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." >> julie bowen. >> julie bowen. >> yeah. >> reporter: both julie bowen and eric stonestreet won their second emmys for their supporting roles. >> i never knew i'd be on tv as a gay man but i love the pictures of hairy chest you guys are sending me. >> reporter: even host jimmy kimmel provided plenty of laughs. >> i don't think the president should be watching "homeland" for the same reason i don't think charlie sheen should watch "breaking bad." [ laughter ] >> reporter: in the world of drama -- >> aaron paul. >> reporter: "breaking bad"'s aaron paul won best supporting actor. >> thank you very much for not killing me off. >> reporter: but it was "homeland"'s night when it came to leading drama roles. damian lewis took home the emmy for best actor and claire danes for best actress. >> i'm so grateful. thank you. >> reporter: many of hollywood's silver screen stars were also nominated for their work in a television miniseries or movie. >> i'd like to thank the television academy for this and putting me in the company of such wonderful actresses whose work i so admire. >> reporter: the

." >> julie bowen. >> julie bowen. >> both julie bowen and eric stonestreet won their second emmys for their supporting roles. >> i never knew i'd be on to as a gay man, but i love the pictures of hairy chest you guys are sending me. >> i don't think he should be watching home land. >> in the world of drama. >> in the world of drama -- breaking bad's aaron paul won best supporting actor. >> thanks so much for not killing me off. >> reporter: "homeland's" night when it came to leading drama roles. damian lewis took home for best drama and claire danes for best actress. >> i'm so grateful, thank you. >> reporter: many of hollywood's silver screen stars were nominated for a miniseries or movie. >> i'd like to thank the television academy for this and for also putting me in the company of such wonderful actresses whose work i so admire. >> the award for best drama. >> goes to -- "home land." [ applause ] >> reporter: the award for best comedy went to -- >> "modern family." [ applause ] >> reporter: of course, "modern family," a big winner tonight as we mentioned, but when it comes to "home

and emmy winner claire danes and julie bowen wowed out chartreuse.rstated but just as beautiful. and to talk more about the fashions, we're joined by -- >> the fashion dream team this year. >> oh, boy. the creative director of "elle" magazine, star of "all on the line" with joe zee, the man who helped me and you choose my dress, joe zee is in the house. fashion editor in chief of "skinny" suze yalof schwartz. talk about the red carpet. >> nicole kidman. the emmy red carpet is new for her. she looked dynamite. she's so statuesque and tall, she looked great in that dress. i just thought it was fantastic in ice blue. and everybody was talking about the girls from "girls." seeing her in that green oscar de la renta it's so chic and elegant. >> she somehow made something so sophisticated look young and accessible. >> and fun, yeah. >> let's talk to you. >> sofia vergara. she heated up the red carpet, and for a 40-year-old woman to be the sexiest person at the entire event, that's pretty amazing, i have to say. >> of course, julie bowen, i loved her dress.

and for actress, i would have to say, julie bowen, i think it's going to be a repeat for her.g along that torch to her co-worker sofia vergara. >> you heard it first, rachel smith. >> big risk this morning. >> i am. we'll find out tomorrow. >> thank you, rachel. >>> you can watch our own lara spencer and josh elliott co-hosting the emmys on the red carpet. join us tomorrow morning for our huge "good morning america" emmys afterparty. exclusive interviews with the winners. >>> thanks for watching this morning. we're always online at abcnews.com. george will be here with "this week." thanks, everybody. see you later. @

now, julie bowen, she told me that she's hoping to pass off the win to sofia vergara. very interesting. >> absolutely. watching her story, you realize how good tv has become. so many great shows are out there. >> how many hours i spent watching television, too. >> tell me about it. >> we'll be back on the couch tonight. >>> we'll come back to rachel for some fearless emmy predictions. on who's going to win. rachel will also be hosting the pre-party show starting at 5:00 eastern/2:00 pacific. on select abc stations. then, our own lara spencer and josh elliot pick up the coverage hosting emmys red carpet today. >> look at how dapper and beautiful they look in that shot. amazing. and then it's the main event. jimmy kimmel hosts the emmys at 8:00/5:00. >>> coming up, little league big issues. a coach threatening a rival coach because one son struck out the other. >>> plus, rocker rant. the lead singer of green day billie joe armstrong lets loose with an angry, epic tantrum, so what set him off? does it match up to this billy joel tantrum? >>> and, the question of the morni

