• Young women having personal drama in dangerous places seems to the theme of the CW's upcoming development slate, revealed yesterday. In the works: a drama about women at the CIA's spy school, a soap opera by Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas set in space and a show featuring original music by country star Brad Paisley about a young woman headed for Nashville stardom. [Variety]

• Hollywood perennial war — the battle between distributors and theater owners has heated up again, sparked by Paramount's attempt to sell the DVD of GI Joe and The Goods a mere 88 days after their theatrical debuts, within the 90 day window traditionally given to the multiplexes. "We don't know what Paramount is up to, but it's highly objectionable," was National Association of Theatre Owners president John Fithian's response to the plan. [THR]

• Anheuser-Busch has signed a deal to be the sole and exclusive sponsor of this week's Saturday Night Live, buying out the entire ad space. The brewery will also be hosting sponsored watch parties of the branded episode around America. [LAT]

• The Wrap reports on Warner Brothers contradictory marketing plans for their upcoming Where the Wild Things Are release, selling it simultaneously as an adult film, with a campaign of branded merch sold at Urban Outfitters and as a kids movie. Having just seen it, given the choice between where its a grown-up and kids film, we'd like to vote neither. [The Wrap]

• Former Friends star David Schwimmer will direct Clive Owen and Catherine Keener in, Trust, the very un-Friends-like tale of a couple whose lives are turned upside down when their daughter is stalked by an online predator. [THR]

Jenny Lumet, who opened up her pen and bled some ink onto a piece of paper and called it Rachel Getting Married, is set to write another screenplay. The Manhattan-based drama teacher will adapt a New York Times story called This Strange Thing Called Prom, about a bunch of New York City immigrants organizing the rite of passage dance. No word yet on whether Anne Hathaway will show up mugging as an adorably troubled guidance counselor. [Variety]

What happens to four old Turkish women when the years have done their battering and hope begins to recede into the dusty hills? They move into a fab condo and talk about sex a lot! Yes, Turkey is set, some twenty years later, to get their own version of The Golden Girls. ABC has licensed the title to Play Productions, which will create a new series for a Turkish satellite broadcaster. This old broad is lined up to play sass-talkin' Sophia. [Variety] Also in fantastic television news, Tori Spelling and her business husband Dean McDermott will get a spin-off of their Oxygen channel show, this one about make overs. So that's fun. The net will further mine your childhood memories and turn them into small piles of money with the show Keshia and Kaseem, a reality series following former Cosby Show charmer Keshia Knight-Pulliam as she navigates the troubled waters of being a normal goddamned person. [Variety]

Hm... interesting. Jennifer Jason Leigh, she of the really strange career ranging from Fast Times to eXistenZ, will recur on Weeds as Mary Louise Parker's estranged sister. Nancy tries to shuttle Shane off to stay with her while all the drug madness goes down close to the border, but the sister ends up wanting to talk turkey with Nancy and shows up and, you know, drama ensues or whatever. [THR] Also in the Hm Department, scary naturalist Catherine Keener has joined the cast of Percy Jackson, about the modern-day teenage son of Poseidon. Keener will play Mrs. Sea in the movie, which also features Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Kevin McKidd, and that kid from Hoot. [THR]

Can you read this news? American Idol winner and Curler Purple star Fantasia Barrino is getting her own reality series on Vh1. Show will follow the mouthy lady as she raises her child and makes various musics. The show will be called Life Is Not a Scripted Series. [THR]

1. Philip Seymour Hoffman. Period. When we called our shot for Brad Pitt as the likely winner in a crowded Best Actor field, we hadn't yet seen Hoffman as Caden Cotard, a Schenectady, N.Y., regional theater director at odds with his painter wife Adele (Catherine Keener) and his own chronically afflicted body. When Adele and his young daughter leave him for new, famous lives in Berlin, Caden spends the next 30 years funneling a Macarthur "genius" grant into staging his masterpiece: A city within a city, populated by himself, his doppelganger (Tom Noonan), his doppelganger's doppelganger and those of the people closest to him. Yet nobody and nothing is as close to Caden as his own admitted psychosis, the layers of which collapse onto and into each other in scene after scene.

