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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

ET's Mark Steines joined Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie on the SAG red carpet, where the dynamic duo talked about their great year, traveling, and their baby twins! Angelina said she and Brad are grateful for their recent, critically acclaimed film roles, but, "more than anything, we have two healthy babies. That's made this the best year," Angelina added. "It has been a fantastic year. Everyone's healthy and we're happy," said Brad, who just finished shooting his starring role in Quentin Tarantino's war epic 'Inglourious Basterds.'

ET's own Thea Andrews recaps her SAG Awards red carpet experience, from her favorite fashions -- and bling -- including Laura Dern's and Amy Adams' spectacular looks, to celebrity introductions on the red carpet: What happens when you introduce the likes of Steve Carell and Susan Sarandon to "Entourage" stars Jeremy Piven and Kevin Connolly? Watch the vid to find out!

NDTV.comAishwarya, Akshay, Helen in Padma Shri listHindu, India - 6 hours agoNew Delhi (PTI): Bollywood stars Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Akshay Kumar and Helen are among a host of celebrities from the Hindi film and entertainment ...Helen, Aishwarya, Akshay named for Padma Shri Economic TimesAishwarya Rai is now a Padma Shri Awardee Khabrein.infoDhoni, Aishwarya Rai, Akshay Kumar to get Padma Shri Award BreakingNewsOnline.Zee News - Times of Indiaall 56 news articles

Front Page: 'Birdie,' 'Laughter' coming to Broadway -- Roundabout Theater Company has added two more Broadway productions to its lineup for the 2009-10 season, with the first Rialto revival of the 1960 musical 'Bye Bye Birdie,' about an Elvis-style singing sensation with a rabid teen fan base; and a return of the Noel Coward comedy 'Present Laughter,' starring Victor Garber as a vain 1930s matinee idol.

New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) Yesteryears' dancing queen Helen, Bollywood diva Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, action star Akshay Kumar and music maestro Hridyanath Mangeshkar are among those named for this year's Padma Shri awards. The inimitable Helen, 69 ...

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Marni Nixon has joined the upcoming Encores! presentation of Music in the Air, she replaces Sally Ann Howes who had to drop out due to an illness. Marni Nixon, is known in the popular world as the singing voice behind the stars of West Side Story, The King and I and My Fair Lady. An accomplished singer in her own right, she has has sung opera, classical song and appeared on Broadway. Ms. Nixon worked with Lehmann in a production of Ariadne auf Naxos at the Music Academy of the West and considered her a friend. Besides her singing career, Marni Nixon is also an actress, recently nominated for an Ovation award. She gives master clases throughout the country in musical theater and classical song. She was last seen on Broadway in NINE and The Dead. Music in the Air, a rarely seen 1932 musical, will be directed by Gary Griffin with music direction by Rob Berman and choreography by Michael Lichtefeld. The production runs for five performances at City Center, West 55th Street (between 6th an

Three-time Tony Award winner Frank Langella is among the American theater world's greatest living actors. Though he gained recognition as a film star in the 1970s, the stage has always been his first love. He spoke candidly with CBS Sunday Morning's Tracy Smith about his career, the work of an actor and the price of fame. His career off-Broadway was launched with an Obie Award in 1965 for his performance in poet-playwright Robert Lowell's The Old Glory: Benito Cereno. His other major off-Broadway productions include Edmond Rostand's Cyrano, Arthur Miller's After the Fall, John Webster's The White Devil, Heinrich von Kleist's The Prince of Homburg, Andre Gide's The Immortalist and Shakespeare's The Tempest. Langella's triumphs on Broadway include Tony Awards for Edward Albee's Seascape, for Turgeneve's Fortune's Fool and last year for his role as President Richard Nixon in the New York production of Frost/Nixon. He was just seen on Broadway in the recent Roundabout Theatre Company produ

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