. >> reporter: and julie bowen who plays clair tries to repeat her win squaring off with sofia vergaraut the stuff away and put your ears on. >> reporter: jesse tyler ferguson told me friday night at the emmy nominees' reception that the cast is just thrilled all six were nominatedment now, julie bowen, she told me she's hoping to as off the win to sofia vergara. >> yeah, absolutely. you know, watching her story just realized how good tv has become. so much great shows out there. >> how many hours i spent watching television. >> i know, exactly. >> tell me about it. tell me about it. >> in fact, we'll be back on the couch tonight and we'll come back to rachel later for fearless emmy predictions who will win and factor the following information into your planning. rachel will also be hosting the preparty show starting at 5:00 eastern and 2:00 pacific, and then our own lara spencer and josh elliott pick up the coverage co-hosting abc's emmys red carpet live at 7:00 eastern. >> look how dapper and beautiful they look in that shot. amazing. >>> and then it's the main event. jimmy kimmel ho

so then we go from lovely man to -- >> julie bowen. she was fabulous, too. lemon zest colored dress on. she had -- those are sapphire earrings. they are rough. these are druzy earrings. >> yes. exactly. >> that's a very trendy thing. the earrings are $20. they are vanilla colored. >> they'll match with anything. >> then we get to the really sparkley stuff. >> here's the cream of the cream. she has this gorgeous dress. she looks fabulous in it. we have them right here. special occasions. >> not at all. they sparkle. >> they pop. >> everyone loves to buckle. almost exactly like hers. she was wearing like 175 carats. >> how much were these two? >> this was 18 and this was 14. >> amazing. how to look like the stars for far far less. >> wbal tv all caps today and tomorrow, for those who don't have a computer at home. >> 20%? >> 20% on the entire site. >> that means $10 earrings will now be eight bucks. love it. shop for sparkles.com. >> you want to link on our website. please don't go away. up next we're in the sunday kitchen for >> pork tenderloin you don't want

. >> julie bowen won and the show won for the third year in a row. >> homeland took for best and gamehange for a movie. >> jon cryer won for his work in two and a half men. [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. your new light creamy potato with bacon & cheese soup says it's 100 calories a serving. that's right. in what world do potatoes, bacon and cheese add up to 100 calories? your world. my world. ♪ [ whispers ] real bacon...creamy cheese... [ whispers ] 100 calories... say it again... [ whispers ] 100 calories... ma'am, hello? ma'am? [ female announcer ] find progresso light for a great price today at your local safeway store.

while julie bowen and eric stonestreet walk away with best supporting comedy emmy's" funny man louisck. picked up two writing emmys. julia louis dreyfus pretended to switch her acceptance speech with amy pohler after for "veep" john cryer was s honestly shocked to win best comedy actorrin his first year wiihout charlie sheen. cryer automatic. we never had to - think about. with ashton, &pashton and i are always working on it and always coming up with new stuff. and that's fun. it's a different way of working" the amazing race, once again, won thh reality show catagory with its ninth time in a row. while tom berergon won for hosting dancing with the stars. jon stewart almost didn't make it up to the stage affer winning for his "daily show" and jimmy kimmel kept the show flowing with his hosting duties. in hollywood, courtney friel, fox news what... a group of tourists... did to stay safe.../ after a cheetah... held them hostage... for nearly an hour. 3 --adblib weather tz-- a group of tourists on an african safari get more than they bargained ffr. cameras were rolling as a wild animal

. >> julie bowen won and the show won for the third year in a row. >> homeland took for best and gamenge for a movie. >> jon cryer won for his work in two and a half men.

was a big night for baltimore productions, stars and even the jewelry designer, baltimore native julie bowen took another emmy home for best supporting actress for her role in "modern family." her introduction mentioned her baltimore childhood where love of acting began in the back yard with her sisters. in one of the strongest sweeps of the night the dock you drama "game change" won four award for acting, writing and direction, for a mini series competition. the comedy went to julia louie dreyfus for "veep." and thanks her crew in baltimore and will return next month for work on the emmy award-winning show. even the gift bags had a taste of baltimore with jewelry from a local design they're went to the stars in the celebrity gift lounge. there definitely was enough of charm city to go around.

