Celebs gear up for Emmy Awards with freebies, food

With the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards just days away, Hollywood is swimming with stars. They’re beckoned by gift suites and parties around town, while round-the-clock preparations are under way at the Nokia Theatre, where the awards will be presented Sunday.

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SEAL WILL BE THERE: Heidi Klum isn’t nervous about co-hosting the Emmys. Just ask her husband.

“You know Heidi. I don’t think she really gets nervous,” he said on the red carpet Thursday during a Hollywood event at Paramount Studios honoring film producer Arnon Milchan and celebrating the 60th anniversary of Israel. “She’s really excited. She’s working hard.”

Klum was so busy, she was unable to join Seal at the last minute at the glitzy event. The R&B singer, who attended last year’s ceremony alongside Klum, said he would again be in the audience to support his supermodel wife.

However, Jason Alexander, who has been nominated for several Emmys but never won, is planning to steer clear of the show.

“Unless they’re nominating me just because they like me, I can walk right by it and wave at it and not have to care, although I do have some friends that are nominated that I’ll be rooting for at home,” Alexander said before the event.

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CHAMPAGNE DINNER AND EMMY DREAMS: While the city bustled below, six Emmy-nominated actresses gathered high in Beverly Hills to drink, dish and celebrate their success at a special women’s dinner to toast this year’s nominees.

“It’s so sweet to get the female performers together, sit down, no pressure and have some cute food and some champagne or wine that you never tried,” said Chandra Wilson, nominated three consecutive years for her work on “Grey’s Anatomy.” “You come away feeling educated and tipsy.”

Alfre Woodard, Sandra Oh, Holland Taylor, Kathryn Joosten, Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad gathered poolside on the patio of a private home in the hills with sparkling views of the city for a four-course meal, put on by champagne maker Perrier-Jouet.

“This is very special,” said Rashad, who was last nominated for an Emmy in 1986. “It’s ladies night — the ladies getting together just being the ladies. It’s very, very nice.”

The no-pressure event stands in stark contrast to Emmy night, when all will be competing for awards and navigating the hoopla that comes with them.

“The Emmys, it’s crazy,” said Oh, who brought her mother to the dinner. “You’re in your own world, you’re stressed out about a lot of things. It’s very exciting and it’s difficult to have more than maybe 10 seconds to actually connect with someone. I love that this is only the women in a very camaraderie kind of feeling and getting to know women. I just really appreciate it.”

Woodard echoed that sentiment.

“These are your homies,” she said. “We are the people who work together. We are the people who’ve walked the same walk and we’re the lucky ones who get to work. Once you’re thrown into something like the Emmys … you never see any of your people that night. It’s you walking amongst the jugglers and the fire eaters and you’re cast in a different role. So it’s really great to be together because these are our people.”