is it just me, or were the emmys really great this year? i was genuinely entertained, which is more than i can say for year’s past. from the opening number to genre montages… the show had me laughing the whole way through!

but let’s talk fashion.

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my picks for best dressed included a wide range of styles, beginning with a navy j. mendel gown from modern family star julie bowen. the cut, color and detailing were stunning – although, i wasn’t such a fan of her messy half-updo. the office‘s jenna fischer wowed in this brilliant red versace number. honestly it was the color that drew me to this one… any other color and this would’ve been a “worst” instead of “best.”

dianna agron of glee fame took a chance with this tiered lacey carolina herrera gown, and i think it paid off. critics have been 50/50, but i loved it. very feminine and pretty. seriously, could claire danes have a better body? she looks stunning in her metallic armani prive ensemble. the temple grandin star even took home an emmy for best actress! as keri russell took the red carpet, i was floored with her jean louis scherrer dress. so simple! so chic! love everything about it.

but my hands-down best dressed was glee star lea michelle, in this oscar de la renta gown. i mean, absolutely perfect!



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we saw a lot of white this year from the ladies of TV. dexter’s julie benz and law & order‘s mariska hargitay both went for the angelic white with their choices (pamella roland and vera wang, respectively). i must say i was completely disappointed with kim kardashian’s marchesa gown. she’s got the best body and coloring, i was hoping for some vibrant red or orange.

brooke burke, perfect bod as usual, chose her mark zunino dress no doubt for the sexy cutout and flattering sweetheart top. the white worked for her, but definitely not for csi: miami star eva la rue. everything from the hair to the cheap-looking gown was a complete no-no for me.

damages actress rose byrne took liberties with her white gucci dress. i love the gold features – a nice added touch.

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next up, the WORST. and let me tell you, there were some bad mistakes in this line-up. the usual stunner heidi klum struck out big time in her strapless short marchesa choice. terrible, terrible decision. but nothing was worse than true blood‘s anna paquin in this horrific alexander mcqueen gown. the embellishments, the bodice texture, the hemline… a complete tranwreck.

and here’s a glee star who got it wrong! naya rivera looks like a cake topper in this 80′s-inspired get-up. spare us the fashion flashback! the beyond gorgeous sofia vergara sadly struck out in this horribly ugly carolina herrera gown. not only was the color just plain bad, but the cheesy sparkles simply sealed her fate.

what even needs to be said about mindy kaling‘s dress? the office star got it wrong. as did TV veteran lauren graham. who picked that out for her? she’s got too much of a rockin’ figure to be holed up in this sub-par ensemble. oh well, maybe next year girls!

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5:00 – and here we go! on to the BIG SHOW. (did you see my red carpet coverage? thoughts?)

5:01 – opening act! glee cast + jimmy fallon + kate goseelin (SO FUNNY!) + randy jackson + john hamm + betty white + joel mchale = AMAZING.

5:06 – jimmy seems out of breath! understandably so.

5:07 – a conan o’brien jab within the first 5 minutes! love it. he can take it like the best of them.

5:10 – okay, this comedy montage is just the best. how are people so clever? the writing on these shows are just amazing.

5:13 – eric stonestreet for modern family takes home the first emmy! YES. so cute, co-star jesse tyler ferguson out in the audience tearing up with joy.

5:18 – the pc guyis a backstage commentator! giving the audience fun facts about winners as they walk up on stage. love it!

5:21 – modern family wins AGAIN!!! (best writing for a comedy series) so happy!!

5:24 – outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series: glee’s jane lynch – her first emmy win. on actresses, “most of us are actors because we have no other recognizable skills.” HA!

5:31 – matthew perry is presenter. haven’t seen him in awhile. welcome back!

5:35 – love this modern family skit with george clooney! why is this the best show EVER?

5:38 – jim parsons for big bang theory takes home best actor in comedy series! WOW, unexpected, but well deserved.

5:45 – a definite upset! over usual winner tina fey, nurse jackie‘s edie falco wins for lead actress in a comedy series!

5:49 – WILL ARNETT IS AMAZINGLY HILARIOUS.

5:49 – emmy for best reality tv program goes to top chef! another upset, as amazing race has won it the past SEVEN years!

5:57 – i love jimmy’s funny song introductions for each genre! (comedy with amy poehler, reality with kim kardashian, drama with julianna marguiles)

6:02 – aww, too bad. mad men and breaking bad won for writing & best supporting actor respectively instead of LOST. i was really wanting them to go out with a well-deserved bang!

6:15 – ooo! just caught george clooney and girlfriend elisabetta canalis canoodling backstage. cute!

6:21 – a win for dexter! another of my faves. steve shill wins for best director of a drama series.

6:23 – jimmy doing a amazing lyrical montage of shows now off the air - 24, LOST and law & order. (the latter was on TV for 21 seasons!)

