. >> well-said, meryl streep.hat's oscar-winning actress meryl streep talking about one of her teachers from the yale school of drama who became a kennedy center nominee. carmen de lavallade broke barriers in dance and brought tears to the eyes of band leaders like duke ellington. michelle miller so lucky she joined de lavallade. i so agree with meryl streep. i love everything about this woman. >> you instantly fall in love with this woman. thank you for giving me this point in my career. i simply adored carmen de lavallade. we met up with her at the baryshnikov arts center in new york city where she demonstrated

i had over-shoulder shots, over tom to meryl, over meryl to tom. i had singles. the whole day covering it. but when i shot the master, meaning i shot the whole scene in one shot, i realized that there was something that the camera that eventually came around and created a kind of parity between ben bradlee and katharine graham. ben bradlee was on the left of the screen, and katharine graham was on the right of the screen. it was a very equal and fair shot that showed the dynamic of and when i had first initially put the scene together and i did it conventionally with cuts, it didn't ring true as much as a kind of theatrical stage play, where the audience just sits there and they do all the editing. when you go to a play, you're the editor. you decide who to look at and when to look at them. when an actor compels you to pay attention to them, you watch them more than the other actor, and i felt this should be more like theater. when they first meet, we should see the theater of that dynamic between the publisher of the post and the editor of the post having this b

>> not yet. >> reporter: meryl's next project.s "mama mia." ♪ how can i resist you >> will you do a duet with cher? >> we did many duets. but they were at the bar. ♪ i don't wanna let you go >> i would have loved to have seen that. that could have been a movie by hits. >> an interesting movie. >> "the post" opens the first awards show of the new year. the palm springs international film festival. >> our very own mary hart will host the event. it will honor some old and new school stars including wonder woman. gal gadot is kicking off the new year as the festival's rising star award winner. past winners include jennifer lawrence and alicia vikander. we know the festival does major fore shadowing. >> i made you a champion. and you hate me for it. >> reporter: allison janney's performance in "i,tonya" is already getting buzz. >> i'm very, very excited and thrilled. >> reporter: also being honored at the exhibit, jez ka chastain, gary oldman. and mary j. blige for her breakout performance in "mud bound." >> i don't want you working fo

>> not yet. >> meryl's next project. a bit more light hearted.to 2008's "mamma mia." ♪ how can i resist ya >> will you be doing a duet with cher? >> well, we did many duets, but they were at the bar. ♪ i don't wanna let you go >> i would have loved to have seen that. that could have been a movie by itself. >> an interesting movie. >> "the post" opens the first awards show of the new year. the palm springs international film festival. >> our very own mary hart will host the event. on january 2nd. the gala will honor some old and some new school stars including a wonder woman. gal gadot is kicking off the new year as the festival's rising star award recipient. past winners include jennifer lawrence and alicia vikander. all went on to get oscar nods. alicea even won. so we know the fest dal does major foreshadowing when it comes to the academy awards. >> i made you a champion. and you hate me for it. >> reporter: allison janney's performance in "i, tonya" is already receiving oscar buzz so no big surprise she's getting the spotlight award. >> i'm ve

. >>> and tonight, meryl streep defending herself against any notion she could have done more when it came to harvey weinstein. what she's now saying. >>> good evening. it's great to have you with us here on a very busy tuesday night. and we begin with the breaking headline involving your money, your taxes. president trump, one step closer to his first major legislative victory tonight, since being elected president, but this evening, a last-minute holdup. the house voting today to approve the republican tax cuts by a strict party line vote, but late today, word now coming in they'll have to vote again. and the new poll numbers tonight. when americans were asked, who will benefit most from this tax bill, four separate polls showing that americans say more than 60% of them believe it will be the wealthy who benefit most. so, tonight, will the president still sign this into law before christmas? and who wins, who loses? abc's mary bruce, leading us off from the hill. >> reporter: house speaker paul ryan today excitedly gaveled in the first major legislative win of the trump administrati

