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The gowns that graced the red carpet at last night’s 61st Annual Emmy Awards were somewhat forgettable, but still certainly drool-inducing. Highlights of the night included Mad Men housewife January Jones‘ Versace art deco gown and House doctor Olivia Wilde’s scantily laced frock. The biggest female comedians in the biz Tina Fey and Amy Poehler bored with basic black, while fellow funny lady Sarah Silverman looked frightening in a blue Marie Antoinette-era gown. On a sexier note, curve-lover Kim Kardashian channeled J-Lo in a single-sleeved hip-hugging dress.

See what the 25 hottest boob-tube starlets wore to the show below. [Photos: Getty Images]

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It looks like “30 Rock” will clean up again at this year’s Emmy Awards. Tina Fey’s beloved sitcom, which won outstanding comedy series last year, snagged 22 Emmy nominations today. In the drama department, the ’60s flashback masterpiece “Mad Men” raked in 16 nominations, including a nod for the second consecutive year for its lead actor Jon Hamm. Considering that Hamm also guest stars on “30 Rock,” he and Tina Fey have a shot at ruling this year’s show, to be hosted by Neil Patrick Harris (also a nominee) and broadcast live on Sept. 20 from L.A.’s Nokia Theatre. Other highlights …

• Farrah Fawcett, who never won an Emmy, may win one posthumously for “Farrah’s Story,” her documentary chronicling her battle against cancer. (Expect tears when the award is accepted on her behalf.)

• “Big Love” was nominated for outstanding drama series, but its actors weren’t nominated for anything. (Does that make sense?)

• “Gossip Girl” was snubbed. (Appalling, xoxo)

• “Family Guy” was nominated for best comedy series, making it the only animated show since “The Flintstones” to land in that category. (Woot!)

• Jemaine Clement of “Flight of the Conchords” is up for lead actor in a comedy. (Hipsters rejoice.)

• Sarah Silverman was nominated for lead actress in a comedy series for the “Sarah Silverman Program” on Comedy Central. (We think her show sucks. Are we the only ones?)

• Highly-rated “Jon & Kate Plus 8″ was snubbed from the reality competition category. (Shock! Not really.)

• “ER” and “Desperate Housewives” didn’t receive any nominations in any major categories. (Where do old shows go to die?)

• “True Blood” was shut out of all major categories even though its star Anna Paquin won a Golden Globe earlier this year. (Dear TV Academy, quit being so snobby.)

• “Grey Gardens” stars Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange are both up for lead actress in a miniseries or movie.

• “Breaking Bad” and “Dexter” scored nominations for outstanding drama series and for its lead actors. (Duh.)

• Once again, HBO dominated with 99 Emmy Award nominations. Showtime got 29 and NBC led the major networks with 67. After the jump, read a list of the nominees in major categories for the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards.

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It’s Mother’s Day on Sunday and we want you to tell us which mommas are the most fabulous. We’ve paired together celebs to compete in our Celebrity Mother’s Day Smackdown. Vote in categories like sexiest (Angelina Jolie Vs. Salma Hayek), funniest (Tina Fey Vs. Amy Poehler) and most influential (Michelle Obama Vs. Hillary Clinton). After you’ve finished voting, check out the 60 Most Adorable Baby Bumps.

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The thing that had us Lizzing the most last week (you know, laughing so hard you whiz) on 30 Rock was the commercial Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) shot for a totally ’80s sexy phone service, 1-900-OK FACE.  Liz Lemon starred as Bijou, an unfortunately coiffed sex-line operator with eyebrows to die for and Mom jeans that any guy would want to have crumpled in a pile on his bedroom floor. Recognizing our love for Lemon, NBC has put  the full ad online — it’s so exciting we could throw up. [Via BWE]

Guests of the exclusive pre-Oscars Night Before party at the Beverly Hills Hotel last night were sorely disappointed if they were expecting a showdown between Brad Pitt’s babymama Angelina Jolie and his ex Jennifer Aniston. Both actresses opted out of the star-studded glitzy bash and avoided an awkward run in.

