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"There were six--yep, SIX--Emmy parties to kick off Emmy weekend, and we were at the two hottest soirees: The Academy of Television Arts &amp;amp; Sciences Party for the Nominees and the Entertainment Weekly Party to bring you all the glitz, glamour, and behind-the-scenes scoop with your favorite TV stars! What: The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards Performers Nominee Reception Where: The Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood The Scoop: The event, co-hosted by Audi, Beaulieu Vineyards, Grey Goose Vodka, People Magazine, and United Airlines, brought out all the Emmy nominees (Julie Bowen, Jon Cryer, Cat Deely, just to name a few) to receive their official Emmy nominee certificates in a special ceremony. ZOOEY DESCHANEL (New Girl) You guys know the drill! Every time I see Zooey, I hand over my iPhone, and she snaps away! She was so cute last night because she kept running around the carpet trying to find the best lighting (which ironically isn&amp;#x27;t easy to do when there is SO much lighting). As for her Emmy dress on Sunday... &amp;quot;My dress is very pretty! I&amp;#x27;m excited for [the Emmys]! It should be fun, that&amp;#x27;s the point!&amp;quot; DOT MARIE JONES (Glee) For those of you wondering where Coach Beiste has been in the first two episodes of Glee, have no worry. She&amp;#x27;ll be showing up in episodes five and seven and is guaranteed to appear in a minimum of six episodes. &amp;quot;Last year they gave me a minimum of six, and it ended up being 13, so hopefully it will be at least the same this year!&amp;quot; she said. KEVIN COSTNER (Hatfield and McCoys) and wife CHRISTINE BAUMGARTNER In Hollywood, friendships are fleeting and relationships can be quite superficial, which is why what Kevin Costner told me struck a chord. &amp;quot;You meet so many people in this industry, but to say that they are a friend is a big word. That&amp;#x27;s earned, because you actually diminish somebody you&amp;#x27;re actually friends with. Maybe three or four movies in my life, I&amp;#x27;ve had really good friends come out of it. That&amp;#x27;s not to say I haven&amp;#x27;t enjoyed everyone I&amp;#x27;ve worked with, but [true, lifelong friends are rare.]&amp;quot; Well said, Kevin, well said. MAYIM BIALIK (The Big Bang Theory) In honor of the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, Bialik and I greeted each other with &amp;#x27;L&amp;#x27;Shanah Tova!&amp;#x27; which means &amp;#x27;Happy New Year&amp;#x27; in Hebrew. As I mentioned before, when I was new to L.A. years ago, I attended services at UCLA&amp;#x27;s campus, and Mayim was actually the cantor! Meanwhile, what everyone wants to know is how Mayim&amp;#x27;s hand is doing from the car accident she was in six weeks ago. &amp;quot;Well, it&amp;#x27;s still there!&amp;quot; She admitted she&amp;#x27;ll be wearing a long-sleeved dress on Sunday to help cover up the cast a bit. In the photo above, she&amp;#x27;s wearing a Watters dress and a Stella &amp;#x27;n Dot necklace. What: The 2012 Entertainment Weekly Pre-Emmy Party Presented by L&amp;#x27;Oreal Paris Where: Fig &amp;amp; Olive in West Hollywood The Scoop: Plenty of Emmy nominees came out for the swanky party, but it was more a celebration of all of those on TV in our favorite sitcoms and dramas (think Glee, Don&amp;#x27;t Trust the B---- in Apt. 23, Dancing with the Stars, and more). ALLISON WILLIAMS (Girls) Williams was looking smashing in a hot pink Oscar de la Renta. &amp;quot;It&amp;#x27;s really pink, and I&amp;#x27;m really happy in it!&amp;quot; she gushed. &amp;quot;It&amp;#x27;s surreal being here. I haven&amp;#x27;t been in L.A. since the show first premiered, and everyone here has welcomed me so warmly. A lot of that was also because of Glamour and the big feature you did on all of us, which was amazing!&amp;quot; I also had to ask Allison my favorite 3 a.m. question. See what she said in response to, &amp;quot;If you were stranded on the side of road at 3 a.m. and could only call one cast member to pick you up, who would it be and why?&amp;quot; Allison Williams: That&amp;#x27;s a great question! I think it would have to be Adam Driver because if some sort of catastrophe happened and he needed to lift up the car, I think he would be the only person that could do it. [laughs] I don&amp;#x27;t know why I&amp;#x27;m thinking of something so dramatic, but every one of the girls on the show would pick up the phone! LAUREN POTTER (Glee) How amazing is Potter as Becky on Glee? She is just as delightful and adorable in person and was so thrilled to be among her peers at the EW shindig. When I asked who she is closest to on set, Lauren told me, &amp;quot;Jane Lynch because we&amp;#x27;re like this (crosses her fingers to show how tight they are). But I have a crush on Mark Salling, who plays Puck! He&amp;#x27;s a cutie. I don&amp;#x27;t think he knows I [feel that way]! There should be a little Puck and Becky romance!&amp;quot; Mark, are you listening? SARAH DREW (Grey&amp;#x27;s Anatomy) &amp;quot;Tonight is date night,&amp;quot; Drew told me. &amp;quot;I don&amp;#x27;t get out of the house ever! I have a baby, so this is it!