Meryl Streep literally demonstrated her black belt in red carpet dressing at tonight’s 2010 SAG Awards. Staying true to her accessory du jour, Streep cinched the waist of her full-length silk Balenciaga gown with a wide, triple-buckled belt which added a bit of toughness to the lush draping, plunging neckline and splashy blue-and-green pattern of her dress. Streep completed her look with Fred Leighton jewelry.

The legendary actress has been buckling up a lot lately. Most recently, she wore a belted Chris March — as in the “Project Runway” alum — dress to the 2010 Golden Globes last Sunday.

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FIRST there was Madonna and Britney Spears, then there was Kate Moss and Jemima Khan – now Meryl Streep and Sandra Bullock are the latest female celebrities to lock lips in public.

The pair, feted as two of Hollywood’s best known comic stars, were both named best actress at last night’s Critics’ Choice Movie Awards — Streep for her role as Julia Child in Julie and Julia, and Bullock for The Blind Side, to be released later this year.

Each was given the chance to make an acceptance speech, but it was the moment in between that had everyone talking, after they staged a mock rivalry.

As Bullock took to the podium after Streep’s speech, she yelled: “This is bulls—!”

The glamorous stars then proceeded to face up to one another in mock anger, before sharing a kiss on the lips.

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Meryl Streep received the gift of a bronze statuette, the symbol of Rome, La Lupa Capitolina given to her by Rome’s Mayor Gianni Alemanno during Streep’s visit to the Campidoglio Capitol Hill in Rome, Italy on October 23, 2009.

The beloved actress is in Rome promoting her new film Julie and Julia. She doesn’t often do the red carpet couple thing very often. But she hits the red carpet at the premiere of Julie & Julia Friday with her husband, sculptor Don Gummer, on the final day of the Rome Film Festival.

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