The Dish Inside The Emmys, Part 1

This is my first year with a ticket for the Emmy Awards. This is complete celebrity insanity and I love every minute of it. I just left the Presenters Gift Lounge to get to my seat. One of the hosts, Howie Mandel, was being rushed to the stage. Just before he left, he ran into Joanne Worley who is part of a Laugh In reunion tonight. Her signature laugh had the entire room lit up smiling.

I head upstairs and just as I get to the Nokia floor, I run smack into Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick. I act like I'm part of their group and breeze into the front of the theater.

Then, I hit the motherload! The front row is chock full of stars. Nominee Neil Patrick Harris sits quietly with his partner, David Burtka, taking it all in. Yesterday, he told me he was so happy his award was the first. Less pressure. Mariska Hargitay chomps on gum. Jack MacBrayer is standing next to me and I shamefully tap him on the shoulder and tell him I love him on "30 Rock." Alec Baldwin talks to Jane Krakowski, his "30 Rock" co-star. Jane turns around and gives a hug to Conan O'Brien who introduces her to his wife. Jimmy Kimmel chats with Tim Robbins. Jeremy Piven is on his blackberry. His "Entourage" co-stars, Kevin Connelly, Adrian Grenier and Jerry Ferrera  (all sans dates) sit together behind him and (I'm not ashamed to say) checked me out as I headed to my seat. I feel cool all of a sudden. Kevin Dillon sits behind them on the aisle with his wife.

I ask an usher to help find my seat and while she looks at my ticket she is blocking Larry David from getting to his seat. He seems less that enthusiastic about this. I get to my row and "Saturday Night Live's" Seth Myers and his brother stand up to let me pass. They are at the end of the row. I'm sitting behind the actors who play the writers of "30 Rock."