TelevisionJanuary 9, 2017

The greatest Spinoff Golden Globes live blog you are likely to see today

Staff writers

Alex Casey and Madeleine Chapman live blog the highs and lows of the 2017 Golden Globe awards, for all of you poor folk stuck in the office pretending to work.

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