My Flip camera saw major action this weekend!  While backstage at Wango Tango, I took several videos in the gifting suite, in the celebrity lounge, by the red carpet, and by the celebrity trailers.  Check them out, including a video of Kelly Clarkson’s arrival, Lauren Conrad clutching my book, Lady Gaga and Perez Hilton on the red carpet, Fergie getting her makeup touched up, and more.   (For the full spate of videos, check out my YouTube page: youtube.com/jolienyc!)

With Shoshana Bush, star of the upcoming Wayan Brothers spoof Dance Flick

With Shalene Woodley from The Secret Life of the American Teenager

With APL from the Black Eyed Peas

Love Ellen Kay! She’s Ryan Seacrest’s right-hand woman on their KIIS-FM morning show

And with the hilarious Manny Guevera (aka Manny on the Streets) from KIIS-FM

Poor Shawn Johnson seemed insanely overwhelmed by the madness in the gifting suite and backstage.  All the same, she stopped to chat, take a photo and, of course, pose with Confessions of a Beauty Addict!

Lauren Conrad stopped by the gifting tent and we chatted for several minutes about her new book and the fact that we share the same hairdressers: Kaz Amor and Christine Symonds from Warren-Tricomi.  She was adorable, seemed genuinely excited about my book, and–despite the fact that her friends were waiting impatiently–took the time to pose for photos with people and talk to Patti Stanger from Millionaire Match.

Isn’t Leighton Meester beautiful?  In previous photos I’d seen of her, I wasn’t digging the new blondish hair color, but in person, it was gorgeous.  She was extremely soft-spoken and seemed equally overwhelmed and excited by all the madness going on backstage.  After I stopped her for a photo, I caught her a few minutes later raptly watching Lady Gaga’s performance of Poker Face.

Now, my friends can attest to my remarkable skill at “We Took It!” photos.  Apparently, that skill goes out the window when I’m around pretty people who act for a living.  Note to self: next time, ask a passerby to do it!  (Sadly, all photos to follow are equally unflattering for the ol’ Jolie.)

Let’s call a spade a spade: Jolie loves meeting celebrities.

Sure–they’re just like you and me.  They have fears.  They wake up with morning breath.  They wish they had thinner thighs.  Sometimes they find Jolie fascinating in return and we pop open a bottle of champagne together and get to know each other.  (When I first moved to Hollywood, I was in awe of friends who had celebrities in their cell phone address books.  Now I realize that everybody in town has at least one celeb on speed dial.)

And yet, no matter how many of these impossibly glossy creatures I meet, I am aware that a small part of me will always silently, quietly scream “OMG, OMG!” in glee when our paths cross.

So, yesterday, when my friend Bill–who owns Fenix Cosmetics, a wonderful skincare line for sensitive skin that’s sold at dermatologist offices–invited me along to the famed KIIS-FM concert Wango Tango, where he was taking part in the celebrity gifting suite, I died a little inside.  Thanks to my special backstage access pass, I spent 7 hours roaming around, chronicling the event on my Flip, giving copies of my book Confessions of a Beauty Addict to celebs in the gifting tent, and just generally having the time of my life.  (Oh.  Did I mention that Kelly Clarkson, Lady Gaga, the Black Eyed Peas, Flo-Rida, the All-American Rejects and Jamie Foxx performed, too?)

Yeah.  It was a good day.  Photos and videos to follow shortly!