Baldwin, Brown and more kick off Emmys weekend

Actor Sterling K. Brown is taking Emmys weekend one day at a time.

The “This is Us’’ star and nominee is juggling a jam-packed schedule of call times and parties in the lead up to the awards ceremony Sunday, where he’s nominated for lead actor in a drama series.

“It’s a gauntlet,’’ Brown said Thursday at The Hollywood Reporter and SAG-AFTRA Emmy Nominees Night party. “I’ve got work (Friday), then there’re three parties (Friday) and two parties on Saturday and then Sunday. And then I have to be at work Monday at 6 a.m., so I’m memorizing lines. But I’m having a good time and I’m just trying to enjoy each moment as it comes.’’

Brown and fellow nominees and industry peers gathered for drinks and treats, like uni toast and truffle pizza, at Jean-Georges at the Waldorf Astoria before Emmys weekend kicks into full gear.

Attendees like Alec Baldwin and his wife Hilaria Baldwin held court with the likes of Matthew Modine, Anne Heche, William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman, as Bob Odenkirk chatted off to the side and Geoffrey Rush introduced his son around the party.

Huffman broke away to grab a drink at the bar. She laughed that her Emmys prep includes going on a diet two weeks ago and then breaking it a day later.

On Sunday she hopes there’s a focus on the work.

“I don’t think it should be a political show. I don’t think people look to awards shows to either be confirmed in their politics or challenged in their politics,’’ Huffman said. “I think it’s a misuse of power. It’s not what we’re there to do.’’