Emmy Awards 2011: Slimline Kelly Osbourne leads the red carpet arrivals in a fabulous fishtail frock

By Daily Mail Reporter


Elegant: TV personality Kelly Osbourne was among the first to arrive at the 63rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards held at Nokia Theatre Los Angeles today


Kelly Osbourne led the way today as the stars began to converge on the red carpet ahead of tonight's Emmy Awards.

The Fashion Police panellist, who has had more than her share of sartorial slip-ups in her time, looked slim and spectacular in a full length crimson gown by J Mendel.

The daughter of Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne was on duty for E! News, reporting from the red carpet along with Giuliana Rancic, who arrived in a dramatic scarlet frock.


Red was certainly a popular colour for the evening - despite the risk of blending into the floor - with Rancic, Vampire Diaries star Nina Dobrev in Donna Karen and Glee's Lea Michele in Marchesa all opting for various shades.

Mad Men star Christina Hendricks put her famous car cash curves on show to full effect in a plunge-neck gown by Johanna Johansson.

The actress says she was immediately taken by the metallic dress, saying: 'I thought it was so beautiful, it's the only one I tried on.'

Jane Lynch of Glee, who is host of the 63rd Primetime Emmys, wore a custom David Meister strapless evening gown in aubergine chiffon with ruched bodice.

Red hot: Vampire Diaries star Nina Dobrev in Donna Karen

More ladies in red: Lea Michele in Marchesa, Friday Night Lights actress Adrianne Palicki and E! News host Giuliana Rancic


While the ladies prepare to battle it out in the style stakes, the real competition will of course be on the stage.

Emmy ruler Mad Men is facing a threat from the mobsters and crooked politicians of Boardwalk Empire.

AMC's 1960s Madison Avenue saga, which has earned three consecutive Emmy Awards as best drama series, is competing Sunday with HBO's tale of Atlantic City, New Jersey, schemers making the most of the wild days of Prohibition in the 1920s.

The Sopranos, another HBO show about New Jersey hoodlums, was an Emmy magnet for the cable TV channel that earned 21 trophies during its six seasons.

Mad about the girl: Christina Hendricks wore a dazzling gown by Johanna Johansson


HBO and AMC's leading men are in a showdown as well. Mad Men star Jon Hamm, shut out three times by Bryan Cranston of Breaking Bad, caught a break when Cranston's series didn't air within the Emmy eligibility period.

But newcomer Boardwalk Empire brought Steve Buscemi into the picture with a first-string nomination for the actor who's been acclaimed for supporting roles.

Also nominated for best drama series are Dexter, Friday Night Lights, Game of Thrones and The Good Wife.

Host with the most: Jane Lynch, in David Meister, with her Glee co-star Chris Colfer


Other contests to watch include best comedy series, with Modern Family trying to repeat last year's win against competitors including Glee and Parks and Recreation.

Steve Carell of The Office is making his last Emmy stand for his fifth and final season as clueless manager Michael Scott, after being snubbed four years in a row.

A new category, which combines the previously separate best miniseries and made-for-TV movie nominees, includes the miniseries Mildred Pierce, with Kate Winslet nominated in the role of an embattled mother, and the movie Too Big to Fail, about the U.S. fiscal crisis in 2008.

Growing up fast: Sarah Hyland and Ariel Winter, who play Hayley and Alex Dumphy in Modern Family

Pretty pastels: Dexter star Julia Stiles and Glee's Jayma Mays


In the reality-competition category, perennial also-ran American Idol will take its ninth shot at winning, this time for a season in which it successfully navigated the loss of key judge Simon Cowell.

HBO came into the night with a leading 15 awards earned at the Sept. 10 creative arts awards, followed by PBS with 10, Fox with nine, CBS with seven and NBC with five.

'Boardwalk Empire' captured a leading seven creative arts Emmys, which honor technical achievements and guest stars such as Gwyneth Paltrow, who won for her appearance in 'Glee.'

First-time Emmy producer Mark Burnett, whose string of reality TV hits includes 'Survivor,' was in charge of the ceremony that has played to a dwindling audience.

After hitting an all-time viewership low of 12.3 million in 2008, the Emmys rebounded somewhat in the last two years and drew a 2010 audience of 13.47 million, compared to 26.7 million for this year's Grammys and nearly 38 million for the Oscars.



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