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Meryl Streep, who stars in the film Doubt as the stern Sister Aloysius , has won the 2008 SAG Award Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for playing the part. Streep was up for an Academy Award for her performance in The Devil Wears Prada. She is a two-time Oscar winner for Kramer vs. Kramer and Sophie's Choice, and has been nominated for an additional 11 Oscars. Other film credits include The Deer Hunter, Silkwood, Out of Africa, Postcards from the Edge, Heartburn, The Bridges of Madison Countyand Adaptation. She was last seen on screen as Donna in the film version of the Broadway hit Mamma Mia!. Her many theatre credits include Trelawney of the 'Wells,' The Taming of the Shrew, Happy End, The Cherry Orchard, The Seagull and Mother Courage (she starred in the latter two at the Delacorte Theatre). Doubt opened on Broadway on March 9th, 2005 and ran through July 2nd, 2006; it had originally played a hit run at Manhattan Theatre Club. With Tony-winning performances

Celebrated for her great dramatic performances in both film and theater (most recently the Broadway revival of 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses'), Laura Linney has just won the SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries for her role in HBO's JOHN ADAMS. Laura Linney was born in New York City on February 5, 1964, into a theatre family. Her father is the prominent playwright Romulus Linney. Linney's world revolved, in part, around his profession from the earliest age. She graduated from Brown University in 1986 and studied acting at Julliard and the Arts Theatre School in Moscow and, thereafter, embarked on a career on the Broadway stage receiving favorable notices for her work in such plays as 'Hedda Gabler' and 'Six Degrees of Separation'.

Legit News: Production slated for Feb. 6-21 -- The Royal Court Theater will stage the world premiere of Caryl Churchill's 'Seven Jewish Children -- A Play for Gaza,' a 10-minute work written in response to the current humanitarian crisis that examines the history of the state of Israel.

Dakota Fanning may not be saying much about joining the cast of the Twilight sequel, but yesterday she did confirm she's in talks to play Jane!As I exclusively reported last week,...

The coach of a Texas high school basketball team that beat another team 100-0 was fired Sunday, the same day he sent an e-mail to a newspaper saying he will not apologize 'for a wide-margin victory when my girls played with honor and integrity.' Kyle Queal,...

14 year old Dakota Fanning's played a wide variety of characters over the course of her decade-long career, but never a vampire. That could change if she joins the...

The Bloomsbury novelist was a Serious Writer, and as English Lit students know, her brooding ways didn't end well. But her only play, Freshwater, reflects a bright sense of humor. It's getting a New York production at last.

ET caught up with celebs at the Producers Guild Awards, where Michael Douglas, Debra Messing, Kathy Griffin and others spoke about the crucial role producers play in Hollywood. Douglas, who was honored with the David O. Selznick Achievement Award, said it was great to be on hand to receive the award and thanked the many people throughout his career who had helped make him look good. Oscar winners Brian Grazer and Ron Howard were given the prestigious Milestone Award for outstanding achievement. Dev Patel and Freida Pinto, the stars of 'Slumdog Millionaire,' said they were thrilled with the success of the film and said all the producers at the event had already seen it.

'Will theatergoers continue to be interested in issues raised by war? Given Americans' exhaustion with the war in Iraq, and the departure of President Bush, not to mention the nation's dire economic landscape, will there be a demand for war plays?'...

Lynn Nottage traveled to Uganda to conduct research for her play "Ruined," an adaptation of Bertolt Brecht's "Mother Courage and Her Children."