&amp;quot; she laughed. As for what&amp;#x27;s to come on Grey&amp;#x27;s, &amp;quot;Well, I can&amp;#x27;t say anything, but it is awesome. It. Is. Awesome! We are already on episode seven!&amp;quot; BELLAMY YOUNG (Scandal) The President&amp;#x27;s wife on Scandal, Young has just been upped to series regular for the upcoming season. &amp;quot;I&amp;#x27;m so excited! Shonda [Rhimes] has an incredible gift, she really does. She&amp;#x27;s the loveliest human alive, and she&amp;#x27;s a great mom,&amp;quot; Young said. GARCELLE BEAUVAIS (Franklin &amp;amp; Bash) Beauvais said that she&amp;#x27;ll be watching the Emmys from the comfort of her own home on Sunday night with &amp;quot;my girlfriends and snacks! I&amp;#x27;m ecstatic!&amp;quot; CHELSIE HIGHTOWER and HELIO CASTRONEVES (Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars) Helio told me that his first dance with Chelsie on Monday night&amp;#x27;s premiere will be the Foxtrot. &amp;quot;It is pretty much done, so we&amp;#x27;re just polishing up, and we&amp;#x27;ll go for it!&amp;quot; We can&amp;#x27;t wait! Who is your front-runner favorite? KRYSTEN RITTER (Don&amp;#x27;t Trust the B---- in Apt. 23) Ritter went for the va-va-voom factor with a see-through Dior ensemble, and she pulled it off beautifully! Meanwhile, I couldn&amp;#x27;t wait to tell Ritter (who I just freakin&amp;#x27; adore!) about a recent date gone wrong that I had after we had talked about all about guys at the ABC Cocktail Party in July. &amp;quot;Oh my gosh, I am going to find you a guy! I know so many great single guys! They are successful and have great style.&amp;quot; But do they love sports? That&amp;#x27;s an important one! Either way, I&amp;#x27;m all for Krysten setting me up! What do you guys think--should we start a new column about Krysten Ritter&amp;#x27;s match-making efforts for me? ELISHA CUTHBERT (Happy Endings) Here&amp;#x27;s all you need to know about how awesome Cuthbert is: Having not seen me in almost two months, the first thing out of her mouth was, &amp;quot;Oh my gosh, how was your trip to Montreal and Quebec?!&amp;quot; Meanwhile, she JUST got engaged not long ago to hockey player Dion Phaneuf (fyi, the ring is GORGEOUS). DREAMA WALKER (Don&amp;#x27;t Trust the B---- in Apt. 23) Walker&amp;#x27;s co-star, James Van Der Beek, will be doing an exclusive Emmy Photo Diary for us after the Emmys, so be sure to stay tuned for all his personal pics of his Emmy experience! ELIZA COUPE (Happy Endings) The Happy Endings star was rocking out some sassy specs and a hot black ensemble. Um, I think we&amp;#x27;ve found the next Cat Woman! CARRIE ANN INABA (Dancing with the Stars) So, I have some very exciting news to share with you guys! Starting Monday night&amp;amp;mdash;when Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars premieres&amp;amp;mdash;I&amp;#x27;ll be one of the guest-experts on the brand-new DWTS After-Party webisodes seen on ABC.com immediately following the live-broadcast. Joanna Krupa and Marc Istook will be hosting each Monday night (along with special correspondent Kyle Massey), and I&amp;#x27;ll be joining in to offer guest commentary! So make sure to tweet me any questions to @JRadloff (or leave me a comment below), and I&amp;#x27;ll do my best to get them answered for you! Meanwhile, I had judge Carrie Ann Inaba give me terminology tips for my DWTS debut! &amp;quot;You always want to mention technique, the overall look, carriage, and posture! You want smooth lines, fluidity, musicality, fierceness, hotness. All the same words as fashion!&amp;quot; Thanks, Carrie Ann! You&amp;#x27;re the best, and I can&amp;#x27;t wait to be a part this exciting new venture! Go to www.ABC.com/DancingWithTheStars on Monday night, to not only vote after the LIVE show, but watch the After-Party as well! Before I wrap up, here&amp;#x27;s more scoop from the evening&amp;#x27;s parties: *Spotted at the Academy of Television Arts &amp;amp; Sciences Emmy Nominees Reception, Connie Britton (American Horror Story, Nashville) chatted with Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family). *Also at the ATAS party, Martha Plimpton (Raising Hope) and Amy Poehler (Parks and Rec) shared a warm embrace on the patio of SPECTRA, where the evening&amp;#x27;s festivities were being held. Later, Amy showed pictures of her two boys, Archie and Abel, on her cell phone. *Dot Marie Jones (Glee) chatted with the just-engaged Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family). *At the valet outside the EW Party, Erika Christensen (Parenthood) and Sarah Drew (Grey&amp;#x27;s Anatomy) were deep in girl talk. *Good Morning America co-host (and hunk!) Josh Elliott, waited for co-host Lara Spencer so they could both leave together. *Rumer Willis sending off flashbulbs outside Fig &amp;amp; Olive, with the paparazzi even asking for their own fan pictures! Who would you most like to meet or talk to during Emmy weekend? Let me know, and I might just get that celebrity to answer your question! More Obsessed: *Our Photo Diary from the ALMA Awards--check out our exclusive red carpet pics! *Get ready to LOL! Our 5 funniest Emmy speeches! *Photos of our favorite vintage Emmy moments!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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