Hello and the a distance is our digital director Mike Hogan. Hey guys.

Mike, you're not still at Joe Biden's house

from his Christmas party, but that is,

in your recent past, so you have that glow about you.

Yeah, quick trip to DC last night

and got to meet the vice president and Dr Jill Biden. So that was kind of cool.

One thing I didn't realize about political parties versus Hollywood parties is basically you spend two-thirds of the time at a political party standing in line

waiting to get your picture taken with the what they call the principles.

Right. So they're more they're kind of more open about the shameless selfie getting than they are at

Hollywood parties where you're kind of supposed to be cool about it.

Yeah, I think basically this was just like payback for donors effectively.

So you know you give whatever you give and you get a Christmas picture.

Now, do they mean principals in like the principal players sense or like principal of a school

sense? I guess it could be both, really.

I guess it depends on, you know, what kind of politician it is in this case I felt more like principal players you know

Joe is an affable fellow great teeth. Oh my god. Yeah, I mean that's evident even with you're not in the room with real movie star teeth so it's a big week for you into a Biden but I'm guessing a bigger week for say

Mel Gibson or Octavia Spencer or you know a lot a lot going on this week

awards wise we have a lot to sort through. There was the Critics Choice

Awards on Sunday night. There were the Golden Globe nominations on Monday morning and

then the SAG Award nominations on Wednesday just hours ago as we record this. And they've

done some shaking up of what I think we all expect it from

award season and then also confirmed a few things it's a lot so it's kind of a

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