Although Brad’s ladies didn’t show, there was no shortage of celebrities at the event. Leonardo DiCaprio sat at a table with model girlfriend Bar Rafaeli and chatted with pal and Entourage star Kevin Connolly. Although Bar just graced the cover of Sports Illustrated in a teeny-weeny bikini, she certainly doesn’t starve herself to get her sleek figure. Bar was eating like she hadn’t eaten in weeks. The leggy model had almost one of every gourmet dish served at the bash — rapidly poking her fork into each dish and shoving heaping servings of food into her mouth.

In addition to Leo and crew, guests like John Malkovich wandered around the glamorous outdoor bash at the hotel’s pool area, which was covered for the party. Major Hollywood power players like Jeffrey Katzenberg and Harvey Weinstein discussed upcoming projects while Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Will Arnett cracked jokes. At one point Amy practically wailed at something that Tina said. (Apparently, she’s hilarious off-screen as well as on.)

Although the party had plenty of star power, it was remarkably more low key than last year’s event. No gift bags were handed out and decorations were pared down. The invitation noted “casual attire.” Most men showed up in sport coats or collared shirts, but the women still opted for elegant dresses.

The soiree was not without controversy, as a swarm of protesters assembled in front of the hotel who felt the glitzy bash was not an appropriate use of the Motion Picture and Television Fund’s money — especially considering it just shut down its hospital and nursing home.

(Editor’s Note: Libby Keatinge, our gossip blogger extraordinaire, is hitting all of the parties before and after this year’s Oscars. Keep up with her latest Hollywood Gossip Dispatches in our Academy Awards Blog. Plus, don’t forget to join us for our Live Oscars Blog Party tonight at 6:30PM EST!)

Welcome to Red Carpet Report Card, where the stars are put to the test on their red carpet fashion choices. In today’s episode, Scandalist’s Fashion 101 teacher Libby Keatinge grades funny girl Tina Fey on her red carpet style. Will the SNL queen go to the head of the class or flunk Fashion 101?

Salma Hayek wasn’t the only curvy celeb flaunting what her mama gave her last night at the Golden Globe Awards. Blake Lively, Megan Fox, Beyonce Knowles, Eva Longoria, and even geek-turned-goddess Tina Fey spiced up the award show with some cleav.

See pics of glorious globes below:

Scandalist readers rewarded Tina Fey for her brilliant impersonation of Sarah Palin (not to mention her work on 30 Rock) by crowning her funniest of the year.Tina’s SNL mate, Amy Poehler, took second place.

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Jeff Richmond, husband of 30 Rock star Tina Fey, reveals the source of her facial scar in the new Vanity Fair, explaining that she was slashed by a stranger when she was five. “It was in, like, the front yard of her house, and somebody who just came up, and she just thought somebody marked her with a pen.”

Says Fey, who has been mostly silent on the subject, “It’s impossible to talk about it without somehow seemingly exploiting it and glorifying it…I proceeded unaware of it. I was a very confident little kid. It’s really almost like I’m kind of able to forget about it, until I was on-camera, and it became a thing of ‘Oh, I guess we should use this side’ or whatever. Everybody’s got a better side.”

And she’s got a pretty great one. Despite these sad details, much of the profile consists of men (and women) drooling over her metamorphisis into a smarter brand of sex icon. Alec Baldwin, naturally, takes credit for much of his co-star’s evolution.

I’d say to her, ‘You know, you’re a really beautiful girl. You’ve got to play that. It’s a visual medium. This is not Upright Citizens Brigade, where we’re doing sketch comedy at nine o’clock at night on a Sunday for a bunch of drunken college graduate students. You are a very attractive woman and you’ve got to work that. You’ve got to pop one more button on that blouse and you’ve got to get that hair done and you’ve got to go! Glamour it up.’

…Tina’s a beautiful girl. We needed to get the pillows fluffed on the sofa and we needed to get the drapes steamed, and we needed to get everything all nice and get the presentation just right. Tina always played the cute, nerdy girl. Tina on the news, the glasses. There was not a big glamour quotient for her. Now there is.

Come on, Alec. She starred in a high school production of Cabaret—this isn’t the first time she’s dolled up. Check out the gallery for a taste of that Baldwin-approved glamour.

[Photos: WireImage/Vanity Fair]