Parties Kick Off with Cancans and Cheese

The Emmys are officially over, giving way to my favorite part of the night: the parties!

I'm greeted by four Marie Antoinettes at TV Guide's French-themed postawards soiree. Another Versailles babe serves Dirty Sexy Money hunk Blair Underwood a glass of Perrier Jouet bubbly, while her high-haired friends swing in gazebos sprawled across the carpeted parking lot of Les Deux.

But the best has to be the cancan dancers serving food from their lettuce-ruffled skirts. "I think its awesome," one male partyer says, taking a cube of fromage. "I think it's degrading," an empty-plated female retorts.

"Champagne?" Miss Antoinette asks.

Mais oui!

The party's only getting started. Mario Lopez chats on his cellphone, while John Legend quickly works the red carpet before preparing for his performance later tonight. I haven't seen Kanye West yet, but I hear the rapper will delight us with a surprise performance. Très magnifique!

—Filed by Sydne Summer