Meryl Streep is far from being in her golden years! Or maybe she is and just knows how to spin life into gold.
Sunday night she won a Golden Globe for her role in "Julie and Julia," and in my most humble (but extremely accurate!) WOOFer opinion, deservedly so. (To read a previous post in honor of both Streep & Child, please click here!)
I admire this actress for many reasons. Now there's one more: the compassion and vulnerability she displayed when accepting the best actress award. In her speech, fifty-year-old Streep paid homage to her mother...and then turned thoughts to Haiti.
"I come to Golden Globes weekend and I am conflicted how to have my happy movie self in the face of everything I'm aware of in the real world, and that's when I have my mother's voice coming to me: Partners in Health, shoot some money to Partners In Health, and be damn grateful you have the dollars to help. And I am grateful. I'm really grateful."
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Sunday night she won a Golden Globe for her role in "Julie and Julia," and in my most humble (but extremely accurate!) WOOFer opinion, deservedly so. (To read a previous post in honor of both Streep & Child, please click here!)
I admire this actress for many reasons. Now there's one more: the compassion and vulnerability she displayed when accepting the best actress award. In her speech, fifty-year-old Streep paid homage to her mother...and then turned thoughts to Haiti.
"I come to Golden Globes weekend and I am conflicted how to have my happy movie self in the face of everything I'm aware of in the real world, and that's when I have my mother's voice coming to me: Partners in Health, shoot some money to Partners In Health, and be damn grateful you have the dollars to help. And I am grateful. I'm really grateful."
This post is not a plea to support award shows, your mother or Partners in Health. Just a gentle reminder that every woman, regardless, struggles with the same issues. They may look a little different, but really they're not...
Please accept my award to each of you for your excellent work in playing the role of you!
--Diana (aka d.d. dawg)
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1 comment:
Yes, Meryl is amazing in many ways. Not only is she a gifted actress, she's a woman with her head on straight. Having reared four successful children and remained virtually out of the tabloids is a triumph in itself for those in the movie business.
And she looks wonderful without the aid of modern anti-aging nips and tucks, shots and fillers. Actually, at the risk of being a know-it-all pain, Meryl is even more amazing in that way because she's not fifty... she's sixty! (Born in June, 1949.)
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