Celebrity couple Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick are among the more famous victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme, and tabloids, naturally, wondered what their exposure might have been. During a press conference for her TNT show The Closer, Sedgwick broached the topic, "It wasn't the truth that we were destroyed...It's been really unpleasant and makes you feel really vulnerable. But the fact of the matter is that we did not lose everything. We lost hard-earned money that we worked very hard for that was what we thought in a safe place. It's painful but a lot of people lost a lot more. And we have a lot of things to be grateful for in our life, and we never ever forget that." Then she moved onto less grim things: Apparently Bacon is excited that Chace Crawford is cast in the Footloose remake, and she's happy, too, "I think it's great. I think he's adorable." more ›

A look at some noteworthy programs this week:
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After last year's mess of an awards show and this year's joke of nominations (where is love for Lauren Graham, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences?), we were going to swear off this year's Emmys. But then we realized Conan O'Brien was hosting, so we must watch and liveblog. And there's the hope of a good Steve Carrell bit, not to mention awkward reaction shots of Candy and Tori Spelling during the Aaron Spelling tribute. more ›

Good lord. It's not even five minutes into the Emmys and Gothamist (and friends Aaron Dobbs of out of focus and a Gothamist contributor, and Margaret Lyons, formerly of Chicagoist) is very very frightened. There is no reason why Taboo from the Black Eyed Peas should force Doris Roberts to dance with them. Doris needs to get the AARP to fight the fight with her. Welcome to Gothamist's attempt to liveblog the Emmys, until the show drains every single molecule of life from us, which we believe will happen in the 10PM hour. more ›

Page Six mentions that CPW is Sheryl Crow's favorite jeans store. I've shopped at CPW, as it's in the Upper West Side, my neighborhood. It's now moved to 84th Street and Amsterdam, but when it was next to the Beacon Theatre on Broadway and West 75th, it was convenient to go there before heading to the best grocery store ever, Fairway. I've never seen Sheryl Crow at CPW, but have bumped into Kyra Sedgwick and actor-slash-musician Kevin Bacon there. more ›