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PaleyFest: Who's In?

As we near the kick-off of this year's William S. Paley Television Festival (or, as it's known affectionately, PaleyFest), I'm curious to know who among us is planning on attending this year, the festival's 25th anniversary edition.

I was lucky enough to snag tickets to tomorrow night's Pushing Daisies event, as well as to panels for Chuck (moderated by Lost's Damon Lindelof, no less!), Judd Apatow and Friends (and invites to the after-party), the Buffy the Vampire Slayer reunion, and Damages. (I'll be the one in the Cinerama Dome scribbling away furiously as usual.)

Speaking of the Buffy reunion, the Paley Festival website lists the following updated panelists:

Amber Benson, "Tara Maclay"
Nicholas Brendon, "Xander Harris"
Charisma Carpenter, "Cordelia Chase"
Emma Caulfield, "Anya"
Eliza Dushku, "Faith"
Sarah Michelle Gellar, "Buffy Summers"
Seth Green, "Oz"
David Greenwalt, Exec. Prod.
Alyson Hannigan, "Willow Rosenberg"
James Marsters, "Spike"
Marti Noxon, Executive Producer
Michelle Trachtenberg, "Dawn Summers"
Joss Whedon, Creator

(So Aly is now participating but still no sign of David Boreanaz?)

But enough about Buffy. (When was the last time you heard me say that?) I am curious: which events are you guys attending? Which ones did you fight tooth and nail to get tickets for and which ones are you disappointed about getting shut out of?

For those of you who will be attending, I'll see you at the Arclight over the next few weeks. Stay tuned!
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Anonymous said…
Yay! We'll be at the Pushing Daisies event Saturday! I can't wait! There are four of us heading down for that. I wish I could do Buffy too- but it just wouldn't work. :)
3/14/2008
Jon88 said…
Do vodcasts get posted online à la TED Talks? For those of us who are, say, a continent away from the proceedings?
3/14/2008
Anonymous said…
*sniff* can't talk now. Gotta go.
3/14/2008
Danielle C.F. Maris said…
I can't wait for the Buffy event! (But am a little sad that Tony Head won't be there.)
3/14/2008
Anonymous said…
I read that David B. will have pretape a message. Truth or fiction, I do not know.

Sadly, I wanted to do the Bones event and that sold out, so that's two events I won't see David Boreanaz.

I'm doing Chuck, the Night with Judd Apatow and Gossip Girl.
3/14/2008
Give Me My Remote said…
Hey Jace - Looking forward to seeing you. I'll be there for Pushing Daisies, Judd Apatow, Chuck, and Friday Night Lights. Sadly, I couldn't snag a ticket to Buffy but Ducky will be there.
3/14/2008
Anonymous said…
I'll be at Friday Night Lights and Damages but I really wanted to go to Buffy reunion. Oh well.
3/14/2008
TxGowan said…
I'll be at the "I don't live in LA so I don't get to go to something cool like this" panel which is scheduled directly before the "I wish I made enough money that I could fly to LA just for something like this" Q&A.
3/15/2008
The CineManiac said…
I'll be at the Buffy event. I wish I could make Chuck, but I've got 2 classes that night.
3/15/2008
Anonymous said…
I scored tickets to the Friday Night Lights event. We'll see if I can contain myself from standing up and shouting "Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can't Lose!"
3/17/2008
Unknown said…
Someone needs to film the Buffy panel and put it on youtube for those of us who live far far away. Please?
3/18/2008
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