After the Golden Globes last night, there were several parties in the Beverly Hilton, including a CAA party and an HBO party, but the place to be was the official shindig thrown by InStyle and the WB (yes, the WB still exists!  Who knew?)  Jolie staked out the red carpet for the celebrity arrivals, then headed into the party itself, watching the last 15 minutes of the ceremony by the bar while celebrities like Elizabeth Banks, Sarah Chalke, Eva Longoria and Debra Messing sat at tables watching the telecast.  Meanwhile, I was surrounded by some of the yummiest men in Hollywood, who also stood at the bar watching the show: James Marsden, Simon Baker, Dave Annabel, Bryan Greenberg, Chris Evans and Barry Watson were all surrounding me, inches away–so close, and yet so far!

As soon as Slumdog Millionaire won Best Picture, the lights dimmed, waiters swooped in to remove the tables, and the lounge became a dance floor as swarms of other celebrities entered.  Over the course of two hours, I saw, brushed shoulders with, stood at the bar next to, and walked by (okay, brace yourself!): Leonardo DiCaprio, Emile Hirsch, Kate Beckinsale, Susan Sarandon, Sigourney Weaver, Amy Adams, Amanda Bynes, Joanna Garcia, Olivia Wilde, Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Jon Voight, Rick and Kathy Hilton, Rachel Griffiths, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Steve Coogan, Grant Show, Minka Kelly, America Ferrera, Joy Bryant, Brittany Snow, Molly Sims, Taylor Momsen, Adrianne Palicki, Kevin Nealon, Sophie Dahl, David Boreaneaz, Skeet Ulrich, John Leguizamo, Yvonne Strahovski, Kevin Connolly, Hayden Panettiere, Adrian Grenier, and Megan Fox.  Phew!  (Later, inside the HBO party, I saw Jenna Fischer, Melissa George, Jon Hamm, Sophia Bush and Kevin Dillon.)  The celeb to “real person” ratio was 2:1 - I literally felt like the only non-famous person there.

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I could not be feeling more glamorous right now if I tried (well, maybe I could conjure up some sort of creative scenario involving a shirtless Tom Welling by a pool…oh, sorry, where was I?).  It’s Golden Globes weekend, which is the real start of the awards season, and I’m lounging at the Four Seasons in the InStyle Gifting Suite garden, surrounded by palm trees, billowy white curtains, industry-leading makeup artists and hairstylists, a surfeit of L’Oreal Paris makeup, skincare and haircare and, oh, yeah, celebrities.  (Sometimes Jolie likes to pretend that she’s too cool to get star-struck–they are people just like you and me!  They put on their pants one leg at a time!–but we all know the truth.  I am not too cool.  I am a celebrity dork.)  Sure, maybe some people wouldn’t enjoy live-blogging in the middle of all this gorgeous craziness, but I am definitely not one of them.  Updates to follow all day!