The Iron Lady

Gary Susman

Margaret Thatcher and the Movies

HuffingtonPost.com | Gary Susman | Posted 04.08.2013

Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, who died Monday at 87, had a much greater impact on the world of film than just inspiring an Oscar-wi...

Meryl Streep on Margaret Thatcher's Passing

Moviefone | Drew Taylor | Posted 04.08.2013

Margaret Thatcher, Great Britain's first and only female Prime Minister died today at the age of 87. Many have spoken out following her passing, notin...

The Best Biopic Makeup

Posted 11.27.2012

Sir Anthony Hopkins has transformed himself into Alfred Hitchcock for the newly released biopic "Hitchcock." While the actor was nearly unrecogniza...

Pirated Russian Translation Of 'The Iron Lady' Reportedly Compares Margaret Thatcher To Hitler

Posted 03.20.2012

If Margaret Thatcher's family had a problem with "The Iron Lady," you can only imagine how they'll feel about a pirated Russian translation of the fil...

Weinsteins Rule Oscars

AP | RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 04.28.2012

LOS ANGELES — Bob and Harvey Weinstein resumed their perch as Hollywood's favorite taste-makers Sunday, with "The Artist" and "The Iron Lady" sw...

Weinsteins Rule Oscars

AP | RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 04.28.2012

LOS ANGELES — Bob and Harvey Weinstein resumed their perch as Hollywood's favorite taste-makers Sunday, with "The Artist" and "The Iron Lady" sw...

Watch Ellen DeGeneres In 'The Iron Lady,' 'Harry Potter' And 'Twilight'

Posted 02.24.2012

Billy Crystal isn't the only Oscar host who can insert himself into movies. Former host -- and expert Moviefone blogger -- Ellen DeGeneres can do it, ...

Lady Be Good

Ellen DeGeneres | Posted 04.24.2012
Ellen DeGeneres

If I've said it once, I've said it 18 times, Meryl Streep is brilliant as Margaret Thatcher. I said it would earn her an Oscar nomination and it did. I can't believe how unbelievably believable she was.

'The Artist' Wins Big At The BAFTAs

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 04.13.2012

LONDON — Winners of the 2012 British Academy Film Awards, presented Sunday: Film – "The Artist"...

25 Things That Have Happened Since Meryl Streep Won Her Most Recent Oscar

Mike Ryan | Posted 04.01.2012
Mike Ryan

I'm going to repeat this all one last time for effect: Meryl Streep has not won an Oscar since the Oscar ceremony that took place on April 11, 1983. To drive this point not just home, but right smack into your left nostril, here are 25 things that have happened since Meryl Streep last won an Academy Award.

The Iron Lady

Warren Adler | Posted 03.25.2012
Warren Adler

While the movie has, to my mind, numerous flaws as a film biography of a powerful political figure, I would recommend it as an interesting and sincere attempt to portray the emotional life of a legendary female politician.

Did Streep's 'Iron Lady' Dinner Party For Journalists Affect Reviews?

The Huffington Post | Alex Suskind | Posted 01.18.2012

If you can't beat 'em, cook 'em dinner? That's the route Meryl Streep recently took with a group of prominent female journalists from England, followi...

Gary Susman

How Will The Golden Globes Affect The Oscar Race?

HuffingtonPost.com | Gary Susman | Posted 01.16.2012

As Ricky Gervais joked on Sunday night, the Golden Globes are like the Oscars, only without all the esteem. The Oscars are chosen by 6,000 movie-indus...

Harvey Weinstein, Golden Globes King

The Huffington Post | Christopher Rosen | Posted 01.16.2012

If 2011 was known as the year that Harvey Weinstein made his Oscar-season comeback with "The King's Speech," then consider 2012 the start of his next ...

Why The Cold War Is Back at the Movies in The Iron Lady, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy & Mission Impossible

Jason Apuzzo | Posted 03.14.2012
Jason Apuzzo

In an industry still hesitant to make films about today's War on Terror, and with memories of World War II fading, Russian authoritarians are on their way to becoming Hollywood's safe, consensus villains of the moment.

What Britain's Iron Lady Could Teach Today's Timid Politicians

Harvey Weinstein | Posted 03.14.2012
Harvey Weinstein

In today's world of tightly controlled public relations, is there any way to be other than safe? I always find myself rooting for people who stand up for what they believe in, and it always gives me a great charge to see it happen.

Mike Hogan

Meryl Talks Maggie, Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Hogan | Posted 01.10.2012

You don't have to admire the political record of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher to appreciate Meryl Streep's virtuoso acting performa...