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
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Program Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Program The Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Program is a category of the Daytime Emmy Awards dedicated to the court show genre. It was first introduced in 2008. Previously, court shows were grouped miscellaneously in the talk show category. In its first season, "Cristina's Court" became the first winner in this category in 2008. "Last Shot with Judge Gunn" won the award in 2012, only one season into its run. "Last Shot" is the first nontraditional courtroom series to receive the award. In 2013, "Judge Judy" won the award for the first time, making