Emmys Red Carpet

It's been a couple of years since we secretly watched stars arriving at the Emmys show from Tim's workplace conference room. Here are just a few of the red carpet celebrities we saw earlier today (click on the images to enlarge):

Nathan Fillion (Castle) and date

Kiernan Shipka (Sally Draper on Mad Men)

Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family) 

and husband

Zooey Deschanel (The New Girl)

Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family)

and Mindy Kaling (The Mindy Project)

A very pregnant—and beautiful—

nominee Morena Baccarin (Homeland)

Kunal Nayyar and Melissa Rauch (both from Big Bang Theory)

Nominee Laura Dern (Enlightened)

Modern Family patriarch and 

nominee Ed O'Neill

Emmy winner Ellen Burstyn

(Political Animals)

Previous West Wing winner

Allison Janney 

Comedienne Sarah Silverman

Nominee Elizabeth Moss (Mad Men)

Tina Fey (30 Rock)

Nominee Christine Baranski (The Good 

Wife), wearing my favorite dress of

the evening

Nominee Alec Baldwin (30 Rock) and daughter

Winner Michael Douglas and nominee

Matt Damon, both of Behind the Candelabra

Judd Apatow and wife Leslie Mann

Nominee Julie Bowen (Modern Family)

Nominees Don Cheadle (House of Lies) and Aaron Paul

(Breaking Bad)

Winner Claire Danes (Homeland)

and husband Hugh Dancy

Nominee Lena Dunham (Girls)

Nominee Al Pacino (Phil Spector)

"For Your Consideration"

Last month’s mayoral race was barely over when we suddenly started seeing “For Your Consideration” ads in the entertainment section of the L.A. Times. What readers are being asked to consider, of course, are TV shows worthy of nomination for this year’s Emmy awards.

This is an annual ritual in Los Angeles, since many, if not most, television shows are produced here. Ads in the L.A. Times have become especially prominent since the demise of paper versions of Variety and other “industry” publications. But imagine our surprise when we ran across these lawn signs as we were walking along a major street near our home. Surely this has to be a first, even for L.A.!

By the way, we’re not members of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. But if I were, I’d vote for House of Cards, for best dramatic series, and its two main stars, Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright, for their lead performances. I’d also vote for John Noble, for his supporting role as Walter, the brilliant but tortured scientist in Fringe, and Monica Potter, for her effective supporting role in Parenthood. Ballots are due Friday.

Emmys 2010

Like last year, tonight's Emmy awards were presented at the Nokia theater, only a few feet from where Tim works. So, like we did last year, we decamped in the 2d floor conference room and oohed and aahed as celebrities strolled the red carpet at our feet. We went berserk taking photos (with our new camera!). Here are just a few of my favorites (click on them to enlarge). Enjoy!


Nominee Andre Braugher (Men of a Certain Age) and wife Ami Brabson



Nominees Julie Bowen (Modern Family) and Elizabeth Moss (Mad Men)







Nominee Christina Hendricks (Mad Men) and husband Geoffrey Arend







Winner Claire Danes (Temple Grandin)










Nominee Amy Poehler (Parks & Recreation) and husband Will Arnett and Mr. & Mrs. Conan O'Brien






Nominees Toni Collette (United States of Tara) and Julia Louis-Dreyfus (The New Adventures of New Christine)







Show host Jimmy Fallon and wife







The British are coming: Mr. & Mrs. Ricky Gervais and nomiee Sir Patrick Stewart (Hamlet) and date






Nominee Jon Hamm (Mad Men) and date







Winner Jane Lynch (Glee)











Nathan Fillion (Castle) and date and nominee Susan Sarandon (You Don't Know Jack) and daughter







Nominee Michael C. Hall (Dexter) and wife Jennifer Carpenter (Dexter); winner Neil Patrick Harris (Glee) and partner David Burtka; and Anna Paquin (True Blood)




Winner Al Pacino (You Don't Know Jack) and date







Cast from the Emmy-winning mini-series The Pacific



Nominee John Slattery (Mad Men) and wife Talia Balsam





Newlyweds Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer from nominated series True Blood




The real-life Temple Grandin, her mother, winning director Mick Jackson, and producer of the Emmy-winning movie Temple Grandin