actress rose mcgowan, who claims weinstein raped her, taking aim now at meryl streep. mcgowan tweeting that streep's silence is the problem. weinstein's lawyer says that any allegations of nonconsensual sex are unequivocally denied by mr. weinstein, but tonight, abc's linsey davis with meryl streep's response. >> reporter: the most nominated actor in oscar history, in a different role tonight. meryl steep defending herself against accusations she turned a blind eye to harvey weinstein's abusive behavior. >> i just want to thank my agent kevin huvane and god, harvey weinstein. >> reporter: after weinstein's fall, streep said she was "appalled," adding, "not everybody knew." recently telling "vogue's" anna wintour she hasn't stopped thinking about it. >> what do you sit around talking about the dining room table with three daughters? >> harvey weinstein! that's all we talk about. i mean, you know, it's horrible. >> reporter: but when streep announced she would join an army of actresses wearing black this awards season as a silent protest, it infuriated actress rose mcgow

after the break i talk to meryl streep an -- and tom hanks. . .owie: i went to the red carpet the other night for the premiere of the film "the post." the nixon administration got a court order to stop the "new york times" from running the story. >> we are talking about exposing years of government secrets. >> is that legal? >> what do you think we do here for a living? we could all go to prison. howie: were you surprised when you studied kay graham that she wasn't this confident executive that she was to the outside world. >> it was heartening to discover that. i don't think there is a woman alive who found herself at the pinnacle of her career and doesn't feel in some way that kind of insecurity. and given her success, she suffered that. i could relate to it. i think many women can. and that's a shame. that's a shame. because we shouldn't apologize for fear. howie: i asked tom hanks who like meryl streep has taken shots by the president bay saying donald trump is monkeying with the constitution. do you see parallels between trump's campaign and

he's like, "oh my god, it's meryl streep." [ laughter ] and that's when i was like, that's meryl -- streepreep! >> jimmy: that's the word. you can't say that, yeah. [ laughter ] thank you, michael. you can't say that. >> oh, sorry. >> jimmy: yeah, you can't say that. >> but she couldn't have been sweeter. she was amazing. >> jimmy: of course. what is the film about? can you explain it to everybody? >> yes, the film is about the historical decision made by the "washington post" to publish the pentagon papers after the "new york times" received an injunction, and about meryl streep as catherine graham sort of coming into her own as the publisher of the "washington post" at that time. very unique to have a woman in that position of power and so just her sort of struggling with her position and making this decision, along with her editor in chief, ben bradley, played by tom hanks. i play her daughter in the film, her loving, supportive daughter. >> jimmy: i want to show everyone a clip. here's alison brie and meryl streep in "the post." take a look at this. >> these were your people. mcnamara.

. >>> and tom hanks and meryl streep come to studio 57.y "the post," and why it's important to tell that story now. >>> but we begin this morning with a look at today's eye opener. >> actions are going to speak louder than words. all this mess is going to be over tomorrow with a vote. >> all eyes on the alabama election. >> it is time that we put our decency, our state before political party. >> this is a national election. it is the trump miracle versus the nullification project. >> security in new york steps up after an attempted terror attack there. the alleged bomber was inspired by isis. >> no rest for the weary in southern california. >> a wall of flames is threatening homes near santa barbara. >> we're going to be here for a number of days. probably into christmas. >> three women who have accused president trump of sexual misconduct are calling for action. >> the current mayor of san francisco has died. >> ed win lee died at zuckerberg general hospital. >> all that -- >> in the endzone and it's caught. >> and all that matters. >> ji

howie: i couldn't let meryl streep go without asking about a recent shot she took at fox news.ou said you go to fox often to see manipulation. >> i watched "the five" today. i think that's an entertainment show. howie: what do you mean by manipulation. >> what is chosen. what they choose to ignore. on a big news day, which everybody acknowledges globally is a big news day, they go to a small college in oregon and talk about one professor who is outrageous. howie: whatever their views on politics, this is one heck of a journalism movie. still to come, the merger between 21st century fox and disney. i don't want to sound paranoid, but d'ya think our recent online sales success seems a little... strange? na. ever since we switched to fedex ground business has been great. they're affordable and fast... maybe "too affordable and fast." what if... "people" aren't buying these books online, but "they" are buying them to protect their secrets?!?! hi bill. if that is your real name. it's william actually. hmph! affordable, fast fedex ground. at bass pro shops including a free picture wi

photo of meryl streep, obviously, and harvey weinstein with that phrase over her face. saying she knew. >> yeah, it is worth pointing out, though, that rose mcgowan did post on twitter that she never accused meryl streep of knowing about the abuse ahead of time. >> it's not known who put up those posters as well. >> this is not the first time she's gone after streep. >>> coming up in the next half hour. merical baby. emma was conceived in 1992 but wasn't born until after thanksgiving. >>> and a young girl rushed to the hospital from an overdose and who helped save her life in shock. that's next on "world news now." ok, yeah... concentrated tide sport. the new tide sport collection- it's got to be tide >> we're back with an incredible story now highlighting the opioid epidemic which is the country. >> yeah, here's michael koenig. ♪ happy birthday to you >> i wasn't sure i would make it to my 21st birthday. out of my friends, i'm the only one left to celebrate, at least 14 passed away in two years. everybody i went to school with is dying slowly. >> reporter: did you star

