No Grammy for Streep

Meryl will have wait to get one step closer to her EGOT. Last night, she lost the Grammy Award for Best Audio Book Recording to former first lady, Michelle Obama. Streep had been nominated for reading Big Tree. 

Despite the loss, Meryl was prominently featured in the night's telecast, jumping into her seat while host Trevor Noah was mid-monologue.

I chuckled at "The Grammys is gonna win an Oscar." 

We knew ahead of time that Meryl would be presenting an award at the show. I'm sure any of us knew for what, though. And it turns out that she joined her music producer son-in-law, Mark Ronson, to present Record of the Year. They did a cute little bit.

@hollywoodreporter #merylstreep roasts her son in law #markronson while they present together at the #grammys #grammys2024 ♬ original sound - The Hollywood Reporter

I didn't watch the show because they weren't going to show her category, and I figured I'd be able to see clips of her presenting if I wanted to a few hours later. And I'm not that invested in whether or not she ever wins an EGOT. I care about her on-screen acting work. With that said, she seems to be more visible these days. Yes, it's awards season, but even for the couple of noms she's had for her work in Only Murders in the Building, it feels like with the greater exposure she's building up to some news about what we'll get to see her do next. As in, she's not going away anytime soon. 

Patiently waiting. 

Streep receives Grammy nomination

The Grammys announced their nominations this morning, and Meryl is up for Best Spoken Word album for her narration of Charlotte's Web. 

This is Streep's fifth Grammy nomination for a spoken word album. The Mamma Mia! soundtrack was nominated as a compilation, but Meryl wasn't personally nominated for that. She's yet to win, of course. With the list she's up against this year (Rachel Maddow, Ronan Farrow, Ken Jennings, and Flea), I'm not exactly holding my breath. 

But fun to consider her getting 3/4 of the way to an EGOT!