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julie bowen and eric stonestreet won their second emmys for their supporting roles. >> i never knew i'd be on tv as a gay man. >> reporter: even host jimmy kimmel provided plenty of laughs. >> i don't think the president should be watching "homeland" for the same reason i don't think charlie sheen should be watching "breaking bad." >> reporter: breaking bad aaron paul won best supporting actor. but it was homeland's night. claire danes for best actress. >> i'm so grateful, thank you. >> reporter: many of hollywood's silver screen stars were dominated in for their work in a television miniseries or movies. >> i'd like to thank you for this. and also putting in the company of wonderful actress and so admired. >> reporter: the award for best drama -- >> -- goes to "homeland." >> reporter: the award for best comedy went to -- >> "modern family." >> reporter: so you can see it was a big night for both "modern family" and "homeland." homeland's victory means that "mat men" will not be making history in the best drama category. >> and we'll be going over the fashions in "the pulse." >>> when w

i saw julie bowen coming down with her award.nd and my friend -- like, running behind me, "no!" [ laughter ] and i'm like, "what? it's a commercial." i mean, because usually, they force you to stay on your seat but not then. they were with me. i'm like, "what? what? i'm going to take a picture." "no, sit down! sit down!" and i'm like, "what?" because i keep touching here and i didn't feel anything weird. so, i'm like, "what are they talking about?" >> jimmy: did it feel cooler to you? >> no, no. [ laughter ] it didn't. you don't think i would have reacted to something fresh in there or -- >> jimmy: people were just yelling -- [ laughter ] i don't know. -- somebody's point, going, "your pumpolito!" [ laughter ] >> i don't know what they were saying. >> jimmy: "pumpolitos!" i don't know what they are. >> i thought that they were trying to sit me down because i always try to mingle with everybody and everybody -- they always try to sit me down when the show is gonna start. so, that's what i thought. but then i saw ed o'neill grabbin

your work wife, julie bowen.e delivered. >> well, that's her. you could tell that she wasn't expecting it because she's a humble person. you know? she wasn't -- she was kind of like taken offguard. and that's her nature. she's a good, humble person. >> and beautiful. great to celebrate it with you guys, afterwards, seeing you all together. i want to get to this clip of the new season. you, obviously, always trying to connect with jay, your father-in-law. and here, you're trying to surprise him with a fishing trip in classic phil fashion. let's take a look. >> put me back in the trunk. >> you're almost there. >> whoa. >> jay? jay? >> somebody help me. >> i would. but these pants are cashmere. >> i got you, jay. >> you have to calm him down. >> don't punch him in the head. >> i'm going to save you. >> it's like i'm being waterboarded. >> you're making me do this. >> get this thing off of me. >> happy birthday. >> we're taking you fishing. >> i do that for a living. i do that for a living. >> to that point, we have

julie bowen celebrated a win, supporting actress.consecutive year they have won overall best comedy. it was the first run at the emmys. julia louise dreyfuss one for best actress in a comedy series. after a reboot season john cryer pulling out a win for the show in the category for lead actor doing it without chuck sheen. let's get who has the lead here. mark halpern, john highly man, there he is far left the big fellow. huge night for their film "game change." political drama based on the book about the 2008 election four emmys including best overall mini series and movie best writing and directing. julianne moore won for playing sarah palin. she took note in her acceptance speech. >> wow. wow. i feel so validated because sarah palin gave me a big thumbs down. >> and now the surprise guest you've been waiting for. joining us by phone from los angeles, mark halpern himself. the obvious first question who are you wearing? >> i am wearing mr. armani as i almost always do. >> are you really? is that a rental or do you own an armani tuxe

