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Studios is presenting Simon Callow in Dr. Marigold and Mr. Chops , two rarely seen, one-man plays by Charles Dickens - from December 12, 2009 to January 31, 2010.

The Academy Awards won't be presented until March, but the first Oscar statuettes of the season are set to be handed out Saturday night at a private, black-tie dinner in Hollywood.

Following Tuesday's announcement of Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin as co-hosts of the Oscars , Gold Derby noted that when the academy used multiple hosts most recently, there was at least one woman in the mix.

Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin are good, solid choices to host the Oscars , but it's hard to make sense of why they were tapped a ' and combined as a pair.

Richard Dreyfuss was born in Brooklyn on Oct. 29, 1947, the second of three children, to a lawyer-turned-restaurant owner.

Academy and Tony Award-winning director Mike Nichols will be honored with the American Film Institute's 38th annual Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010.

Carrie Fisher mines for laughs her dysfunctional famous family, her film career and her battle with addiction in "Wishful Drinking," her new Broadway show.

As male actors queue up to perform their favourite Meryl Streep moments on stage in LA, here's a look at how the star has camped it up a ' and won our hearts 'Bore someone else with your questions' a Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada.

Renowned for her versatility and aptitude with accents, Meryl Streep seems able to play almost any role.

A character player capable of projecting priggish attitudes or a sinister aura even when not specifically a villain, Anthony Heald did not begin to be noticed in film until middle-age and after more than 20 years in the.... A character player capable of projecting priggish attitudes or a sinister aura even when not specifically a villain, Anthony ...

A character player capable of projecting priggish attitudes or a sinister aura even when not specifically a villain, Anthony Heald did not begin to be noticed in film until middle-age and after more than 20 years in the.... A character player capable of projecting priggish attitudes or a sinister aura even when not specifically a villain, Anthony ...

In her upcoming movie "Julie & Julia," Meryl Streep throws back her head and laughs as Julia Child.

Ivana Trump giving a speech in Vienna. Do you look at the titles for Sunday crosswords? If you saw this one, you probably guessed the trick right away.

While previewing Julie & Julia , Nora Ephron's yummy film about blogger Julie Powell and her heroine-worship of jolly French chef Julia Child , I whispered to a colleague, "Is Streep the first actor ever to have previously played on screen the director he/she works for in a subsequent film?" , about the bustup of Ephron's marriage to Washington ...

We've been looking at each Meryl Streep Oscar nod and its competition. Previously 78 , 79 , 81 , 82 and 83 , 85 , 87 and 88 I believe that Meryl Streep 's film career can be divided into five chapters or acts .

To say Meryl Streep has had a career resurgence in the last few years does a disservice to all the films she did between "Devil Wears Prada" and "Out Of Africa." Sure there are a few stinkers in there, but the majority of Meryl's movies 1990's movies are absolutely rewatchable.

A quartet of Hollywood glamour girls makes a return engagement when These Old Broads debuts on DVD August 18 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

Short, stocky triple-threat talent from the English stage. A deliciously rich character actor, Callow first won notice in 1979 when he originated the starring role of the abrasively immature Mozart in the National.... Short, stocky triple-threat talent from the English stage.

Had Judy Garland not died tragically at 47 of an accidental overdose she would be turning 87 years-old today.

Dear Readers, Thanks to the more than 2,400 of you who participated in this year's Readers' Choice Survey: Los Angeles .