler said during a recent appearance on the “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” podcast in the below video. “There were so many people that people had to share dressing rooms, so I was sharing my dressing room with Meryl Streep. Just like a fan, I was taking a picture of the door that...

Meryl Streep. That’s it. That’s the intro. Because honestly, what more do you need? She’s the actress, Hollywood’s gold standard, the queen of accents, and the only person who could probably win an Oscar for playing a rock. She doesn’t just act; she disappears into roles, making you forget you’re watching Meryl Streep at all.

One moment, she’s a ruthless fashion editor (The Devil Wears Prada); the next, she’s belting Abba tunes (Mamma Mia!). And before you know it, she’s breaking your heart (Sophie’s Choice). She’s been stealing scenes since the late ’70s and hasn’t stopped since.

Meryl Streep in She-Devil and Death Becomes Her (Credits- Orion Pictures and Universal Pictures)

Her talent is so legendary that the Academy can’t get enough. 21 Oscar nominations and three wins, making her the most nominated actor ever. But here’s the...

Oscars 2025 (Photo Credit – Prime Video)

The 97th Academy Awards will air on Sunday, March 2, 2025. It will be held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The event will be live-streamed in India on Monday in the wee hours of 5 A.M. on March 3, 2025. There are only a few hours left, so the red carpet has been rolled out, champagnes have been kept on ice, celebs are getting ready to turn heads with their glamorous looks, and we are waiting for the new batch of Oscar winners.

Conan O’Brien is going to host the event this year. Everyone is anticipating the big night to celebrate the huge wins. Before the celebration for this year begins, here’s a list of actresses, from Meryl Streep and Jane Fonda to Katharine Hepburn and others, who have won the maximum number of Oscars over the years. Scroll ahead.

Katharine Hepburn (4 wins out of 12 nominations...

Sharon and Phyllis, Nick’s two greatest loves (and greatest headaches) are trapped in a basement on Young and the Restless. A mystery villain has them tied up, and their fate may very well be in Nick’s hands before too long. But what if, in true soap opera fashion, there’s a catch: he can only save one? Cue dramatic music and slow-motion reactions.

Nick’s Nightmare Decision

Now, if you know Nick (Joshua Morrow), you know this won’t be just any old rescue mission. It’s a battle of his heart, his past, and his future. Will he reach for Sharon (Sharon Case), the woman who has been his soulmate since high school? Or will he go for Phyllis (Michelle Stafford), the fiery redhead who has been his irresistible, passionate downfall time and time again? Let’s break it down.

More: Who is holding the ladies captive?...

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The Simpsons is the longest-running American animated series and the longest-running American sitcom. With so many years on the air and over 700 episodes, the adult animated sitcom has introduced multiple memorable characters, from the iconic Homer Simpson to hilarious recurring characters such as Sideshow Bob. With the introduction of a new character, a celebrity guest star usually joins the cast of The Simpsons. Actors like Conan O'Brien, Reese Witherspoon, Danny DeVito and Kelsey Grammer have starred in The Simpsons either as themselves, as a one-off character, or as a recurring character.

But if there's one actor that not many people know appeared in The Simpsons, it is Meryl Streep. Meryl Streep is a critically acclaimed...

Miss Rafferty has a mother, and it’s … Meryl Streep?!

The three-time Oscar winner made her first-ever appearance on Saturday Night Live during the 50th anniversary special on Sunday night. She popped up as Colleen Rafferty Sr., the mother of Kate McKinnon‘s iconic character who frequently gets abducted by aliens. Pedro Pascal and Woody Harrelson played their co-abductees, while Jon Hamm and Aidy Bryant interviewed them all as Pentagon officials.

“Us Rafferty gals, we always attracted the freaks,” Streep declared during SNL50. “For years I thought Colleen’s father was part alien, but it turns out he was just uncircumcised.”

The 75-year-old actress added, “I still had my pants on when they took me, but much like her, I’ve got an ‘into the woods’ sort of situation going on. My ex used to say that it was like trying to hack his way through the black forest.” That...

Robert De Niro won his second Oscar in 1981 for playing a boxing champ in Raging Bull. And now he has been chosen as the acting champ when it comes to Academy Awards.

