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Highlights from the 2016 Writers Guild Awards

February 15, 2016February 15, 2016

The Writers Guild of America held simultaneous award ceremonies in New York City and Los Angeles on Saturday night, with Patton Oswalt hosting the Hollywood crowd, and Michael Ian Black presiding over the Gotham nods. If you want to know how L.A. and NYC are different in show business, just …

Woody Allen casts Elaine May, Miley Cyrus to star alongside him in six-episode Amazon series

January 26, 2016January 26, 2016

Woody Allen shared the Broadway stage with Elaine May — although not onstage together, technically — as writers in 2011 for “Relatively Speaking,” a collection of one-act plays. Allen did cast the legendary May back in 2000 for his movie, Small Time Crooks. And he’s turning back the clock once …