Last evening marked the 59th Annual Emmy Awards (which I've heard were unyieldingly boring). Although they remain one of the least merit-based awards in history, the Emmys are one of the sharpest, and that should count for something.

After the jump, the gowns! Oh, the gowns!

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• So commercials are officially funnier than According to Jim. [BWE]

• OK, now she is in rehab and she's in there with her husband. [DListed]

• Jesus, there's going to be so much fucking attention paid to Nicole Richie's boobs in the coming months. [DS]

• Literally blind item. [HT]

• James Gandolfini is returning to HBO to play a fat, Italian businessman. Stretch! [ICYDK]

• Ben Kingsley slums it. [Yeeeah]

• Mini Me material about a decade too late. [CityRag]

• In jail, Michael Vick may be introduced to a very different kind of "rape stand"; one made of strong, angry men. [SH]