“It’s hot, huh?” Justine Lupe told TV producers on the Emmys red carpet — where the heat was nearly as headline-worthy as the stars, with the sweltering air hanging heavy inside the tent on Sunday.

“Are you OK?” she asked the crew, who were all in suits. “I’m, like, barely OK, and I’m naked. So, I can’t imagine how you guys are doing,” she joked, wearing a barely there nude embellished halter-neck gown from Carolina Herrera by Wes Gordon.

Lupe was among the early arrivals, alongside the likes of Walton Goggins, Sarah Bock, Sam Nivola and Dewayne Perkins; most guests began trickling in an hour before showtime, creating a whirlwind of star appearances: Cate Blanchett, Kathy Bates, Harrison Ford, Michelle Williams, Colman Domingo, Colin Farrell, Selena Gomez with Benny Blanco, Scarlett Jo

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