Animal lovers unite! The 24th Annual Genesis Awards were held in Beverly Hills last night which honours  the major news and entertainment media for producing outstanding works which raise public understanding of animal issues.

This year, Melanie Griffith’s mother, Tippi Hedren received the Lifetime Achievement Award for her tireless dedication with The Roar Foundation’s Shambala Preserve an 80-acre wildlife habitat that she founded in 1983. Their mission:

To educate the public about exotic animals and to advocate for legislation to protect them.  To provide sanctuary for exotic animals who have suffered from gross mistreatment and neglect so they can regain their physical and mental health and live out their lives in dignity.

Lots of celebrities attending the event including my very favourite Bachelor EVER Matt Grant who I must say looks better and better everytime I see pictures of him.  Who thought that was even possible?

Also attending:

• Kristen Bell
• Amanda Righetti
• John Lovitz
• Pierce Brosnan
• Keely Shaye Smith
• Teri Hatcher
• Maria Menounos
• Michael Vartan
• Elaine Hendrix
• Wendie Malick
• Moby
• BooBoo Stewart
• Jennifer Taylor
• Charlotte Ross
• Tricia Helfer
• Ginnifer Goodwin
• Emily Deschanel
• Debra Wilson
• Jessalyn Gilsig
• Tim Kang

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It was tea time for Emily Blunt and others as they attended the BAFTA/LA 16th Annual Awards Season Tea Party. This small, intimate invited only get together took place at the Beverly Hills hotel where everyone relaxed before tonight’s Golden Globe Awards.

The Golden Globes is probably one of my most favourite award shows because the atmosphere is very relaxed (could be the alcohol) and of course Ricky Gervais will be hosting and considering he says he hasn’t practised his hosting duties, this could be fun and highly inappropriate.  When I’m in an especially naughty mood, me loves inappropriate.

Attending the tea party:

• Alison Brie
• Talulah Riley
• Olivia Williams
• Claire Danes
• Maggie Gyllenhaal
• Anna Kendrick
• Quentin Tarantino
• Paul McCartney
• Jane Fonda
• Julianne Moore
• Tom Ford
• Helen Mirren
• Amanda Righetti
• Ben Foster
• Gabourey Sidibe
• Ed Westwick
• Eli Roth
• Kevin McHale
• Jessica Szohr

and lots others.

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Gilles Marini can celebrate my shape any day, and by celebrate I mean in my basement and nekkid.  He and his Dancing With The Stars‘ colleague Karina Smirnoff attend last night’s Oxygen TV and Ubisoft ‘Your Shape’ event held at Hyde Lounge in Los Angeles which was also attended by:

• Jenny McCarthy
• Amanda Righetti
• Rex Lee
• Taryn Manning
• Melissa Joan Hart
• Tamala Jones

and others

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Adam Lambert attended last night’s TV Guide’s Hot List party at the SLS Hotel in Los Angeles.  Lots of your favourite celebrities from your favourite shows attended like Dancing With the Stars, Glee, and the new TV show Accidentally on Purpose with Jenna Elfman to name but a few.  Some of the celebrities pictured:

• Courtney Cox
• Dana Delaney
• Selena Gomez
• Gretchen Rossi
• Nia Vardalos
• Amanda Righetti
• Derek Hough
• Maksim Chmerkovskiy
• Jessica Lucas
• Julie Bowen
• Julie Benz
• Kayla Ewell
• Karina Smirnoff
• Lisa Edelstein
• Logan Huffman
• Morena Baccarin
• Shaun Sepos
• Seth MacFarlane
• Alison Brie
• Joel McHale
• Gilles Marini

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Last night Glamour’s Women of the Year Awards were held in New York and Rihanna took home top honours:  Woman of the Year.  Iman presented the award to her by saying how inspired she was by the young singer:

“Now I am even more impressed with her dignity and courage,”

Rihanna:

“It means a lot, because I’m a woman and I represent a lot of things for women, and part of that is being strong and being confident and being comfortable with who you are. And, all the women on the list this year happen to have all those qualities, so it’s an honour to be the Woman of the Year amongst all those great women.”

She also talked about what her interview with Diane Sawyer did for her:

“it was like a weight lifted off my chest and now I don’t have to talk about it anymore. I can talk about my music, things that I love”

Other winners of last night’s awards included:

• Stella McCartney
• Serena Williams
• Dr. Maya Angelou
• Dr. Jane Aronson
• Laura Ling and Euna Lee
• Marissa Mayer
• One Million Signatures Campaign
• Amy Poehler
• Susan Rice
• Maria Shriver
• Special Recognition: Michelle Obama

Amy Poehler received her award for being an inspiration to girls and said when she won:

“Girls, if boys say something that’s not funny, you don’t have to laugh,”

That’s so Amy, isn’t it??  :)

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If you haven’t watched Gary Unmarried, you really should.  Jay Mohr and Paula Marshall star in this comedy playing ex spouses trying to figure out raising their kids and having some semblance of a relationship together.  It’s hysterical and if truth be told, Paula Marshall is my girl crush.  She’s been on a lot of sitcoms and I just love her.

The stars of some of your favourite CBS shows came out last night to celebrate the new season that starts next week.

Shows like How I Met Your Mother, Big Bang Theory, Rules of Engagement, Two and A Half Men, The New Adventures of Old Chrsitine, Gary Unmarried (I live for these shows and luckily I have cable in my basement), CSI Miami, NCIS, The Mentalist as well as a couple of new shows The Good Wife and Accidentally on Purpose.

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