I'm back from BlogHer '08 and it was such a jam packed weekend, I'm still processing all the great experiences.  The women were as varied as their blogs, the parties were loud and fun, and the event itself ran, from my point of view, flawlessly.

Melissa Silverstein of Women & Hollywood and I had the pleasure of hosting an entertainment bloggers' meet-up and I wanted to use this first post after BlogHer '08 to showcase some of those women and their blogs.  Anyone I don't mention in this post, I will make every effort to mention in upcoming posts.

First a word about the meet-up itself.  After Melissa and I introduced ourselves, we had our bloggers do the same.  The discussion focused on the fact that bloggers have to determine for themselves what constitutes a legitimate story and what doesn't.  Also the different styles that bloggers might use to cover the same story.

I gave the example of the case of "Grey's Anatomy" star Katherine Heigl.  Melissa and I disagree about whether or not she should have been so outspoken recently about her lack of good material on the show.  Melissa thought she was being unfairly criticized because she's a woman.  I thought she was getting David Caruso Syndrome, and deserved some ribbing for thinking she was better than the show and the writers that created her.

My point was that even though it was the same story, our approaches and opinions about it were different and that was reflected in our blog posts.

Call me naive but I was somewhat surprised to find that there weren't only bloggers at our meet-up.  At least ten of the thirty or so people who attended were public relations reps or reps of websites recruiting new blogger content.

I was a little put out by that at first, kind of like having foxes in the hen house, but as it turned out, it was a productive development.  The bloggers were able to pick the brains of the PR reps from the network TNT, one of the BlogHer '08 sponsors, and the PR reps got valuable info about how and why bloggers blog and the best way to approach them.

But on to the bloggers.

There was Laptop Television Mom.  She writes a blog for "working moms who (once upon a time) enjoyed television, movies and random pop culture.  Now, television only happens after the kids go to bed and we go back to work."  Her latest TV post was on the show, "So You Think You Can Dance."

Soapbox Mom writes her own blog and also appears on Blog Talk Radio.  Her most recent radio interview was with author and food critic, Julie Halpert.

Over at Pretty Sandy Feet, Katelin's latest post is a Hollywood roundup featuring comments on Christian Bale's sort of arrest in London for allegedly assaulting his mother and sister, news on Jennifer Garner's pregnancy, and other choice star tid bits.

Others bloggers who attended and sometimes write about entertainment:

Stephanie at Bad Mom had a less than thrilling time at BlogHer '08, but I was pleased she attended our meet-up.

Double Life Of The Red Bull Mom's latest post is a list of things she learned at BlogHer '08.  For example "real women don't eat danish," and "women Love their swag, coffee, and Sesame Street."

A.L. Venable at Dimple and a Smirk calls herself an "insomniac, music evangelist, traveler, Random Citizen"

That's it for now.  To everyone who attended the entertainment bloggers' meet-up, it was great to meet you, and a special shout out to my co-host Melissa.

On a related note, I hosted my own meet-up with women of color bloggers and I wrote a post on that meeting on my own site, Megan's Minute.  Be sure to check those ladies' sites out as well.

Megan Smith is a BlogHer Contributing Editor covering Television and YouTube and she had a grand time at BlogHer '08.  Her other blogs are Megan's Minute, quirky commentary around the clock, and Video Runway.