AT EMMY PARTIES, GLASSES HALF-FULL.Byline: Valerie Kuklenski Staff Writer Jumbo shrimp cocktail, filet of beef Wellington beef Wellington n. A fillet of beef covered with pâté de foie gras, encased in pastry, and baked. [Probably from the name Wellington.] Noun 1. and peach Melba peach melba Noun a dessert made of halved peaches, vanilla ice cream, and raspberries [after Dame Nellie Melba, singer] Noun 1. must be Hollywood comfort food. That was the menu at the post-Emmys Governors Ball Sunday night Sunday Night, later named Michelob Presents Night Music, was an NBC late-night television show which aired for two seasons between 1988 and 1990 as a showcase for jazz and eclectic musical artists. at the Shrine Exposition Hall, where a half-hour after the awards telecast finished, the recognizable revelers were mainly nominees who went home empty-handed. Winners were all over the place in the media tent behind the Shrine, their shiny Emmys nearly locking wings as their owners snaked their way through the makeup stations and interview rooms. Felicity Huffman of ``Desperate Housewives'' got her tear-stained cheeks retouched for close-ups for ``Access Hollywood'' and others, while husband William H. Macy gave their address to a television academy official arranging for engraving. But inside the Governors Ball - the customary first stop on a party circuit that included fetes hosted by HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy , TV Guide Channel and Showtime - there were only a few winged ladies adorning the tables, mainly the prizes of writers and producers. It wasn't that the party wasn't good enough. The hall had been transformed into a lavish '30s-era supper club with art deco pillars in silver and black, a big band on a stage draped drape v. draped, drap·ing, drapes v.tr. 1. To cover, dress, or hang with or as if with cloth in loose folds: draped the coffin with a flag; a robe that draped her figure. with shimmery shim·mer intr.v. shim·mered, shim·mer·ing, shim·mers 1. To shine with a subdued flickering light. See Synonyms at flash. 2. curtains and table arrangements of pale hydrangeas, white rosebuds and towering calla lilies. A small but aggressive pack of photographers stalked their way through the room until they found their (slightly wounded) prey at table 415: ``Housewives'' star Teri Hatcher in a tete-a-tete with Nicollette Sheridan. Hatcher, a favorite for lead actress in a comedy series until Huffman surprised everyone, accepted a consoling kiss on the cheek from Sheridan. Then they gamely stood cheek to cheek, beaming, for a thousand flashes, hoisting a margarita (Hatcher) and a cosmo (Sheridan). Also visible among the also-rans: Hugh Laurie (``House''), Jeremy Piven (``Entourage''), Zach Braff (``Scrubs''), Bradley Whitford (``The West Wing''), Cynthia Nixon (``Warm Springs''), Peter Boyle (``Everybody Loves Raymond'') and Mark Burnett (``Survivor''). This is not to say the mood in the room was somber. ``The truth of the matter is I'm a happy guy,'' ``Housewives'' creator Marc Cherry said sincerely, moments after accepting the sorts of hugs one might expect at a funeral. Cherry's ``Housewives'' had been a favorite to win best comedy series but was aced out by ``Raymond.'' Still, it won six Emmys out of its 15 nominations. Cherry said if he had to choose between an Emmy and the ratings success his ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. series has enjoyed, ``It's always the ratings.'' ``The longer my show goes on, the more I get to tell my stories, and that's a writer's best reward. If the worst thing that happens to me is I lose an Emmy, how charmed a life is that?'' Stockard Channing was wistful about winding up her term as first lady on ``The West Wing,'' but she is relishing her new role in the CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. sitcom ``Out of Practice.'' ``Someone said to me in the gym the other day, 'Can you be funny?' And I thought, 'Oh my God, I've been doing drama too long.' '' Jay Carroll, winner of Bravo's ``Project Runway'' fashion design competition, had little time to dwell on to continue long on or in; to remain absorbed with; to stick to; to make much of; as, to dwell upon a subject; a singer dwells on a note s>. - Shak. See also: Dwell the show's loss to ``The Amazing Race'' since he is preparing to launch his own clothing line. And newly single actress Sandra Oh struck a very affectionate pose for a friend's camera with her ``Grey's Anatomy'' director, Peter Horton. Let the rumor mill start. HBO welcomed everybody who is anybody to its tented tent·ed adj. 1. Covered with tents. 2. Sheltered in tents. 3. Resembling a tent. party outside the Pacific Design Center, while TV Guide guests mingled and drank at Hollywood's Roosevelt Hotel. Showtime's get-together at Katana Nihontō (日本刀:にほんとう nihontō in West Hollywood had ``Huff'' players Hank Azaria, Oliver Platt, Paget Brewster, Sharon Stone and Jack Laufer toasting Blythe Danner's win as best supporting actress in a drama series. The biz part of show biz is ever present, even at these events. Brewster, who plays Azaria's wife in the series, took aside the casting director to discuss possible choices for her character's new relationship in a season two episode. Bring your Chapstick ChapStick is the brand name adopted in the United States, Australia, Canada, and United Kingdom by Wyeth Consumer Healthcare for its range of lip balms produced to be used on chapped lips. to the audition, ladies. Carson Kressley of ``Queer Eye for the Straight Guy'' is less straight than ever. His hair is now his own version of ``business in the front, party in the back'' with a sleek hairline hair·line n. The outline of the growth of hair on the head, especially across the front. sweeping back into natural waves. ``I'm embracing the curl,'' he said. ``I've been fighting it for too long.'' Valerie Kuklenski, (818) 713-3750 valerie.kuklenski(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1 -- color) LONGORIA, CHAVIRA: Pointed observations at Governors Ball. Alex Collins/Special to the Daily News (2 -- color) BREWSTER, AZARIA, DANNER, PLATT: Celebrating a Blythe spirit. Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images (3 -- color) OH: Shiny party girl. Lester Cohen/WireImage.com (4 -- color) HATCHER, SHERIDAN: Coping with desperation. Steve Granitz/WireImage.com |
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