2018 WGA Awards

Brendan McCarthy – Grace and Frankie

By: Pete Borreggine

Peter.HWoodTimes@gmail.com

What a night!  This was my very first red-carpet assignment and let me tell you, it was not only fun but who can say that on their first assignment, they got to interview the legendary Glenn Close?  More on that later.

THE HOST

The event was hosted by Patton Oswalt. He has been headlining at comedy clubs all over the United States since 1996, as well as appearing in his own standup specials on Comedy Central and HBO. He was chosen as Entertainment Weekly’s “It” comedian in 2002. He is a regular on Late Night with Conan O’Brien (1993). His other television credits include appearances on Seinfeld(1989) and NewsRadio (1995).
As a writer, Oswalt spent two seasons on MADtv (1995) and has also written for the MTV Music Video Awards. He is currently writing screenplays and has appeared in the feature films Starsky & Hutch (2004), Man on the Moon (1999) and Magnolia (1999).*

Greetings from New Mexico

By Robyn Reede

Santa Fe, NM (The Hollywood Times) 12/26/17 – Santa Fe Film Festival; February 7-11, 2018: 

Actor/Director Melanie Mayron to be honored 

Melanie Mayron (https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Melanie_Mayron), best known for her Emmy-winning role on TV’s Thirtysomething will be honored at the Santa Fe Film Festival’s awards ceremony on Saturday, February 10th at 6pm at The Screen for her outstanding contribution to the film and television industry.  Mayron has appeared in films such as Girlfriends, You Light Up My Life, Missing, Harry and Tonto, and Carwash, and is the director of the feature films Mean Girls 2 and Baby-Sitters Club and TV shows such as Grace and Frankie, Graves, and Jane the Virgin for which she also appears as a recurring character.