I haven’t shown Meryl Streep enough love in the post-Globes spectacular. Meryl was in fine form last night, picking up the Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical for her role in Julie & Julia. Meryl happened to win soon after T-Bone Burnett picked up his shared Golden Globe for Best Song, and Meryl quipped that she now wants to change her name to T-Bone Streep, which I actually love. I think we should call her T-Bone Streep from now on, okay?

Anyway, Meryl’s speech was lovely, she talked about her mother and having her mother’s voice in her head, constantly telling her to be grateful for what she has and what she can do. She thanked all of her peeps and then went backstage to the press room, where she was apparently in rare form, dropping f-bombs right and left. Which she can do! Because she’s T-Bone Streep.

Meryl Streep is known as a class act in Hollywood, so reporters were shocked when the actress, 60, cussed three times back stage at Sunday’s Golden Globes in Hollywood.

Streep – who won best leading actress for playing Julia Child in Julie & Julia – was discussing the fact that Child was “not amused” by a blog centered on her culinary skills. The blog was written by fledgling writer Julie Powell, who vowed to whip up 524 of Child’s recipes in 365 days. The blog inspired a 2002 memoir by Powell and Streep’s hit movie.

“Julia Child was disgruntled because she felt this person was not being serious about cuisine,” Streep said. “I think she was offended by the language. She’s a lady of a certain age and certain time where you can’t say f***, f***, f***, all the time, and she was not used to it, and I think it upset her.”

Streep also addressed ageism in Hollywood, admitting that she was almost turned down for 1995’s Bridges of Madison County because she was 45 at the time.

“There was a big fight with the studio because they said I was too old and my co-star, Clint (Eastwood), was 65, which I thought was really old,” she said. “He seems like he was a kid to me now. But Sandra Bullock is 45 now, and it is a little bit better. The perception of her is different than it was for me 10 years ago. The business has changed. I think it really has changed a great deal for women.”

Streep said times have only gotten worse for young actresses, thanks to the Internet and constant scrutiny.

“I always say to my daughters, you don’t have to do anything you don’t want to do and don’t read things about yourself. Don’t read the blogs,” she said. “It is really hard not to Google yourself. But it is much, much better for your mental health and everything else. You try to lessen the self awareness and self-consciousness.”

[From Us Weekly]

I hope Meryl also tells her girls “And don’t read any Sharon Stone interviews, either.” Besides that, I get what Meryl is saying, and I think she’s right on. It still sucks for women in Hollywood, but not as much as it used to. And Meryl can say that sh-t without coming across like she’s whining and playing the victim, like someone else might. Meryl just sounds like she’s been around the block and she’s looking to dole out great advice to the younger girls, like Sandra Bullock. I really do think this year’s Oscars are going to come down to Meryl and Sandra, and it’s nice to hope that they might secretly love each other to pieces.