It was great while it lasted

Ellen had high hopes for the staying power of her elaborate hairdo. As an extra precaution she had even worn her lucky double tassel tieback and partaken in her traditional auspicious gorgefest:

GREY’S ANATOMY star ELLEN POMPEO has a lucky restaurant she visits on her way to Los Angeles awards shows. The actress reveals she likes to “eat a lot” before arriving at events like the Emmy Awards – and there’s one place she loves to visit. She says, “I eat a lot because it’s a long day. I have a ritual now where I go to Joan’s on Third and get my Chicken Milanese. “Then I like to have a spread for all the hair and make-up people and stylists. We have an expresso machine out.”

But alas, the gods of awards night coiffures were not smiling on her. By the end of the night, things had begun to unravel and all of her assistants were too busy stuffing their faces with lightly breaded chicken breast and chugging back the caffeine to care.