Emily Blunt Receives BAFTA Award

Gina Wilhelm Actress - Emily Blunt Receives BAFTA Award

Emily Blunt will be named as British Star of the Year at the 2009 BAFTA/LA Brittania Awards.

Blunt has already been mentioned twice in this blog. First it was reported that she would not be appearing in "Iron Man 2" because she was working on "Gulliver's Travels" with Jack Black.

She was also seen recently in "Sunshine Cleaning" with Amy Adams and Alan Arkin.

In addition to "Gulliver's Travels," she'll also be appearing in "The Young Victoria," which was released in the United Kingdom in March.

She'll also be seen in the remake of "The Wolf Man" with Anthony Hopkins and Benicio Del Toro.

She's no stranger to awards and nominations, having won the award Most Promising Newcomer at the 2004 Evening Standard Film Awards for "My Summer of Love."

She was nominated for Best Newcomer at the British Independent Film Awards in 2004 as well.

Her role in "The Devil Wears Prada" got her a number of nominations. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award.

She also got BAFTA nominations for that film, both for supporting actress and the rising star award.

Congratulations to Emily Blunt!

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Emily Blunt is a Busy Woman

Gina Wilhelm Actress - Emily Blunt is a Busy Woman

Earlier in this blog, it was reported that Emily Blunt would not be appearing in Iron Man 2. That does not mean she's lacking work. Quite the opposite, in fact.

Her next movie is "Sunshine Cleaning," which opens next Friday. It also stars Amy Adams and Alan Arkin. Blunt plays Adams' sister.

The movie is about two sisters who, haunted by the death of their mother, run a crime cleaning service. The film isn't the downer it sounds like, though.

The producer of the movie said Blunt was cast for the humor she could bring to the role.

Blunt was recently seen in "The Devil Wears Prada" and "Charlie Wilson's War." Later this year she'll appear in "The Great Buck Howard," "The Young Victoria," and the remake of "The Wolf Man."

Blunt says that she likes to choose parts that are "a bit left of center and different from the one I played previously."

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Meryl Streep Achieves Oscar Milestone

Gina Wilhelm - Meryl Streep Achieves Oscar Milestone

Meryl Streep sat down with Cynthia McFadden of Nightline to talk about her latest achievement.

With her latest nomination for leading actress in "Doubt," Streep has received 15 Oscar nominations, a record.

Streep talked to McFadden about the meaninglessness of being called "the world's greatest living actress."

She discussed how much she enjoys "difficult" women, whether Sister Aloysius from "Doubt" is the nun equivalent of Miranda Priestly from "The Devil Wears Prada", and if powerful women are being seen more positively.

Finally, she discusses her role-models.

I know I have found mine.

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