Sounds great, right? Except, well, it is. Portraying a man vexed by doctors, lovers, work and ultimately himself (aging decades in the process), Hoffman digs into an adventure of suffering as ludicrous as it is bittersweet. In one crucial scene when the hunt for his estranged daughter takes him to Berlin, what little interaction they have both validates and fetishizes his paranoia — just one of dozens of metaphysical stunts that make Hoffman's performance thrilling and really kind of inspiring. He not only gets but owns all this mindbending melancholy, and for the maybe first time ever, we felt like we had a guide in our tumble down the Kaufman rabbit hole.

2. Six extraordinary roles for women. Starting with Samantha Morton as Caden's theater receptionist-turned-lover-turned-right-hand Hazel (and then Emily Watson as the woman who depicts her in his play), Synecdoche features enough dynamic parts for actresses to fill its own Oscar category. Michelle Williams and Dianne Wiest contribute brilliant turns as Caden's second wife and fourth doppelganger, respectively, but Hope Davis walks away with her scenes as arguably the world's worst couples therapist:

3. Charlie Kaufman gets to be Charlie Kaufman. Like director and former collaborator Michel Gondry, whose screenwriting debut Science of Sleep found a grandly ambitious balance of theory and technique that slipped through the twee seams of their Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Kaufman and his vision seem more potent and personal on their own. (Don't get us started about his overrated work with Spike Jonze.) It's another nifty trick under the circumstances; as Manohla Dargis alludes to in her fantastic NYT review, an opus about failure is itself a staggering creative success that took decidedly less than a lifetime to make. And for better or worse, it can happen to you. Maybe not the part about bedding Michelle Williams, but that never ends well anyway.

4. Hazel lives in a house on fire. Why? Kaufman professes not to know, but it makes already great scenes (and a classic, climactic bit of dark humor) altogether memorable.

5. Adele Lack's paintings. The square-inch canvases on display through the weekend at the Montalban Gallery are too absurdly small to require the paint-spattered basement workshop where Keener's character composes them, but we think their clues to Caden's past, present and future symbolize the rewards viewers earn for accepting an artist's challenge. Sound familiar? Like so much of the rest of Synecdoche, New York, it really is your life. We'd sincerely hate to see you miss it.

This week's installment also includes: Katherine Heigl, Anthony Michael Hall, Bryan Singer, Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, Louie Anderson, Tatyana Ali, Gordon Ramsey, Catherine Keener, Bradley Cooper, Victor Garber and more!

SATURDAY, AUGUST 9
· Saw KATHERINE HEIGL at Cliff's Edge in Silverlake. My parents were in town and we wanted to take them someplace nice. We were sitting up in the outside covered area when Heigl and her entourage (which included her mother) were seated next to us. Alas, she decided that she didn't want to sit there (I heard her say something about not being able to smoke. Dead serious.), so they moved to a very secluded corner. Or, she may not have wanted to sit by us because when she came in, my sister nudged me and I totally turned around in my seat to look at who or what prompted the nudge ... perhaps she thought I was a super-fan who would lose my shit if she sat next to us. She would have been safe as I am not. Also, her voice is pretty annoying in person —way crackier than it is in movies.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13
· Saw ANTHONY MICHAEL HALL at Farmer's Market on Wednesday Aug 13th with Fiona Forbes (she's a Canadian tv host who no one in LA would reconize but i did!) He's still a little geeky.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 16
· Fiesta Cantina, The 'Ho: Fighting my way through the gay-os to secure one last 2-for-1 drink special, I spotted BRYAN SINGER jauntily hopping to the music as he entered. He looked fresh and young but not as fresh and young looking as the A&F wearing tyke he was with.
· JERRY O'CONNELL stopped by the 12 Shiny Nickels comedy show in Hollywood on Saturday night to see Carpoolers co-star TJ Miller perform. Seemed to have a delightful time.

MONDAY, AUGUST 18
· Around 11:30ish, saw PUFF DADDY trying to de-puff himself with some light cardio at Equinox West Hollywood. Take that, take that!
· LOUIE ANDERSON in front of Susina on Beverly.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 19
· Saw twice in one night: the beautiful TATYANA ALI at Gingergrass and Hyperion Tavern with some friends.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20
· Had two good sightings in one night along the douchey Sunset Strip. First, outside of Ketchup, chef GORDON RAMSEY and his family. He was laid back and non-shouty, his kids looked happy and content and not snobby and privileged (I always look at the kids to see if they look miserable!). Then, later that night, outside of BLD Craft we see CATHERINE KEENER in the valet area. I spot her as we walk up and just as we pass her I said in a dorky voice "Catherine Keener, I love you". It cracked up the valet but she looked utterly confused and surprised (but awesome).
· Mini-Alias nonreunion in the Arclight lobby: BRADLEY COOPER exited with hipster friends; one minute later, VICTOR GARBER entered.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 22
· KIEFER SUTHERLAND must like the sandwiches at Dan Subs. Because he was there in Woodland Hills, on Ventura Blvd, again. This time, he was with GARY OLDMAN a Gary Oldman lookalike. Kiefer did not look so good — he looked exhausted. But he seemed to be enjoying his sub, but not nearly as much as the two stunning brunettes that were with them.