6:32 – SO HAPPY for kyra sedgwick! celebrating her first emmy win for the closer after being nominated 4 times. her hubs of 22 years kevin bacon tearing up in the audience

6:46 – presenter ricky gervias: “hello, me again… don’t worry, i’m saving all the offensive stuff for the golden globes.”

6:48 – did anyone catch that? when ricky handed out complimentary beers, matthew perry politely refused. he’s got a history, so good for him!

6:53 – DARN! i was really hoping that conan o’brien would take home the emmy for best variety series. john stewart‘s the daily show wins! “the competition is amazing but we keep winning it.”

6:59 – george clooney is presented the bob hope humanitarian award. SO well-deserved! he makes a good point: everyone jumps at the chance to help in the aftermath of a disaster, but what about 6 months after? 5 year after?

7:09 – prooobably the most awkward moment ever when winner julia ormand of temple grandin tries to honor her fellow nominees and forgets their names?!

7:18 – in memoriam tribute with jewel: art linkletter, dennis hopper, roy disney, corey haim, gary coleman, rue mcclanahan, brittany murphy, et al.

7:28 – yay for temple grandin‘s claire danes! what a skill to portray an autistic character.

7:39 – wow, presenter anna paquin’s dress is UGLY.

7:46 – tom hanks’ the pacific wins for best miniseries! i love hearing tom hanks speak. he’s the best!

7:49 – the lady accepting temple grandin‘s best miniseries emmy was having a major boob moment. i mean, literally i was waiting for it to pop out.

7:51 – some stiff competition for outstanding drama series… but mad men takes it home (for the 3rd time in a row)!

7:57 – WHOOOOO modern family wins outstanding comedy series! can’t believe it!

8:00 – well, that was fun. time for dinner!

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3:00 – it’s staaaaaarting!!

3:01 – glee‘s jane lynch jumps on the stage with ryan seacrest. in purple! i’m likin’ the choice.

3:04 – ryan and guiliana‘s small talk is always so awkward on camera.

3:04 – i ran into guiliana at the neil george salon in beverly hills a year ago. she is TINY. even tinier in person.

3:05 – host jimmy fallon and his wife (aww!). didn’t know he was married? quote from jim on hosting, “i wanna play with everybody, i want everybody involved.”

3:11 – ross matthews… the intern from the tonight show with jay leno… is apparently a fashion correspondent??

3:14 – E!’s glamcam 360 is actually quite helpful when evaluating fashion choices! nice!

3:15 – both dancing with the stars carrie ann inaba and kelly osbourne both in shimmering black. LOVING kelly’s get-up.

3:16 – jersey shore cast live via satellite. GAG ME. back to the real stars, please!

3:18 – ty burrell from modern family. seriously one of my FAVORITE character actors of all time. love him love him.

3:20 – just read a spoiler about the emmy’s opening. host j. fallon, randy jackson, tina fey, john hamm and others are rocking out in a choreographed musical number. fun!

3:25 – mayor of LA antonio villaraigosa says emmy’s have an economic impact of $450 millions dollars. “there’s more jobs behind the camera than in front.”

3:33 – kathy griffin and her momma giving ryan crap for winning the emmy over kathy’s show.

3:34 – AWKWARD. glee’s mark salling trying to make light and change the subject when asked about incident with co-star.

3:36 – kim kardashian wearing marchesa. good choice of style, but not loving the hair. wear it down next time, kim!

3:37 – glee‘s lea michelle looking absolutely stunning in oscar de la renta. okay, not a fan of glee, but she looks perfect!

3:39 – claire danes nominated for HBO’s temple grandin. WOW, that armani prive dress. just gorgeous style and coloring.

3:41 – OOOO fun. american idol‘s nigel lythgoe says all judges must be announced within the next 3 weeks.

3:46 – modern family‘s sofia vergara… absolutely love her! but not feeling the dress as much. good news: her bf is recovering well from his car accident.

3:48 – mad men‘s john hamm talking about growing up in st. louis, MO! whoo hoo give it up for my hometown!

3:51 – exec producer ricky gervais says he is definitely NOT replacing steve carrell. boo! but news is that portia de rossi might. love that idea!

3:59 – mad men january jones in a brilliant blue versace gown. what a HIT. interesting bodice and hem.

4:02 – a total BOOB shot as mad men‘s christina hendricks and ryan look at her figurine barbie doll. a beautiful lilac zac posen gown…

4:05 – commercial break! time to go get a water and do a load of laundry.

4:09 – newlyweds stephen moyer and anna paquin from true blood talkin’ the racy rolling stone mag cover.

4:11 – heidi klum in a SHORT black marchesa dress. hmm, haven’t seen any short dresses for quite some time. nice to switch it up!

