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Live in Los Angeles (Sort Of), It's the SAG Awards
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The red carpet is buzzing at the 15th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which is taking place at the Shrine Auditiorium. The show will be broadcast on TNT/TBS at 8:00 p.m. tonight, which will be live for Angelenos who have satellite cable with east coast feeds, but the usual 3 hours late for the rest of us who live where the show is happening, and in the town that is basically the core of the entertainment industry, which, well, happens to be what these awards honor.
Tape delay or not, rain or shine, and luckily with no striking actors just yet, LAist is on the scene as promised, as our venerable TV Junkie works the red carpet. Follow him on Twitter, or come back later when we'll have updates from behind the scenes.
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