Meryl Streep & Anna Wintour: 6th Cousins

0:00On April 2nd, Meryl Streep and Anna went tour, just got hit with a wild family twist, turns out, they're six cousins. Ancestry dropped the news on April 2nd, tracing both their lines back to the same fifth-grade grandparents, Thomas Smith and Elizabeth Kinsey, from Bucks County, Pennsylvania. These two 76-year-olds come from different worlds. Meryl born in Summon New Jersey, Anna and London England, but their paths linked up big. Time through the Devilwares Prada. Meryl played the icy Miranda Priestly, a role many pegged as Anna inspired, and now the sequel drops May 1st. Anna used to sidestep those comparisons, but she owned it at the Oscars in 2026. Presenting costumes with Anne Hathaway, she's straight ignored Anne's dress question, power through the nominees, then hit her with that classic. Miranda Line, thank you, Emily. Anna told the BBC last year, it's for her team and fans to judge any Miranda vibes. Meryl, back in 2016 with IndieWire, said she'd dubbed playing a no-nonsense boss, flipping the script on expectations for someone like Anna under.

1:07Tight deadlines. Meanwhile, another fresh tie, Simpson's voice legend Nancy Cartwright revealed she stepped on to singer Sabrina Carbenter through marriage. Family trees keep surprising us in Hollywood. That wraps entertainment and celebrity news. Today, brought to you with AI.