Meryl Streep is Amazingly Candid for a Star

…And therefore is the object of our latest crush:

Andy Cohen failed to ask her about writers, which means we know several good ones who have released their drawn breaths with very loud, “Whew…”s. read article

Steven Moffat Wishes William Goldman Happy Birthday

So do we.

Whoa! A portrait featuring The Princess Bride and not Butch & Sundance. Hats off to artist Bo Hampton.
The Moff’s tweet, sent yesterday:

William Goldman is 81 today. If you want to learn everything about screenwriting, save time – just read all of his.

When Moffat’s right, Moffat’s right. And thanks for reminding us: read article

The Official DOCTOR WHO Website is Looking for Questions…

…for Steven Moffat and Caro Skinner, the show’s two Executive Producers, to answer. And we know that if TVWriter™ ‘s visitors know how to do anything it’s ask questions:

Ask the Execs: Put Your Questions to Steven Moffat and Caro Skinner! (BBC.Com)
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Ken Levine on Sitcom Tapings and Series Crossovers

Dood gives a postgrad course right here:

What you see is what we show you by Ken Levine read article

A Quick Thought About Robin Williams

Can you imagine how difficult it must have been for an over-actor like Robin Williams, whose whole career has been about going off and careening around any and all scenes eating every actor and prop in his path, to underplay the way he did on that episode of LOUIE where Louis C.K. and Robin meet at the burial (it wasn’t really a funeral) of a mutual acquaintance (he wasn’t really a friend)?

Or, conversely, can you imagine how difficult it must have been for Louis to keep Robin down the way he did? To succeed where so many other directors have failed? read article