The Academy has the full, looong slate of nominees, naturally, but we've narrowed our interests down to 10 easy storylines for our own Emmy dramedy — conveniently outlined after the jump!

1. Mad Men joined Damages as the first basic-cable programs to earn a nomination for best dramatic series. Its 15 other nods led the pack among all nominated dramas, while 30 Rock led all shows with 17 noms.

2. For the last time (literally), the Academy has snubbed The Wire for a dramatic series nomination. Critics at the TCA press tour will be symbolically immolating themselves by lunchtime.

3. In other snubs, FX is wondering this morning who it has to blow to get Denis Leary, Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver back on the list after nominations in 2007. Hint: It might be a bribe-friendly exec at AMC, which scored a kind-of-stunning two dramatic actor nods this year.

4. Silverman, Emmy Darling (Part 1): "I'm Fucking Matt Damon" was nominated for Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics. Silverman's competition is Flight of the Conchords and MADtv. As such, it bears saying aloud: " 'I'm Fucking Matt Damon' is going to win an Emmy."

5. Sarah Silverman, Emmy Darling (Part 2): Denied an actress nod for her own show, she earned a guest actress nomination for her turn as Marci Maven on Monk.

6. Amy Poehler's supporting-actress nod for Saturday Night Live is the first for an SNL actress since Gilda Radner and Jane Curtin were each nominated in 1978. Radner won.

7. There's apparently a formula for earning a few dozen Emmy noms: Just make a loooong historical epic like HBO's John Adams, which pulled in 23 mentions including outstanding miniseries — as Variety notes, the third consecutive year a period miniseries has drawn the year's biggest haul. Awards-bait film stars like Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney — both nominated as well — can't hurt either.

8. Come to think of it, film actresses on cable dominated dramatic categories in general, with four Oscar winners (including Susan Sarandon and Holly Hunter) and three Oscar nominees (Linney, Catherine Keener and Glenn Close) among the ten performers recognized. We presume Sally Field got Katherine Heigl's spot.

9. Speaking of whom, we're guessing ABC had higher hopes for Grey's Anatomy than two supporting-actress nominations and "Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Miniseries, Movie Or A Special."

10. If we must split up the reality and reality-competition categories, surely the Academy can find a way to further separate things like A&E's grueling Intervention from trifles like Extreme Makeover Home Edition and Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List. Really.

• The 60th Annual Emmy Award Nominations [Academy of TV Arts & Sciences]

As Janet Charlton reports, Gay Pride weekend had such a buoying effect on Keener that the actress stepped out in public not one, not two, but three times with rumored new lady love Jackie Warner of Bravo's Work Out. According to sources, they were seen "passionately making out" on a sidewalk and held hands in two different clubs. Now don't get us wrong — we've spent many a Sunday eyes glued to the television during a marathon as Jackie and her impossibly gorgeous minions sweat their way from beach to hot tub to gym in their skivvies. But every time the "power lesbian" gets just the teensiest bit upset with one of her trainer slaves, she seems capable of crushing their beautiful heads to a pulp using a simple inner-thigh squeeze. Which, now that we think about it, may be a prime reason that this relationship appears to be blossoming.

[Photo credits: Getty]

• JACKIE WARNER AND 'THE L WORD''S ELIZABETH KEENER HOT FOR EACH OTHER [Janet Charlton]

*Inspired by Shirley MacLaine's assertion that the best parts for actresses fall into one of the above categories

Lest you think the film will be an amalgamation of Sex And The City and Melrose Place, think again: Keener will be playing a woman living next to a cantankerous elderly lady in what is described as a drama that "explores the interactions between Keener's character, who owns the woman's apartment, the woman and her two granddaughters."

