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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 …