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julie bowen up against sofia vergara. ed o'neill taking on mitchell and cam. >> small world.>> reporter: last year, nowley bowen won. she usually does get the last word. >> if you have a problem with the way he's been raised, you talk to me. >> i am. >> i don't want to hear it. >> reporter: last year, ty burrell. even sew, the nerves are back. >> oh, my goodness. >> the way i'm feeling right now, i don't know if there's going to be a next time. >> reporter: some of the best comedies have faced this challenge before. there were years with the "golden girls" were up for the same emmy, but only one a year could be golden. perhaps it was the year bea arthur beat out betty white. she got her emmy, too. and there was "cheers." >> look who is here. >> reporter: but blimpy won. but rhea perlman, who played carla, won four other times. tomorrow morning, how will the "modern family" cast react? they faced those awkward moments before. >> so, that was so fun last night. >> so fun. >> yeah. >> great. >> a rough problem to have. our coverage begin just minutes from now on the red carpet a

baltimore native julie bowen took home another emmy award as best supporting actress for her role in "modern family." her introduction mentioned her baltimore childhood in which her love of acting began in her back yard with her sisters. in one of the strongest sweeps of the night, the baltimore- based docu-drama "game change" won four awards, for acting, writing, and direction in the movie and miniseries competition. the award for best actress in comedy went to julia louis dreyfus for her performance as the vice president in "veep," which is filmed in baltimore. she thanked her crew in baltimore and will return next month to work on the second season of the now emmy-award- winning show. even the gift bags had a taste of baltimore with jewelry from a local designer that went to the stars in the celebrity gift lounge. there was definitely enough of charm city to go around. krystal conwell : we see a lot of problems with the... number of students that we have. resources. materials. things that the children need... on a day-to-day basis. anncr: question seven will help. the department o

julie bowen. claire danes. tom hanks. jimmy fallon, kevin costner.toria ricagno. >> all the action at the prime time emmy awards. >>> then, arnold schwarzenegger's first interview about his his shocking new book. >> how maria's tricked him into confessing he married a child with the maid. >>> plus, machine gun rihanna. now, "inside edition," in high definition, with deborah norville. >>> hello, everybody, thank you for joining us on television's biggest night. it's the 64th prime time emmy awards, we are at the nokia theater for the action, red carpet coverage begins right now. hot night in hollywood. the stars dazzled and melted under a scorching sun. >> there's sweat you where don't want to know. >> 108 degrees. i saw a thermometer. it's nuts. >> it feels like it, doesn't it? >> look at this, alec baldwin got handful of ice when he said hi to connie briton, star the nashville. one star who didn't seem to mind was jim parsons. >> it's better than rain i think. >> tom hanks cooled off with a couple cold ones. >> i had so many beers in the car coming

julie bowen took home another emmy as best supporting actress for her role in modern family.n mentioned her baltimore childhood where her love of acting began with her sister. one of the strongest sweeps of the night the baltimore based docu drama won four awards for acting, writing and direction. in the movie an miniseries competition. the award for best actress in comedy went to julia louis dryfuss which is filmed in baltimore. she thanked her crew in baltimore and will return for her work on a second season for the now emmy award winning show. even the gift bags had a taste of baltimore with jewelry from a local designer that went to the stars in the celebrity gift lounge. there was enough to get around. >>> good morning. welcome to 11 news sunday morning. i'm jennifer franciotti. >> i'm lisa robinson. our top stories in a moment. first let's look outside. >> jennifer talking about halloween decorations. >> we were just saying, i can't believe it's the last day of september. bring out those decorations. >> time to start thinking halloween. candy's already out at the stores

. >> "modern family"added awards but especially by julie bowen. >> obviously, we don't pretend to be important in the with the national and international matters are but i love that both ann run the and michelle obama say "modern family is their favorite show. there is a place where people can sit down and the couch and come together. lapping is the only thing that matters. >> eric stonsteet takoma his second emmy. >> i am proved that if you stick with this and show up and be prepared that you can stand on stage and when a trophy. it is just that simple. >> the winners for lead female comedian went to julia louis dreyfuss and and a big surprise, jon cryer. >>> >> did not think for a minute this would happen. >> to celebrate the new fall season they are giving away $200 gift baskets. >> that sounds like a great deal. you have until 6:00 p.m. each day to go to our facebook page to sign up. congratulations to our first winner this morning. it is not bonnie wood. thanks much for watching, we will be giving away one basket every day this week. >> too bad we can't compete. a beautiful morn

