Everyone really is a winner when it comes to the Emmys. Just take a look at some of the fabulous perks the gala’s nominees and presenters have been enjoying in the days leading up to the big day.
Living Large at L’Ermitage
It’s not every day that even Emmy nominees get a chance to sample fine sushi, sip expensive wine and take in a panoramic view of Beverly Hills from the rooftop of a five-star hotel. Perhaps that’s why Eric McCormack, Adrien Grenier, Denis Leary, Jane Kaczmarek and Terry O’Quinn were keen to attend Annual Emmy Award Nominees at the ritzy Raffles L’Ermitage Anniversary Party. Eric and his wife Janet were so entranced with the scenic moonlit sky above 90210, they begged off answering any Emmy questions. “We’re on a date,” he confided.
Guests created personal t-shirts for the upcoming Clothes Off Our Back online auction benefiting Hurricane Relief and other charities-the cause was founded by Jane and her TV star hubby Bradley Whitford. The message on “Malcolm in the Middle” mom Jane‘s shirt: “Obey Your Mother.” 24 stars Kim Raver and Roger Cross teamed up to create a T-shirt: “You don’t know Jack like we do.” “Lost’s” Terry O’Quinn created an eyeball and wrote “Don’t Smoke, I’m Watching You,” while Entourage‘s Adrien Grenier’s shirt featured his band:”The Honey Brothers Love You.” The blank T-shirts were donated by the trendy L.A. retail boutique Kitson.
The celeb attendees-which included James Woods, Jeff Garlin, Bai Ling, Tracy Bingham and Maria Conchito Alozo-also received gifts in L’Ermitage’s Poolside Cabanas, including watches from Ritmo Mundo, black crystal rings and martini glasses from Swarovski. Johnnie Walker offered bottles of their Johnnie Walker Blue and luxurious robes.
Techie Treat
The stars aren’t just collecting high fashion items to adorn their bods – they’ll also get a stylishh case for their Pods-iPods, that is. Incase, the number one brand at Apple retail and a leading pioneer in innovative bags and cases for electronic products, has crafted a chic and trendy Argyle patterned iPod case that will be stashed in the gift basket going out to the Emmy presenters and winners. Crafted in an assortment of colors, the checkered case will knock the Argyle socks off of all the tech-addicted celebs-especially because for them it comes with an Apple provided iPod inside!
Not-So-Secret Surprise
Victoria’s Secret, that famed purveyor of underthings, gifted all of the best actress nominees in comedy and drama categories with something they can wear on the outside: A goodie collection that includes an exclusive Diamond Angel Wing Pendant, designed by international jeweler Mouawad and valued at $1,000. The angel wing is unavailable to the public and is worn by another elite group of high-strutting red carpeteers: The world-famous Victoria’s Secret supermodels each have one.
Also included in the gift is a deluxe bottle of Dream Angels Heavenly fragrance, Victoria’s Secret’s best-selling fragrance which out-performed all other prestige fragrances for the first half of this year. The Emmy nominees will never have to worry going with out a scented spritz if their local Victoria’s Secret runs out of stock. They will receive a Dream Angels VIP card, featuring a secret “Heavenly Hotline” phone number, so the actresses can order fragrance for themselves or to give as gifts whenever they like.
Sprint-ing to the Victory Circle
If the Emmy winners’ loved ones are in a different time zone and can’t see their victory on TV, telephone titan Sprint is going to be on hand to make sure the stars can phone home right away. The company will be handing out cell phones from their luxe lounge backstage lounge and letting the winners call whoever they want on the spot-the crème of the TV crop will be offered their choicer of either the Samsung MM-A800 or the MM-A880–both are multimedia phones, with streaming video and all the other cool cutting edge tech, along with three free months of service.
Check back with Hollywood.com later this week for the scoop on whose digits the stars dialed!
Sprint has good reason to be chummy with the Emmy winners: the company is an Emmy winner, too! Sprint/MobiTV was been honored this year at the Creative Arts Emmys with a 2005 Primetime Emmy Engineering Award for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Development for Sprint PCS Vision Multimedia Services–the first award of its kind.
Memory Blooms
Of course, even as the stars get glammed up for their Emmy outing, everyone wants to remind mindful of the struggles faced by Americans in the Gulf Coast following the devastating onslaught of Hurrican Katrina. With that in mind the producers of the Emmys tapped L.A. based jewelry designer Michelle Roy to create a special Magnolia pin/clip for the celebrity presenters to wear in commemoration of the hurricane victims. Roy donated 200 of the magnolia-shaped accessories-it’s the state flower of both Louisiana and Mississippi-to the ceremony. Available plain or decorated with Swarovski crystals, and as a pin or hair clip, Michelle Roy Magnolias will retail from between $28 and $48, 50% of each sale will be donated to the Red Cross to benefit victims of Katrina. You can find the pin at MichelleRoyDesigns, as well as on the lapel of host Ellen Degeneres.
