Jessica Simpson

PASADENA - Even Albert Einstein, who once lived at this private club called the Atheuaeum, would have been impressed at the lineup at this weekend's party thrown by NBC for TV critics and the networks' talent. Among those I spotted over the course of three hours and two rounds of sushi were Anjelica Huston, Arsenio Hall, Amanda Peet, JB Smoove, Elle Macpherson, Jessica SImpson, Nick Offerman, Dax Shepard, Debra Messing, Lou Ferrigno, Juliette Lewis, Whitney Cummings and Maya Rudolph.

I got the chance to talk to Mark Povinelli ("Are You there, Chelsea?") about his 6 years of acting in Minneapolis, chat with Carson Daly about how guys like him are often ridiculed, bum a cigarette to "The Office" star Oscar Nunez, do caviar wtih "Chuck" star Zachary Levi, go over the disappointment of Dolly Parton's musical "9 to 5" with its star Megan Hilty and find out from the creator of "Parks & Recreation" that before they decided to kill Sebastian the miniature horse, they planned on killing off the mayor.