Inside the Emmy Parties: Couples Scoop and More!

Get all the dish on who was hooking up and shaking things up at the Emmy bashes

By Kristin Dos Santos Sep 22, 2008 4:37 PMTags
Amy Poehler, Will ArnettMathew Imaging/Getty Images

Amy Poehler was robbed!

Now that we've gotten that out of our systems, let's dig into all the fun scoop you need to know from the red-hot Emmy after parties, including a certain Dexter duo who seem to now be a public coupling (Hint: They are brother and sister!), what Emily VanCamp tells me about smooching her former brother Dave Annable, the latest on Will Arnett's attempts to make my nose bleed and which Prison Break star and House star were cozying up on the dance floor...

Oh, let's just come right out and say it: Sucre and Cameron!

Looks like House's Jennifer Morrison and Prison Break's Amaury Nolasco are staying loyal to their Fox roots. Not only did they arrive pretty much together at HBO's Emmy party at the Pacific Design Party in Hollywood, they also spent the night sitting together and dancing closely together. Smoking-hot pairing, no?

Also keeping it in the family: At the star-studded HBO party, Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter (Dexter's mighty brother-and-sister duo) arrived arm-in-arm, adding further fuel to the fire that they are dating in real life. (Sidenote: I ran into them at a diner a couple Sundays ago, as they were heading in to have breakfast.) Love those two and couldn't be happier if that were the case—well, aside from the fact that the show and Michael were stone-cold robbed last night.

"I was disappointed," the sizzling (so not Rita-looking) Julie Benz told me at the ET/People party. "I really was rooting for Michael. He deserves to win." Ditto that emotion.

But wait! More sorta-kinda incest, kids! "It's working. I promise." This is what the always sweet Emily VanCamp of Brothers & Sisters would like to tell you fans who are concerned about the planned blossoming romance this season between her character, Rebecca, and the guy she believed to be her brother until the end of last season, Dave Annable, who plays Justin Walker.

"I hear a lot of 'Ew! That's gross!' " Emily told me at the ET/People Party, which went down at the very cool Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown L.A. "And I don't really get it because up until very recently they didn't know each other. It's not like they took baths together as little kids."

In real life, I'm hearing Dave and Emily are as on-again, off-again as any compelling onscreen romance. Last night, they ended up at the ET/People party at the same time to rock out to Billy Idol (who vowed to me that he would do the show nude). And Dave later showed up at the HBO party with Matthew Rhys and Sally Field, hugging her as if she were his real mother. (Awww! Honestly, adorable.)

Back at ET/People, Will Arnett once again went in for the kill to try and make my nose bleed (which he once did on the set of Arrested Development with his wicked, sadistic habit of making people laugh so hard they burst a blood vessel in their head), and the so adorably glowy and very pregnant Amy Poehler lit up when I congratulated her on her new show from the Office creators. Can. Not. Wait.

[Note: Will did almost get me when he told Amy she'd just missed Kristin Chenoweth, then paused and said, "No wait! She's right here in my pocket!" But I kept it together for the sake of the borrowed gown.]

Also spotted at the HBO party, which was jam-packed late into the evening:

Tom Hanks, who insisted to his publicist he walk the whole line of press (Tom, we love you!) and told us he was thrilled to win the Emmy for John Adams, which was a passion project.

Tristan Wilds of 90210, who promises there is more Dixon and Silver ahead and advises fans to keep watching for it.

Jon Voight, who told us he's halfway through his role on 24, so it sounds to me like Jack Bauer's gonna bust a cap in his baddie ass and he's not sticking around for too long.

Jeremy Piven, who "could not be more honored" with his Emmy win, said Ari is headed for "high highs or low lows this season." Does Ari ever do anything half-assed?

Adrian Grenier, who said we'll get a Vincent we've never seen before: "It's humbling not getting everything so easily."

Hayden Panettiere, who skipped the press line everywhere but spent a good deal of time chatting up Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins inside the party, providing a great photo op for photogs.

Check back for video of my interviews with stars we love like Lee Pace, Zachary Levi and Kristin Chenoweth tackling the rumors she's dating Jeff Probst!