BABY TALK PREGNANCY PREVAILS AT EMMYS.Those tuning into E! on Sunday for the Emmy fashion parade at the Shrine Auditorium The Shrine Auditorium is a landmark large-event venue in Los Angeles, California, USA. It is also the headquarters of the Al Malaikah Temple, a division of the Shriners. might have noticed a conversation theme. Namely, babies. Joan Rivers Joan Rivers (born June 8, 1933) is an American comedian, actress, talk show host, businesswoman, and celebrity. She is known for her brash manner and loud, raspy voice with a heavy metropolitan New York accent. rattled off pregnancy jokes as she and very pregnant daughter Melissa opened the show. The over-excited Joan referred to her daughter as her ``chunky monkey'' and after Melissa showed off for all of E!'s camera angles, Joan quipped that E! also had a ``vagi-cam'' in case Melissa gave birth (she's due this month). Melissa, also sporting a new dark hair color done just days before the show, had a little fun herself when ``Frasier's'' Jane Leeves Jane Leeves (born April 18, 1961) is a Screen Actors Guild Award winning English actress best known for her work as Daphne Moon on Frasier. Biography Youth , who's nearly six months pregnant, stopped to compare tummies. Leeves also had fun with ``The Practice's'' Kelli Williams Kelli Williams (born June 8, 1970 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress most well known for her role as Lindsay Dole Donnell on the ABC legal drama The Practice. She has since had guest appearances on Scrubs, The Lyon's Den and Hack. , also expecting, as the two presented an award during the telecast. Referring to a video montage on TV romance, she said ``all that love, you know where it gets you? Knocked up,'' as she and Williams touched their stomachs. Looking great after giving birth only 16 days before Emmy night was Richard Schiff's (``The West Wing'') wife, Sheila Kelley Sheila Kelley is the name of
Thanks, Joan and Melissa, we can now say we've heard it all. - Elizabeth Smilor Finally, Emmy Awards get viewer respect The 52nd annual Primetime Emmys broke out of the ratings slump of recent years with a telecast seen at least in part by an estimated 46 million viewers. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Nielsen's preliminary numbers released Monday, the three- hour-plus broadcast on 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. Sunday averaged 21.6 million viewers, the Emmys' largest average audience since at least 1986 when Nielsen began tracking total viewer figures. It was up 23 percent from Fox's audience last year, in part, no doubt, due to promotional spots aired during ABC's top-rated shows such as ``Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.'' The awards telecast, hosted by Garry Shandling Garry Shandling (born November 29, 1949) is an American comedian. He is best known for his work in It's Garry Shandling's Show and The Larry Sanders Show. , also gained 16 percent from last year in the adults 18-49 demographic that is most popular with advertisers. In terms of households, the show delivered a 14.2 rating and a 23 percent share of households using television. A rating point equals 1,022,000 television homes. - Valerie Kuklenski CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- 2 -- color) The pregnant Jane Leeves, left, and Melissa Rivers, above, compared tummies at the Emmy Awards ceremony. David Crane/Staff Photographer |
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