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Meryl Streep transforms from 'Prada' to 'Julia'

July 29, 2009 By The Associated Press  SOLVEJ SCHOU (Associated Press Writer)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In her upcoming movie "Julie & Julia," Meryl Streep throws back her head and laughs as Julia Child.

The 60-year-old actress doesn't quite look like the mirror image of the famed TV chef, but with her head of brown curls, crinkled eyes, wide smile, and faint dusting of powder, she utterly becomes her. With some help from a longtime friend.

Streep, a chameleon whose...

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