Anyway, let’s get the kudos out of the way.  Congrats, Glee, blah blah blah … okay, great.  Now we can focus on the good stuff: the dresses!

And without further adieu, I present to you the real winners of the evening:

Best dress of the night: Jayma Mays. Simply  stunning!

First Runner-Up: Dianna Argon.  Oooh… celestial. Flow-y.

Second Runner-Up: Lea Michele.  Bold and beautiful.  Also somewhat evocative of Evita, yes?  (Also nifty: check out the Personal Umbrella Holder in the background!)

(Let me give credit where credit is due: to the New Jersey Star-Ledger for the photos.)

Zoinks!  That means more nominations than any other show.

This AP story details the cast’s excitement:

Veteran stage and screen actress Jane Lynch also earned a bid for best supporting actress in a series, miniseries or movie.  ”I slept through (the nominations announcement),” Lynch said. “But, I got up to six messages and went, ‘Ah! I wonder if there is some good news for us?’ And there was. My agent called me three times and said, ‘Why aren’t you up?’ So, yeah. I called my mom, and she said, ‘The golden what?’”

I also loved this gem:

[Lea] Michele said she and her mother used to dress up just to watch awards shows at home. So, no surprise that Michele was at a loss for words upon hearing of her nomination.

“I can’t, I can’t even believe it,” said Michele, also a Tony nominee for “Spring Awakening.” “My mother just said to me, ‘When I get out of this shock, I will congratulate you properly.’ I think when I snap out of this shock, I don’t know when it is going to happen, but if someone here hears a scream somewhere in L.A. at any point, it is probably me finally realizing what actually is happening.”

Congrats, Glee!  We knew you were special.

And now, let us get back to weeping over the four-month hiatus.