FILM REVIEW: Meryl Streep impresses as a powerful prime minister turned fragile 21st century figure. By David Rooney Chief Film Critic Meryl Streep, with Jim Broadbent, gives the Thatcher role ...

In her only television commercial coinciding with the Iowa caucuses -- and the opening of a certain movie from the Weinstein Co. -- the Republican candidate for president leans on Margaret Thatcher.

More stories by Nigel M. Newcomer Alexandra Roach had big shoes to fill for her feature film debut. In “The Iron Lady,” the Welsh actress portrays Margaret Thatcher in her younger years, before the ...

Meryl Streep ran into difficulty while unveiling a new poster for The Iron Lady in London this morning. When the curtain cord failed, Streep and director Phyllida Lloyd resorted to pulling down the ...

GENEVA (Reuters) - It was largely for lack of any other news that I launched Margaret Thatcher's favourite soubriquet "The Iron Lady" on the world one quiet but miserably slushy Moscow winter Saturday ...

The spirit of Thatcherism is alive and well in America’s reenergized conservative movement. In Washington last month, former South Carolina Gov. and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki ...

Reading about Meryl Streep's preparation to act in "The Iron Lady" could lead one to believe that the real Margaret Thatcher was difficult to understand. But if you go back to the dark days Britain ...

The historical-figure-as-puppet-of-the-past trend that carried through W. (George W. Bush: mostly motivated by daddy issues) and J. Edgar (J. Edgar Hoover: mostly motivated by mommy issues) continues ...

Meryl Streep is a towering presence as former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady, a time-hopping biopic that sees her reunite with Mamma Mia! director Phyllida Lloyd. The movie itself ...

She looks frail these days, an adjective that in her heyday she would have spat back like a bullet. Now her doctors tell her she mustn’t make speeches at all. Brave doctors. It’s 25 years since the ...

Oscar winners 2012. Winners of the 84th Academy Awards included The Artist for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor (Jean Dujardin). 2012 Oscar Nominations. Contenders include The Artist, The ...