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"Drumroll, please: 221. That&amp;#x27;s the number of events I attended in 2013. Whew, no wonder I&amp;#x27;m a little tired. But even with the lack of sleep, I never lose sight of the fact that I get to work for a brand I absolutely love (and celebs do too&amp;amp;#8212;they say all the time how much they love Glamour!). So, I thought, what better way to wrap up this year than take you guys down memory lane with the most memorable red carpets and events and share what really happened behind the scenes. Favorite Red Carpet of the Year: The Golden Globes It&amp;#x27;s the best show that combines all of our faves from TV and film&amp;amp;#8212;and it&amp;#x27;s the equivalent of a kid in a candy story for a pop-culture expert and entertainment buff. Even better? Hanging out late at night inside the lobby of the Beverly Hilton, which is like being on a fancy cruise ship (everyone&amp;#x27;s dressed to the nines, tipsy, and party-hopping&amp;amp;#8212;and oh yeah, there&amp;#x27;s celebs like Selena Gomez, Michael J. Fox, and Meryl Streep). I&amp;#x27;m already counting down the days until the 2014 show. Most Exhilarating Day at Work: Diving With Olympic Gold Medalist Greg Louganis on the Set of Splash I&amp;#x27;ve never had so much fun doing something that scared me to death (but when Greg Louganis tells you to jump from what feels like 1,000 feet up, you do it). And getting to learn from the absolute best? Incredible. (The belly flop? Not so much). Biggest Thrill: Interviewing Steve Perry I was too young to see the legendary Steve Perry perform with Journey in the &amp;#x27;80s, so I&amp;#x27;ve always joked, &amp;quot;Steve Perry is going to sing at my wedding one day. He just doesn&amp;#x27;t know it yet.&amp;quot; And on an autumn evening in September, I finally came face-to-face with the seldom-seen Perry and had the biggest freak-out of my career. And best of all? The powerhouse singer was gracious enough to say that when the time comes for me to walk down the aisle, we&amp;#x27;ll talk about having him perform at the reception. Don&amp;#x27;t Stop Believin&amp;#x27;, folks. Don&amp;#x27;t Stop Believin&amp;#x27;. Me, Steve Perry, and Heart&amp;#x27;s Nancy and Ann Wilson. Major freak-out moment, indeed. Most Anticipated Interview: The Little Couple&amp;#x27;s Dr. Jen Arnold and Bill Klein For those interviews that I know I&amp;#x27;ll be doing ahead of time, none made me more excited than spending a couple of hours with The Little Couple&amp;#x27;s Dr. Jen Arnold and Bill Klein. Having watched their series from day one, it was such a thrill to talk to this amazing couple who have documented their successes and struggles on the TLC series. In what should be the happiest month of their life&amp;amp;#8212;celebrating the holidays with Will and newly adopted, Zoey&amp;amp;#8212; Jen is now battling a rare form of cancer and undergoing an aggressive form of treatment. Over the course of our interviews, I told Jen that I one day want to host a red carpet with her. She was beyond psyched. So, Jen, get better soon because I need my cohost. (And Bill, remember you&amp;#x27;re parking cars.) The Celeb Who Saved the Day: Ed Sheeran The scene: the VMAs. The atmosphere: out of control. The lineup of artists was incredible (Katie Perry, Robin Thicke, Justin Timberlake, Miley Cyrus, New Direction, Taylor Swift), but few were talking on the red carpet (most were just doing a wave and walk-by), except for Ed Sheeran. Ed, let it be known that being Mr. Nice Guy will get you far&amp;amp;#8212;and all the respect in the world when it comes to realizing that entertainment journalists have a job to do too. Most Exciting Celeb Moment: Taking Modern Family&amp;#x27;s Ty Burrell to a Football Game Modern Family&amp;#x27;s Ty Burrell&amp;amp;#8212;a (very) loyal St. Louis Rams fans from their days in L.A.