Sightings: Chloe, Charlize and Ellen Pompeo
GARDEN VARIETY: Chloë Sevigny, carrying a Donna Karan Modern Leo Tote bag while picking up flowers at a grocery store in L.A.
BAND OF BROTHERS: Madonna and Guy Ritchie’s sons, Rocco and David, bowling at Bowlmor Lanes in Union Square in NYC. (No, they weren’t alone! A nanny and bodyguard were in tow.)
WATER WORKS: Colin Farrell, hanging poolside at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.
GREY GROUP: T.R. Knight, Katherine Heigl and Ellen Pompeo, eating cupcakes and laughing during marketing impresarios Mike McGuiness and Kari Feinstein’s birthday party at Simon L.A.
BELLY UP: Seinfeld star Jason Alexander, enjoying mac ’n’ cheese, spicy tuna rolls, mini lobster tacos, Caesar salad and a petite filet at Fix Restaurant & Bar in Las Vegas.
SCREEN GEM: Christian Slater, going to the movies at the Grove mall in Los Angeles.
FISHY BUSINESS: Ben Affleck and Don Cheadle, having dinner with poker champ Annie Duke at Sushi Roku in Las Vegas’ Forum Shops.
WALK THIS WAY: Charlize Theron and boyfriend Stuart Townsend, taking an afternoon hike at Runyon Canyon in L.A.
TOOL TIME: Lost lovebirds Dominic Monaghan and Evangeline Lilly, shopping at Koontz Hardware in West Hollywood.
Emmy Still Laughing at Jenna, Vanessa, But Jaime’s Name Is Mud
This is shaping up to be not much of a year for Emmy repeats (unless James Spader runs away with it again).
My Name Is Earl star Jaime Pressly, who was named Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy in 2007, has been left off the shortlist of female laugh-inducers who stand a chance of hearing their names announced July 17, when the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences reveals all the nominees for the 59th Prime-Time Emmy Awards.
Meanwhile, the competition Pressly beat out last year has made the cut, according to another top-secret list obtained by the L.A. Times’ Gold Derby blog.
But Pressly’s in good company. Also in no danger of repeating last year’s glory is Lost’s Terry O’Quinn, Grey’s Anatomy’s Katherine Heigl and Extras’ Ricky Gervais, who apparently can’t stand to do more than two seasons of a critically acclaimed series.
Whether the writers’ strike left Pressly without a golden moment this season is a valid question, but Emmy voters obviously found enough to like in scenes belonging to 10 other actressesall of whom (minus Weeds’ Elizabeth Perkins), it should be noted, honed their craft on broadcast networks, while all of the other major acting categories have ventured almost equally into the nether regions of cable.
Returning to the list are Perkins, Two and a Half Men’s Conchata Ferrell and Holland Taylor, Ugly Betty’s Vanessa Williams and The Office’s Jenna Fischer.
Other familiar faces being considered include 30 Rock’s Jane Krakowski (who seemingly had a lot less to do in season two, but whatever), Ugly Betty’s Judith Light and Saturday Night Live’s Amy Poehler (sketch show performers have been moved form the variety/musical mix to the sitcom crowd).
Pushing Daisies’ Kristin Chenoweth and Samantha Who?’s Jean Smart round out the list.
Meaning, no Emmy love (again) for Desperate Housewives’ Nicollette Sheridan or (surprisingly) her new neighbor, Dana Delany; no change of fortune for Ugly Betty’s Ashley Jensen (who at least should have been nominated for Extras last year); no extra recognition for Pushing Daisies’ eccentric, aquatic aunts, Swoosie Kurtz and Ellen Greene; and another thankless season for Monk’s girl Friday Traylor Howard.
Speaking of dipping into the cable pot, check out this list of contenders for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama:
- Keith Carradine, Dexter (Showtime)
- Charles Durning, Rescue Me (FX)
- Danny Glover, Brothers & Sisters (ABC)
- Robert Morse, Mad Men (AMC)
- Peter O’Toole, The Tudors (Showtime)
- Oliver Platt, Nip-Tuck (FX)
- Peter Riegert, Damages (FX)
- Stanley Tucci, ER (NBC)
- Glynn Turmann, In Treatment(HBO)
- Robin Williams, Law & Order: SVU (NBC)
Emmy Likes Grey’s Gals, Grande Dames
The women of Lost are nowhere to be found.
None of the eligible female players from ABC’s mind-boggling island mysteryin addition to the XX crew of Battlestar Galactica, women married to Bill Paxton and hardly anyone who solves crimemade it onto the Television Academy of Arts & Sciences’ list of semifinalists for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
Not that some pretty fine thesps didn’t make the cut, per the list obtained by the L.A. Times’ Gold Derby blog. But this year it was lawyers, moms, people giving or receiving therapy, people who just plain need therapy and some familiar hot doctors who tickled Emmy voters’ fancy.
Standard 2007, etc. nominees Sandra Oh and Chandra Wilson from Grey’s Anatomy scrubbed in as usual, along with Brothers & Sisters sister Rachel Griffiths.
But thanks to the Emmy-eschewing Katherine Heigl and the demise of The Sopranos and its large cast, the path to glory was also cleared for a host of first-timers, including Tell Me You Love Me’s Jane Alexander, Mad Men’s Christina Hendricks and Damage’s Rose Byrnewho despite her central role has apparently been relegated to the sidelines to make way for scene-chewing Lead Actress Glenn Close.
Speaking of which, Connie Britton, who as Friday Night Lights’ Tami Taylor was a semifinalist for Best Actress last year, was bumped into the supporting category this year and then didn’t make the Top 11. (Well, at least the beloved yet painfully underwatched show is still being considered for Best Drama and maybe, just maybe, will squeeze another couple of viewers out of the publicity.)
Veterans Candice Bergen and S. Epatha Merkerson are also in consideration for their respective boss-lady roles on Boston Legal and Law & Order.
Fellow grande dames in the fold are two-time Oscar winner Dianne Wiest, who plays the therapist’s therapist on HBO’s In Treatment, Dirty Sexy Money matriarch Jill Clayburgh and Burn Notice’s chain-smoking mommy dearest Sharon Gless.
Final nominees for the 60th Annual Emmy Awards will be announced July 17.
Katherine Heigl Visits T.R., Finds Lost Dog
Katherine Heigl Visits T.R., Finds Lost Dog
While a booming career and new marriage would be enough to wear most people out, Katherine Heigl is constantly on the go. And yesterday the paparazzi spotted her out and about running errands.
The “27 Dresses” babe looked like a woman on a mission as she made her way around Los Feliz, California stopping off at her mother’s house before heading over to pal T.R. Knight’s pad.
Upon returning home, Heigl was pleasantly surprised to find that her missing pooch (who had snuck out of her backyard) had been safely returned by a neighbor.
Along with her decision to pull herself out of the Emmy race has come widespread speculation over whether or not she’s leaving her hit show “Grey’s Anatomy.” And hubby Josh Kelley recently told press he’s behind her either way. “I’m always supportive of Katie, no matter what she does.”