Julie & Julia News

So, I'm reading Nora Ephron 's 1983 novel Heartburn -- I think I'm the last person in America to realize that Ephron was a foodie long before Julie & Julia -- and the book is filled with love and longing and heartbreak and food.

"We have to change the way that we eat." That was a little more than seven years ago, not long after she had left her influential position as restaurant critic for The New York Times for the equally influential job as editor of Gourmet magazine.

When you're thinking of some of the greatest actors of all time, Meryl Streep would most likely be seen on your list at the number one spot.

The director of "An Education" recently lamented, good-naturedly, that she was tired of producers thinking of her for stereotypically female projects.

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Alec Baldwin has revealed that he would play any role just to share a scene with Meryl Streep.

Above, director Lee Daniels with members of the cast of 'Precious.' Lee Daniels isn't necessarily ready to hear the word "Oscar" in the same sentence with "Precious." "It scares me," the filmmaker admitted at the Cinema Society screening of the film at the Crosby Street Hotel on Friday night.

One of the most charming American movies of the last decade. -David Denby, The New Yorker A scrumptious feast! The feel-good movie of the year! -Kevin Steincross, Fox-TV Meryl Streep is at her brilliant, beguiling best! -Peter Travers, Rolling Stone Starring Meryl Streep and Amy Adams Written and Directed by Nora Ephron FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE One of ...

You know that whole "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" deal, where the actor is theoretically just six or fewer individuals removed from virtually anyone else? Well these days, a decidedly more compact version would seem to be "Six Degrees of Alec Baldwin," especially where the Oscars are concerned.

ROUEN, France - Dining at the restaurant that introduced the late Julia Child to French cuisine feels a little like striking a match on the site where humans discovered fire.

The clever folks at Sara Lee don't want us getting stressed out over the holidays.

Following Tuesday's announcement of Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin as co-hosts of the Oscars , Gold Derby noted that when the academy used multiple hosts most recently, there was at least one woman in the mix.

Her striking height and unmistakable voice made it impossible not to notice her presence.

Just after Mrs Child diedA in 2004 at the age of 91, Miss Hersh visited our shores.

In A Mighty Wind, Lynch played a porn star turned folk singer who joined her husband in re-forming the 1960s "folk neuftet," The Main Street Singers.

Lots to choose from this week at Chichester Cinema at New Park, headlined by The September Issue and ably supported by three recent New Park successes, and two intriguing documentaries about renowned artists.

The 'Today' show has been doing Halloween costumes for years, but they didn't make the "As Seen On TV" gallery this year because all of their characters were fictional - from 'Star Wars'. The CBS 'Early Show' had another costume of a real person, but I decided to hold off on it for the "Two For Tuesday" feature.

Before we set foot in the movie theater to watch "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," my then-10-year-old twin Harry Potter addicts and I thoroughly discussed seeing the sixth installment.

On screen, Hilary Swank incarnates the larger-than-life Amelia Earhart, pioneering aviatrix, as a towering figure.

Rollande Desbois at her home office: She's a cookbook author, cooking teacher and food writer.