Emmy Likes Her Blood New

Last night, Emmy put on quite a show.

The big winners of the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Fallon (who was fantastic), were shows both old (AMC’s Mad Men) and new (TV’s Modern Family – yay!), and us, since the show ran at a nice pace and on time. And while I’m at it: What...an opening!

HBO, in what has become a bit of a tradition, ruled the miniseries and movies categories, taking home a lot of hardware for The Pacific and Temple Grandin. Claire Danes won and Emmy for her work on Temple Grandin, while Al Pacino picked up one for You Don’t Know Jack.

Emmys for acting in comedy went to Eric Stonestreet and Jane Lynch for their supporting roles on Modern Family and Glee, respectively; Edie Falco for her leading performance on Showtime’s Nurse Jackie; and Jim Parsons for The Big Bang Theory.

On the drama side, the men of AMC’s Breaking Bad, third-time winner Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul (a first-timer), picked up trophies for their leading and supporting work on the show, while Kyra Sedgwick finally bagged her first Emmy for her turn on TNT’s The Closer, and the exquisite Archie Panjabi received her first for her enigmatic role on The Good Wife.

Top Chef unseated champ-of-many-years-in-the-Reality-category The Amazing Race, and – sorry, Conan! – The Daily Show with Jon Stewart won yet again in the Variety Show race.

For more winners, click here.

And now on to the important stuff: the fashion.

It was a night to wear navy blue or white, with several lady-stars favoring the former, like Glee’s Lea Michele, who did her strapless Oscar de la Renta blue gown proud, Jane Krakowski, and Michele’s co-star Jayma Mays in Burberry; while many others, like Rose Byrne, Julie Benz, Kelly Osbourne, and Kim Kardashian, opting for the latter.

Choosing color was Danes, who stood out in a sparkly Armani Privé. Ditto January Jones, in a love-it-or-hate-it structural cobalt blue Versace; and Keri Russell, whom adored and thought was completely pretty in vintage pink Jean-Louis Scherrer.

Sticking to not-so-basic black was Heidi Klum, who totally...uh...excited me in her mini-Marchesa.

Having said all of this, though, I can’t decide on whether any of them was truly the best dressed of the night (Russell has a clear edge because she is who she is).

I just thought they all played it super-safe, y’ know.

The worst is easier: Naya Rivera from Glee. The too-high hair, the too-high slit on the dress, the color of the dress.... Eek, the whole thing made me want to egg her off the carpet.

Photo: EW.com.