4:13 – hysterical! noticing both mindy kaling and heidi are wearing similar styles, she says “see, me and heidi usually touch base before every award show, just to make sure we’re wearing the same thing.”

4:16 – random flashes of brooke burke and true blood‘s nina dobrev… LOVE love love their choices.

4:18 - how i met your mother’s neil patrick harris and ryan chatting about babies…”see, ryan if you wait until you’re NOT busy, you’ll never have kids!” ryan: “okay, i’ll start trying tonight.]

4:23 – doing crunches during commercial breaks. mutli-tasking at its finest!

4:25 – amy poehler and will arnett celebrating their 7th wedding anniversary and the birth of their 2nd child (just 3 weeks ago)! amy’s sportin’ about $500,000 worth of jewels…!

4:31 – steve carell and his lovely wife. i don’t want to hear any more news on him leaving the office. i still refuse to believe it.

4:41 – ed o’neil on being the only male cast member of modern family that was NOT nominated. his castmates call him the “glue that holds everyone together!”

4:44 – the office‘s john krasinski looks FABulous in his bow-tie suit attire.

4:47 – guiliana with glee‘s diana agron makes a good point. she’s not well-known enough to snub out on the questions! that’s reserved for uber-celebs like julia roberts & angelina jolie.

4:54 – paula abdul on the red carpet! can she please come back to american idol? the show needs her!

4:57 – a quick glimpse of keri russell in this amazing pink halter gown. a surprising yet refreshing choice!

4:59 – and we’re on to the BIG SHOW!

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the emmy’s are here! can’t wait to see host jimmy fallon in action. tune in live to NBC at 5:00p.m. PT to catch the big winners and losers! check out the list of 2010 emmy nominees below, along with my picks in pink.

i’ll be live-blogging the whole event, so be sure to check here for red carpet coverage!

DRAMA

OUTSTANDING DRAMA
Lost
Breaking Bad
Dexter
Mad Men
True Blood
The Good Wife

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife)
Mariska Hargitay (Special Victims Unit)
Glenn Close (Damages)
Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer)
January Jones (Mad Men)
Connie Britton (Friday Night Lights)

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Jon Hamm (Mad Men)
Kyle Chandler (Friday Night Lights)
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad)
Hugh Laurie (House M.D.)
Michael C. Hall (Dexter)
Matthew Fox (Lost)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA
John Slattery (Mad Men)
Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad)
Martin Short (Damages)
Terry O’ Quinn (Lost)
Michael Emerson (Lost)
Andre Braugher (Men of a Certain Age)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Sharon Gless (Burn Notice)
Christine Baranski (The Good Wife)
Christina Hendricks (Mad Men)
Rose Byrne (Damages)
Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife)
Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men)

COMEDY

OUTSTANDING COMEDY
Glee
Modern Family
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Nurse Jackie
30 Rock
The Office
Curb Your Enthusiasm

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Lea Michele (Glee)
Tina Fey (30 Rock)
Toni Collette (The United States of Tara)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (The New Adventures of Old Christine)
Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie)
Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation)

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm)
Alec Baldwin (30 Rock)
Matthew Morrison (Glee)
Steve Carell (The Office)
Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory)
Tony Shalhoub (Monk)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Chris Colfer (Glee)
Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother)
Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family)
Jon Cryer (Two and A Half Men)
Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family)
Ty Burrell (Modern Family)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Jane Lynch (Glee)
Kristen Wiig (Saturday Night Live)
Jane Krakowski (30 Rock)
Julie Bowen (Modern Family)
Sofia Vergara (Modern Family)
Holland Taylor (Two and A Half Men)

REALITY

OUTSTANDING REALITY SHOW HOST
Ryan Seacrest (American Idol)
Phil Keoghan (The Amazing Race)
Tom Bergeron (Dancing with the Stars)
Heidi Klum (Project Runway)
Jeff Probst (Survivor)

OUTSTANDING REALITY SHOW COMPETITION
Project Runway
Top Chef
The Amazing Race
Dancing with the Stars
American Idol

VARIETY, MUSIC, OR COMEDY

OUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC, OR COMEDY SERIES
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Real Time With Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live
The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien

MINISERIES OR MOVIE
The Pacific (HBO)
Return to Cranford (PBS)

OUTSTANDING TV MOVIE
Endgame (PBS)
Georgia O’Keeffe (Lifetime)
Moonshot (History)
The Special Relationship (HBO)
Temple Grandin (HBO)
You Don’t Know Jack (HBO)

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pretty genius!

the brilliant new TV show, modern family, is pulling out all the stops to win their first emmy award. and even though they (definitely) deserve to win for outstanding comedy, they have a trick up their sleeve that might helps sway some extra votes.

enter, variety magazine ad. they tout… “if modern family wins the emmy for oustanding comedy, [star] sofia vergara will run naked down sunset blvd.” sounds good enough. i mean, sofia is a latin goddess!

but did you notice that fine print?  “cast member subject to change without notice.” HA! we could have the voluptuous eric stonestreet or even some ed o’neil on our hands. so, the question remains… do you take the risk? i say YES.