His performance for the Martin Scorsese film from 1980 has been voted the greatest Oscar Best Actor winner ever, according to a Gold Derby ballot cast by 21 of our film experts, critics, and editors, who ranked all 97 male leading actors.

Anthony Hopkins finished second for The Silence of the Lambs (1991), with Marlon Brando following in third for The Godfather (1972). Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood (2007), and Gregory Peck for To Kill a Mockingbird (1961) rounded out the top five.

At the bottom of the list of the Best Actor winners is Warner Baxter for In Old Arizona (1928). George Arliss in Disraeli (1929), Lionel Barrymore for A Free Soul (1930), Paul Lukas for Watch on the Rhine (1942), and Paul Muni for The Story of Louis Pasteur...

Robert De Niro won his second Oscar in 1981 for playing a boxing champ in Raging Bull. And now he has been chosen as the champ of all actors.

His performance for the Martin Scorsese film from 1980 has been voted the greatest Oscar Best Actor winner ever, according to a Gold Derby ballot cast by 21 of our film experts, critics, and editors, who ranked all 97 male leading actors.

Anthony Hopkins ranked second for The Silence of the Lambs (1991), with Marlon Brando following in third for The Godfather (1972). Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood (2007), and Gregory Peck for To Kill a Mockingbird (1961) rounded out the top five.

At the bottom of the list of the Best Actor winners is Warner Baxter for In Old Arizona (1928). Just above that film performance in the rankings are George Arliss in Disraeli (1929), Lionel Barrymore for A Free Soul (1930), Paul Lukas for Watch on the Rhine...

The voice of Kevin Kline has been pleasantly popping up from time to time on the animated comedy show Bob's Burgers for nearly 15 years. His distinct (and distinguished) voice is perfect for his rich and elitist landlord character, Mr. Fischoeder, and he always brings a chuckle. But in the live-action scene, Kline has mostly been a dramatic force, especially in the recent series, Disclaimer. Of course, the Oscar winner has given great dramatic performances ever since 1982's Sophie's Choice, but it's always a treat when he busts his comedy chops in live-action. On that note, MGM+ announced today an eight-episode series order for American Classic, a half-hour comedy series starring none other than Kevin Kline.

American Classic comes from co-creators Michael Hoffman and Bob Martin. The series, which will debut with eight episodes, comes from Fifth Season as the studio with Mar-Key Pictures, Likely Story, and Anonymous Content producing. Kevin...

Meryl Streep, we miss you at the Academy Awards.

It’s been seven years since Streep was last nominated for an Oscar for her work in Steven Spielberg’s “The Post” in 2018.

Seven years without Streep is a long time.

Back then, she broke her own record as the most-nominated actress in Oscar history. Her best actress nod for playing Washington Post publisher Katherine Graham landed Streep her 21st Oscar nomination. Katharine Hepburn and Jack Nicholson are tied in second place with a dozen each.

Streep has won Oscars for “Kramer vs. Kramer” in 1979 (supporting actress), “Sophie’s Choice” in 1982 (best actress) and “The Iron Lady” in 2011 (best actress).

The last time she went missing from the Oscars for a long period of time was in the 1990s when she had a gap between her nominations for “Postcards From the Edge” in 1991 to her best actress nod in 1996 for “Bridges of Madison County.

Ask any actor to name a performance that made them want to become an actor, and you'll get people citing the monumental likes of Marlon Brando in "A Streetcar Named Desire," Meryl Streep in "Sophie's Choice" or Denzel Washington in "Malcolm X" -- big, deep-tissue dives that require thespians to use just about every part of their instrument. They want to leave audiences weeping and cheering as they capture the full range of the human experience. They do not want to play, say, a monotone android whose sole function in the plot is to provide the occasional information dump. This would leave them with nothing of interest to do, and, most likely, little to add to their reel.

So, when Gene Roddenberry began casting the pilot for "Star Trek" in 1964, he probably didn't have actors knocking down his door to play the Vulcan First Officer Spock, whose adherence to logic...

