Has Meryl Streep turned into Hillary Clinton's evil twin?
Hollywood and Washington are buzzing about Streep's Hillaryesque portrayal of a diabolical U.S. senator in the updated "The Manchurian Candidate."
Paramount execs - particularly die-hard Democrat Sherry Lansing - are said to be worried about offending New York's junior senator. And while it's too late to change Streep's Hillary hairdo and suit, the studio honchos have reportedly asked director Jonathan Demme to edit out some of her more obvious Clinton mannerisms.
"Meryl is brilliantly scary and evil," a source reports on www.aflyonethewall.journalspace.com. "Meryl has the Hillary hand gestures totally down pat. ... You feel like you're watching Hillary Clinton conspire to take over the world. The Republican Hillary-haters should totally eat this up."
Paramount honcho Robert Friedman told us: "We're thrilled with both the movie and Meryl Streep and it's patently untrue that we're reediting her performance."
Streep, who is on vacation in China with her family, couldn't be reached to clarify how much of HRC she borrowed.
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/202877p-175048c.html
Streep may be the finest actress of our time, imo.