&amp;amp;#8212;and I hatched a plan at last year&amp;#x27;s SAG Awards to try to find a way to do something fun with the team. Ten months later, the St. Louis Rams rolled out the red carpet by sending Ty and his family and me to St. Louis and giving everyone a fantasy-camp-worthy experience (Putting Ty in a uniform and letting us all throw the ball around with the players? I still don&amp;#x27;t believe it was all real). Most Nerve-Racking Interview: Gerard Butler I&amp;#x27;ve never been more nervous heading into an interview, and honestly, it wouldn&amp;#x27;t have mattered if it was Gerard Butler or Joe Schmoe. The issue for me was that I took issue with the film Olympus Has Fallen, which I believed to be irresponsible in the wake of so much gun-violence and 9/11. I was only going to interview Gerard if he was willing to talk about it (he was also a producer on the film). To his credit, he was extremely forthcoming and open, which only helped us to have an honest conversation. Months later, I heard that Gerard was most nervous about talking to MSNBC and CNN about the film, but I think his interview with me ended up being the most hard-hitting! Gerard, I look forward to our next sit-down (maybe this time a comedy?). Most Intimidating Celeb: Cookie Monster Just look at me: I look like I&amp;#x27;m scared Cookie Monster&amp;#x27;s going to mistake me for a cookie and eat me or something. It was such a thrill to meet this lovable, blue furry thing, but I had no idea what to say or do: Do I look at Cookie? Talk to the puppeteer? Can I touch him? If I feed him a cookie, what if the chocolate gets all over him? Intimidating, right? Most Surreal Moment: Announcing the Royal Baby Name on The Talk and Then Seeing a Clip of It on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon There&amp;#x27;s nothing like the adrenaline rush I get every time I appear on CBS&amp;#x27; The Talk in front of a live audience. So when the executive producers asked if would announce the name of the Duke and Duchess&amp;#x27;s new son to the studio audience, I was beside myself. Later that afternoon, I found out Jimmy Fallon was going to do a montage of clips showing various news anchors saying portions of Prince George&amp;#x27;s name. Who was chosen to say his entire name in the clip piece? Yours truly! I just about died. Watch (it&amp;#x27;s around the last 45 seconds): Most Shocking Moment: Cory Monteith&amp;#x27;s Passing I was at a crowded, can&amp;#x27;t-hear-yourself-think bar in L.A. for a friend&amp;#x27;s birthday around 10:15 P.M. on a Saturday night in July when I found out that Cory Monteith had died. I don&amp;#x27;t remember the last time I felt such a sense of disbelief, shock, and sadness. It was only a month prior that I interviewed Cory at the Chrysalis Ball (I later realized I was the last interview he ever did). I immediately left the bar, ran home to start putting together the piece, and phoned Anna to break the news. It was, without a doubt, one of the hardest stories I&amp;#x27;ve ever had to write. Favorite Video Moment: Playing Dress Up With the Cast of The Big Bang Theory. Jim Parsons went crazy over my red cape, which I have to say, might have been my favorite red carpet look of the entire year (that&amp;#x27;s acceptable, right?). Coolest Set Visit: The Price Is Right Whenever I was sick and home from school, I&amp;#x27;d watch The Price Is Right and somehow think that if I was the one up there playing Plinko, I&amp;#x27;d certainly get the chip in the $10,000 slot. Many years later, I finally got my chance. I didn&amp;#x27;t make $10,000, but $1,000 was pretty good! New Kids on the Carpet Award: Nashville&amp;#x27;s Chis Carmack and The Talk&amp;#x27;s Sheryl Underwood Being on the red carpet isn&amp;#x27;t as easy as it looks&amp;amp;#8212;and adding a cohost to the mix can make it all the more challenging. Not with Chris Carmack or Sheryl Underwood, who were totally game to cohost with me at the CMAs and TV Academy Honors red carpets, respectively; not to mention, they were both hysterical, witty, and full of great ideas. The only thing I won&amp;#x27;t be game for next time? Deciding to eat a slab of ribs with Carmack the night before fitting into a bandage BCBG dress. Next time we&amp;#x27;re going for salads! And then there was this never-before-seen-clip with me and Sheryl: Bring on 2014!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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