Frozen 2 could have ended up a childhood trauma scar for a generation of kids on the level of Bambi's mom if some key details had stayed in the picture. According to Olaf actor, Josh Gad, his character's death scene in the original script was so brutal, it left kids in the test screenings "fully traumatized." Which is...not exactly what Disney was looking for in the follow-up to the juggernaut first film.

According to Entertainment Weekly, however, that's what they nearly got. In his newly released memoir, In Gad We Trust, the actor explains that in the "truly stunning," "first version [of the death], Olaf himself was scared and confused by what was happening." Their "commitment to the brutality of Olaf's naïveté about all things," he explained, "made our intended audience scared for Olaf, rather than emotional."

Imagine coming in to film Frozen 2 and your first day at work is recording this death scene?...

Do you want to build a snowman? How about a great relationship with your therapist? In his new memoir In Gad We Trust, Frozen actor Josh Gad says Olaf’s original death scene in Frozen 2 was “brutal.” It was so brutal that the film’s writer, Jennifer Lee, was told to change it lest she make the children cry eternal tears of sadness.

“Jenn and I started recording the dialogue and I couldn’t get through it without sobbing. Those first recordings were brutal, and I remember feeling that we were doing something that was going to pack a serious punch,” Gad says in his new book about breaking down in the studio during production.

When Gad asked Lee how the first test screening went, Lee could not bring herself to lie. She informed Gad and other cast members that, while adults enjoyed the emotional scene, it left kids “very confused and very,...

Kathy Bates recently told a relatable story to Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family) on his Dinner's On Me podcast (via TheWrap) when both she and fellow Oscar winner Meryl Streep lost the Best Supporting Actress Oscar to Catherine Zeta-Jones in 2003: They drowned their sorrows with vodka at the bar.

“It was a very Joan Crawford-Bette Davis moment. She slammed her evening bag down on the bar and said, ‘I’m having a vodka, straight, neat,’ and I slammed my evening bag down, I said, ‘I’m having what she’s having,’ and we tossed it. It was a moment.”

Zeta-Jones won the Oscar for Chicago, playing Velma Kelly. The film also won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Sound, Best Art Direction, and Best Film Editing. Meanwhile, Bates was nominated for her role as Roberta Hertzel in About Schmidt, a film that features Jack Nicholson playing completely against type. Streep...

Mark your calendars, Oscars fans, because the 97th Academy Awards will air on Sunday, March 2, 2025 on ABC. The annual star-studded ceremony will honor movies released in theaters within the 2024 calendar year of eligibility. AMPAS members will vote on the Oscar winners in 23 categories, including Best Actress. But who will win? Here at Gold Derby, thousands of users have been making and updating their 2025 Oscar predictions for Best Actress, so let’s take a look at all of the top contenders in our photo gallery below.

These 25 Best Actress hopefuls are listed in order of their racetrack odds, which are derived from the combined forecasts of four unique groups: experts we’ve polled from major media outlets, editors who cover awards year-round for this website, top 24 users who had the best accuracy scores last year, and the mass of users who make up our biggest predictions bloc.

The five most recent...

Meryl Streep is the best of the best.

Her performance in Sophie’s Choice (1982) has been voted the greatest Oscar Best Actress winner ever, according to a Gold Derby ballot cast by 21 of our film experts, critics, and editors, who ranked all 97 movie champs.

Diane Keaton ranked second for Annie Hall (1977), with Jodie Foster following in third for The Silence of the Lambs (1991). Liza Minnelli for Cabaret (1972) and Vivien Leigh for A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) rounded out the top five.

At the bottom of the list of the Best Actress winners is Mary Pickford for Coquette (1929). Just above that film in the rankings are Luise Rainer for The Great Ziegfeld (1936), Helen Hayes for The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1932), Loretta Young for The Farmer’s Daughter (1947), and Marie Dressler for Min and Bill (1931).

Another recent Gold Derby poll of cinema experts declared The Godfather (1972) as the greatest Best Picture Oscar winner of all...

The performance by Meryl Streep in Sophie’s Choice (1982) has been voted the greatest Oscar Best Actress winner ever. The results are from a recent Gold Derby ballot cast by 21 of our film experts and editors, who ranked all 97 movie champs.

