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Watch Meryl Streep Kick Off Oscar Season in First Teaser for The Iron Lady

“One simply has to maximize your appeal. Bring out all your qualities. Make you look and sound like the leader that you could be,” says one political advisor to an off-screen Meryl Streep-as-Margaret Thatcher in the first teaser for The Iron Lady. “You’ve got it in you to go the whole distance,” says another. The men are talking about Thatcher’s political aspirations, of course, but they might as well be talking about Oscar season. Is this Streep’s best chance to get off the Academy Award schneid?

First Look: Meryl Streep As Mrs. Thatcher

Pathé UK has released the first shot of Meryl Streep as British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Streep is in the 2nd week of filming The Iron Lady here in London.

Concern for Margaret Thatcher as she is rushed to hospital by ambulance after failing to recover from flu bug

Margaret Thatcher was admitted to hospital by ambulance for tests last night after failing to recover from flu.

Margaret Thatcher children appalled at Meryl Streep portrayal of mother as dementia-addled

Film about Margaret Thatcher's life, which is expected to star Meryl Streep, shows the former prime minister as a dementia-sufferer looking back at her life with sadness.

Sarah Palin lines up UK trip – and a visit to Lady Thatcher

Controversial US politician Sarah Palin could soon be on her way to Britain to boost her hopes of challenging Barack Obama in the 2012 US presidential election.

Margaret Thatcher breaks arm, recovers well in London hospital

Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher is recovering after breaking her arm in a fall and will remain in hospital until at least Monday, a spokesman said on Saturday.