Hollywood Breakthrough
Don't Say 'Agent' to 'Mad Men's' Weiner
Wed, 08/05/2009 - 21:58 — Lew HarrisColumn Name:
The Television Academy continued its love affair with Matt Weiner this year, nominating his show “Mad Men” for a best dramatic series Emmy, after giving it the same award in its freshman season last year. He also won a 2008 Emmy for writing the show’s pilot and is nominated again this year in four of the five dramatic writing slots. Before creating “Mad Men,” whose third season premieres Aug. 16 on AMC, Weiner helped write and produce “The Sopranos” -- but he worked for years in comedy before making the switch.
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For Kevin Bacon, Odd Choices Were the Right Choices
Mon, 08/17/2009 - 23:14 — Lew HarrisKevin Bacon, whose name has become emblematic of show business connections, had only one scant theater contact when he left his Philadelphia area high school to pursue acting in New York -- but he built on it to become one Hollywood’s busiest actors. Bacon, who appears with Renee Zellweger in “My One and Only,” opening Friday, and is up for an Emmy for his starring role in HBO’s “Taking Chance,” points to two jobs he didn’t take as turning points in his career.