Ranking in second place is Diane Keaton for Annie Hall (1977). Following in third place is Jodie Foster for The Silence of the Lambs (1991). Rounding out the top five are Liza Minnelli for Cabaret (1972), and Vivien Leigh for A Streetcar Named Desire (1951).

At the bottom of the list of the Best Actress winners is Mary Pickford for Coquette (1929). Just above that film in the rankings are Luise Rainer for The Great Ziegfeld (1936), Helen Hayes for The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1932), Loretta Young for The Farmer’s Daughter (1947), and Marie Dressler for Min and Bill (1931).

Another recent poll had The Godfather (1972) declared as the greatest Best Picture Oscar winner of all time (view...

Considered the pinnacle of acting talent, Meryl Streep has been commanding both the big and small screen for almost 50 years, which has led to an unsurprisingly high net worth in 2024. Streep rose to prominence in the 1970s, taking home her first Oscar for Kramer vs. Kramer early in her career. She has also won Oscars for her work in Sophie's Choice and The Iron Lady, and Streep has been nominated a record 21 times. In addition to her illustrious film career, Streep has seen success on television, winning acclaim for Big Little Lies and Only Murders in the Building.

Streep was born in Summit, New Jersey to parents Mary and Harry, and she has two younger brothers. In her own personal life, Streep was in a relationship with acclaimed actor John Cazale from 1976-1978, until his untimely passing. Later in 1978, she married sculptor Don Gummer, and together they have three daughters — actresses Mamie,...

Forget the Force, Daisy Ridley battles goons with her bare hands in the action-packed trailer for Cleaner, which takes obvious cues from the iconic Die Hard franchise. Starring Ridley as a martial-arts-trained skyscraper window cleaner (because why not?), the unlikely hero is forced to battle a hostile takeover led by Clive Owen to save her brother. The new footage teases James Bond director Martin Campbell still got it when it comes to action, if nothing else.

The red band trailer (below) released by Quiver Distribution unpacks Cleaner for the very first time, teasing that Ridley has flipped the switch to a bonafide action hero. After starring in several dramas in recently, Ridley now turns towards a genre that will see the Star Wars actress lean into an entirely action-oriented story. Owen stars opposite Ridley's ex-soldier as a "radical activist" who hijacks an energy company's annual gala in order to expose...

Actress, comedian, writer, and director Elaine May, 92, does not do interviews; she rarely makes public appearances. So when she agreed to a post-screening Q&a as part of Metrograph‘s American Cinema Editors Presents series, it became a sold-out event that attracted New York’s biggest cinephiles; for them, May is the most elusive member in the pantheon of greatest living filmmakers.

After a screening of “Mikey and Nicky,” the writer-director sat down for a 40-minute conversation with her frequent editorial and production consultant Phillip Schopper and Jeffrey Wolf, who was an assistant editor on the film. Topics included the film’s surprising origins, stars Peter Falk and John Cassavetes, and the bizarre story of the film’s extremely troubled post-production during which the film went “missing” and Paramount sued May.

May has always been upfront about her family’s connection to organized crime; Falk and Cassvetes’ characters were based on people she knew growing up.

Denzel Washington is on his way to making Oscar history for his performance as a former slave who plots to be the emperor of Rome in Paramount Pictures’ “Gladiator II,” the latest from director Ridley Scott. Right now, he has two Academy Awards to his name for “Glory” (1989) in Best Supporting Actor and “Training Day” (2001) in Best Actor. If he were to prevail for “Gladiator II” in early 2025, he would join an exclusive list of seven other people to win at least three times in the acting categories.

Here are the actors who have achieved this important Oscars milestone:

Katharine Hepburn (4)

Won Best Actress for “Morning Glory” (1933), “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” (1967), “The Lion in Winter” (1968), and “On Golden Pond” (1981)

Frances McDormand (3*)

Won Best Actress for “Fargo” (1996), “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (2017), and “Nomadland” (2020). *She also has a fourth Oscar for producing “Nomadland.”

Meryl Streep (3)

Won Best Actress for “Sophie’s Choice...

