Meryl Streep: Knowing Worth, Retiring Early

0:00It's April 29th. Welcome in. This is Entertainment and Celebrity News today, where the headline shine, powered by AI. Meryl Streep dropped a bombshell on the Today Show this week. She was ready to hang up her acting shoes before landing her iconic role as Miranda. Priestly, in the Devil wears Prada back in 2006. At 57, she straight up turned down the offer at first, feeling done with the game. But then, she flipped the script, doubled her asking price, and the studio said yes without blinking. She spilled this during a fun chat with co-stars, and half away, Emily Blunt, and Stanley Tucci, all while hyping the upcoming sequel. That move taught her a big lesson about knowing her worth, especially after decades in Hollywood. She felt they really needed her, and they pulled her out of her time in mode just when she thought she was out. Once forward 18 years, the 76-year-old Oscar winner is back as Miranda in Devil wears Prada 2 alongside her original crew, Halfaway.

1:00At 43, Blunt at 43, and Tucci at 65. She's kept busy since with hits like Mama Mia in 2008, Julie and Julia in 2009, and her second best actress Oscar for the first. Iron Lady in 2012, plus fresh gigs in only murders in the building, reflecting on early cuts, like a college dean mocking her pronunciation of Carl Jung at 15. Streep owns those moments that stick. It's all fuel for her fire as this sequel drops.