Mildred Pierce Mildred Pierce Mildred Pierce is a 1941 hardboiled novel by James M. Cain. It was made into an Academy Award–winning film of the same name in 1945, starring Joan Crawford, and a 2011 Emmy Award–winning miniseries of the same name, starring Kate Winslet. Set in Glendale, California, in the 1930s, the book is the story of a middle-class housewife, Mildred Pierce, and her attempts to maintain her family's social position during the Great Depression. Mildred separates from Bert, her unemployed husband, and sets out to support herself and her children. After a difficult search she finds a job as a
An Emmy for Megan Corden". The series aired on IFC on September 17, 2018 to counterprogram the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards. An Emmy for Megan An Emmy for Megan is a comedy web series created, directed, written, and starring Megan Amram. The series depicts Amram's quest to win an Emmy by meeting the minimum standards to qualify for an Emmy nomination in the Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series category. She was eventually nominated for the award at the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards, with the series also being nominated for Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series. Amram lost her