Daisy Ridley is trading lightsabers for assault rifles in the upcoming action thriller from the creative mind of Martin Campbell, the director of the acclaimed James Bond film Casino Royale. Ahead of her Star Wars solo film as Rey Skywalker, Ridley is keeping herself busy with several new buzzy roles. The latest is a Marine Corps commander who will have to use her unique combat skills to fight off attackers and save hostages, in a film titled Dedication.

Variety reports that Ridley is joining Campbell in their latest action thriller Dedication, written by Dan Gordon. It follows Major Billie Jean Parker, "a decorated Marine Corps commander" forced to retire after a mission involving civilian deaths in the Philippines. Now, Ridley's character has a chance to redeem herself when anarchists take over a school building and hostages, forcing her to use her military skillset to save lives and take down the invading enemies.

In the 1982 comedy classic Tootsie, Teri Garr plays Sandy Lester, a struggling actress and close friend of Dustin Hoffman’s Michael Dorsey. Between her chosen profession and her many bad choices in men, she has been conditioned to be life’s doormat. In an early scene, she vents that she was trapped in Michael’s bathroom for a half-hour during a party while no one noticed, then admits that, yes, everyone seems to be having a good time. Later, when Michael stands her up for a dinner date, she somehow winds up apologizing to him.

From Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump to Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer, some of the best Oscar-winning actors were given plenty of screen time to shine in their Academy-favorite performances. Its always impressive when an actor wins an Oscar with limited screen time, like Anthony Hopkins for The Silence of the Lambs or Beatrice Straight for just five minutes in Network, but theyre much more likely to catch the Academys attention if theyre on-screen for the overwhelming majority of the movie. The more screen time an actor has, the more opportunities they have to wow Oscar voters.

The Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best Actress tend to go to movies that essentially function as a showcase for their lead actor. Joaquin Phoenix is on-screen for all but 19 minutes of Joker (and a few of those minutes are end credits). Even though the opening act of Forrest Gump covers the characters childhood,...

Mikey Madison is the current Best Actress Oscar frontrunner for her heartbreaking performance in the title role of Sean Baker‘s “Anora.” Her likeliest competitors are two past Oscar winners — Nicole Kidman, 57, for “Babygirl” and Angelina Jolie, 49, for “Maria” — plus six-time nominee Amy Adams, 50, for “Nightbitch” and Karla Sofia Gascon, 52, for “Emilia Pérez.”

At age 25, Madison has one advantage over her main rivals for the award: her youth. Of the 97 winners of this race, almost one-third (32) were in their 20s.

Among those ingenues to take to the stage to collect this coveted prize was Emma Stone, who was 28 when she won for “La La Land” in 2017. Stone was 35 when she picked up a bookend Oscar earlier this year for “Poor Things,” which made her the 35th Best Actress winner in her thirties.

Bracketing Stone’s two wins were five women who defied this bias toward youth: 60-year-old Michelle Yeoh (“Everything Everywhere All at Once...

Oscar winner Alfonso Cuaron is back in the TV world with a star-studded Apple TV+ series led by Cate Blanchett!

The cast of the new series stepped out for the BFI London Film Festival premiere of Disclaimer on Thursday (October 10) in London, England.

Also in attendance were co-stars Sacha Baron Cohen, Kevin Kline, Leila George, Hoyeon Jung, Louis Partridge, and Adam El Hagar.

In a new interview, Alfonso explained why he cast Sacha and Kevin in the show despite them being known for their comedic roles.

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“I have been a friend of Sacha’s for a long time. We spoke a lot about collaborating, and sometimes he sent me projects, and everything that we were talking about was comedy, and we always wanted to work together. And it was not until here that I offered (a role) to him. And he was like, ‘But why me?...

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Meryl Streep is undoubtedly one of the best actresses of her generation, and there are certain movies from her spectacular career that define her career overall. Streeps filmography kicks off with 1977s Julia, her first film after starring on the stage for two years, and her role as Anne Marie is the first of several iconic characters of hers. Meryl Streeps best movies prove why she is such a talented performer, but not all of these films are necessarily the ones that encapsulate her work altogether.

