Washington Post Publisher Katharine Graham and Executive Editor Ben Bradlee leave U.S. District Court after a ruling allowing Post to continue publishing the Pentagon Papers. Oscar winners Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep and Steven Spielberg are joining forces for a new drama about the fourth estate called “The Post,” which chronicles The Washington Post’s legal battle to publish the classified Pentagon Papers in 1971. Spielberg will direct, Hanks will play the Post’s larger than life executive editor Ben Bradlee and Streep will play Katharine Graham, the newspaper’s publisher, according to Deadline. So what advice would Graham’s granddaughter give to the three-time Oscar winner on the verge of stepping into Kay Graham’s shoes? I can hear it when I read it.”“I think my grandmother would be incredibly flattered that Meryl Streep was playing her.

Source: Washington Post March 06, 2017 20:34 UTC