MEGAN MCCARTHY — The executive table was watched by security guards with star-shaped pins on their lapels, like modern-day sheriffs badges, but there was no barrier blocking Joe Yahoo from approaching the head honchos. I took advantage of that, telling CEO Terry Semel "Good luck with the re-org" and indulging my inner paparazzi with shots of the Yahoo founders. But Sarah Meyers of d7tv, the party video web channel, made the mistake of showing a business card. To Terry Semel. She says: "Did you see what happened to me at the Yahoo Christmas Party? They called the cops! According to the bullying security guard, by crashing, I had committed a felony, which is a lie. The moral of the story is, don't crash the party of one of the most powerful men in Hollywood and then try to give him your business card."

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