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Six Degrees: Prince Charles to Meryl Streep
It’s now time to lay down our weekly six degrees challenge where we ask you to connect two people in the news in six short steps.
[cnn-photo-caption image= http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/images/12/17/streep.prince.six.jpg caption="How would you link Prince Charles and actress Meryl Streep?"]There’s no correct answer, we’re just looking for the most creative connection that you can make.
This week we’re asking you to link up Britain’s Prince Charles, who is in Copenhagen this week for the U.N. climate summit and actress Meryl Streep, who received two Golden Globe nominations on Monday, which takes her career tally to a record 25!
Here’s how to play. You need to come up with five other people between his royal highness and the Oscar-winning actress.
Submit your ingenious ideas below and we’ll pick the most imaginative answer. We’ll announce the winner on Friday’s show. Make sure you visit the Connect the World Web pages - www.cnn.com/connect - to find out the latest news on our Connectors and watch highlights from previous editions.
Ok dats a tough one....but lets see...
Meryl Streep co-starred in "Kramer vs. Kramer" with Dustin Hoffman, who co-starred in "Wag the Dog" with Robert Deniro, who co-starred in "Casino" with Sharon Stone, who starred in "The Muse," which had a soundtrack by Elton John, who knew Princess Diana, who was married to Prince Charles!
Degree 1: Charles is Prince of Wales
Degree 2: There a theatre in london westend, by the name of Prince of Wales
Degree 3: Prince of Wales theatre staged Mamma Mia play for long time
Degree 4: Hollywod movie was made, based on Mamma Mia theatre play
Degree 5: The movie starred Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep worked with Julie Walters in Mamma Mia who received the CBE from Prince Charles.
it's easy!...
Prince Charles – Obama – Denzel Washington – Meryl Streep
you dont even need '6'
Prince Charles was married to Princess Di danced with John Travolta and Tom Cruise are both scientologist and he was married Nichole Kidmann who stared in The Hours with Meryl Streep
meryl Streep is being honoured at a reception held by Prince Charles's Mother, The Queen and both are in attendance.
Prince Charles was married to Princess Diana who danced with John Travolta (at a White House event) who was in the movie "The Taking of Pelham 123" with Denzel Washington who was in the movie "The Manchurian Candidate" with Meryl Streep
Prince Charles, son of Queen Elizabeth II, who is a great-great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, who is played by Emily Blunt, who worked for Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada.
1. Charles was once married to Princess Dianna
2. Princess Dianna danced at a White House dinner with John Travolta.
3. John Travolta was in the movie Face/Off with Nicolas Cage
4. Nicolas Cage is the nephew of Francis Ford Coppola
5. FFC wrote the screen play for The Great Gatsby starring Robert Redford.
6. Robert Redford starred in Out of Africa with Meryl Streep.
Meryl Streep who attended the 1965 concert of the Beatles then later on giving a life time achievement award to Paul Mccartney in the 1990's Grammy award. Paul Mccartney who was give a royal seal of Approval 'SIR' by Queen Elizabeth II who the mother of Prince Charles.
To go deeper, Meryl Streep worked with Emily Blunt in Devil Wears Prada, who plays Queen Victoria, where Princess Beatrice has a cameo in the film, who is Prince Charle's niece.
Well, Prince Charles is a personal friend of actor Stephen Fry
Stephen Fry was in that movie about Peter Sellers with John Lithgow.
John Lithgow was in Footloose with Kevin Bacon.
And Kevin Bacon was in The River Wild with Meryl Streep.
Streep – Testino – Diana- Prince of Wales
Here's two scenarios:
SCENARIO 1:
MERYL STREEP co-starred in "It's Complicated" with comedienne
ALI WENTWORTH who is married to
GEORGE STEPHANOPOLOUS who was Communications Dir to
BILL CLINTON whose friend an ally, former PM
TONY BLAIR delivered the "people's Princess" speech at
PRINCESS DIANA's funeral. She was married to
PRINCE CHARLES
SCENARIO 2
MERYL STREEP co-stars in "It's Complicated" with
JOHN KRASINSKY who co-stars in the US version of "The Office" with
STEVE CARELL who co-starred in "Get Smart" with
ANNE HATHAWAY who co-starred in "Princess Diaries" with
DAME JULIE ANDREWS who was given the title by
QUEEN ELIZABETH II who is the mother of
PRINCE CHARLES
This was tons of fun!!! 🙂
PRINCE CHARLES was married to:
PRINCESS DIANA who was friends with:
SIR ELTON JOHN who wrote the music for Lion King where
MATTHEW BRODERICK voiced adult Simba. He was in Stepford Wives with:
NICOLE KIDMAN who starred in the Hours with
MERYL STREEP
1. Prince Charles’s mother, Queen Elizabeth was at the Treetops resort in Kenya when she was informed of her fathers death and that she would become Queen of England
2. Kenya was the country in which the book “Out of Africa” was set in.
3. Meryl Streep took the female lead role in the movie Out of AFrica
Prince Charles married to Princess Diana who was friends with Gianni Versace who employed Linda Evangelista who was often photographed for Vogue magazine which is edited by Anna Wintour who was played by Meryl Streep in the Devil Wears Prada
Ok this one is easy. Prince Charles is the eight cousin of Ralph FIennes. Ralph Fiennes starred in the movie The English Patient with Kristen Scott Thomas. Kristen Scott Thomas was in the film the Horse Whisperer with Robert Redford. Robert Redford was in the movie Out of Africa with Meryl Streep.
i may be wrong but i read somewhere that meryl streep is distantly related to prince charles.