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Meryl Streep has donated $1 million to The Public Theater in honor of both its late founder, Joseph Papp, and her friend, the author Nora Ephron.
Meryl Streep has donated $1 million to The Public Theater in honor of both its late founder, Joseph Papp, and her friend, the author Nora Ephron.

Meryl Streep has donated $1 million to the Public Theater in honor of both its late founder, Joseph Papp, and her friend, the author Nora Ephron.

The United Kingdom's famed city provided the backdrop not only for the latest Olympics but for some classic movies.
Two-time Tony Award winner Martin Pakledinaz, who designed hundreds of costumes for stars such as Sutton Foster and Patti LuPone, has died, his agent said Monday. He was 58.
Liev Schreiber will never forget the beautiful white bird that showed up mysteriously during a performance of "Othello."
Kevin Kline will play Romeo opposite Meryl Streep's Juliet for a one-night-only staged reading of Shakespeare's play in Central Park.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton joined in celebrating the nation's top artists receiving the Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday while home for less than 36 hours between diplomatic travels.
President Barack Obama in lauding the actors, musicians and others receiving Kennedy Center Honors Sunday night, also was looking for advice.

Judah Friedlander, perhaps most widely known for his trucker-hat-wearing character, Frank Rossitano, on NBC's "30 Rock," is absolutely full of himself.

Rachel (Ginnifer Goodwin, "Big Love," "He's Just Not That Into You") is a bright, attractive young woman and a talented attorney. But when she's in the company of her best friend Darcy (Kate Hudson), Rachel surrenders the spotlight to her self-obsessed BFF.

Kevin Kline likes roles that teach him something.
Robert Redford's Lincoln assassination tale "The Conspirator" and Keira Knightley and Carey Mulligan's drama "Never Let Me Go" are among films premiering at September's Toronto International Film Festival.

A showcase for potential Academy Awards contenders and big fall releases, September's Toronto International Film Festival will feature titles starring Nicole Kidman, Ben Affleck, Robert De Niro, Natalie Portman, Keanu Reeves, Keira Knightley and Carey Mulligan.
He says the post-Civil War drama was educating, too: He learned a chapter of American history he didn't know and discovered what it's like to work with director Robert Redford.