As we just experienced from the past two weeks in London, it
wasn't easy being away from the TV for days (or in my case,
hours!) at a time. In fact, the night of the Olympics Opening
Ceremonies was the ABC Fall TV All-Star Party (and yes, I DVR'd
--and watched--all four hours later that evening). So, it got me
to thinking, is there a TV or sporting event that celebs would
stay home for (and cancel all other plans)?  The only thing that
comes to mind for me is when my St. Louis Cardinals were in the
playoffs last year. The one game that I had to miss--because it
was the Jewish High Holyday of Yom Kippur--was game 5 of the
NLDS with the Cardinals facing the Phillies in a do-or-die
situation. That was difficult enough, and I'm glad I haven't
been faced with anymore agonizing TV-watching decisions since!
(Although before I started covering red carpets, I always had to
watch every award show in real time!)  So while I was at the ABC
party, I had a little fun asking this very question to the stars
of their upcoming