Holofcener, Keener Move In With Indie Drama [Hollywood Reporter]
Related: Mitra Thinking Inside The 'Box' [Hollywood Reporter]

In today's episode: Catherine Keener; Leonardo DiCaprio and Kevin Connolly; Tommy Lee Jones; Jon Voight; Michael Cera and Mandy Moore; Ellen Barkin, Perry Reeves, and Eddie Kaye Thomas; Courteney Cox Arquette, David Arquette, and Powers Boothe; Kirsten Dunst, an Olsen twin, John Hawkes, Dayton Callie, Paula Malcomson, and Garret Dillahunt; Jonah Hill; Nicole Richie and Joel Madden; Adam Levine and Clea DuVall; Seth Green; Tim Meadows; Eric Dane and Rebecca Gayheart; Vanessa Williams and Rick Fox; Mike Tyson; Valerie Harper; Jeff Gordon, Dominick Dunne, and Rachel Zoe; and Suge Knight.

· Went to the Wilco show last night- 8/29 at the Greek Theater. They played their last song, and I'm walking out of the aisle when this woman barrels down on me obviously in a rush. She apologizes over and over again and calls me sweetheart. I suddenly recognize the distinct voice of Catherine Keener. She apologizes again. Very nice and cool for being a Wilco fan. Love her.

· On Monday night (August 27) - I saw the infamous Leonardo DiCaprio roll in to the Viper Room at about 11:15pm wearing jeans, a black long sleeved shirt and a brown tweed newsboy cap. He was alone.

He watched the band - Blackcowboy - whom he's had perform at events and in a movie he produced.

But then I saw Kevin Connolly running down the strip to meet up with his buddy, Leo.

· It's been the week of middle-aged-transitioning-to-older tough white guy actors. Today (8/30) at Clementine Jon Voight snagged our table as we got up to leave. He was quite smiley and friendly enough for an irascible type. Might need to lay off the facial cosmetic treatments, though; he's looking a little plasticized.

And forgot to report — Tommy Lee Jones walking into Orso this past Sunday around lunchtime.

· Tuesday, Aug 28. Café Stella in Silver Lake: Michael Cera on a romantic dinner date with Mandy Moore. Cripes, you can have Valderrama and Braff, Mandy, but do you really need Cera too? He was supposed to be my boyfriend, but I had the decency to wait until he sprouted some more pube before making my big move.

· at the 8/29 wilco show at the greek theatre... c-level sightings of eddie kaye thomas (american pie epics and fox's unwatchable 'til death) and perry reeves (ari's shrewish wife on entourage). but classing the place up was cougariffic ellen barkin...

· I guess seeing celebs at the Dodgers Dugout Club is like shooting fish in a barrel, but, August 28th game, end of the seventh, we see owner Frank McCourt and a lot of security in the bar and then the front of David Arquette and the back of Courteney Cox Arquette. Boy, is he good looking in person! Courteney, your work here is done.

And as we were leaving, Powers Boothe in the cheaper seats. Do I get any points for that one?

· Tuesday August 28 at Spaceland. Tiny and cute Kirsten Dunst, and an equally tiny but not as cute Olsen twin (God help me, I have no idea which one). They rocked out a bit to King Straggler, but didn't see them after that. It was a benefit for a very cool local theatre company, so thanks Kiki for (most likely inadvertently) supporting the arts! Also many Deadwood/John from Cincinnati alums - since John Hawkes (Sol Starr) is in King Straggler. Dayton Callie, Paula Malcomson, Garret Dillahunt...but this is for "celebrities" not "brilliant semi-recognizable character actors" right?

· 8/27 - Jonah Hill, just standing on the corner of Fairfax and Oakwood near the Out of the Closet thriftstore, using his cell phone. I had the distinct feeling EVERY CAR passing him was going 'hey, it's the kid from Superbad, you know, the one not from Arrested Development' as they drove past this busy corner.

· Out for some Labor Day frozen yogurt to ease the pain of the sweltering heat in the valley, I instantly recognized the easily identifiable tattooed-ness of Joel Madden and then realized that the girl in front of him was Nicole Richie. They were headed into the Coffee Bean next to Studio Yogurt at Laurel Canyon and Ventura. Satisfying some pregnancy cravings?

