Mildred Pierce

Kate Winslet took a trip back in time yesterday modeling another vintage dress on the NY set of her HBO miniseries, Mildred Pierce. So far we've seen her in an array of hats, coats, and accessories from the '40s, and this time she shared the shot with a vintage car. Kate's among the few finalists to make it into the PopSugar 100 sweet 16, though she has an uphill battle ahead if she's going to beat Johnny Depp. She landed at number three last year, and there's plenty of time for a comeback — vote for your favorites to be entered to win a Chanel bag!

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First an Oscar, now an Emmy? Well, maybe I'm getting ahead of myself. But it seems Kate Winslet will be starring in Mildred Pierce, a TV miniseries that's currently being shopped to various cable networks, including HBO.

The miniseries is based on a James M. Cain novel about a woman who becomes desperate to keep her family afloat during the Great Depression and ends up opening a chain of restaurants, which — as Variety puts it — "leads to backstabbing, romance and murder." The book was adapted into a 1945 film that won Joan Crawford her first Oscar.

Todd Haynes is writing and directing this new adaptation of Mildred Pierce, and HBO looks like the most likely network to land the rights to air it, though no deal is done yet.

Some people seem surprised that Winslet would do TV at the peak of her career, but I'm really not. Why? Two words: Helen Mirren. The grand dame of British actresses has done both TV miniseries and big-screen films for years now — and I'd think Winslet could do worse than follow in Mirren's footsteps. But what about you? Do you think it's a wise move?