Hello and welcome to In The Limelight, Vanity Fair's Entertainment and Pop Culture

Podcast. I'm Josh Duboff, Vanity Fair Senior Writer, and I'm here with Julie Miller,

Vanity Fair Senior Hollywood Writer. On In The Limelight, we analyzed the ins and outs of pop

culture, entertainment, and celebrity from the past week, from the Kardashians to

Kate Middleton and everything in between. So today we have a Golden Globe spectacular, special

issue, special issue, special issue, Golden Globes bonanza. Josh was in New York watching,

and his absence was very much felt in Los Angeles where I was. I was backstage

in the press room and I have to say I walked into the HBO after party first as soon as the show

was over and it was as though the big little lies cast could just feel that Josh wasn't there because they almost immediately left.

I read a quote actually from Nicole Kittman and she was, I think she said something like I was going to stay longer at the party.

But Josh Dubuff wasn't in my eye line.

And I felt like what was the point of even sticking around?

So I took Keith home and that was that.

And I totally understood. That was the vibe I got. Yeah. I love hearing about what the press room

vibe is, having never been in the setup of the kind of press room at a big award show before.

What was it like this time? Like I know in the past, there's usually eccentric types who were in the

press room. What was it like this year?

Oh my gosh. I don't know where these reporters come from. They pull them out from the like local. I don't even know where sort of they come from. Right, because there are a few from like USA Today in LA Times, Hollywood reporter that I've seen out and about. But then there are these

creatures who surface. There were a few wearing cowboy hats. They look like character actors

from like 90s movies, a few with bolow ties on. Most people adhered to the black kind of implied dress code, I guess. But then there was this

young guy reporter who wasn't even wearing black tie. He was wearing like a cable knit sweater and

sneakers. A cable knit white sweater. Josh, did you see that? I think I answered. Yeah, I feel like he

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