Early Emmy Jumpoff

Hey kids:
The 'creative' Emmys were held last night in LA, a week before the 'real' Emmys air on NBC next Sunday evening. As you all know, I'm an awards-show whore (hello! the Teen Choice fiesta is tonight and you bettah beLIEVE I'm gon' watch me some K. Fed singing), so I was trolling online to see some of the early winners this morning.

The news from Hollywood this morning should make Ouizer and Truvy very, very happy. First of all, Cloris Leachman won a record-breaking EIGHTH Emmy for her guest-starring role on 'Malcolm in the Middle.' Can I just say how freakin' fierce this woman is? I was fascinated by her as a wee one when she took over for Mrs. Garrett on 'The Facts of Life,' she's major in her Oscar-winning role as a cheating housewife in the film 'The Last Picture Show,' and she's just hilarious in her role as pushy Phyllis on 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show.' All this, and she did it without changing that hideous name of hers. You go, gurl! Keep on truckin' even though you're older than Methuselah!

The other chunk of good news is that Leslie Jordan won an Emmy for his guest-starring role as Beverley Leslie on 'Will & Grace.' I'm still not a fan of the way he left the show (did a gust of wind really need to blow him off that balcony???), but I am absolutely thrilled that the actor who played my all-time favorite character on the show finally got rewarded for cracking my shit up on a semi-weekly basis. Go Leslie!