I felt like I was cheating on "Out In Hollywood" but I was blogging for another Daily News site last night at the Emmy Awards: "On the Red Carpet." So check out some of my catty comments about Joan Collins, Barry Manilow and the queen of stupid questions, Nancy O'Dell of "Access Hollywood." Please forgive the typos, I was going a mile a minute. Here is the link to On the Red Carpet.

I'll just add this: I thought Mariska Hargitay looked gorgeous and was the happiest winner backstage. She just had her first baby at 42 and now has her first Emmy. I profiled her for a magazine piece earlier this year and she's one of the most down-to-earth actresses in television. Also, Kiefer Sutherland was very humble and handsome. He just gets better and better. The award for most boooooring backstage interview went ot Jeremy Irons who lamented that there were 90 channels on his TV at the hotel and he couldn't find anything to watch. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Now I can say I've completed the awards cycle for 2006. Worked the Emmy Awards Sunday night in a year that also included either red carpet or backstage stints at the Oscars, Golden Globes, People's Choice, SAG Awards, MTV Movie Awards, GLAAD Awards, the AFI Awards, and the non-televised but star-studded WGA, PGA and DGA awards. It's been a blast!