3:00 – it’s staaaaaarting!!

3:01 – glee‘s jane lynch jumps on the stage with ryan seacrest. in purple! i’m likin’ the choice.

3:04 – ryan and guiliana‘s small talk is always so awkward on camera.

3:04 – i ran into guiliana at the neil george salon in beverly hills a year ago. she is TINY. even tinier in person.

3:05 – host jimmy fallon and his wife (aww!). didn’t know he was married? quote from jim on hosting, “i wanna play with everybody, i want everybody involved.”

3:11 – ross matthews… the intern from the tonight show with jay leno… is apparently a fashion correspondent??

3:14 – E!’s glamcam 360 is actually quite helpful when evaluating fashion choices! nice!

3:15 – both dancing with the stars carrie ann inaba and kelly osbourne both in shimmering black. LOVING kelly’s get-up.

3:16 – jersey shore cast live via satellite. GAG ME. back to the real stars, please!

3:18 – ty burrell from modern family. seriously one of my FAVORITE character actors of all time. love him love him.

3:20 – just read a spoiler about the emmy’s opening. host j. fallon, randy jackson, tina fey, john hamm and others are rocking out in a choreographed musical number. fun!

3:25 – mayor of LA antonio villaraigosa says emmy’s have an economic impact of $450 millions dollars. “there’s more jobs behind the camera than in front.”

3:33 – kathy griffin and her momma giving ryan crap for winning the emmy over kathy’s show.

3:34 – AWKWARD. glee’s mark salling trying to make light and change the subject when asked about incident with co-star.

3:36 – kim kardashian wearing marchesa. good choice of style, but not loving the hair. wear it down next time, kim!

3:37 – glee‘s lea michelle looking absolutely stunning in oscar de la renta. okay, not a fan of glee, but she looks perfect!

3:39 – claire danes nominated for HBO’s temple grandin. WOW, that armani prive dress. just gorgeous style and coloring.

3:41 – OOOO fun. american idol‘s nigel lythgoe says all judges must be announced within the next 3 weeks.

3:46 – modern family‘s sofia vergara… absolutely love her! but not feeling the dress as much. good news: her bf is recovering well from his car accident.

3:48 – mad men‘s john hamm talking about growing up in st. louis, MO! whoo hoo give it up for my hometown!

3:51 – exec producer ricky gervais says he is definitely NOT replacing steve carrell. boo! but news is that portia de rossi might. love that idea!

3:59 – mad men january jones in a brilliant blue versace gown. what a HIT. interesting bodice and hem.

4:02 – a total BOOB shot as mad men‘s christina hendricks and ryan look at her figurine barbie doll. a beautiful lilac zac posen gown…

4:05 – commercial break! time to go get a water and do a load of laundry.

4:09 – newlyweds stephen moyer and anna paquin from true blood talkin’ the racy rolling stone mag cover.

4:11 – heidi klum in a SHORT black marchesa dress. hmm, haven’t seen any short dresses for quite some time. nice to switch it up!

4:13 – hysterical! noticing both mindy kaling and heidi are wearing similar styles, she says “see, me and heidi usually touch base before every award show, just to make sure we’re wearing the same thing.”

4:16 – random flashes of brooke burke and true blood‘s nina dobrev… LOVE love love their choices.

4:18 - how i met your mother’s neil patrick harris and ryan chatting about babies…”see, ryan if you wait until you’re NOT busy, you’ll never have kids!” ryan: “okay, i’ll start trying tonight.]

4:23 – doing crunches during commercial breaks. mutli-tasking at its finest!

4:25 – amy poehler and will arnett celebrating their 7th wedding anniversary and the birth of their 2nd child (just 3 weeks ago)! amy’s sportin’ about $500,000 worth of jewels…!

4:31 – steve carell and his lovely wife. i don’t want to hear any more news on him leaving the office. i still refuse to believe it.

4:41 – ed o’neil on being the only male cast member of modern family that was NOT nominated. his castmates call him the “glue that holds everyone together!”

4:44 – the office‘s john krasinski looks FABulous in his bow-tie suit attire.

4:47 – guiliana with glee‘s diana agron makes a good point. she’s not well-known enough to snub out on the questions! that’s reserved for uber-celebs like julia roberts & angelina jolie.

4:54 – paula abdul on the red carpet! can she please come back to american idol? the show needs her!

4:57 – a quick glimpse of keri russell in this amazing pink halter gown. a surprising yet refreshing choice!

4:59 – and we’re on to the BIG SHOW!