I added 10 photos of Jon leaving the screening for “Born Villain” on August 28.

Jon, John Slattery and Elisabeth Moss attended the “Born Villain” screening last night in Los Angeles.

Jon attended (Belvedere)RED’s launch celebration last night in Los Angeles.

You and your friend Jon Hamm seem to be carrying out a very intense flirtation via the press. You call him “super handsome, really smart and very good at sports,” he calls you “adorable.”
I’ve known that guy half my life, and people, at first, never realize how funny he is. At heart he’s a big comedy nerd who has an encyclopedic mind for anything.

There you go being nice to him again! I thought it might be time to take a shot.
But he is genuinely a very bright guy! And he’s athletic! I mean, we do have a very competitive relationship. When I say competitive, I mean we play chess a lot. And Scrabble. So when I say he’s a comedy nerd at heart, what I mean is that he’s just a giant nerd at heart.

Source: Grantland

And here’s another interview with John Slattery talking about Jon’s first try at directing and more: Mad Men’s John Slattery on Emmy Hopes, Jon Hamm as Director: ‘He’s the Best at Everything!’

Jon Hamm isn’t just Mad Men’s smokin’-hot leading man.

He’s now one of the hit series’ directors.

As you may have heard, Mr. Hamm has gone behind the camera to direct an episode of the upcoming new season.

So how’d he juggle acting and calling the shots?

“He did pretty damn well,” costar and one-time Mad Men director John Slattery told us at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ Performers Peer Group 2011 Emmys cocktail reception at L.A.’s Sheraton Universal Hotel.

“Nobody was surprised at how well he would do,” he said. “He’s a very smart guy. He knows the show better than any of the actors certainly because he’s there every day and he’s in every scene…And he gives good direction. And he’s an actor so he knows how to give you something specific and brief that’s useful.”

The toughest part of pulling double duty? “The struggle is to get through the day,” Slattery said. “I mean getting all the work done before the bell rings. That’s the trick with directing television. You want to get performances. You want it to be as good as possible. It’s hard to get it all finished in the allotted time.”

Source: E! Online

I added 6 photos of Jon leaving The Chateau Marmont yesterday.

Update: I added 12 more photos.

I added 8 photos of Jon and John Slattery leaving the Eels concert yesterday.

Whoever wins the 2011 Emmy for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series should probably thank the suits at AMC. Because the network scheduled the fourth season premiere of Breaking Bad after the Emmy eligibility period for the 2010-11 TV season, its star Bryan Cranston won’t be competing for the statuette that he’s won the last three years.

Cranston’s absence increases the chances for a first-time win by Mad Men‘s Jon Hamm or Dexter‘s Michael C. Hall, both of whom are nominated in the category for the fourth consecutive year; Friday Night Lights star Kyle Chandler, in the race for the second straight year; or perhaps House‘s Hugh Laurie, who’s up for the sixth time in the last seven years. That quartet will take on Steve Buscemi and Timothy Olyphant, who join the Emmy battle for the first time for their respective series Boardwalk Empire and Justified.

Which one of these fine gentlemen most deserves to take that proud walk to the podium when the Emmys are handed out Sept.18? Take our poll below to vote for your favorite — TVLine voting closes Sept. 13, so act now! — then hit the comments to justify your pick!

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Fame can be a funny thing. When Jennifer Westfeldt burst on to the international scene, writing and starring in Kissing Jessica Stein in 2001, no one really took notice that her boyfriend had a small part in the film as well. Even in 2006, when she wrote and starred in the less successful Ira & Abby, interviews with the comedienne often didn’t mention her jobbing acting beau. She was definitely the star of the partnership. Then came Mad Men.

Chatting about her directorial debut, Friends With Kids, which will have its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, it’s impossible to avoid mentioning that it stars her partner since 1997, Jon Hamm. This is especially so, given that his success playing ad-man Don Draper has seen him promoted to the leading-man role in her latest film and he also serves as co-producer.

It is often difficult in relationship when one partner is suddenly and unexpected superseded by another in their work life, but, as with most things, Westfeldt just sees the positives.

“It’s not changed a lot in our family,” she says. “It changes a lot just in our time in the outside world. It’s strange to get photographed walking a dog in the neighbourhood. Losing your privacy in that way is a bit strange, so we treasure our time at home. But we have been together so long that his long overdue fame – in my opinion – works better at this age. We’ve seen the ups and downs in both of our careers. We are aware that everything is fleeting, whereas our relationship isn’t. So you can appreciate the moments of success with more perspective.”

In Friends With Kids Jennifer stars as Julie, a New Yorker who is often out with her best friend Jason, played by Adam Scott. Their best friends are two married couples Leslie and Alex (Maya Rudolph and Chris O’Dowd) and Ben and Missy (Jon Hamm and Kristen Wiig) and when they both have kids it leaves the friends feeling left out. So they decide to have a baby together, without being together, having the child half the time and pursuing other romances when not on parent duty.

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I added 1 scan from the Mad Men feature in the current issue of Entertainment Weekly. Thank you so much to my friend Kelly for donating it!