>> not yet. >> meryl's next project, a bit more lighthearted.a 2. will you be doing a duet with cher? >> well, we did many duets, but they were at the bar. >> of course we're so excited to see both meryl streep and tom hanks at the golden globes january 7th on nbc. let's move on and talk about this a-lister, will smith. will has a new fantasy crime film hitting netflix later this month. kevin frazier sat down with will and talked to him at his big premiere. >> always got to be the bad guys. >> will plays a cop but his partner is this other worldly creature. it took three hours in the makeup chair each day for joel to transform into the ork. will got barely any makeup. so some days, joel wasn't really feeling will's mr. positive attitude. >> day 54. he was in there. >> wish i never met will smith. >> the makeup is -- i guess was it klaus tro phobia or -- >> i was starting to get a little claustrophobic here and there. >> really struggling with himself. i was hey, joel. come on, man. he was like, i need you to take that positivity away from me. >>

again, thank you, everybody, and thank you, meryl. [applause] >> you are watching booktv on c-span2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. dd, television for serious readers. .. >> and later this afternoon, the center for strategic and international studies takes a look at u.s. investment in developing countries. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily.

meryl., i mean young meryl. that is quite an undertaking. >> yeah, i mean both parts were intimidating, elisabeth layton, who i play is a real person, she worked for churchill through the whole of the second world war, and was so dedicated, and incredible and her stories are fascinating, but then meryl's meryl. like -- [ laughter ] >> seth: yeah. >> so, it was -- it is intimidating, but i was just, yeah. >> seth: i just hope one day, what i would love is, i'd love you to retell the churchill story to abba music. like fully bring them together. [ laughter ] >> that would be great. >> seth: you injured yourself on set on "mama mia." yes? >> i did. >> seth: what did you do to yourself? >> i currently have a broken toe. i'm really accident-prone. >> seth: okay. >> actually during that shoot, i stood on a rusty nail, i broke my toe, i danced too much in a beach club in croatia where we filmed, and cut my whole feet in flip-flops. so it's a wonder i've actually managed to dance at all. >> seth: it

street artist calling meryl streep on her bluff.n setting social media on fire claiming the actress knew about harvey weinstein and did nothing. carly shimkus with serious xm 115 with reaction online. >> someone in los angeles claims she heard all about harvey weinstein's heinous behavior and decided to remain silent long before the allegations were made public, these say she knew, her eyes popping up across los angeles and in pasadena near meryl streep's home, this is happening after rose mcgowan accused meryl streep of knowingly remaining silent. she addressed that allegation directly saying it hurts to be attacked but i want to let her know i did not know about weinstein's crime. i wasn't deliberately silent but a lot of folks on social media agree with the poster, one twitter you this is of course she knew, they are new and tricia tweets very sad that her career was more important to her than taking a stand and defending other abused women. many others on social media say the negative attention should go to harvey weinstein, lea

we have to say he's on first-name basis with meryl streep. >> show me how you approached meryl streephe wasn't going to talk to any cameras. i said, merrill, please, we're nbc4 washington, kathryn graham. okay, one minute. she streeped over. she floats. she streeped in. this movie, she captures how the post owner kathryn g decided to publish the pentagon papers and her struggle being a woman in power in 1971. this is the first time also steven spielberg and streep worked together and he shared how the heck that happened. >> well, you know something, i was -- there were tway whole bunch of movies i couldn't put her in. i couldn't put her in private ryan. i couldn't put her playing in bridge's 5. >> i don't know if you'll learn as much as a woman as if you were male. you'll look at this movie and it translates our experience for them. i think that this moment in time is really for the listening men. >> you played a woman who is so iconic to our city. did you ever feel a little nervous about embracing kathryn graeme? >> oh, yes. but when i read her book, how honest she was about her inse