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i usually make a point to never blog about dancing with the stars. but when you see such desperation, something just needs to be said.

while the full list of dancing with the stars contestants is set to be released during ABC’s bachelor pad on august 30th, some pretty reliable tips on the cast have already started leaking. every season, i’m more and more shocked at these d-list celebs they pull out of nowhere.

and this year is no different! we’ve got confirmations on david hasselhoff, reality TV “actress” audrina patridge and singer brandy. the latest and greatest addition?

BRISTOL PALIN. seriously. politician sarah palin’s teenage daughter. you know, the one who’s been on every tabloid cover known to man touting her son and feuding relationship with famewhoring baby daddy levi johnston?

should be a fun-filled crock of desperate wannabes!

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looks like a winner!

director danny boyle’s 127 hours is already gettin’ oscar buzz! hours tells the remarkable true story of a mountain climber aron ralston’s adventure to save himself after a boulder falls on his arm and leaves him trapped.

before he makes the (painful) decision to cut off his own arm, the flick takes us back as he recalls friends, lovers and family. and plus, it stars james franco. WIN!

it should be quite the box office success. i mean, you know you want to see this guy cut off his arm. crazy! catch it in theaters november 5th.

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not a very fair fight, if you ask me!

actress emma thompson has been tapped to write the screenplay for the remake of my fair lady and has quite the opinion about the original’s star, the iconic ms. audrey hepburn! she says:

“i was thrilled to be asked to do it because, having a look at it, i thought that there needs to be a new version. i’m not hugely fond of the film. i find audrey hepburn fantastically twee. twee is whimsy without wit. it’s mimsy-mumsy sweetness without any kind of bite. and that’s not for me.

she can’t sing [her singing was dubbed in the film] and she can’t really act, i’m afraid. i’m sure she was a delightful woman – and perhaps if i had known her i would have enjoyed her acting more, but i don’t and i didn’t, so that’s all there is to it, really.”

lay off, emma! i mean, seriously, hepburn is one of the most beloved actresses of all time. in addition to slamming the original’s star, emma also plans on giving the classic story a “feminist makeover.” she goes on to explain that main character eliza doolittle is “sold into sexual slavery” by her father. wait, i must’ve missed that part?!

based on these revelations, do YOU plan on seeing the remake? i think i’ll pass.

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oookay. i tuned into this trailer of black swan, expecting to get an inside peek into the world of competitive ballet. NOPE. it’s creepy.

starring natalie portman, mila kunis and winona ryder, black swan is due out in theaters december 1. i suppose i should’ve known there’d be twists with director darren aronofsky of requiem for a dream and the wrestler fame at the helm!

more than anything, though, there’s been a lot of buzz surrounding portman and kunis’ love scene (of course). kunis says, “anything sexual in this film is not there for the sake of being sexual. i think people are hoping it’s like two girls making out and pillow fighting. it’s not smut.”

then what is it? the synopsis explains:

“nina (portman) is a ballerina in a new york city ballet company whose life, like all those in her profession, is completely consumed with dance. when artistic director thomas leroy decides to replace prima ballerina beth (ryder) for the opening production of their new season, swan lake, nina is his first choice. but nina has competition: a new dancer, lily (kunis), who impresses leroy as well. swan lake requires a dancer who can play both the white swan with innocence and grace, and the black swan, who represents guile and sensuality. nina fits the white swan role perfectly but lily is the personification of the black swan. as the two young dancers expand their rivalry into a twisted friendship, nina begins to get more in touch with her dark side – a recklessness that threatens to destroy her.”

enough with that. watch the trailer above. does black swan catch your interest?

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this is just beautiful!

created by billionaires warren buffett and bill & melinda gates, the giving pledge is an “effort to invite the wealthiest individuals and families in America to commit to giving the majority of their wealth to philanthropy.”

GOOD FOR THEM! currently over 40 billionaires have agreed to give away at least half of their total wealth including george lucas, barron hilton, ted turner, david rockefeller and more.

there’s no cap to how much you can donate – founder warren buffett has pledged 99% of his wealth! you’re saying, okay, what’s it to them? they still have millions left over. true, but it’s a terrific start and a great example to other wealthy individuals to hold off on their 5th house and 3rd porsche and donate some of their God-given wealth to those less fortunate.

early guesstimations of the total pledged are rounding out at 230 billion! just think what that could do:

• feed more than 862 million people
• educate over 80 million
• provide clean water for 5 billion people
• treat 5 million people suffering from AIDs for 30 years



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