Meryl Streep
Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep is an American actress. Known for her versatility and adept accent work, she has been described as "the best actress of her generation".
Why Meryl Streep Appears in the Documents
Meryl Streep is mentioned in 12 documents within the Epstein file corpus, consisting of 12 articles, originating from the House Oversight Committee.
The majority of these mentions appear in articles written by or about Peggy Siegal, a prominent Hollywood publicist who was known to have social ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Siegal's articles chronicle celebrity events such as film festivals, Oscar parties, and award ceremonies, where Meryl Streep is mentioned alongside many other public figures in the entertainment industry. These references are part of broader entertainment coverage and do not suggest any direct connection to Epstein. The remaining 2 mentions appear in other documents from the corpus.
Disclaimer: Appearing in the Epstein document corpus does not imply wrongdoing, guilt, or any form of association with criminal activity. Many public figures are mentioned incidentally in these documents due to the broad scope of the released materials.
Documents (12)
Tuesday, August 30
Peggy Siegal’s Venice diary provides an intimate, fast-paced tour of the 68th Venice Film Festival in 2011, tracing a week of red-carpet glamour, sun-baked palazzi, and exclusive soirees as she hobnobs with George Clooney, Madonna, Jessica Chastain, Al Pacino and other luminaries. Amid intimate press conferences and world premieres of A Dangerous Method, The Artist, Carnage, Contagion and Shame, the piece captures a festival ecosystem where couture, cinema history, and Oscar buzz mingle under Venetian heat and candlelit corridors. It also frames how Hollywood’s race for the Academy Awards begins overseas, with festival curators and global audiences shaping the year’s most anticipated films.
Source: House Oversight Committee
Tuesday, August 30
Peggy Siegal’s Venice diary provides an intimate, fast-paced tour of the 68th Venice Film Festival in 2011, tracing a week of red-carpet glamour, sun-baked palazzi, and exclusive soirees as she hobnobs with George Clooney, Madonna, Jessica Chastain, Al Pacino and other luminaries. Amid intimate press conferences and world premieres of A Dangerous Method, The Artist, Carnage, Contagion and Shame, the piece captures a festival ecosystem where couture, cinema history, and Oscar buzz mingle under Venetian heat and candlelit corridors. It also frames how Hollywood’s race for the Academy Awards begins overseas, with festival curators and global audiences shaping the year’s most anticipated films.
Source: House Oversight Committee
Vive L’Oscars: Peggy Siegal's Oscar Diary
Peggy Siegal’s exclusive Oscar diary offers a behind-the-scenes, celebrity-packed chronicle of the 2011–2012 Oscar season, tracing how nine Best Picture contenders—led by The Artist, The Tree of Life, The Help, Moneyball, The Descendants, Hugo, War Horse, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, and The Ides of March—moved from Cannes into a year of campaigns, glamorous pre‑Oscars parties, fashion moments, and studio strategizing, with sharp, intimate observations from Woody Allen’s abstention to Uggie’s rise and George Clooney’s dual life as actor and humanitarian.
Source: House Oversight Committee
Oscars 2011: A Personal Chronicle of the Oscar Season and Parties
This insider diary chronicles the 2011 Oscar season from Cannes to the ceremony, tracing how nine films—led by The Artist, The Help, and The Descendants—built campaigns, buzz, and cross-country premieres while a glamorous whirl of parties, press rooms, and red carpets shaped the race for Best Picture, Director, Actor, and Actress. It threads through the social machinery of Hollywood, spotlighting the rivalries and alliances among stars, producers, and power brokers at exclusive gatherings, where fashion, sentiment, and whispered predictions mattered as much as films themselves; it features Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris, Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life, and the larger-than-life push around Meryl Streep vs. Viola Davis, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and a canine superstar, Uggie, who became a cultural moment. The narrative crescendos with The Artist’s historic sweep—the first silent Best Picture winner since 1927—with Harvey Weinstein’s orchestration, Michel Hazanavicius’s triumph, and Uggie’s star turn, before closing on the glow and the reminder that the magic of Oscar night is unforgettable, even as life returns to reality.
Source: House Oversight Committee
End of Mideast Wholesale; Is This the End of the Assad Dynasty?; Mohamed ElBaradei, the Inspector; Hillary Clinton - Woman of the World
This collection juxtaposes 2011’s Middle East upheavals with the force and limits of Western diplomacy: Thomas Friedman argues that the era of Middle East wholesale stability is ending, forcing Israel, the Arab monarchies, and Egypt’s political actors to pay a higher “retail” price for peace and reform; Patrick Seale analyzes Bashar al-Assad’s Syria as a long‑standing autocracy pressured by demands for genuine reform and the risk of internal collapse; Leslie Gelb reviews Mohamed ElBaradei’s Age of Deception, advocating diplomacy and stronger international oversight to curb nuclear proliferation while warning that real progress requires major-power engagement; and Jonathan Alter profiles Hillary Clinton as secretary of state steering a 3‑D foreign policy—combining diplomacy, development, and coalition action—through the Libya intervention and a crisis‑ridden, WikiLeaks‑shadowed era, with her legacy tied to governing in a volatile region.
