Later this year, Hollywood will release its own big, grand version of August: Osage County, Tracy Letts' critically acclaimed Broadway play that won a bevy of Tonys and the Pulitzer Prize in 2008. This big screen adaptation stars Meryl Streep as pill-popping matriarch Violet Weston and Julia Roberts as her disgruntled daughter Barbara. There's also Ewan McGregor, Benedict Cumberbatch ...

Tony winner Nina Arianda certainly is one lucky girl. Not only does the Venus in Fur vet get to guest star on 30 Rock, she'll also be living out just about every American's summer fantasy by hopping in bed with studly Olympic gold medalist Ryan Lochte. As Lochte himself would say...uh, jeah! On the October 18 episode ...

Public Theater alum Meryl Streep has just made one heck of a dent in her checkbook. The three-time Oscar winner (and 17-time nominee!) donated $1 million to The Public Theater, which will support the revitalization of the Public’s Astor Place homestead.

“I give this gift in honor of the founder of The Public Theater, my friend and mentor Joseph ...

Julianne, Julia and Juliette… has a nice ring to it, no? Former Law & Order: Criminal Intent star and stage veteran Julianne Nicholson will join Julia Roberts and Juliette Lewis as a Weston sister in the upcoming film adaptation of August: Osage County, according to Deadline.com. Nicholson will play Ivy Weston in the upcoming John Wells-directed drama, which recently began ...

As Amy Morton begins her run in the Broadway revival of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, filming has simultaneously started on the film adaptation of the Tony-winning play August: Osage County. While Morton earned a Tony nomination for playing eldest Weston sister Barbara in the show, Oscar winner Julia Roberts will take on the part (and hopefully scream Barbara ...

Ewan McGregor has been cast as the estranged husband of Julia Roberts’ character in the upcoming film adaptation of Tracy Letts’ August: Osage County, according to Deadline.com.

McGregor will play Bill Fordham, a college professor who left his wife Barbara (Roberts) for one of his students. Bill returns to Oklahoma to support his wife and daughter (Abigail Breslin) following ...

Misty Upham is the latest actress to land a role in the all-star film adaptation of August: Osage County, according to Variety. Upham will play Johnna, a young Native American hired to be the housekeeper of the Weston Family.

In August: Osage County, an Oklahoma family must face the hard truths that unravel when they all come together in the ...

Academy Award-nominated actor, director and playwright Sam Shepard is currently in talks to star as Beverly Weston in the forthcoming film adaptation of Tracy Letts’ Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning play August: Osage County, according to Variety. Shepard will reportedly star alongside previously announced Academy Award winners Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, as well as Tony nominee Margo Martindale, Abigail Breslin ...

British stage and screen actor Benedict Cumberbatch is in talks to star as “Little” Charles Aiken in the forthcoming film adaptation of Tracy Letts’ Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning play August: Osage County, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film stars previously announced Academy Award winners Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, Tony nominee Margo Martindale, Abigail Breslin, Dermot Mulroney and Juliette ...

Dermot Mulroney is set to star as sleazy businessman Steve in the forthcoming film adaptation of Tracy Letts’ Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning play August: Osage County, according to Deadline.com. Mulroney joins previously announced Academy Award winners Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, as well as Tony nominee Margo Martindale, Abigail Breslin and Juliette Lewis. Adapted by Letts, directed by John ...