meryl streep i'm not having if you of that. this is what meryl streep had to say.bout weinstein's crimes and that mcgowan quotes assumes and broadcast something untrue about me. she actually went on to say, listen, i didn't know about these harvey weinstein needed me more than i needed him and so she was saying in all her career she never knew that this was happening. so telling rose mcgowan to fall back because you don't know what my struggles have been as we said yesterday. so don't lump us all into group of people who don't care are aren't empathetic. >> let's bring the couch in start with shonte. >> shonte, i know. >> i'm just saying. >> so assume and i think people take social media a standout it didn't mean you're standing just because you're talking about somebody who has to come out where they are to address what every year saying. i don't think it's right to do that. i think meryl streep is a great actress and whether or not -- i wanted to say the people that didn't summit. let's find those who who didn't summit to his tyranny or whatever he's done. i'm gl

meryl: aÚn no, todavÍa no. jorge; usted cree que va a caer por eso.pielberg seguro va a ser un Éxito en taquilla. karla: el libro tambiÉn reciente de jorge ramos habla del periodismo en la era de donald trump. alan: y viste como dijo que donald trump tenÍa razÓn de ser sobrevalorada, que humildad la de esta mujer tan maravillosa. karla: nos estamos preparando para la visita de thalÍa. ♪ alan: y esa voz de donde viene, ya apareciÓ. [llanto] karla: es mela, donde estÁ? [llanto] [llanto] mela: no voy a llorar. alan: estÁs al aire. karla: venga mela, porque estÁ llorando, le ofrezco un tÉ o algo para que se calme. [llanto] mela:alan, aquÍ en tu pecho. usted siÉntese,karla. karla: por quÉ llora?no me gusta verla asÍ usted siempre es alegre contagiando al mundo con su alegrÍa, con entusiasmo. mela: pero no me ha servido de nada, este dolor es muy grande. karla: se ve bonita, parece una princesa. >> me veo bonita? chef: un vasito de agua. >> abre los brazos jesÚs. ♪ mela: jesÚs usted no sabe lo que me ha hecho thalia a mi. krla: pero si no ha llegado. mela:

rose mcgowan and meryl streep we have a photo of them together.sentially over the weekend saying actresses like meryl streep who happily worked with pig monster referring to harvey whine street are are wearing black during the awards ceremony you affect no real change i despise your hypocrisy make you should all wear marcessa. >> when is brawpd of his ex-wife. >> streep is now responding to this by saying that she was saying that she was not being deliberately silent. and she said it hurt to be attacked by rose and batcher headlines this weekend but i want to let her know i did not know about his crimes not in the 90s when he attacked oregon subsequent decades when he proceeded to attack others. it was a full statement and just essentially saying i know i almost feel like rose mcgowan could have reached out to streep personally instead of twitter. >> we talked about that. we didn't like rose trying to tear down meryl streep. >> they could have had a conference with it. maybe on camera and talked about it. >> i think did seemed like she was talking

♪ >>> tonight -- the new smear campaign against meryl streep as more harvey weinstein al gags emerge.> he attempted to rape your colleague? >> yes. >>> the perks of being a royal. after their lunch, harry's big promotion. what royal title will meghan t. >>> give me my hug. >> plak wince again. we're behind the scenes of his "voice" victory. >>> then, our ana faris overboard remake. >>> then, is justin tearing selena's family apart. hi her mom is so anti-bieber. as we go inside their on-again, off-again relationship. ♪ i know you care ♪ and i'll be there >>> this is "entertainment tonight." >> hi, everybody. thanks for joining us. >> let's get to the latest hollywood news in tonight's top story. harv harvey weinstein opposite former assistant is breaking her silence. >> he was a master manipulator. his moods changed quickly. you never now if you were his confidant or going to be creamed at. >> reporter: zelda perkins tell us the bbc she finally quit her job after hat she called a horrifying incident with him in 1998. >> it came to head for you hen he sexually assaulted or attempted rap

tonight including tom hanks meryl streep. we'll be lie from the premiere. chance to sit down with steven spielberg of the the time line for this film is fascinating. it reinvolves around the story in the early 1970's when the post went ahead and published the pentagon papers which proved the government was lying to the american people about the involve. in the vietnam war. the story has so many the freedom of express and rr happening now. parallels people are making. i spoke to spielberg. he visit the the post on may 25th of this year. this movie came together very quickly. i believe it was around march when he was in negotiations to direct the film and around may 25th he was here with tom hanks and meryl streep visiting editorial meeting at the post much they started shooting the movie on may 30th in new york and now it's opening up on december 22nd so i talked to spielberg about his involvement and being at the post with hanks and streep. watch this. now on may 25th of this year you went to the post with meryl streep and tom hanks and you did editorial me

