Chatting up T.R. Knight and Katherine Heigl at 40th anniversary gala for The Advocate...

Missed T.R. Knight and Katherine Heigl on the red carpet last night at the anniversary party for The Advocate but was glad to catch up with them for a few minutes inside. I didn't take any photos so I'm posting one of them from two nights ago when Heigl won the Emmy for best supporting actress in a drama series for "Grey's Anatomy."
"It's really nice to be here," Katherine said. "I'm really happy to be here tonight. I'm glad we came. I'm glad I got invited."
These are two close friends who are enjoying their growing stardom together. It's been almost a year since T.R. famously came out publicly and he was on the cover of The Advocate last June.
"I was surprised that they asked and they were very, very kind to me," Knight said of "The Advocate."
Heigl told me that she gave T.R. the dog he posed with on his "Advocate" cover for his birthday. She said of the cover story: "That was kind of one of the most amazing moments. I loved his article, I love that cover so much."
Heigl is unquestionably on a career high with the huge big-screen hit "Knocked Up" and now the Emmy: "I have that terrible feeling that now something sh*tty is gonna happen [laughs] because that's how life is. It never can be too good, something will happen."
T.R. said of Emmy night "was a great time with Katherine getting it, it's a wonderful thing."
He didn't seem at all disappointed that he lost out in the supporting actor category to Terry O'Quinn of "Lost."
"Terry O'Quinn is my hero. I want to be like him, he's a phenomenal actor. Even to have my name in the group of those guys. It's such a flattering thing. That's the important thing to me."