Meryl Streep 'The Iron Lady', a Best Actress Golden Globe 2012

Senior actress Meryl Streep is still able to show its light to compete with the talented young actress. Star of 'The Iron Lady' was crowned Best Actress for the movie drama category at the Golden Globe Awards 2012.

Streep, who is now aged 62 years to get rid of a rival who appeared totally Rooney Mara in the movie 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo'. Another rival is Glenn Close in the movie 'Albert Nobbs', Viola Davis 'The Help', and Tilda Swinton through his film 'We Need to Talk About Kevin'.

During his career in acting, Streep has received 27 Golden Globe nominations, and has brought home a total of eight trophies. In his speech when receiving a gift of the Best Actress on Sunday night local time Streep remain humble and praise its rivals.

"It's kind of vibration but it is really, really embarrassing in a year to see so many outstanding performances by its leading lady," he said as reported by The Hollywood Reportr, some time ago.

Golden Globe Awards 69th held at the Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills closed by the victory of 'The Descendants' in the Best Drama category. While 'The Artist' received the most awards with three trophies.

Meryl Streep 'The Iron Lady', a Best Actress Golden Globe 2012

Meryl Streep 'The Iron Lady', a Best Actress Golden Globe 2012

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Kristin Schaal, the Athena Film Festival, and the Top Grossing Women in Comedy

By WICF Editor Liz McKeon


How's your weekend going, WICF readers? Are you enjoying the balmy 70° weather in LA? Enjoying the balmy 34° weather in Chicago? Or have frigid temps this past week been getting you down? (It couldn't be the recent Forbes list of the highest grossing actresses in comedy, could it? I love la Streep, I think she's a remarkable actress and a fantastic person, but it would be wonderful if one of the top five highest grossing actresses in non-animated-film comedies was a working comedian. The numbers, over the last five years: Meryl Streep, $1.3 billion worldwide box office; Sarah Jessica Parker, $916 million; Katherine Heigl, $773 million; Cameron Diaz, $768 million; and Anne Hathaway, $727 million. Tina Fey came in at number 10, with $216 million.)

Whatever it is that you're feeling right now, here is Kristen Schaal, opening the WGA awards last week, to cheer you up:


Maybe she'll perform this for us, at next month's WICF! Girls can dream, right?


For more inspiring news about women in entertainment, Melissa Silverstein and Kathleen Sweeney have been covering this weekend's Athena Film Festival over at Women and Hollywood, so check that out to see uplifting reporting from the world of women leaders in the film industry. (Hat tip to Melissa Silverstein and Women and Hollywood for covering the WGA cold open and the Forbes list, too!)

Enjoy your weekends, WICFers!