[Magdalen] Florence Foster Jenkins

[Lynn Ronkainen]

'twas a great movie indeed, IMNSHO

Loved the backstage story too!

Lynn

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When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck
 "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk 
by Richard Rohr

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From: "ME Michaud" <michaudme at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2016 3:47 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Florence Foster Jenkins

> Did you hear the Norah Ephron interview where she talked about meeting
> Streep (at the opera?) and having a conversation that began "What are you
> working on now?"
>
> Ephron said she she was going to direct Julie & Julia.
>
> Streep replied enthusiastically, using Julia Child's voice.
>
> Ephron then asked her if she'd be interested in the part.
>
> I loved that movie. I loved the brutal contrast between the spiritual
> poverty and desperation of post 9/11 life with the richness and joy of the
> post-war world. God bless Norah Ephron. She milked something glorious out
> of Julie Powell's dry little blog.
> -M
>
>
> On Thursday, August 25, 2016, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Well, there's this, from The Onion:
>> court-rules-meryl-streep-unable-to-be-tried-by-jur-26799
>> <http://www.theonion.com/graphic/court-rules-meryl-
>> streep-unable-to-be-tried-by-jur-26799>
>>
>>