I distinctly remember the first time I saw Noah Emmerich in person, even though I didn't know, at the time, that he was Noah Emmerich. It was at a party in New York following the premiere of the movie Milk (2008), and he was standing in a circle of well-known actors, chatting away. I stared at him for a long time because I recognized his face but couldn't for the life of me remember his name or credits, and it drove me crazy.

That's probably not an uncommon experience for people who have crossed paths with Emmerich -- at least until recently. After all, the 48-year-old character actor has worked in the shadow of bigger stars for the past 25 years, and even if his peers know who he is and greatly respect and admire his work, the public has taken a little longer to catch up.

These days, though, things are clearly changing.

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The Telluride Film Festival, which marks the unofficial start of Oscar season, doesn't get underway until the end of August, but its organizers want members of the film community to keep it on their radar throughout the summer, and therefore gathered many of them for a cocktail party in its honor Tuesday evening at the London West Hollywood hotel.

The festival's 40th edition will take place in the remote Colorado skiing community from which it derives its name from Aug. 29 to Sept. 2. In commemoration of its milestone anniversary, a fifth day has been added to what has historically been a four-day affair (and always falls over the Labor Day weekend), and a new 650-seat venue, the Werner Herzog Theatre has been built in the Town Park Pavilion to provide festival-goers with additional screenings of the 30 or so features that screen at the fest each year.

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FX's freshman spy drama The Americans led the nominations for the 2013 Television Critics Association Awards.

The Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys '80s-set KGB entry netted four mentions, including program of the year and outstanding achievement in drama as well as a nom for Rhys at the annual awards where critics across the country vote on the best of the best.

HLN has announced the hosts for the 40th annual Daytime Emmy Awards.

Good Morning America's Sam Champion will join HLN's A.J. Hammer and Robin Meade to host the annual awards show, the cable network announced Wednesday.

Neil Patrick Harris is CBS' hosting go-to guy.

The How I Met Your Mother star has signed on to host the Emmy Awards for the second time, CBS announced Wednesday.

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The news comes three weeks after Harris signed on to host the June 9 Tony Awards -- marking his fourth time overseeing Broadway's biggest night for the network.