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Oscars Flashback: What Heath Ledger, Reese Witherspoon, and Meryl Streep Wore On the Oscars 2006 Red Carpet

Oscars Flashback: What Heath Ledger, Reese Witherspoon, and Meryl Streep Wore On the Oscars 2006 Red Carpet

Published by Sam Flores

Trends may change from year to year, but some things—like black dresses, red lipstick, and Meryl Streep—are never out of place on the red carpet at the Oscars. Just as all of the glam above will almost certainly appear at the Oscars 2026 on Sunday, March 15, they were all present on the Oscars red carpet 20 years ago. The awards ceremony itself was full of surprises, from all four major acting winners—Reese Witherspoon, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel Weisz, and George Clooney—being first-time nominees, Crash pulling off a best picture upset over awards season favorite Brokeback Mountain, and more. Not a surprise, however, was the outstanding style attendees displayed on the red carpet two decades ago. Nobody wears a classic black tux like Clooney, as he once again demonstrated in 2006, and Michelle Williams, attending on the arm of Brokeback Mountain costar and then-partner Heath Ledger, another master of menswear, could wear her canary yellow Vera Wang gown with artful tulle ruffles and an elegant train today, and nobody would bat an eye. Jennifer Aniston …

Meryl Streep Loved Her Devil Wears Prada 2 Outfits—Except for One Detail

Meryl Streep Loved Her Devil Wears Prada 2 Outfits—Except for One Detail

Published by Sam Flores

Even Anne Hathaway was stunned by the impact of seeing Miranda walk down the office passageways again. “Meryl, as Miranda, had started down the hallway ahead of me—I was maybe 50 feet behind her—and seeing her from the back was practically psychedelic,” she told Vogue. For Hathaway, now an Oscar-winner herself, it was like going back in time. “I just felt so many portals open up at that moment. I was 22 again, but it was still now. Thankfully, this time, she didn’t stay in character the entire time, so we had a lot of laughs.” In a few months, audiences will be whisked back to the past and immerse themselves in the world that has already captivated generations. Originally published in Vanity Fair Italy. Source link

The last thing we need is more biopics – but Meryl Streep as Joni Mitchell sounds irresistible

The last thing we need is more biopics – but Meryl Streep as Joni Mitchell sounds irresistible

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter When Walk the Line strode into cinemas in 2005, all dressed in black, it gave final shape to a template that Hollywood has been copying ever since. James Mangold’s Oscar-winning Johnny Cash film – following on the heels of Ray, Taylor Hackford’s similarly awards-garlanded take on Ray Charles a year earlier – established the music biopic blueprint so definitively that the form immediately ossified into cliché. Troubled childhood, early brilliance, meteoric ascent, drugs and adversity, redemptive finale. By the time Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story came along to skewer the whole charade in 2007, the parody practically wrote itself. Fast-forward 20 years, past the vapidly formulaic Bohemian Rhapsody, and we’re still being served the same meal with different garnishes. A Complete Unknown and Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere – biopics of Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen respectively – both arrived …

Meryl Streep confirmed to play Joni Mitchell in forthcoming biopic

Meryl Streep confirmed to play Joni Mitchell in forthcoming biopic

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the inside track from Roisin O’Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Meryl Streep has been confirmed to play Joni Mitchell in a new biopic that has been in development for several years. Her casting in the film, set to be directed by Cameron Crowe, was confirmed by record executive Clive Davis at his annual pre-Grammy party in Los Angeles, reported Rolling Stone. Davis made the announcement while introducing Mitchell at the Beverly Hilton event on Saturday, bringing an end to months of speculation. Although the project has been discussed for years, with several actors in the running for the lead role, this is the first official confirmation of the lead casting. The Independent has reached out to representatives for Streep, Crowe, and Mitchell for comment. Crowe first announced in 2023 that he was working with Mitchell on a film based on her life and career, and that it would be told from Mitchell’s own …

Macaulay Culkin, Meryl Streep, Pedro Pascal lead heartbreaking tributes to ‘genius’ Catherine O’Hara

Macaulay Culkin, Meryl Streep, Pedro Pascal lead heartbreaking tributes to ‘genius’ Catherine O’Hara

Published by Daniella Wilson

Macaulay Culkin has paid a heartbreaking tribute to Catherine O’Hara following the news of her passing on Friday, January 30, 2026. Macaulay and Catherine starred together in the 1990 film Home Alone and its 1992 sequel, and they formed a close relationship, with Macaulay calling Catherine “mom” in the real world. The actor took to Instagram following the news of her death after a brief illness, writing: “Mama. I thought we had time. I wanted more. I wanted to sit in a chair next to you. I heard you but I had so much more to say. I love you. I’ll see you later.” Catherine played mom Kate in the 1990 classic Christmas movie which saw Macaulay star as eight-year-old Kevin McCallister, who is accidentally left at home over Christmas but is forced to protect the family home when two con men plan to rob the McCallister residence. The movie’s producer Christopher Columbus also paid tribute, writing: “Today we lost Catherine O’Hara. I’m stunned and heartbroken, along with the rest of the world. I was an obsessive …