Joss Whedon

Meeting of ’Minds’

A bevy of A-list series creators have contributed to Steven Prigge’s upcoming book, "Created By: Inside the Minds of TV’s Top Show Creators," which hits bookstores in July.

Prigge has covered all the bases, hav ing cor ralled not only a fore word from Ted Dan son, but in terviews with Larry David ("Seinfeld"/"Curb Your Enthusiasm"), Max Mutchnick and David Kohan ("Will & Grace"), Shawn Ryan ("The Shield"), Bill Lawrence ("Scrubs"), J.J. Abrams ("Alias"/"Lost"), Brenda Hampton ("7th Heaven"/ "Fat Actress"), Joss Whedon ("Buffy"), Tom Fontana ("Oz") and more.

The creators share stories of how they broke into the industry and the steps taken in the creation of their shows.

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Angie McKnight, "fired" from last Thursday’s episode of "The Apprentice," has found gainful employment at Feinstein’s - where she’ll perform her cabaret act, dubbed "Welcome to My Fifteen Minutes," for one-night- only tonight (8:30 p.m.).

McKnight, the oldest "Apprentice" wannabe this time around, performs classical standards and incorporates some comedy into her act (she used to be a stand-up comedian). She couldn’t really publicize tonight’s Feinstein’s performance (at the Regency) much before last Friday because she was still on "The Apprentice" up until Thursday night - and viewers didn’t know she’d been fired from the show.

McKnight has also published her own book of original songs called "She’s So Wonderful."

Last, but not least

* Today: CNN’s Christiane Amanpour honored at the Women in Communications 2005 Matrix Awards.

* Sunday: Ch. 4’s Dr. Max Gomez grand marshals the NYC Chapter of the National MS Society’s 17th annual MS Walk at the South Street Seaport. Msnyc.org has info.

* April 21: Ch. 7’s Scott Clark emcees the Spring Awards Luncheon of Adele Smithers-Fornaci’s National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence.