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Graham, Alda, de Rossi Added to Emmys

Thursday, September 15, 2005

08:46 AM PT

"Gilmore Girls" was snubbed in the Emmy balloting this year, but at least star Lauren Graham will get to attend the awards and snag a gift bag.

Graham is among the latest group of presenters added to the 57th annual awards, which air Sunday (Sept. 18) on CBS. Supporting actor nominee Alan Alda ("The West Wing"), Jesse L. Martin ("Law & Order"), Conan O'Brien, Portia de Rossi ("Arrested Development") and the Blue Man Group will also help hand out awards.

Graham has earned a Golden Globe nod and two Screen Actors Guild award nominations for portraying single mom Lorelai Gilmore on The WB's "Gilmore Girls." The show began its sixth season this week to solid ratings.

Alda, a five-time Emmy winner as a writer, director and star of "M*A*S*H," currently plays the Republican candidate for president on "The West Wing." He'll face on in the fictional election with Jimmy Smits, who's also on tap to present at Sunday's Emmys.

O'Brien, who hosted the Emmys in 2002, has been nominated for numerous Emmys as part of the writing staff for NBC's "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" and "Saturday Night Live," winning with "SNL" in 1989. Martin is set to return to "Law & Order" this fall after taking some of the spring off to film "Rent," which he also starred in on Broadway.

De Rossi plays half-hearted activist Lindsay Bluth Funke on "Arrested Development," which will defend its outstanding comedy series title at the Emmys. Blue Man Group also has a connection to the show; a recurring plot thread last season had Lindsay's husband, Tobias (David Cross), trying to join the performance-art troupe.