The lover of ties and teller of hilarious stories about cats, her kids and Abe Lincoln talks about doing The Dinah Shore Weekend for the first time. Or again. Who knows? It's all a blur.
Glee's Ryan Murphy and Matthew Morrison joined Lily Tomlin, Kathy Griffin and other celebrities in celebrating Lynch, who was presented with the Rand Schrader Distinguished Achievement Award.
The iconic performer talks to us about Damages, Desperate Housewives, and how things have changed for the LGBT community during her 40 years in public life.
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