EVENING
Opens Nationwide (U.S.) on June 29, 2007.

Director: Lajos Koltai
Starring: Claire Danes, Toni Collette, Vanessa Redgrave, Patrick Wilson, Hugh Dancy, Natasha Richardson, Mamie Gummer, Eileen Atkins, Meryl Streep, Glenn Close

We are mysterious creatures, aren't we?

Official Synopsis: Evening unites a stellar cast, and is based on the beloved novel by Susan Minot and adapted for the screen by Ms. Minot and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Cunningham (The Hours), under the direction of Lajos Koltai (Fateless), who was previously an Academy Award-nominated cinematographer. Evening is a deeply emotional film that illuminates the timeless love which binds mother and daughter – seen through the prism of one mother’s life as it crests with optimism, navigates a turning point, and ebbs to its close. Two pairs of real-life mothers and daughters – Vanessa Redgrave and Natasha Richardson, and Meryl Streep and Mamie Gummer – portray, respectively, a mother and her daughter and the mother’s best friend at different stages in life. Overcome by the power of memory, Ann Lord (Ms. Redgrave) reveals a long-held secret to her concerned daughters; Constance (Ms. Richardson), a content wife and mother, and Nina (Toni Collette), a restless single woman. Both are bedside when Ann calls out for the man she loved more than any other. But who is this “Harris,” wonder her daughters, and what is he to our mother? While Constance and Nina try to take stock of Ann’s life and their own lives, their mother is tended to by a night nurse (Eileen Atkins) as she journeys in her mind back to a summer weekend some fifty years ago, when she was Ann Grant (Claire Danes) . . . a young woman who has come from New York City to be maid of honor at the high-society Newport wedding of her dearest friend from college, Lila Wittenborn (Ms. Gummer). The bride-to-be is jittery, and turns to her maid of honor rather than her own mother (Glenn Close) for support. Ann stays close to her friend, yet is even closer to Lila’s irrepressible brother Buddy (Hugh Dancy). Unexpected feelings surge forth once Ann meets wedding guest Harris Arden (Patrick Wilson), a lifelong friend and intimate of the Wittenborn family. Ann’s love for Harris will change her life, and those of her daughters, forever.

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Congratulations, Meryl!
. . . for winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Movie Musical or Comedy for her role as Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada -- and for winning the National Society of Film Critics Best Supporting Actress award for her work in both The Devil Wears Prada and in A Prairie Home Companion.

GREAT CHEFS ALICE WATERS, DANIEL BOULUD AND ROGER VERGE HONOR IMPRESSIONIST CLAUDE MONET IN THE DOCUMENTARY, "MONET'S PALATE," WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MERYL STREEP.

Art, food, music and wine will harmonize like never before at the New York screening of Monet’s Palate at “Makor,” 7:30 pm on Tuesday, January 16, 2007. Aileen Bordman, Creator and Executive Producer of the film, “Monet’s Palate,” will take guests on a culinary pilgrimage to the epicenter of Impressionism, Giverny.

"Monet’s Palate," a 60 minute documentary film examines the connection between fine art and fine cuisine as seen through the eyes of Claude Monet. Meryl Streep’s opening narration takes the viewer through the painter’s home and gardens in the pastoral region of Normandy. The film also highlights London where the artist lived, painted and dined at the Savoy Hotel. Great Chefs such as Roger Verge, Daniel Boulud and Alice Waters share their thoughts about the cuisine Monet adored. The film was has been screened at various film festivals over the past two years and was presented at MIP Cannes in April. It received the Directors Citation Honorable Mention in February from the prestigious Thomas A. Edison Black Maria Film Festival.

After a screening of the film, Eric Weiss, food, service and wine consultant and President of Service Arts, Inc. will moderate a discussion about Monet’s Palate and the connections between food, art, wine and music. Panelists include; Charles S. Moffet, Vice-Chairman, Impressionsist, Modern and Contemporary Art at Sothebys and former senior curator of the exhibition “Monet’s Years at Giverny” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Terrance Brennan, Chef/Owner of Picholine and Artisanal Restaurants, Michel Nischan, Chef/Co-Owner with Paul Newman of The Dressing Room Restaurant and author of “Homegrown Pure and Simple,” and Ms. Bordman, President of AFB Productions and founder of www.monetspalate.com.

