Red Carpet Central

"I'm like a baby with shiny things! It's beautiful and it swishes on the bottom," said Samantha Who? star Christina Applegate of her brilliant Elie Saab gown. Applegate's fellow nominee, Debra Messing, also went for a dazzling dress, opting for an Oscar de la Renta gown with a jeweled neckline. "I have to show these to you," Messing said of her seven—yes, seven—inch Sergio Rossi heels. "I'm OK now, but talk to me at the end of the night!"