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TelevisionJanuary 8, 2018

The greatest Golden Globes live blog you will see on The Spinoff today

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We’ll be here from 12 pm to cover the highs and lows of the 2018 Golden Globe awards, for all of those who are stuck in the office pretending to work.

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