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* 8:45 update: Here are the winners.
The mayor of Los Angeles should go to the Emmys, but given Antonio Villaraigosa's recent controversy over freebies the question will be asked this time: was he gifted, did he perform some vaguely official function, or both? His official public schedule sent to the media mentioned only that he would walk the Emmy red carpet at 4 p.m. (and at 8 p.m. appear on the annual Chabad Telethon.) KTLA reporter Eric Spillman tweeted from the Nokia Theatre that he greeted the mayor:
On Emmy red carpet, I shook Villaraigosa's hand too hard. Same arm he hurt in bike crash. Caused pain.
The bloggers from Go Fug Yourself, live blogging for New York Magazine's Vulture, spotted the mayor on TV:
6:24 p.m.: Ryan is actually talking to the Mayor of Los Angeles, who appears to be Joel McHale's date. We never would have thought of them as a couple, but they kind of look good together. Start your weird real-person fan fic now! Eventually, Villaraigrosa leaves, as Ryan and Joel talk about...tanning. Again. ALL anyone is talking about tonight is tanning.
Villaraigosa's Twitter fingers have been still.