As a culinary-musical coda, Mr. Weiss will introduce his latest presentation, “The Taste of Music, The Sound of Food and Wine.” Master Violinist Jennifer Choi will interpret the lush and captivating Cabernet Sauvignon, “Monet’s Palate,”2004, with a corresponding musical selection. Ms. Bordman and the California vintner, Marie Schutz created the wine based on Claude Monet’s personal taste preference demonstrating the “Palate to Palette” connection highlighted in the film. Tickets are available through the “Makor” box office by calling 212 601-1000 or online at http://www.makor.org/.

A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION

Radio like you’ve never seen it before. Visit the official website for all kinds of film goodies, including e-cards and desktop wallpaper. Remember to check out the music section, where you can download clips from the film (and hear Meryl sing) ;) -mk

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA

Based on the best-selling novel by Lauren Weisberger, THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA stars two-time Academy Award® winner Meryl Streep as high-powered fashion magazine editor Miranda Priestly. Anne Hathaway also stars, as Miranda’s new assistant, a small-town girl in her first job out of college, trying to navigate a world she’s only glimpsed in print – while surviving her impossibly demanding new boss.

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ANT BULLY

From Academy Award nominated filmmaker John A. Davis (Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius) and producers Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman (The Polar Express), The Ant Bully tells a witty and heartwarming story about a 10-year-old boy who embarks on a remarkable journey. New in town, friendless and tormented by a neighborhood bully, young Lucas Nickle has been taking out his frustration on the innocent ant hill in his yard. But one day the ants retaliate. Using a magic potion, they shrink Lucas down to ant size and sentence him to live like an ant in their colony. In this strange new world Lucas will learn important lessons about friendship, get a whole new perspective on life and ultimately find the courage to stand up for himself. This computer animated film opened July 28th and features the voices of Zach Tyler Eisen, Nicolas Cage, Paul Giamatti, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Bruce Campbell, and many others.

Shakespeare in the Park:
MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN
WORLD PREMIERE: August 8 - September 3, 2006

By Bertolt Brecht
Translated by Tony Kushner
Original music by Jeanine Tesori
Directed by George C. Wolfe

Featuring Raul Aranas, Geoffrey Arend, Max Baker, Ato Essandoh, Colleen Fitzpatrick, Glenn Fleshler, Michael Izquierdo, Eugene Jones, Kevin Kline, George Kmeck, Jenifer Lewis, Paco Lozano, Michael Markham, Larry Marshall, Jack Noseworthy, Austin Pendleton, Sean Phillips, Silvestre Rasuk, Meryl Streep, Brittany Underwood, Alexandria Wailes, Frederick Weller, Jade Wu, and Waleed F. Zuaiter.

In Brecht’s seminal work we follow Mother Courage over a period of 12 years as one by one her children Kattrin, Eilif and Swiss Cheese are taken away by a vicious war. As Mother Courage seeks to profit from the war that is killing her children, she questions the roles of honesty, virtue and family in the face of a bitter struggle for survival.

Pick up your free Shakespeare in the Park tickets on the day of the performance beginning at 1pm at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park or from 1 to 3pm at The Public Theater Box Office, 425 Lafayette Street. Please note that there will be limited ticket distribution for the following performances: August 15, August 21, and August 31. For information about the special benefit performance and welcome evening for new partners, please visit The Public's website.

There will be an open-captioned performance of Mother Courage and Her Children on September 3rd. Funds for the open-captioned performances of Shakespeare in the Park have been generously provided by a grant from the Theatre Development’s TAP Plus program in cooperation with the New York State Council on the Arts. The sign language-interpreted performance by Hands On will be August 27th. Sign language-interpreted performances of Shakespeare in the Park are provided in part by 'FJC – A Foundation of Donor Advised Funds'.

UPCOMING PROJECTS

Meryl is attached to the following projects:
(1) Dark Matter, produced by Mary Salter;
(2) Disney's "First Man," where she will play the President and Robert DeNiro will play the First Man. Screenplay by Diane English; and
(3) Nip/Tuck creator Ryan Murphy will direct Meryl Streep in the adaptation of John Jeter's play "Dirty Tricks." The story centers on whistleblower Martha Mitchell (Streep), whose husband John Mitchell was Attorney General during the Nixon administration. The film will also star Annette Bening as White House correspondent Helen Thomas, Gwyneth Paltrow as Maureen Dean, wife of White House Counsel John Dean, and Jill Clayburgh as Nixon's wife Pat.