Exclusive: from the red carpet at the Writers Guild of America West awards in Hollywood…with reporting from Leah Sydney…
“Boardwalk Empire” just won the WGA for Best TV Drama, beating “Mad Men.” AMC has collapsed as far as awards season goes. What happened here?
More: One of our favorite “Charmed” actresses is coming to “Law & Order: SVU” this winter. Rose McGowan, so good in Quentin Tarantino‘s “Grindhouse,” is filming an episode of “SVU” this week called “Bombshell.” What we hear is that she’s going to play some kind of sex club worker who tries to de-stablize Det. Elliot Stabler–Chris Meloni. Can’t wait to see this. McGowan is one of Hollywood’s most under-utilized players. “SVU” meantime is on a roll. Last week’s episode with Colm Feore was great. They’ve also got Debra Messing coming in during sweeps. Stunt casting? No, just good ideas…
In other TV news: Mitch Albom, radio host and author of “Tuesdays with Morrie” and other inspirational books is working on a comedy pilot…
…”Mad Men” creator Matthew Weiner is off to Paris and London for two weeks of promo for the Sundance Channel. Why not? Nothing’s happening on the “Mad Men” front, sources say, so Europe is his oyster…
“Black Swan” co-writer Andres Heinz has got a new film in the works–“The Drowning” will star Vin Diesel, of all people…
