Mamma mia! Meryl Streep and Cher turn back time mirroring outfits from ‘Silkwood’ premiere 40 years ago
nypost.comCher dazzled Monday night at the iHeart Radio Music Awards in outfits reminiscent of those the pair wore to the premiere of their film “Silkwood” in 1983.
Photos obtained by The Post show Streep, 74, in a white Lanvin dress while the “The Shoop Shoop Song” hitmaker, 77, dons a chrome-encrusted black top with matching pants.
The duo’s outfits greatly recall — if only by accident — the ones worn by the pair during the film’s Los Angeles premiere. “Silkwood,” which was nominated for five Academy Awards, tells the story of Karen Silkwood (Streep), a nuclear facility worker, who becomes a union activist after she becomes concerned with the plants safety practices.
Streep is joined in the film by Kurt Russell, Cher and Craig T. Nelson. The “Sophie’s Choice” star appeared mid-show at the Dolby Theater in LA to introduce her longtime friend and recipient of this year’s Icon award.“Back in 1965, I was a 14-year-old freshman in high school in Burnsville, New Jersey,” Streep began to a screaming crowd. “I walked two miles to school every day and back then we didn’t have earbuds or phones or earphones or Walkman or anything.
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