When most people watch award shows, the last thing they care about is where the awards are being held. Most people watch to see who's making the latest fashion faux paux or to see if they can get the latest scoop on what's going on on their favorite shows. And when I sat down last night to tune in, I certainly didn't care where the awards were being held. I was much more interested in seeing Neil Patrick Harris in a tux and waiting to see if Jane Lynch would be robbed of her much deserved supporting actress trophy. NPH, of course looked fantastic and sadly Jane was indeed robbed. But by the time the awards actually started, I could easily tell you that they were being held at the Beverly Hilton.
No it wasn't mentioned by Ryan Seacrest or anyone else from the E! team. Well, perhaps it was in passing, but I definitely missed it. There were no blatant ads for the Beverly Hilton during the broadcast and no one mentioned it from what I could tell. So how did I know? Easy: promotional umbrellas.
The rain proved treacherous for hair stylists last evening as they all worked overtime to make sure that the stars' styles weren't completely ruined. Juiliana Marguiles joked that she skipped the red carpet because her hair would turn into a complete frizz ball. NPH tweeted that he was so glad he didn't choose an up-do. (Do we see why I love him?) But for the stars who did brave the red carpet to meet with the press core, promotional umbrellas had them covered and those promotional umbrellas were courtesy of the Beverly Hilton.
These oversized red and white golf umbrellas caused massive traffic jams. In fact, the picture above was tweeted by Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Marshall of Modern Family) with the caption, "Umbrella gridlock on the red carpet!" But thanks to these bad boys and hardworking hair stylists who probably downing xanax like M&Ms to deal with the pressure, all hair was kept safe and looked lovely.
And unrelated side note but not really: huge congrats to Glee (the favorite show of several Motivators) for their win for best comedy. That almost made Jane Lynch's loss acceptable. *Almost*
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