Mildred Pierce an affair with Monty and kills him when he refuses to divorce Mildred to marry her. Mildred initially confesses to Monty's murder in order to shield Veda from prosecution but ultimately gives her over to the authorities. "Mildred Pierce" was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress (both Arden and Blyth), Best Screenplay and Best Black-and-White Cinematography (Ernest Haller). Crawford won the film's only Academy Award, as Best Actress. Director Todd Haynes filmed a five-part miniseries, with Kate Winslet as Mildred, Guy Pearce as Monty Beragon, and Evan Rachel Wood as Veda, in spring 2010 (with
An Emmy for Megan 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 Emmy nomination to Christina Pickles and the series lost its Emmy nomination to "James Corden's Next James