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"    Photo: Getty Images   Last night, ELLE\u2014along with Hearts on Fire and Wella Professionals\u2014hosted the second annual Women in Television Dinner at the Soho House in West Hollywood, CA. A bevy of celebrities were in attendance, including Nicole Richie, Ellie Kemper, Erika Christensen, and the cast of ABC&amp;#039;s Revenge. It&amp;#039;s a time when strong female characters reign on the small screen, so naturally, words of admiration and excitement filled the room. USA&amp;#039;s Suits actress Meghan Markle, in a ravishing Marchesa cocktail dress, cited ELLE cover girl Claire Danes as one of her inspirations. &amp;quot;I love Claire Danes,&amp;quot; Markle gushed. &amp;quot; Who doesn&amp;#039;t love Claire Danes? She&amp;#039;s so phenomenal on [Showtime&amp;#039;s] Homeland, but I actually loved her most on [HBO&amp;#039;s] Temple Grandin.&amp;quot;   Actress Sarah Rafferty of Suits admitted her TV crush. &amp;quot;Julia Louis Dreyfus,&amp;quot; she enthused. &amp;quot;She&amp;#039;s flawless. There are so many funny women right now on television\u2014all of the SNL women like [previous SNL stars] Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. I&amp;#039;m also a big fan of [HBO&amp;#039;s] Girls.&amp;quot;  Several actresses\u2014braving the brisk L.A. weather\u2014opted to outfit themselves in pants. Revenge&amp;#039;s Margarita Levieva was one of them, choosing L&amp;#039;Agence trousers and suspenders. Of her ensemble she said, &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m a suit and pants girl. I love wearing pants. They&amp;#039;re timeless.&amp;quot; Francesca Eastwood also chose a sleek suit. &amp;quot;I tried on about three dresses, and I didn&amp;#039;t like any of them,&amp;quot; she explained. &amp;quot;So, I decided I&amp;#039;m gonna go with pants.&amp;quot;  After chatting over cocktails, the nearly all-female attendees took their seats for dinner. Rose-decorated centerpieces showcased sparkling diamond necklaces and bracelets provided by Hearts on Fire. The glimmer of diamonds sparked conversation of weddings, future nuptials, and children. Extra&amp;#039;s Maria Menounos admitted that she&amp;#039;s very much a fish on the topic of having children. &amp;quot;I flip and I flop, and so does Kevin [Undergaro, her boyfriend]. We just don&amp;#039;t know when or if. I still wrestle with the question of: Are we all supposed to have kids? And so I just don&amp;#039;t know.&amp;quot; Molly Sims, who recently gave birth, confided to us that losing the baby weight was difficult. &amp;quot;[It&amp;#039;s] the hardest thing I&amp;#039;ve done and I&amp;#039;ve modeled since I was pretty much 21 years old,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m still about ten pounds away [from my desired weight] and my baby is 7 months old now.&amp;quot; When asked what baby essentials are on her shopping list, Busy Philipps\u2014pregnant with her second child\u2014admitted, &amp;quot;I haven&amp;#039;t even started thinking about it. Is that bad? I don&amp;#039;t have anything, because I gave it all away. [My husband] Marc and I didn&amp;#039;t think we were going to have another kid. So, I have nothing. We need everything.&amp;quot; Read the latest breaking pop culture news. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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