· Sunday, Aug 26th...A cornucopia of celebrity sightings. Adam Levine and Clea DuVall, both at Mustard Seed Cafe on Hillhurst, dining separately. Levine is hotter than expected, she looks just like she's looked the 9,000 other times I've seen her in Los Feliz. That afternoon at The Grove, saw Tim Meadows on my way into the movies, where I then saw Seth Green (cue the standard: "he's so short!" reaction) at the afternoon showing of Superbad. Post-movie (loved it, btw. Viva Michael Cera), went to Barney's Coop and saw Kirsten Dunst, where the cashier loudly and embarrassingly thanked Dunst for shopping there. Ugh.

· Eric Dane and Rebecca Gayheart at Cafe Mauro for a late Saturday lunch. With four Hipster friends. They both looked very east coast preppy (baseball hats, chinos, white Ts). But left looking very Hollywood/Bling in a black Caddy DTS with chrome shoes.

· Sunday night/ August 27th- Vanessa Williams and Rick Fox with kids at California Adventure's Vineyard Room restaurant. Rick only person in the room not to get up and watch the Electric Light Parade that passed right in front of the restaurant. Good for them though, even with a divorce keeping family trips for the kids.

· Tough guys like Pinkberry, too! 104 degrees on Thursday 8/30 around noon at Pinkberry in Studio City. Iron Mike Tyson dressed smartly in a fedora and that unmistakable face tattoo. Now my boyfriend can't just say that Pinkberry is "just for chicks".

· Sunday, August 26th. Heading back to LA from Aspen, television's sassiest neighbor from Minneapolis, Rhoda Morgenstern aka Valerie Harper, seated in first class, chatting and laughing with her fellow cabin mates. She looked great however, I was disappointed when she went into the "see me, recognize me" vintage actress routine of gabbing loudly on her Jitterbug and gesticulating wildly outside the terminal while looking for her ride. Simmer down, Rhoda. Simmah down now!

· Aug. 30: Apparently, my last minute, un-planned "quiet date night" at the Chateau was the idea of the day. Also on "dates" were Bungalow regular Dominick Dunne, NASCAR's Jeff Gordon with a woman friend, and Rachel Zoe.

· Wednesday (8/29) - Annoying lunch-time Beverly Center traffic, in line to make a left-turn at 3rd onto La Cienega; I look in my rear-view mirror, it's Suge Knight looking equally pissed in his gleaming off-white custom Land Rover. Needless to say, I made a very quick and efficient left as soon as I got the arrow. As he drove by I was a little surprised he had plates on it, let alone standard issue.

In today's episode: Jake Gyllenhaal; Catherine Keener; Jeremy Piven; Heather Graham; Mare-Kate Olsen; T.R. Knight; Damon Wayans; Scott Speedman and Melora Hardin; Wong Kar-Wai; Jason Shaw and Janice Dickinson; Barry Williams; Chris Carmack; Ryan Cabrera and Lee Norris;

· June 19th Jake Gyllenhaal at the Urth Caffe on Melrose around 8 am. Unmistakeable hunk, despite hiding his piercing baby blues behind aviator sunglasses. I did a double-take, which caused him to duck down low to inspect the healthy pastries until I had left the building. Completely dreamy.

· 6-21 saw a very schlumpy catherine keener coming out of the third street promenade borders with her son clyde. she was wearing big nicole richie sunglasses, her hair was incredibly unkempt, and she shot me a look when i stared at her.

· Wednesday, June 20th
So I'm having my late morning brew at a table by the window in Abbot's Habit, Venice this morning when I glance up to see a big high-end silver Lexus pull in and park in the red zone. A couple get out of the car and I think to myself, "arrogant asshole" before being distracted by the attractive-in-a-slender-large-breasted-bimbo kind of way woman exiting the passenger seat. She's wearing those Jessica Simpson style tight satin running shorts with the piping, a tight white t-shirt and baseball hat. My attention was diverted sufficiently that I did not see who was driving the red-zone parked vehicle. Anyway, they exit frame and I sit there hoping Parking Enforcement shows up. Where are those guys when you really need them? About 15 minutes later the driver and his passenger reappear. Dudes a bit on the diminutive side, girlfriend's easily got him by a head. And then I recognize the face behind those aviator glasses. It's Jeremy Piven, carrying a little shopping bag. Now it all begins to make sense. Before I can run out and order him to drop and give me 20, they are in the car and off in a cloud of dust. What a douche.

