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Christopher Plummer on screen and stage at 82

NEW YORK

Hitting 82 hasn’t meant Christopher Plummer is slowing down. In fact, he’s hitting the gas.

Says the oldest Oscar winner: “I’ve never worked as hard as I have in my life at the present time, and I think it’s wonderful.”

Plummer, who helped present at the Tony Awards on Sunday, is preparing for his stage performance in “The Tempest” to be shown in hundreds of movie theaters today. Later this fall, his “Barrymore” will hit movie screens across the world.

And in between, he’s spilling his guts: Plummer this month will present “A World or Two,” an autobiographical one-man show about his favorite writers at the The Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Ontario.

Streep presents Davis with Women in Film award

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.

They may have been Oscar rivals earlier this year, but there’s nothing but love between Meryl Streep and Viola Davis.

Streep, who ended Davis’ awards run for “The Help” by winning the lead-actress Oscar for “The Iron Lady,” lauded her friend and colleague Tuesday at Women in Film’s annual Crystal + Lucy Awards.

She called Davis “a lion-hearted woman” and a gifted and determined actress who studied at Juilliard, won Tony Awards and captivated Hollywood with her eight-minute performance in “Doubt.”

“She was a newcomer at 45,” Streep joked.

Davis returned the love as she accepted the award.

“I have a confession,” she said, sharing how touched she was when Streep sent her a card after the film wrapped. Davis also kept a photo of the two of them together on set.

Associated Press