speaking of dancing, julie bowen on yesterday. you guys having a danceoff. ofia. as we -- hold on. she was making the point that you had made the point that this is american dancing. basically, the clap and the rock. >> yeah. i try to teach them. >> a whole-body experience. >> i try to teach them. you have to go all the way. just like you're standing there with the rhythm. it has to be like -- >> we're going to have much more with sofia vergara when we return. >>> meanwhile, "modern family" wednesdays, 9:00, 8:00 central. >>> good morning i'm charley crowson. >> i'm megan pringle two teenagers this morning are in police custody after leading them on a car chase which spanned two state lines. >> it ended in roland park. pennsylvania police began the chase of two teens after one of that you of -- one of their daddings reported a -- cads cad -- dads reported a car stolen. >>> police are trying to identify a body that was found floating in the harbor. investigators are trying to figure out how it got there. >> they sent the body to the state medical examiner's of

speaking of dancing, julie bowen on yesterday. you guys having a danceoff. a. as we -- hold on. she was making the point that you had made the point that this is american dancing. basically, the clap and the rock. >> yeah. i try to teach them. >> a full-body experience. >> i try to teach them. you have to go all the way. just like you're standing there with the rhythm. it has to be like -- >> we're going to have much more with sofia vergara when we return. >>> good morning i'm kristen sze. this evening parents will meet with school district officials to talk about the arrest of an al bang any middle schoolteacher on suspicion of creating lewd acts on a child james izumizaki was arrested. investigators say he had an inappropriate relationship with a former student under the age of 14. izumizaki is a sixth grade teacher and coach. he is scheduled to be arraigned in an oakland courtroom tomorrow afternoon. >> right now let's see how your commute is going. >> very slow south bay multiple slow areas between 80, 280, 101 and south 880 at 237 due to earlier stalls a

modern family week continues today it is julie bowen, she is slightly tremendous, terrific.ick around for it all, right here on "good morning america" >> swilling with allegation ares, your kids that's not a metaphor, right? >> no. eric, you know it is morning television, we tend to be metaphor-free. it is kids swimming with alligators. it will all make sense, promise. >> we will go nowhere, see you later. >>> more news now happening right now anti-austerity protests underway in greece. 50,000 are hitting the streets in athens protesting government cutbacks. greece's two largest unions called today's strike. fire and smoke can be seen, right now 3,000 police guards are standing guard. greece has promised the european union 15 billion dollars worth of spending cuts over the next two years. the government has in order to secure aid to avoid default but unpopular among the populous. >>> iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad is set to address the united nations 7:30 our time this morning. he told reporters yesterday a new world order needs to emerge away from what he calls ameri

baltimore native julie bowen took home another emmy as best supporting actress for her role in "modernamily." her introduction mentioned her baltimore childhood, where her love of acting began in her back yard with her sister. in one of the strongest sweeps of the night, the baltimore based docu drama "game change" won four awards for acting, writing and direction the award for best actress went to julia louis dry fuss for her performance as vice president which is filmed in baltimore. she thanked her crew in baltimore and will return next month for a work on a second season for the now emmy award winning show. even the gift bags had taste of baltimore with jewel fry from a local designer. there was definitely enough of the city to go around. >> good morning and welcome to 11 news saturday morning. i'm jennifer franciotti. >> i'm lisa robinson. our top stories in a moment, but first let's take a look outside with john collins. >> past couple of days have been okay. we had a couple periods of showers here and there. hasn't wiped anything out. >> little warmer. >> little humid. things ar

speaking of dancing, julie bowen on yesterday. you guys having a danceoff. ofia. as we -- hold on. she was making the point that you had made the point that this is american dancing. basically, the clap and the rock. >> yeah. i try to teach them. >> a whole-body experience. >> i try to teach them. you have to go all the way. just like you're standing there with the rhythm. it has to be like -- >> we're going to have much more with sofia vergara when we return. >>> meanwhile, "modern family" wednesdays, 9:00, 8:00 central. >> live and in hd, this is an abc 7 news update. >> good morning. it is 8:27. i am brad bell. there's been a decision on the request for a rate hike. the public service commission the increase50% of wanted. typical customer about district will pay month.ore per the right height is set to take next month. e nfl regular referees are back to work tonight. league and the referees end areached a deal to lockout. referees are to call tonight ravens game.' have an in- 8 will depth report in a few minutes. angela foster. still a tough drive getting