May 23, 2013

Meryl Streep Gives $10G to R.I. School on Behalf of Viola Davis

Meryl Streep, right, is congratulated by Viola Davis before accepting the Oscar for best actress in a leading role for “The Iron Lady” during the 84th Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, in Hollywood

*Meryl Streep has donated $10,000 to a charter school in the struggling Rhode Island city of Central Falls after a plug from fellow actress and hometown favorite Viola Davis. Angelo Garcia, founder and director of the Segue Institute for Learning, says the check from Streep’s Silver Mountain Foundation for the Arts arrived Monday. A note [...]