Toni has participated in Newsweek’s 2009 Emmy Roundtable, alongside Amy Poehler (Saturday Night Live) Jon Cryer (Two and A Half Men), Sarah Silverman (The Sarah Silverman Program) and Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory). A transcript can be read over at Newsweek, eight clips can be found at Youtube. Thanks to Whitney for the heads-up!

Welcome to the latest version of Toni Collette Online! The time for a visual change feels just right with the Emmy Awards being held later this month and a new season of “United States of Tara” coming up next year. A new addition to the site is a Twitter alert that will keep you updated on all news and site features, so make sure to join :-) Other than that, enjoy the new layout and have fun surfing around the new Toni Collette Online!

The Chicago Tribunte has an in-depth article on what will be changing for “United States of Tara”s second season: The transition from film to television can be rocky for some actors. But not for Toni Collette, the star of Showtime’s “United States of Tara.” “The one thing I am loving is the pace of TV. It’s so quick,” the actress said in a recent interview in Los Angeles on the first day of shooting for Season 2 of “Tara,” which returns in early 2010. “There’s no sitting around. You get to do more of what you love, every day.” If anyone has excelled at the art of the quick transition, it’s Collette, who flawlessly plays four characters on the show. Collette’s primary character, Tara Gregson, is a suburban mom with dissociative identity disorder (DID), which causes her to turn into one of three “alters” whenever she’s stressed. Collette’s versatility in the role is impressive, and members of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences agreed: The actress is up for a best comedy actress award at the Sept. 20 Emmy Awards ceremony.

Article courtesy Entertainment Weekly: Looks like love is in the air for Toni Collette’s male alter on United States of Tara. Sources confirm to me exclusively that Joey Lauren Adams (Chasing Amy) is joining the Showtime comedy’s season 2 cast as Pammy, a funny and warm barmaid who has a history of picking the wrong guys. Her luck changes the day she meets “Buck” and falls head over heels in love. Adams is on board for at least three episodes. Tara’s 12-episode second season debuts in early 2010.

The following quote comes from the Associated Press:

I never thought I’d work in television and when this show came along I was just so excited to work on something so original and had such amazing dialogue and the story is just incredible and has endless possibilities. Then for it to go on and e recognized in this way is a complete delight. It’s a surprise and also quite joyous.

Fantastic news! Toni has received an Emmy nomination as Best Actress in a Comedy Series for “United States of Tara”. She shares this category with Sarah Silverman for “The Sarah Silverman Program”, Mary-Louise Parker for “Weeds”, Julia Louis-Dreyfus for “The New Adventures Of Old Christine”, Christina Applegate for “Samantha Who?” and Tina Fey for “30 Rock”. This is Toni’s second Emmy nomination, she was previously in the running for “Tsumani: The Aftermath”. The Emmy Awards will be handed out during a live ceremony on September 20, 2009. Congratulations!