An unexpected surprise.  I just received word that there will be a New York premiere of Julie & Julia and Amy is scheduled to appear.  Thank you Annie for emailing me the link.

Want to catch a glimpse of Meryl Streep and Amy Adams walk the red carpet? Your golden opportunity is here! “Julie & Julia,” will premiere today at the Ziegfield Theater.

The theater is located on 141 West 54th street. Red carpet arrivals will begin around 6pm. There is so much buzz surrounding Meryl Streep’s performance, you never know what other stars will show up.

And if I haven’t said it before, I really appreciate all the emails, comments, and donations.  Becca and I try our best to cover Amy Adams news the best we can but sometimes things get missed.  It’s really helps a lot when visitors contribute – even in little ways like sending a news link.  So thank you everyone!

I’ve found two blogs which contain various bits of the same interview with Amy, Meryl, and Nora which was held on July 27th.  I am posting them both here so be sure to continue reading – it’s long!

Version One

The Julie & Julia tornado touched down in Beverly Hills on July 27. The stars and writer-director were hours away from the film’s West Coast premiere, but Meryl Streep, Amy Adams and Nora Ephron generously took the time to meet with six bloggers (3 food/3 film) for a roundtable discussion about the movie and their connection to food and cooking. Here are some of the highlights:

Q: What drew each of you to the story, to the film?

Meryl Streep: I read Nora’s script which was extremely beautiful and interesting and I thought probably not commercial whatsoever and I was very worried about her sanity and her financing and everything else, but they were willing to give us the money and I think it’s turned out really, really well!

I just really loved the story of these two women looking for their calling. I just thought it was extremely touching and also sort of elliptically written, not hammered on the head. It’s so hard to find beautifully, subtly written things.

Amy Adams: It was gentle.

Meryl Streep: There was a whole energy that was unique.

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The official press conference for Julie & Julia was held today in Beverly Hills and I’ve added a nice selection of MQ photos to the gallery.  Hopefully more will surface soon since Amy looks very lovely.  The color of her dress is just perfect for her.  What do you think?

• Out & About > 2009 >‘Julie & Julia’ Press Conference

I just found a wonderful little gem – a short video featuring b-roll footage of Amy and Meryl filming Julie & Julia.  Eventually, the video archives will be opened and you will be able to view the clip then.  For now, enjoy the screencaptures I made from it.  Also, don’t forget: Amy is scheduled to be on David Letterman tonight.  We will be bringing you screencaptures and photos as soon as they become available to us.

• Film > [2009] Julie & Julia > Screencaptures – B-Roll Footage

As I promised earlier, more photos have been added from last night’s premiere of Julie & Julia.  In addition to the 33 new HQ images, I’ve also added low quality screencaptures of some video footage I found online.  Better quality versions of any of the videos or screencaptures would be much appreciated.

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I’ve added another large batch of photos to our coverage of last night’s screening of Julie & Julia.  Stay tuned!  Screencaptures from the event and more photos are coming later today.

edit: I have just learned that the dress Amy was wearing at the premiere was designed by Roland Mouret and the jewels are Tiffany.

• Out & About: 2009 >‘Julie & Julia’ Special Screening – Los Angeles

I was beginning to think that my source was incorrect on the date of the Los Angeles premiere of Julie & Julia but photos have finally begun to surface.  I’ve added two 13 HQ images as a teaser.  I’m sure tons more will be found and added as the evening continues so be sure to check back!

edit: There is now a total of 46 150 HQ and 4 227 MQ images of Amy at this event in the gallery.

• Out & About: 2009 > ‘Julie & Julia’ Special Screening – Los Angeles

If my sources were correct, the Los Angeles premiere of Julie & Julia will be happening in just a few short hours.  In celebration of the premiere and all the promotional stuff that will be happening this week, I’ve added several new HQ stills from the movie to the gallery.  Enjoy!

• Film: [2009] Julie & Julia > Promotional Stills

Why did you go with Amy Adams to play Julie Powell?

Well, you know, Amy is so… I saw Sunshine Cleaning. Did you see it? She is so real. It’s just unbelievable… I have friends who saw her in the one where she was pregnant and got nominated… Junebug, and they all thought she was some pregnant Southern person that they had found while casting the movie. She’s so able to become all sorts of things, and one of the things she has no trouble becoming is somebody who’s smart, and I really needed that for this person.

It’s one of the things I loved [about] working with Meg Ryan, was that she was always some sort of writer and you always believed that Meg could do that, and that’s what I thought was true of Amy too. And I also thought Amy was a kind of perfect example of someone living in New York but not quite of New York, which is what Julie… you know, Julie had so much Texas, I thought, to her. So you know, it was sort of that. But basically I was lucky to get her. That’s how I look at it.

Read the rest of the interview with Nora and the real Julie Powell here.

I’ve posted some screencaptures of Amy from the Julie & Julia video presskit.  You can view the clip here.

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