On Thursday, May 8, the Directors Guild of America held its annual Feature Directors dinner in the lobby of the guild’s national headquarters at 7920 Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood. Catered sushi and an open bar, of which many members took full advantage, helped assuage the grim mood that continues to hover over Tinseltown.

A source at the party overheard writer-director Deborah Kaplan, who last helmed 2001’s Josie and the Pussycats, telling pals that she wasn’t concerned with the looming Screen Actors Guild strike. She penned Made of Honor, the recently released romantic comedy with Patrick Dempsey, and has five other scripts in production.  read more »