Word: meryll
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Women's films: even the name sounds second-class and second-rate. "It narrows the experience," says Meryl Poster, co-president of production at Miramax Films, which distributes Chicago and is a partner in The Hours. "It doesn't sound like a full picture; you think it's weepy or trite." Another pejorative, chick flicks, is even more limiting. "It denigrates a male appreciation of the female experience," says Diane Lane, who won the New York Film Critics' Actress award for her turn as an adulterous wife in Unfaithful. "I think men are very curious and surprised by the female...
...determine how your life will be." Renee Zellweger, the Chicago co-star who won the other Best Actress Golden Globe (for a musical or comedy), seconds Moore's notion: "I like to see and be inspired by rich, character-driven films. And I want to see Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep and Julianne Moore do what they do." So do women's-film audiences, when they can find women's films...
...dearth of big roles means a short shelf life for actresses. Meryl Streep, who was once an elevated women's-film genre all her own, found that she got fewer fulfilling roles as she hit her 40s. Streep, 53, enjoyed a comeback this season with her starring role in The Hours and a strong, bizarre supporting part in Adaptation. She could well win Oscar nominations for both...
...Renee Zellweger lead the field. Weaker but nevertheless bankable bets are Julianne Moore in Far from Heaven and Diane Lane in Unfaithful. The fifth slot is anybody’s guess. Salma Hayek has the strongest chance for her starring role in Frida, but right behind her are Meryl Streep for The Hours, Nia Vardalos for My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Maggie Gyllenhaal for Secretary and Isabelle Huppert for The Piano Teacher...
...Best Supporting Actress slate is a more settled one. Guaranteed nominees include Kathy Bates for About Schmidt, Catherine Zeta-Jones for Chicago and Meryl Streep for Adaptation, with The Hours’ Julianne Moore almost as sure a bet. As bizarre as “Academy Award Nominee Queen Latifah” sounds, I expect that she’ll round out the category for her work in Chicago. Lesser possibilities for nominations include White Oleander’s Michelle Pfeiffer, Gangs of New York’s Cameron Diaz, Igby Goes Down’s Susan Sarandon, About...