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. >>> news 4 is the only news station in town to talk to meryl streep. 94.7 tommy mcfly caught up with her. tom hanks, you see t world premiere of of the post. it's about the post's decision to publish the pentagon papers and the unlikely partnership between the editor and the publisher. >> i was grateful to be able to portray her. but i also felt, what's the word, humble. because she really was an extraordinary person. >> she might be the best living actress right now, meryl streep. she can do anything. we'll have more about this upcoming movie later today on news 4. tommy interviewed others, the man who leaked the pentagon papers to the press as wellment. >> we'll have that interview here on news 4. >>> today is free shipping day. hundreds of retailers are participating. they're promising free delivery by christmas with no minimum spending limits. some of the retailers include amazon, for a, target and toys-r-us. for the full list, head to free shipping day.com. this is a good day to get some holiday shopping done if you have the time. >> still don't know what to get your mom for chr

trevor: we see you go from comedy to "better call saul," "breaking bad" and now into a movie with merylnks, "the post." >> this is the moment. >> trevor: is there a moment where you go, like, meryl streep and tom hanks? >> right here, right now. >> trevor: oh, this is it? ( laughter ) >> it's crazy. it's a crazy thing, and i'm very honored to be with this company, and it's just a real amazing film, because it has -- it's about something,eth about many things. >> trevor: right. >> and it's a fun stephen speilberg movie. it's crazy! it's about this real true moment in american history, in 1971, where the pentagon papers, this report on vietnam that had been hidden by the government was sort of secreted out and published by the "new york times." they were shut out by the white house, then they went off "the washington post." "the post" had to struggle with the government to post them and get the information out that the public paid for. >> trevor: i know stephen speilberg had said he had to make the movie in six months because he didn't want to wait years, this was a movie for the times. w

meryl streep's starring as katharine graham the first female owner of a major newspaper in america and famous be able spielberg's latest movie poster we have our culture editor robin merrill with us here in studio to talk more about this robin this is based on a true story about the the pentagon papers they were leaked to the washington post in one nine hundred seventy one yes they were the pentagon papers basically we revealed that the u.s. government knew that the war in vietnam wasn't winnable of course a huge scandal at the time this was just before the watergate scandal incidentally and a cold to this was not in seventy one but it does address the subject of freedom of the presage addresses dirty politics all the abuse of power if you don't revisit addresses fake news so it's very topical today and look at the cast it's pretty incredible yeah it doesn't get mode. star studded the this does i mean steven spielberg's directing and then you've got to be the two biggest stars in hollywood starring in it that's meryl streep and tom hanks who fascinatingly have never worked together bef

steven spielberg's directing it and it stars possibly arguably the two biggest stars in hollywood meryl streep and tom hanks an amazing enough they've never worked together before and i just should mention spielberg says about both of them you already said the street who plays this extraordinary powerful woman and that she gets it katharine graham was in in just two hours and he said i don't know how meryl did it and i'm the director anyway let's see a little bit more of the movie. do you have the papers. not yet. oh gosh oh gosh because you know the. position that would put me in saving her own face and korea are risking everything to do the right thing it's a tough decision for a publisher katharine graham as owner of the renowned washington post she has the chance to expose one of the biggest scandals in history but in a male dominated field graham who's played by meryl streep has to find her own strength first thank you for your frankness she was not only doubted by her adversaries but also by her friends and it's a particularly lonely thing to do to to try to stand up under those c

meryl reese about what we should be seeing here tonight. >> so coming into this game we were talking about home field advantage. we were talking about christmas side. and right now we are talking about the weather. it is frigid out here. we have a kes coast team. how do you think that plays in the game. >> i think it is cold for both teams and every broadcaster. you know, i remember when eagles last played in the playoffs in 2013 the saints were coming n they said boy they cannot lose to a dome team outdoors on the frigid night. yeah, both teams will be cold tonight. but you know what if the eagles can get down to business, play the way that they can play, and the weather is not going to make a difference. >> i think a big difference would be who is this raiders team coming in? is this team coming here to play or basically packing their bags thinking about what vacation they will take. >> well, jack del rio is a very inspirational guy. i don't see them letting him down. they will come in here and play. they have the big guy marsean lynch, they have some play makers. i look at those w