Streep can turn her hand to any and all kinds of characters. In fact, there are multiple MCU characters Meryl Streep would be perfect for, even though she isnt known for appearing in superhero movies. Her versatility as an actress has kept her busy for years, and its no surprise that Meryl Streep surpassed a huge Oscar milestone,...

Although Nicole Kidman recently accepted the American Film Institute’s Life Achievement Award in recognition of her four-decade acting career, there is no indication that her life’s work is anywhere near finished. Indeed, according to Gold Derby’s racetrack odds, the 56-year-old is well on her way to picking up her sixth Oscar nomination for her lead performance in the critically acclaimed “Babygirl,” which would make her the 13th AFI honoree to subsequently earn film academy recognition in a competitive category.

The fact that Kidman’s life achievement award was presented by her pal and costar, Meryl Streep, is quite fitting given that she’s the only woman to go from being an AFI recipient to an Oscar contender. Since receiving the AFI honor in 2004, she has racked up a whopping eight bids, including a successful one for “The Iron Lady” (2012). A previous champ for “Kramer vs. Kramer” (1980) and...

A television adaptation of The Corrections is in the works with Meryl Streep. The 2001 Jonathan Franzen novel covers multiple years in the lives of the Lambert family, namely an elderly married couple and their three adult children. It spans the latter half of the 20th century, leading toward a holiday gathering that is intended to be their final Christmas together before the death of ailing patriatch Alfred. In addition to winning the National Book Award, it was featured as part of Oprah's Book Club in 2001.

Per Variety, Meryl Streep is attached to star in a television adaptation of The Corrections. While the character she will be playing has not been reported, it seems likely she will portray Lambert family matriarch Enid, who is a driving force behind bringing the family together for their final Christmas.

The project, which has moved to CBS Studios after originally being developed at the now shut down Paramount Television Studios,...

Meryl Streep is attached to star in a series adaptation of Jonathan Franzen’s novel, “The Corrections.”

The project, which comes from CBS Studios and will be adapted and executive produced by Franzen, currently has no streaming service or network attached. Mark Roybal of wiip also executive produces. A spokesperson for CBS Studios declined to comment.

“The Corrections,” which was published in 2001, revolves around the troubles of an elderly Midwestern couple and their three adult children, tracing their lives from the mid-20th century to “one last Christmas” together near the turn of the millennium.

CBS Studios’ adaptation of “The Corrections” marks the second attempt to turn the novel into a TV series.

HBO shot a pilot for a series adaptation of the book in 2011 starring Chris Cooper, Dianne Wiest and Ewan McGregor, though it was ultimately not taken to series.

The project was formerly at Paramount Television Studios prior...

Meryl Streep could soon have her next major TV role. Variety has confirmed with sources that Streep is attached to star in a series adaptation of the Jonathan Franzen novel “The Corrections.”

No streaming service or network is attached to the project at this time, but it will be taken out to market soon. Franzen is adapting the novel for the screen and will serve as executive producer. Mark Roybal of wiip will also executive produce. CBS Studios is behind the project. The project was formerly at Paramount Television Studios before it was shut down in August, with Nicole Clemens of Ptvs executive producing as well.

Reps for CBS Studios declined to comment.

“The Corrections” was originally published in 2001. It tells the story of an elderly Midwestern couple who try to hold a Christmas reunion with their three adult children due to the father’s failing health.

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Many would surely agree with the argument that Meryl Streep is the best actor ever. Having made her stage debut in 1975, the Yale School of Drama alum already had two Oscar nominations to her name by 1980, even winning the Best Supporting Actress award for "Kramer vs. Kramer." You can't get a more auspicious start in Hollywood than that, and to Streep's credit, she managed to maintain her momentum throughout the next decade, receiving a further six Oscar nominations and scoring a Best Actress win for 1982's "Sophie's Choice." That's a remarkable achievement considering the actress had made her feature film debut just five years prior in 1977's "Julia."

Perhaps the only thing more impressive than Streep's almost instantaneous domination of Hollywood is the fact that she has remained just as esteemed as her career played out. Almost 50 years after her film debut, Streep is still one of the most respected actors in the game,...