· Seems like the macrobiotic M Cafe de Chaya on Melrose is still somewhat of a celeb hotspot on any given weeknight. Saw Heather Graham last Thursday, June 14, sitting by herself on the patio. Dressed in hippie-ish attire with brown Ugg boots, she had her knees up to her chin and was enjoying the sunset. She is quite radiant & beautiful in person, unlike...

MK Olsen, whom I saw last night, June 19, picking up a to-go order at close to 10pm. Looking very blonde and typically bedraggled in skinny white jeans, baggy grey cardigan and tall, chunky, ridiculously overpriced sandals on her badly-in-need-of-a-pedicure feet. She was all hugged up with that shlubby new boyfriend - who is he anyway? They were quiet & low-key, though, and I was happy to see that the staff wasn't falling all over themselves for her.

On a separate occasion - and this is prob old news by now - saw an adorable & exuberant T.R. Knight at the Mika concert at Avalon in Hollywood on Friday, June 8. He was with a small group of friends, probably celebrating the news of Isaiah Washington being sacked.

· 6-20 I saw Damon Wayans pulling into the underground parking garage at the Death Star (CAA).

· 6/16 - saw Dylan McDermott at Barnes & Noble on the 3rd Street Promenade. He was in the regulation jeans and blazer over expensive t-shirt ensemble and was, of course, short. He was in front of me in line, but I couldn't see what he was buying. Perhaps reserving his copy of the last Harry Potter?

· Hola, Defamer! Spotted last night (6/20) at KCRW's Angel Party at the Hammer Museum in Westwood: Scott Speedman, looking like his usual hot self, with a guy pal, and Melora Hardin (Jan from "The Office") with a tall, European-looking (sweater tied around shoulders) date. She looked great in a floral dress and seemed approachable. I did not check her rack to see if life imitates art...

· Spotted Hong Kong Cinema god Wong Kar-Wai strolling bag-laden out of Arcana Books on the Third Street Promenade this afternoon (6-19) wearing a stylish pair of shades, and appearing at least a head taller than any of the local transients. I was hoping for Rachael Weisz in tow, but no such luck

· 6-20 The Apple store at the grove seems to be the place to go. At the Genius Bar, I saw (holy smokin') Jason Shaw. He has a laptop. The day before, I was leaving the Mac store, and as I was awaiting my car at valet, doe-bodied, (save for a fupa), Janice Dickinson sat down on the cell phone and in a black and white wrap dress. I over heard "Yes. Janice Dickinson. I have two tv shows." Does she still count ANTM? Because otherwise all I know about is the one.

· 6-19 Saw none other than Greg Brady himself (aka Barry Williams) at Hamburger Habit with girlfriend. (She's got to be 20 years younger.) But Barry looked good and was very nice and polite.

· Went to Diddy Riese last night in Westwood (curse their price increase!) and saw Chris Carmack, of Season 1 OC fame. His hair is pretty long now, and it's not doing him any favors. He was with a girl who was not as skinny as I would expect... perhaps because they regularly patronize Diddy Riese? She was still pretty, though.

· Tuesday, 6/19 at the Tyler Hilton show at the Knitting Factory — Ryan Cabrera trying really, really hard to rock the Depp look (long hair, ironic hat, too much jewelry), ended up looking dirty and pretty much like the most unattractive man on the planet, wow. Also, fellow One Tree Hill-er Lee Norris, looking just as you'd expect him to, only shorter, huge mouth, looked approachable.

Catherine Keener after the Oscars, still in her dress, rushing in to see the Yeah Yeah Yeahs at the Troubadour. She just took her big dress & hiked it up to rush inside the show. Meanwhile a couple doors down at Dan Tana's, George Clooney has an Oscars afterparty where Madonna was in attendance.

We were already aware of Clooney's private affair at Dan Tana's, but kudos to Keener, who chose to forego the tediousness of the post-Oscar party circuit and brave the unhinged mayhem of a Yeah Yeah Yeahs moshpit a sort of aging indie-mom answer to Hilary Swank's white-trash Astroburger Oscar coda. Yes, she probably could have stolen a moment in the back of her car to change into something less showy, but hiking up the designer gown and bumrushing the stage seems somehow appropriate in a Karen O "Hey everyone, look at me not giving a shit!" kind of way.

• Previously: Oscar Moments: Catherine Keener Bored Five Minutes Into Ceremony [Defamer]

• Previously: We Are All In This Thing Together: Liveblogging The Oscars [Defamer]