Source: House Oversight Committee
Peggy Siegal’s Oscar Diary
Peggy Siegal’s Oscar Diary is a vivid, insider’s chronicle of the 2012 Oscars season, weaving behind-the-scenes campaigning, red-carpet glamour, and the social machinery of awards week into a narrative of how a Best Picture winner is forged—highlighting 12 Years a Slave’s emotional campaign and Steve McQueen’s historic triumph, Gravity’s technical triumph and seven trophies, and the casting of Lupita Nyong’o, Cate Blanchett, Jared Leto, and Matthew McConaughey as defining stars of the year. It reveals the craft of targeting a precise emotion to move a voting bloc, the force of power players like Harvey Weinstein and Brad Pitt, and the nonstop orbit of exclusive dinners, sponsor-driven events, and fashion moments that color the race. Interwoven are Siegal’s personal moments—an eye infection, travel, and candid observations on industry rituals—culminating in a reflection on the intense pride in American cinema and a forward glance to Cannes.
Source: House Oversight Committee
Serious Moonlight: Behind the scenes at the 2017 Academy Awards
Peggy Siegal’s insider memoir offers a diary-like panorama of Oscar week 2017, weaving red-carpet glamour, backstage chaos, and the film industry’s political currents as Moonlight delivers a historic Best Picture win—the first with an all-Black cast and LGBTQ themes—after a late backlash against La La Land and a memorable envelope mix-up. Through vivid scenes of parties, power brokers, and candid conversations, the piece reveals how diversity, celebrity culture, and the politics of prestige collided in a night that felt both electric and unsettled.
Source: House Oversight Committee
Serious Moonlight: Behind the scenes at the 2017 Academy Awards
Peggy Siegal’s insider memoir offers a diary-like panorama of Oscar week 2017, weaving red-carpet glamour, backstage chaos, and the film industry’s political currents as Moonlight delivers a historic Best Picture win—the first with an all-Black cast and LGBTQ themes—after a late backlash against La La Land and a memorable envelope mix-up. Through vivid scenes of parties, power brokers, and candid conversations, the piece reveals how diversity, celebrity culture, and the politics of prestige collided in a night that felt both electric and unsettled.
Source: House Oversight Committee
Serious Moonlight: Behind the scenes at the 2017 Academy Awards
Peggy Siegal’s insider memoir offers a diary-like panorama of Oscar week 2017, weaving red-carpet glamour, backstage chaos, and the film industry’s political currents as Moonlight delivers a historic Best Picture win—the first with an all-Black cast and LGBTQ themes—after a late backlash against La La Land and a memorable envelope mix-up. Through vivid scenes of parties, power brokers, and candid conversations, the piece reveals how diversity, celebrity culture, and the politics of prestige collided in a night that felt both electric and unsettled.
Source: House Oversight Committee
Serious Moonlight: Behind the Scenes at the 2017 Academy Awards
Peggy Siegal takes readers behind the velvet rope of the 2017 Oscars to chronicle a night of seismic contrasts: Moonlight’s historic Best Picture victory—underscoring diverse, LGBTQ storytelling—emerges amid a #OscarsSoWhite reckoning and a late‑breaking envelope mix‑up that briefly crowned La La Land. Through sharp, intimate vignettes of red carpets, lavish dinners, and political energy fueling Hollywood, the piece captures how the ceremony became a reflection of a nation grappling with identity, aspiration, and power.
Source: House Oversight Committee
Serious Moonlight: Behind the Scenes at the 2017 Academy Awards
Peggy Siegal takes readers behind the velvet rope of the 2017 Oscars to chronicle a night of seismic contrasts: Moonlight’s historic Best Picture victory—underscoring diverse, LGBTQ storytelling—emerges amid a #OscarsSoWhite reckoning and a late‑breaking envelope mix‑up that briefly crowned La La Land. Through sharp, intimate vignettes of red carpets, lavish dinners, and political energy fueling Hollywood, the piece captures how the ceremony became a reflection of a nation grappling with identity, aspiration, and power.
Source: House Oversight Committee
Serious Moonlight: Behind the Scenes at the 2017 Academy Awards
Peggy Siegal takes readers behind the velvet rope of the 2017 Oscars to chronicle a night of seismic contrasts: Moonlight’s historic Best Picture victory—underscoring diverse, LGBTQ storytelling—emerges amid a #OscarsSoWhite reckoning and a late‑breaking envelope mix‑up that briefly crowned La La Land. Through sharp, intimate vignettes of red carpets, lavish dinners, and political energy fueling Hollywood, the piece captures how the ceremony became a reflection of a nation grappling with identity, aspiration, and power.
Source: House Oversight Committee